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Just a fun report of an amazing day of fun from our amazing God…
We got up at 7:30am (way too early for the Campbells!) and got everyone ready for breakfast… and then headed out at 8:30am. The skies were overcast and there was a light drizzle, but that did not concern us in the least! We were going to Disney!!!!
We got there right around 9 when it opened and headed up to Epcot to get into the parks. Once we went through the gates, we went right back out (to the surprise of the guy at the gate, who like an automated disney character blurted out "Have a nice day!" as though we had already spent a day there!) and we headed to the Monorail! Whoohooo!
From there we hopped on the ferry to the Magic Kingdom! We ended up spending most of the day there, and most of that was spent waiting in lines! Even on a rainy, overcast day! But it was so fun! We rode lots of rides, one of them being Ian’s first roller coaster ride! We got to meet and get photos with Pooh and Tigger and Eyeore and even Mickey and Goofy! We saw fireworks at two different parks (we went back to Epcot for their later fireworks show!) and we got a LOT of excersize!!!
We didn’t get home till 10:30 or so after a long, long, AWESOME day. So fun. Even with no sleep and not much break… the boys (and Jen) did great. It was SO fun!!!
For your amusement… here is a link to a slideshow of some photos from the day:
http://www.basicmm.com/blog/disney.mov
for you Windows users out there, you’ll have to get a copy of Quicktime to play our awesome slideshow!!
God Provides
On Saturday, November 8th, we were going to be spending a good bit of energy for a small crowd of people – and we were totally OK with that. We love those people, and they are so good at loving us. Always great to be there. But, at the same time, I was thinking in the back of my head… shouldn’t I ask if they are going to be paying us at all? Shouldn’t I just gently remind them that our only income is from people like them???
I could not remember for sure if we had discussed money with them, so after a bit of wrestling, I decided with God to not ask and let God directly take care of us. That was mighty hard to do, mind you, but I decided to trust Him and see what would happen.
At the end of a very long day, and a particularly long night, God reminded us that it is not actually His people that take care of us, but in fact our Father directly. A couple different people came up to me afterwards and just started handing me checks and cash. They said they wanted to give us something for our ministry. The same thing was happening to Jen at the back of the room!
When we went home, we had $195 from "love offerings" that no one had asked for. We did not mention it, nor did anyone else that evening.
But our God knows our needs, and He faithfully provides. He knows our needs. And, He knows yours too.