Chug....chug-a-lug'n along. Time to look back at just how God showed himself to our family this year.
Dear Gracious Heavenly Father...
Family
Very much is uncertain for our extended family. Matt's father has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. Its been all rather sudden for us all. Please give the doctors the wisdom as to how to best attack it. Give our father the strength as he goes through chemo. Also give peace and endurance for our mother as she cares for him. I am so thankful for my children getting to grow up with a grandfather in their lives. It was something I never got to experience, and I praise you for breaking the cycle in our family.
This has been a hard year for Matt's dad. The chemo has not worked how we were all hoping for. It has continued to come up in scans as spreading to his liver and lungs. He is now trying an oral chemo treatment as opposed to being hooked up to a travel pump for 3 days. After a few cycles, another scan will be scheduled to see how the cancer is reacting to it. Mom has been given, by the only I am, added super powers to help care for her husband and added responsibilities in their ministry roles.
Home
Please bring fourth a moving crew to help us make this move in yet another winter. I look at all we've amassed in 6 years of our last cross country move and can't help but feel overwhelmed at all which has to get packed and moved. You also know of the work we still will need to put into the house before and after we move in. May your timing be perfect and help us realize it when we get worried or frustrated with the work being done.
Such a life changing event! God not only brought forth a crew of folks to help with the move.....He also provided us with a moving truck and 4 guys for 4 hours to get all the big/major stuff AND move it into the house. Through our wonderful neighbors at the old place, sacrificed their family time and know how in getting two bedroom floors laid down right before the furniture was to get moved in. I knew we didn't have the space to shuffle furniture around between the rooms and hallway; and all the very old red and brown/green/orange shade shag carpet had to get pulled out and subfloor prepped. An added bonus was the snowfall holding off until after we had moved in!
Community
I pray for the wisdom and discernment as to how best to serve our community. There are many hurting and broken people who just need to be loved. Please help our family better reach out to these people and any resources we might need to do so.
In this season of life, ministry takes on a different look/feel. With three littles to raise, a house to run and a marriage to build.....one can not simply run out the door with a cape on to save the world. But in small ways, the light can still shine. My lamp has just taken on a different look.
Business
Please help bring photography clients my way. I really do enjoy doing what I do when the opportunities present themselves. I would love to seek out any other working from home possibilities...whether it be doing side work of face painting or even being able to bless a family with affordable childcare like we have experienced in the past. I know how frustrating that process is when you want a reliable care provider in a loving home. With the blessing of having a bigger house, I ask for your will on that way to help provide for our family needs.
God did come through with a blessing of some extra income by the way of doing childcare! And The Geddes Touch being developed this fall was a nice surprise. It has allowed me to invest in some decent tools to continue in my artistic home decor business, while also applying them to the various future home repair/remodel projects on the docket. Even just the spare money from collecting deposit cans while out in the community have helped fund some of the up front costs of producing my work.
