Did you know that wild onions make good bait for ice fishing? Well, it’s true! At least according to my dream it is. But it’s hard to get the fish to take the hook and not just eat the onion off of it from the side. Smart fish.
Oh, and some crazy person kidnapped one of my kids because he wanted me to get him a translator. I never did figure out which one he abducted, because they all seemed to be there, but I was very upset none the less.
Yes, our nights have been rather interrupted lately by coughing (both me and the kids) and because my back’s still acting up. Anyway, I guess it makes for interesting dreams.
The van thing actually isn’t a dream. Joel and I have been praying for God to lead us to a van for our family as most of you know, and I decided to throw the door wide open by starting to look around. (Maybe God will decide to just land one in our driveway with a bow on it, but since that’s a rare blessing indeed I figured it wouldn’t hurt to see what was out there.) There’s a promising possibility about an hour away that we’re thinking of going to see, but we want to see if a mechanic friend of ours would go with us and look it over. Even if he says it’s in excellent condition, we wouldn’t make a decision that day. Here’s what we talked about doing:
Whenever we see a van listed that might be a possibility, we’ll pray about it for several days before making plans to go see it. If in that time it’s bought by someone else, then it wasn’t the one for us. If it isn’t, then we’ll go see it and pray about it while we’re there, asking God to show us anything that’s wrong with it or any concerns that could come up if we bought it, and asking for his wisdom in decision making. We won’t make a decision there, but will go home and pray for at least a day or two longer, giving us time to settle down from the initial adrenaline that I, at least, inevitably feel when we’re looking at a big purchase. During that time we’ll continue to pray for wisdom and peace with the decision one way or the other. If we decide to purchase and the van we decided on is still available, then we’ll have to have faith (after all of the prayer and seeking wisdom, etc.) that it’s the one God had for us. Y’all could join us by praying for wisdom and discernment for us… and if you wanted to pray for that van with the ribbon to land out front that would be ok, too! 😉
Ok, so much for my dreams… night ones and day ones! Oh, the wild onion dreams came from the fact that there are so many wild onions growing in our yard. I’ve dug some of them up, chopped them up, and cooked them up in hamburgers. Not too bad, really. 🙂 Not sure where the translator dream came from though it probably had to do with adoption somehow…
Now to go see if Joel needs help with the pancakes… though I don’t think the wild onions would be the best addition there…