Praiseee Ye The Lord!!

I have a huge praise item that I want to share with you guys! This past year has definitely stretched and pulled me and my family in ways I definitely didn't expect or desire, but it definitely brought me closer to the Lord as I relied on Him in ways I never have before, and likely couldn't have if I was not faced with the trials that our family encountered. In the fall my mom was speculated to have had a brain tumor, and then tests shortly after Thanksgiving found no brain tumor, yet she continued to get sicker in every way you can think of, memory loss, nausea, pain, weakness, numbness, dizziness with no identifiable cause. I decided to come home this summer to be with my mom in this difficult time for her, and to be honest I was not looking forward to the heart ache I was sure was waiting for me... at Ambrose I could pray for her, talk to her and encourage her but I was thankful to not have to see her go through so much pain. As it has turned out since I have been home she has made incredible improvements!! I am talking amazing improvements! She has been to church with me every Sunday, one day I came home from work and she was outside on the deck washing the windows! Thursday she kept asking me to do things with her and I started laughing how good it felt to have her have more energy than me! I can't say for sure how long this will last, but for today, for these past few weeks the hope of recovery, the renewed energy she has had I am so thankful for and amazed by God's answer to prayer! Thank each of you who prayed for her and our family this past year, I appreciate it so much!
A quick note about my summer job: I am working at the Scott Experimental Farm, which is ran by the government of Canada. It's actually my favorite job I have ever had! I love being outside all day, except for a few days that were freezing. Each day we're doing something different, I've picked rocks, spent hours identifying different weeds in a field. Friday we were doing a "Residue Trial" on some grass, so my crew spent hours cutting grass into 3 cm slices, microwaving it, measuring it to see if there was too much residue left on it from the spray that it would kill cows. It's actually super interesting (to me, I admit it likely wouldn't thrill everyone :) Some days when we're spraying I wear a huge marshmallow like suit with a mask that resembles an alien, ohh the life of an experimental farmer :D
Praise God, for we serve an incredible God!!!