Celebrate Good Times!

The Lord has been faithful and provided once again! Roelof was offered a job at a shop called Amarillo Clutch and Driveshaft. He will be working as a counter clerk and earning about the same as he was making at the other place, however, we will now have health insurance, sick time, paid vacation, etc! And the working environment is 100 times better. We feel so blessed for this opportunity. We still want to do ministry, but we are content that the Lord has provided a great place for Roelof to work in the mean time. Please continue to pray about the ministry the Lord will take us to in the future as well as in the present.

Next week I will (hopefully) be starting a new position with Amarillo Independent School District as a substitute teacher. I have accepted the position and I'm just waiting for my paperwork to go through so I can start. We are praying that this will lead to a permanent teaching position (and preferably soon!). I'm a bit excited, but also a little nervous. Kids are known for eating subs for dinner, so your prayers will be greatly appreciated! Hahaha.

And I just realized that the word sub in the sentence above could also refer to a sandwich, HA, thats so punny.

Our beloved Lucy is doing very well. She is getting so big. This week she finally let go of the ball while playing fetch (this is a huge milestone, we've been working on it for weeks), she got her last set of shots, and she is learning to walk on a leash. She is very smart, but also very stubborn (she gets that from Roelof, I'm sure), so leash training is not going so well, haha, but she'll get there eventually.

Last week we received notice from our apartment that we have to either a) re-sign our lease and pay more on our monthly rent or b) give 30 days notice that we are moving out. This puts us in a bit of a predicament. We like where we are living now(and the current rent), but we really want a house with a yard for Lucy. If we could afford it we would buy one of these
But since we are making student loan payments, we will most likely end up in one of these

so we are currently praying that the Lord will provide a rental home for us to live in (that is not an apartment) within our budget and suitable for our little pup. Finding a home like that is an impossible task because we have a very limited budget, but all things are possible through Him!

Ok to wrap it up, please pray for:
1. our future ministry as a couple
2. stephanie's new job as a sub and her struggling photography business
3. patience with our puppy
4. an affordable and suitable rental home