Thursday, May 2

The Lord Provides Many Blessings!

So yesterday I went down to my apartments office to pay rent and make sure everything was all squared away for us moving for the summer and then coming back in August to a new apartment, but still in the same building. Well as i was talking to them they said they have no apartments, and we are simply out of luck and that even though we were promised it... As you can imagine i was a bit distraught to hear this but i kept my cool and they said they would help me find something else. They said it would most likely be smaller, more expensive and in a worse part of the neighborhood. So last night as i was going to bed I couldn't sleep worrying about what we will do, and when will i have the time to find a new place for the same price near campus, during finals. Heck i was even considering moving to a new place that seriously had 2 feet of counter top space in the kitchen and for those who know i love to cook so it would have been a big personal sacrifice for me to give up the already small kitchen we have for an even smaller one. I prayed and prayed or everything to be ok and for the lord to help us wherever we may end up and as soon as the prayer was over i was sleeping. Well I woke up this morning around 8am, without the alarm going off, which is unusual, and got up and got ready. I immediately went down to our leasing office and told them the story and asked what they could do. I mentioned how we have always been good tenants and always paid our rent on time. I even mentioned how when one of their co-workers wives was having her baby I made dinner for them to give them a break. Without question they helped me and told me they would do everything possible to get us the apartment we wanted and were promised. Well after 30 min of crunching numbers and making phone calls they had done it! They got us a new, upgraded apartment in the same building, which is a super safe neighborhood, for a decent price, facing south so aaron can grow his plants and has the same size kitchen we have now. I cant tell you all how blessed i feel. I know it may sound not that big of a deal to find a new apartment when you have three months but it took a weight off our shoulders to know this was taken care of. I just know Heavenly Father answers prayers and looks after his children. I see his hand in our lives every day by allowing Aaron and i to finish school without too much stress, or that somehow wherever we have lived it has always been near some family, or that even when the apartment you desperately want gets compromised He put people on this earth who help others, like us out. Just thought i would share our little miracle with you all this morning! Love you all! Shannon & Aaron

8 comments :

Melissa said...

thanks for sharing. What a great testimony builder! I am curious how Aaron is going to have a garden if you'll be gone to california all summer?

Ricki said...

Shannon, thanks for sharing! Brought tears to my eyes. A parent has no greater joy than seeing their children embrace the teachings of the Gospel. Are you renting a storage unit for the summer?

Greg Gibbons said...

That's what I'm talking about!!

Heather said...

Thanks for sharing with us.

Shannon said...

Mel, Aaron normally doesnt have a garden over the summer. Mostly he will just find some plants he likes now and again and bring them home with us in MO. Here in MO he has a whole table full of plants that he grows and then sells.

Mom, thanks! And yes we are getting a storage unit here in Springfield and the ward is helping us move our stuff there. We are renting a truck too which will make the move a lot easier.

Thanks for reading guys! I love getting to share great moments with the family!

Leighann Batemon said...

This lifted my spirits to read. Thank you for sharing, Shannon!!

Heather Hemmert said...

Shannon, don't you know you shouldn't fall asleep while you pray!? haha j/k

As a fellow college student who has had similar worries about housing, I DO understand how important this was to you both! I'm so glad it worked out.

Ricki said...

Mom and I are sooooooooooooooo... proud of you, Shannon. I feel, as converts, you and I have the same depth of testimony in the blessings that come from living the Gospel! Love you Sweetheart!
Dad