Good Thing I Didn't Get My Hopes Up

Remember how I told you we were supposed to get the wireless internet connection? Remember how I told you that I wasn't going to get my hopes up?
Well, it's a good thing I didn't, because it didn't work out. We went to the cell phone company office to get hooked up with the wireless internet connection, and after waiting about 30 minutes, we were told that instead of about $35 per month, it would cost $60 per month. The "new" price wasn't advertised anywhere, every flier that we saw said the cheaper price, and we even talked to a couple people that work there and they confirmed the price with us. Well, it ended up that since we weren't going to sign an 18-month contract, the monthly fee would be almost double. We decided that it wasn't worth it to pay about $60 per month on the internet, so we went home with no internet. I wasn't too dissappointed, because I knew in the back of my mind that something like that might happen. So there we were, back at square one- no internet, no phone, no communication with the outside world (well, that's kind of an exageration, because we do have cell phones that we are borrowing from Checo's parents, but we can't call the U.S. with them- they are just for emergencies).
So Checo started praying....
You see, I was handling the bad news well at the time, but as an emotional pregnant wife, we didn't know how long I'd last with that positive outlook. I had had a few emotional breakdowns prior to that because of not being able to communicate with family and friends.
So as I said, Checo started praying (he knew that I was fragile and emotional and I could meltdown at any minute)...
And about 4 hours later (after we went to the cell phone office and got the bad news), a man from one of the phone companies called and said that there was a phone line available for us if we were still interested! So, we ended up getting a house phone and included in our monthly fee is 200 minutes of long distance calls to the U.S. Also, anyone from the U.S. can call us for free (for us, sorry, not for you). We still don't have the internet, but we are thankful that God hears our prayers. It was a good reminder for me to pray about everything, to bring our requests to God, instead of complaining or worrying. He is so faithful and his timing is perfect!
I don't want to put our phone number on here, because anyone can read this blog, but if you'd like our phone number, email me and I'll send it to you. So my blog entries will still be far and few between, because I can only post on here when we're at Checo's parents. But don't give up hope- one day we will have the internet at our house and I'll be able to update it more often.

I'll leave you with a picture of Samuel in his new car seat that faces forward- he loves being a big boy!