And The Fun Continues...

Opening Gifts with Dowling Family...

R Jay

Heather

Joe

Baby Annabelle

Christmas 2007...

Was a WONDERFUL time with family!


DePuy Family

DePuy Family Tree!

Our Home This Christmas...

I began to realize that each of Mine and Joe's Christmas' will all be different. So as I attempt to remember most of them, here are a few pictures of what our home looks like this Christmas! :-)

Candle Decor in Guest Room


Living Room


Living Room


Our Beautiful Nativity Set on top of Bookcase


Our Coffee Table Centerpiece


Our Stockings

Our Cute Little Christmas Tree on top of Ledge

God is good....

Pray Pray Pray... IS all I can say.

By the middle of January Joe and I could be at 93% if this is what the Lord wants!

That would mean only 7% to go....

How Awesome!

The Peace Beyond Understanding...

Finally was the word I thought about a week ago when I realized that I would have a couple weeks to be home and spend time with family, making cookies, attending our home church, and going to our Bible studies.

Yes Finally was the word until the week started. Mon - Fri. Bad news came out of no where. God let some amazing blows happen to great people. From taking a loved one from taking a needed job.
BUT HE knows what HE is doing.

Praise the Lord for a faith that we can put into someone who has a plan....

Hopefully we will never forget that...

Oh and I started my natural diet... Apparently I'm detoxing now :-)

THANKSGIVING...

With my family in North Carolina. We had a wonderful. I was able to spend one on one time with each of my siblings. It really was a great time.... now in a week I get to spend time with my other sibling and my wonderful niece....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

THEY are so cute...

I love my sister and my niece. Annabelle has gotten so big and I miss her so much!
Can't wait to see them soon....

Tomorrow Joe and I get to go home... yeay! for 2 days and then go and visit my family in NC... We are excited!

God is Awesome...

and field prep is great...

We are being spoiled....

he he he

But home is calling my name and I can't wait to get back to it :-)

What An Amazing God...

I am doing lots better now, that I have had time to process. Life seems just a little bit to crazy at them moment. Joe and I have been going with only about having a week and a half at the most to be at home since the end of August and it seems to continue.
I fully thought that Joe and I would not make the field-prep seminar in November giving me a couple months to breath, but the Lord has done AMAZING things!
At the end of Sept. coming home from Mexico Joe and I had only 60%, and needed 25% more to attend the nov. field-prep. The deadline (at least we thought) was Oct. 26th. With only having a month to raise 25% it seemed as through it was not going to happen. But in 2 weeks we jumped up to 75% and then found out that the deadline was actually Oct. 19th. We had lost a week. With still having 10% to go I was sure that we were not going to make it. And in one week, even up to the cut off day we went up to 83.2% and was allowed to go to field-prep and the next day recieved info that we are now at 85.2%. So we are over the requirement for field-prep and heading there this Nov. There is no denying that God has a part in this and wants us to go in November, so I am put at ease for now, knowing that this is the path that HE wants me to take! :-)

What an AMAZING GOD we serve...

Please Pray...

My heart is very heavy today. I am fighting lots of different emotions about a possible up coming field-prep...

I really do not want to go this time

New date...

Apparently the cut off date for our seminar now is Oct 19th.... AHHHH we onlly have 10 more days!

PLEASE PRAY! :-)

God's Amazing Works...

Its amazing how wonderful God works. Joe and I need 85% of our support in order to attend a mandatory field-prep seminar. We need to attend this seminar before going to the field with 100%. The next available seminar is this coming November. But we need to have 85% by Oct 26th. So when we got back from Mexico City, we only had about 63%. I had absolutely NO hope that we would gain 22% more in just 25days. But in only 2 weeks our percentage has reached 77% Only 8% more to go! That's only 410 dollars a month. God is so AMAZING and can do ANYTHING even if you only have 25 days! Hopefully we will reach the next 8% in 17 days!

PRAISE THE LORD!

