Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Seth and I had Jeremy and LeLe over for Jeremy's Birthday!

Isn't she precious!


This is the lovely cake we got from Kroger... Thanks nice Kroger Lady for doing such a good job with it!

Pink Eye

I have pink eye! Besides how awful these pictures are - just look at how sad my eye looks!




Terrible Pain!! Please pray for me!

Mexico!

Our journey in Mexico! This is an understatement - but the Lord, Our God is so good! Parras de la Fuente is such a beautiful place! There is still so much to unpack... maybe these picture will tell some of the story. We spent a couple of days ministering to a local Church there and helping clean out and paint their new Church! We got to visit the Mexico Outreach Center and see how the Lord is going to use that for His glory and for His name to be spread throughout Mexico!

Here is a picture of us in cold - waiting for the sun to rise over Parras.



Isn't this glorious? While we were praying someone said that they prayed that God's light would cover this city much like this sunrise is! True, and Amen!

That is Archie Stringer, who led the trip - as he is praying over the city during the sunrise.

So, while we were on our to the camping in the mountains, we stopped at the village and took some food to this little girls family... and her mother made these awesome headbands/wraps I am wearing! And this little girl about stole my heart... she is beautiful!

 
This is the same village, where I am passing out candy to childern who were so happy to see us!!! It was so fun - but so overwhelming to see all these little hands begging for candy!

And...I loved getting to serve with my husband!! love him!

So, we go camping in the moutains... which were an amazing display of God's creation - and this is where Seth slept... finally got to use that hammock we bought him!

Wow... Wow! I wish the pictures captured the incredible beauty of those mountains!!



My favorite part of camping was worshipping the Lord while Seth and Nathan led us ... Thanks guys, it was awesome.

Adventure Day!

Today - Seth and I went here for lunch today:

The King Edwards Hotel! It was super fun and an adventure.

The only  hard part was parking!! An absolute disaster downtown... but food was yummy and we had fun seeing the new hotel!

Go visit...

Mexico... Here we come!

Isaiah 52:7-10 (New Living Translation)

 ⁷ How beautiful on the mountains
      are the feet of the messenger who brings good news,
   the good news of peace and salvation,
      the news that the God of Israel reigns!
 ⁸ The watchmen shout and sing with joy,
      for before their very eyes
      they see the Lord returning to Jerusalem.
 ⁹ Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song,
      for the Lord has comforted his people.
      He has redeemed Jerusalem.
 ¹⁰ The Lord has demonstrated his holy power
      before the eyes of all the nations.
   All the ends of the earth will see
      the victory of our God.

Pray for us as we travel to Parras, Mexico March 13-20th and proclaim Jesus to the nations! 

Indoor Band Competition

Seth's Cousins had an indoor drum competition this weekend so we went! The girls are both in this first picture in action!

Uncle Craig made this awesome box where the girl went in and disappeared! Where did she go? Its a secret!

This is Seth and me enjoying from the stands....

And us sneaking around to find them! Oh - Also - they both had birthdays this month - Grace's is today - Happy Birthday Grace and Hope's was last week - Happy Birthday Hope!

They Won!!! Yay! There is the girls with Uncle Craig!

And again....

Yay!!!

And one with Aunt Sue!

Snow Angel

This is our niece, LeLe. She is precious in every way! So these are some pictures from her first time to play in big snow...

I'm trying to teach her to make a snow angel - she didn't quite get the concept of moving her arms and legs....

mischievous little girl.... 

We always have the most fun playing with her!! We get to keep her tonight.. hopefully she likes LOST!

Flying By....

I have reminded lately how fast life is passing me by and if I'm using that time wisely for the only thing that matters - or wasting the precious gift God has given me for serving him- Time.

We had DNow at our home this weekend, and although I'm exhausted from having 12 9th grade girls in our home, it was rewarding and fulfilling to open our home and serve them. The Lord is really walking me through "cultivating the oil" - a truth He revealed to me through Dara Aldy, the speaker for the ARISE ladies retreat. Which simply means making sure you are yielding to the Holy Spirit and spending time with Jesus - cultivating that relationship over trying to do something good or busy for God, without his presence being all over it. So, as I've been remembering this truth, I was able to walk in it this weekend. I usually turn into a Martha and freak out and stress out trying to get everything done perfectly. But, this weekend I decided I was going to chill out, spend time with Jesus and serve Him through making these girls lasagna and cookies, rather than just make them. This truth is freeing and beautiful. Dara reminded us that 2 other times in scripture we see Martha serving and Jesus doesn't reprimand her, but just in that one occasion she wasn't serving with her oil! And as my testimony from this weekend, everything got done, everyone got fed, and I was able to worship the Lord through every part of it!

As time is flying by and Kyle Reno( http://therenosblog.blogspot.com) reminded us of this a few weeks in The Movement, our college/singles service about Psalms 39: 4-6-

“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing."

Amen! Life is flying by... am I cultivating my oil instead of just having the ministries I'm involved in "look good" or get checked off my list off my list for that week?

And in a totally different way, I'm seeing this in my friends life! Through marrying Seth I have made so many new friends and am thankful for each of them. We had the opportunity to meet JJ Yount's fiance yesterday, which just about completes his friend group being married! In case your wondering, she is beautiful, precious and fun! Perfect for JJ and I can't wait to spend more time with them! Be praying for them and her over the next few months, Jesse is a serving in South Africa and leaves Tuesday to finish up her last 6 months. And our good friends Jill and Marshall are pregnant! Please keep them in your prayers too! So, as I'm seeing all our friends getting married and now having babies, I'm just tyring to take a step back, Thank the Lord for where He has brought up and to keep us in His presence and guide us so we don't waste any time...