Hi there all,
I am sorry for the long period of not having time to sit down and blog about our lives. Some days are better than other for time but I just seem to fill it in other ways then to sit here and type about life. There are always thoughts running through my head though and sometimes I think, man if I blogged that maybe it would help ease my mind... but I never end up blogging. :)
Well live in the Ho house has been a fun last few months, we find ourselves very blessed each and everyday to have life physically and spiritually!!
Ayden is growing by leaps and bounds it seems; he is all over our house and we really let him crawl where ever. We have doors that close off the rooms and bathrooms so really that just lets him explore, which is FUN for him and us! I am not sure if the last time I posted Ayden had cut any teeth... but now he has two on the bottom and I believe that more are a coming, just based off his mood the last few days :)
A little bit about life for Min and I the last month or so has been consumed, in a good way, with finding jobs. Min is already working at Lowe's here in Indian Trail but it is not full time work. So really over the last two months I have found nanny jobs and interviewed probably at least fifteen times, and well none have worked out. Some were not willing to pay a decent amount for the job they were asking to be done and other families didn't like something about me or my philosophy of children. I have been trying to keep encouraged and persevere and remember that if the Lord wants it, it will be! So Danny Williams, he is Min's best friend and our family here in NC; Danny has been working at a new company and told Min a few weeks back that there should be an opening for a job, he just didn't know when. Well as we all know when there is not full time work the money in bank accounts can easily run low due to bills, etc. And Min and I both know that we needed to have something in place sooner than later, and my interviews had be flopping and we had this glimmer of a hope of a job for Min just no start date. Well last week Mark (another worker for CSI: the company) called Min and told him to go down to their office and fill out paperwork and do a background check and drug test. Well Min came home Monday 8/10/09 with papers that looked like he had been hired, we just had again no start date, which in construction you never know things could happen and they not need him anymore. So we have been praying all week and really since January when min left Trio-K, that the Lord would open doors and provide for us. And may I take a moment and tell you that in the last eight months we have seen the Hand of God Provide for us in multiple ways. I will tell you a brief story that took place a few months back...
I was nursing Ayden and Min was just hanging out in the living room, well while feeding Ayden I was praying for the little things that were needs for us, like diapers and asking the Lord to continue to provide. Well as Ayden finishes, he and I make our way out to the living room and a friend of Min's had stopped by, someone he had not seen in like a year. He has come by to meet and see Ayden and brought size 3 diapers, the size that Ayden was in at the time. And seriously I almost cried then and I tear up now just thinking about the fact that the Lord is the Provider in all of life and how He so loves and cares about us and meets out needs, not always our wants, but ALWAYS our needs! He alone get the glory!!
Ok so back to the job story, sorry for the sidenote. Min got called tonight, while working at Lowe's, and was told that he would start Wednesday of next week 8/19/09. One day after our two year Wedding Anniversary!! Min text messaged me this news tonight and I just looked at Ayden and said we need to praise the Lord!! For He has provided again and will continue to do so in our lives!! SO we are blessed to share that good news with you that the Lord has opened a door and allowed Min to walk through!! Please pray that Min would learn quickly and that the Lord would be glorified in him as he uses his hands and feet to provide for our family!
We also are very blessed to be able to go to Williamsburg, VA this weekend! I have had contact over the last couple of months with a nanny agency here in NC, and they do childcare on the weekends sometimes for military marriage conferences. In the past months I have told Christine that I would love to do it and to keep me informed about opportunities. Well last week this time I got an email saying that there was a conference in Williamsburg, VA and that our room, food gas, mileage and hourly pay would be included. I quickly emailed back and let her know that I would love to, in hopes that Ayden and Min could join me... I talked with her on Sunday night and she told me that they could come and we would have our own room!! SO we get to go away this weekend, and really get a blessing again from the Lord, through this opportunity! We are going just in time to celebrate two wonderful years of marriage and a beautiful family that the Lord has blessed us with! Seriously as I type this I am just blessed beyond!! I promise to take lots of pictures and post them shortly after we return! Please pray for traveling mercies as it is a six hour drive, with Ayden in the back :)
We are so blessed by family and friends, here in NC and at home in CA too! We find ourselves blessed everyday by God's Hand in our lives and hope that you can find that blessing too!!
Much love to you!!
Kimmy and the boys :)
