God Showed Up

Pennsylvania landscape taken by my friend Becky.

I saw some answers to prayer today! In our mission devotional time we talked about the need for more funds to pay bills for the mission as well as personal needs. Then I went to work and there was a large order for books from a store that hasn't ordered in years & another store called out of the blue and paid their bill. God reminded another individual that he hadn't ordered from us in a long time and hecalled to order. In answer to prayer, someone made a donation to our prison ministry and we were able to send to about five inmates and still have money for more.

Dogwood here at CLC also taken by Becky.

Life in the Fast Lane

Life sure seems to speed by, thus the lack of posts. We were childless on Mother's Day (saw both of our sons, and one daughter-in-love the previous week, recieved appropriate cards and gifts). Our neighbors were also childless so we decided to put together a no work (necessitating a trip to Wawa) picnic and we went to Ft. Washington State Park. We had a wonderful, albiet chilly afternoon hiking, trying to avoid the poison ivy. So far none. I think we are safe. This picture was taken there.

We are leaving in a minute to go to one of our CLC stores to have a Right Hand of Fellowship ceremony for the manager of that store who is becoming a member of CLC. It's like becoming a member of a church.

We've been busy reevaluating things like car and renter's insurance and AAA membership. All will be cheaper now that it's just the two of us. We are actually switching from Geico to State Farm because they gave us such a great rate-sorry Gekko! We have this nice family run agency right down the road. They seem like "good neighbors"!

We're starting to think about vacation. Our first thought was that we would go to Delta Lake Bible Camp where we went last year. We had a good time and left spiritually refreshed but it is 6-7 hours away. We're concerned about the gas situation. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else is altering their vacation plans because of gas prices or prices period.

Guess I'll be getting out those "live on nothing" and "tightwad" books to get us through these tough economic times all the reporters are talking about. I'm glad our trust is ultimately in the Lord and His provision. We live in a very expensive area but our mission is given free bread and bagels and occasionally other kinds of food. For fruits and veggies we go to one of several markets near us. The grocery stores are way too expensive. Mostly we shop at Aldi's. Anyone have any tips for saving money? Check out Money Saving Mom for some great freebies and frugal living tips.

Well, it's getting late and I need to wind some things up.