My husband has been out of work of less than two full weeks now and he already has a new job , which pays more (yeah!!!) and gives us the oppurtunity to transfer to a city inwhich we always wanted to live.
Faith is something easily spoke about, yet hard to apply to my own life. I never thought it would be, but it was. Yet the entire time of knowing he would lose his job to the time he actually did, I didn't have any reservations that things would work out.
God opened doors for us this past month in allowing us to be able to do a small side business that we just love.
I am still working with Arise.com and am a Performance facilitator for a large electronics company. Thei is an amazing job. Since I do not have to be on the phone with customers, but helping others reps while they are on the phone, I can do this while tthe kids are playing or even doing school. I have been with them since last September and I really do love it. I just signed on with a national roadside service client with them. If you are looking for a good work at home job, that is legit, I fully recommend this one. It takes awhile to get started but it is fully worth it!!
I am anxiously awaiting the beginning of school. I think we may start early this year. I am completely ready. Of course I have been ready since April, but who's counting! :)
Thanks for all your encouraging words.
Julie
Today is shaping up to be a sad day. My husband got offical word today that he is being laid off. We have known for sometime that it was a strong possibllity but I never actually thought HE would be one of the ones laid off.
I know I should be striong and realize that all things work together for those who love and servce HIm, but sometimes the refining fire hurts too much.
He has lots of ideas swimming in his head about starting his own small business, but do we really have what it takes to do that?
More to come soon.
Julie
School is over for the school year!! Yeah!!! Now I have all this time on my hands...what to do....what to do....lol, we all know that is not the case.
My husband just found out that his company is going to be laying off the majority of employees due to the fact they did not get a big contract that they had had for the past 6 years and truely depended on. It is a huge blow to us. Not only finanacually but because my husband really enjoys working with this company and he also really likes all the men he works with, which of course is rare.
I have been watching the Florida outpouring on www.god.tv/ and it has been amazing!! I also have a clip on myspace page. www.myspace.com/mmjewilliams
I have had a stirring lately that is unimaginable. There is so much I want to do for God and just can't wait to do it. I just renewed my passport so I am ready to go!! Just waiting for the right timing which is the hardest thing to do. But I will do it, things done in haste never turn out well.
We had a good day today in school. I have a little girl in 2nd grade and a little girl in Kindergarten. I also have a 3 year old little boy.
My 2nd grader, Brittany, is really working hard on beginning to write short stories, but it is so difficult for her to spell everything correctly. She is such a perfectionist but yet she is a bit lazy so that is a weird combination! 
She has just started on multipication, and so far she is doing well.
My Kindergartener, Faith, is just starting on reading two vowel words. She was doing amazing reading her one vowel word and she is one that doesn't like change so when we switched to two vowel words she cried and fussed, but in the end she is definitly gettig it. I think she will do well!
Out three year old, Seth, is doing great this year during school. He has really gotten to understand how important it is is during school to behave and play quietly and nicely. He is anxious to do school and next year I will probably put him in K4. I will make that determination later this summer though. He has a late birthday, it is at the end of October so I guess he really isn't due to go until the following year.
As far as Matthew & I, we are doing well, but I guess with any couple goes along times of great struggle. We are in that time right now. Not in our marriage but there is a circumstance that I don't necessarly want to share but just to say we are in an extremely stressful situation right now, and need the strength to be able to move on. This is the darkest time in our life together. I believe that we will come out on the other side even more strengthened and full of faith that God is seeing us through.