Thankful Thursday #4

Thanking God this week for:

-Enterprise Rent a Car
-Great Funding appointments
-10 people coming to the prayer room on Saturday
-great conversations with people
-a great week for funding (thanks for all who continue to support this ministry)
-seeing my family this weekend
-Jon's desire to help me keep a healthy lifestyle
-Jodi Piccoult books
-my camera....again, even though I need to learn how to use it better
-Turkey burgers
-My pseudo office---Panera Bread
-thankful that my sister was not in an accident, just the first on the scene
-God led Jon to make the right decision as far as switching jobs go

Thankful Thursday #3

Thanking God this week for....

-reuniting with friends that Jon and I lost touch with
-new coworker for Jon that will hopefully bring great business to the golf club
-a new camera!!!! I have loved playing with it and am looking forward to a great sabbath of taking pics and learning how to be a better photographer
-a car that works and gets me safely from point a to point b
-a husband that is patient as we learn how to live life with one car when we are both going in different directions
-meeting Albion Alum
-a family that is so excited for Jon and I to have kids
-a chance to sleep 8 hours of sleep

I have a new toy!

My new camera finally came in....still waiting for the new lens. I am soooo excited to be taking pictures. I am going to be spending time on my sabbaths learning to be a better photographer and hopefully we can get this business up and running. Of course this is a complete sabbath activity. I meet God through the creativity and beauty of pictures and it is completely relaxing!

So....any ideas of what I should start taking pictures of.....or anyone wanna be a model? I will take everyone ideas and post them on my flickr site.

Thankful Thursday #2

Thanking God this week for:
- a time of good rest
-a husband that has grace with me, gives great advice and allows me to vent
-Jon agreeing to bi uy me a new camera
-iv students joining greek life at Albion for the sake of ministry
-God's grace, when I deserve punishment, when I don't measure up, He still calls me to ministry and life of following Him
-answer to prayer
-How far this country has come with racism (not to say that we are done in this process, but we have made great advances through God's grace)
-The African American Museum in Detroit, that gave me a compelling visual of racism in the past
-Working for an organization that values multi-ethnicity and racial reconciliation, not only holds it as a value, but actually practices it
-Albion students wanting to have a weekly prayer meeting.

Thankful Thursday #1

I have a friend who posts "Thankful Thursdays" and she lists the things that she has been thankful for in the past week. Natalie--I will be joining you in this great exercise!

Thankful this week for:
-good test results back for Jon's health
-my cats (crazy I know, but I love them)
-some great appointments with students
-a very informational adoption meeting
-safety on the roads for Jon as he travels on ice, snow and fog
-heat on these bitterly cold days
-an amazing understanding husband who supports me in everything!
-great conversation with my oregonian friend

Join us in this journey...

...this journey of adding an addition to our family....through adoption. Jon and I are so excited to begin the adoption process. We are passionate about giving a child home that needs one. We have just found out the steps that we need to take to push further in the adoption process. It will probably be a slow go as we save up for adoption expenses.

The next few steps:
1) Finish application
2) Save up $600 to send in application.

Please join us in prayer as we save money and start the journey. Pray for our new child and the birth mother! She needs prayers as she wrestles with the decision and chooses to give her child life!!!