Amazing..

I am reminded of how much the Lord Loves me.  (he does love you too!)  How many times do we really stop and think about the way he is orchestrating our lives to bring us closer to him and to share him with others.  In church today the pastor said, "God gazes upon you!"  Can you just let that sink in for a minute.  Little old me among the many and he chooses to gaze on me! Oh what a thanklful heart I have.  My story, my journey in life, my life if you may has the Lord written all over it.  I am his child.

I did not always love my job at Baylor while in Waco.  There were many reasons and circumstances that played into this, but one thing for sure is that the Lord used that time.  I have been a whiner and complainer (when I do not wait patiently for the Lord) which ends up biting myself in the butt later!

Thank God that he is a God who loves me even when I am ungrateful and whinny.  The long over due answer (well at least to this impatient child of God) to the question, "Why am I working 8-5 in an office at a computer and NOT doing something that uses the desires of my heart?" was finally answered!

I got a job! Thank you God.  Not only did I get a full time job with vacation time and insurance right around the corner from where I live, But I got a job that after 2 years of working in higher education you get 50% off your spouse or dependents tuition.  And after 4years you get 100% tuition paid.  So we thinking we will be in Wilmore for 4years will be able to use the 50% off after two years of me working at the Seminary.

Oh no, it gets better! My 22months at Baylor goes towards to time needs to get tuition help for Brian's school.  So what we are looking at is after 2months of me working at Asbury the 50% off his tuition kicks in the following semester.  And his last three semesters at Asbury will be free. CRAZY.  The Lord is blessing us in so many ways.  He is providing and meeting our needs as well as honoring our desire to not go into more student loan debt.

My time at Baylor was not for nothing.  The Lord was making a way for us to afford seminary long before we knew.  I will still need to babysit/nanny part time in addition to my full time job but I am confident the Lord has a plan for us and I pray that I would only be grateful and thankful for all that I have.

Happenings...

Started Nannying this last week for two awesome little boys!

Reis (2) on the right and Ian (5) on the Left

They are pretty great and fun to work with! Every morning I get there about 6:50am and when I come up over the hill to their neighborhood this is what I see:

not too bad of a view!

We are all settled in (still need to hang pictures and for whatever reason this is the thing that we dread doing so we haven't finished :/ )

Also my car is officially registered in KY! So weird.  I have lived in CO and TX but only had AZ plates...

                                        
                                      Kentucky is Beautiful and the storms are pretty great as well:

Yummy...

Okay so we have had a lot of time to experiment and cook/bake new things as we slowly meet people and get settled into what real life will be like when Brian goes back to school this fall.  So thankful for the slow and go and time together!

Last weekend it was homemade doughnuts:
Recipe:
http://www.saidshesaidhe.com/2011/10/she-said-baked-apple-donuts.html
Topping:
http://bunsinmyoven.com/2012/02/09/baked-donuts/

Yummy!

This weekend it was Apple Bread:

Recipe:

http://www.food.com/recipe/apple-bread-20549#

We didnt have walnuts so I used sliced almonds that we had!

Resting in the Lord

I was showering and listening to music and I was overwhelmed by God's love for me.  His child. Oh how he loves me so.  I knew it in my heart.  And I was reminded of the verse in Matthew 10 that speaks about the sparrows.

29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But not one of them falls to the ground without your Father knowing it. ³⁰ He even counts every hair on your head! ³¹ So don't be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."


If the Lord takes care of a simple sparrow and he died for me how much more am I loved.  He paid everything for me.

I love it when the Lord reminds us of his Love and reminds us that He alone will provide and as his child I shall not worry.

The Lord has blessed Brian with a great job and he has given me a temporary nanny position.  All of our needs are being met.  I have a job interview for two positions in the admissions department at Asbury University tomorrow (Monday).  It is a 3.5 hour long interview.  If this is the way the Lord wants to provide I  know he will. If it isn't he has something already lined up to start right when the temporary nanny position ends. Another nanny position but one that would indeed provide.  Maybe it would not provide in the way I would like but who am I to question.  I know the Lord has good for Brian and I.

New Beginnings...

It has been a crazy month and I have thought about writing but so much has happened and changed it was hard to sit down and write it all out.


Kentucky is Beautiful! My favorite kind of beautiful.  Green with tress everywhere. 

Basement apartment with our own drive way and entrance.

We arrived June 18th after a weekend of travel and family.  Our ABF relocube arrived with our stuff just minutes after we pulled up.  The internet company also showered up within 30mins.  We were blessed and amazed at the apartment we showed up to.  If you were unaware, we had only seen pictures before moving in.  It is perfect.  Enough space for all of our stuff, closet space, halfway under ground (big help since its been in the 100s here!), and now we have a washer/dryer in our home.  It is the little stuff for me :)

It is also so nice to not be living out of boxes ( I will confess the 2nd bedroom still has a few boxes...thats Brian's project since it will be his space for studying).  We are very blessed.  Our landlord's had us over for dinner the first night we arrived.  Everyone has been so nice and helpful since moving to Wilmore.  I am excited to find our community here.

The Lord's provision has been above and beyond anything Brian could have dreamed of.  The moving details all fell into place.  Our apartment is great.  Our landlords are great.  Brian started a job this last Monday working construction/remodeling with a guy who started the company after he finished seminary 8 years ago.  Brian loves the guys he works with and is enjoying learning how to do some new things.  He isn't liking how sore he is. This job is perfect because he is able to work full time when he can (summers/breaks etc) and he is able to work part time during the school year.

I start a nanny position this upcoming Monday.  It is 45hours/wk Monday-Friday and its for 5weeks.  I am excited to have found something for the time being and it will meet our needs for now.  I have to admit I have been struggling with knowing God is going to provide and really believing it in my heart.  It is hard to admit because God has been so faithful before and every need I have ever had has always been met.  Satan likes to put other thoughts in our heads that are not truth.  I think it has been easier to get to me when I keep having amazing interviews (I am getting really good at interviewing!) and then they tell me it was between me and one other but they went with the other person.  But they really did like me.  I need to get better at not getting my hopes up I guess.  Anyway there are two positions at Asbury University open in the Admissions department and I have a phone interview this upcoming week for both followed by in-person interviews for the top 2-3 candidates.  Hopeful.

Trusting.