Were Back!

Yes that is right I am finally home. Only to leave again in the next week and go go go. Yesterday was a hard day for me. I lost it and was ready to quit everything. It was just one of those girls moments... ya know. I finally got to see my darling niece. She is so beautiful and Heather is an AMAZING mom. Well this weekend starts the Beacon Missions conference and I have a children's lesson to put together soooooo.... hopefully more to come :-)

Wedneday, Sept 27th 2007

Well, so much for my tummy getting better! I missed most of our morning sessions because I was in our room either laying down or mostly in the bathroom! I eventually was able to get out of the room and come to the end of the sessions. What a yucky morning. But it did feel good enough that I as able to eat lunch. And we ate it near the pool it was so cool! Then Joe and I went back to our room and got ready to go swim in the pool! So I decided to take a pepcid AC to see if it would work. And surprisingly for a long time it worked, it wasn't aching any more! But then during our evening session I had to literally run to the bathroom because I thought that I was going to yack! But surprisingly I sat and sat and sat in the bathroom and nothing! And then it went away so Joe and I headed to dinner and as we sat down with 4 other missionaries all of a sudden the nausea started again, and this time it was bad! And the hard thing was is now i'm with other people so I couldn't just get up and leave! So I began eating a roil and thought if I head to the bathroom and throw this up then that's it. I quit! No more food or swimming or fun. But praise the Lord the food seemed to be what I needed! I felt great with food now in my tummy. There was a couple times in the night that I woke up with much nausea but hopefully it will get better & better.

Tuesday, Sept 26th 2007

Tummy ache, Tummy ache, Tummy ache... Ahhhh! It won't stop! Praise the Lord that I am still able to go to the sessions and eat meals. It begins to feel better so I think it is going away and then... boom! It comes on strong! But the sessions are wonderful and I am learning so much! After our morning sessions all the ladies had lunch together and had a devotion from JoBeth Loftis. During our time together our regional directors wife got up and began sharing how she wants to get close to us and develop a good relationship. So she had us all share struggles or challenges we are going through we were only supposed to take 15-20mins but ended up being an hour and a half. Of Course :-) There were many needed tears and it was refreshing! Joe and I went to the beach again and as he slept on the shore , I went into the Ocean and let myself be guided by the wonderful waves. IT helped my stomach calm for a little while. We had another session at night and it was such a blessing to hear another great message! After we went to another great restaurant and have a Mediterranean meal. It was absolutely beautiful and my stomach felt great! It started to ache a little as I went to be. But not to bad!

Joe and I on the beach...

Monday, Sept 25th 2007

Well unfortunately my stomach ache did not go away. I was able to sleep well but when I woke up in the morning... ugh! It ached and ached! I really didn't want to eat anything, but I did have yogurt and beans and it seemed to help. Joe and I were able to go on the beach today! It was so much fun. We stood on the beach trying to find good shells and we kept getting knocked over by the waves! Oh it was so funny to watch. We were out there with Antonio & Diana and at one point I was trying to help Diana get up and the waves kept pushing me down and pushed me right on top of Diana. We lost it and could not stop laughing about it for the rest of the day! For lunch we are at the Restaurant that over looked the beach. It was beautiful! Then for this night we headed to the theater room and watched the Mexican show! It was so incredible watching them dance, sing, and play instruments! Besides the tummy ache... what a great day!


Here are some pics of the show...

Sunday, Sept. 23 2007

The first day of our conference was a wonderful start. We had a wonderful time of Praise & worship to begin our morning! Each day we are here one couple/single from the Mexico City team has a theme for that day. Today’s day was one of our singles, Darlene. She is hilarious. She gave everyone a cute native Mexican box with lots of candy! Her theme was taking care of your heart. She had a small piece of paper with a heart on it, and she hid it in the lobby of our hotel and whoever found it got a big prize! We had a devotion form Dr. Drullinger. He is a great speaker. He currently teaches at Carville University but will soon stop working there because he is on his way to South Africa as an ABWE missionary! All day we had wonderful sessions from sharing the Gospel to learning about Roman Catholicism. They are all great! lunch was great too, a huge buffet of everything you can imagine! After lunch we had another session and then to the hot tube we went! it was so nice to relax…until I got a stomach ache and it lasted all the rest of the night. Joe went with the Navarretes to dinner and I went to the room to relax and sleep! But it wasn’t so relaxing as the pain kept getting worse and worse. Hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow!

