I have been spending these last few weeks refocusing.  I know what kind of wife I want to be.  I know what kind of mommy I want to be.  But knowing and being often times are not the same.   I am very guilty of comparing myself to others.  I am not sure how many times I have wished I could be a fly on the wall in different homes.  I want more than anything to have a wonderful marriage and children who...

Wow, I have gone a long time without writing on my blog.  It isn’t because I don’t have anything to write about.  My computer is sick. : (   I have spent all day uploading and fixing up some photos.  Bob has been back from the USA for 2 weeks now.  The doctors found out he has a 2 inch tear in his intestine and because of that he had a severe infection.  He has been on antibiotics for 3 weeks...

We have been blessed in the last 7 weeks to have had visitors from the United States.  In February, a small group from our home church in MN came to visit us for 8 days.  Last night we had the Holladay’s over to our house.  Bro. Holladay is the BIMI European director.  It was such an encouragement to have them and our team over to our house for dinner. We had everyone over for dinner the night before...

And it’s Sarah’s!!   Our little Sarah Grace accepted Christ into her heart and life last Saturday night, February 28th!!   Bob and I have this philosophy that we will not push our children into salvation because we know that we can get a child to repeat any prayer after us; but rather we wait until our children come to us with the realization that they need Jesus in their hearts and lives.  ...

Last night we had a Chinese couple over for dinner.  Their names are Huang and Lisa ( she gave herself an English name ).  They go to our church and just recently Huang became a Believer.  ( An answer to Lisa’s prayers!! ) I just never know what is going to come out of my kids’ mouths!  It makes me nervous sometimes.  Last night Samuel brought out his Go Fish card game.  He said to Huang...

My sweet angel-face, Sophia Faith, turned 4 yesterday!  We had a fun-filled family day with lots of activities.  The kids friends, Chad and Caroline Mason, spent the night at our house and then the entire day with us.  I didn’t get any normal pictures of the boys – they were too busy bouncing off the walls and wrestling and being “secret agents”.  I got some of the girls, though. ...

How time flies!!  Sarah Grace turned six years old on February 3rd.  She was our first baby born in Brazil and what an experience that was!!  I remember saying to my mother-in-law before Sarah arrived, “What if she isn’t a girly girl?  What if she is a brute and a tom boy?”  Well, I should not have worried because Sarah doesn’t have an ounce of “brute” in her!  She...

For the past couple of weeks I have been reflecting a lot on the family that God has given to me.  I guess we can all play the “what-if game”.  What if I had never heard about Jesus and His love?  What if I had never gone to AR to teach and met Bob?  What if Sarah had died from the blood infection she had in Brazil?  What if it were our car in Sao Paulo that was surrounded by gunmen instead...

The girls bedroom.  Sarah loves puppies so she has her little puppy corner and Sophia likes butterflies. Samuel’s dinosaur room. Samuel’s friend Chad.  He is the son of a missionary couple here.  I am so thankful Samuel has this little friend! My Love.                                                                   Best...

I have been wanting to give Samuel a recipe and let him make something on his own for him to learn measurements.  I had to wait for the perfect opportunity, though.  My little Sophia LOVES the kitchen and she takes it over every chance she gets.  And she is only 3!!  So, the other day Sarah and Sophia were watching Lady and the Tramp and Sophia fell asleep so I jumped at the chance to get Samuel in the...