He is able..

 

This week has been a bit of a whirlwind. Back to our "new normal" life in Kentucky. Back to work. Back to schooling. Back to the mission field He has called us to. This is the verse he has been washing over us this week. He is able to do FAR more than we can ever ask or imagine. So this week. We have been praying and talking with the Hands and Feet project and laying the foundation to help provide medical needs for the 100 children currently there in Haiti. This week was a big week! We have a date for the first trip to establish and implement this mission to love and care for medically the least of these in Haiti in the name of Jesus Christ. Our first trip will be Saturday, October 26 to Friday, November 1st. We have a team rising up of medically trained and support staff to go along and serve. We have a great God who knows all of our needs and has provided before we can even know them and seek out those needs! He is able to do FAR more than we can ever ask or imagine. We have seen that this week. We are still awaiting final word from St. Claire Hospital on the commitment and partnership they are willing to make so please continue to pray with us over that. God is showing up in the faithfulness of His people in amazing ways as many have already said, "What do you need? I will go. I will give." Man, it is exciting to be walking with the Lord and able to see as He leads and directs and orchestrates His plans and people together for His good! He alone is worthy!

Visit to Oklahoma

Visit with Kennedy family in Cushing! Crazy bunch of kids here!

It was tea time at cousin's home! Hosts: Aunt Ang, Lizzie & K.K.

We stopped in St. Louis on the way back to Kentucky and went to visit the arch!

 We only had two more hours of driving until we were home again and it suddenly got very quiet!

 Playing with cousin Mackenzie

 We got to go see cousin Makenna in the play Annie. Very fun and K.K. did a great job!

This was a fun picture at Chucky Cheese with Mimi.

Playing in the rain at Granna & Grandad's

 Going for a walk with Tee Tee.

  

Mimi & Aunt Becky ready for Tea.

 

Dinner and play with the Ladd family from Cushing!

Playing ball with cousin Peyton.

 

 We sure had a great time catching up with friends and family in Oklahoma! I am now realizing I really did not do a good job of taking pictures. We did so much and saw so many loved ones in our time there. It was nice to get away and go back and visit. We enjoyed staying one night with out friends in Cushing and in Stillwater. We were able to worship at Eagle Heights in Stillwater. We caught up with the Bloyd family at the reunion. Got to spend some time with friends in OKC and lots of family time! On the way there Carson said, "We must be getting close because the land is getting flatter." Yes, Oklahoma is a different land but it is the land that we love.

A blessing in Homeschooling

Back to school this morning and what a blessing! I just wanted to share this sweetness. We are learning a new verse today and incorporated it in our music time and art time. Abigail always has a song on her heart. I sure love to see God use music to put his word in our hearts. Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart O God, and renew a steadfast sprit within me." We learned about continuing to keep a pure and clean heart that pleases the Lord and continuing to walk with Him faithfully where He cam make a new and steadfast sprit that hungers and thirsts for Him alone.

The assignment: 10 Things you would like to do or are excited to do on Vacation in Oklahoma

Andrew Maddox

Carson Wayne

Today: Batty to Breathtaking

This morning started out a little batty...literally. I came out of the laundry room and found this bat taking a snooze on the screen on our front porch. Weird. It may have been some kind of indication as to how our day was going to go. Abigail came down with a cold last night so she was quite fussy and not feeling well so we gave the girls a school free pass and went to work because we needed to get finished in time for the Lowe's delivery guys to bring the new fridge we ordered. We have waited and waited to replace the 23 year old fridge and it has gotten worse and worse in leaking all over the floor most recently pretty much every day. We were hoping to wait until the Lord provided a buyer for our home in Cushing but He did something awesome. He provided a great sale and an extra shift for my husband to cover the cost. Go God! So, needless to say we were all very excited about the new fridge. The only kicker was the dimensions of the space.

 

We measured and measured all kinds of fridges. Because the cabinetry was built 20 years ago most (well very close to all) fridges wouldn't fit. In the store the one we really liked measure right on our measurement for our cutout. Have you ever prayed for a fridge to fit? I know that God has many other things to take care of but I sure prayed that this fridge would fit with no issues...well, guess what?

Yep, the one that was delivered to us was 1/8 of an inch too tall....so, we had more work ahead.

And when I say we, I mean my prince of a husband of course. Poor guy worked all day and came home to have to cut out the top of the shelving and then the side also for us to be able to fit the fridge into the spot it needed to go.

A small job turned into yet another 2.5 hour job. But... 

We got it in! So, it was late when Dust and I sat down to eat (I had fed the kids earlier while he ran to Lowe's for a sander) and we looked out the windows and saw the most beautiful sight.

The Momma deer and her twins were back! Just hanging out in our backyard. I even got a few pics before they heard me and took off. Just breathtaking to see how beautiful and graceful they are. There is just something special about seeing twins..maybe because they are such a double blessing. Today.. started out a bit batty..then frusterating and finally ended well and breathtaking! Thank you Lord is all I can say!  

I am not a Super Mama

 

I really love this. I really am not a Super Mama. I try very hard but I just cannot do it all...and ALL is a big encompassing word here with a family of six. I pray that my children see that I am just a Mama who loves the Lord and is daily seeking to follow where He leads and that daily I need Him to help me do just that. Boy am I thankful that God is so big, so strong and so mighty. There is nothing my God cannot do! I am thankful that I don't have to stand in my own strength day after day but I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me. Phil 4:13

25 Days of Homeschool in the books..

It is hard to believe that we have done 25 days of school already! The kids are doing really well and learning all kinds of new things. Abigail is working on her letters, colors, shapes and numbers. Claire likes coloring and stacking. The boys really like science and math. We have been studying the milky way...stars, planets, constellations. I had them watch Louie Giglios talk "Indescribable" and "Symphony" from the passion series and they really liked them! They tied in so well with our lessons on how Big and awesome our God is and how He made all things. They loved "Symphony" best because he puts some stars and whales singing together to the song How Great is Our God and it is really amazing. The boys have written their second story about a dog saving a little boy. The girls really enjoy them reading to them at story time. We have learned three verses so far:
1- John 8:12 "I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
2- John 3:30 "He must become more important, I must become less important."
3- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Be kind to one another and build each other up." The pictures above are the kids drawing a picture of this verse and how they can be kind to others. Carson- if a guy was falling from the sky because his parachute didn't work I would push a trampoline underneath him to help him. Yes, he drew it too! Funny boy.