Welcome Back!

Hello! We are back in Rexburg, Idaho, again! For those of you who don't know how that move happened, we're right there with ya, trying to figure it out. :D

We had been worrying night and day about how we were going to find a place to rent when we returned to school in January. You see, Rexburg is a small area, with an influx of college students (most of which are newly married or young families). Every semester they add 1,500 students to our university's admission allowance. This creates a horrible housing problem, and the city can't keep up. Our returning housing plans fell through twice this year, and that's why we ended up back in Iowa. It ended up being such a blessing for us to be near my family during a stressful series of health issues for my parents.

Anyhow, we were starting to get anxious to find something. Chris was looking on Craigslist for apartments and saw an ad for free rent and utilities... yes, we were a little leery at the "free" part too, but decided to ask about it anyway. Turns out it was a in live-in caregiver situation to take care of a 96-yr old blind woman and we interviewed with her children over Skype that evening.

After meeting with two of her children, we felt very good about the opportunity. They had spent a lot of time discussing and interviewing other couples, but told us two days later that they felt we were the couple they were looking for. There was only one thing that was not ideal about the job, they couldn't wait for us to come in January, they needed us right away. It was a heart wrenching decision to leave our family early, but we realized we'd never get this chance again. So we packed up and left a week later.

We've had such an interesting series of trials and blessings the last couple months, I can hardly believe how the Lord has worked everything out for our good. It took a leap of faith (actually multiple leaps) to come, and yet, blessings are around every corner. The financial side of things hasn't been at comfort levels for a long time now, but once again, we have  had the necessities taken care of. Chris has been such a good provider, willing to work hard for his family. He found a job out here after only two days of searching. He starts work tomorrow at a seasonal position with Artco, a local printing factory. We are so grateful. I am proud to have a wonderful husband whose top priority is our welfare. I couldn't have asked for better, although he never agrees with that ;)

Taking care of our new cute little adopted grandma is a mixed blessing and a challenge for me. She is mostly blind, has cancer, and really bad dementia. But has the happiest and sweetest temperament of anyone I've met. She laughs about her frailties and always takes my hand to tell me that she thinks Chris and I are "special people". It's hard to have bad days when you always have someone telling you that you're special. Chris got her grandfather clock chiming again and she tells everyone she talks to that it makes her so happy. We really enjoy her, which is good because sometimes the work is hard and makes for a long day. She and Westley enjoy each other's company a lot. :D

Westley's coolest new things are teeth and eating solids. He started teething the day that we left Iowa, so the trip was slightly miserable. He broke two little teeth through that day, so I tried to pacify him with bananas on our trip. He loves bananas. It's been a couple weeks now, so yesterday we tried carrots, and he likes them too. I'm glad that he can supplement with baby food so that he can have something to interest him if I ever have to be away. He still likes Mama food best of all, but it's good to have alternatives since he wouldn't take a bottle when he was young. He is working on another tooth up top now too!

Well, that just about sums it all up. We've had a crazy bunch of adventures this month, but are definitely counting our blessings. We have so many good and wonderful things to be grateful for, especially to have loving families and the watchful care of a Heavenly Father. Happy Thanksgiving to all our loved ones and may your lives be ever blessed.

Love,

The Wymans