Falling (not by coincidence) Into Place...

More answers to prayer...
Most of my prayers are general...thank You, God, for this day, health...please keep my family and friends safe...etc.  Lately, though, my prayers have been more specific.  One of them was that God would prepare a community of Christians and a *place for us* at a local church - similar to our church in Wasilla (Wasilla Bible Church).  It has been on my mind lately that I needed to call a church Robert visited, and liked, while he was in Washington and ask them about their Awana program.  (It just so happens that this church is extremely close to the house we will be renting in Lynden.)  I got the sudden urge to make that call this morning and now I need to share how that phone call went.

I first called the church office and asked about their Awana program.  They directed me to call the phone number of the Awana secretary.  For those of you who don't know, I've helped out as a Awana secretary for the past few years.  Before I could even finish asking her if she needed help this year, she said "YES!"  I told her we wouldn't be there until the beginning of October and she said she'd hold a place for me as one of the team's secretaries.  (Blessing One - a place for me!)  Then she asked me if we had a church home yet.  I told her I thought we would probably go to this church because my husband had visited there a couple of times and liked it.  I explained to her that he had been in Washington for a few weeks because he got a job as a Customs officer in Blaine.  She then told me that her husband is also a Customs officer at Blaine and has been for 12 years! (Blessing Two - a fellow Customs wife)  Her next question was if I knew where my kids would be attending school.  I told her we homeschool.  Can you guess where her kids go to school??  That's right!  They also homeschool!  She is actually part of a homeschooling partnership that I didn't even know existed!  (Blessing Three - more connections!)

Meanwhile, at the academy, Robert is doing very well.  He is not liking the heat, he even said he missed Alaska right now!  Stop the presses!  :)  He had his first difficult test last week and earned a 94%.  I know that he is going a little bit stir crazy there, but we know it's only short-term and will be worth it in the end. 

This job has already been such a blessing as it has let us go ahead with Little Robert's ear surgery since we now have insurance.  He had his sixth ear surgery last week and he did wonderfully.  We might have to have another surgery next year to make sure everything is healing and the hearing bones are intact.

Plans for driving down to Washington are also falling into place.  I wasn't planning to make reservations at any hotels through Canada, but I'm glad that I did because many of the hotels were almost full.

My dad had knee replacement surgery on August 9th and is healing wonderfully.  We had heard how horrible the first few weeks were going to be.  So far, his healing has been relatively easy - much easier than we had anticipated.  He is doing his excercises faithfully and Mom is doing a great job as his nurse.

I'm so excited to share with you all the connections we are making and discover the answers to specific prayers along this new journey we are taking.