The best Christmas gift Stephen was given this year came in the form of a letter from BYU Idaho offering him a full-time & (most importantly) permanent position as a System Administrator at the University! He is so happy, relieved, and excited. He describes the past 6 months as being inside of a dark abyss and then finally seeing a door opening filled with light! It is good to know he has a job for the future to provide for our famliy and it has been a good test of our faith to go through this experience. Through it all we have come to recognize and realize, as we have countless other times, that the Lord is mindful of each of us and blesses us according to His will and time. Our job is to hang on tight and just keep trusting – even when it's hard. Stephen had a very cool experience as this job transition came about and I will leave it for him to tell if he wishes.
After praying and fasting as a family for this blessing to come about in our lives since June, we felt the need to celebrate when we heard the official news! The kiddos and I made a banner of congratulations for Stephen to drive through as he pulled into the garage symbolizing a finish line.