For Coleman, from Caedmon - age 8

My sweet little boy just brought this to me, and then crawled up into my lap and cried his heart out for Coleman. He has such a tender heart. He just kept crying and asking, 

"Why, God? Why?"

Aren't those the sentiments of our own hearts so often? 

What a treasure it is, though, when God finally brings us to the point of being able to say..

"OK, God. OK. You're sovereign. We trust in You."

As I held Caedmon's long, lanky body in my arms, I thought about you, Belinda, holding Coleman. 

Through my tears, I am thanking God that He worked everything out so quickly for you to be able to be with your son...to be by his side and whisper your love to him like only a Momma can. To tell him how much you love being his mom, and what a joy he is to you. And, I know without question  that you are reading the Word of God to him and praying many prayers over him.

What a blessing you are to your family as well as to the family of God!

I can't help but wonder how many nurses and doctors are witnessing the Scripture come alive through you and Eric, right before their eyes. How amazing God has you is in the very land where men tried in vain to try to make people believe there is no God of Israel!

He never ceases to amaze us, does He?

Shine, sweet friend. Shine. Shine for Him as He shines through you!

You know, Belinda...last night as I sat staring at my Christmas tree, just thinking about you, the thought hit me... You've left nothing on the table when it comes to your children. You've always been such an awesome mom. You've let your light shine before the rest of us, and you've used your life to teach us by example what is most important to God, that a wife and mother makes her family and her home her first ministry.

I remember when you all left your lovely home and moved out to the country... I didn't understand it at all. I couldn't "get" why you'd choose to do that. All I could think was,

"They are going to the Boonies and leaving this beautiful house!"

I "get" it now. Oh, how I get it! Oh how I'd LOVE to have the Boonies to offer my children right now!

I've thought of you so many times with regard to that decision, and as the mother of a young man now, I understand that you sacrificed to give your boys what they needed the most....a place to run and scream and shoot bb guns, and ride dirt bikes, and get dirty, and learn to be young men.

Oh, how I hope to follow in your footsteps on that one day!

The past few days, I keep replaying in my mind a conversation you had with me about 6 years ago or so. You all had just lost a young friend to a motorcycle accident and you shared the story of how the mother of that young man had called one of your boys over to her at the funeral and had taken them by the casket and told them that she knew without a doubt that her son was with Jesus at that very moment. She had shared that her son had lived life fully, and that he wouldn't want your sons sad for him. She told them to rejoice for her son...for he was with his Savior.

I've thought about that story so many times. What a huge testimony that mom must have had to your boys. What a woman of grace she is! What confidence she has in Jesus Christ!

You're just like her, Belinda. You too are pointing people to Christ Jesus, even through your heartache. What a precious woman of God you are.

Praising God again for your lives, and that He moved so that you and Eric could be right with Coleman. There could be no better advocates for him here on earth!

We love you all, and are praying for you without ceasing,

Jes

Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does {anyone} light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

Urgent Prayer Request

Dear Friends,

I write to you tonight begging you to go before Throne of Grace for one of our soldiers, Coleman Hinkefent from Tulsa, OK.

He was serving in Iraq and became very ill. He is now fighting for his life in a German hospital, having been diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Coleman and his family were friends of ours when we lived in Tulsa. His mother is such a faithful student and teacher of God's Word...she is always thinking about the lost, and focused on equipping the saints.

Her name is Belinda and her husband is Eric.

You know how there are people in this world who minister to you by their example? Belinda was that person for me when I lived in Tulsa. Without even knowing it, she was discipling me through her own life. They are just wonderful people...she led a whole kids program through "Wrong Way Jonah" and directed it as a play. 

They have set up a blog with updates on Coleman. It is rootingforcoleman.blogspot.com

Would you please pray for him? He is having hallucinations due to his liver being so toxic right now, and although his parents are now in Germany with him, the hospital is only giving them an hour a day with him....his parents can hear him screaming from his room in ICU, but can't go in to hold him or help him.

I've no doubt that this precious family will glorify God no matter what happens, but my mother's heart feels like it's breaking for my friend.

Thank you for your prayers..

Amazing "Coincidences" With God

I had a night to myself tonight for the first time in a really long time. I'd been to see a rheumatologist and Shane was gracious enough to give me all the time I wanted after the appointment was over.

To use however I saw fit. :)

Good man! I have a very good man! (Thank you Lord Jesus!)

I know you'll ask, so I'll tell you...the Doctor's appt. was a real let down. Still no real concrete answers. His first words to me were something along the lines of,"Wow. You really need to see a Neurologist for this." UGH!

So...I leave the office, and all I can think is "FOOD! I NEED FOOD!" I was all the way in Glendale, and although I thought about calling my friend Davina to see if she wanted to have dinner on the fly, I really just needed some time all by myself. (Plus, she would have still been in the car traveling home from work...and she's been feeling yucky (please pray for her!)...so I figure she'll give me a "bye" in grace.) :)

I pulled into "On the Border" and snuggled into a warm booth and had a DE-LIC-IOUS burrito filled with fresh veggies and avocado .... mmmmm....and I enjoyed just sitting and reading through some chapters in Romans. (If you don't have the Bible on your Palm/Blackberry...it's easy to get...just go to OliveTree.com . Mine even links with the Strongs definitions in Hebrew and Greek. (Does Greek rhyme with Geek? 'Cuz if so, I guess I've officially made it!) 

After resting through my dinner, I found the energy to do about 1/8 of what I had planned to do. (I will be so HAPPY if I'm ever myself again!)

