Thankful for Thanksgiving.

Well a quick note from us while we are at home together enjoying a short evening. Scottie has been blessed to have many new friends who love to play basketball, so on their night off of school they played for a while. 

We are so thankful for an opportunity to get away this week, we surely have felt everything hitting much harder. This weekend was rough and I can only simply put it as oppression from the devil. Things happened and there just has been a heavy cloud lingering over our home. This is certainly a scary feeling, and the need to be refreshed and regroup is really needed. 

A short story and praise to the Lord….The last two days it has been hard and I felt like the Lord had been quite quiet through things and it was the point where I wanted to scream to make sure he heard me, but I didn’t. Soon later I read something a friend shared about their walk with the Lord and it was so encouraging and I wanted to hear my Lord. As I was trying to sleep last night, and was filled with anxiety I asked the Lord to please show up in any way. I eventually fell into a deep sleep and didn’t wake or move until the morning. I went about my normal day and had to make some calls regarding my work this week. When I got on the phone with my boss at AE she more or less let me go for the holiday season….now to some of you that sounds negative…..but in my heart I was dancing with joy! The conversation was never negative and really just an opportunity to speak with me like an adult and we were on the same page. (I’m super busy with 2 other jobs, I’m going home, and so on…it just makes sense until holidays are over). As I hung up the phone and started driving to Norte Vista I felt this wave of relief just enter the car. Ther eis no doubt in my mind that it was the Lord. He had answered a prayer I had never really prayed. I knew AE wasn’t really my favorite place, but never knew the toll it was taking on me. He showed up. He was listening, and continues to each and every day. So no retail for me during the holiday season. Am I exited? HECK YES!

We would greatly appreciate prayer for the next 20 some days. The Lord has been so good to us already, but we are weak and we know HE is STRONG. We love you all and are so thankful for your friendship and love in our lives. Tomorrow night we are headed up to our Thanksgiving getaway, so I better get to packing.