God Timing
No, I wasn't trying to spell "good" and left out an "o". I really mean God timing.
Yesterday, the rough day, I was walking home from PWOC with Gabe. If you know Gabe's walking speed, you know it is s-l-o-w. We finally reached our street and were about to cross when at that exact moment Mandi was getting out of her car.
We stopped and chatted with Mandi for a few minutes when a girl named Stephanie showed up. Stephanie is Mandi's dog walker and she is the most desired babysitter in Mannheim. Perfect. I ask Stephanie if she can watch the boys for my German classes, you know the answer, she said "no". I asked her if she had ANY phone numbers with her of a person she could recommend to me. She had one. Sierra.
Today, all day I've been reminding myself to call Sierra. After an hour of getting in and out of the car running errands I make it home, put cold stuff in the fridge, leave everything else on the counter and call Sierra.
Her mom answers. Ah man. I don't want to keep leaving messages for these girls. I want to chat with one and get an answer now! Oh, but mom tells me Sierra is home. I chat with Sierra and she commits to watching the boys for the next 4 weeks on Tues and Thurs.
Yeah. Small victory. No big victory. Because as long as my kids don't scare her off, and she doesn't let them burn down the house, I'm claiming her. I'm going to find out how much people usually pay her and add a few bucks so she keeps coming back. Seriously.
If I hadn't run into Mandi, I wouldn't have known that the cute girl walking by was THE Stephanie, and she wouldn't have given me Sierra's number. That is God timing.
Yesterday, the rough day, I was walking home from PWOC with Gabe. If you know Gabe's walking speed, you know it is s-l-o-w. We finally reached our street and were about to cross when at that exact moment Mandi was getting out of her car.
We stopped and chatted with Mandi for a few minutes when a girl named Stephanie showed up. Stephanie is Mandi's dog walker and she is the most desired babysitter in Mannheim. Perfect. I ask Stephanie if she can watch the boys for my German classes, you know the answer, she said "no". I asked her if she had ANY phone numbers with her of a person she could recommend to me. She had one. Sierra.
Today, all day I've been reminding myself to call Sierra. After an hour of getting in and out of the car running errands I make it home, put cold stuff in the fridge, leave everything else on the counter and call Sierra.
Her mom answers. Ah man. I don't want to keep leaving messages for these girls. I want to chat with one and get an answer now! Oh, but mom tells me Sierra is home. I chat with Sierra and she commits to watching the boys for the next 4 weeks on Tues and Thurs.
Yeah. Small victory. No big victory. Because as long as my kids don't scare her off, and she doesn't let them burn down the house, I'm claiming her. I'm going to find out how much people usually pay her and add a few bucks so she keeps coming back. Seriously.
If I hadn't run into Mandi, I wouldn't have known that the cute girl walking by was THE Stephanie, and she wouldn't have given me Sierra's number. That is God timing.
Comments
With the time difference, I don't know exactly when it is YOUR time that I'm praying for you. Probably somewhere around 3 in the morning... but God's timing is always good!