Me and my Bubba! I sure do love him!!!We are doing great! God continues to both guide and bless in more ways than we can count. Just the other day, I finished our taxes. We had a huge property tax bill and our house insurance both coming due, with no idea how we would pay them. You guessed it, our refund will come to just about $34.00 over the amount we needed! Isn't God good???
We continue to move forward in our quest for God's will regarding our ministry. The church I mentioned last post has been checking my references, and though it cost me a pretty penny I'm sure. That all went well according to them! :-) This is a sweet church with great people. We just want to know God's will.
As for the second option we are exploring, God continues to open doors there as well. We have been fully exploring both options, so as to keep the doors open till God chooses to close one of them. I have been looking for a secular job in Texarkana, having made two trips in over the last month or so. We have explored a couple of opportunities for either a meeting place and / or a place to live. We are trying to cover all our bases as we pray for guidance. God has continued to show Himself faithful in all of these things as well.
We continue to covet your prayers, for our future ministry, our finances and the need to add a secular job for me, guidance regarding which decisions to make. We have so many things that must be decided in the coming weeks. If we are to move, we will need to rent / sell the home we are in now. As in all things, our sole desire is to know and do the perfect will of God. Nothing more, nothing less. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.
We've had quite a few people asking us about the church plant option. Several have committed to be a part of it, others have expressed interest, still many more have probed and asked questions about it. I'll be writing a lot more about it in the coming week. I'll have a new website up soon (working on it), all serving to give more information to those who might be praying about taking part. As I've said before, we have no desire to take anyone from their church home. We only want those that God leads to us, they too must be in the perfect will of God. That is our prayer for all of you. If you want to know more, or are just curious, feel free to write or call me. We will answer any question, share our vision, pray with you, or just love you as you seek God's will for your life. You don't have to join, commit, or in anyway feel pressured. We are only here to love and support each of you on your life's journey. We will be offering a Bible study soon, on at least one night, if not two. I think we will focus on the end times. Anyone is welcome, whether they have any interest in the church work or not. We would love all our friends and loved ones to come, if they are interested. You will never be pressured or made to feel uncomfortable. We want you to grow in Christ, whether He leads you to join in this new work or not. We love you all. Thank you for your prayers.
Micah
Zachary is headlong into the 9th grade, having finished the eighth grade about four months early. He is doing 9th grade work in every subject but Geometry, that is 10th grade. He is maturing so fast, not only physically, but as a man. He shows such a sensitivity to things of God, a sensitivity well beyond his years. He is such a fine young man, we are truly blessed. He is about 5'9 1/2" tall now, and pushing about 150 lbs. He is all muscle, none of the "insulation" his pop carries around with him. He works out a lot, and it shows. The girls (God help us) are gawking all the time. I see some long long long days ahead. Pray for us there! :-)
Samuel is huge, not fat, just big. He is a little over 11 months old now, and is wearing 2T clothes. He is talking up a storm, spouting new syllables almost every day. He says all the normal words, like Da Da (sometimes Da D0) pronounced like the word do. He says Ma Ma, Bu Bu, Ba Ba, and lots of stuff we have no idea about, like qua, ta, ka. His newest additions are the words Cat and Tan To (thank you). Tan To is REALLY cute! He LOVES the cats, the youngest ignores him and runs aways, the old one tolerates him just long enough to get tired of him and bite a plug out of him! Oh yeah, then he just goes after her again! It is a hoot! He isn't walking yet, we think because he is such a fast and gifted crawler! He just doesn't need to yet. However, he is really, really close. Our little barricades that block off parts of the house are quickly failing. Today, he emptied his toy box, so it would be light enough for him to push out of the way. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
It is all so much fun. We enjoy our sons so much, God is and has been so wondrously good to us. God is good, all the time.
Here are some recent pictures of our brood:
We continue to move forward in our quest for God's will regarding our ministry. The church I mentioned last post has been checking my references, and though it cost me a pretty penny I'm sure. That all went well according to them! :-) This is a sweet church with great people. We just want to know God's will.
