Hey everyone!
This is usually how it goes with blogs, huh? You blog a lot for a while and then nothing. Hopefully I'll get better at being consistent with updating you all! It has been a crazy few weeks however, so there are some reasons :)
July 11th we moved into a town home that our friends own. Right when we moved in Isaac began a stretch of being pretty sick for over two weeks. He had one thing after the other. The most painful was his TMJ disorder that he typically has once a month or every other month, but he began having it everyday. So I took him to the doctor who prescribed some strong pain killers for it. But after a week of using it he realized that his constant nausea was from that. The boys has some of the same things also, like the stomach flu etc. I seem to have miraculously have escaped most of it. God knew someone had to take care of the rest! Now things seem to have calmed down as far as health stuff goes, we're praying it stays that way.
E-man is army crawling all over the place now, and is turning out to be a very VERY determined young man. He must have grown-up food when he sees the rest of the family eating. And if he doesn't get a sample, he will let you know that he's displeased. But if he gets some, he happily munches away.
Mr. M is developing so fast. He is a very smart boy. I can't believe the things he says sometimes. He has gained weight so well since we moved here, it's such a relief since he barely gained anything for over 1.5 years. I'm wondering if living in a mold-infested house affected his appetite, as it did mine. He is very happy to have dad home as much as he is. He is such an "imitation-phase" right now, anything anyone says of does - he will do. It can be quite funny when he imitates dad singing. But this is also one of the big reasons we want to keep him out of daycare. We don't want him to learn bad behaviors, or be around the influence of other children the majority of the day until he's more established in what's good and right.
These weeks, though suspenseful because the lack of work, have been a welcomed rest for the family. I feel like we've been able to catch up from the busy years we just came out of. I think God knew we needed this time to get rested and recoup.
God has been so faithful in providing for us when we need it. Never too early and never too late, but just right on time. It really is such an adventure to live this way. Every time we are running out of funds I'm less afraid because I can think back on how God provided the last time. It's is such a faith-builder! It just shows how much he cares for all of us, His children! So many times I've read:
"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matthew 6:28-34)
But reading it now is a complete different thing for me as we're in the place of really actually having to trust God for
everything! And had we not been in this place, we wouldn't have seen all the answer's to prayer that we have...so as cliche as it sounds - we are more blessed now than when we had "more".
Isaac will be starting school in two days. He'll be studying "Swedish for immigrants". We need prayer for wisdom on what to do with work. It's proving to be very difficult for him to be qualified for a job because of not knowing Swedish. And with limited hours going to school makes it a bit more tricky too. He's been thinking about starting his own painting business which wouldn't require Swedish. So we are trying to figure out if I need to go work full-time to support us for now, but we really want to keep the kids out of daycare so we can't quite puzzle things together...so we really need supernatural wisdom and guidance on what to do.
Until next time, hopefully soon, God bless you!!
