Thursday, July 15, 2010

Lessons from a wood chipper

Our time in our married hometown is winding down quickly. We are (hopefully!) heading to the Oregon Coast with my folks for a camping trip as I mentioned before. Daniel is on the mend from a case of shingles too. He's also been working long hours on the house projects (our rental... that has renters in it:) or at least as long as he can without stretching our (good so far) renters' patience to the max!

I've been thinking and praying of ways I can be a better helper to my husband in this area because if there is a house project skill, I don't have it:). Especially since its looking like we'll miss at least part of the camping trip because the projects aren't going quite as quickly as planned.

Last night I dreamt that I offered to help Daniel chip the ginormous pile of branches. In the morning it felt so real but I thought it would be silly and I couldn't be of help. I casually asked Daniel if that would be helpful and he said YES! He rented a truck and a chipper for a half day and I found a babysitter for an hour and a half and helped chip through a pile of branches and debris for almost an hour..what a workout! And it was kinda fun, actually.

I am so thankful to have a chance to help in a way that was outside my comfort zone, but ended up being a good time with the hubby. Although you definitely don't want to think about that movie Fargo when using it...;)

3 comments:

D said...

Good job- it's so encouraging when the Lord guides us! And when we do things we never thought we could! I love feeling that I've learned a new skill, even if I'm going to actually forget the skill, I will remember that I can do NEW things!!!
Way to be a Godly wife! Hugs!!!

Rachael said...

Thanks for the encouraging words D:). I've been going with Daniel every morning since then to dig trenches for our downspouts etc. and its actually been encouraging for both of us even though I typically hate yardwork and manual labor of any kind! The exercise doesn't hurt either, so the Lord is really blessing us in that way.

Rachael said...

Thanks for the encouraging words D:). I've been going with Daniel every morning since then to dig trenches for our downspouts etc. and its actually been encouraging for both of us even though I typically hate yardwork and manual labor of any kind! The exercise doesn't hurt either, so the Lord is really blessing us in that way.