Hard finding joy today

Today was a hard day. I guess we are going to have days like these. I was given many coffee cups with almond joy in each one representing that through our lives that we have times of joy and sometimes we have times with no joy, that cup was black. Well today was a black cup day with no joy and it's hard to say but it's ok to feel no joy in our lives at times. It doesn't mean we are losing faith, it just means that life throws us unfortunate things and it is ok to mourn them. So continue to pray for us. The holidays are going to be really tuff but we will get through it. Funny thing yesterday, I called AT&T to forward my phone number to my cell and the lady helping me told me that she lost her home in a fire too. We started talking and she said that the hardest thing is not having your home to come home to. It takes along time to make a home feel comfortable. It was exactly how I was feeling and it was such a blessing to chat with her. Alyssa and Ryan are out of school in two weeks and they will be staying at Alyssa's apartment on campus but it will be very quiet there and they both love to come home especially Alyssa, so please keep them in your prayers because we can't get in the rental we found until the beginning of January. So we are going to feel a little displaced until then. Colleen has been such a sweet heart through this and opening her home to us. We are beyond blessed to have such amazing friends and family. Please have patience with us, you might run into us and we might just be having a black cup day and we might not seem ourselves.