Saturday, August 9, 2008

Moo-lah

God continues to amaze us. We did not work this summer, with the exception of a few outdoor jobs for some family. After living all summer, taking a trip to NC to interview for jobs, moving ourselves and all of our stuff to NC, 1 month of rent, security deposit, Paris, and all of the set-up fees and things that you don't think about when you move(getting water turned on - 100, getting new licenses - 32/person, phone/internet set up and 1st month - 115, buying things for school, oh, and not to mention the registering of our cars that can cost "up to 350/car"...which we are avoiding, etc). Let's just say it adds up quickly. All of a sudden all the money that we have been working so hard to save, is gone. We know that we'll be okay, but sometimes it takes a lot of faith.
If anything happened, we have amazing parents who are always there for us, but we're making choices for ourselves and don't want them to have to help us.
Anyway, the reason money has even been an issue is because we don't get our first paycheck until the end of August (only once/month), which we did not expect. Here is the cool part. We paid off all of those things (except registering our cars) and somehow we still have some money. Not to mention the $250 check that we got from Chris' credit card after getting 200 points, that couldn't have come at better timing or the $300 security deposit that was perfect timing as well. We have to buy a lawn mower...a week ago. This check is making that not an issue now.
A week ago we were thinking that we would need to eat ramen...a lot. Now? We stand amazed by what God does when you rely on Him. :)

2 comments:

Smells Like Apples said...

I always forget about that reliance thing and freak out about money all the time... Good work. :)

Sulean said...

He's a 'right on time' God!