Day 6: Big News

It’s cloudy and wet today. But I’m glad for that, because we need the rain and anyway, it’s the rainy days that make us glad for the sunny ones!

Today, I’m thankful for:

1. A warm, dry house.
2. The comfortable computer chair I have.
3. A soft bed to curl up and read on.
4. Homemade cheese.
5. Beautiful music.
6. Candles. I’ve gathered quite a few together, in hopes that I’ll be able to host a family celebration of Hanukkah this year.
7. Hanukkah. I love the story of how this Jewish holiday started!

Writing has gone very well today. Yesterday, I had a fairly good idea what was going to happen today, so that was helpful. I was able to get down 2,602 words (14,252 all together), and now I’m almost 1/3 of the way to my goal (just 1,748 words off of 1/3 of the way)!  I’m very happy—and thankful—for that. I never would have guessed that it would go so well. Praise the Lord!

As I hinted in the title, we received some pretty big news today—we need to move out of this place in 2-3 months! Dad doesn’t know about it yet—he’s still at work. Mum will tell him once we get home. At the moment we’re all just praying that the Lord’s will be done.

Even though this is pretty big and a little scary, it will be exciting to see where He leads us. Like I said at breakfast, we’ve seen over and over and over here in our time in New Zealand that God can provide for us. This is just another test of our faith. Yes, sometimes it may seem that He is stretching us to our limits. But no matter what circumstance it is, He always comes in just in time.

I like to remember the time three years ago when we were trying to get our application for a working visa lodged. The deadline was a Sunday, and we got it sent in the Friday before that Sunday—the last working day that we could legally live in NZ without having that sent in. It was God, all the way through. We could see His finger in it all.

I guess it just takes faith. Faith that He can take care of us, just as He’s promised He can. Even though it seems a little daunting (well, more for Dad and Mum than me, actually) I know He’ll provide the right place for us. Maybe it’s time for us to move on; I don’t know. I just know that I have a big God Who’s bigger and more able to take care of us than I can ever imagine.

We would appreciate your prayers as we try to follow His leading. I’m just praying that His will will be accomplished in this.

Keep trusting Jesus! He’s worth it. :)
~Esther