refreshing

WOW its gotten cold quick. We have dropped from being in the high 80s to being in the mid 70s. Its cold for being in Florida. The coldest is at night when it actually gets down to 50 something. :) I have been drinking hot cider everyday and have been loving it. Thanks God for giving us a little fall... now if only we plant some trees that the leaves actually fall off of and change... then we will have our own Florida-fall... :)
Lately our faith has really been tested through a variety of things that I can't really say but it just seems like the more we try to do what's right the harder satan tried to push back at us. Ben and I are really trying to seek what God would have us do in each situation and we have come to the conclusion that we are here for a reason and we're learning some valuable lessons that if we were some place else we might not have learned... and if Ben might have been a Pastor might not have understood the fulness of the situations. Either way we are just fine and are growing like weeds. God is sooooo good!! One of the ways I am growing right now is taking ownership of discipling one of the young girls in the young married class. We had our first session tonight and it was so much fun talking through some things and really just getting to know each other. We are similar in a lot of ways and so we can really relate and understand one another... and yet we have completely different backgrounds and I have a feeling that God will really use our time to do some amazing things in both of our lives!
On a side note, I have called the doctor and my insurance company to see what I need to do to get all my ducks in a row for this procedure so we shall see when it can all go down. Hopefully soon. :)