Hard to Believe

As depressing as it may seem it's exciting in some ways... Summer might be officially over. This week we had super great weather and dreary rainy weather as well... but alas it's coming - Winter. And with winter comes decision time as well. We are unsure as to when and where we'll be going for some of the winter months. Harvest has just started so I guess we have a little bit of time to decide and see what MDS has for us.
Samuel and Olivia both started Jazz on Friday - it was a Blast! I'll post pictures soon.
If you're reading this and you have a little time we would covet your prayers for our future. It's so unknown to us and we know that God knows but in all our 'humanness' we would like to have a clue too!

Change of life :-)

Not really... this week has had sunshine, snow, hail, rain and wind... I'm dreaming of warmer days! The kids are getting a little impatient with the weather (as is their mother) and wish we could spend more time out in the backyard... soon hopefully.

We did our Missions Report this previous Sunday in church. There weren't very many people in attendance but we pray that is not because they don't have hearts for missions... anyway it was a little stressful for Willie because I'm so not a public speaker (I say "It's not my gift" but I'm not sure if I don't have enough faith or if it really isn't my thing) in whatever case, I didn't have a lot to say so Willie had to do it - I did the slideshow. A picture is worth a thousand words so technically I did say a lot! It was so good to go through all the pictures of the 5 months that we spent on the road. It brought back so many memories and so many things that we as a family will cherish forever. All the faces we'll always remember and the time that people spent with the kids... and of course our wonderful time with the Raifords and the Glenn's.

God has a way of putting experiences in our lives to forever change us if we took time to plants seeds... Willie 'planted' some wheat in a cup for Samuel to watch grow. We have it on our window sill by the kitchen sink and it's amazing what a short time it needs to grow if it gets the 3 simply things... dirt, sun and water! If only we would grow in the same simple environment. If we would rely on God to give us everything that we need than we would grow in Him. Not sure if that makes any sense but ...

To all of you in God's service - be encouraged!! God is enough! He's more than enough... He's everything!

Adjusting slowly...

I'm not sure why it feels like we're on the outside looking in after only 5 months but we're adjusting slowly... it would help if some of this snow would melt. I have some serious issues with whoever started this whole Global Warming thing....

The kids are enjoying their rooms and all their 'new' toys. I haven't noticed much of them at all. We've seen all the fantastic people that have been praying for us so faithfully and it's great to be in the comforts of home. I was reminded again of how the material possessions are exactly that - and we missed none of it... but these wonderful people at home have been missed. Samuel has been enjoying his playdates with Tori, Jobe, Kobe and Tanner! And Olivia finally got to see Baby Brooke and hold her and play mom for a bit!

We're sad that we won't see our other friends for some time... missing the people we met while we were in Texas and Mississippi and of course our favorite place... Hammond Louisiana! :-) Miss you Tisha!

Kathy and Carl we're praying for you folks out in Bolivia - we love reading about your lives and watching your kids grow!

We're Back!

Well we came home last night to about 20 feet of snow and streets that haven't been cleared and we had to put the truck into 4x4 to get into our garage. We are excited to see everyone but the kids are both sick and Willie and I are feeling it to.
Willie is really missing work down there but he's excited to get going on the farming and of course he's analyzing our house ready to redo everything in the basement but we'll see how ambitious we get.
God has been so incredibly good to us and we're so amazed at how he has kept us under His protection through all this and we just give all the glory to Him for an amazing time of being servants in a different environment. We're excited to see what He has for us here in La Crete. We're also waiting for our friends from the south to come up and see us in the near future :-)
We got to see Gramma and Grampa last night so that was super - then on to our home to reacquaint the kids with their rooms. They loved it! Olivia loves her pink room and Samuel will be busy for the next week just discovering his toys again. We have an invitation for supper today which we're very excited for - Samuel is looking forward to seeing his little friends again!
Thank you for your prayers and we want to thank each of you individually but it might take a few weeks to get around. Thank you Jesus for prayer and for people who care! There are people on the Gulf Coast that are so less fortunate than we are and yet they live lives for Christ and have showed us what glorifying God looks like. To live real lives in Him! Beautiful memories.

Canadian eh?!

Hello world... we're held up in Magrath Alberta and enjoying time with the Neudorf family on the ranch. It's been great to just stop for a while and sleep in clean beds and have kids for the kids to play with and an Auntie and Uncle to love on the kids. Samuel got sick the moment he saw the snow in Colrado Springs but he's on the up swing and hopefully he's back to 100% in a day or so.
Hope that your worlds are pleasant and that your worries are few... we'll see friends in Pincher Creek, Calgary and Edmonton soon and then our friends and family in La Crete will see us soon (Willie's already farming in his mind so we might as well be home...)
Thanks again for your prayers for safe travels... we're almost home!

Garden of the Gods

Homeowner in Texas