Merry Christmas!

Hi girls! I wanted to write a quick note and say Merry Christmas to you and your families. So, it's been kind of a tough year all around but I pray you will have a wonderfully happy Christmas and New Year. Praise God for the start of a new year! I hope it will bring us all together at some point, but we can worry about that later :) I love you all so very much.

I have some sad and scary news as well. I found out yesterday morning that my sister (who was 6 months pregnant) had to have an emergency c-section. Her blood pressure was really high and her platelets were really low. (I don't really know what all that means but I don't ask questions.) Anyway, the baby is just over 2 pounds but as far as I know is still alive and is on a respirator. My sister has already had a miscarriage and she and my parents have been very nervous about this pregnancy. Please keep her and her husband Joe and her very little baby girl in your prayers right now. They can really use it.

Gingerbread House!

Hello Friends. here is what we do in Connecticut.


and another!

Merry Chirstmas y'all

Table Rock Lake

Hey girls,

Here is a picture from October break when we went to the lake for the weekend. Hope you all are doing well. MISS YOU!!

how amazing is God? Seriously

well, the past few weeks have been tough. I have been fighting a slew of battles and of course not just by myself...thanks for being great friends and keeping me in prayers and offering words of encouragement. with that being said church yesterday was incredible. I went to the evening service after a good day of talking to my friends and updating them about my situation. (how i was unhappy at my new old job and very sad and just not feeling good about my walk with God.)

so, when Pastor Steven was beginning night church he wanted to pray for a few people first. He called up Juan and prayed for him and then he was standing there..letting the Spirit guide him and fill the room...and he walk across the room and said "I want to pray for you" and looked right at me and told me to come up to the front! It was totally God sent! I needed that more than ever!

He told me to close my eyes and he began to listen to the spirit and told me he saw a beautiful chandelier, shinning brightly in all different color. He said "that is how God sees you." He said he saw gloved hands moving in polishing different areas at different times, but working really quickly. He said he thought this was God and then he realized it was the Holy Spirit. Then he prayed for the Holy Spirit to come over me.

It was incredible. I really felt God moving. I was at ease for the first time in awhile! I went to work today and talked to Stephan (my boss) told him I felt a little unhappy and told him what i felt i needed and he was more than happy to oblige.

So far today is a good day. work was okay and God is an Awesome and wonderful God...

A good verse

I read this in my devos this morning and thought it might be an encouragement...

"Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls-
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength."

Habakkuk 3:17-19a

I pray you all have a wonderful day!

just another update...

Hey girls! Sorry about my absence of late. School full time and work part time is keeping me hopping. Anyway, it is really nice to be able to hear about your lives and what's going on. It makes having to live in Missouri and be so far away not seem as bad. I will be praying for all of you and your specific situations. Jen, it's okay not to know. That is what God is teaching me. Plans are overrated. Megs, I cry (and hope) with you. And Beal, you are so very loved.

If you all could keep us in mind right now we are having a bit of a financial struggle. Thankfully, God sees us through each month of bills though it doesn't ever work out on paper. But this month is especially tight and Joe especially is prone to worry. God has always provided in the past and I know He will again. Also, my dad is out of work and has been since January. He is such a jovial guy that it is not seeming to bring him down too much, but my parents really need health insurance.

So anyway, those are some things you can pray for me about. I hope my silence has not made you think I've forgotten. I love you guys.