I called my mom last night just as she was getting off work to see if she'd like to join Evy and I in our "girl time".
Vicente has been on an after-work-side-job for days, and he'd taken the boys along. (Evy was with him Thursday on the same job while me and my little men went to the county fair and rodeo! I LUV getting my hick influences in whenever possible, LOL!) Basically Vicente and I have been playing Tag Team Kid Time...its been different, but not at all a bad thing! It's kinda fun having things mixed up a bit.
Anyhoo, as mom and I were talking she tried to start her car and it said "no" - dead battery.
Evy and I cut our nail painting short and rushed to Mom/Grammy's aid. Turns out the cables connecting to her battery weren't exactly connecting, (bummer cuz I felt so capable with my cute new plastic briefcase full of important car things!) so after a phone call to Les Schwab (the tire place) we decided to bag it all and go out to eat! Yeay, eating out is the absolute best!
Evy's favorite restaurant in town is the Thai place because, "It's quiet". So Thai fooding we went! (It's my fav because our whole crew can get outta there under 30 bucks...) Mom had never been, so it was fun for her to try new stuff - turns out she'd never eaten tofu!!! Crazy. Mom drove my car home so that E Jo and I could walk, (I love living near family! ) and on the way we spent a good chunk of time at a rope swing in the park. I was once again shocked at how tough my girl is!
This morning we woke up in time to get Grammy to work, then the kids and I spent the whole morning at the neighborhood church for Children's Health Day. It was so cool! Free vision, speech, hearing, dental, and whole body health check ups. And tons of fun games and prizes and a backpack full of school supplies at the end of it all!
I'm really not sure that I'll ever get over all the benefits of living in America!
We had to miss the dental check, though, because Evy and I had to rush to my aunt and uncles for the "July-birthday's tea". Too sweet! My Aunt Jeri worked *so* hard preparing a beautiful table and amazing food. Evy got to go on a nature walk with Uncle Dick, just like the ones he used to take me on when I was little! Have I mentioned that I love living near family?
Mom, Evy, Aunt Lala and myself ran to Target after the tea to get some laundry-eh? for a bridal shower tomorrow night, and I laughed as I pulled out the Target gift card Lala gave me for *my* bday to pay for a nightie for someone else in the fam, and we all just said, "It comes around somehow, doesn't it?"
I love living near family!!!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Always something new!
I am so mad at myself for not recording this newest journey of ministry. Will I ever learn? ;~)
Where oh where to begin!?!
Okay, for years now Vicente has had an itchin' passion to reach Muslims for Jesus. He has visited England twice, and each visit found him time and time again being touched by Muslim people.
Living here in Podunk, Oregon hasn't given him much of a chance to really build relationships with those of the Islamic faith. (Shocker) But he's a persistent fellow...
About a year ago he became buddies with Ibrahim, a worker at the local quick mart. He goes and visits and asks a million questions about Pakistan (Ibrahim's homeland) and Afghanistan (where I's family moved after a dramatic national siege of some sort). Vicente has poured over library books about different regions in the Middle East, and even, amazingly! gotten on line a few times to poke around news sites.
We've prayed with our prayer group for months that God would send workers to the Muslims, and that Vicente would be one of those workers, Lord willing.
Vicente gets up early every morning and does language study of Farsi and...another language (shame on me!), trying to prepare himself for any opportunity that may come his way.
Some sweet, sweet friends in Honduras gave us the number of a missionary with a similar heart as Vicente's in regards to Muslims. The two men began communicating, and after a time Dr. W invited Vicente to go on a missions trip to, of all places, ENGLAND!
We prayed, had our church pray, and prepared as best we could for this to be a Yes from God...and yet the weeks passed with no physical proof that it was His will. (IOW - no cash flow happenin!)
Last weekend, Dr. W called to tell us that he'd be buying his tickets the following Monday, and that he'd really like for them both to travel together. Vicente said he'd have to see what the Lord does in regards to funds...I'd told him that I'd be willing to put the trip on the credit card, but it'd have to be fully his decision, because I didn't exactly love the idea. But I *want* him to go!! He said that he'll try to get extra work and see what happens, and he was able to get a side job for this weekend, but after praying about it decided that any new $ should go towards our current bills, and the England trip would have to be fully from the Lord.
At Tuesday night prayer group Vicente asked for prayer because "we'll have to buy the tickets for England this week", and then he went into a LOOOOONG ol' request that there'd be a home they could stay at once they arrived.