Another pic...

Saturday, Sept. 22 2007

Our flight went very well. We went with Aero Mexico and we very much enjoy this airline. The flight was only an hour and 20 mins, but still not only did we get a drink but we got breakfast! We had fresh fruit, a chocolate muffin and coffee! The view was also amazing! We got to see the two highest volcanoes in Mexico City. They had snow on them and were absolutely beautiful. The gulf of Mexico is huge! I didn’t realize how big it is! We landed in Cancun and it was raining. We were sad when we stepped off the plane but when we got to the resort we were amazed. It was so cool when we got into the entrance of the resort, we were asked to leave our bags in the van and they would talk them out and take them to our room for us! Then we were immediately greeted, by an employee that gave us all of our information, along with another employee serving us a drink right away! Although it rained all day we were able to walk around the resort and enjoy its beauty! I have never seen an ocean so blue. The waves are strong and beautifully white. I was so excited to see a massage area until I found out that it costs $45 for 30mins and $70 for 1 hour… oye vay! Joe and I were able to help greet Missionaries coming in and tour them around! It was so much fun, I felt like an official tour guide! After touring we were able to walk on the beach and visit the pools! Then we grabbed the Navarrete family and headed to one of the best dinners I have ever had! We had to wear pants and no T-shirts or shorts were allowed, or they would not let you in! It was beautiful. Lanterns on the tables and silver plates! It was Italian night… my favorite. And I ordered something like Manicotti. It was absolutely gorgeous and then I got dessert and coffee, and it was so hard no to eat the dessert because it was like a piece of art! More tomorrow!

Pics of Cancun...

Friday, Sept 21st 2007

Another early morning started today’s day. We got up around 7am to go over to the Missionaries home, the Allens. To meet with our Regional Director. It was a wonderful time of expressing concerns and talking about what we will be doing when we get to Mexico City. It was a really good time of fellowship! Praise the Lord for them. Then we were able to go down town and look at the 2nd largest Catholic church. La Basilica is what they call it. We were able to go inside and get a tour from Antonio about the church and how it began with one man who came to the priest showing him the flowers the virgin mary gave to him and when he dropped them from his cloak there was her face in his cloack so the priest let him start the huge catholic church in that area. From there we were able to go to the Market. There was such beautiful things there at the market. Beautiful pottery, and jewlrey, and etc. I wanted to buy all of it. Then we were able to go the the House of Tiles it is a restaurant that apparently Denzel Wahington ate at in Man of Fire. The food was so great! Then we got to see the town square of Mexico City! IT was so beautiful. The lights from independence day there was red, green and white colors everywhere! It was a great day!

Thursday, Sept. 20th 2007

Today began with sleep, yes sleep! Joe and I were able to sleep in and it felt so good! We checked the phone when we woke and it was 9:00am, so we quickly got up thinking that our host family would think we are lazy. We got into the shower and got all ready. I went down stairs to find no one there and realized that none of them were up yet. So I made coffee and did my devotions. They didn’t wake up until 10:30am! I could have been in bed so much longer. Then we were able to go to the Tiangis Market. It was incredible. It was an open market that sold EVERYTHING. Fresh fruit, fish, Animals and their parts that I don’t really want to know about. Clothes, home things. My sister would love it, because it was like a HUGE garage sale! Here is a photo of some of the “interesting” food that we saw there.

