doors are opening

ok, so i have really been praying for guidance and wisdom for an opportunity that has come about for cody's business. he has been offered the entire moore area and the chance to run his own crew, which financially is a GREAT thing for us, but of course i am nervous. so i have really been praying that God would let me know if we were taking the right path, and also that if we weren't supposed to take this on that somehow He would let me know. well, an answer to my prayers came friday night. cody was going to re-hire joe, a guy i don't trust and is completely unreliable. cody didn't see any other option, though, so he was going to give him a chance. come to find out, joe wasn't interested (thank God!) but i guess knew someone that is. cody met with this new guy, shannon, and he is going to work out perfectly! i absolutely take this as a sign that we are doing the right thing. taking joe out of the equation was necessary, but we "needed" him. so the new crew starts monday:)

also, cody and i have been looking and waiting patiently for the right piece of land to come up. we have been looking at houses for a while, but nothing that we just loved. we also have looked at some land, but either prices were outrageous or it wasn't a good location. well, cody called about a storage building the other day, and the guy was asking a ridiculous price, so cody just told him that we would just wait until we found some land and put our own shop on it. the guy the proceeded to tell cody that he had 5 acres he needed to get rid of at a too-good-to-be-true price! at first i was skeptical of course, but then i remembered i have been praying for some doors to open. i am trusting fully that this is from God, and that this is the land we have been waiting for! thank you Jesus!!

one other thing i realized the other day is that i have never given bowtrendz over to God. i have not once prayed for it or trusted God to help me make it successful. i was sick about that! i started praying for it last week, and orders have started coming in! God is good! it is easy for me to forget He is in control, and sometimes i try to hard to do everything by myself. nothing's going to work like it should if i don't trust Him.

so, things are happening for the thompsons, and so far, so good! i am excited to see the things that are yet to come!