BRRRRR!!!

Hi Everyone,
Just thought I would let you all know that It is freezing today!:( We knew that it would come! We are also having snow flurries. Yuck! Everyone will probably be sick because it is supposed to be 60 on Saturday. Thankfully we have not been sick at all this winter. We have been taking alot of vitamin D which helps keep the flu away. It has been a blessing.

We have had such a blessing this past week. Josiah got SAVED! We are so excited! We have had many a devotion time with the children about salvation and Josiah would always say he knew he wasn't saved and it was very scarey to us. Alex got saved one night in devotions back in January after Marty taught on Hell. We thought for sure Josiah would come at that time also but to no avail and we were very disappointed but happy that one of the other children had come that night. Anyway last Thursday we were fasting for Marty's stepmom who has terminal liver cancer and we decided to fast for Josiah at that time also. Then Saturday we had gotten home late from our overnight vacation and were sending the kids to bed when Marty decided to have a quick devotion eventhough we had had them earlier that day at the hotel. And boy were we glad we did. The chapter we read was IICor.12 and Marty gave an example of a boy from the boys home, Matt by name who claimed that he had rejected Christ so much he couldn't get saved. Needless to say it wasn't a quick devotion and we sent the children off to bed eventhough we could see the conviction written all over Josiah's face. Then Marty told Josiah to get him a glass of water and then I asked him to get me one too in hopes that he would come and talk to one of us. Well, he brought them and headed off to bed but something stopped him and he came over to me, I was sewing, I asked him what he needed hoping he would say what we had hoped and sure enough he asked if he could talk to me. My heart leaped for joy. I have to put in here that Marty has always gotten to deal with the girls when they got saved and I prayed for the opportunity to show some of the children the way to Christ too, so I had been praying that the Lord would give me a turn. I was able to show Alex and now Josiah. Josiah and I went out to the living room and talked a little, he knew what he needed to do and he did and boy did he!!! It was so amazing to me that God answered our prayer! When we were fasting and the hunger would get strong I just kept reminding myself that I could fast for one short day and be in prayer for my son. It sure was a small price to pay for the eternal life of my son!!! And I am so thankful I continued the whole day and obeyed the Lord! I am also thankful that Marty obeyed the Holy Spirit and had devotions eventhough we were all tired. So just remember when the flesh is telling you your to tired to have devotions and you don't you could have just missed the blessing of seeing one of your little ones get saved!!!!!! Or get right!!!!! Have a wonderful Day!:)

Sooooo Beautiful

Hi Everyone I just thought I would let you know that it was almost 80 degrees today. I can't believe it! We have a saying around here March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. But it was almost 80 degrees with no humidity. Praise the Lord! Just thought I'd let you know hope you have a beautiful day. Talk to you soon.

WOW! Is it March??

HI everyone!
I just had to share with everyone how beautiful it is here! We are all amazed! It is March and we are usually unburying ourselves out from one blizzard after another! But its an amazingly beautiful 60 degrees! I just can't believe it! We really haven't gotten any snow since December! We are all very excited! All of our snow is gone except for a few little spots the sun doesn't hit! I guess if you aren't from a colder climate you wouldn't understand how us northerners feel, but we are all giddy with excitement up here. I raked our yard today and the boys have been playing outside none stop for a couple weeks now! We are very thankful for the beautiful winter we are having. I know I don't live in florida and usually in the winter I wish I did but when I look outside and see the beautiful sunshine I can almost picture myself there. THANK GOODNESS FOR GLOBAL WARMING!!!! HEEEHEEE! Thank you Lord for the warm sunshine! Although we are having such beautiful weather everyone is preparing for a good blasting of snow in the future but we are all hoping that it won't return. Summer is so short around here! I hope your day is as beautiful as ours!!

What happened to young ladies?

