I can't believe that it is already July.  The summer has gone so fast, and I have had very little time to even think of writing (or working on my website!).  I decided to stay home with half of our crew while my husband finishes up the travel season for his job.  Guess I could have had a garden after all! 

The REALLY cool news here is that Veritas Press has decided to carry my Draw and Write Through History books!  Yeah!  They also had me write an article on how to inspire your children to love history for their email newsletter.  You can check it out on their website if you are interested.  I believe they are giving one of my books away for free if you place a certain size order with them! 

On a different note, I just read this scripture in a email devotional that I get from Alpha Omega: "Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me." (Micah 7:7).  Why is it sooooooo hard to "wait on " or "look unto" the Lord?  He is God.  That should be enough.  We have been watching a house in the country for  a little more than a year now.   Both my husband and myself feel that God wants us to be in this house.  It was for sale, but for over $200,000,  That is wayyyy out of our league, to say the least.  IM our present house was bought for less than $50,000!  But.....I have a God.   So....we found out about 2 months ago that the house had been forclosed on and will go for sheriff's auction this fall.    Exciting, huh?  But it doesn't end there.  We feel that God is telling us to put our house for sale BEFORE we get a house.  This is scary as we have a large family.....we can't just go stay with friends if our house sells and we don't get the other one!  But, a friend of mine keeps saying to me "I have a God".    BUT.....now we hear the owner has moved back into her house.   This could mean that it will no longer go up for auction.  Or it could mean nothing.  We have to just sit and wait to see.  Also, we know that there are others interested in this house that have way more money than we do.  It is so hard to sit and wait WITHOUT worrying or trying to figure everything out myself.  Again, my friend says, "I have a God".  What a simple phrase, but it really means so much.  Why do we really worry?  God is sooo much bigger than all my cares.  He hears me.  He knows my hearts desires. He could blind the other people's eyes to the auction date.  He could provide us with exactly the amount of money we need.   He probably has bigger and better things planned for me than I can even imagine.  So I don't pray to get the house.  I pray for peace, and the patience and strength I need to wait!  :)  Really, He has ALWAYS come through in the past.  We bought our present house on a sheriff's auction.  People told us  (like they are doing now) that there was no way we could get it for the amount of money that we had.  We prayed. Not only were we the only ones at the auction, but we got the house for $1 more than what we prayed for.  I am not expecting God to do things the exact same way as before.  But I have seen Him work miracles, so I am expecting Him to work one now! 

Carylee