Dearest Friends,
Our hearts are overwhelmed with thankfulness for all that God has been doing in our lives in this past month. A little over a month ago, we were unemployed and living by faith with no perspective income. At first, we were kind of concerned as to where our finances would come from (It's not exactly easy to find a job in today's economy). But God has been oh SO faithful to provide us with our every need! We have had no want of anything due to His generous provision towards us! Due to this, we finally were able to receive complete and utter peace, knowing that He would take care of us and provide Hunter with a job in His perfect timing.
Well, as soon as we placed our fears and concerns at His feet, almost instantaneously, Hunter was offered a job as a substitute teacher in a charter school, in South Phoenix. We were so excited! While the job is part time, it is also very flexible - an aspect that we greatly appreciate. The children can be very challenging and demanding, but Hunter loves the kids that he works with. We are incredibly blessed by this job!
While Hunter had been job searching, I had made a couple calls to various families that I knew were looking for a part time nanny/babysitter. The "hunt" had, so far, been unsuccessful, and so we just prayed that I would only get a job as a nanny if it was in the Lord's will for me. Well... at practically the same time that Hunter was offered the job as a substitute teacher, I received a call from a family asking me to nanny their four kids for a night or two per week! I was elated! I had never done any sort of professional babysitting before, so it was a new experience to meet a family I had never previously met and then be entrusted to take care of their four, beautiful girls while the parents spent some quality time together. Despite any fears I had before, I love the job, and I am very blessed to be a part of the girls' lives.
If God hadn't blessed us enough, just this last week, Hunter was given a part-time job by our school (Arizona Christian University) to make promotional videos for them! Filming and editing is an immense passion that Hunter has always possessed. So it is a wonderful privilege to be employed to simply do what you love most!
We are truly astounded by God's grace and mercy towards us! Our greatest desire is to give God all of the praise and glory for providing us with our every need. We strongly believe that God is going to use the skills which we are currently acquiring to further His kingdom when we move to Africa as missionaries someday. We are very excited to see where God is taking us on this amazing adventure called Life. Until we are able to move to our beloved continent of Africa, we are content where He has us right now :)
Thank you so much for your prayers and your support! We are very encouraged by it! We ask that you would continue to keep us in your prayers as we seek to serve our Lord and Savior each and every day of our lives and that we would also be obedient to His will for us both now as well as in the future.
With much love and thankfulness,
Hunter and Andrea
