It's a God thing...

Quick Reuben update. He arrived safely and took a day to get a few housekeeping things in order. He learned that the place that we were all supposed to stay when the kids and I come in June is at this point no longer an option. Due to lack of time and money, the remodel that was supposed to occur this spring did not happen. So we are not sure where we will go or what we can afford. Please be praying about this. The second day he was there he was offered work for the week which he was able to make about 2 weeks worth of income to add to our time frame. This is pretty miraculous considering he had no prospects for immediate work and our budget was only going to last 2 more weeks. So now we have 4 weeks of bills paid before we need money again. We are seriously praising God for that!!!!!!!!
So many little things have been happening that obviously God is at work. One instance, Reuben was searching for a part that 3 stores said they didn't even sell anymore and it was too hard to find etc etc. Well, he went to one last shop and the guy working said there was no way he had that part either but he would check. He came back from looking with the part in hand, shocked!
"$90" he said. Reuben said he would take it.
The guy said "do you really want to pay that much?"
Reuben said "ummmm not really."
"How much do you want to pay for it?" the guy asked.
"I was thinking like $50."
"Sold!"
Wow....such a small thing but only God would make a salesman haggle down when the customer agreed to pay full price.

There are still challengers and fears but we are trying to focus on the' God things.'

Currently Reuben is gearing up his boat to fish for cod, something he has gone back and forth about doing. This is a bigger risk then just getting a job on someone else's boat for a couple months, but everywhere Reuben looks and goes the path for jigging for cod is laid out before him. Again feels like a God thing.

Praise:
- God for immediate work and money to sustains us!
- God for boat being in good shape and the engine firing up right away!
- God for place for Reuben to stay and a warm shower at night when it's 15 degrees outside.
- God for friends that are looking out for him and actively helping him.

Pray:
- for faith in Reuben's heart that he is following God
- against Reuben feeling like it's all up to him
- that we are conscious of God story through all this and actively telling people about his goodness.
- for humility and love towards each other and God.
- for a place to come available for our family to stay when we go up in June.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!

D