Abigail is here!

Abigail Aurelia Hauer
She was born at 7:07pm on July 2, 2008,
She weighs 6lbs 13.5oz, and is 19" long/tall

Both her and Chris did well through the 4 hours of labor, and are recovering quickly.

We were sure blessed by how everything worked out. We were able to have her on the day we planned, and both of our families were able to come down from Helena and Great Falls to visit. It was a great time, and we now have a wonderful little baby girl. She is so mild tempered; never crying unless she is either cold or hungry. When she came out she was extremely wide-eyed, and now is mostly just sleeping a lot. So cute. That is it for now; more later. Thanks for all your prayers!

Jonny-H-Less (and family)

Job Interview

So, I decided (or rather, Chris did) that it was time for me to get busy on applying for jobs now that school is out. I sat down at the computer and ran through various job search engines and really only found one suitable job posting right now (at least in Bozeman or Helena, our 2 top choices). I applied for that job, and a recruiter called me today to setup an interview for Friday. Since I have Friday off of work, it will work out great. To make a long story short, I want to know God's will for this job, and could very much use some wisdom. Your prayers are appreciated. I just thought it was cool that there was only one job posting, I applied for it, they got back to me in like a day, and I already have an interview. All this and it would pay more than we need to live on in Helena, almost double what I make now.

I will keep you guys posted on what happens.

Thanks!
Jonny-H-Less

Moving Adventures

Hi Guys,

Thank you, everyone who was able to, for helping us move on Wednesday. We couldn't have done it without you. Seriously.

Wednesday and Thursday turned out to be a little more eventful than we anticipated, but God did not hesitate to provide. First, Greta had been praying for rain before we left and we sure got it, right when we started moving. But that wasn't bad at all; especially when we got so many people to help us, thank you again! We got the Uhaul packed up in one pop, and then My mom, little brother, and Joe Schmoll (some of you met him at Mars Hill) and his girlfriend Callie prepared to meet us in Belgrade to unload it all into the storage. Unfortunately, when Greta and I arrived at the storage, we realized that we had left the key in Bozeman. So we drove back to get the key and went back to Belgrade to unload it ourselves. When we unloaded everything but the couches into the driveway (we needed to put the couches into the storage first so everything else had to wait outside), the rain came hammering down. Just then, my mom showed up with a king size scrap blanket to cover the furniture. We finished up just in time to get the Uhaul back and meet some friends for dinner.

Gerry and Pat were generous enough to open up their home for us for the night. Thank you so much guys! The next day, we wanted to pack the car with all the things coming to Yuma with us. We quickly realized that we had lost the keys to the car that we needed to pack. After searching everywhere (which wasn't hard considering our house was empty), and calling AAA to break into our car, Greta had the brilliant idea to pray for God to place the keys in her path. Not seconds later, she walked right to them on the window sill. Wow. After canceling the AAA call, we knocked out the packing and rushed to finish cleaning the apartment. Thank you so much guys for clearing out the nails for us and patching the wall on Wednesday, that helped so much. Right when we realized that we couldn't finish cleaning in time and were running the risk of taking hundereds of dollars in charges from Fam Housing, Jonny H-less called; he was pretty much right outside. Only by God's grace, Jon's help, and Fam Housing's non-punctuallity, we finished cleaning without a second to spare. Thanks again Jon!

By this time, it was 4:00 and we needed to get our oil changed, change our address at the post office, and return our gym lock all before 5:00. We dropped the car off at the lube alley and jumped in the Honda to finish off the list.... but the Honda would not start. Another call to AAA and they diagnosed a dead starter and towed the car back to the apartment (I think AAA has saved us thousands of $ this week alone). Well, we found out we could change our address on-line, and have someone else return our gym lock, thank's Cody and Chelsey. Jonny H-less gave us a hand yet again, to return the Steam-Vac we rented.

Pretty much everything that could have gone wrong did, yet each time, God provided some counter to keep us moving right along. It was amazing.

Prayer support

Hey guys I just want to ask for more prayer, though I don't know who all will see this. I'm just to the point where I can't keep a strong face anymore. At 3:00 this morning while drinking enough to take my antibiotics I randomly turned to Pslam 20. I ask that you pray this Psalm on my behalf. I need healing or the strength to deal better with this. I have essentially quit taking care of my family and now just sit here, waiting to get better. Also pray that Abigail is not effected by the large quantities of medicine I am taking, or by the lack for nutrition I am getting. Its hard to eat the 3000 calories I should without opening my mouth. Thank you for your support and prayers.
Chris

Here Goes.....

Oh man, we are really going to have some good fun now.......

God's Miracles

Shalom!

Well everyone, I have some great news to share. Apparently God decided to answer our prayers about my Ulcerative Colitis.

A few weeks ago, I decided to go to the chiropractor for some lower back pain that I have been having for years, in fact, it started just a few months before my symptoms of UC. I found out today that a few of my vertebras have mild scoliosis. Consequently, two of my vertebras are compromising the passage way for a bundle of nerves that branches from my spinal cord. That bundle of nerves just so happens to be the autonomous nerves for my colon (autonomous nerves are the ones that your brain sends signals to automatically, i.e. your heart beat, breathing, digestion). My brain could very well be perceiving that my colon is in trouble and sending a cavalry of Killer T-cells to help.

This seems like too big of a coincidence to not be linked to my UC, but I will keep everyone posted on health improvements as the chiropractor fixes by back.

Thank you all so much for your prayers. This really is an amazing display of God's grace and the power of prayer.

Keep praying.

Shalom,

~Samuel T

Valentines Day

Hey, Happy Valentines Day. I hope everyone's weeks are starting to relax. Don't forget about the three day weekend coming up! I learned why we celebrate Valentines Day recently and I wanted to share that. We do it because a man a long time ago, in much harder times, secretly and illegally married christian couples in the church; and because of it, he recieved a three part execution. In light of that, I wanted to encourage everyone to think of something they would lay down their life for. It may make the Valentines experience even more meaningful this year.

Anyway, I would like to ask for prayer for discipline in my time management. I tend to put off God's word first when my schedule gets tight. It's ironic how I bypass my first priority in times when I need it most.

Thanks for your prayers everyone.

If you have questions about how to post a cooment, e-mail Jonny H-less or I.

sam.hensler@gmail.com

First Post

All right, we are finally up and running! Hopefully this will be the first of many posts by many Mars Hill Members!

~Jonny H-less