God is Good!

I have a very good friend who often tells me how obvious God's movement in my life is. And it's true. Very, very true. And God's hand couldn't be any more obvious in mine and Clark's life than it has been over the last several weeks. First he blessed me with an awesome job and worked out a wonderful place for us to live. This week the blessings continued- Clark has accepted a job and we have renters for the house in North Carolina!

Starting this coming week, Clark will be the new technology education teacher at Riverheads High School. Technology Education? That's not ag. ed!? You're right. But this position is a great way for Clark to get his foot in the door at a great school. Everyone we run into tells us that Riverheads is a wonderful school in a great part of the county. This year Clark will teach courses that are both computer and shop based, so it won't be a big difference from the ag mechanics classes he was teaching before. His shop and classroom are right beside the ag classroom and shop, so he will have the opportunity work closely with the Ag teacher and maybe even help with the FFA chapter. If things go right and enrollment allows, the administration seems open to having two ag teachers in the future so we're hopeful that Clark be back to teaching ag in a year. One minor detail that we're pretty excited about- the Riverheads school colors are red, black, and white :) Being NC State grads, that color combo comes pretty naturally to us. We loved being WR Falcon fans, but honestly, wearing THAT shade of blue was pretty painful sometimes. We won't have to dig very far in our wardrobes to find the right gear to cheer on the Gladiators. 

AND we have renters for the house in NC! What a huge relief! We are so thankful that it's settled and that financial burden is alleviated for now. 

Other great things from this week....

Our landlord invited us out to have dinner with her, her boyfriend, and another couple. And this is her view. Can you say, WOW! It was a wonderful meal with even better company. Julia fixed her take on this Pioneer Woman recipe and I made these Carmelitas for dessert. SO. GOOD. I was so grateful for their outreach and the chance to meet new people and develop relationships. I look forward to hanging out at the farm more in the future! 

Friday brought more visitors!

We were so happy to have these munchkins with us for part of the weekend. Friday night we went to the Dairy Rite which proved to be a great choice for the kiddos. Each of them got a Kid's Meal that came in a little cardboard Cadillac tray and with a token for a kid's sized ice cream. The kids loved it and all of the adults enjoyed their meal too. Saturday morning we went out to the clinic so they could see "Aunt Jenna's work." Luckily there were some foals and a kitty for them to pet so they thought that was pretty cool. Next, we traveled down to Riverheads so they could see "Uncle Clark's Work." Afterwords we went to  Gypsy Hill Park so the children could play. Gypsy Hill is a big, wonderful park with lots of activities to keep kids and adults entertained. 

First we played on the awesome playground...

Then we went to check out the beautiful duck pond...

 Our last stop at the park was the train...

We wrapped up the afternoon with lunch at Kathy's (seeing a weekend pattern here...) where fortunately, they were still serving "breakfast"! After lunch Ray, Georgia, and the kids had to pack up and head back to NC. We were so happy that the kids were able to come see our "new house" and can't wait for them to come back and have more Virginia Adventures.