I felt prompted to include this journal entry. It doesn't have the usual modifications of names...
Blessings:
Yesterday, Drew was in a fender bender where he was at fault and
which broke our van to the point we cannot drive it. He is okay,
will pay for the damages we are responsible for fixing. Because of
that—well, actually, we weren't going to have had a vehicle anyway
because Quinn was using the car for the Super Saturday and Drew was
using the van for driving pizza for Avantis (his new job—Piper and
I walked with Liesl on my back to Tops to pick up some things for
Easter dinner. I didn't feel very stressed about it...pretty lax,
actually, that it would be okay.
But I didn't mind walking in the post-rain weather and neither did
Piper so we walked and talked and enjoyed it. And the Redbox video
was due. Let's go.
We got to Tops and no ham. Anywhere, well, except for slim
expensive slices. So we walked around and picked up our other stuff.
We asked at the meat counter and he confirmed what we had found. We
wandered over to the meat section and saw an interesting kind of
meat. Only $4.51. Could that be per pound or the price?? I
thought. It was the price! And it was ham! A funny uncured kind of
ham, but ham nonetheless. So we bought it. Cool. Reduced from $27,
too. We checked out at the front and I was thinking about how I
didn't really want to walk home and not one but two people I knew
were there! Carol Schmidly ("shucks, no car seat," I
thought) and then Jessica Durrant...who DID have a car seat! Crazy.
God provides in abundance.
We ended up borrowing the Durrant's van to all attend the singles
ward today too, because of no van and Kel was giving a talk and
teaching the Gospel Doctrine lesson. Super! Then they invited us to
their overly abundant Easter dinner afterward!!! So crazy and
awesome and miraculous. I had forgotten to put in the funeral
potatoes before we left and our oven is not working very well (it
takes a super long time to heat up if it heats up at all) so I was
kind of wondering how it was going to happen. Not really worried,
just thoughtful.
And then we had more than enough and I didn't have to worry about a
pan of potatoes in the oven!
Our fridge is filled to overabundance. We are all full and fed. So
much to be grateful for. God moves in awesome ways. When I have a
vehicle again I am going to deliver all the bags of chocolate popcorn
I took home from the event and share it with people in our ward :D!
So many great people that could use a little love and joy.
God is good all the time and all the time, God is good.
Right after Drew's accident he was pretty shook up. He said, "I
think it was a wake-up call from God." Quinn is taking it
really well and figuring he has paid car insurance for years and this
is the first claim we have had on it so maybe it is about time we get
some money back? :D I figure Drew can learn about forgiveness and
"oops! Opportunity" on a more personal level this way.
I have been really enjoying conference talks. I feel like I am
filling my lamp daily in preparation for the Savior's return. We
truly can only fill our own.
Quinn led an excellent Easter "Come Follow Me" discussion
today. I really loved it. The Spirit was so strong.
Today in the car, Xai was speaking unkindly to someone. Quinn said,
"Speak kindly, Xai!" So Xai said something to the effect,
in a really sweet tone, "You need to be nice to me and
give me this stuff or if I ask 12 times and you don't give it to me,
I will punch you." This from the boy who chomped through his
Sacrament Meeting cereal loud enough to make the whole room echo...or
at least that is what it felt like.
Bridgett Lau is here visiting for a week. Her mom, Kathy, says it
feels like going to the temple when she comes here. I feel blessed
that they can feel peace.