Then we headed to the Allens house and was able to chill for a little bit, eat a wonderful chicken salad and potato soup, and then had our team meeting. Today was nice compared to the other days of go go go. And then I was able to walk to a tiny corner store with Joe and TJ and look at all the little small stores around. It was great!

Tomorrow we get to go DOWNTOWN!

Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2007

Joe and I went to a prayer meeting this morning. It took everything in me not to fall asleep while we were praying. The missionaries here say it takes 2 – 3 days to hit a wall of major tiredness. I guess it took me 5. Yeay me! From there we went to a very nice restaurant. I am continually being surprised about how nice this City is. I had what is called a Huchara solo. It is a thick corn tortilla open faced with beans and cheese in a green salsa sauce! Then I was able to go to Costco! It was just like a Sam’s club, but the Target type brand. It was wonderful to walk through and see the similarities and differences. From there we went to one of the poorest spots in the city to see a kids club that Darlene is working at. Dirt roads and concrete ugly gray brick walls were everywhere. Where the church was there was mold growing in the outside of the walls, but it was hard to see it through the people’s smiles! What a wonderful work! This past Sunday they had 45 people come to Sunday service! Praise the Lord! Joe and I sent with the Allens to pick up there children from school. They go to a MK Christian school in Mexico City! Yes, I was so excited to go and get a tour. I was very impressed and it was quite large for what you can get in Mexico City… mmm we will see. Being so tired it was hard to get going the rest of the day. But it was exciting, we ate at a Popeyes fast food, which Joe LOVED because of there moist chicken. All I can say is … yuck. J From there I was able to go to a Walmart. Again, I was so amazed at how I felt like I was in the States, but at the same time there were definitely differences. Then we went to Waldo’s which is just like the Dollar store in the States, it was great! FINALLY, I was able to go home and eat my wonderful Dark Chocolate which I Have been craving since we left! :-)

Fifth Day in Mexico City...

Tuesday, Sept. 18^th 2007

Today began with a Bible study that Antonio led at the first church they planted. Most of it was Women, which is typical in the Mexican culture. After Bible study the church put on lunch for us, which again was wonderful. The funny this about lunch was that when we were in Bible study for some reason I was craving Lasagna, and wouldn’t you know that for lunch part of it was Lasagna. We enjoyed fellowship and then, headed back to the Navarretes home. Diana and Antonio needed to go to a funeral, so there kids, TJ & Alyssa and Joe and I stayed home for a while and then we all headed to a Mexican market with our Administrators. I got to take a “Mexican bus” for the first time. I was nervous but it really was a great adventure, although it did seem like chickens packed into a truck…he he. Walking through the market was very interesting, there were whole chickens being cut up along with many other animals. But they did have wonderful looking fruit! We then were able to go to the other teammate’s house, the Allen’s, and had pizza! But get this… they don’t put pepperoni on pizza! Then Ron Allen took us to … SAM’S CLUB. That’s right they have Sam’s club and it only took 15 minutes to get there. I was expecting to see a major difference but it looks just like home! I was so excited. We then headed back to the Allen’s home and celebrate Darlene’s birthday, one of the single ladies on our team. It was very exciting to see her so happy and us laughing all together. Tomorrow… brings lots more fun!

