Brent has returned to work :-)

     As many of you will remember, last year Brian was hit with both big cuts in pay and hours. OUCH!!  Brandon and Brent had been living on their own. Of their own accord, they had moved back home to help us not loose the house. Shortly thereafter, first Brandon and then Brent lost their jobs due to the company cutting back. Benson (whom also still lives to home) had also lost his job.
     A few months later, Brent had begun the process of signing up for the Navy. That dream got denied due to his ribs, etc. - all of which were lasting results from his having gotten hit by that car back in fourth grade.
     Monday he again headed out to apply for jobs. He had a couple of leads about places that were hiring certified welders (which he is).  One place took his app., another told him they weren't even taking app.'s .... he got frustrated.
      Brent got to thinking about his old job. He had sort of stayed in touch with a couple of the guys from there. He knew that company wide they had taken pay cuts - but that they were not extreme cuts. He knew that the manager whom had been such a pain in the side had gotten out and out fired the same day he (Brent) had been let go. And he knew that the boss whom they had gone to with challenges over the now fired boss, was now over the whole shop.
     Brent decided to give him a call. The guy was happy to hear from him and said he would check with the higher up's to see if there was any way he could call Brent back. :-)  Brent was ever so hopeful!
     Around ten Tuesday morning, Brent came bounding in to let me know he was headed-in there for an interview. Seeings how there had been some changes, they wanted to go over everything with him and make sure he still wanted the job. "Duh!" was his not to them response. ;-p
      He arrived back home grinning ear to ear. He started at 7 this morning. A-n-d, even though there was a 5% cut in pay, he most likely gets his vacation time and insurance back, seeings how he'd just been 'layed off'. :->
     THANK-YOU Lord!!!
     We know that Brent is now 22 and an independent spirit, and thus will not live here all that long. And we really are okay with that. That's why we're glad he found a job nearby, as in, IN Michigan, instead of out of state!!!
     Thank-you to so many of you whom were/are praying for our "boys"!