Stay-at-home Wife

Since a couple years ago, around the time I met Vince online, my dream has been to be a stay-at-home wife. It didn't look like it would be possible, with all the bills and everything that we have... but I haven't had time to look for a job because I've been so busy with housework, and Vince has just been working and paying the bills. We didn't even notice till recently that we're totally making it on one income, so far. We don't have a lot of extra money to splurge on "wants"...but the Lord is taking care of our needs, and that's what matters. Our apartment doesn't look picture perfect, the furniture doesn't all match and it's kinda plain, but it's our home and I love it. 

So that's my short blog for today. Maybe I'll ramble later. :-) hehe

Cooking...

Tonight I made supper on my own for the first time... without any help at all. Every other time I've cooked something, I've had help from someone (usually my husband... he's more experienced in cooking than I am!!). Tonight was different, though. I made pork chops all on my own. I never realized how much joy there was in cooking until my husband told me how delicious it was. The best part is, he wasn't just trying to make me feel good about it... I had actually cooked a good meal (I thought it tasted good too.... lol).

The thing I hate about cooking is all the dishes I have to do afterwards. Then I get happy when all the dishes are clean and my kitchen looks neat and tidy. :-)

I still totally love being married!! :-)

Random thoughts

I don't feel like keeping this blog on one topic today. Yesterday we had a big rainstorm and now we're having sewer problems... so while it gets fixed, I can't do laundry or dishes or anything that uses a lot of water.

Last night we had a missionary at church. He and his wife are going to be working in Micronesia (a group of islands between Australia and Hawaii). He told a story about an evangelist that heard about how few missionaries are in Micronesia, and this evangelist began to pray that a missionary would go to a specific island. He would tell people about it in every church he went to. One time he was preaching in a church and mentioned this island, and a man came up to him and said "My wife and I felt God was calling us to that island", but then he continued and said "but we found out they have no electricity and no running water so we changed our minds about going." This would be a totally sad story, if it wasn't for the fact that God called someone else to the same mission field, because of that man's refusal to go. It just shows that God's will is going to be done... but we can miss out on it if we don't let ourselves be available to do whatever God wants us to do. Can you imagine the way that man will feel someday when he finds out how much God used the other missionary and what he missed out on? Oh how I don't want to miss out on God's blessings like that!

Just had to let that out. :-) It really touched my heart last night.

The Lord continues to provide!

He's just so good to us! Last night, a lady at church told us that she knows someone who is giving away a stove/oven. (in case you didn't know, we don't have one right now) We can pick it up this afternoon! I'm so excited... I'll finally be able to cook normal meals!

Now the next thing I'm hoping for is a stackable washer/dryer. Our laundry area is in the bathroom, which is already small. We just have a washer in there. If we tried to put a dryer in there, it would block one of the bathroom doors.

I'm just gonna keep checking Craigslist.... you never know what could show up on there! :-)

Dreams (that glorify God) Come True!

I'm really seeing God do some wonderful things in my life... and I just wish I could tell everyone about it but I can't seem to find the right words to express it!

Living here in Ohio with my husband is like a dream for me. Having the opportunities that we have to serve in our church is way more than I could've ever asked for. I mean, it's something I used to daydream about when I was younger. I always wanted to work with kids someday, to have a husband with leadership ability, and to go to a church that teaches the Bible the right way and a church family that loves each other like a real family. Now the Lord has given me ALL of that... even though I don't deserve a bit of it! Amazing God, isn't He???

Almost a month already...

And I still love being married!!!

Marrying Vince was the best decision I ever made, outside of my salvation. I'm completely in love with him... and it just gets better the more I'm with him. Before the wedding, it was hard to explain to people that I knew it was going to work out... because people have this idea that if you meet someone online, get married young, or marry someone you've only spent a little time with, it won't work out. I did all three, and it worked out perfectly!!

Everything has just been so perfect. The wedding was better than I could've dreamed of. The church here is like a second family. My in-laws are totally sweet to me. Vince and I have discovered we have even more in common than we could've known before we were married... and everything is just so wonderful.