Monday, Sept. 17, 2007

Today Joe and I got to sleep in a little. It was very nice, since we have been going since we got here. We were able to enjoy a nice breakfast while we did our devotions, waiting for Diana and Antonio to get home. Once they got home, we all packed into the car and headed to McDonalds, yes that’s right McDonalds. We all ate there and then Joe, Antonio, and TJ (Navarretes son) went to the church to walk around the area and have a prayer time for the church. Diana, myself, and Alyssa (Navarretes daughter) talked for a while and then walked around the area looking at different Mexican stores. I was surprised how similar it is to the United States but different at the same time. From there I had my first Taxi ride in Mexico City. I was nervous hoping that taking a Taxi was ok, but Diana assured me that it is good and normal. From there I went with our administrators, Bethany, and the singles director, Carol to the English class Bethany taught. It was a wonderful time, the students had to interview us in English and then we sat in front of them and they asked us questions like a panel. There was 5 of us, and I felt so special as most of them always wanted to ask ME a question! It was such a great time. We shared snack with them, and then got to chat. From there we headed to the Allen’s home for dinner, and the single girls started scaring me with all the rodent stories about Mexico… yey fun. Then our whole entire Mexico City team called into our prayer call with Joe and I and they all got to pray with us! Finally as we were heading home, the Navarretes received a call that someone in the church here in Mexico had died. So we headed home fast and Antonio, Diana, and Alyssa changed and went right over to the wife’s home, ready to attend a funeral at 10pm! Ministry is tough… but wonderful!

Sunday, Sept. 16th 2007

Today is the day that went to see the ministries that we will possibly be doing someday. We headed to the church to begin prayer time at 10am. Antonio took prayer requests and the new prayed. Next followed announcements and Joe introducing us. He told the church where we are from and that we are planning on coming to Mexico to minister and that we have no children. Well, one child spoke up and tell everyone on know in the church that “we are planning on it”. We all lost it, because Joe and I had not even met this child yet. Then Antonio preached and I could understand most of it! I was very excited. We stayed at the church for a while and met people and talked. I have gotten to make friends with a girl named Barbie. From there we went back to the Navarretes house where we are staying, and had a wonderful chicken meal with our administrators, Bethany, and the Navarretes. I was able to help her decorate the dining room for the dinner; this is typical to decorate a lot when you have company over. After eating we went to a large mountain where they built a HUGE mall on top of it and got to see the whole city from the mall. It was AMAZING! It was really nice to see the city all lit up at night. It is such a big city. From there we headed back to the Navarretes house where I was able to stay up talking with Diana about ministry. It was wonderful!

Saturday, Sept. 15th 2007

What a Wonderful night’s sleep! Today is the day Mexico celebrates their independence. We enjoyed most of the morning talking with the Navarretes and eating pancakes! I received a call at about 10:30am saying that my sister was being driven to the hospital to have here baby! We waited and waited for our luggage but it did not come before we had to leave for the church Independence Day service. So Diana Navarrete stayed home for us and waited for the luggage to arrive, while we headed out to the future church we will be ministering in. We arrived at the church and just as I expected the area was poor. Their church building was 3 very small rooms together and a very small side yard, in which we played volleyball with the Mexican people. We ate authentic Mexican food with them & colored the Mexican flag. Joe then shared his testimony in Spanish and we set off fireworks! Joe was able to make a small friend named, Santiago. He is an adorable little boy. From there I was able to go to a fellow teammates home to call my mother. Heather had Annabelle Rose Dowling at 4:02pm weighing 6lbs and 13oz. She is 19 inches long! I’m an Aunt! At this time it was about 10:20pm and we were heading out…AGAIN! J We headed to the town square for the annual... grita. This is when the whole town gets together at 11pm and shouts…VIVE MEXICO 3 times. We watched as hundreds just in one of the many tiny towns in Mexico City shouted VIVE MEXICO and fireworks then followed! By the time we got home it was after midnight and I was exhausted! Bed never felt so good. J

A Word from Mexico City...

