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great is Thy faithfulness

WoooOOoOoOoO it's been a LONG time since I typed on a computer/laptop. It's actually weird for my fingers and the sound of the keyboard is annoying my ears, but I've been horrible at keeping up with fb and blogger. I'm on my husband's laptop bc he's out with my little brother and I'm home alone with the pup (which I will blog about separately). But I do believe a lot has happened these last few months, and I'm going to list them from least to greatest. Just another testament of how good God is to me in my life!

  1. God provided me with a job as a summer school teacher for second graders at a church in Cerritos. I got the job through a sister in church (thanks Bethany!) and absolutely LOVE it. It was hard for me at first because I went through the feelings of guilt ("I got my license as an LVN...I should do nursing asap...it makes more money..it's a waste of money not to use it..I already wasted money trying to get a Bachelors of Political Science because I originally wanted to go to law school...") I have nothing against nursing, but I would be lying if I said it's my dream job. The only downside to being a teacher is that the pay isn't as great, but I really love the job I currently hold. It's also VERY humbling because I am soooooo not trained as a teacher...I would love to be trained though, and may end up taking a few education units. I still have one more class to take before I get my Bachelors degree, so might as well do it all in one go. Some lessons I learned as a teacher: I am not very patient, and kids can be really evil. Seriously. I just cannot believe how outright disobedient, rude, and mean they can be. And it makes me see the importance of discipline. A lot of parents do not discipline their children! Such a shame. It's also really heartbreaking because some of the kids just outright deny Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. One kid always says, "My parents tell me Jesus isn't real, I'm Egyptian and Egyptians don't believe in Jesus. I hate Jesus. He's mean. He's the devil's brother. I'm not Christian. It's stupid. I hate him." And I just want to cry!!!!!!!!!!!! This kid is 8 years old!!!! AHHHH!!!! You would think that going to a church camp/school would soften their hearts or something! Nope. Not at all. The children need prayer and discipline and guidance. Makes me really mindful of how to raise my future children, if God ever blesses us with some..
  2. God provided Kevin with a permanent position at his full-time work at Caremore!!! YAYY!!! He's been a temp for a few months and we've been praying for this so it's really nice when God answers in such a surprising and sweet way :) I haven't had medical insurance for a long time, so I'm already daydreaming about going to the doctor. HAHA! Super lame. But seriously, I need a lot of checking up on this messed up body of mine. I told my discipler Ate Rona about how Kev is permanent now and the first words out of her mouth were "Yay! Now you can have babies." and this was my face O____O HAHA! I really want kids but I wanna wait a few years. I think being a summer camp teacher for a month has already convinced me that kids are a haaaaaaaandful. Man! But anyways, God is super cool, always the provider of the necessities (Matthew 6:33 baby!) Praise God. Totally wonderful to be married and to know we will never have to worry for those things.
  3. God saved my little brother Joshua!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aka BIG BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL!!!! Been praying for that for years and now he's professed it and wants to become a church member and get baptized. YAH SON!!!!! When he told me, I was like, "Josh, now I can die happy."  If Kev and I ever have a son our first son will be named Josh! Joshua does mean "God saves." Mmmmmmmmmhmmmm. That's right. Oh my little big butt :') He's such an interesting teenager. He's understood the gospel for quite some time actually, but he didn't want to let go of his sins. It's so amazing to see the change through the years. Before I would ask him about where he would go when he died, and he used to answer that he didn't believe you would go anywhere, it would just be darkness and no feeling. And when I share that with him now, he is all surprised and says "What? Really? There is a heaven and a hell, it says it in the Bible." High School Bible Study did a lot of good for him, especially from the preaching of Micah. Joshua can quote Scripture to me now, and he tells me about how it convicts him! IT'S SO NICE TO SEE HIM GROW :) I can only hope and pray his profession is genuine and real and that he continues to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Isn't God so good and faithful to me? I think so!

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