Thanksgiving During the Month of November

November was a challenging month for us. More so for me I suppose, Brian didn't express that he had worries as much as I did. I've learned that he keeps most of his worrying on the inside, as for me, well lets just say I vocalize 99.9% of mine. Challenges included a significant decrease in our monthly income, I think this month has the lowest amount of gross income in the past seven months we've been on this journey. I resigned form my full-time position at the end of October for personal reasons (that I don't want to share here on this blog). It was out of character for me, and we maintained the rest of the month, and have still managed to move forward into November. We are facing Christmas and four birthdays in the next 2 months here at the Merrick house. We also love this time and both Brian and I have a hard time not splurging during the holidays. Hopefully we will continue progressing despite the holiday season.

Monthly Outcome

• increased savings by 1/3
• paid off 2 medical bills
• Cash flowed an extra expense for my school

We are pressing on for December, I have had a few really awesome potential job opportunities and I'm just waiting to where it is that God wants me to be. I do want to say that despite being down one full-time job this month we were able to tithe more than we have since the beginning of this journey, this is proof that God blesses us even more when we are faithful.