Praising the Lord for HE Provides

Well alot has happened in our lives in the past week!!

A week ago Ryan got a call from the Seagraves Elementary principal asking him if he would be interested in coming for an interview for a Kindergarten position. Of course he said yes :) Seagraves was one of the schools that he had just sent in an application even though they didn't necessarily have any openings at the time. We were prayerful as this was his first interview in a couple of weeks and frankfully he was getting a little depressed about the whole situation. We knew God was going to provide but Ryan was feeling defeated....he had sat through about 6 hour and a half-two hour interviews only to be told that he wasn't the right one for the job.

We had plans to go to Ruidoso for the weekend and so we packed up and headed to Seagraves for his interview and then we were going to just leave from there for Ruidoso. Ryan was in the interview for 2 hours and 45 minutes!!! He came out and felt extremely positive about the experience--he had spent over an hour with the principals and then about an hour talking to another kindergarten teacher. While he was in his interview he got another call to set up an interview with another school that would've been closer but we just kept praying for God's will and for Him to only open the door He wanted for Ryan.



We had a wonderful time in Ruidoso celebrating a good family friend's birthday and just relaxing :) We came home on Sunday since Ryan had another interview on Monday afternoon. He had that interview and when he was finished found that Seagraves had called :) They offered him the kindergarten position and of course he accepted!!!! It is going to be an interesting school year with both of us starting new jobs and him having to drive about an hour one way but when we look back at the last year of our lives we are just simply amazed at how God has answered EVERY one of our prayers:

Last June we decided it was time to start a family---Answered
In February we started praying about moving/a house--Answered
In February when we decided to move we started praying for our future jobs--Answered

So many other prayers have been answered but these have been so evident in our lives!!

We are getting excited--Mallory's baby shower in Plains is this Sunday at 2pm and then on Tuesday we are going to travel down to Nederland (taking our time of course...I will be 31 weeks pregnant on Tuesday) and have our last celebration next Saturday!!!

We are happy to get to travel down to Nederland--please pray for our safety and for a continued healthy pregnancy! We are all a little nervous-I've been feeling good though and we need to go down to see family.

Sorry it's so long...just so much to celebrate and Praise the Lord for!!!!!

Love,

Ryan, Liz, Mallory, & Clyde