Faith and Brandon

Pastor Minnick preached an amazing message last Sunday morning on faith. It is almost like he knows exactly what Brandon and I are going through. Actually, we know it is just the Lord laying these messages on his heart to preach to us. We have experienced some very difficult times latley and right now the future holds many more. We do not understand what the Lord has in store for us. This is just another shout out to my dear husband. He never really gets to read this so I can brag all I want on him and he will not be embarrased. He is an amazing husband, father, friend, worker, encourager... and the list could go on and on. I would like to focus on the father part first being that father's day is Sunday. He is a great father to the girls. They could not ask for a better dad. He works so hard to provide for their needs and mine. Times are tough right now because unfortunetly in this line of work he works so hard just get give people want and well the Lord has different plans for how things will wind up. Back to the father part. He is so loving to them, but yet firm, he cares for them like no other father. As far as the husband part, well, he is yet again amazing. The Lord has really been testing us lately. Our line of work has seemed to have slowed down but yet he has faith that things will pick back up soon. He comes home everyday from working so incredidbly hard just to make our ends meet and comes homes to four hormonal girls.. fun times for him. :) He never complains about the house or supper or anything for that matter. He just loves to be home with his wife and family. I am so rebuked at times by him because he can keep such a good face in bad times. As far as the worker part, well those of you out there who have ever had him do any work for you at all know what kind of work he does. He takes amazing pride in his work, quality is number one to him and getting the job done and right is his main goal. He will literally not have money to spend if it means getting someone in their house. For example, this past April we celebrated our five year anniversary. He had planned his trip to PNG about a year and half ago so we knew that would interfer with our plans, but at the same time we would have liked to have gone away for our anniversary but instead he stayed here to work on some clients house to get them moved in on time. Most builders in this line of work would have shoved everything else to the back burner. Now, I on the other hand am thankful that he did do this for our clients because it meant that he is a man of his word, plus I was practically 9 months pregnant and really didn't feel like going anywhere. :) so back to the faith part, Pastor Minnick ended his sermon with "stare impossibilites right in the eye and face them with faith". Wow very hard at times but exactly what we needed right now in our life. Brandon has strong desire and we feel like the Lord would have us to continue this buisness but we can't do that without His help. So if you know of any one out there that is looking for a great builder let us know, or need any side jobs done we can help. We are very thankful once again to have the Lord on our side during hard times. I am not sure how people can live with out knowing that the Lord is the only one who will provided for you and he will not let a righteous man go hungry. That is very comforting during this time. Thanks for your contiuned prayers!