sorry for the absence of my website. the host i use, which is normally insanely reliable, had a few glitches. so, i wanted to let everyone know i am okay.

i still need to catch up on yesterday’s post, “ask me anything” – so if you wanted to ask but couldn’t get on because of the downtime, please feel free to ask away!

so, i am hitting a creative block at the moment and thought i would take this time to see if there are any questions you, the flowerdust faithful, have for me?anything you?ve ever wanted to know? i will answer in the comments section. nothing?s off limit! so, ask!

also, if you are an RSS fan, i have changed the look of my blog, so click over and hit refresh to see the latest. i also added a new feature on my sidebar, ?anne?s current thought.?

enjoy!

in the year 1999, i gave up a home phone line. only cell phones for me. when chris and i moved, the only internet available was DSL, so we had to get a phone line. we got all the blocks on it for sales calls, but yet we haven’t given the number to anyone. and about once every two days, the phone rings.

it has to be a sales call.

a smile slowly creeps up on my face. why do i get so much enjoyment out of sales calls?

because i answer them in espanol.

my mom was a missionary in venezuela and has been teaching children of mexican immigrants how to speak english for the last 15 years. i’m not uber-fluent in spanish, but i can sure hold a conversation with a sales person.

bueno?

ha.

Words cannot describe the way Chris and I have been blessed and loved over the last week. And to keep such blessings and evidence of God’s sovereignty and miracles would be nothing short of wrong. So please, rejoice with us…

Our car broke down a couple weeks ago. Two weeks before that, we had just emptied our savings account on a trip to Kansas City to support some friends who were going through a rough time. A week after that, we moved, and that drained what little money we had left.

Blessing #1 came through a friend and coworker who offered to fly us up to KC in his plane on his own time. We wouldn’t have been able to make it up without him.

So…back to the car…needing to come up with a nice chunk of money we simply did not have…the situation looked hopeless. Dropping my pride, I emailed a bunch of people asking for prayer.

Blessing #2 came when 70 flipping people replied saying they are praying over our situation….WOW. Most of whom, I will note, we don’t even know.

Blessing #3 came within moments after sending that email, a sweet sister sent us part of her bonus to help us pay for it.

Blessing #4 came at various points during the week in my mailbox…a freelance payment here, and there, and a refund from our last apartment….they all added up.

Blessing #5 came today when I was on the phone with the service guy. He knew we both worked at a church and gave us a 10% discount which ended up saving us about $60.

Blessing #6 came a little later today when someone I don’t even know, who I’ve never met or had a soy peppermint mocha with (that’s kind of an inside joke I hope he will appreciate) sent us the rest of the money. To the dime, we have been provided for without a strain on our budget.

And that is just ONE situation…on top of that, last week I feel as if some significant conversations with new friends (again, who I’ve never met!) have taken place, and have been God-ordained and blessed…for His glory, and for His church.

I know I usually don’t get so churchy-sounding on my blog, but I had to share the amazing things God has done…Thank you all for praying and sharing and encouarging us through the last couple of weeks.

The note in the last gift said this: They will know we are Christians by our love for one another.

Thank you for loving…

Psalm 9:1
I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.

chris and i just started watching LOST this weekend. we just finished disc season 1, disc 2. man, do we have some catching up to do…