happy saturday!!

Hope you all have a great Saturday!! Mine is starting out "healthy!!" it is soooo cold, but we have a toasty warm fire going in the wood stove!!

Enjoy your day!!!

around the world!!

If your wondering how Daniel is doing then I will tell ya. Good!!!! We skype call about once a week. Sometimes the service is not great on either end, so a video call doesn't work well! Of course he is exact opposite of us as far as time so it makes it a little hard to communicate! He says it's very hot!!! Oh how I would love that!! Basically he works on construction projects there on the YWAM base, repairs, housing, really just anything they need! He mentioned something about building a house, idk any more details on that. He had hoped to go out on the huge boat that is in for repair now that goes over to Papua New Guinea but it will actually leave out right after he heads back to the USA. But I think will be working on it in the harbor anyway! Of course he has met tons of friends, at least it will boost his fb friends, hahaah!!!!!! On the weekends he and a group sometimes go places and check out sights! He says things are terribly expensive over there. To eat at a fast food place, you would spend $20 easy!! He says the food on base is fine and I asked him if he had gained any weight, which he is trying to do, and he said maybe 5#!! I think he just burns what he consumes! But no worries, that will change when he hits about 30!! Hehehe!!! I asked him if any Aussie girls were asking him out.... He said no, so no mushy stuff to tell ya!!!! He knows, we know, God will provide in His good time!! He mentioned he will be playing in an orchestra and the performance will be sometime before he leaves. I didn't catch the the name of the orchestra but I think from what I could tell through the bad connection, it is a well known orchestra! Glad he is getting to use his talents there!! I think he misses us.... but I think he is enjoying the opportunity knowing the Lord put it all together makes a person content to be wherever!! If you have been praying, please keep it up and he said through an email, he was very grateful for the continued prayers!! He has made it about half way now!! So, I certainly am looking at the calendar and wanting it to hurry, but I'm a mom!!

Just got off the treadmill, wow, hope my body can keep it up!!!!! {groan}

Keep praying for the friend I mentioned yesterday!! Thanks!!

Guess it's Chicken Fettucini with homemade Alfreo sauce! Gotta get busy!!

Cindy

guys...

Wanna see what the guys have been "up" to lately?!?! About 25 feet!!! They have finished up a school gym in McCloud Oklahoma! Twenty concrete trucks of concrete in those walls! It will also be a safe room for the whole school!! Good job men!! This is the job Caleb and Kyle came down to help on!! Lord willing Terry has three commercial jobs lined up!! One will be an hour and half away, so a bit of travel! Thankful for work and how the Lord continues to provide over these almost 5 years of self employed construction business!

Would you pray for a very special friend? I am praying this verse, would you pray this verse over my friend? Thank you!!!

"Behold God is my salvation I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song he also is become my salvation. Is 12:2"

Wednesday..... cleaning day!! basically I clean everyday but this day like the bathrooms, vacuuming, dusting and stuff like that gets done! A good feeling at the end of the day!

I am doing a rigorous workout with an iPhone app and a little man voice tells me what to do on the treadmill, he about killed me yesterday!! Hahah!! I have been walking in the treadmill for about a month, I go in spurts!! But I was ready for more of a challenge!! I am working my way up to running 5k!! I am not to optimistic but we will see what happens!! I am just doing it for myself.... and the "old" body!!! Hahah!!! I hope I can endure!!!!

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!!!

hello Feburary!

 

my Valentine's Tree

February is here!!! I dont know how many of you all do Pinterest but it is a lot of fun and sooooo many ideas for special occasions let alone just about millions of ideas to whatever your heart desires to do, see, make, places to go, things to wish for. I guess it could make one a little discontent.....but all the photos are pretty and I think the its all very inspiring. Nothing wrong with dreaming as long as we attach, "if its the Lord's will and the dreams are his will!!"  I put my Valentine's Tree up!!! I found several red things after Christmas on sale for like 80% off that I added to it this year!! Yay for good sales!! I found white string lights this year on sale after Christmas for like 65 cents a box!!! Wahooooo!!! The photos at the top seem very easy and the recipes are here and here !!! Of course I guess you can see the candle idea is quite simple as well!!! What are you planning for Valentine's Day?? 

 Cindy

friday fotos!!

Not alot but a few photos for Friday!! Caleb and Kyle left Thursday am and arrived safely today am to Maryland! Thankful for safety, they drove straight through!!

Mercy loves to dress up! What little girl doesn't? Made some pre-valentine mini desserts! Home..... my favorite place to be! Thankful for our home! I got a chalkboard, been wanting one and I had one of the esty shop ladies make it the measurements I needed! The little kids like it too! Ha! I guess I have many friends.... even goats! We have waaayyyuu too many barn cats, at least they are pretty. The little children have been doing alot of work and cleaning to their playhouse with this nice weather, so they had a glowing evening in there last night!!! My flip-flops are always close by.... weather is unbelievable!! Today some rain but needed!! And Toy Story never grows old, it was Kyle's first time to see it!!! Every farm needs a big red barn!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Cindy