Finishing Up

Well, the semester is winding down. I have 1/2 of a book to read and write a review on and a take-home final in German to do. So my academic load is decreasing. I was able to attend an afternoon seminar on John Milton, a great English poet and author of Paradise Lost. What a blessing it was.

While my academic load is decreasing, my work load is holding steady tutoring and we are continuing to work a few odd jobs along the way. This past Saturday we helped a lady move some of her belongings to their new house. It seems we will have opportunity to do this again five or six more times. Thank you, Lord, for the blessing of work (and pay). I will work for an elderly man this week pulling weeds, trimming trees, etc. if the weather permits. And we received another call this week with a possible opportunity to do yardwork soon as well.

This week we are getting ready to travel to Alabama and Tennessee. We have family birthdays on Saturday and will get to worship at First Baptist, Savannah on Sunday morning. We will also be taking another load of loose things from the house in Savannah back here to Louisville.

Next week we will be packing to prepare to move. We move on Nov. 30 to our new house. It is a 2400 sq.ft. beautiful home in a great neighborhood. God has provided it for us for six months and the rent is half our 1000 sq.ft. apartment! With the additional mileage and utilities, we will probably break even on our monthly costs but we will have much more room to spread out, kids can have their own rooms, more space for homeschooling, and a yard. We are so grateful to God for this. Also, the owners have mentioned the possibility of staying through the summer so we could rent it for 18 months. We are praying that this might work out as well.

The kids have been involved in the church we are attending and are very sad when we have to miss. (Thank you, Lord, for that as well.) Above is a picture of them in their Awana uniforms.

It's cold here and we had snow flurries on the way to church this morning. I've been missing my dad more than usual lately and I don't know why. I sure am thankful to have had him so long and pray to be as good of a father to my kids as he was to me. Sorry this blog is rambling and more info update and less about God's Great Salvation, a much more worthy topic. I'll try to do better next time. Until then pray with me that "I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24)