Trailer Fiasco

We just had our second Friday in a row with pizza nights. Now we're back onto our regular every other week schedule.

Last night we had 89 people here, and several people who were planning to come didn't make it. It was a great day/night. Annie and I made 18 pizzas, and we were really happy when a former Italian restaurant owner gave it very high ratings! We're hoping that he'll teach us to toss the dough some day, he showed me how to practice with a dish towel, but I didn't catch on. Dad and the boys were working at his house yesterday changing out their electrical panel so he cooked up some eggplant lasagna on the BBQ, and it was delicious!

Last Friday we had just started eating with all of our company that had arrived when the phone rang. It was our friend from TX who was on his way to our house when his trailer had a little accident... It rolled a few times and was completely obliterated, leaving it's contents all over the road.

It just so "happened" that we had two 15 passenger vans sitting in our parking lot ready to go, along with two big trailers. They were loaded and on their way in a few minutes. About an hour later the rescue crew returned with our friends from TX. The trailer base, (the only recognizable thing left), was inside of one of the bigger trailers that just "happened" to be here that night.

I just think it was so neat the way the Lord arranged all of the circumstances to help a brother in need.

This week has been a very special week for me! The Lord has been revealing a lot of things to me through His Word, and through other people's experiences. I'm so blessed, excited and encouraged to begin practicing the things I've been learning about giving thanks in all things and rejoicing always and serving those who I've been called to serve! (I already knew I was supposed to do that, but it's good for me to be reminded often).

(Now that I post this I'm going to have some tests that will try my faith, I'm sure!)

I enjoyed a week off from going to work. I got to do what I love best, keep house! Yep, I actually love to wash dishes and cook, sweep and mop, clean up and organize, vacuum and dust... But I'm excited about learning to be another "secretary" for Dad and the business, presenting kitchen plans to customers and scheduling with them. Today was my first trip with Dad and it was way too easy...

Dad: "I've made three different designs for you to look over and choose one of, and we can change them around however you like."

After viewing the three plans...

Dad: "Would you like to keep these and think about which plan you want to go with?"

Elderly home owner: "Nope. I make fast decisions. I'll take the third plan, that's the one I like best."

We actually have 4 kitchens waiting for us to do right now. They're all from word of mouth references. The customers have pretty much decided to use us before we even give them a price!

Last night several of us received personal thank you notes from the owner of the last kitchen we did. She enclosed a cash gift for each of us! How sweet is that?! (She also gave the company a bonus!)

I'm hoping to update the family website some day in the near future. It will probably be a mile long but hey, at least we have some new stories to tell!