Open the flood gates

Well, once again we have tested and proven the tithing theory. Not intentionally, anyway here is our latest story.

Jason is going to school, as you all know. He will be taking 12 credits this semester. He is going to the local community college so it is not terribly expensive, but it does add up, especially when we are really tight to start with.

So back in May or June I went on line after a friend told me where to go and what to do and I filled out the FAFSA. It had to be turned in by July 1. A week or so later we got something in the mail from the school asking us to fill more stuff out and send in a copy of our most recent tax returns. We did all that. A few weeks later we got another thing saying that Jason did not sign his tax return and he needed to. So he went to the office got that all done and they submitted it.

We never heard anything back. I checked on line and it said that his expected cost of school was $12,000 (which includes books, housing, etc) and he had been awarded no financial aid. I wasn't that surprised, mostly just disappointed.

So, now we have to pay his tuition by the 31st of July so he doesn't lose his classes. I was getting more and more worried. We are going to have to put it on a credit card. So last Thursday I told him to go to the financial aid office and find out about student loans. When he got there they pulled up his record and found that it had never been submitted. I was SO angry!!! They told him that they would turn it in then.

Well, the next day I looked on line and found that he had been awarded enough money to cover his classes and his books for the entire year!! I was so happy. I called him in and made him look at it with me. Then we knelt down and thanked Heavenly Father for once again saving us with a HUGE blessing.

My brother Ammon is having two major surgeries. The first one will be on Monday and the second one won't be until Aug., although he will have to stay in the hospital the entire time. The surgeries are very difficult and we are all very nervous for him. After the surgeries he will have a long recovery and he will have to miss the first few months or more of school--he is very sad about that. We are all praying for him and I wondered if you would all do the same too. I think we could use all the prayers we can get. He started his own blog so we would all be updated on what is happening with his surgery and recovery. You can check out his blog here .

Thank you everyone!

I just wanted to write to everyone and say thank you for coming to our family reunion. It wasn't perfect, but it sure was nice to be together as a giant family.

We just got home from mom and dad's house. Mike and Adrianne & Andy and Laura are still there and I am glad that I will get to see them a couple more times at least, but I am still sad. I am sad to come home to an empty house. I am sad that I won't get to see many of you again for three years.

I had the best of both worlds. I was still in my house, with the comforts of home. I didn't have to pack anything or travel anywhere. But I still got to spend tons of time with my family. I know that for many of you, going home is a nice thing, kind of a relief. But for me it is just sad and lonely.

I love you all. Thank you again.


PS Jason and my kids think I am nuts sitting here crying in front of the computer.

PSS I don't think that it helps any that I have to go back to work tonight and I really don't want to. And that I have sharing time tomorrow. It was fun to pretend for a while that I had no responsibilities.