When the desire is strongest...God steps in and saves me!

This seems to happen about every six months. When I feel the strongest desire to go running home and admit defeat in California, God seems to bring small little blessings to my children and I realize I can't quit now - if for no other reason for my kids' sake. There are days that I miss my family and friends to such an overwhelming degree that I am willing to tell Phil to quit the job and move home and figure something new and different out for our lives. But then days like today happen.

Logan got a call from a young person in our church that is trying to fix my office phone. He has to run wire in some very "small" places and asked if Logan could help him. So, Logan is off crawling in small places running wire so that his mom can have a phone in her office at the church. I am so thankful that Travis trusts Logan enough to do what he is told and doesn't mind being with him.

The girls are invited to a "giving" tea party with the other little girls in the church. All frilly and fun and best of all they are giving gifts to a child that may not get any other presents.

Then, tonight, all three of the kids will be picked up by two fabulous ladies in our church, taken to dinner, Christmas light touring, then dessert and returned back to us. And, they offered to do this. It wasn't like I had to beg, borrow and plead with them to take my kids (and as most of you know, I wouldn't do that anyway!).

So, I am sitting here wondering....would they be getting these experiences in Oregon? Of course not, because they would be busy with all their grandparents and family. But, here, people in our church know our kids don't have their grandparents and choose to do special things with my kids just because they want to.

I know God knows my deepest desires, but for now, He chooses to keep us here and gives me these moments of thankfulness for the experiences my children have received since being here. If living down here makes my children better people as they grow up....then it will all be worth it!!