God knows the future....: December 2006

Saturday, December 23, 2006

2 Jobs

I feel spoiled. . .

My husband works 2 jobs - what a man! He gets it done! And he looks good doing it! He spends his mornings serving coffee to early risers and then spends his late mornings/afternoons/evenings taking care of youth.

My kids (without prompting from me) pray regularly thanking God that I get to be home with them!

If this is my job . . . making dinners for my husband & kids, cleaning, making sure all is taken care of for my man when he gets home . . . I can do that!

I know it may appear to be the "traditional role" and boring, but I actually like it. In fact, with a husband like Matt and kids that are always thanking me for what I do - how can I not enjoy it?

I am a pessimist at heart. So the days I actually realize life is good - I thought I better write it down.

Monday, December 18, 2006

12th Anniversary

I just have to tell you- We have the best kids in the whole world.
Yesterday was our Anniversary and these wonderful kids brought us breakfast in bed!
It was so cool because after that they sang to us and then did a puppet show for us.
It was the best part of our day. Peace-Mateo

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Matt's Ordination

Many of you know that in order to be missionaries wtih the C&MA the husband needs to be ordained. So Matt had started that process years ago. International Teams does not require ordination, but Matt being the man he is followed through with the process and completed his ordination on November 7th!! I am so proud of him! There will be an ordination service held here in Tucson on February 25th at 4:30 pm. So now we can all call him Rev . . . the Reverend . . . the Revmeister . . .

Matt would never share this with anyone himself not just because he doesn't like titles but also because he wasn't sure that being ordained was necessary - he just wanted to complete what he had started.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Silent Auction

This Saturday, December 9th, our church, CrossPoint Community Church, is hosting a silent auction for our Vision Trip to France in January. Please pray that many items sell. We are very encouraged by this opportunity and blessed to have a generous church here who are so willing to help us out!

Also for those of you who look at the photos posted on the blog we have added Anna & Nathaniel's most recent birthday party photos!

Who are we?

We are a family of 6 who love Jesus. Our sole desire is to let others know about the love of Jesus and how - if we let Him - He will change our lives. He can turn mourning into joy. Anger into love. Hatred to peace. He can move mountains.

We want to tell people about the hope that can be found in Jesus. Could you imagine no more pain . . . sorrow . . . fighting . . . war? God has arranged for that kind of peace through a relationship with Him. To know his Son, to believe that He is the Son, he has paid our debt, and He will come back someday. That is hope. Knowing God will make all things right in the end and then there will be pure peace. In the meantime He changes our hearts to be more loving, more peaceful, more patient, kind, less envious, less proud, more hopeful, and more trustful. We all need to hear this message, but we feel led to show the people this message where God has placed us to live.

Our family verse is Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose."