It's been good, all around the place! And WE had the African Christmas, sort of! Hats, mats, music and stories, cards and ornaments!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas on the HomeFront
It's been good, all around the place! And WE had the African Christmas, sort of! Hats, mats, music and stories, cards and ornaments!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
Praise God from whom all Blessings flow, and if you are reading this, then you are one of my mine. You are one of my dearest blessings and for you I am grateful. My cup is full, no, it runneth over, and in this season of thanks I am thinking of you and thankful for you and your special place in my life. Consider yourself hugged as you read and loved as you live. May goodness and mercy be all over you today as blessings spill over and cover you!
The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all His works, Psalm 145:9 says, but as one of my Bible drillers once stated that verse, "The Lord is good to all His tender mercies are all over His works!" Just a slight variation on a theme, but it spoke to me. The blessings over all, we may sometimes fail to see if we don't look up and focus on Him, but His mercies all over us get our attention and our gratitude. May we not miss any of what He pours all over us today.
"This I recall to mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3:21-23 ....I like that, 3...2...1, or 1...2...3, so counting forward or backward, they are there!
Happy Thanksgiving! I am counting you and you and you...........!
Praise God from whom all Blessings flow, and if you are reading this, then you are one of my mine. You are one of my dearest blessings and for you I am grateful. My cup is full, no, it runneth over, and in this season of thanks I am thinking of you and thankful for you and your special place in my life. Consider yourself hugged as you read and loved as you live. May goodness and mercy be all over you today as blessings spill over and cover you!
The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all His works, Psalm 145:9 says, but as one of my Bible drillers once stated that verse, "The Lord is good to all His tender mercies are all over His works!" Just a slight variation on a theme, but it spoke to me. The blessings over all, we may sometimes fail to see if we don't look up and focus on Him, but His mercies all over us get our attention and our gratitude. May we not miss any of what He pours all over us today.
"This I recall to mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3:21-23 ....I like that, 3...2...1, or 1...2...3, so counting forward or backward, they are there!
Happy Thanksgiving! I am counting you and you and you...........!
Friday, November 2, 2007
International Mission Board :: Home
International Mission Board :: Home
Wow, what does a mom do when she finds not one, but two of her children featured on the IMB homepage on the same day! Well, she shares it with the rest of the family and a few others who would love to see it, praises God for the blessing that it happened and that she happened to check the site and find it and that her children were serving Him is such a way to have it happen.... and then she decides to blog it???? Shall we capture the moment for continued viewing and sharing? This technology again amazes me.... And in the middle of sharing it with my brother, he delights in getting me to save it to Word on my Computer. How about that .... my kids sharing the Word in Africa, me excited to find their stories recorded in word and picture, my brother directing me to Word.... and once more God weaving all the bits of our lives together, and reminding us to seek Him in His Word and love His Word, and to share it and treasure it, the lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path.
Wow, what does a mom do when she finds not one, but two of her children featured on the IMB homepage on the same day! Well, she shares it with the rest of the family and a few others who would love to see it, praises God for the blessing that it happened and that she happened to check the site and find it and that her children were serving Him is such a way to have it happen.... and then she decides to blog it???? Shall we capture the moment for continued viewing and sharing? This technology again amazes me.... And in the middle of sharing it with my brother, he delights in getting me to save it to Word on my Computer. How about that .... my kids sharing the Word in Africa, me excited to find their stories recorded in word and picture, my brother directing me to Word.... and once more God weaving all the bits of our lives together, and reminding us to seek Him in His Word and love His Word, and to share it and treasure it, the lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Summer Favorites
It's About Time! I've needed to update for a long time! So here goes! Taking the time to update, or feeling free to just do it are not frequent! But a Saturday moment to do so has come! These are a few of my favorite things happening on the home front:
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Going, going, gone.... and back again!
I avidly and regularly check the blogs all the time, but I am not good at keeping mine up to date. The pre-Africa post never happened and I can't imagine why it didn't! We purchased tickets in February, got shots in April and May, planned with Dana to have her join us, got tips and instructions from Tim, prepared with Leah for her summer overseas, and saw her off on Mother's Day. We then stuffed our bags with our things and all the extras for Tim and Kate and other missionaries. We planned for possible Bible storying and and read of the culture and religion and reviewed all the prayer requests and stories from Tim and Kate's five months on the field.