Friday, Sept. 14^th 2007

Well, Joe and I got to the airport from Joe’s Dad! We arrived at 5:50am all ready and excited! For your first flight, getting our tickets, going through customs, and getting on the plane was a breeze! Praise the Lord! We arrived in Philadelphia without any difficulties. Our second flight, we assumed would board shortly after we got off our first plane, unfortunately it took of 1 hour later than it was supposed to. So, because our flight came in so late we almost missed our flight to Mexico City! But as I write we are in the air headed to Mexico City! Praise the Lord! Our airline… Aero Mexico is amazing! We were able to watch a movie and they gave us a complementary meal! Sandwich, salad, cake, & coffee! The flight was so relaxing. We arrived into Mexico City on time and tired. As we waited, and waited for our baggage to come… surprise, surprise… it was not there. Joe went and spoke to the baggage claim personal, they gave us a number to call later that night to see if our luggage came and they would then send it to the house we were staying at. Seeing our regional director and our team leader at the airport was so encouraging! We had to leave quickly because it could take up to 3 hours to get to the place we were staying! The Lord knew we were coming, because it only took us an hour and a half! Phone calls were made home, houses we looked at and we headed to our host family’s house… the Navarrettes. Which hopefully we will be working with someday! I was amazed at how nice the homes that our teammates lived in! The phone call was attempted to the airline but the number was not in service…shocking! Mr. Navarrete, Antonio was finally able to get through and, praise the Lord our luggage was at the airport. They said that they would bring it he next day! Finally we were able to head to bed.

Traveling...

If there is any word that would best fit this summer into the fall for Joe and I... it would be TRAVEL! Yes, that is what we have been doing for it seems like ever. I had 4 days last week to get some things organized... yeah that seemed futile. But honestly some things got done. We left friday the 24th and got back Monday the 27th. Gone again... But PRAISE THE LORD. Before we left Joe and I found out that a church that we visited in North Carolina took us on! Yay! And the church we visited on Sunday in VA, told us that it is not a matter of IF they support us, but HOW MUCH they support us! Praise to the one and only Holy GOD! From whom ALL blessings flow!
So begins a "break" here at home, praying that I will be here for my niece's birth! Then we head off to Mexico on Sept 14th until we return on Sept 29th!

Awaiting Her...

Ok, seriously any day now would be great! :-) My family and I are awaiting "their" & our very first.. Niece/Grandaughter in our extended Guevara family. How wonderful this process has been and how exciting it has been to watch sister go through this process. She is an amazing woman and she will be an amazing MOTHER! I mean of course... because "our" mother is amazing, she has had a GREAT example!

We are holding our breaths...

For Some Reason...

For some reason, I am so annoyed today. At EVERYTHING. I have no idea why but every word, every suggestion, every accusation is killing me today! AHHHHHH
But other than that things are going well. I am finally seeming to get things done but not so much organized yet. Hopefully soon...

Finally...

A moment for an unfortunately brief update :-) . Well, Now I am back home beginning to "organize". From North Carolina Joe and I went to Reynosa Mexico on a short- term missions trip, and of course it was amazing... God is sooooo good! For the full detail and pics go to saintswithamission.com
From there we headed home at 1:00am on a Monday morning and I immediately jumped into teaching VBS at our church all week. The next week brought a little "catch-up" and then my family headed up here for a family reunion and my sister's baby shower. The week after came the DePuy Family Vacation week in the Adirondacks. We came back Saturday unpacked, woke up Sunday went to church came back home packed up some stuff and headed 2 hours south to a church that we presented at. We were home about 11:45pm last night, and now begins..... "organizing". Besides our weekends being full for the rest of this month... HOPEFULLY we will be able to catch up and get going! More to come...

Continued Vacation?.....

Well, maybe not so much a vacation. But Joe and I are having a great time with Family.... Here is some pool and zoo photos from the 4th of July....

Marker Fun...

This explains it all...

Fun Times...

Wow what a blast.... I have been strawberry picking, shopping, buying things for baby, taking new walks, entertaining guests, swimming, learning tennis, watching new movies, and getting a painful sunburn. In just about 6 days.... with still 15 more days to go... What will we do! :-)

I have "arrived"...

Ok, maybe not "arrived" but close. I am done with school. It is a bitter sweet moment. I will miss school, but I am happy to be moving on. Joe and I are in North Carolina right now beginning to sort things out, while spending time with family,and visiting lots of churches. Hopefully my updates will be steady now. Have a good one everyone! :-)

Here I go again...

not posting for so long. I get so frusterated when I can't get to writing. Anyhoo. Joe and I are wonderful! We just recently got back from VA where we visited 2 churches, and we are confident that they will support us, as long as they are able! Praise the Lord!!! It was nice to see my Family also! We got to surprise them while we were in VA, it was a wonderful time! Joe is back at the grind stone at church, calling Pastors and such, and I am back at school, busy as ever!

