Archives for March 2004

I took Emma to the zoo today with S&H. She had a good time, just wanted to stare at all the animals. S and I of course had a great time together. I caught this picture of her when she was “talking” to H. I can’t tell if she’s trying to say, Wanna piece of me or Did you just see what that monkey did?

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Something amazing happened this week. Last week our church started fasting and prayer. Scott and I wrestled with what to do and I never felt comfortable doing anything. Also on Sunday the pastor talked about giving behind the tithe. I mentioned to Scott about giving some money to Scott’s parents to help buy FIL’s medicine. Scott said I wish we could just give them an extra $1000 to help. I kind of scoffed and said I was thinking about $100 to pay for his medicine. Monday morning I felt God leading me to not eat dinner that night. All day I felt an urging to read his word and definitely felt God calling to give money to his parents. At some point during the day the amount $800 came to my mind. It was how much we had saved in buying the Jeep. By Monday evening when Scott got home I really had my mind set I was going to do this. I talked to Scott about it and he was definitely on the same page. I wrote the check on Tuesday and sent it. The snow held it up getting to them and they didn’t call us about it until Saturday night, the 28th. Scott’s mom was crying and said that they did not have enough money to pay for their house payment which was due this Friday and now they could pay it. If I remember correctly, there house payment is about $800. It was extremely rewarding to help someone and realize that God orchestrated it all. In my prayer journal, I wrote these things that I learned from scripture:

focus on making God priority, not money; don’t judge, just give; be a cheerful giver; God will provide; give beyond what is required; He gives you more so you can give more; our reward is now and in heaven.

Pretty cool, huh?

Argh!! Why don’t people pay for their items in a timely manner? I pay for my items just as soon as it closes. One person emailed me and said she was waiting to get her paypal set up correctly and then she was going to pay. Other than that, it doesn’t seem any invoice, payment reminder or email is making any impact on anyone. Geez.

Mom and Dad ended up visiting yesterday instead of Saturday. I went to a baby shower for two ladies in our Sunday School class. It kind of felt good to start to get “into” things again. I realized I didn’t know these girls too well, but if I was ever going to feel a part of the church, I’d just have to be a part of it, you know?

I am so excited it is getting warm again. Emma and I have a play date at the zoo scheduled with S&H tomorrow. I can’t wait for Emma to see the animals to see if she recognizes them like she does in her books.

Yesterday we had Emma outside just walking around. We have a certain path we always take to our apartment’s mailbox “hut” thingy. Emma loves to carry the keys and tries to open the mailbox. We let her “lead” yesterday while walking. She went straight on our path to the mailbox, which consists of down a sidewalk, through a courtyard, down another sidewalk around an apartment building, across a parking lot. Then she went around to the back of the “hut” and pointed directly at our mail slot!!! And then she looked at one of us, like, give me the keys! My mouth dropped. I could not believed she remembered all of that.