Flying in from Texas, Dana joined us for our flight to Dakar via New York! Twelve hours later, including three meals, a couple of hours sleep, a movie and all the other options on the computer screens we each had to enjoy, we arrived for the family reunion in Africa. Tim and Kate and Leah stood and waited for us to report and then retrieve a missing bag and then the hugs that were waiting for all! We loaded the six of us, people and bags, into their little Lottie Moon provided Toyota truck and headed off for their village and home. Arriving in N'gor around 7 am. we visited briefly, then napped a couple of hours, shared goodies we had brought from friends and family, and then hit the streets.
We walked the rocky, narrow village streets and alleys and arrived at the home of friends for lunch. We met friends of Tim and Kate and other missionaries serving for the summer with Leah. The following day and for the next eleven days we absorbed Senegal.... the city, the villages, the islands.... the traffic, the sounds, the smells.... the goats, the chickens, the roosters... the taxis, the boats, the trucks...the food, the artisans, and sights... the missionaries, the mission and masses...the people, the places, the purpose!
We were so blessed to be a part of it all and to see up close and personally the faces and smiles and souls on the streets, on the beaches, on the busses, and to share and spend time with new friends on the floor, under the trees, on their beds or blankets, sharing the meals of ceebu jeen (fish with rice) from a common bowl, sipping ataaya (hot tea) and showing love as best we could in smiles and simple Senegalese phrases!
We observed our children as they work and live among the Lebou in their fishing villages. We heard their language and saw them interact and build relationships in order to prove trust and show love. We met missionaries and saw missions in action.
We hugged Leah and Tim and Kate good-bye as we headed home to think on these things... and we do! Sometimes I sits and think and sometimes I just sits! We are home and we are there. We are here and we are not! We are hearts apart and hearts united because we shared Senegal for a season, yes, but even better, because we are family!
What love the Father hath lavished on us to allow us to be, to live and move and have our being in Him, and to share and see so much and to have Him grant us his peace!
Enjoy the pictures I hope to post!
Flying in from Texas, Dana joined us for our flight to Dakar via New York! Twelve hours later, including three meals, a couple of hours sleep, a movie and all the other options on the computer screens we each had to enjoy, we arrived for the family reunion in Africa. Tim and Kate and Leah stood and waited for us to report and then retrieve a missing bag and then the hugs that were waiting for all! We loaded the six of us, people and bags, into their little Lottie Moon provided Toyota truck and headed off for their village and home. Arriving in N'gor around 7 am. we visited briefly, then napped a couple of hours, shared goodies we had brought from friends and family, and then hit the streets.
We walked the rocky, narrow village streets and alleys and arrived at the home of friends for lunch. We met friends of Tim and Kate and other missionaries serving for the summer with Leah. The following day and for the next eleven days we absorbed Senegal.... the city, the villages, the islands.... the traffic, the sounds, the smells.... the goats, the chickens, the roosters... the taxis, the boats, the trucks...the food, the artisans, and sights... the missionaries, the mission and masses...the people, the places, the purpose!
We were so blessed to be a part of it all and to see up close and personally the faces and smiles and souls on the streets, on the beaches, on the busses, and to share and spend time with new friends on the floor, under the trees, on their beds or blankets, sharing the meals of ceebu jeen (fish with rice) from a common bowl, sipping ataaya (hot tea) and showing love as best we could in smiles and simple Senegalese phrases!
We observed our children as they work and live among the Lebou in their fishing villages. We heard their language and saw them interact and build relationships in order to prove trust and show love. We met missionaries and saw missions in action.
We hugged Leah and Tim and Kate good-bye as we headed home to think on these things... and we do! Sometimes I sits and think and sometimes I just sits! We are home and we are there. We are here and we are not! We are hearts apart and hearts united because we shared Senegal for a season, yes, but even better, because we are family!
What love the Father hath lavished on us to allow us to be, to live and move and have our being in Him, and to share and see so much and to have Him grant us his peace!
Enjoy the pictures I hope to post!
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