Standing Firm

Standing Firm

To put it simply, we have been busy.  We’ve moved in to our new house, moved stuff around, organized and settled in and are now starting the repair, rebuild, redo and finish stage.  We are learning a lot, meeting a lot of people, and being very blessed by the Lord finding favor with men.  Although these last, almost three months, have been very challenging; broken down boat – twice, termites and wasps in the house, chitras, ants, people problems and anything else under the sun.  However, we are blessed, God has protected, provided and cared for us – more than we needed and is carrying us through some difficult times right now.  The transparent truth is some days are hard, some days we question, really God, is this what you want?  But, we...

Ouch!

Ouch!

Warning:  this post is not for the faint of stomach and includes some photos that might be graphic for young eyes. Sore throats, poop, blood and more blood…yesterday was a doozy of a day! As some of you know I have been fighting what appears to be something like Strep throat so my throat is incredibly sore, I’ve had a low grade fever for a couple of days, been mostly useless around here so I finally started taking some antibiotics and am waiting to start to feel a lot better. So yesterday morning I was feeling pretty crummy.  I am so thankful to have Liz here who made lunch for the family and dinner too!  I was in the kitchen when Ellie calls to me from their room, “Quick Mommy, come here!”  Upon entering the room, what do I find but...