House Update #2

 

We finally have an update on the house!  We were blessed to be gone for a few weeks on vacation while the house was being worked on.  Andrew got to go to Shepherd's Conference and I got to spend time with friends.  Then we got to spend some time with Andrew's family in Long Beach (pictures to come).  We are hoping the house will be finished this week but we are just trying to be patient knowing these things always take longer than you think.  I can't wait to give everything a good cleaning and have a kitchen again.  I am sure once that time comes to actually clean it won't be exciting but living with dirty floors for several weeks gets me pretty motivated.

House Update

 Today they told me the mold is 90% gone.  I would have liked to hear 100% but we are getting closer.  They will be back on Monday to do the final scrub so that's good.  It amazes me how they can move everything around in your kitchen and then tell you it will all look normal again.  I am trying to not think about it because I can't picture it all put back together again quite yet.  I am grateful we are one day closer to a kitchen we can use.  Looks like that won't be for another week or so.

Sink gone

Sink found (I just wish they would have let me wash the dishes that are still in there before they covered and taped it!!!  We could have another mold situation just from our sink!)

Just Me and My Girl

 This weekend it has just been me and SJ.  Andrew headed up to Winter Camp with the youth group on Friday and we stayed back so the work on the house could continue.  Here's our love bug on Valentine's Day wearing a quilted heart her Nana made for her.  The rest of the pictures are me attempting to take a picture of SJ's 2 teeth that are coming in.  They are so cute and tiny but almost impossible to get a pic of.  In the end I was victorious!

There they are!!!

The Latest

 A lot has been going on lately.  My laptop has decided to stop working for a while.  It is good to have an Internet break but I really miss being able to use it.  Hopefully it will be fixed soon.  Grammy and Papa Jim came for a visit and helped us tackle the front and back yard.  Then we found water coming through our kitchen floor and soon discovered we have some leaky pipes and our home is under construction.  Andrew is headed off for Winter Camp with the Herd tomorrow and it is still to be decided if Sadie Jane and I will be going to.  It's been an interesting last couple of days!

 The good news is its snowing!

Me and My Valentine!!

2006

Happy Valentine's Day Kim! 

I loved you then and I love you more now! Your are such a benefit to my life.

Love,
Your Husband

Day #20 Walk in Integrity

"The righteous who walks in his integrity-blessed are his children after him!" Proverbs 20:7

What a challenging verse for any parent!  It seems simple-do the right thing, have integrity and your children will notice.  But it is harder than that!  Yes, that is the simple truth but I have to daily fight my sin to do the right thing, the thing that honors God.  The benefits outweigh the struggle though.  If we fight our flesh to try to do what is right and honoring to the Lord in all the big and little things, it will honor God and it will bless our children.  This is good for me to remember.  That is worth any suffering or hardship.  Lord, let me walk in righteousness and integrity today!

Day #19 Acceptable in Your Sight

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14

This is such a familiar verse but one that still stops me in my tracks every time.  It is such a great prayer to God and is the desire of my heart, but I often fail to pray this to the Lord and I know that what I say and my thoughts are often not pleasing to Him.  On my own I think sinful thoughts and just say things as they come to my mind without asking for wisdom.  This is definitely a verse I need to memorize (which is not a strength of mine but I need to work on it) so that it is my daily prayer.  I must remember though that He is my Rock and my Redeemer I can't please Him in my own efforts.  I must lean on His strength and ask Him to grow me in these areas as I pursue holiness.

Every month the women of our church come together for a night of fellowship and teaching of God's Word.  It is called Women's Connection.  Last night our pastor's wife, Terri, taught on Anna.  There were so many great things that she said about Anna and her life is truly such an example to me.  Here's a few of the things said about her:

-She whole heartedly gave herself to the Lord

-She knew the Scriptures

-She persevered to the end, by God's grace

Also, God was the lover of her soul and she was like a magnet drawing people to her Savior.  She finished well and is a great model of a godly woman.