Well, John came home today (Friday the 6th) from the bank, saying that our Spanish bank just made a new rule to hold our checks 1 month from now on. It used to be a week then 2, 3 and now 4 weeks. The process goes like this: we get our deposit each month on [...]
We arrived back to Madrid to a whirlwind of activities and news. One of the ladies in our church had 2 of her sisters die in one week. Then the news of Evelyn who died from ovarian cancer at the age of 33. Apparently she didn’t know she had it and when she finally went [...]
This has been a good and fun week! Well, it’s been 12 weeks, 3 months of spending 10€ a week! This week, I have to give myself a raise… to 15€ a week instead of 10€. I am just out of too many baking items. After having our guests with us, and all the beverages [...]
I started with .11 cents from last week: so may starting balance is 10.11 .69- margarine 1.29- pre-mix bread mix 3.79-1 large can of tuna 1.35- 3 kilos of baking flour 1.65- beverage 1.10- 2 liters of beverages .26- 1 can of beverage ———– -2 cents * we have had guests which accounts for all [...]
I started this week with 11cents so my total to spend is 10.11 2.10- 2dozen eggs .99-butter 1.09- tomatoes 2.19- Tortellini 1.30- 2 liters of fat free milk 1.29- pre-mix bread mix 1.04- 4 cans of beverage ————– +11 cents Menus for this week: Thursday, August 7th-On holiday Friday, August 8th-On holiday Saturday, August 9th-On [...]
As you have read, I have been asking the Lord for wisdom and provision as I challenge myself to stay within the 10 € limit for groceries and toiletries each week. So I can testify to His goodness. I’m listing the tangible blessings He sent our way last week. 11 lbs of cherries we picked [...]