Go Cornhuskers...hehe

Well we returned from Omaha with a new home! We are so grateful to God for making this transition smooth.

I can't promise that we will be Cornhuskers, but it looks like Fischer is on his way.

Here's a funny story: This morning Franklin went out to the garage to find a pair of pants. When he opened the door he let out a this horrifying scream(the kind you see in movies).
I screamed not knowing what was going on. I was sure he had seen a ghost or someone holding a gun to his head. He slammed the door and ran into the living room. He then proceeded to tell me that there was a bird in the garage. What is so scary about that? Well when he opened the door it flew right at him. I am so glad that it did not come in the house!! Don't worry...the bird is now free.

Hey, anyone who wants to help us move... we will probably be having a big moving party the 13th and 14th of May. Pizza provided!
Thanks for your prayers!

Omaha Here We Come

So the deal is done...we are moving to Omaha and will start the new ministry June 1st. We are SO excited about the move and the plans that God has for us. We also got the news today that the final offer on our house was accepted!! Now we just have to wait for the inspection and appraisal.

Thank you to everyone who prayed about this situation! Our prayers were answered!

Easter was great. Grandma and Grandpa were here and we went to the park and took pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Well we are back from our interview. We felt like we were family the whole weekend. Omaha is a really neat city and we would move there in a heartbeat.

Isn't it funny how God works in our lives? We doubt His wisdom and His plans for us. We are upset when He closes a door, not realizing that another door is about to open. We question Him about why the door closed, when all along He is saying, "Don't worry, I have plans for you." How badly I wish that I could trust God more.

This whole situation has taught me a very valuable lesson. What doors has God closed and opened for you?

Ok so the news is out...we are moving. We are so excited about what God has in store for us, yet sad to leave such wonderful friends. It was a difficult day...but the love from everyone was incredible.

It's late but just wanted to post a little something. The time change has made me extremely tired...or maybe it's chasing after our newly mobile child.
Anyhow, continue to pray for our family.

I have a wonderful husband. This morning he made me breakfast, took the baby and let me just sit and enjoy. He then told me how he was unable to sleep this morning and lay in bed watching an infomercial about a product that made yummy breakfast food. He said he was starving when he woke up. What a selfless person to make me breakfast, let me SIT DOWN and eat it, all while he was starving.

He has always been a giving, selfless person but I know I do not notice or appreciate him enough. What an incredible dad as well. Many nights he has slept on the floor by our sons crib worried about him.

P.S. To the red and yellow car bandits...don't worry I know where you live and I will get you back.

We are having a lot of fun this week. Mom and Dad are here and we have been extremely busy getting the house ready. We planted flowers, put shutters on the big window, made a path out of pavers, and put a bunch of stuff in storage. Everyday I am so thankful for all of their help. I don't think we could have done it without them.

Things are definitely looking up. God has awesome things planned for us. When life was stormy a few weeks ago I couldn't see past my pain.
NOW I know that the storm was necessary to bring us a HUGE blessing!

P.S. Uh, is he a little Steve or what????

It has rained all day. We definitely need the rain. Now we don't have to go water our lawn in fear of our house burning down from wildfires. Well, okay they probably wouldn't be wildfires. They would probably start when either of our smoking neighbors threw their cigarette in our yard. I digress.

I took this picture of our sons feet a few weeks ago. Aren't they precious? Is there really anything more precious than the feet of a baby? I often find myself looking at his feet and daydreaming about what they will do and where they will go. I think to myself, I can't believe that these are the same feet that will someday run on a football field or kick a soccer ball.
Well for now we will just look forward to his first steps.

Romans 10:15, "And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.'"

I need some good news...PLEASE if you have good news share it. You don't have to bring it by foot though, unless you want to...haha.

Our son waved goodbye today for the first time! It was SO adorable. My husband was walking out the door to return to work and I showed our son how to wave goodbye. Then he did it!!!

It is so much fun to watch him learn things and amazing to know that he is soaking up everything.

Well this is a short post just wanted to say hello. Please continue to keep our family in your prayers. We know that God has great things planned for us.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm youm plans to give you hope and a future."

Hey guys,
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We've been a little preoccupied with "stuff." Are you like me? Do you tend to praise God more when life is going great?

One of the hardest things to do is praise Him in the storm.


I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I’ll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I’ve cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry
You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can’t find You

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth

We covet everyones prayers.

New Picture

I really have nothing to write about...I just wanted to show off my new pics. Isn't he adorable?

He is holding his Daddy's hand.

2 Corinthians 6:18 says, "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

What's funny is that yesterday I had nothing to write about. Today I could seriously write a novel. But I will spare you.

Isn't it weird how we never really think about Satan and what he is capable of doing. I find myself hardly ever thinking about him or even realizing that he exists. But then when someone hurts you realize that this is Satan's way of trying to make you turn from God. He uses all kinds of people(even the ones we least expect), in all kinds of situations, in all different types of ways(he is very sneaky).

