9/8/11 Heavy hearted, but still hoping for God's intervention

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all doing fine. We are doing the best we can in this crazy economy. We've also been running here and there with family members sick and praying. This year has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Sadly I know that this is the same story everyone has. This economy is a destroyer of dreams and a crippler of finances.

I pray each day for relief and for God to show favor, but I don't expect favor to be shown on me. We live in this world with all it's trials and strifes. There will be no relief until we go home to our Father in Glory. It hurts though to see so many loved ones sick and also to see my husband who is trying the very best he can to hold onto our home. He is also trying to follow God's call to ministry. With so many churches out there looking for a pastor I am baffled that so few are actively seeking one. My husband's heart is for the Lord and I know he would make a GREAT pastor if he just had half the chance.

My husband works hard and is a good man, he has done all he can. Please, pray for God's wisdom for him; for open doors and if it will be a while before he can fulfill his calling, for him to find another job. Jobs are so hard to come by anymore. Our daughter has been looking for months and still hasn't had a chance at one. Please also pray for my parents, my cousin Shirley, David's step-dad and his uncle Huey. They are all going through life altering health problems. Only God can answer these needs. He is our hope and stay. I ask for one more prayer request. Please pray for our country, it's leaders and it's people. We are all suffering under the strain.
Take care and God bless.

6/23/12 New Beginnings

Hello everyone,
I see I haven't posted since November of 2010. I hope you are all doing well and that life is treating you kind. I started this blogging journey in hopes of letting our family and friends in various states know what was going on with us.  I am sorry I didn't keep up with that. I hit a rough patch but I am trusting in my Lord to help pull me through and as always He lifts me up as I rest on Him. 

We have turned many corners in the last few months.  We have embraced the full life of being first-time grandparents as well as being the parents of all adult children.  Our youngest, Rochelle just turned 20 this past May.  She will be going on a mission trip with our church to Alaska in July thanks to many sponsors who love her (and some of her hard work).  Thank you to all of you. You know who you are. I will miss her when she leaves but she will be back in a week's time. I am feeling the empty nest and wondering what this new life has in store for us.

Tiffany, our middle daughter still works at Good Housekeeping and will be getting married in August. I am so happy for her and look forward to welcoming a new son-in-law.  His name is Chris and they have known each other since he was 13 so he's been family for a long time, we're just making it official.

Heather and David are living in Thibodaux with their daughter Jamie who will be 3 in December. It was said by my sister-in-law Dawnell that you blink and 10 years have gone by.  I told her the problem is we blinked too many times. It's ok though, being a grandmother doesn't make me feel old, in a strange way it has made me feel young again.  Life is renewed through a new life and we are blessed.

We have been blessed that after a struggle to keep our home through the foreclosure crisis we have been given a new hope that it will remain in our care.  We prayed for the Lord to show us His will through all of this red tape, knowing that whether we were able to keep our home or not, God is good and He's in control.  Thank you Lord for blessing us once again.  I put my family photos back on the wall yesterday.  They were the hardest things of all to take down when we were expecting to be evicted any day. Now they are where they belong.  I can't wait to add my grand-daughters height line to the doorframe next to her mom's and her aunts' heights.  We became a Christian family while under the roof of this house and it is for that reason more than any other that it means so much to me. 

David was the witness to a tragic accident this past February in which a young girl was texting while driving.  She hit a roadside ditch and her car flipped several times, killing her instantly.  It was a horrible experience for him and for her family.  It has been a long road for him to get past the images but he is doing better.  He didn't know the girl but his heart hurt so much for her family.  I hope that everyone who takes the chance to send a "quick" text while driving will realize that their actions hurt more people than they could ever dream of.  It can be deadly. 

Over the past few months I have been running with my parents back and forth to hospitals and doctors.  We almost lost Dad a few weeks ago when his bone marrow shut down due to the rheumatoid arthritis drugs he was on. Thankfully God allowed us a bit more time with him. Mom also had surgery to repair a hernia and damage to her esophagus from reflux. She has recovered well.

 I am trying to decide what to do to keep myself occupied and find myself drawn to pinterest.  It is a very enjoyable site.  I have made a gift of one of the crafts I found there and hope to try many others. We shall see.  It will give me new ideas for this Christmas.  :)

Well, that's it for this time. I hope this blog finds you all happy, healthy and safe.  Take care and God bless.