But, I can't seem to stop doing it.
Thank you ALL for your prayers, and support,
and offers to buy us food :) Food is always helpful when one is trying
to survive.
The Mayor (and I am calling him by THIS name to be kind) and the council members agreed to NOT lay off fire
fighters if they agreed to give up their 2.1% pay
increase scheduled for this coming fiscal year.
Annoying really, because, no matter what you
have heard in the news, they have agreed to that all along.
Fire fighters only asked that the city not
take their pay, and turn around and lay off people anyway.
Seems like a perfectly fair agreement,
but the council and mayor wouldn't agree.
Many of us got up and spoke at the council meeting,
although I can't say if I was the only one who wanted to
punch the mayor in the neck for his condescending head nods.
All of this means, that over the course of the next 33 days,
Reno Fire Fighters will be casting their votes to give up their
cost of living pay increase. And, as long as the majority agree
to do that, my husband gets to continue to be
exactly who God has created him to be.
Your continued prayers are still needed, but God has truly delivered.
Thank you again to all of you who prayed along side us yesterday.
I am positive it saved me from a most untimely meltdown.
Psalm 90:
14 O satisfy us in the morning with Your loving kindness,
That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days
You have afflicted us,
And the years we have seen evil.
16 Let Your work appear to Your servants
And Your majesty to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, confirm the work of our hands.
This is the verse God showed me before I got up to speak.
He is truly faithful.
5 comments:
Hey so we saw you on the news last night pleading your case to the Reno council and Mike there with all your kiddos. I was shouting "go Shontell!"
and Morgan was very perplexed why Miss Shontell was on TV. So glad to hear that so far Mike gets to keep his job :)
Saw you on the news as well. Good job and I'm so relieved for you and all of the other firefighters and their families.
oh man i missed the news appearance but i am quite sure it was your convincing that did the job!! who could look at your 5 kids and make a judgement to fire their daddy. brilliant to bring your lil ones.
politics are stupid. really they are. all the same i am proud of you and mike for not taking this verdict lying down. you guys are my heroes.
:) thanks friends. A lot.
i AM very proud of you for doing that. and i am also very sorry that you guys are having to deal with this. but i want to encourage you that uncle mike is exactly who God created him to be, regardless of whether or not he is working as a firefigher. i am finding that God finds ways to refine us, and while the process itself is painful, He delights in us becoming even MORE. i pray, pray, pray that he will keep his job; but, no matter what, his life--his character, his growth, his desires--these are all in God's hands. there is nothing that takes place that is out of His control, and even better, nothing that takes places that surprises Him. be strong and courageous, my friend. (i could have said be bold, be strong, but i held back since i didn't have an avocado shaker.) i love you all so much and can't wait to see you sooooooooooooon!!!!
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