Hopefully will post again soon! :-)

Busy Weekend...

Wow, this weekend seemed crazy. Friday night Joe and I attend Seussical the Musical at the school I am working at, it was wonderful. The students are amazing!!! Then Sat. we ran arrands, celebrated a birthday, and practiced teaching Sunday School. Sunday, we taught Sun. School with a skit, then grabbed lunch, headed home where I made a dish for our Marriage Supper of the Lamb Banquet that we had at church, changed, then headed to church early so that I could practice my song that I sang that night and help finish decorating. We closed our eyes at about 11:30 last night. Only to be up this morning at 7:30 to head to School and start working. uhhhh,
I need a vacation ;-)

An Aunt....

For some reason... it seems more weird to be to become an Aunt then possibly to become a Mom. Why, you ask..... I have NO IDEA! My Neice/Nephew, has a very strong heartbeat.. Praise the Lord. I was able to go with my sister to her appointment, and was able to hear the precious ones heartbeat.... It was truely amazing!

Our schedule is filling up more. We will be able to head to NC for part of the summer. Oh how nice that Carolina sun will feel. Not to mention time with MY family :-)

Getting Back to "normal"...

Well, I am happy to say that things went "fairly" well with Joe's Grandfathers funeral. It was very hard to see if family with such grief. Especially those who do know "know" the Lord. But I am so proud of Joe's Dad, he was able to stand in front of everyone at the funeral and literally give the Gospel message. It was amazing. I just hope and pray it really sticks with some people there.

Joe is doing alright now, he had a moment to grieve when we came home Wednesday night. I think he really needed it.

Otherwise, we are trying to get back into the swing of things, me working at the school, and Joe continuing to call Pastor's... so far so good!

Prayer Needed...

Ok, tomorrow at 11:30am is the funeral for Joe's grandpa. His dad is speaking a very convicting message, please pray that the Holy Spirit uses Joe's dad to touch people's hearts, and for Joe's dad's nerves. And for his whole family.... thanks all :-)

Ok....

Alright, for real now! Why does this lady even have a blog if she does not use it!?! :-) So, many things to say that I just don't remember. So let me just begin with the recent.

Today Joe and I were able to enjoy the Baltimore Harbor. We are at a missions confrence near Baltimore Maryland, and it is so much fun to visit with the people and see the sites. Unfortunately, out time will be shortened by leaving tomorrow morning instead of Thursday morning. On our way here on Sat. we got news that Joe's grandfather passed away at 6:30am. This is somewhat hard to take with his family because, we are unsure if he is a believer. We pray to God he is but only God knows. So Tues. morning we are leaving this fun filled city to head to Buffalo NY for calling hours and a funeral service.

I am still working at Faith Heritage School planning their events. There is much of me that can not wait until the end of June when I will be done. So that I can focus more on pre-field and church activities!

Joe and I are at aout 62% of our support, hopefull that will rise soon so that we can make the November field prep seminar and be on our way in January of 2008.

With the Lord's guiding I will be an AUNT this coming Sept or so. Yes, very very excited about that. I think I might just have to spoil it rotten to keep my wonderful sister on her toes! :-)

Well, I will really try harder to make a hugh effort to keep the updates coming! Blessings to all!

My lack of time...

WOW! I can not believe that it has been almost 3 months since my last post. I have just been so busy planning events here at Faith Heritage School. And getting ready and getting through the holiday season. It was a wonderful season, I got to see my family October, November, and December. What a blessing! Many memories were made that will never be forgotten. But for now I will begin a fresh with my posts. "hopefully" :-) Today is just getting back into the swing of things. :-)