My life purpose
So, I am reading this book called- Don't waste your life by John Piper. He makes the statement that,
the opposite of wasting your life is to live by a single, soul-satisfying passion for the supremacy of God in all things. I was thinking... Do I stop and see God's supremacy in all things??? Do realize that my sole purpose in life is to glorify him? I had to stop and think. I so often get caught up in doing things and the busy life. The homeschool mom always looking for ways to make my kids the smartest,it is many things many different days. Do I realize that this is for not. My purpose is to glorify him. I so many times define myself by the things around me of this world ( the best house, best behaved kids...). I need to define myself by the statement- " Does my life glorify God today?" "
I want to be free from self and full of Joy in God; I want to enjoy making much of God, not me. And I want the fullness of my joy to last forever"John Piper says it so well. This is really my hearts desire. So many times however in a day I forget this. Pray in agreement with me today that all of us would stop and remember what really matters about our lives and not get caught up.
Grandpa and Grandma's visit to Peoria
We had a wonderful visit with my parents. They came down for Fastina's and Katerina's OKLAHOMA play.
Grandma threw a western party at her hotel for the girls in OKLAHOMA. We had western food, cowhats and even rootbeer in cups the shape of cow boots. Grandma lives for these parties and details.
Tea Party with Grandma. Grandma loves tea so we went out to Maria's Tea Room. The little girls got tea pots and tea cups with lunch.
Saying goodbye to Jhiny
Jhiny has been with us for approx. 5 months. She has been a blessing to our family.She left today to be adopted by a wonderful family in St. Louis. Jhiny is from Haiti and came to America for heart surgery and adoption. She blessed my daughters with wonderful friendship. She came to know Christ while with us. Please pray for Jhiny as she enters a new school, continues to learn english and adjust to her new surroundings. Also pray that my daughters will be able to keep in touch with her and encourage her.
My summer garden
The girls started a fairy garden last year. Each year we add a few more elements.
The black rocks around the outside,they painted with chalkboard paint and the little girls will draw on them with sidewalk chalk. Keeps them busy for hours on end and a new slate each morning after we water the plants.
You can catch me pulling weed each morning. I need to wear shorts more often to get some sun on my legs - Oh well.
I am having a blast this summer. You can see the day lilies are blooming. I also started a kitchen herb rack. I have fresh basil, sage, lavendar, sugar plant and lemon mint. It adds alot to any summer cooking.
15 Years of Marriage
We celebrated 15 years of marriage June 19. I was trying to get a good picture for our blog but getting a good picture of Sean is like impossible. Every picture we took he looks like he is whacked out on drugs. Then it became a joke and we took about 20 pictures trying to get a good one. Here are a few of the results. Oh Well! On our weekend away - we wrote down our top 15 moments over the years. 1.- getting married 2. Birth of daughter #one 3. Graduation from nursing school. 4.Birth of daughter # two 4. Graduation from Asbury 5. Getting the call to ministry in India 6. Birth of daughter # three. 6. purchase of our first home. 7. Adoption of a daughter
8.Graduation from Law school 9. Adoption of another daughter 10. Sean getting a job as a lawyer 11. surviving bowel perf and death 12. finding out pregnant with daughter #6. 13. Birth of daughter # 6. 14. Taking each of our daughters to Disney by themselves. 15. Our fifteenth wedding anniversary( the fact that we have made it this long)
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