* Mom, grandma, Seth and the girls all went down to Lincoln and helped Jared and Hope tear up their carpet. Ben and Nathan stayed in Kearney with Grandpa. He treated them to the movie, Kung Fu Panda 3.
* Celebrated Easter with all of the family! JR, Lori and kids along with Jared, Hope and their family all arrived making it a full house! We had colored eggs together and ate a delicious ham dinner!
* With all of the family together, we had Seth's Eagle Court of Honor
* Monday, March 28th, we loaded up the cars and headed to our new town of Billings, Montana!
* Mom spent pretty much every day looking for a suitable place to live. It has proven to not be an easy task! Not much inventory and what there is, is high priced or not very nice. After stressing about it, mom went to the Temple and got a very comforting and reassuring feeling that a house would come available "soon" and that Heavenly Father was preparing the perfect place for us and that we just needed to have a bit more patience.
* Spent many hours at the hotel pool
* Took the family to the grand Scheels in town that has an indoor Ferris Wheel!
* Dad and Ben went back to Minot for a couple of days. Dad had some business to take care of and they also needed to go back to pick up Lambert.
Spiritually Speaking...
The past few weeks have really been faith testing! I'm one who struggles with letting doubt creep into my heart and start dwelling on the "what ifs". It has truly been a blessing to have the Temple in our midst again and to be able to have gone a couple of times since arriving here into town! Like I mentioned earlier, the inventory for a larger home rental is scarce and expensive! We have seen a house that we liked but didn't like the neighborhood (it was a bit run down and junky) and then we've seen a house that we loved the neighborhood but the house was run down and junky! We started wondering if maybe we should just take one of these houses since there were literally no other choices and we were scared that if we didn't jump on one of them, we'd miss out and have no where to move into! Finally I took my concerns to the Lord while at the Temple. A story that I had recently read on "Answers to Prayers" came strongly to my mind. This story is about a man who receives a knock at his door in the middle of the night. It turns out to be a long time friend that he hasn't seen in a very long time. He excitedly invites the friend in and then realizes that his cupboards are bare and he has nothing to offer his friend. He runs next door to his neighbors home and begins banging on the door - waking the neighbor, who sticks his head out of the upstairs window to see what is needed. The man tells him how he really needs some milk and bread RIGHT NOW to serve his friend. The neighbor tells him to go back home and that he will bring him a nice breakfast over in the morning. The man bangs on the door again and begs for "Milk and Bread!" and the neighbor again tells him to just be patient and he will bring over a nice, hot breakfast in the morning. Again, the man bangs on the door pleading for some milk and bread to give to his friend right away. Eventually, the neighbor comes downstairs, opens the door and give the man the milk and bread he so desperately feels he needs.
This story came strongly to my mind while in the Celestial room and the thought came that if we wanted to settle for "milk and bread" that we could take a house that we had already seen... BUT that if we would trust in the Lord, he had a "nice, hot breakfast" waiting for us! It wasn't long before doubt began to settle into my heart and I kept thinking "but what if nothing comes available for us!?" and John would remind me by saying "do you want milk and bread or a nice, hot breakfast!?" After a couple of days, my anxiety was getting the better of me and I asked John to give me a blessing. During that blessing, it was reconfirmed that the feelings I had in the Temple were from the Lord. I was also told that He knows the exact needs of our family and is preparing the perfect house for us and that it would be the ward that we are needed in. The time is soon and I just need to KEEP THE FAITH and to NOT DOUBT! I am so grateful for the blessings of both the Temple and the Priesthood that can help us in life and direct us to where we will find the most happiness! I will not settle for Milk and Bread!
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