Jerika's wedding....more blessings

We had a good weekend in Kentucky. Too short though. Gil and LeAnn came here and looked at our house. I rode with Gil. LeAnn and Jacque rode with Tony and Mina. We did the same coming back, except we stopped in Fairview to eat and they went home from there. Gil and I had a conversation about God changing a baby's DNA. Haha. It was a good one.

The wedding was outside at a lake/park place, kind of. It was simple and small. The talk was great. There was one part where Tony said something and I was just like YES. LeAnn must have thought the same thing, because she looked back at me and smiled. I nodded and smiled. I recorded a little on my camera. They came over the next day. They took us to a creek about half an hour away. It was so great. Gil, LeAnn, Jeremy, and Tony got baptised. Erika and I took pictures. It was simple and perfect. We drove back and had lunch (my grandma's shrimp), and the adults played a game, except me because I'm so bad at coming up with things off the top of my head. At 10:00 that night, after they left, we had dinner (LeAnn's mostaccioli) and then I think we got in the hot tub at some point. Before dinner maybe. We also had the bread and wine with lunch, while Jeremy and Erika were there. We got up very early the next day to get going.

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In news about our sewer..it ended up being $3,280. Our friends (from God) gave us that first chunk. So we paid the guy twice. Altogether we've paid $1800. We were planning on paying $400 next week because we need to start saving for the second half of our taxes, due the beginning of November. Tony got a call today from him. He asked if we had any more money for him this week. Well, we just paid him last week, so it would still be one more week yet. Tony told him we would try to get him another $900 next week. Also keep in mind that he hasn't cashed the $900 check we gave him last week. What gives? So Tony is telling me about paying him this big amount, and I'm thinking why on earth did he tell the guy we'd give him that much. We can't do that. Then he told me that the guy said that if we can give him another $900 next week, he'll call it even. So we would save almost $600. Blessing number one.

2. I talked to my mom today. She said they are doing an application for a new loan and if it works, we can go back down to $300 a month or so, instead of nearly $500. And it isn't even in our name. I would not run out on them, but if there were some kind of economic fall, and their house got taken, I would be happy to still have mine. For a while at least.

3. Things at Tony's work are changing. It looks like a blessing now, but even if something were to happen with it, it will be a blessing in the end.

4. I called the electric company and we're getting an $85 rebate.

5. I called MacMall and we are getting two rebates I think. At least around $120.

Blessings everywhere. And I consider the first one a miracle.

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I am learning patience and faith.

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At work, we have this Blood Born Pathogens test we have to take about how to deal with a person who has a cut or needs mouth-to-mouth. We have to take precautions, like gloves, or a special tool to put on the mouth so we don't get spit in our mouth from the person. That way, if by some very rare chance the person has HIV or Hepititus, we will have less of a chance of getting it. One of the questions last year was like "If a person needs mouth-to-mouth and you can't find the (tool to pretect you from unlikely disease) then you should not give mouth-to-mouth". And it was true. They honestly expect me to let the person die just so that I don't get a disease that the person probably doesn't have. Rediculous. I was talking to Jeri about it. She said to me "I just think that if I did mouth-to-mouth without the precautionary tool, God would protect me". And I said "AMEN. I feel exactly the same way. I love you." That's faith.

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I didn't used to believe like that. I had a form of Godly devotion but proved false to its power. I didn't believe that God did that kind of stuff. You know, miracles. He does. Sometimes to prove to a person that he does them. Sometimes just because he knows that's what we need. Sometimes because he needs us to have that. Who knows. But he does it. And I thank Him. Praise God, my Father.