I'm Back

Wow. This half of a month has been so full of ups and downs it is exhausting to think about! God is so good. Why do we ever doubt Him? Why do we question Him? After Brad being laid off, we decided this time around (unlike Ponca City), we were not going to stress and doubt God. We were going to leave this situation in His hands and move on one day at a time. In the Ponca ordeal, we had every emotion toward God ever know except true belief that it would be fine. This time I had a peace that I cannot even explain. I cried the first time Brad told me he had lost his job and that was it. We had money that would last to the end of April and that was it. Not a penny more. At church, the first time they mentioned our situation, we were given a $1000 check by someone. They said they had been in our position and someone did that for them. Wow. That blew us away! That pushed us up to having more time for Brad to find a job. Then, out of the blue, I get an offer to work 40 his a week for what ended up to be 3 1/2 weeks. I was getting paid tutoring money (which is good) to be a secretary, which I am not very good at. I took it and Brad became a "stay at home Dad". I was absolutely exhausted, but this would buy us more time. Then, a week and a half ago, Brad was asked by someone at church about project management. Brad had done some of this but not in an official magnitude. He has always wanted to do it, though. He was asked to go to an interview in Chicago for this company. This past Monday. As of Monday at 2:00 pm, he is employed and getting paid almost double what he was getting paid! He is out of finance and into project management and the health care industry: 2 things he has dreamed of doing for quite some time! The only negative is he will travel to Chicago Monday mornings and return Thursday evenings every week. That will be an adjustment but it is really no different that his job before this last one where he worked 70 hour weeks a lot. Anyway, I know this was a long, choppy post, but I wanted to share the greatness of our Lord with you all. God does provide and is is faithful. Brad, Todd, and I are very blessed and this is just another example of the power of our God!