NO NEED FOR WORDS...

GOD'S BEAUTY!

I think that sometimes WE let life get to busy to stop and enjoy the beauty of God around us. Those of you who have grown kids, reflect back and wonder where their childhood went. Daily I have to remind myself that our children will not be small forever and making the most out of each day is important. We live like 9 blocks from the port where the boats come and go to the bay islands, and Susana loves to throw rocks into the water. After 10 days of rain, we were finally able to go and enjoy the sunshine. God's beauty is never ceasing.

MOMENTS A PARENT LOVES...

The other day I was still preparing dinner for everyone else, when I told Susana to sit down and start eating. When I turned around, this is how I found her. She loves to pray! And to worship! One day I was doing dishes and when I looked to see what she was doing, I found her literally face down laying on the floor worshipping to a song her daddy had written. It's moments like these that make the times of disciplining fade away.

LOOK WHO IS WALKING...

November 7th was the big day for the big boy! Just three weeks before his 1st birthday, he got brave and decided to go for it. We cheered him on. Big sister Susana is loving it/not loving that her baby brother is walking. He can get her now! :o)

PROPER TIMING!

You know, I created this blog in order to continue to share the Lord's faithfulness in our lives, and I realize how poor of job I have been doing. The Lord works in our lives DAILY and His name desires to be glorified, so I will try and do better at making His realness known. Lately, we have been experiencing a time of "testing" in the area of our finances. I told Abner this morning, that I feel like this testing is mine, I know that it's both of ours, but I am a little weaker in this area. In simply ways, HE HAS PROVIDED! We went by a used clothing store a couple weeks ago, and I thought, I need to stop by there and look for jeans. In that same week, a friend from church brought a bag of clothes to give to the girls in the neighborhood, then she said, there are some jeans in there for you also. THREE PAIRS! God is good! The other day we were out of snack food for the kids, the next day, the neighbor brought a bag of cookies and said that they were for Abner Daniel. God is faithful! We stopped by a friend's house to take showers, since the neighborhood didn't have water for 4 days, and she loaded us up with meals for four days. It's in these little things that I see our faithful Father. Psalm 145:15 states, "The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the PROPER TIME." The Lord is so faithful to us as His children and He is teaching me this more every day. My heart is humbled by His faithfulness!

YOUTH CAMP...

This past weekend we took 7 youth from La Ceiba, to meet up with over 170 others from the association of Camino Nuevo. The theme of the camp was against the flow and there we many activities that challenged the youth to be different from the world and to live their lives for Christ 100%. The kids and I were not going to go, but having 6 of the 7 youth from our church that went females, we decided that to go for it. The kids did great! Susana didn't want to come home. You can imagine her and Abner Daniel being the only small children amongst 170 youth, she got a little attention, and she loved it. Since being in the U.S., Susana has transitioned into this little social butterfly saying hello to everyone. Anyway, I realized how much I am so out of the world of the youth. They were talking about a MSN type thing here called Hi-5, and I thought that they were talking about the children's program. I never thought that this day would come, but I realized that it has. Just wanted to share a little clip from the worship time with the youth...I love the way Hondurans worships the Lord, even in the heat and mugginess, we love to dance.

MINISTRY WISE...

What have we been up to ministry wise...a couple weeks ago we had another baptism, where three of the members from our home group were baptized. I love baptisms! I was baptized two days after being saved and I love the way that it is used as a public testimony of our faith in Jesus Christ. Sarah, Gaby, and Hatie were the three baptized. Gaby was one who we were praying for salvation for not long ago. God is good!!