Any Advice?

Would God call my husband to a ministry, then not give him the means to accomplish it?

Brad feels God has placed a call on his life to become a marriage counselor, especially to help men struggling with sexual issues.

The trouble is he needs a degree in marriage and therapy counseling to do this. The bigger trouble is that getting a master's degree is very, very expensive. The biggest trouble is that we do not have any money.

So what to do? We are determined not to take out another student loan (we're still paying off a student loan from a "going-back-to-school" stint my husband did a few years ago. )As strong as Brad feels this call on his life, we feel just as strongly about staying away from more crippling debt.

So what do we do?

Brad has applied to Liberty University. They offer the degree online. That would be the ideal setup. He could keep his day job and go to school too.

Does anyone know of a good grant, scholarship program, etc., for adults wanting to further their education? What do you think of the idea of us asking our church to help us? Or his parents? We're just not sure what to do.

Thanks for letting me vent my thoughts, however scattered they may be.

I hope you all had a worshipful experience at church this morning.

Love you guys.

We Survived!

We survived the first week of school! It went well. Unfortunately my daughter had a sinus infection and did not feel too good. Even so, she went into her classroom without any tears or hesitation. Thank God! My class is going to be a good one I think. I have eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls. I have some really talkative girls and some really quiet boys! They are all unique in their own way, and I cannot wait to get to know them throughout this year and see them grow into kids who are ready for "big school!"

I work three mornings a week from 8 - 12 and sometimes I will have to stay until 1:30. When I get home I immediately try to get daughter down for a nap so that I can get on the computer and start my transcribing. To say the least, I am tired at night, but it's a good tired.

The extra money will come in handy too. I get paid twice a month and we decided to put one of those checks into our savings account and the other check toward hubby's truck note. This is our plan. Maybe we can stick to it. As I've mentioned in the past, the winter time is our hardest time financially because hubby works absolutely no overtime. There may be a month or two where we have to use my checks just to make it through the month. That will be okay too I guess.

I really want to thank God for this job. He provided it--and I'm so thankful.

Now we're wondering if He will provide a job for hubby. As you know, hubby wanted to start seminary this fall. However, that will not happen. Classes start next week and hubby has no job to accommodate his class schedule. No, this seminary does not offer night classes or online classes. So hubby needs a night job in order to go to class during the day. We're praying he can start in the spring or at least by next fall.

I would like to ask all my readers to click over to my friend Michael's blog, http://the-confessions-of-a-porn-addict.blogspot.com and give him some encouragement. We all need it now and then, don't we?

I had a very, very interesting comment posted on an old post of mine. I am going to be posting in response to that very soon--as soon as I figure out exactly what I want to say.

I hope everyone had a good week and a good worship service this morning. This is the second week I've posted on a Sunday. It's really the only good time I have to do it. Hubby and daughter are asleep and son is playing at a friend's house.

Thanks for reading,

Amy