How I Enjoy the Fall in My Desert

October 3, 2017

I have loved fall before Pinterest and Facebook made cool posters proclaiming it as a wonderful time of the year. Before I even met Torre I wanted to get married in October. Ta-da! God blessed me with that AND it was peak color season for all the trees in Michigan. Fast forward to 2008 […]

Home is where…

May 10, 2016

I read a book recently asking the reader where home was. Would home always be a certain place? Do you feel at home where you are currently at? I was explaining to the kids that we were hoping to visit our friends and coworkers Chris and Rachel Thomas in Mississippi on our way back to […]

Above and beyond…the van need

November 10, 2015

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,” To put it simply, God has provided the funds for us to purchase a van. We are overwhelmed and humbled watching this all take place. We are able […]

Well it’s coming

February 14, 2014

Well it’s coming…summer. First spring, then summer, hot, hot, summer. I hung some towels and sheets out today, went for a walk and when I came back they were bone dry. I almost feel bad posting this as our Michigan family and friends are experiencing an extremely long, cold, and snowy winter. Yes, it’s 80 […]

Flashback to 1996

November 5, 2013

The summer of 1996 changed my life. I went on a month long mission trip with New Tribes SUMMIT to Paraguay South America. I was 15. Now that I’m a parent I can’t believe my folks said yes! While there the team built a school for Missionary Kids. It was during that summer that I […]

Family time

March 4, 2013

The thought had just crossed my mind, “Gee I need to update our blog, but about what?” Then Lydia conviently dropped a weight onto her face and sent us to Urgent Care to have her split lip glued back together. That is the last time I wonder what I’m going to share with you all. […]

merry and bright

December 11, 2012

I walked by our office computer today and thought, “Boy that is a LOT of color!” Pretty huh? The screen is showing our guest house calendar for the month of December. It is the busiest I’ve seen it in the two years we’ve been here. If you see red, those are the days the guest […]

Four weeks of fall…week three.

October 22, 2012

After writing the last blog post I realized that I had our anniversary in the wrong week! Week three of October held our eight year anniversary, Oct 16th. See what happens when I get off my routine! Today is Monday, a day that I have always loved. It’s full of new beginnings, we’re not behind […]

October

October 7, 2012

I love to read blogs. I gain ideas from blogs, I learn lessons from blogs, I am enertained by blogs. A few of the blogs I like to read are featuring a challenge, “31 Days”, the writer of the blog chooses the topic. At first I was excited to try 31 Days of the Guest […]

Seven years.

October 23, 2011

“Torre, for our anniversary this year, I want to hike up the mountain.” When my brother-in-law heard how we were celebrating he stated, “What, are you trying to kill her?” The plan was to drink coffee together when we got to the top, as a tribute to our very informal first date. We were about […]