FREEZING!!!

Yesterday, the school had planned to have the elementary children go caroling to all the widows in the commmunity. However, they could not go out because it was ONE DEGREE!!! With the wind chill factor, it was 7 degrees below zero. Starting the first of December, we started renting a little house outside of town a few miles on a ranch. I know...my life keeps getting crazier and crazier. I live on a ranch. With cows. The main source of heat in the house is a pellet stove in the kitchen. So, really...the only room in the entire house that ever gets warm is the kitchen. We bought a few little space heaters to heat the bedrooms. Unfortunately, the wiring in the house is so old that if too many things are plugged in, everything shuts down. So, I have to be careful which outlet I plug the vaccuum into because if I guess wrong, the fridge and vacuum and everything else connected to that circuit turn off. Then, I get to trudge through the snow to flip the breaker switch. So, we found out that we cannot run three heaters at the same time. The wiring cannot handle it. This morning, when I woke up, the back room was 30 degrees. The main house hovers around 56 degrees and the kitchen is relatively warm. So, the entire family huddles around the stove in the kitchen. So, there is our update. We don't have internet/telephone/television at the house yet. So, I do feel isolated and disconnected from the world. A bit of homesickness has started to settle in. But, despite all the ice-cube toes and fingers, we are happy and thankful. We are together. We are healthy. We know that the Lord is providing for us and blessing us...even if it is not exactly how we would have planned it. He has a plan for us and we continue to trust His will for our family.