Home Study Complete

Agency Worker came to the house for the final visit yesterday. We had to all sit down as a family and visit with her, and she also had a few questions she had forgotten to ask us. We resolved the gasoline storage issue. DH has a friend that has a fire-proof container made especially for such things as gasoline and other explosive materials. We are going to buy it from him in a couple of weeks. Agency Worker said that as long as we give her a verbal notification that we have secured the gasoline, she will check it when she comes to bring children to our home and that will be enough.

So all that is left is a Saturday training on August 6th and an evening training on September 12th, and three hours of observation. This thing seems to keep growing, but I know we are really getting close. I'll be glad when everything is really and truly completed. It has been a long process.

The big news this week is that my husband has decided to start teaching an adult Sunday School class at our church. We are outgrowing our facilities and we need to start having two services. This means two Sunday School times and many new teachers are needed. We spent time in prayer about how God would like us to serve, and this is where we feel that He is calling us. It has been an amazing thing to watch God work in DH's life over the past 18 months. I never would have dreamed 18 months ago that we'd be where we are today. But that's another story.

Tomorrow morning we're off to see my best friend in another state for the weekend. I'll be making every effort to avoid computers while we are there since I work on one every day! So there won't be any updates most likely until Tuesday. Please pray that we have a safe trip, and I'll keep you all in my prayers while we are gone.