Rosebud has her dander up ! Good for you , Rosebud. These people will know who they are dealing with and will learn that they can't run over you.

Yes, but for the moment; just had to get some things off my mind. There, I feel much better. Well, they couldn't find a worker willing to come in today -- so it was a good thing I went ahead and helped DH myself yesterday to keep things on schedule (apparently no-one does any support work on the holidays).

Some workers won't do certain jobs, and I've seen this before like bathing men, fixing or changing urine and colostomy bags -- just not people's favorite jobs so they either refuse or don't show up. They have to get someone to agree to come in for these type of things. If they don't show up or give us grief, I'll just cancel it and do it myself. We have had friends and relatives that have had trouble with workers showing up. I wish they would hire some male nurses/aides to help the men; as they seem to have a hard time getting help the most.

Another worker is supposed to come tomorrow -- please pray this goes well. This is to assess the home support help we will get in the future. Hope it goes better than today. Thursday, I was supposed to go to the hospital but the appt is at the wrong time and I can't go; so I tried to change it and there was no-one there to do that. Then on Friday, we are supposed to have a worker come in for DH for one hour -- will they show up???

BARGOO -- hope you are feeling well; DH & I pray for you every day ...

You know, I saw the WORLD VISION ad on the right side of the page and was thinking about a question a person posted on a youtube thread recently. He/she (the name is ambiguous to me) said that they had a hard time believing in a GOD that would allow over 9 million children under the age of 5 to die every year.

What would you say to that person? I was praying about this and two men from a local church stopped by the very next morning with a free booklet with this question -- WHY SO MUCH SUFFERING AND WHEN WILL IT END? They gave some scriptures that do help us understand a bit better, like 2 Timothy 3:1-4 where it explains how selfish & uncaring some people will be in the latter days/end times.

I always tell them that GOD wants them and us to do something about it becuz He said that he gave us dominion over all the earth in Psalms 8, so it is our responsibility to feed and look after everyone on this earth. There really is enuff food and medicine to look after everyone on this planet. It is just getting it to them all and in a timely fashion.

Many governments are now working with African and other underdeveloped nations to help in areas of food, agriculture, medicine, education, and technology, as we speak. Many people may not be aware of that. Our country (Canada) targets help to different nations until they don't need any help and then helps others that ask for help. All the rich nations of the world can easily help a nation or two each year spreading the help around even more.

Many African nations are doing much better now becuz of this plan. Add in the help of the Red Cross, the United Nations, and organizations like World Vision (as there are several of these kind), these people are being helped more than people know and those stats (mentioned above) are lower than that today. We pray all the time that the most needy nations will be helped asap; and when we hear about an urgent need, we should do whatever we can to help.

As a group, Christians and the churches also give a lot; and will continue to. I have added my prayers and ideas and $$$ to help in any way we can. We are not rich, but we have done pretty good, like we donated 250 dollars worth of aluminum cans last year which went to a nun working with street people and the poor in Honduras. I share this only so that you know that there are ways to raise money to give to missions that are important to you. Another way is to save pennies or cash in beer bottles/cans. We have done all this for charity.

Let's continue to pray for this matter on a regular basis.

Rosebud-You're right...we can all do something even if it's 'only' prayer. Our world/countries/states/towns are a mess and it's only going to be God that brings us out of it. I've been praying for you and your DH, even though I haven't had time to be on here for a few days. God brings you to mind and prayers go up. Same for Bargoo and everyone else. Gary's family even came to mind the other day and I knew I had to lift Angie up. I'm sure this has been a difficult few months for her too.

Prayers going for all

I think of Gary often Wouldn't h be pleased to know these forums are carrying on ?

RONNI & BARGOO -- yes, we still pray for ANGIE and their family too; and they are still on the current prayer list on page one of this thread. I have no doubt that GARY would be pleased that we are still carrying on these threads too. I know that the US has been hurting a lot, and we have been praying for them too.

I think it was JESUS who said that there would always be some "poor" in the world, but I still think He wants us all to do what we can, even if that is just praying for the rich people and our/their governments to do what they can too.


OH, BTW -- could you pray for a friend of ours named MARTHA M. (GOD knows who she is); she has cancer again (this time in her bones, as she puts it). She is having chemo again but is in great spirits. She is one of the nicest ladies I have ever known but she lost two siblings right in a row recently: so much for her to deal with but she still smiles and smiles, as always. We love her and we know that GOD does too. THANKS, FRIENDS!!!

Praying for Martha, I have cancer that has spread to my bones as well as my brain but, Martha I put the Great Physician in charge.

Prayers going up!

We have to put in a new furnace and hot water tank this year, so I have been looking to see if I can find any rebates for that (I have found one so far). Apparently, we were losing almost 50% of our heat out our old chimney; that will be closed up and the new way is much more energy efficient. Plus we pray that our furnace guy will give us the best price he can; and he has guaranteed his estimate. His estimate was the starting price of another company and the same as another company. I checked them out online and was pleased to find that it was fair.