Hi everyone. I was scanning through our pictures and came across this one of the girls. They are turning into such young ladies. They are getting to be so much fun. We can go shopping together and play games and do fun mother daughter things together. Hey, they even talked me into going ice skating which is something I haven't done since before I had Abigail. I didn't last to long and fell pretty good but it was fun. Marty and I often talk about how much our life has changed in the last few years. For example we never need a babysitter anymore which is wonderful. Not that we go anywhere but when we run to the store we don't have to take a bunch of rowdy boys.
So what happened to young ladies? Even in our churches it is so rare to find a young lady. You might expect this in walmart among the unsaved but in the churches, what a shame! We have a church near us that people would consider fundamental and it is a very large church with a college. But the girls and ladies there are anything but ladies. We have gone there for campmeetings and such and I felt so aggravated at the dress and conduct of the women I couldn't even pay attention. Not to mention feeling like I need to cover my husbands and boys eyes to protect them from seeing the immodesty and from seeing the women flaunting themselves. Grrr!! It really upsets me. It truly is a disgrace! Our goal is to raise Godly young ladies that are pure! Sometimes I look at my girls and think they are so pure! What a Blessing.
It is only by the grace of God that we will reach our goal of having Godly children who desire to love and serve God. I'm sure you understand what I mean if you are also in the battle to raise Godly children. It is to bad that Christians have lost such morals and standards of modesty! I guess I will continue this thought another day. Have a wonderful day! And don't let your guard down.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord! The Lord is doing so much here at First Baptist! We have been seeing growth in the lives our people here and we have seen God provide for our church in miraculous and unforseen ways. We are in the middle of a building project right now. Actually it is almost over. Our men have been working hard on our new auditorium and our Pastor has pretty much been working day in and day out to get this project finished. We have had the lighting donated the carpet paid for and today we had $10,100.00 given to our church for the new pews! Boy were we shouting Marty and Pastor were running laps! We didn't even know until church was over and the treasurer called and told our Pastors wife. You may be thinking this really isn't that big of a deal but it is to our little church. We had no clue how we were going to pay for the pews and we were starting to get nervous since our pews will be here the beginning of March. GOD IS SO GOOD! We are very excited to see what God is going to do with our church. Just thought I would share the excitement!

I Love this picture of Isabella. She is wearing the cowboy hat my parents got Nicholas before he was born and she is sitting in the little rocker that my mom got when she was five and broke her leg. The seat of the rocker is worn from my mom's cast when she propped her leg up on it. Cute huh!:) Have a wonderful day

Getting Settled

Well, I hope this post finds everyone doing well! We are finally getting settled in and back on our schedule. Why I would ever want to get off our schedule is beyond me. It seems that we have been going from sun up to way past sun down trying to get everything arranged in our new home. It was our hardest move so far 1.For the fact that we had to move everything of my Grandparents out of the house and into the basement or down to Indiana where they are living now and 2. Because it is even farther from the church. But we are so excited that the house that has been a thorn in our side for the past 6 yrs is finally GONE!!! AMEN!!! I am very excited about some of the changes we have made in our home since we have been in our new house. 1. The constant battle we have had with clothes has so far been resolved by only allowing 5 outfits for each child in their dressers. This has eliminated alot frustration for me and also for the boys who's overflowing dressers were hard for them to handle. 2. The constant problem of toys being all over the house has been resolved by only allowing them to play in the basement or outside. 3. The annoying snow clothes mess has been resolved since we do have a basement and they all have a special spot for their specific items. These may not seem like much but it was a constant battle for us in our old house. We really love this house and since we have spent so much time here with our Grandparents it was easy for everyone to adjust.
We are coming to the end of our quiz season (we quiz once a month this year over 1Cor.) we just have March's quiz and April will be the final's. So far we are 4 wins and 1 loss. We just quizzed Saturday and won 360pnts to 40 pnts. Abigail is the top quizzer out of all the quizzers and Megan is in third. These are quizzers from 7th to 12th grade. Every month the team with the highest points wins a traveling trophy and we have won it 3 times this season. Plus we have received a team bonus 2 times in a row which has not been done in at least two years in this league. We have a great team and all of the kids know their stuff. We are very excited for our team. Well, I guess that is about it. Please pray for our church we are in the final stages of our building project and it is crunch time. Our pews will be here March 3rd and we aren't done with the drywall yet. Our Pastor and men are working night and day so it will be done in time. Maybe next time I will have some pictures for you.