For D.....

God is faithful

Well, it seems as though the transplant was a success. Sarah is having quite a bit of pain and Matt is feeling sick tonight...so, please pray for them. BUT, it looks like they are both going to be fine. They will do some tests tomorrow to make sure that Sarah's new kidney is working properly. God is so good. I am so thankful to him for bringing them through this. I pray and believe that they will have a great recovery. Thanks to all of you that have been praying.

On a different note... I am not so great about talking about how I feel and what I might be going through. I have to know that it can only help to share so that people can pray. I have been noticing so many things lately about myself that I just don't like. I love God but can't seem to walk with him faithfully all of the time. I am up and down...up and down. I know that my heart is to live for God but I always fail. I am so sick of worrying about everything. My mind is always racing and I can't seem to slow it down. I try to keep a handle on everything going on around me...but there is so much chaos. I am in desperate need of a breakthrough. I HAVE to find a way to let God take control. I prayed tonight that he would help me work though all of these things in ME that are not good. I asked him to help me to learn to have faith in him.

I'm rambling...

I need some peace...

She had a good day...

Happy Birthday Bren!

Happy 4th birthday my beautiful baby girl! We love you!

This seems silly....Chase has already gone to pre-school for three years. Kindergarten is not much different. BUT, it is still hard for me to believe that my baby is going to school. He wasn't supposed to get this big this fast. People have always told me...cherish every minute...it goes by too fast. I had no idea. It seems like just yesterday that I brought him home from the hospital. It wasn't too long ago that he crawled for the first time...walked for the first time. Not too long ago that he said "Mama" for the first time.





I wrote the above after meet the teacher night on Monday. Needless to say...I had to stop:)

Today was Chase's first day of Kindergarten. He was so cute (I mean, cool:) He was very brave although I could tell he was a tad nervous. Right before I left (they practically had to kick me out) he whispered, "Mom...give me a hug." I love this boy.

THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD

On the way home tonight Bren said, "Mom...God made us a very, very, very great world. He did Mom. He gave us beautiful things to see and he made everything so good. Mom, I want to say something to God."
"God...you gave us a good world...I love you better than anything else. I love you for making this place for me to play."

It was worth it all...PRAISE GOD!

A HUGE thank you to all who helped, brought baked goods, or just came by today. We are so blessed! The benefit was a huge success! We raised $5,350.00!!! God deserves all the praise. He supplied every need along the way.

I need to go to bed! Love you all!

I haven't been posting much lately. With my new job and planning Sarah's benefit, I haven't had a whole lot of time. Things seem to be coming together...THANK YOU JESUS! It was slow going there for a while but now it seems as though this benefit is going to be great. Lots of businesses have donated things to raffle and we have lots of people bringing cakes, pies, etc. to sell. I really pray that this whole thing is a blessing to Sarah and her family.

We have put our house up for sale (for those that don't know) and I ask that you would pray for it to sell quickly.

The beach was awesome! We had so much fun and it was a blessing to spend that time with my family. The kids played in the ocean every day and we got to spend time with our beautiful Ella. She is such a good baby...and smart too! I know, you might say...she's 9 months old?...but I tell you the truth...she is already very smart! I wish they lived closer...we already miss them.

Anyway, that is about it for now. I hope everyone is having a great week!