a short update!

i know i haven't written on this in awhile. i feel like i say that all the time. oh well...i just wanted to write, because God has really been at work in our lives lately. first i had to have some blood work done. those of you who have been pregnant will understand the hated sugar test. well the first time i had it done they didn't tell me what they were setting the appointment up for. it was also the day of our carnival at school. so i was hungry (what else is new) and i ate a bunch of cotton candy. of course that didn't help my plight and i failed the first test. so they scheduled me for another more in depth sugar test. this one would take 3 hours and i had to fast. what a pain. well...i failed the first of the four blood tests by one point. the rest i passed. when we talked to the doctor he said that one abnormal made the whole test abnormal. he said that they could treat me as gestation diabetes or we could do the test again. well since i have a dread of needles and a lack of money to pay for all the stuff necessary we decided to take the test again (it wasn't really that hard of a decision). so on thursday last week i did the 3 hour fast test again. i was really praying. it is so hard for me to not worry about these stupid things even though i know that God is in control. finally i just relaxed and realized that God was in control and if i had this diabetes that he would provide and give MARK (because i of course couldn't do it myself) the strength to give me the injections :). and the tests on thursday went fantastically. God really worked it out. everything was low so no worries.

its also been neat to see how God has provided money for us. our insurance is lacking so we've been paying pretty much out of pocket for the doctors visits, blood work, and ultrasounds. and when they told us how much we would have to pay a month i freaked out. i had no idea where the money would come from. (you can now completely see how much a worrier i am). but each time we had to pay somehow we had the money. it didn't come from miraculous means necessarily (like george mueller) but we had it. now we only have one payment left. and i don't know how we made it. bills were paid; we had food. God is good! that's all i can say. so if you are discouraged today or you are worrying - DON'T!! God is in control and he has a perfect plan for your life.

also we have the baby's room almost finished. and our guest room too. everyone who has been staying with us has had to sleep on air mattresses well no more! we have a real bed with a real mattress and even some decorations. so i will post pictures of our finishing touches later hopefully!

we hope that everyone is doing well! have a fantastic tuesday!