It’s amazing how good you feel when you’re miserable, when you were just recently really miserable.

I have had a rather miserable week, physically at least. Last Tuesday I started to have a slight cough, which overnight turned into a high fever and headache that lasted for another six days. Ellie came down with it too after a few days so we went to the walk-in clinic to see a doctor. She didn’t think it was anything serious, but 5:00AM Sunday morning Ellie’s temperature was 40C (105F) and she was diagnosed with strep throat at the emergency ward. I went in later and was diagnosed too. Adelaine came down with it later that day and we are all now on penicillin. Now I am just dealing with a cold that I picked up as a result of not getting much sleep for a week.. but that feels much better relative to how I was a few days ago. Very thankful to be feeling better and see the girls doing better too.

In other news, we have changed our housing plans in the last few days. We had made arrangements for an apartment here in town and were to take possession of it this week. It was going to be a small, middle apartment in a complex without a yard for the kids. However, the Lord has provided a much better solution for us. A local family has made us a generous offer to use an old house of theirs. This is still a temporary solution for up to two years that will give us more time to save up and look for our own house. This will also give the girls an opportunity to have a yard to play in outside and some horses to watch! So with this change we now plan to move in June. The Lord continues to provide for and watch over us.

Ellie’s third birthday is tomorrow, March 12. We had planned to have a big shared birthday with friends whose son is also turning three this week, but the sickness in our household forced us to cancel that. So instead we will just have a small family party. We are so thankful for our two wonderful daughters!