Church/Family

We still have not found a church that we are settled on yet. We have been very discouraged lately and are continuously seeking the Lord's will. We are praying hard about a specific situation right now and seeing where the Lord leads with it. I have been praying that the Lord would direct us to a place soon. Also that the Lord would send a friend my way. Someone to just go shopping with and have some ladies fellowship. I love being with my children but I also need to keep my sanity.

Lately, I have missed my family very much. I miss them all the time but more so lately than usual probably due to being discouraged. We have all been through a lot together which has only brought us closer these last several years. I know this sounds very selfish of me but sometimes I have a hard time when I see Aaron able to get together with his family and see them more often. Makes me wish we wish I was closer to home and long to see my family more. I want my children to know my parents and sisters and brother. I am thankful that we have Aaron's family here close and my children aren't strangers to them and Aaron is able to spend time with them.

I love my parents so much and am thankful for the way they raised me. It was a privilege for me to be raised in a pastor's home. I am glad everything wasn't a handout to me and that they taught me character, moral values, and to love the things of the Lord. I can remember from the time I was a little girl working side by side with my Mom on the bus route all the way until college. Visiting, praying, having the bus kids over, instilling a desire in my heart to reach those kids. I was able to have my mom as a college teacher for most of my teaching classes. She taught me a lot about making visuals,bulletin boards, how to have a stuctured classroom, but most of all how to care for your students. I am so thankful for the wisdom my Dad gave me and for having a listening ear. For trusting me on what I believed was what the Lord wanted when I had to make difficult decisions that would effect me the rest of my life. If it wasn't for that, and I had chosen the way everyone else wanted me to go, then I probably would have never seen my parents again. Thank you mom and dad for your example to me and your continuing desire to serve the Lord.