Second Semester, Here We Go

Our second semester begins this week, on wednesday! Deep down we know we're excited to be in such enriching, wonderful classes, but it sure has been nice to have a break where we can work, sleep, play games, sleep (yes, we love sleep), watch movies, and take a few short trips. We love going to bed late and waking up late, so we will have to get used to the schedule of going to bed early and waking up early again.

Thanks to the money we had saved up, we have been able to make our initial payment for this semester which we are grateful for as some of our friends are still struggling to make this payment. The generous anonymous donation we received will cover some of our February payment, and it also covered our stay here over Christmas break (we have to pay a minimal rent in order to stay, but the amount we could make while working made it worth it). Thanks to getting hours at work, we just paid our car off! We are so thankful we will no longer have that bill. And most of all, we are thankful to God who continues to provide in ways we don't expect. First, the anonymous donation, and second, hours at work. Ben mentioned to his managers that if they ever need him to pick up hours that he is willing, and he has been able to pick up hours for others every week since then. I (Alisha) was able to work 32 hours this past week, and I'm so thankful that at 29 weeks I was able to be on my feet for that many hours. The Lord has provided us with good health and common sense in order to do the jobs we have, and even though they can be mundane, we know this is something to be thankful for.

I will be 30 weeks tomorrow! Which means only 10 to go! It's hard to believe that in just a little over 2 months, we will have a new little one in our lives :) We started birthing classes last week, and I have started my every-other- week appointments now.

We do have one new prayer request. We ask that you pray for our insurance. We're going through somewhat of a mess with it right now, and we really need it figured out quickly as we have many appointments and such right now with the baby. Please pray that things will get figured out asap!

Happy New Year!

This won't be very long year, but just wanted to fill you in quickly on the last few weeks:

1. Went home for Christmas for 5 days and really enjoyed our time with family and friends

2. Worked

3. Worked until 11 on New Years eve, and both got home in time to see the ball drop, hear some fireworks out our window, and watch a movie

4. Read and watched movies

5. Went on a Babymoon this past weekend :) We went to Hocking Hills for a couple of days and stayed in a beautiful cabin and enjoyed our last "hoo-rah" event without kids (picture above)

We also had a generous, anonymous donation given to us to help with school which we appreciated SO much. We've been working hard and taking extra hours when we can, but without working full time, extra money toward our school bill is so helpful. We are so thankful to God and to the generous donator... we thank you, whoever you are.