Hello friends and family! Sorry it's been a while since my last post. I've been super busy with work these past few weeks and haven't really felt like blogging. I'll try to do better. :-)
Last week was a pretty busy week for both Matt and I. He had A LOT of work (Hebrew Test, OT test, and etc.) and I worked a few more extra days and hours than I normally due to cover for a co-worker who's been out. Thankfully this week is back to normal!!! (or normal as it can be here in a foreign land)
Yesterday we celebrated Halloween like any couple without cute kids to dress up or a party to go to by eating sushi and listening to the sound of fireworks! The sushi here in Vancouver is super cheap and very good, so we enjoyed our Halloween despite not dressing up and eating candy! Something interesting about Halloween here in Vancouver is the fireworks. Apparently they are really big here...more so than for any other holiday it seems. We occasionally heard fireworks and saw firework sale stands the week leading up to Halloween. Then on Halloween night you couldn't relax because all the bang...boom...pop...sizzles going on outside! Interesting eh?
House update: Still no renters...and not too much communication from our property manager lately either which is a little frustrating. So y'all can be praying for decisions concerning our house, property manager, and etc. Having our house not rented is still pretty discouraging for us. Especially with so many people back at home and in Vancouver praying for it to be rented and all the contacts we've been emailing.
We've been going to a church called Granville Chapel here in Vancouver and they've been teaching from the book of Daniel the past several weeks. This past week, we learned about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being thrown into the fiery furnace and the unshakable faith that they had in the Lord. (Daniel 3:1-30) One particular verse that stuck out to me in the sermon was versus 13-18.
13 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?” 16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.
Daniel 3:16-18
When the Lord doesn't answer my prayers, I want to handle things more like Rack, Shack, and Benny.
The Lord is able to rent our house out...and even if he does not, I still want to trust him with where he has me here in Vancouver.
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