Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I Made A Mistake

Please help! I accidently deleted a message from Steve Lindsey and if he would be so kind as to send it to me again along with the message that he sent, I would really appreciate it!! So sorry!!

Happy Birthday Hannah!!

We officially have a "TENager in the house! My little girl is growing up!! We are thankful for the daughter the Lord has given us and pray that she will soon be saved and grow up to serve the Lord. In the meantime we look forward to training and teaching her until that time comes. We love you Hannah!
Here is Hannah with a few of her friends and 2 brothers.

Hannah is a soccer girl!!


We had chili and cornbread and carrot sticks for supper.



She's also a "horsey" girl and mom did her best at making a "horsey"cake.





Thursday, January 25, 2007

It "Squalled" Today!!

Yep!! You heard me! It "squalled" right here in Emmaus, PA TODAY! I am a Midwest girl and I had never in my life heard of a snow squall or had seen one until today. It was a beautiful, sunny morning and around 10:00 E.T. the temperature dropped, the wind kicked up, the clouds got dark and gray and the sky let loose! For 30 minutes it snowed like blizzard conditions. As quickly as it started, it stopped. The sun came out and an hour or 2 later you would have never known that it had snowed because everything was melted away. I had some great pictures but the computer that has the pictures in it decided to die AFTER the pictures were downloaded. My kids have not seen snow for 4 years. (Joshua has never touched it.) So we made the most of those 30 minutes. It packed just right and made great snowballs!! It can "squall" anytime it wants to!

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

I've Been Tagged

a: available or single: Available to my husband
b: best friend: my husband Garry
c: cake or pie: all of the above
d: day or night person: definitely day
e: eggs or cereal: eggs and bacon
f: favorite food: umm.... pizza, empanadas
g: gummy bears or gummy worms: gummy bears
h: hometown: Dwight, IL
i: indulgence: chocolate, choclate, choclate
j: January or February: January
k: kids and names: Andrew, Hannah, Timmy, Joshua
l: life is not complete without....: the Lord!!
m: marriage date: July 19, 1988
n: number of siblings: 2 (1 great brother, 1 beautiful sister)
o: oranges or apples: apple pie, apple streudel, caramel apples
p: phobias: the esclator
q: quick to think or quick to speak: a little of both
r: reasons to smile: my husband and my kids
s: season: (depends on what continent I'm living on) fall and winter
t: tag 3 or 4 people: whoever reads this!!!
u: unknown fact about me: computer illiterate
v: veggies I don't like: slimey asparagus
w: worst habit: worrying too much
x: xtra special memory: getting saved!
y: yellow or????: purple and green
z: Zest or Dove: Dove

Now YOU'VE been tagged!!!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Home Again!!

After 3 weeks of visiting family and friends for the holidays, meetings and 5 days straight of driving we are back to our mission house "home" in Pennsylvania. We certainly enjoyed all the good fellowship, food, fun, food and more fellowship and food, etc. (You get the idea here.) A special thanks to my mom for her patience and willingness to have all 6 of us in her apartment for 3 weeks, to my sister Betty for being my "technical support" as I learn the art of blogging, and to all the pastors and pastors wives that we have met along the way that have been an encouragement and blessing to us. In the meantime, my father-in-law is doing great, and the works in Chile are moving forward. We will continue to travel and are asking the Lord for ten new supporting churches before we return the end of March. The Lord has already blessed and gave us one new one for which we are very thankful. No pictures this time because my helper is at winter camp and I haven't learned how to do that just yet! That's the next thing to learn. Thank you for all your prayers. Until the next posting.......

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Mamaw and Bampy



Those of us that are privileged to have family that come from the southern part of the States don't have a grandma or a grammy or a nana, etc. We have a mamaw. This is my mamaw and she is 86 years old. She has almost died 3 times but the Lord continues to give her back to us. She lives in a nursing home with Bampy (another southern name) and goes to dialysis 3 times a week. The Lord has allowed my grandparents to be married 67 years! We treasure every moment that we can be with them and just recently were able to visit them. I am so glad that my children have had the opportunity to know their great-grandparents!

Family

One of the great things about being home on furlough is the time that we get to spend with our families. Over the Christmas/New Year's season we were with my family. We started in Delphi, IN at my sister's house, then moved on to Henderson, KY to be with my grandparents and my Aunt Elaine and her family. The kids had a great time being with their cousins!!! My mom traveled with us and we are back in IL with her at her house. We thank the Lord for this opportunity we have had.