OUR NEW VAN

One of our prayers was answered. We have been looking for another vehicle since Eddie's was in an accident and totaled his truck. He is having to start commuting to Jackson, TN for work in a few weeks and that is a 150 mile round trip. Through a member of our homeschool group, we found a van for me to drive around town with the kids and Eddie can use my Honda CRV to drive to Jackson. Here is a picture of the van. It is a 97 Nissan Quest. It is old and has a lot of miles on it, but it has been working fine for me and the kids just to use around town. Olivia loves it. She thinks it is so cool to have a big vehicle. The van is a lot bigger than my CRV. It also has a lot of buttons that she thinks are very neat. There are buttons next to her seat that she can control. We have her in the second row bucket seat and we have Isaac behind her in the third row bench seat. This has worked out great. They both have a lot of room to themselves for their toys and they aren't right next to each other, which cuts down on the fighting. I think our most peaceful part of the day is a trip in the van.

UPDATE ON ISAAC'S CONDITION

I took Isaac to a pediatric dentist yesterday. It was pretty tramatic for Isaac. He screamed the whole time and it took two of us to hold him down, but it was critical that we go. The news wasn't good. I had expected it to be bad, but it was worse than I thought. He has 10 teeth that need work. Seven of his teeth need to be capped, two teeth need fillings, and one needs to be pulled. Because of his age they will need to do the procedure in a hospital so that they can put him to sleep and do everything at once. We know this needs to be done and we will find a way, but it is going to be very expensive. If we don't have it done, the dentist said that his teeth will rot into his head and cause serious problems for his permanent teeth later. We have dental insurance, but it won't even cover half of the dentist's charge. We will also have a bill from the hospital, the anesthesiologist and a pediatrician. We aren't sure yet if our medical insurance is going to agree to pay anything. We are waiting on approval from them.

SATAN IS REALLY ATTACKING US RIGHT NOW

Satan seems to be constantly attacking us over the past month from every angle he can.

First of all, Eddie's plant is closing on June 30. He was offered a transfer, which we are thankful for, but Eddie will have to commute 150 miles round trip each day to Jackson, TN. We aren't sure when or if we will be able to move. We don't have any money to move and we would have to sell our house and find us somewhere else to live before we could move. We don't feel comfortable moving yet until Eddie feels confident that this job transfer is permanent and not only temporary. It would be really bad to move and then he loose that job too.

Our second issue is that since Eddie was in an accident and totalled his truck a week after we got home from Taiwan, we have been looking for another vehicle for him. It has become a little more urgent to find one now since Eddie starts commuting to Jackson, TN next week. It is a 150 mile round trip. We feel that God would not want us to go in debt for another vehicle, so we are praying that God will provide us a vehicle from somewhere. We don't have much money because we spent almost all of our savings bringing Isaac home from Taiwan.

There are also some other problems that are eating up the rest of our savings. We found out that Isaac is going to have to get work done on his teeth. About 8 of his teeth have severe decay and cavities and will have to be capped. Because of his age, he will have to be put to sleep to have this done. We don't know yet how much this is going to cost. We do have dental and medical insurance, but we are not sure what, if anything, they will pay on it. The pediatric dentist is trying to get pre-approval from the insurance companies.

We also had to take our Yorkshire Terrier to the vet today. He is very sick. He has had diarrea for 2 days and he was dehydrated. He also had blood in his stool. The veterinarian was afraid that it could be pancreatitis or kidney problems but thankfully it ended up being a bacterial infection. That still isn't good, but it could have been worse. The bad thing is that he has to stay at the vet hospital until Friday on IV fluids and for treatment. That is going to be expensive. I am now seeing that maybe our other Yorkshire Terrier may be coming down with the same thing. The bill for our first dog is going to be around $400 and if our other dog is sick too, that could be another $400.

On top of all of this, I am sick. I have a very bad sinus infection. It has gotten down in my throat and chest. I am coughing, sneezing, and my throat hurts really bad. It is really hard to take care of everything when I am sick.