Still Praying

I am still praying for help with our financial situation. I don't know how we are going to buy cat food and toilet paper, or put gas in the truck. I will sure be happy when this month is over.

My financial counselor tried calling me yesterday, but I was on the phone with Tate's counselor, so I just let it go. I tried calling him back afterward, but I could not get through. I am going to try and call him this morning. I hope that it is good news he has for me. COS said my transcripts had been mailed on Tuesday, but I am paranoid that something will go wrong. Jehovah knows we need that money.

There is a new program at school for Tate, and he actually seems excited about it. It is called Reconnect, I think. Anyway, it is supposed to encourage him and help him with his other classes. I think this program may be an answer to my prayers for Tate. Something has to get through to him.

I also need to include my friend Sandy in my prayers. She moved in with a man named Craig after knowing him about a day. She met him at a bar. That is sheer desperation. I know why Sandy did it. Her ex, Richard, blew her entire month's income on New Years. She was desperate for someone to save her financialy, but why would a man bring a stranger into his home so quickly? Sandy said he is caring for his elderly father. I imagine that he was desperate for some help doing that. Does a relationship begun in desperation stand a chance? She is lost. I pray that she finds her way, and that this guy she moved in with does not turn out to be a psycho or a woman beater or something.

Graham is doing well in school. He is wearing his glasses dispite the broken nose piece, and he finished the highest work book that his resource teacher had for him in reading, so now he is reading from the same book as the rest of his class. I am so glad that he has progressed so well. Now I need to pray that he gets the hang of math.

I am still praying that Todd finds some relief from the pain he is in. He slept a little better last night than he usually does, but he still woke up twice in pain.

Oh, there are so many people to pray for. The situation in Haiti following the earthquake should be in everyone's prayers. Just the thought of what those people are going through is overwhelming, but Jehovah does give people strengh to endure.

The stray black cat we have been feeding has not been around for two days. I have known unaltered males to disappear for up to two weeks at a time, but I am still worried about the cat. He has gotten so tame with us, but he is still very skiddish when around others. I am afraid our landlord set out a trap and caught him. If that happened, I don't even have gas to go to the SPCA and see if he is there. If that happened, all the months we put into taming him will have been for nothing. He will be too wild to be adopted, and will end up being put to sleep without anybody who loves him :(

Just as a foot note, I wanted to explain that I use the name Jehovah when referring to our Creator, and I am aware that the name can be offensive to some. I am not a Jehovah's Witness, but I was raised as one, and therefore I still feel the need to refer to God by the name I was taught. I hope that will not stop people from reading.

If anybody has any prayer requests, please let me know and I will pray for you. If any of you would please include me, or any of the people I mention in your prayers, I would be very appreciative. Thank you.