♥♥♥ Celebrating God's Providence ♥♥♥

It has been very tough for me financially these past months. Our ministry budget has not been being completed for many months. We are receiving only 1/3 of what we actually need. So we end up using our little personal support for our house rents and utilities, travels and other needs. As of this morning, I have only $20 dollars left in my wallet and Greg has only $5. This is all we have for 2 weeks before we receive our support and ministry funds the end of this month, that's 2 weeks more. I have only 4 eggs in the fridge, 3 packs of instant noodles, 5 cans of sardines (my children does not even like sardines), and 2 kilos of rice.
It's a 5-day holiday and Aleeyah has no classes, both girls are requesting to buy a new movie, go out for a picnic and get some snacks. I explained to them that we have very little money and that we need to prioritize buying our basic food and that we need to pray for our needs. I am so happy that i have such understanding children and i could excite them to enjoy life even when we have so little. A little later, i just remembered that i have 300 points in my lucky grocery advantage card. I can avail a shopping voucher worth $30. After our whole afternoon business meetings, Greg and I rushed to the grocery store office, got the vouchers and shop for our 4 days food supply, and got Aleeyah and Esher a doughnut and a yogurt for a treat♥ What comes after 4 days, God will provide just as He always does!♥
With the $20 left in my wallet, i am confidently joyful that God will take care and sustain me and my family in the next coming days in many other ways♥ And that is why i praise Him!

Mother's Day Filled with Love and Laughter

As mother's day is approaching, I have been reflecting and i feel like i failed in many ways as a mom. I feel like i do not deserve to be greeted "Happy Mother's day" and I have been really scared that i will not be able to raised my children well. As I reflect more, and as i read more on my devotional book for moms, i had been encouraged. I came to realized that whatever i will do, I will never be a perfect mom and my children will never be perfect. I need to acknowledge that I will need to be grateful and celebrated on the areas that i succeeded as a mom and asked God to help and guide me do a better job on the areas that i have failed. This is when i was encouraged to gather the mothers and mothers to be so that i could rejoice with them on our successes and as a mom and grow with them on our failures. The picture above was our time of intimate devotion, sharing and prayer time and fellowship. This happened on Saturday because i usually get busy with university students outreach on Sunday.

After the ladies' fellowship, i thought what best way to celebrate mother's day than spending time with the girls and make them happy? So Greg and I took them to the no cost 1-hectare city park where they run, climb, swing, walk and Greg and i follow and chase them for 2 hours and a half. We left the park 8:30 PM, pick up 5 pieces of KFC fried chicken pack and enjoyed at home, then showered them, read their bed time stories, say our prayers and good nights. It was an inexpensive mother's day celebration!

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Then Sunday morning came. Esher woke up, came to see me and said, "It's happy mother's day!"