Is this really the end of February? The weather has been unbelievably beautiful. I'll take this over snow any day! I'm not a fan of snow or cold at all. Doug, on the other hand, loves snow. I think he's loving this weather as much as I am, though, because when he prays every evening at dinner, he thanks God for the beautiful weather. I'm sure he's glad he doesn't have to waste expensive gas on plowing snow.
We've been very blessed the past two weeks...
First, we received an adoption grant for $3,000 from the Tionesta United Methodist Church, Lee Young Sook Adoption Fund! We're so grateful and thankful for it.
Second, we got a check for $750 as a refund for overpayment of our 2008 taxes! I know that God knew back in 2009 when Doug was preparing our taxes we would be adopting in 2012 and that $750 would come in very handy right now!
Third, I was making yet another gob cake and my stand mixer died as I just started to whip the filling! Doug went to WM to get me a cheap hand mixer until I decided what to do for the long term. Do I spend money on a high quality mixer, anticipating more cake sales, or do I just muddle along with cheap hand mixers for awhile. I asked God what I should do, and because He's reliable like that, He gave me an answer within a few hours. We came home to a message on our answering machine from a lady from my childhood church who wanted FIVE cakes for a church dinner they were having! She just happened to have a piece of my cake at work some weeks ago that her boss's wife had ordered from me for her husband's birthday.
And last, but not least, I was talking to my friend Laura in Sunday School on Sunday and she was saying that my gob filling tastes like her mom's. I told her how my mixer had died because the filling needs whipped for a long time and I'd been making quite a few cakes. At church Sunday evening, she gave me a like-new KitchenAid stand mixer that belonged to her mother! Just when I needed it! As someone said on Face*Book, "hands and feet of God". I love how God orchestrates little things that turn into big things!
We're anticipating Travel Approval in the next week or two. Wishing we could travel in April, but will have patience and wait for May (due to the extra expense of a trade show in Guangzhou in April.) I know it will work out better for us with PSSA testing for the kids and taxes for Doug, but hate that Winn has to wait longer.
That's all for now.
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