God will Provide again and again

Status update: God is great, he's taking care of everything, and I love being back at school.

So here's the background story....I bought a piece of land in Kenai, I started class at UAA, and there hasn't really been any work since I've got back from Ecuador. I've gotten little projects here and there and a few shifts at the fire station, but nothing like the income I had budgeted for because we had a bunch of projects lined up. Well the bank pulled financing on construction projects here pretty much across the board leaving me with only new student and property bills and no income. The insurance company was still jerking me around and not paying accident bills from way back in March even...

This previous week I was trying to go through expenses and realized I didn't have gas money to go to class anymore, I had just been putting it on the credit card (great eh?) and hoping some work would come up soon. I needed a car with better gas mileage than the truck but the initial investment there was just too much. Then my friend Jamey was leaving for Oregon, so I went out to Hope to see him where he was bartending. Another guy, Mike, there I talked to liked to trophy hunt, but only if he had something to do with the meat and was always looking for someone to give meat away too. There's the groceries.

He was also selling a descent little car for relatively affordable--just not for me. Then Jamey says..."Becki, you can just have my car". He had replaced it with a more reliable one a couple months back and wanted the old one out of his driveway. I still say it was the Holy Spirit he was listening too whether he knew it or not. So I bought a $40 battery and Jamey put it in and delivered a running car to my doorstep. Yeah, he says it has problems, but no more than my truck right now and I'll rely on God to help with that when they come up. I'm extremely grateful to be able to go to class for a few more weeks. One more little hint that God does want me to go back to med school.

I told the condensed car story at Girdwood Chapel Sunday when we where offering up joys and concerns...and Ida felt moved to help me out with a couple more tanks of gas.

Part of the insurance check finally came through...Adam drove me to class yesterday...

And finally, I had my first Anatomy and Physiology test which I had prayed about and done a lot of studying...I got a strong A...the class average sure needed a lot more help though.

I'm still praying for work, especially steady work...but I know it's going to work out just how God plans it. Don't be afraid to trust him. Phillipians 4:6 says "Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything. And the God who is your father will provide for all your needs" (might be slightly paraphased)