Answered Prayers

Since moving into our house, money has been pretty tight around here. Like, tight enough to be a constant stress and worry in our lives. Each month we were sure we weren't going to make it, and each month we somehow did. I fully attribute this to the blessings of our Father and a consequence of paying our tithing, but still things were hard.

Dustin considered taking a second part-time job to help make ends meet, but I shot that down immediately since he is already over-worked. We decided it would be ideal if I could get a job I could do from home. If I worked outside the home I'd have to pay for daycare, which would probably take my entire check and would thus be entirely pointless. A babysitting or tutoring job I could do from home would be perfect, but I didn't know a lot of people in the area and didn't know how to go about finding someone to babysit.

It seemed I had only one option left. I started praying for a miracle.

I started feeling like I should ask the Relief Society president (Lindsay) if she knew of anyone that needed a babysitter. I put off asking for several days because I was a little embarrassed to be asking for help, but finally I sent her a message. Immediately she said she knew of a family that was looking for a sitter. I called that family and found out that they already found someone, so that was a bummer, but in the mean time we got our tax return which as a lot more than we expected, so we were good for a little while.

About a week later, Lindsay messaged me again to tell me that she had given my name and number to another family in the ward that was looking for a sitter. The mom called me a few days later and offered me a job! At first we weren't sure it was going to work out, because I would need to take one of her kids to school and there wasn't enough room in our little car. Dustin and I were worried this would mean I couldn't get the babysitting job, but then we decided that with the money I'd be getting we could easily cover a car payment. Getting a bigger vehicle has been on our list since Eleanor was born, but we hadn't been able to get one. So last Saturday we found a vehicle we liked on KSL and got pre-approved for a loan. Monday we went to the bank and signed the papers and drove home with our new vehicle, and Tuesday I started babysitting!

It's been a crazy week, but I have felt such gratitude to my Heavenly Father for always looking out for us. I was so stressed and worried but when I prayed about it, I always got the answer of "Don't worry. It will work out." I didn't know how, but I knew things would work out.

And they did! What an amazing blessing.

I couldn't talk Dustin into a minivan! He fell in love with this 2003 Toyota Sequoia. Hopefully it'll be good for our family for years to come.