Learning To Be Patient

On a previous post "Understanding Poverty" we mentioned how Alicia has been before a Judge several times trying to get approval for State Disability status.  At her last hearing she had asked Barbara to go with her for moral support.  Well the Judge did grant her disability status and she will now be receiving a monthly disability payment.  This is help Alicia so much in making steps toward becoming self-reliant.  Hopefully she will not need to rely on the support from Bishop Kruger as much.  She mentioned that she would like Barbara to start helping her with forming a budget.

Alicia is learning to be patient and that Heavenly Father does listen to our prayers and does answer them; not necessarily in the time frame we would like them to be.  She is very grateful and is learning to trust her Heavenly Father more.

Family Outing

When we met one of our new families, Liana d'Hulst, it became very evident that she has her hands full with her four children.  All of them are good kids but the boys will be boys and are very active.

We have season passes to the Dinosaur Museum (Museum of Ancient Life) at Thanksgiving Point. We asked Liana if it would be alright to come one Saturday and take the kids there thus giving her a break.  She readily agreed.  So when we went to pick them up she decided she wanted to go as well.  They all had a great time.  Joseph who is 5 years old is the most active one.  He is in his own world and has his own agenda.  He would not stay with us and we both had to try and keep up with him.  His mother would just roll her eyes, however, she does have a good relationship with each of them and they are obedient.  Joseph is the one with the hat on in the pictures.

 

It is very rewarding to be able to help and be apart of the families we work with.