Two of many Answers to Prayers

Story # 1

 The other day Carla was praying and asking The Lord for a couch. We moved here with no furniture and only 3 air mattresses and they started to leak haha.  Carla prayed and asked the Lord if He would get us a couch, she was very specific and said "I would love an L-shaped couch and I really want it to be free!"  The next day a really wonderful woman called us and asked Carla if she needed any furniture because she had an L-shaped couch she was going to get rid of and told Carla she could have it for free!! Carla was so amazed and told the woman that is exactly what she wanted. PRAISE JESUS for this couch! It's funny that we didn't realize how often we sit on furniture in our homes until we do not have it.  Thanks to The Giver up above and special thanks to Mama Therese for being such a giver, and thanks to Isaac M. for helping carry the couch and thanks to Rod and Marion Hall for letting us use their van to get the couch!!!!  A lot of thanks going on here, but most important is thanks to the Lord who hears our every desire. If you have had a season where it felt like God was not really listening or coming through on stuff, just wait a few more months, and just know that HE IS! Even when many months ago I was so worried about moving and all the details involved for our family in Pasadena, God knew exactly what He had for us.  We are happy people. 

Story # 2

Another praise report: God cares about the little things in our life! Sometimes the big stuff and needs seem so overwhelming we wonder if God is "aware" of our situation. Then he meets us in ways you don't even realize. He was paying attention to your thoughts and desires.  We have been on a major financial crunch this year, especially since the Lord told Brandon to quit his job in January to follow "the dreams". A few months ago I saw the cutest LEGO watch online and it was only $15 but I knew we didn't have the cushion for that. I said a quick "prayer/whine" to the Lord of how I wished I could get Isaac a watch like that because he loves Lego. Fast Forward months later to now.  While in Pasadena a good friend of mine was moving away from Pasadena the week we got here. She had a bunch of items she thought we could use like a kids train table, crib mattress, wicker laundry hamper, bed pillow, baby potty, a few shoes and toys... etc. All of these things were on my list of what we needed right away... down to a "T", we lost a pillow along the way and only had 6 pillows for 7 people =(. Even the baby potty was an answer to prayer....and at the bottom of one of the boxes was a little LEGO watch just like I had wanted for Isaac a few months before. Such a specific gift is a reminder that God hears every prayer and every longing, even the ones we don't even formulate into prayers! 
God is a good Father!