A week of Celebration!

Not only did we celebrate the Independence of Costa Rica this week but God's safe deliverance from what could have been a very bad situation: A robbery!

Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:19
Taking a step of faith has a whole new meaning when there is a gun not two feet away from you. For precautions of water diseases, we have a man deliver some water to us on a weekly basis. This particular week, my husband wasn’t home, so I was taking care of the water exchange. As I went out to unlock our gate, which is about 5 yards from the door to our house, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that another man had walked up on the sidewalk. Not really paying attention to them because people walking by are not abnormal, I proceeded to unlock the gate. However, when it was time to open it I realized I couldn’t because the man had stopped and a conversation in hurried and anxious Spanish began. As I looked from the ground up to the other man I came to the gun he held in his hand that he was using to rob our water delivery man. At that moment the words “get in the house” ran through my head but I knew I needed to lock my gate first. So I reached down slowly and locked it as quietly as I could and turned very slowly to have my back to the robbery and walked the longest 5 yards of my life back to the safety of my home. I have never been so scared in my life, but at the same time depended solely on my faith in God, to keep me and my family safe. I truly believe that God was guiding each of my actions. Every step I took was just as hard as the first one, but I could feel God walking every one of those steps with me.

What a week it has been. Trying to get used to Evie being in a big girl bed and trying to potty train at the same time. Her teachers at school and a friend of ours told me she was showing lots of signs of being ready. I really didn't plan on tackling it yet but I thought I would give it a try. Well after 3 days of accidents and no success I decided to stop for now. She would go everywhere but on the potty. One time she didn't have anything on and decided to go #2 on our back patio which we smelled and found some 2 hours later. So we will try it again a little down the road. It's too stressful at this point in time.

There was a storm one night this week and Mylee and Evie were a little scared of it. But I told them they needed to go right to sleep so they wouldn't hear it. So I prayed for them again and left the room. About 20 minutes later it was all quiet. I was praising the Lord after about an hour of trying to get them to go to sleep. I go in their room each night after they are asleep to make sure they are covered up and to turn their fan off. Well this night of the storms I was surprised to find them in the same bed. But they were asleep! It was so cute so I took a picture of it!

You can find this picture along with a few others of some other happenings throughout the week. Just click on one of the pictures in the slide show! Thanks for visiting...We will see you next week!