So...God's Pretty Fantastic.

Things have been pretty crazy around here lately, so I haven't kept up on the blog thing, but some things have happened and they are definitely worth sharing.

So, many of you know that I had to have my gallbladder taken out in August (if you're not familiar with that saga, you can check out that story in my blogs, 'August Was Starting to Get a Little Boring...' and ''On to the Chopping Block (aka the Surgical Table)').

Well, because of the surgery, I've been getting all sorts of bills, which we all know can be a little overwhelming. To make matters worse, all the bills were coming while I was away at school, so there wasn't a lot I could do. Needless to say, when I got home I was a little overwhelmed with the amount of bills and the amount of money that I now owed.

After contacting all of these places and trying to figure out how I was going to pay them, all of them suggested I apply for Medicaid. This is something that I did, had to wait for almost a month to get a reply and then when I received word that I was approved, all the places informed me that the Medicaid didn't go back far enough to cover my expenses. It was really frustrating to be told to wait, go through the waiting and then hear that they still couldn't help me out. It wasn't all bad with the medical places, I did have a couple of them tell me I could pay at least $5/month. 

Throughout this time, I was also supposed to be looking for a steady job...I must admit, I wasn't working too hard towards that goal and I didn't really have the initiative to do so. Since I had been home, I was being called periodically to sub at CCA and that was working well for me at that time. I had been praying about what God wanted for my life and I knew I needed to change some things. I have never been 'good' with money and that is something that I know I need to work on, so I went through all my bills and got myself organized. I will say, I'm a bit impressed with myself. :)

February came and I knew that it was going to be a month of new things and I was ready to see what those things were going to be. One of them was a great event, with the arrival of little Miss Eva on the 2nd. 

Eva's cute little baby feet. :)

She is one of the cutest little babies I have seen and she's already captured my heart...and whether she likes it or not, she's kinda stuck with me being in her life. :) 

Winterfest also happened and God definitely moved in a big way. I know that He is still working on people, myself included, and I'm excited to see what He's got in store for all of us. During Winterfest, I gave a lot of stuff up to God and there are still things that I'm working on, but I'm grateful I don't have to work on them alone. I started working more at CCA too and that was helping with the bills issues and also allowing me to spend some time with my kiddos. I also found out I was going to get some money back from the government...yay!

That brings us to this month and the fantastic-ness that has occured. It started with receiving my tax refund and a lot more calls to sub at CCA, some all day positions and some just after school, but I'll take it. I also found out the other day that I've got the Clubhouse (after school) aide position until May, so that's a good thing. I think the thing that is the most fantastic though, would be receiving a letter from the hospital that said I was approved for their health program at 100%, which means my bills are all taken care of; at least the hospital ones anyway.

I'm truly blessed and I know that God's hand was definitely in this whole situation. I'm grateful for Him and His faithfulness and even though I still have some bills to pay off, I was able to pay off my credit card bills and continue to pay on the other bills, I'm just thankful that they're the ones that are allowing me to pay $5/month.

Now that one "crisis" has been averted on to the next one: finding my church.