Dealing with Another Job Loss

There are so many other things that I wanted to include in Zoe's school room  and so many more books and educational games I'd love to get for her but for now they will have to wait, and that's fine.

Unfortunately my husband lost his job again a couple weeks ago.   This is the fourth time this has happened. Whenever a company can't afford to keep him anymore... we end up right back here.  He just hasn't had good "luck" with jobs.  It's a shame too because he's great at what he does.  

A couple good things have come out of all of these previous job loss experiences, we have learned not to worry as much as we used to and we are so much better at trusting God.  

Being without an income definitely has it's scary moments though.  Every once in a while I am putting things away (we're still unpacking...) and I start to wonder if I'm just going to have to re-pack everything that I just got out. 

God has blessed us in more ways than I can count during this past year though.   

This year has been a rough one - two job losses, all while dealing with trying to pay for childbirth, our brand new mortgage payment and house taxes.  

So many people have been so sweet to us though.  

There have been times where we simply did NOT have the money to pay our mortgage and what do you know, $300 randomly shows up in our mailbox from a dear friend...  

I didn't think anyone in my family was going to get to meet our new daughter this year but, much to our surprise, one family member randomly sent us the exact amount that we needed to make the trip to CA happen.  

Last week I was planning cheap meatless meals because we couldn't afford meat anymore... that same night our neighbors showed up with two bags full of meat to put in our freezer.   

This week, a similar thing happened, we went through all our food this week (except for all the meat in the freezer) and had nearly nothing left and our family members decided to bless us with a ton of groceries. 

Also - our new neighbor that moved in two weeks ago called and asked if we'd like some fresh vegetables and garlic bread. 

It's amazing how God works.

We're trusting God daily.  Praying that Gage will find some work soon.  We also know that no matter what happens, God will provide us with exactly what we need at the exact time that we need it.  And then, maybe one day we'll be able to help out other families in need!