Prayer please...

Please pray for safe travels as we drive to Isaac's follow-up doctor appointment in Mankato tomorrow.
Please pray for Isaac's blood tests to show his body is continuing to improve!

We have to rent a vehicle to drive there as our van is giving us trouble. It wouldn't start yesterday when we got in to go to lessons and AWANA :( I had a bad day! There is always something going wrong it seems and it is so discouraging some days!!! Besides the van having trouble starting, it has trouble at 50 mph to 65 mph. It pulls and shakes. I continually think this is it, I can't do one more thing (don't know what I'll do about it), I can't do it anymore. Then, of course we get through it and look back and it wasn't so bad. I can usually laugh, but, lately, it is getting harder and harder to look back and laugh or find the hope of the future being any different. Then, I think, why should it get "better" for me. Sometimes people go through hard times and some of those times are harder than what I'm experiencing. Should things get "better" or should I view my circumstances differently? Should I be like Paul in the New Testament and find joy in the hard times and should I be content with that which I have? I know the right answer. I know that I have nothing to complain about really. I know that my kids are great, people are praying and caring for us, God has not left (despite it feeling like he must have sometimes), tomorrow is another day (that I too often think will only bring one more trial), Lena is the cutest baby ever, I love Jane Austen movies (just watched Persuasion (very good)), my dad (step dad) brought me flowers for Valentine's Day (I don't think he's ever done that), my husband continues being a great person (poor guy thinks I'm mad at him that the van wouldn't start because it's been giving me trouble for months, but I was really crying and couldn't talk on the phone when I called to tell him what happened so I handed the phone to Jordan), and I could keep finding the good things in life despite it being a challenge to do so at times. I'm not sure why I write all these things. Maybe to give hope to someone going through a challenge? It can be hard but there is always hope no matter how far away it seems to be. The greatest hope is eternal life with Christ Jesus:) What a glorious day that will be!

To answer the Vander Vorsts question: Jordan has been playing violin almost three years (started lessons in April of 07). Emily started then too. Emily is practicing more in a day as she is interested in trying out for symphony next year too. Jordan just started teaching two of the other children violin. Maybe we'll have our own little orchestra soon!