As for the second option we are exploring, God continues to open doors there as well. We have been fully exploring both options, so as to keep the doors open till God chooses to close one of them. I have been looking for a secular job in Texarkana, having made two trips in over the last month or so. We have explored a couple of opportunities for either a meeting place and / or a place to live. We are trying to cover all our bases as we pray for guidance. God has continued to show Himself faithful in all of these things as well.
We continue to covet your prayers, for our future ministry, our finances and the need to add a secular job for me, guidance regarding which decisions to make. We have so many things that must be decided in the coming weeks. If we are to move, we will need to rent / sell the home we are in now. As in all things, our sole desire is to know and do the perfect will of God. Nothing more, nothing less. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.
We've had quite a few people asking us about the church plant option. Several have committed to be a part of it, others have expressed interest, still many more have probed and asked questions about it. I'll be writing a lot more about it in the coming week. I'll have a new website up soon (working on it), all serving to give more information to those who might be praying about taking part. As I've said before, we have no desire to take anyone from their church home. We only want those that God leads to us, they too must be in the perfect will of God. That is our prayer for all of you. If you want to know more, or are just curious, feel free to write or call me. We will answer any question, share our vision, pray with you, or just love you as you seek God's will for your life. You don't have to join, commit, or in anyway feel pressured. We are only here to love and support each of you on your life's journey. We will be offering a Bible study soon, on at least one night, if not two. I think we will focus on the end times. Anyone is welcome, whether they have any interest in the church work or not. We would love all our friends and loved ones to come, if they are interested. You will never be pressured or made to feel uncomfortable. We want you to grow in Christ, whether He leads you to join in this new work or not. We love you all. Thank you for your prayers.
Micah
Zachary is headlong into the 9th grade, having finished the eighth grade about four months early. He is doing 9th grade work in every subject but Geometry, that is 10th grade. He is maturing so fast, not only physically, but as a man. He shows such a sensitivity to things of God, a sensitivity well beyond his years. He is such a fine young man, we are truly blessed. He is about 5'9 1/2" tall now, and pushing about 150 lbs. He is all muscle, none of the "insulation" his pop carries around with him. He works out a lot, and it shows. The girls (God help us) are gawking all the time. I see some long long long days ahead. Pray for us there! :-)
Samuel is huge, not fat, just big. He is a little over 11 months old now, and is wearing 2T clothes. He is talking up a storm, spouting new syllables almost every day. He says all the normal words, like Da Da (sometimes Da D0) pronounced like the word do. He says Ma Ma, Bu Bu, Ba Ba, and lots of stuff we have no idea about, like qua, ta, ka. His newest additions are the words Cat and Tan To (thank you). Tan To is REALLY cute! He LOVES the cats, the youngest ignores him and runs aways, the old one tolerates him just long enough to get tired of him and bite a plug out of him! Oh yeah, then he just goes after her again! It is a hoot! He isn't walking yet, we think because he is such a fast and gifted crawler! He just doesn't need to yet. However, he is really, really close. Our little barricades that block off parts of the house are quickly failing. Today, he emptied his toy box, so it would be light enough for him to push out of the way. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!
It is all so much fun. We enjoy our sons so much, God is and has been so wondrously good to us. God is good, all the time.
Here are some recent pictures of our brood:
Bubba looking every bit the young man,he's not a boy anymore, that's for sure!
DaDa, where is the food kept??
I LOVE to take baths!!! I should have been a fish!
Daddy was babysitting me and let me do WHATEVER I wanted! :-)
Am I looking like a big boy, or what?
Daddy can't believe I'm 11 months old already!He sure does love me though!
Oh yeah! I LOVE LOVE LOVE TO SWING!!!(Bubba was pushing me, Daddy was tickling my feet,
and Mommy took the picture!)
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