Monday, March 30, 2009

The Business SOLD


"Yahweh, Yahweh, a God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and faithfulness..."  Exodus 34:6

Many of you don't know that while in seminary we have owned our own business.  Bryan started a luxury portable restroom company about 2 years ago.  In doing this he wanted to see it make enough money to support itself and provide for our family.  The Lord truly blessed it and it has done both.  I have been able to stay home with Nathanael while Bryan attended seminary and ran the business.  Our desire all along has been that when seminary comes to an end we would try to sell it so that when we left here our main focus would be on planting the church.  

This past weekend the Lord provided a buyer for the business who goes to Grace Community Church.  His desire in buying Uptown Restrooms is to hire seminary men and their family's while they are here.  Not only are we thrilled that our business sold, but we are excited that it will be used for helping other men while they training to be pastors.  

We see the Lord providing for us once again as He so faithfully does.  Now, our goal is not to thank Him and walk away and "forget all of His benefits" but to trust Him for His provision in every situation!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Stellan

So, I ran across this blog off of one of my friends blogs.  I have started praying fervently for this little boy and his family.  You can click on the link to the right to read his story.  Please join me in praying for him, he is so precious and I know the Lord is faithful and can heal him.  Thanks!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Our Little Abundance

 So this is Baby # 2, which we are calling Abundance at the moment.  We just realize that the Lord blessed us so with Nathanael and then to give us another is pure abundance.

I know I promised this a long time ago but here is our first ultrasound pictures.  At this point it is so hard to see what everything is but we do know that we saw a sweet little beating heart!  We are praying that this little one is growing and healthy!  We are so thankful!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

10 months ago





Nathanael... you are such a sweet gift that we cherish everyday.  Mommy and daddy love you so much and are so thankful for you.  The joy that you have brought to our lives is immeasurable. The fun times you and daddy have playing football on the living room floor and the snuggle times we have while I sing you songs are irreplaceable.  Your love for us is evident by your big smiles and the open mouth kisses we receive!  We Love You Son and can't believe you have already been with us 10 months!  You are so much fun and we can't wait to see what the Lord does in your life!

Yosemite National Park Weekend









We were blessed to be given a cabin up in Yosemite for the weekend to enjoy as a family.  It took us 6 1/2 hours to get there b/c we had to stop at the 2 Sonics and the Chick-fil-a we found along the way.  For those of you that don't know in L.A. we don't have either of those.  It was great... we enjoyed our trip that was only supposed to take 4 hours......

Once we got to the cabin we cleaned it a little and then put the little man to bed!  He was exhausted from the trip so he slept all night. (this usually doesn't happen when we are somewhere other than home)  Bryan built us a huge fire and we enjoyed some time by ourselves. 

We began reading "Respectable Sins" by Jerry Bridges on Friday night and continued throughout the weekend.  We have not finished the book but it has made me more aware of my sin.  I just realized how sinful I really am on an everyday basis.  Frustration is huge for me!  I get so frustrated when things don't go the way I think that they should go.  It has just become so evident that I respond like this way too often.  Instead of responding with an attitude of graciousness and understanding that this might not have been my ultimate plan but it is God's. I need to learn that I am not in control and that Christ is and he might be trying to teach me something. 

Whenever I feel frustrated and know that I am sinning I have begun to meditate on Psalm 139:16, "All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."  So just understanding that every circumstance that occurs during the day is part of God's plan for my life that day!  Then I just have to pray and ask the Lord to help me to respond appropriately!  I am learning so much from this book and if you want to be more aware of your sin then this book is awesome!  I am sure there will be more of this to come!  My heart is overflowing with things that I am learning from it!

So this was a highlight of the weekend and then other highlights would be the views that we got to see and the awesome time spent with my 2 favorite men.  

It was so beautiful and so majestic!  It was amazing to look at and know that we serve such a huge God! 

I was great to have this family time together and I am thankful that the Lord allowed it!




Daddy Day





This post is way overdue!!!  I am so behind on my blogging and I apologize.

Bryan decided that he would spend Friday afternoon (2-26-09) and evening with our little Nathanael.  He took him to a Texas Tech baseball game and then they went on a stroll in the mall.  Nate loves to stroll and people watch!  

They had a great time and it gave me a chance to rest!  They also surprised me a brought me a yummy gooey Cinnabon Cinnamon roll!  It was fabulous!