We survived today, through God alone!

I know all of you will be so surprised...but...Jacob is traveling again! I told someone earlier this evening that Jacob will be home 3 weeks after he gets back from this trip and that would be the longest stretch since April 10th. That wasn't entirely correct. He was home a month this time before traveling again, but the girls and I weren't here for the first week and then we had students here for 14 days. I love all of you students and when you hang out with us! It's one of the best parts about this job! However, my husband isn't around those days. Sooooo...with all of those words and explanation-- it's been a crazy few months!

It's always hard being a single parent-- the girls miss their dad, I miss my best friend, and there is more work! Then enters this crazy journey I've been on since we started this particular job in June of 2009. Just a couple weeks after we arrived in Hong Kong, my body just shut down one day. I was able to muster enough energy to get Jordan down for an early nap (she was one at the time) and I gave Keely (who was two and a half) the IPod to watch Sesame Street podcasts. (Podcasts didn't run continuously at that time- so every 2 minutes Keely would wake me up to turn on the next one. I would go back to sleep right away every time!) Things just progressed from there -- needing to take a nap once a week to twice a week to every afternoon. Then the joint pain started. All of that has just continued as new symptoms pop up every few months. Needless to say-- that makes life hard in general, but it can really make it difficult when it's just me here! 

But this job is just so God. Jacob came out here doing IT! Now we work with students! (It's just hard to write down all of the details that makes that so crazy and so amazing- so just trust me that it's truly amazing)! God gives Jacob new abilities all the time as well as pulling out talents and characteristics -- many which may have been hidden in our last job.

God gets me through when Jacob is gone. I often have energy I never have any other time. Today was not one of those days though. I didn't have energy when I woke up this morning. I was hurting this morning and I didn't want to get up, let alone do all the things it takes to get to Costco and shop in Costco. I mean really!?! Lady with the child on your back, we had two more things on our shopping list and a girl who needed to use the restroom! Could you really walk past us so slowly, making it impossible to turn down the aisle-- all the while you check out the items in my cart! 

Today was hard and we made it! And I think we made it liking each other. I don't think any of the three of us were contemplating running away today! Now, that was God! That was a miracle! Praise the Lord to allow Jacob to do this job and allow us three girls to support him even with the obstacles we have! Praise The Lord!