Life Group

I'm convinced that we probably have the best LIFE Group in the whole world. We've been sharing some of our job concerns with the group and, of course, they've been praying for us since we found out about Mat losing his job. We meet on Monday nights, and last week, the idea of fasting and praying for us was brought up as something to do until Mat finds or is offered a job. We thought this sounded great, but didn't seem to really go anywhere until we received an e-mail mid-week asking our group members about it. We didn't realize it until Monday night, but the time of fasting and prayer began Monday morning and we had several good things happen.

The first took place when we went into our rental office to give our 30 day notice. We have a new manager now, and we haven't been very impressed by him, but then again, it seems like we're always finding little things to complain about...another thing I need to give over to God (Thank you Jesus that I am saved by grace and not by works). Anyway, he asked us what was going on, found out Mat is a pastor and actually lowered our rent for the next two months instead of raising it :) Whoopie! Yay God! When he was working in his office, the assistant said to us, "He never does this, it must be because of God."

We didn't even realize the second had happened until we were at LIFE group. Mat was able to apply for between seven and eight jobs in one day. I thought, "wowzers, that's a lot" and he made up some excuse about being able to use the same resume and cover letter for them all. Needless to say, this is the first time he has come close to being able to apply for this many in one day. Yay God again!

Even though we've had all this amazing stuff occuring around us, he is still without work, and I feel like we're being attacked. Great things happen yesterday, but not without much conflict within our home :( At least we realize this now, ah the beauty of hindsight. Please continue to pray for us!