Please pray that GOD will grant me wisdom with my thriftiness to pay it off as quick as I can. I am glad to get it done really; as I will feel a lot safer knowing that it is up to the new codes and not dangerous for us in any way. I am glad to get some work done each year; as everything we do increases the value of our home for the long-run.

PRAIZE GOD that we have a good electrician that is looking out for our safety too and he gave a good price on the work he did this week too. Everything will be done before I leave to go down south to see my doctors in October.

PRAYERS continue for you and yours ...

Prayer Warriors: My husband finished his master's degree in Educational Leadership back in June. He's been on several interviews but has yet to get a second interview yet alone a job offer. He has an interview in his current school district on Tuesday. I have several reasons for wanting him to get this job:

1. He wants it.
2. The interview process is literally changing him. He gets depressed and agitated and quite unlike himself. It took him a long time to come to grips with the fact that the job might not happen this year but I am super afraid that if this one doesn't go well that he will plummet again into a pit of despair.
3. Our plans are to do IVF again. When I get pregnant (cause this time it's going to work, God already told me) I want to be able to stay home with the kids and that can't happen unless his salary increases. Yes, it'll still be less than what we would be making together but it'd be enough for us to get by comfortably--and debt free.

Those are my three main reasons for asking for your help. I know God gives us what we need and not necessarily what we want---and I know that we don't need this, but it would help us to have the financial stability for me to stay home and raise the kids and focus them on learning to live a Christ-centered life.
4. The extra money while I'm pregnant would be awesome, we could fix the deck and put in a second bathroom (which would all be essential if we ended up with multiple munchkins)

The interview is on Tuesday the 10th at 2:00.

Thank you.

KAITIE -- ^Prayers^ are going up for your husband and you as this time. Job seeking is so stressful on everyone. You have legit reasons for wanting this position, and GOD does care about our wants and needs. We really hope all your dreams come true ...



HEY, check out this beautiful song called YOUR GREAT NAME, sung by Natalie Grant; I just love it -- it is so uplifting. Enjoy ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbBrlAVm20

Katie, all your reasons sound valid but my suggestion is to Trust God He may have something better planned for your husband,

BARGOO -- I so agree with you about this point; that is why I say with my requests ... "if it is your will". If it is not, please give me peace about it. HIS WILL just means what is good, right, and best for me and mine. Whenever we are praying about any of our needs or wishes, we must always realize that GOD knows what is best for us in every situation. Even though we may want something very badly, it may not be good for us at this time (or ever, in some cases). Some things may appear good on the outside, but GOD knows the whole picture and we don't. How many times I didn't get a specific job only to find out later that no-one wanted it; or there were problems with the job, the boss or other staff, the atmosphere, the pay, the workload, or all of the aforementioned.

This has happened to me in many, many areas in life. If something isn't going the way you expected or wanted, look closer to see if there is something you may be missing. Another example is you may meet someone and they seem really nice at first, but as you get to know them better, you start to see all their flaws and shortcomings; they may not be what they seemed at all (some people are very pretentious). You may wonder why someone has no friends, only to find out it is becuz they are the worst gossip you ever met; or they say the most unkind things about people all the time.

The other thing is TIMING: we have mentioned that here before. It may not be the right time for your request. So ask for peace for this moment until you know what His will is for your life. It is hard to be patient and I am going through this myself right now; so I ask GOD every night to help me TRUST HIM THAT ALL THINGS WILL TURN OUT FOR GOOD IN THE END (according to His will). And though we may be hurting now, remember that He is just trying to save us from ever worse pain down the road. I sure have been learning this lessen over and over again as you all know -- that is ... not only Trusting GOD for each moment, but ongoing Trust in GOD each day, no matter happens. So, THANK YOU GOD for sustaining me each day!!!

Garth Brooks sang a song once called UNANSWERED PRAYERS that was so poignant ... well sorry, you can't find this song sung by Garth on the net -- only a million copycats instead. That's too bad; guess Garth needs more money $$$ Hey, I'm a huge fan and still have many of his tapes (that I bought); but you know, I think there should be a rule that once you're a gazillionaire, you could share a little with your fellow man, eh? Oh boy, I'd better not get started ...

GREAT NEWS -- my DAD and Stepmother, GRACE surprised us with a visit today. The long trip was hard on them both, but they made it. DAD's tumor surgery has been postponed until SEPTEMBER 27th; please pray about this surgery. THANKS and PRAIZE GOD, they are both doing so very well; and they both looked very good too!!!


OH, MORE GOOD NEWS -- the PGT has redirected our funds back to us into our account; while they make their decision about guardianship which they say may take several months to process. That is fine with me: the only one that has disappeared is the provincial/federal rebates; I am presently trying to find out what happened to them (if they got lost in all the red tape), or if they were cancelled unbeknown to me.

Thank you everyone! DH said the interview went fine, he's just trying to remain cautiously optimistic--which is better than the last couple of interviews.

I agree with 'thy will be done'.....I just seriously hope thy will and my will are the same at this moment in time. :-)