Good Morning!!

Good Morning Friends and Family! I got a job at Chili's!! I'm so thankful that I got a job. It will be interesting to be the newbe but I'm ready! Thank you for your prayers and encouragement in my search for a job.

HE gots me!

I think not getting that job is effecting me more than I thought. I went looking for a job today and each place I would go into, I would ask if they where hiring and they would say, not hiring but always accepting applications. It got to be more and more of a discouragement at each place. Its funny also, how when one doesn't have job they almost envy those who do. The steady routine in their life, the peace of knowing there is an inflow of money. I really desire that again. But I guess I just need to remember that its not the job that provides for me, its my Daddy up stairs. If He takes care of the birds of the air and the lilies of the fields then how much more will He take care of His daughter, whom He loves more than life. Literally. And that when I ask Him for an egg, He's not going to give me a spider. I don't know how people can live without knowing Him and knowing He is taking care of them. That their life isn't up to them. Even for me that my life isn't all that matters. That I am not the lead of this story, He is. Everything in my life revolves around me, it should revolve around Him. Thats a whole other tangent though.

I'm just a little discouraged. But I know that the Lord hasn't forgot about me. He knows what I need. So I'm trying my hardest to trust Him. He gots me :)

The Job Situation

Just a little video update about the job dealio:

I'm a blessed woman

Moving here has definitely had its rough moments. However, the longer I'm staying the more I relies how blessed this move really is! Having wonderful times with my mother and father-in-law, watching our apartment come together beautifully, realizing how much I love my family in CO, getting closer to Adam, and drawing closer to the Lord. Then this week the Lord gave me a big kiss. I have been looking for a job since we got here. One of the first days we all went to this place called Rykes for the finishing details on Liz's cake. As we where there we got talking with the owner about how I was from CO and worked as a florist there. The owner, Renee said "Oh I have so many connections to floral shops around here." She gave me a few cards but emphasized one card, " Chalet Floral is the best in town. Go there first. I love them and they love me so mention my name, tell them I sent you over there." A few days later I went in to get an application. I told the girl that I was looking for a job and that Renee from Rykes sent me this way. She said " Oh we work really close with Renee so defiantly put that down on the application." I took the application and we headed out. A couple days later Ethan and I worked on my resume and made it beautiful. The next day I was going to apply every where and as I was working on that, Ethan came down the stairs with the house phone and handed it to me saying it was Renee from Rykes. She said that she and Doug, the owner of Chalet Floral had been looking for me. "LOOKING FOR ME???" I thought. She continued to say that Doug had found out that I dropped in and was sent there by Renee. He proceeded to call her looking for and asking about me. She told him that I had experience in floral and that I'm looking to go back to school for design. I couldn't believe it. The Lord dropped a job in my lap, a job I would love. I called Doug right away! "Oh yes you are the one I have been looking for!" he said on the phone as we talked. I was stunned... blessed! We set up an interview for monday (today) at 4. I went in and it went so well. He is going to call me tomorrow. I just can't believe the blessings that the Lord is showering on me. I really am growing to love it here and I think I will love it even more as we continue to finish our apartment and gain back our own space. I am a blessed woman to say the least. I have a husband who loves me, is so good to me, comforts me when I need him, celebrates with me over a warm cup of tea, laughs with me when I need a good laugh, and just flat out loves me raw. And I have a Lord, Daddy in heaven that loves me even more, and does all the same things but even more (which amazes me). And so again I say, I am a blessed woman. Thank You my King... my Beloved!!

Feeling...

Well, we have been here for 8 days now and I'm not really sure how I'm feeling. We have been so very very busy. Trying to get things figured out for college and jobs and working on the basement. I think I am having a harder time with this than I thought I was. I just don't feel myself right now. I can't totally put it into words what I'm feeling. I'm just feeling..... We have made some big decisions for our college. We decided that Adam would start this semester and I would just work. It is quite a bit more expensive for a nonresident than for a resident. We really want Adam to get a head start so we are just going to spend the extra money for him. We are really excited for everything. We are just in that in-between time, trying to get settled. Please keep us in your prayers during this time. Especially for finances, direction, trust and peace.

We Made It 2011

We made it to Michigan. I don't think it has really hit me that this is my knew home. That this is not just a vacation here for christmas and the new year. I sit here looking out the window at the beautiful snow fall coming softly down and still its hard to believe I am here to stay. I miss my family, my friends, my home. I didn't know what I had until I no longer had it right at my finger tips. That when ever I wanted to hug one of them all I had to do was drive miles down I 25. There is nothing like blood family. My sisters have never been more special to me. My brothers have never been more great to me. My mother has never been more cherished by me. My father has never been more needed by me. My nieces and nephews have never been more desired by me. My family has never been more loved by me. As we said good bye the morning of December 26 my heart felt like it was going to sob out of my chest. I have never experience that feeling before. I couldn't catch my breath. I couldn't stop the tears. I couldn't stop the sobs. But even though it was the worst feeling I have ever had, it was the best feeling I have ever had. It meant that I love my family. Our road trip was flawless due to the Lords favor and we made it. Although at moments it has been hard and there have been more tears, I'm making it. With the love of Adams family, Adam, and the Lord, I am making it better than I expected. This next week will be full of plans for college, jobs and the basement. We are definitely getting settled. I just have to start studying the maps for around here. :)