Having Faith

Today we were having FHE and I asked the kids a question like, "What should be some new rules for our house." It was apparent that Zachary was not paying attention. When I called on him, he said "Faith!" Mario told him that would be a good answer for almost any question at church, but not for my question.

But speaking of faith, I am so grateful to have faith and to know that Heavenly Father knows best. We had been looking for a rental home. The top priorities for finding a house were good schools, a church very close, and a short commute for Mario to work. We thought we had found a great house in a new neighborhood with brand new schools and about a mile from church. Mario and I really wanted the house. It was a really good price, but we couldn't get the realtor to send us any pictures. It was very frustrating to us because we were ready to send in our deposit if we could just get some pictures. We were so disappointed when the house rented out. I felt like maybe we should have just rented it sight unseen.

Fortunately we found this other house that is about 800 sq feet bigger with room for food storage and close to the park and 1 mile from church. We felt very blessed. Then we found out that the original house we wanted was not in the ward that we thought. It was actually about 6 miles to the church instead of 1. I know that to some 6 miles doesn't seem like much, but when you have 4 kids and callings, you spend much of your time at church (esp. when your kids start seminary). If we would have rented that house and then later found out about the 6 mile drive to church, I would have been so disappointed.

I am sure Heavenly Father knew how important it was for me to be close to the church and schools and he blessed our family with the perfect place. I need to always have faith that things will work out because they always do.