I don't really know...

So, I don't post very often any more because I don't really have anything to blog about. I stay at home and clean and take care of the boy...which really is nice. I have applied and been interviewed at 3 different banks, but to no avail. I have been denied by all three places, which for me is very hard. I have never had a hard time getting a job. We are beginning to think that God wants me to stay at home and worry about taking care of my family, but who am I to tell God what is right and what is wrong.

So, I was reading on a girlfriends blog the other day that her daughter, Delancey waits for her brother Bennett to get off the bus from school everyday and it reminded me of something funny. Every since Rich and I have been married and Hunter has realized that daddy will be coming to our house everynite, I started telling him when Rich pulled in the drive way and he runs to the kitchen window to make sure that I am telling him the truth and then runs to the front door, slams open the door and presses his face against the glass door and yells at the top of his lungs, (like Rich can hear it in the garage) "Welcome home Daddy" or "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Rich". There have been a couple of times that I have been working on dinner or something and didn't tell him that daddy was home until after Rich was in the house and Hunter got so mad at me. He looks at me and says, "MOMMY!! You are supposed to tell me when daddy is home!" Dang, didn't know that it was that big of a deal, but to both of them it is...so now I do it everyday!! As soon as I see Rich's car come over hill at my parents house, I tell Hunter that his daddy is almost here and in he comes running...now, I don't mean that he trots into the kitchen...I mean rips though like the house is on fire running!! It is so cute and as he gets older, we both know that that will stop, but Rich loves it and Hunter loves greeting his daddy when he walks in the door.

The girls are doing good. No big complaints. We have great children...now, they are getting older and with getting older comes a little bit more attitude which is something that we are having to deal with right now, but I will take the attitude over..."YOU'RE NOT MY MOM!" anyday. Claire did just get glasses and looks awesome! She is nearsighted, so she is supposed to wear them all the time at school, but we are trying to get her in the habit of wearing them all the time even out of school. Chloe is doing well...no problems with her. Hunter is an almost 4 year old boy with a ton of energy...you know how that goes.

Rich and I are doing good. We are on day 27 of "The Love Dare" and we are loving it. We can tell when we haven't done it for a couple of days...we get crabby with each other and don't really click or get along. It is a wonderful thing for us and would recommend it to anyone even if you aren't having problems in your marriage.

I guess that is all for now.

On with the search

Well, I received an email sometime last week that I didn't get the job at chase and I was very upset. I don't understand why I didn't get the job, but God has His reasons. I have an interview today at 4 with Tower bank for a full time position downtown...we will see. Maybe there is a reason I can't seem to get a job...I don't know. I am trying not to give up hope and I know that the economy sucks and nobody is really hiring right now...I am truly leaving it in God's hands.

Please pray for something... we have a couple in our small group that is struggling very badly right now and have asked Rich and I to be their accountability partners. They are going through the same crap that we went through in our relationship and we both feel that God put us in their lives over a year ago for such a time as this...just please pray!! It is hard, but we know that God is bigger than this!

I know...I know

I feel like all I am ever asking for is for you guys to pray for me, but if you can't ask your friends for prayer, who can you ask?

I have an interview on Wednesday at 3 at Chase bank. It is a full time position and I am really wanting this job.

Please pray!!

HALLELUJAH!! I CAN HEAR THE ANGELS REJOICING!!

So, my wonderful hubby called me when he got off of work yesterday and the job at the station that we had been praying for, well, God finally opened the doors and they offered him a position with pay!! I was so stoked. It isn't what he had originally asked for, but it is more than enough to cover the bills for the month and if I can find a part time job, then we will be fine.

THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALWAYS MEETING OUR NEEDS!! YOU ARE TRULY AN AMAZING GOD!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHLOE!!!

TODAY CHLOE TURNS 8!! WOW!! I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN IN HER LIFE BUT A MINUTE, BUT SHE TOUCHES ME EVERYDAY! I WONDERED IF SHE WOULD EVER OPEN UP TO ME AND SHE HAS DONE THAT. I LOVE YOU CHLOE MACKENZIE CUMMINS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Jesus does work things out

OK, so I know that I really don't post anything on here unless it is something important and never really just post to post and I feel that that is OK. I just have a few things...

1) We are hurting financially, as everyone is, and was praying yesterday that God would provide something...WELL HE DID THIS MORNING!! Hunter, as of right now, is still on food stamps which has helped out tremendously. I filed our changes about 2 weeks ago and they sent me an email that someone would be contacting me with 13 days and no one has. He have needed food for about a week and I have been stretching things to make them last hoping and praying that these food stamps would come in. I prayed last night at about 12:30 that God would provide something and this morning, there was all of the stamps in the account!! I got up and danced for a minute and Rich just smiled at me (he was thinking that I am crazy). It may seem small to some people, but to me, IT WAS GOD!!

