Ask and You Will Receive

This week we have felt so loved and taken care of by people at our church. When we moved into our apartment here there was a lot of things we didn't have that we needed. Since we are on a very tight budget the only things we could really aford to buy were a couple of towels, a clothes iron and a baking sheet (that ended up being to big to even fit in our oven). We have gone a few months with out things and it was hard but we felt like we had been given so much already that we shouldn't ask for more. We finally decided to make a list of things we needed and we gave it to our friend Ronnie (one of the pastors at our church) and he circulated it through out the church. We weren't sure what to expect but with guests coming to visit soon we were hoping we would at least get some blanket and pillows for them to sleep with. Anyways, you know that part in the bible "ask and you will receive"?  Well sometimes it really is that easy. We just sent the letter out at the beginning of the week and we have already received blankets, pillow cases, and pots and we have people who have said they will drop off pillows, sheets, a blender and casserole dishes at the church for us this week. It's so easy to worry about things like money and what you don't have when you are doing a job like Jeremy and I. It's when you don't have a lot and you can't think of any way of getting it your self that God provides. Or sometimes maybe it just takes a time in our lives when we don't have everything we want to notice that God has been providing all along. Sometimes it's hard to have to rely on Him for everything but we are learning to not be so scared and to trust. It's going to be hard to make myself not worry for these next 9 months but I know that by the end of it I will have so much more faith that God can and will provide us with everything we need. 

For those of you who regularly pray for us, thank you. We think about you all every day (and I'm not just saying that we really do). We miss our home, family and friends more then anything right now so don't forget to keep us updated on things back home, receiving messages from you all are the highlights of my days here.