I sat next to him, trying not to glare... ~giggle~
I mean REALLY!!!! Here we are, more broke than we've been in years, trying to figure out how to buy milk for breakfast the next morning (we got it - no worries!), and he spends half a breath's time to talk about the tickets (not even mentioning the $1500+ needed for this trip! Not one word about the fact that finances are the *only* thing stopping us here!), and yet he goes off with all these silly, eloquent words about going to a house and staying in it, etc. It cracked me up!
Well, my God set me firmly in my place (He's so dagblum consistent!) when Vicente came in from a talk with our pastors after prayer group and told me that the church is paying for the ENtire trip, including a bit of extra spending money!!!
Itinerary set, tickets purchased, a weeks paid vacation ready and a-waitin.
Wow! I like this life He's given us. :~D
Where oh where to begin!?!
Okay, for years now Vicente has had an itchin' passion to reach Muslims for Jesus. He has visited England twice, and each visit found him time and time again being touched by Muslim people.
Living here in Podunk, Oregon hasn't given him much of a chance to really build relationships with those of the Islamic faith. (Shocker) But he's a persistent fellow...
About a year ago he became buddies with Ibrahim, a worker at the local quick mart. He goes and visits and asks a million questions about Pakistan (Ibrahim's homeland) and Afghanistan (where I's family moved after a dramatic national siege of some sort). Vicente has poured over library books about different regions in the Middle East, and even, amazingly! gotten on line a few times to poke around news sites.
We've prayed with our prayer group for months that God would send workers to the Muslims, and that Vicente would be one of those workers, Lord willing.
Vicente gets up early every morning and does language study of Farsi and...another language (shame on me!), trying to prepare himself for any opportunity that may come his way.
Some sweet, sweet friends in Honduras gave us the number of a missionary with a similar heart as Vicente's in regards to Muslims. The two men began communicating, and after a time Dr. W invited Vicente to go on a missions trip to, of all places, ENGLAND!
We prayed, had our church pray, and prepared as best we could for this to be a Yes from God...and yet the weeks passed with no physical proof that it was His will. (IOW - no cash flow happenin!)
Last weekend, Dr. W called to tell us that he'd be buying his tickets the following Monday, and that he'd really like for them both to travel together. Vicente said he'd have to see what the Lord does in regards to funds...I'd told him that I'd be willing to put the trip on the credit card, but it'd have to be fully his decision, because I didn't exactly love the idea. But I *want* him to go!! He said that he'll try to get extra work and see what happens, and he was able to get a side job for this weekend, but after praying about it decided that any new $ should go towards our current bills, and the England trip would have to be fully from the Lord.
At Tuesday night prayer group Vicente asked for prayer because "we'll have to buy the tickets for England this week", and then he went into a LOOOOONG ol' request that there'd be a home they could stay at once they arrived.
I sat next to him, trying not to glare... ~giggle~
I mean REALLY!!!! Here we are, more broke than we've been in years, trying to figure out how to buy milk for breakfast the next morning (we got it - no worries!), and he spends half a breath's time to talk about the tickets (not even mentioning the $1500+ needed for this trip! Not one word about the fact that finances are the *only* thing stopping us here!), and yet he goes off with all these silly, eloquent words about going to a house and staying in it, etc. It cracked me up!
Well, my God set me firmly in my place (He's so dagblum consistent!) when Vicente came in from a talk with our pastors after prayer group and told me that the church is paying for the ENtire trip, including a bit of extra spending money!!!
Itinerary set, tickets purchased, a weeks paid vacation ready and a-waitin.
Wow! I like this life He's given us. :~D
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
My husby
God gave me such an amazing man.
My Vicente is SO good to me. I honestly and truly don't even come *close* to deserving all the caring things he does for me.
My Vicente is SO good to me. I honestly and truly don't even come *close* to deserving all the caring things he does for me.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
My cowkids...
Okay, so that doesn't sound like I wanted it to... ;~p
We've had quite a bit of horse fun lately. I *so* hope that I can keep this as a passion for my little guys - maybe that way I can hang out with horses more!
This pic is a bit fuzzy, but I just love that smile!
Lovin' on Dougie the horse
And after a long day of cowgirlin'
We've had quite a bit of horse fun lately. I *so* hope that I can keep this as a passion for my little guys - maybe that way I can hang out with horses more!
This pic is a bit fuzzy, but I just love that smile!
Lovin' on Dougie the horse
And after a long day of cowgirlin'
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
It's summer
I could honestly cry from the relief I feel.
I have spent the last 5 months with 3 different kids in 3 different schools with 3 different schedules, and two littles at home.
It was what the Lord had for us, for that season - and thankfully it wasn't a long season.
I knew getting into it that it would push me to my limits, and BOY was I pushed!
