Boy, it feels as if I am sending my son off to college! Getting all his needs taken care of before he flew as well as making sure his phone, computer and bank card work in addition to arranging with our friends for him to live with him...whew! I don't think I like this part of parenting where you send kids off and you won't see them for a while. I know this is just beginning as Amy is going to college in the Fall, God willing, and Matt will be just a year behind her!
Please pray for me, that I would continue to trust God with my very special son; knowing that He hasn't moved away or lost frequent contact. Please pray for Matt to have a successful and smooth re-entry with friends and teachers. Pray for us both as we figure out home schooling from a distance...a new thing for me!
Tom is in Czech as well handing in Visa paperwork for a visa renewal. Please pray for this HUGE and often complicated process. Tom is also going to attend Prague City Team annual planning sessions. The time after the meetings is planned full of gathering/handing in any additional visa paperwork that may be required, meeting with our colleagues and friends and resting before flying back.
I am looking forward to my time with the four kids here. The time goes so differently without Tom, but I find it to be good, if I manage my time well!
Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien, CT is hosting a womens retreat to which I am going. That means that I will be flying to NYC next Friday morning. Tom is to fly into Chicago Friday evening so we will pass like ships in the night. I am looking forward to the time of reconnecting with women I met last time I was at this retreat and making new friends, too!
Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Happy 2011!
Wow, can't believe it is already 2011. Remember the movies, "Back to the Future" where 2015 was SO FAR into the future? Crazy. Where are all those fantastic inventions they promised?
I am working on our family ancestry and have gotten as far back as the year 1465! Ancestry.com is the site I am working off of and no this isn't a paid plug from them. I have the free trial and am working really hard to get some family history things in one place. As I dig, I found one relative that lived in Gabon, Africa...I think it was 1700's but would have to check my records to confirm that. What an experience THAT must have been. I wonder if they were missionaries? Hmmm, what would it have been like to travel in Africa at that time in history? Scary and wild are some words that come to mind.
And then I wonder if they ever thought of me...well, not me really, but their ancestors. Did they pray for me? Did they live their lives in such a way that we would be encouraged looking at their historical records? Will I see them in heaven and get to know them?
What about me? Do I pray for those following me and my life? My word for the year is prayer. I don't spend nearly enough time in prayer. I have been challenged by people who pray for me and my family daily. There is always a reason/excuse: little kids, travel, sick. I have decided that all excuses/reasons aside, my focus needs to be fine tuned so that I see life and my day and my activities through His lenses, not mine. Mine tend to be cloudy, even a bit funny shaped as they curve inward towards my often focus...me!
I am waking up at 5:30 a.m. to have uninterrupted time praying and reflecting on His Word. Really early for me. Really life altering as I tend to be a night owl. So that means that I need to get myself to bed earlier. I find that starting my day off in prayer is really helping me see God at work in a special way, I am hearing His voice and enjoying talking with Him.
Right now my place is on the couch in the living room downstairs. When we return to CZ I will find a new place. What a sacred place that spot becomes quickly.
So, my challenge to you...live with Him in mind and live like you want your up and coming ancestors to see you live. Not for your glory, but for His!
Acts 17:28
"In Him we live and move and have our being.:
I am working on our family ancestry and have gotten as far back as the year 1465! Ancestry.com is the site I am working off of and no this isn't a paid plug from them. I have the free trial and am working really hard to get some family history things in one place. As I dig, I found one relative that lived in Gabon, Africa...I think it was 1700's but would have to check my records to confirm that. What an experience THAT must have been. I wonder if they were missionaries? Hmmm, what would it have been like to travel in Africa at that time in history? Scary and wild are some words that come to mind.
And then I wonder if they ever thought of me...well, not me really, but their ancestors. Did they pray for me? Did they live their lives in such a way that we would be encouraged looking at their historical records? Will I see them in heaven and get to know them?
What about me? Do I pray for those following me and my life? My word for the year is prayer. I don't spend nearly enough time in prayer. I have been challenged by people who pray for me and my family daily. There is always a reason/excuse: little kids, travel, sick. I have decided that all excuses/reasons aside, my focus needs to be fine tuned so that I see life and my day and my activities through His lenses, not mine. Mine tend to be cloudy, even a bit funny shaped as they curve inward towards my often focus...me!
I am waking up at 5:30 a.m. to have uninterrupted time praying and reflecting on His Word. Really early for me. Really life altering as I tend to be a night owl. So that means that I need to get myself to bed earlier. I find that starting my day off in prayer is really helping me see God at work in a special way, I am hearing His voice and enjoying talking with Him.
Right now my place is on the couch in the living room downstairs. When we return to CZ I will find a new place. What a sacred place that spot becomes quickly.
So, my challenge to you...live with Him in mind and live like you want your up and coming ancestors to see you live. Not for your glory, but for His!
Acts 17:28
"In Him we live and move and have our being.:
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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