Garden of Hope

When we were in Kentucky on Friday, we went to Mt. Hope. It has a very interesting story. It is said that when they were trying to put the Garden together it kept sliding down the hill. The people working on the project prayed to God for help and a man came and said that he was an engineer for the Railroad and could help them stop the garden from sliding. He taught them how to put in girders and the sliding stopped. When they tried to find him later to pay him for his work, they found out that he didn't exist on the registers for railroads. They believe that God sent him to help them. People who go to the Garden and pray there usually receive a response to their prayer.

Please keep praying for my husband to find another job. His job is ending somewhere between September 1st to June 2010. But he suspects that it might be sooner because of the problems that are being created.

Updates on Knitting and Crochet:
1. I finished a lapghan for a friend who injured his shoulder and the injury was worse than they thought.
2. I have yarns from my girls picked out that will allow me to make their hats and scarves. Posting will occur when I get to it.
3. I have to make afghans. Lots and Lots and Lots of afghans. I guess I better get busy.
4. Socks, I need to finish the socks!

The Children

I finally told the children about how Daddy is having to look for another job and my oldest says, "Is he going to work on a garbage truck?" I explained to them that we may have to move and my oldest girl starts crying and says, "I'll never get to see Hannah, again." I explained that she would make new friends. My middle girl asks, "Will the cats come with us?"
I told them that we would not be moving tomorrow, but that I needed to start packing things away in boxes and that they were going to have to start helping to keep the house immaculately clean, so that when it went on the market, people would consider it. What a bad time to have to move. When we moved here, I told my husband I never wanted to move again, but someone upstairs is laughing, because I am packing.
I would really like my husband to get another job quickly. I just want it to be something that he wants. He is very talented and does good work. He is a hard worker. I told him to get written letters of reference from the people at work that would be beneficial to him.
Today, I will be entertaining the children. Hopefully, I can wear them out and they go to sleep early tonight. Last night they were up until almost 11 p.m. Way to late for my crew.
I am still working on prayer shawls. I am also working on a scarf for my oldest girl and some afghans. But with no down time to work on anything, I haven't actually touched a project since Monday (we went to the Columbus Zoo and I could knit in the car for awhile).
When the scarf is finished, I'll post the pattern (I developed this one) and some photos.

The Latest

My husband has been employed at Sumco for over 10 years and June 23, 2009 they told the employees that they would be closing the Cincinnnati Plant. Presently, my husband is spending a lot of time online looking for another job. We are praying that he finds another job quickly, so that we don't have any down time without medical coverage. So I am asking you to also pray for us. We know that if he gets a job we may have to transfer, but our attitude is go where the jobs are, not stay in a place where the jobs aren't because something may come along.
Thanks for your thoughts.

If you want to check out the story, here is a link: http://www.western-star.com/news/lebanon-oh-news/sumco-phoenix-corp-to-shut-down-warren-plant-by-june-2010sumco-phoenix-corp-to-shut-down-warren-plant-by-june-2010-174659.html