1/2 through week 6... Hope for the future!

With all that is going on in life everyone keeps asking me how I am handling it. And I thought my devotional today explained it perfectly!

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)

Are You Hopeful? 
When you think about the future, are you hopeful? Or do you struggle with a sense of dread? 
People who have seen God's faithfulness in the past tend to be very hopeful about the future. They know a bad situation can turn into a wonderful testimony in a matter of minutes. 
On the other hand, people who have lost all hope view life from the perspective of dread. A close cousin to fear, dread steals the ability to enjoy ordinary life and makes people anxious about the future. 
Hope is the opposite of dread, and a close relative of faith. When we have faith in God, it leads to hope, and our outlook on life and the future is positive. 
Hope allows us to leave our unanswered questions in God's hands; it empowers us to remain at peace, and it enables us to believe the best about the days to come. 
You can have hope when you trust in God's love. He has the power to provide for you and lead you through every situation. 
Prayer Starter: God, I choose to put my faith in You, knowing that it will turn into hope. I don't have to dread, because You have the ability to care for me, so I put my hope in You.

I know John and I can handle anything because God is our foundation! I have great hope for our future. When I hear that 2 seniors were sent home just 4 weeks before graduation it does freak me out. But I also know that god has a great plan for us. CHP was on johns heart before he could ever apply. And it just so happened that when they did home it was the right time? Not a chance. I know God had his hand in all of it! To get an ASL teaching job the week before he leave for Sacramento? So God! My amazing unit still doing amazing things while their director is learning to balance it all? So God! I mean I don't know how else to explain my peace through one of the craziest times of our lives as we are preparing to come together but that I have so much hope that God can and will get us through any and every situation that comes our way so we can keep doing what we do and give it to God to get us through. If John and get through the academy, I can handle things at home.

Anyway! Speaking of John, he is doing pretty good through week 6. They lost 2 cadets on Monday so him and his roommate had to switch rooms and of course the locker in the new room is smaller. But he was feeling fine about it. He likes the new guy they are rooming with so it works. Other then passing all his tests like he always does, they have started to learn fighting moves. So the other day they did like a senario with them and he was completely caught off gaurd when he got hit in that face. He said it was hard for him to think about what he had learned so he didn't win the senario. He ended up on his back on the floor. But he is learning. He had never been in a situation like that before so he is having to really train his brain on what to do so he'll get it soon. Hopefully before he get punched again lol

So we are almost 6 weeks done which mean 6 weeks to go till the weeding! Good way to countdown I think!