Well, here we are. The last day! Wow!! I think my gang did great with eating the beans and rice this week, but more importantly we've all gained a greater awareness about the issue of world hunger. And we've really had some sweet times praying together.
It's been really neat to see what countries the kids choose to pray for. Tonight we prayed for Thailand. Sarabeth had learned a lot about Thailand through GA's (Girls in Action) and shared some of that with us this morning, so that we could better know how to pray for them.
Of course this morning was cinnamon rice and Rice Krispies. Sarabeth is going to miss have cinnamon rice every morning. It's one of her favorite foods and she asks for it frequently. I don't make it for her often enough, though.
For lunch I made rice and then we polished off what beans were left in the fridge.
Early afternoon I got a pot of beans going with a hambone that I've had in the freezer since Thanksgiving. We were going to have 15 bean soup tonight. (Talk about variety!) And I recently found a great recipe for a very easy Artisan Bread. I thought that sounded great for tomorrow night's Grilled Chicken and Roasted Red Pepper Panini. So I got started on that.
I got an email regarding a house showing tomorrow. Great! I just made a few changes to tomorrow's schedule, checked tomorrow's menu and made a mental list of a few things that needed to be tidied up. Then I got a phone call. A call saying that the agent we had been trying to work a deal with wanted to show the house in 25 minutes! Matthew was down for a nap, I had flour all over the counter, the kids' sheets were in the dryer. Well...we somehow managed to get out of the house in 20 minutes! It was super crazy!!
We headed to Sprout's to do some grocery shopping and came home at the end of the hour. They had requested an hour for the showing. I pulled around in front of the house right behind two cars that were pulling up to our house. Hmmm....maybe they are just now showing up. I'll drive around the block. Oh goodness! They are just now showing up! So we ended up going to the church parking lot for a few minutes and took that opportunity to pray regarding the house situation. Then we drove back. They were still there. We drove over one street and parked where we could see them leave. They were there for 45 minutes!
Now, don't get me wrong! I'm glad that they spent so much time looking at the house and talking about it, but it was much later than I had expected! I had hungry kids! I had groceries that needed to put in the fridge! I had beans on the stove and bread rising on the counter!!!
Well, finally they left and we went home. The bread had spread all over the counter (it's not a loaf pan kind of bread) and the beans had sort of disappeared. It was like they dissolved! So.....Chipotle to the rescue for dinner! We went there for beans and rice, saw some friends, had a good time.
We're very ready for "normal" food tomorrow!
Oh....one more thing about this crazy day. Stephen had to unexpectedly go into the office just before lunch. On his way, the guy in front of him swerved. Well. Stephen couldn't swerve in time to miss the chair sitting on the freeway. So he has some bumper damage and is missing a light on his car. :-( We're all very glad that he is okay, but kinda sad for the car. At least it can be fixed.
Crazy days happen and I'm so glad the Lord sees us through them!!
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