2 Corinthians 11:14 says, "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."
We know he is the exact opposite, the prince of darkness, but isn't it scary how he disguises himself.

Aren't you glad that you have God to lean on when Satan comes prowling around?

I like the way my friend Erin put it in a recent email: Dont let Satan "poof" you out. In other words, Satan wants to put out our light. Don't let him! (By the way I am preaching to myself)

Here is a cute pic of my son and Elmo...you know the one he likes to watch on T.V.(haha)

I am writing in green today because it reminds me of a warm tropical climate. I wish I was in a warm tropical climate. My feet have been frozen for approximately 4 days.

I really have nothing to write about this week. So, I will just post a cute picture of my son in his OU outfit(sorry to all the OSU fans).

Hey BFF...I love ya(haha)

Happy Valentines Day!!! Hope everyone is having a great day. Everything here is going well. Franklin has been sick the past few days but is feeling better today. Twice now he has woke me up in the middle of the night with a high fever feeling like he is going to pass out. The first time we went to the emergency room. He gets white as a ghost and his face is covered in sweat. I have concluded that this is just how his body reacts when he is sick. The first time he had a horrible viral infection and this time I think he just had a little stomach bug.

We have started a new tradition in our family. Well actually we started it two years ago but we didn't do it last year. I really want to teach Fischer to be a giving person and since we are his main examples that means we need to be giving as well. We decided that every year on Valentines Day we would deliver flowers, candy, etc... to the widows and single people at church. We had a lot of fun except everyone wanted us to come in and talk. Maybe next year we will just stick to a few people so that we can have more time to visit. Some of the widows just seem so lonely.

I am so thankful for my family. I am such a social person that I can't imagine being home alone all day. We should do a better job of taking care of them.

James 1:27 says, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Blessings

Isn't God awesome?

Yesterday I was feeling really down for several reasons. The major one being that we have NO money and it is impossible to cook with no groceries. I guess I started feeling sorry for myself and then it just went downhill from there.

Then the commode broke...we only have one commode, so when it doesn't work...well you get the picture. I knew that any plumber would charge at least $70 to fix it.

I went to bed crying just holding on to the fact that tomorrow was payday and maybe we could manage to squeeze $70 out to pay a plumber. I know it sounds so trivial when we both have our health and a beautiful healthy boy. I even told myself that over and over trying to make to make myself feel better. I just felt so overwhelmed.

Here is the God is awesome part:
When I woke up this morning the commode was fixed, who knew God had time to fix my commode...haha.

Then when Franklin went to work he picked up his paycheck and found an anounymous gift for
$500.

I just thank God for taking care of us once again.

2 Corinthians 9:15, "Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift."

P.S. Isn't he adorable...talk about a blessing

Did I mention that being a mom is scary??? Oh yeah...I DID mention that in my last blog!

Tonight, when my son was going to sleep (while nursing), his head and neck twitched in what appeared to be a seizure. I freaked out, picked him up, and started screaming his name. He then started to cry. So, I started nursing him again and he began to twitch again!

I yelled at my loving husband, "Honey!" He looked at me with a look that said, "What am I supposed to do?" and "Stop, you're scaring me!"

We ended up paging the doctor, who told us it was no big deal. He said that sometimes babies just have spasms. That comment didn't make us feel any better!

I guess I will make a doctor appointment tomorrow.

Any advice out there? Has this happened to anyone else?

Sesame Street

My son is really starting to sit up well. This morning I put him on the floor with the boppy behind him and he sat and watched a whole HOUR of Sesame Street.

Is that bad when your six month old already watches an hour of TV a day???? He loves it and is extremely amused by Elmo.

With that said, being a mom is hard, you constantly wonder whether or not you are doing the right thing. Will he grow up and be addicted to TV? Of course his main examples in life sure watch a lot of TV as well. We watch way too much TV.

Psalm 1:2 says, "But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on is law he meditates day and night." Can you imagine what our faith would be like if we all meditated on God's word day and night? I know that I don't do enough of it.

Here is a picture of my adorable son watching TV this morning.

Well I have finally done it. I have entered the vast world of internet blogging. I have been fighting it for quite some time with such excuses as: only weirdos do those types of things and who has time for that? And then I decided it might be a good way for me to vent and write some stuff down. The only thing is that EVERYONE will be reading it. It seems a little strange but it could be fun.

I haven't really decided what to write about every day. I guess I will just write about being a mom and a youth ministers wife. Both can be challenging and rewarding. I am going to try and put a scripture on every blog not only for my own memory but for you to ponder as well.

One thing I treasure is seeing my sons face when I pick him up from Sunday School. He is always SO happy to see me. He gets the biggest grin on his face. It makes me think of the kind of love that we should have for God. He is waiting for us at the end of class and are we happy to meet Him? Do we rejoice when we have the opportunity to worship him or to serve a brother or sister?

Philippians 4:4 says, "Rejoice in the Lord Always. I will say it again, Rejoice."