Now you may wonder what in the world could Marsha be writing about now?!?
Last week, we purchased a Groupon to have our furnace inspected by a local heating and cooling place. The appointment was yesterday morning. Thankfully, Keith was here when the guy came to check it over. He was here like 10 minutes or less and took Keith downstairs to show him something. That something turned out to be 3 cracks in our heat exchanger. He told Keith that he would not turn the furnace back on when he left, because of the threat of carbon monoxide poisoning from the furnace. He said he didn't care what we did after he left, but that he would not turn it on. We felt our furnace had served us well after approximately 20 years. A salesman was to arrive at our house within half an hour. Thankfully, several years ago, Marsha had worked for a mechanical contractor, who Keith was able to contact for some valuable information regarding a home heating unit. Her former boss was able to give Keith some information on what would be a good furnace for the size of our house, etc. The salesman, Randy, arrived and within the hour, we had decided on a unit for our house. Randy had told us that because we were without heat, he would be able to get it installed tomorrow (meaning today). Thankfully, the Lord protected us from any harm from the carbon monoxide poisoning. We had been both experiencing headaches. However, we thought it was from the change in the weather. Last night, we were able to stay comfortable with the two space heaters the heating and cooling place left with us, as well as our own space heater.
Tonight, we are grateful for our warm safe house and can rest in the Lord that He will take care of us physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially. He will meet our every need. Sometimes, I must admit, it just gets to be a bit overwhelming, not knowing His plan. All we can do is lean on His promises that, "My God shall supply all your needs..."
Today, Keith had a sub job in Caledonia, a suburb southeast of Grand Rapids. He was talking to a teacher and telling her about his circumstance about how he lost his job, etc. Long story short, there is a teacher at this particular school who will be taking a maternity leave in May. She is a high-risk pregnancy and is so far feeling fine. Keith told her that he is presently taking a class so that he will be able to get his certification renewed. They talked for some time and she was sounding like she would hire him for her position on the spot if she could! So, we are asking you to pray that if this is the Lord's will, that everything would be able to work out with all the paper work following his class, to be able to get his professional certificate renewed in time. This would be a long-term sub job beginning sometime in May and then through the end of the school year.
We are also asking you to pray for Keith as he takes this online class, that he will take one day at a time and do the best he can to get his requirements accomplished. The class is a 6-week class and will end April 15. He chose to take a class on Autism Spectrum Disorder, as he has had some kids in his classes with this. He has a desire to learn more about these disorders. He also has done some subbing in a couple of resource rooms, where he has worked with such students.
Just a quick reminder, that Monday, March 11, Keith has his doctor appointment with the general surgeon regarding his gall bladder. We will definitely keep you informed what he finds out with that.
Thanks to all who have been keeping us in your prayers. We do appreciate you so much. We know there are so many of you who are praying that we don't even realize. God is so good to us. We just want to let you know we love and appreciate each one of you.
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