Dec 6 2009 Yes i think God can even use Dogs.....

its been a while since i have updated so i have lots to share, but i want to first start off with the most recent. yesterday morning as i went to go pick up the kids from grandma Donna's i saw a HUGE German Shepard walking up to my house. i have never seen this dog before and had no idea where he/she came from. ( FYI i get skittish around dogs i don't no, especially big dogs, i blame that on the movie cujo ). so after i got the kids, the dog was still out. my next door neighbor was kind enough to tell the dog to go so the kids and i could get into the garage with out me having an anxiety attack. the dog left, we got in, life is good. after the kids got done with their Saturday chores they wanted to go play out in front, so i decided to be brave and go out to see if the dog was still there. joyfully i saw the dog tied on a leash in our neighbor across the street's garage while his owner was doing yard work. i had not had a chance ( or the guts, i can be pretty shy around new people) to meet our fairly new neighbors at this point, but was glad that this huge monster dog had a home and was not just wondering the street. after seeing that my kids were safe to play outside, out they went . i left the front door open, turned on Christmas music and began to do my chores ( actually i checked my facebook first, but lets not nic-pic) as i was in the middle of enjoying a few minutes of non -fighting kids, all 3 of them rushed in the house slamming the door behind them screaming " awwww huge dog" ( note, my kids loooove dogs, but i have beat it into their heads that if a dog you don't no comes close, get away). i walked out side to see what was going on and the " huge dog's" owner was already out in our front yard leashing his dog. he was sooo apologetic and wanted to make sure the kids where ok. turns out that the dog is a very friendly dog and loves children. ok, so this is where it gets good. so Harry ( my new neighbor i just met and " big dog" owner )and I started chating. i asked him if he had kids, how many, where does he work, stuff like that. apparently his oldest son went to be with the Lord 2 years ago, Harry told me that its still very hard for him but was rejoicing at the fact that 40 people at his son's memorial came to the Lord that day. At this point i realize that he is a Christian ( not just a christian but a true disciple of Christ). we continued to talk about how good our GOD is and then he. started telling me how busy he is during this time of the year. He owns a trucking business and they go up to Oregon to pick up Christmas trees and then bring them to local lots here in town. He asked me and the girls to follow him across the street and showed us a tree that was freshly delivered to his house an hour before. My girls told him that we were going out that night to pick up our tree, but before they could finish Harry told me that he wanted us to have the tree that was in the garage. Carlee and Bridgitte got really excited, but i said thank you for the offer, but we cant take it. Harry then told me that we have to, that he really felt like that is what God wanted him to do. how can you argue with that. so to make a long story short ( well that wasn't really short) we have a beautiful ( free ) Christmas tree and a new friend. what a blessing.


ill post some more updates and pictures soon