2) Rich has been "working" at Star 88.3 in Fort Wayne for almost a month with no pay since they are non-profit and everything has to go before the board for approval. We have been waiting for a date to meet with them and talk about hiring him full time. That meeting came yesterday. Melissa Montana, the General Manager, went in first and was in there for about 1.5 hours. Rich was texting me about how nervous he was, and we just kept praying that God would open the doors that were supposed to be open and shut the ones that needed shut. How many of you know that when times get hard and money gets tight that it is VERY HARD to trust God, but that is what we as Christians have to do. He called me at about 4:30 and Melissa was walking in the door as he was talking to me that it was his turn to talk to the men of the task force. I don't know all the details except that the meeting went really well and they have to take it to the board of directors on Thursday and then we should have an answer. He has been very up front with them about the money that he needs to make and has made financial sacrifices to be there without pay and Melissa sees that. She has been a very huge blessing to us and we are grateful for her. Please pray that God would open this door wide open. We need to have some money come in pretty soon or the well will run dry.

3) I had a phone interview yesterday with a recruiter from Chase bank about a position in Fort Wayne. It is part-time, but Chase offers benefits to part-time employees. There are not a lot of companies that offer benefits to part-timers, so this would be a great opportunity for us. Please pray that if I am supposed to work period, that God would open the doors for me to work.

4) Our children seem to be growing up WAY to fast. Claire turned 11 on Nov 29Th, Chloe will be 8 on Friday and our baby will be 4 in March. Why do they have to grow up? It is hard knowing that Hunter needs to go to preschool in the spring or at the latest in the fall...that Claire is almost in junior high and Chloe will be in 3rd grade next year. WHAT?? Where does all the time go?

5) Hunter is doing very well medically right now. We only have to dialate his rectum once a week, but we now have to dialate his stoma for his colostomy everyday to keep that open. It started to close and caused him to become very sick, so we now have to keep it open that way. It doesn't hurt him, just very un-nerving. He associates the pain from his rectum to there being pain in his colostomy, but there is not pain in that at all.

6) Rich and I are doing very well. No problems to speak of. We are doing the Love Dare from the movie Fireproof. We are doing it together and we can tell when we miss a couple of days...we are off and don't really click. It is weird how God does that with our marriage. He is showing us day in and day out that we HAVE to be focused on Him or WE won't work. He is the best husband that a girl could ask for...I love you honey and am so blessed to be Mrs. Cummins.

7) Chloe's mom, Tara, is going to the doctor today. She could have an ectopic pregnancy and she is pretty worried. She went in on Friday and they told her that she had to have surgery yesterday, but she went in on Monday and they told her that she could be pregnant. She has to go in for tests today for the answer tomorrow. She is pretty scared, but also trying not to get to excited about the possibility of being pregnant for fear that it is ectopic and she will lose the baby. Please pray for her and for this little one. She is badly wants to be pregnant and Chloe wants to have a baby somewhere and God knows that it isn't from her dad and I right now. So, please pray!

I think that is all for now. Thank you all for your prayers and for rejoicing with us. You are all a treasure to our hearts!

We love you,
Rich, Danielle, Claire, Chloe, and Hunter

LOOK AT JESUS

Well, I have so very exciting news. I had an interview today with Grabill bank and I am going for my second interview on Thursday at 10 am with the Regional manager. The lady that I interviewed with today told me that she really liked me and that I was one of her favorite interviews, EVER! She tried to stump me the whole time and couldn't do it...she ended the interview with this final comment/question..."Give me a 30 second commercial and sell yourself to me!" At first I was like...WHAT, but then I just started talking and it just flowed out. She had to stop me. She said that all of the girls that she has interviewed have stopped before or just around 15 seconds and that she has never had to stop someone. I am so stoked. We talked about the possibility of going to full time and she said that she doesn't know of a girl that hasn't gone to full time within 4 months, so that would be awesome! Their benefits are amazing...AMAZING!!!


So here is a funny Hunterism:This morning the three of us were sitting a the table eating breakfast and Hunter was being totally hyper, and Rich looked at him and said "You've got alot of engery this morning, huh bud?" and Hunter's response sent both of us in stiches..."Yep and I got issues!" We were like, WHAT? He then proceded to say"I got belly issues, silly issues, I just got issues!" This kids comidic timing is insane. He isn't going to be the class clown of just his class, he is going to be the class clown of the whole flipping school!