I just finished writing our greeting and message to our employees who will be having their graduation and Christmas parties tomorrow. This year we have invited the families of each of our employees so it should be a joyous occasion. Before we left we bought each of the ladies a blender and each of the men a leather wallet. As you know, the 15th, Wednesday, was the day when each employee receives his/her regular paycheck and an additional month's pay. As is often the case that turned out to be quite an adventure. We didn't have quite enough to cover the check that I left for the occasion, but there were four smaller checks which, added together, brought us within $2.96 of having enough. I was thrilled until I received a phone call from Nicholas about an hour later. I had forgotten that the bank requires that I estimate the actual date when each check will be cashed. That being the case, each of the checks had a date sometime later on in December or in January. Thus, we were right back where we started. That is until today when we received notice that another check had come in which covered the entire amount. I shared this with the employees so they know that God has answered their prayers and ours as well.