Will I be prepared for tomorrow? That is always the question I must answer -daily!  As I have so many responsibilities there are many "extra"  requests, needs and emergencies that I must handle each day.  Then my 3 "young adult" children are moving through college academics, and into adult responsibilities and must also learn to prepare and "manage" the unexpected dilemmas that roll into our pathway!!   Working together requires some "team work" or  cooperation that we made part of our home school for the last 22 yrs.  Starting the day with prayer and God's word is essential as we must draw on GOd's strength for the tasks that are bigger than we are! We are very dependent upon God's wisdom and the immediate help and direction of  His Holy Spirit . Our relationship with GOd is the most important. I must be an obedient child & servant in every area of my life to be a proper parent, teacher, wife and worker! I need God to answer my prayers and there must not be sin to hinder that communication.  The older I get the more responsibility that I have. This New Year has brought more new challenges! Jan 1 the phone rang and as an assisting secretary & Sunday School teacher I am also prepared for various church related calls! One friend and member was with her dying sister and needed our prayers and the pastor to come visit the family. Our family gathered in the living room and we all knelt in prayer on behalf of the needs of that family. (The sister did not die that day but gained health and lived 5 wks longer) Jan 2 -a friend called and their grandson was accidently shot in the head while skateboarding. the 12 yr old was rushed to the hospital. OUr family gathered for special prayer on behalf of Weston. Doctors gave him no chance to live after critical care after 72 hrs.  HEre, 6 wks later , he miraculously awoke from his coma and is now learning to walk, feeding hisself and talking with an amazed, grateful family. Jan 3-  we heard from our neighbor & friend (member of our church) that a lady we sold one of our rabbits to was diagnosed with lymphoma.  We put her on our prayer list and gathered to pray. (2 wks later the doctors tested her again before begining treatments and cannot find a trace of cancer!)  ALong with our daily prayer life we manage our farm "Garden Gate Rabbit PArk", manage our business, Garden Gate Cards, and do whatever the Lord requires of us!  It takes the whole family  to complete chores etc and my husband also has a job with General Electric that requires many 12 hr days!  We have learned that we can keep singing though-whatever the circumstances! In fact our whole family sings together whether doing projects indoors or working in the garden or inour rabbitry. (we also sing as the Victory Quartet) We have repairs and maintenance projects that often interrupt schedules! When we see one of our rabbits run through the flower bed-that is a sign that one of the hutch doors is open or we have a smart  escape artist in the bunny family!  While we work we take inventory for supplies and the shopping list is written as the day progresses. I cook big meals  so that we can not only have sufficient bean & rice for a couple meals but also to freeze a portion for emergency purposes!  Whenever I cook, I have one or more of the children cooking also and I teach as I work and they learn to prepare and preserve food as well. Our boys can cook almost as well as my daughter or myself! They have learned to manage all the farm chores and are learning the maintenance of the vehicles and machinery with their father.  When someone needs our help then our family can carry on alone or with others to help. We had a funeral,  a member in the hospital, our church pianist was sick, and our substitute had a child ill all at the same time this week! So I  took a casserole out of the freezer, with homemade bread, rolls, and dessert, then I made a greenbean casserole and goulash to serve the grieving family, some of the family took flowers to the hospital to visit and pray with their family and we prepared songs and played the piano for the services Wed & Sun.  Some of our family cooked a meal for another sick family and we gathered several times for prayer on behalf of the needy families. Thank the Lord for answered prayer! The lady in the hospital miraculously was healed-the blood clot that had shut off her circulation and was destroying her foot that was to result in amputation, God totally healed and the 2nd test revealed the clot was gone and her leg was normal! All glory and praise to GOd of heaven! We all rejoiced together over all the answered prayer, all the glorious ways the Lord works and we called the members that had been praying-to share the wondrous news! Our children have seen God's hand in their lives too. When one son had done a chore and noticed the neighbor waving, he stopped and found out the man had fallen out of his wheelchair and needed help so he was able to help the neighbor when his own family was away! He puts a song in our mouth and praise in our hearts! Now lets see- what do we need for tomorrow?  Milk, eggs, and when we post the Garden Gate packages we can send a card to the children that missed Sunday School!  I may not get all my personal plans done, but the Lord is showing us that people are more important and loving one another will accomplish His work and will-that makes us all happy too!