Ponder the Path of Thy Feet.....

We are easily and quickly transitioning into our new life here in PA. The place we are staying is gorgeous in so many ways. The majestic mountains surround us on almost every side and it is isolated from traffic and civilization. The home we are temporarily staying in is very nice though there are a few inconveniences but with the Lords grace we will manage. We just keep reminding ourselves the blessing this place is to us. It's makes me appreciate friendships and sad that families today have become so detached from each other that they do not try to meet each others needs or carry each others burdens. In no way do they want to inconvenience their lives. The children are anxious to begin the refereeing here. It has not been as easy as anticipated not for lack of effort on our part. Seems to be a bit on slow side here. My Maria and Joseph both celebrated a birthday. They each turned another year older. They have been gracious to the situation, enjoying a meal of their choice and

i am thankful for my beautiful wife and all that she is to me (my beloved husband) I am thankful for safety and the Lords hand on our journey. After a good night sleep I woke up early( around 6ish) and ready to start our day. I slowly started waking the rest of crew so that we could start moving and getting on the road. Everyone sluggishly started moving and gathering our things so we could eat breakfast. After breakfast we went to fuel up to head towards Georgia.. Refreshed and ready we get on the road. Things were going great till I decided to take a sip of the energy drink called Munster:  I had never tried this stuff nor did I know what this stuff would do to me. I had to concentrate on driving because it instantly put my head in fog. Where I felt very strange and my body was reacting to this nasty stuff. Finally after about an hour or two I could not take it anymore and I had to stop because it also affected my stomach. I learned something about this stuff. My children will neve

Thanks to our wonderful friends, the Saldana's we had a wonderful evening after a day of packing. Because we were able to get everything done so early we cleaned the house, and handed in our keys to the rental home. Our friends, offered their home for us to stay in and we took them up on the offer. It was such a blessing to us.(though I was exhausted!) The next morning we woke up she made us breakfast. After the day of loading and cleaning we had - my brain was fried. I could not remember what I did with my directions. We could not find the GPS- yes it was a great start to our journey.. but instead of getting frustrated my beloved and I just took a deep breath and decided we knew which way we needed to head, so just drove. Good thing I put the good old fashion maps in the moving truck and one in my car.  So that is exactly what we did.. we drove toward the right direction and we had two navigators- Joey and Samuel. We made it through the great swamps of Louisiana- We stopped for Ga

We went and got the truck and that is where the adventure begins- We were blessed to have many hands that came over to help. We started loading the truck around 10ish, we were done by 1:30. Many hands make for light work.. it is so true! Here are some fun shots of our moving day- Thank you Saldanas and Dosseys for helping us out. It would not have been easy  or gone as fast or been as fun without you!! Thank you Jesus for brothers and sisters in Christ! Angie

I never win them but when it is a good give away I take the time to share. Anything that will strengthen my children in their faith.. any curriculum, book, or material is worth the time.. Over at Raising Hommakers she is giving away the full curriculum for The Prairier Primer. If you are a Little House on the Prairie fan-you will love this curriculum. I will let you know if I win... Angie

Have you ever been in a place where you wanted more from your walk with Christ? I want more of Him. I want more of Him in me. I want more of  Him emmulating through me and less of me. Does any of that make sense? I want to be who He wants me to be. I want to live out His commands in my life. I want to please HIM and only Him. I woke this morning with this desire of wanting more.. what do you do with that? These are the times I wish I had a mentor. Someone wise, strong in faith, that could give me direction on how I can channel this desire in the right direction. Do mentors even exist anymore?  There was a time that a young woman knew that she a mentor because normally it was her mother. So many of us women are wondering around lost, trying to figure out how to do things, how to figure out life problems on our own. (which is why we fall)  Because like wild animals we have been left to the wild to figure things out, and sometimes we get chewed on by a wild animal because of naivety and l

Happy Labor day all- I am here alone sitting here on the computer while Noah still snoozes realizing that this is the last week I will be in this house! Next week on this very day we will be picking up our truck to prepare for our big move to PA, by Wednesday we will head north to start a new chapter in our lives. I have lots of mixed emotions, apprehension is definitely one of them, excitement, anxiousness, should I keep going?? Most of all READINESS! Ready for the change, ready to be back home, ready to be close to my mom, ready to see friends that we love so very dearly, JUST READY!! Please keep us in your prayers this week as we prepare, finish cleaning, packing fixing, getting ready for whatever the Lord has in store for us! Thank you all!! Angie

Have I ever shared with you that I have a child in Nicaragua? Well she is really not mine but as I sponsor her, receive pictures and letters from her, she sure feels like mine. Her name is Maria.- She is a sponsor child that we took on sponsoring  May of 2009. I knew for our family it would be a sacrifice, but to each of us(me and the children) it has become very important that Maria has what she needs. The desire of our hearts is that she know Jesus so through our sponsorship we hope we can give her the love of Christ and show her how much Jesus does love her. Often times I find myself wanting to hold her, hug her, and tell her how truly loved she is.( oh how awesome that would be!!) She is only in 3rd grade and she lost her mother already. She is being cared for by her grandmother, and father. She has brothers as well. But as a young lady- she is alone, yes she has her grandma, but no mama.This mama's heart grieves for her knowing as she gets older and goes through changes she wi

I am thankful for people(brothers and sisters) who are willing to reach out and help when they may not even know you... Last week I ordered a Saxon Algebra 1 book from a woman from a homeschooling classified site. The reason why I ordered it is because some where in the sea of boxes I have, there is the test forms for our Algebra and of course I could not find it without opening every box. So I went online and ordered it. The person I was ordering from did not accept Paypal, and I was really needing that test booklet as soon as possible, since that happened to be the math that Maria and Joey were in. I called the woman asking if there was some other way she could help me get these books faster. The first thing she asked me was "Are you  a  Christian?  I said" yes ma'am" She says "I will send the books priority today, before you send me the check. I trust you!" I was amazed, astounded that a sister across the miles, who never saw me or met me would reach her