The biggest news.....we got to spend two days with my dad last week!! He came down for a last minute job interview. The company paid his way so he couldn't refuse and I was SO HAPPY to see that man. I haven't been to my childhood state in 5 years...5 YEARS. That is so entirely too long but I guess time just gets away from you when you don't plan! God has done so much on my heart lately and the unexpected visit was orchestrated completely by Him. It was so out of the blue and unexpected and needed. You don't realize how very much you miss someone until they're right there in front of you...or worse...leaving at the end of the visit. I love my dad so very much and it was more than good to see him...AND I got him all to myself...no other siblings to take up his time. HA!
I finished up the school year about two weeks ago. I can't believe it's already been two weeks. Time just flies by these days. I can now say that a chapter in my life has closed...well, more like a book has closed. Now it's on to the next one! This was my last year teaching. Daniel and I decided long ago that I would be a stay-at-home-mom. My mom didn't work outside the home for most of my growing up years so I saw first hand the benefits of her being able to devote all her time and energy into the household. I have some very strong convictions in this area, which I will have to post about sometime. I am so excited about this new phase of life. I will be honest and say we are nervous about finances...I told Daniel that maybe it's a curse that I worked these last 5 years...we have been able to do whatever, whenever we wanted! Life is definitely changing!
Last December we put our house up for sale again after renting it out for a while in the hopes that it would sell before my last paycheck comes in! It hasn't sold yet. We talked with our realtor recently and believe that a short-sale is our best option right now. The houses on either side of our house sold for under $40,000. Houses are simply not selling in that area. The realtor said that buyers there (and probably everywhere) want to see all foreclosures and short-sales before even thinking about looking at anything else. Because those other two houses sold so low, there just hasn't been any interest in paying full price for our house in the same area. So...we'll see what happens! With me quitting my job, Daniel's paycheck is going to be stretched to the max and it just won't cover rent in our current house plus the mortgage for the other house.
I haven't posted prayer requests in quite some time so I thought I would do that:
1. Pray that our house sells quickly.
2. Pray for our birth mother/family...that God is preparing their hearts and leading them to Bethany.
3. Pray for our baby.
4. Pray that the rest of the money for the adoption will be provided. We are still about $7,000 away from our goal. Every penny has been provided so far in miraculous ways.
5. Pray that God alone will be glorified every step of the way. This is all about Him.
I will leave you with a pic of my siblings and myself that I came across while looking for pics to go in our profile book. I know they will all love me for posting it.
Megan
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