*My two bonus babies came to our house by 7:30 each morning (they are a 6yo girl and her 3yo brother)
*All kids had to be loaded and ready to roll because Jeshua had to be at his private school by 8
*Israel's public school started at 8:30
*"A's" afternoon kinder began at 12:25
*Littles rushed to nap because
*Jesh was to be picked up at 2:45
*Israel comes home on bus at 3:30
*We'd go to pick up A from her auntie's at 3:45ish
*Bonus babies picked up around 6
*Dinner (occasionally)
*Bedtime for my sweeties at 7:30
Well, that was besides Wednesdays, when my public schoolers began at 9:30 and 12:45 respectively, leading to a leave-the-house-every-two-hours schedule and a forget-naps-there-ain't-no-time afternoon.
Oh, and Fridays Evy and I volunteered at both boys schools, and then picked up our bonus babies at lunchtime.
Oh. My. Goodness! Writing this out, I see what a psycho American mom I must have looked like!!!
Funny thing is, I am so incredibly NOT like that. I could only do it because I knew it was temporary. I blatantly REFUSE to schedule our lives into a semi-regular panic mode...it just happened.
And it was good - on SO many levels, for SO many reasons.
But man, am I glad it's over!
I'm spending the rest of the night looking over homeschool curriculum for Jeshua and Evy next year.
Ah, sweet bliss!
I have spent the last 5 months with 3 different kids in 3 different schools with 3 different schedules, and two littles at home.
It was what the Lord had for us, for that season - and thankfully it wasn't a long season.
I knew getting into it that it would push me to my limits, and BOY was I pushed!
*My two bonus babies came to our house by 7:30 each morning (they are a 6yo girl and her 3yo brother)
*All kids had to be loaded and ready to roll because Jeshua had to be at his private school by 8
*Israel's public school started at 8:30
*"A's" afternoon kinder began at 12:25
*Littles rushed to nap because
*Jesh was to be picked up at 2:45
*Israel comes home on bus at 3:30
*We'd go to pick up A from her auntie's at 3:45ish
*Bonus babies picked up around 6
*Dinner (occasionally)
*Bedtime for my sweeties at 7:30
Well, that was besides Wednesdays, when my public schoolers began at 9:30 and 12:45 respectively, leading to a leave-the-house-every-two-hours schedule and a forget-naps-there-ain't-no-time afternoon.
Oh, and Fridays Evy and I volunteered at both boys schools, and then picked up our bonus babies at lunchtime.
Oh. My. Goodness! Writing this out, I see what a psycho American mom I must have looked like!!!
Funny thing is, I am so incredibly NOT like that. I could only do it because I knew it was temporary. I blatantly REFUSE to schedule our lives into a semi-regular panic mode...it just happened.
And it was good - on SO many levels, for SO many reasons.
But man, am I glad it's over!
I'm spending the rest of the night looking over homeschool curriculum for Jeshua and Evy next year.
Ah, sweet bliss!
Monday, May 26, 2008
I'm here....
I promise.
I really really WANT to be consistent with this thing. I love reading consistent bloggers...its a priority when I actually turn ON my computer.
But I suppose I think of this place more as Written, and less as Being Read. (Which is probably a correct assumption!)
My mind is full of the Fatherless (the tears come so quickly), and the Peace we have here in America (Lord, keep me from getting comfy), and of my little girl that wears sweet little full-length flannel nighties because she knows her Papa loves them. (Photos needed, I know...)
Lord God, burn eternity into my eyeballs...
I just want to live this life well.
I really really WANT to be consistent with this thing. I love reading consistent bloggers...its a priority when I actually turn ON my computer.
But I suppose I think of this place more as Written, and less as Being Read. (Which is probably a correct assumption!)
My mind is full of the Fatherless (the tears come so quickly), and the Peace we have here in America (Lord, keep me from getting comfy), and of my little girl that wears sweet little full-length flannel nighties because she knows her Papa loves them. (Photos needed, I know...)
Lord God, burn eternity into my eyeballs...
I just want to live this life well.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Pictures
The best shot I have of Jeshua in a school play:
Our dog, Cephas, debating whether or not the fish were worth getting wet for:
A visit from our sweet cousin, Jacob...sweet because he wouldn't stop shoving sugar down the kids throats!
And the girls side of the table w/ a real life sweet cuz, Bethany:
My lovey boy doing homework:
Our dog, Cephas, debating whether or not the fish were worth getting wet for:
A visit from our sweet cousin, Jacob...sweet because he wouldn't stop shoving sugar down the kids throats!
And the girls side of the table w/ a real life sweet cuz, Bethany:
My lovey boy doing homework:
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