But,to top of my list was a trip to a thrift store. I am such a tightie...if I can find it on the cheap, that's where I'm going to be found...digging through other peoples' clothes and books and vacuum cleaners ( I desperately need a vacuum cleaner!).

Tonight's mission included:

Jeans for me - Yippie! Everything in my wardrobe is getting too BIG!

Khaki kick about pants for me.

Slacks for Shane for work - I'm looking for Wool Gab...mmm, love that stuff on him!

Games for the kids for Christmas.

Computer games for kids - they don't know it, but they're getting a used computer from Shane's company. They'll be so excited! And I will be too! (Homeschooling is about to take on a new dimension!)

HOWEVER....I am completely incapable of going into a thrift shop and spending any less than 1/2 hour in the books section. I love books...I love reading...I love that my son now loves reading and that my daughter is chomping at the bit to really be flying with reading too!

Yet, tonight, before I even thought to go to the books section, and as I was walking through the store I stopped to pray. It went something like this:

"Lord. You know my heart. You know I'm not in here just to buy a bunch of junk we don't need and won't use. Lord, I want to be wise in my purchases. Would you please guide me in wisdom in here? And Lord, I don't even know for sure what I need the most...and I'm tired, Lord...so I don't have much in me right now...Lord, would you please point me to what is here that I'll be able to use for my family...oh and Lord, I'd love to have some really good books. I pray this according to Your will, Lord...and in the name of Jesus."

I'm almost certain that by now you are thinking I've flipped out. I mean, who prays in the Savers store?!

Yes, I found a pair of IZOD jeans...cute ones! $7.99

I found some jeans for Brennan too $3.99

And some Gap cords for Caedmon $3.99

I found a few Christmas presents for my family, but gotta keep those hush-hush. :)

But, here is where I was floored by my Lord. Hey! That ryhmes!

As I turned a corner in the book section, I quickly realized that they had these books sorted by category, and I was smack dab in the center of my favorite one...books about the Bible! 

I found an awesome book by George Barna about the importance that children must hold in the body of a healthy church. Whew! Can't wait to read it!

But here was the one that I was really excited about...I found a book by the late Ray Stedman, a respected teacher of God's Word. I was so excited to find it, and I liked the title "Let God be God" . 

That was all I needed...Ray Stedman letting God be God..I'm set. 

Book in cart...check. 

Book paid for...check. 

Book made it home...check.

Here's where the amazing "coincidence" comes in...as I was telling Shane about the book, I told him that the subtitle is "life-changing truths from the book of Job".

Wow! Goose-bumps all over kind of wow.

You see, I've been in such a hard place spiritually lately. I'm reading the Word.

I'm praying. 

I'm trying to remember to praise the Lord even in the midst of the storm...but still, it's been such a hard and painful time that seems to have no real answers for "why?"

Is it Spiritual Warfare, Lord? If so, help me to recognize it as such so that I can stand firm in You.

Is it just that I'm not pushing myself hard enough?

Is there sin in my life that I'm not seeing, Lord? Please...convict me of it..stick it right up my nose if you have to, Lord!

And then the really hard questions that assail me...

"Lord, are you pleased with me at all?"

"Father, have I failed you?"

"God, will I ever be my old self again?"

"God, what does everyone think of me?" (UGH!)

"God, what is my response supposed to be right now? How do I dig out of this?"

When I bought the book, I didn't care what it was about,I was just drawn by the title and the author, so I didn't see that it was a study on the book of Job.

Once home, I thought to look also at when it was published. You see, Ray Stedman has been dead since 1992. 

So I flipped to the first page to see...published in 2007 by Elaine Stedman.

Goosebumps again...here God had answered my silly prayer by pointing me right to a book that I've no doubt is going to answer some of my deepest heart cries in the coming days and weeks...and although it was written over 16 years ago, it was only published last year.

I'm going to get to "sit at the feet" of a faithful saint who knew God's Word and taught it in Spirit and in Truth...and I'm going to hopefully learn what God has for me from the very book that has been pressed on my heart for weeks...."Job".

I am ever amazed at how deeply my Father loves me, and at how He provides for me just what I need, at the moment that I need it.

"I love you, Father. Thank you for the sweet kiss of love tonight."

Your loving daughter,

Jes

Have You Ever Read the Entire Bible?

I just found the coolest site! It's run by an online friend of mine, who is from South Africa. 

Hey Gaby!

It's a site designed to help people read through the entire Bible. It's called Bible Journey, and you can easily join the journey into God's Word!

You'll want to get a Chronological Bible...or, you can go to her site daily, and just click the appropriate link for the day you're on, and the text will be printed out right there for you!

If you're more of an auditory learner, you even have the option of clicking on the speaker, and LISTENING to it!

HOW COOL IS THIS?!

I love it!

There's even a place on her site where you can journal about what you're learning...and some great image files to help bring the Bible to life. I just looked at one of an artist's rendering of Solomon's temple, and was so in awe that my breath escaped me!

It's such a neat site...I think you'll love it.

I just joined the "journey"..why don't you grab your bags and come along with me!

Think of it as the most AMAZING RACE you'll ever enter! :)

Here's the link: Bible Journey

Love to you today!

Jes

Thoughts on the Election

I've been trying to formulate my thoughts about what I wanted to write regarding our recent election.

I just keep thinking, as a country, we've gotten what we've begged for...not unlike Ancient Israel when they refused God as their King and begged to be like all the other nations. God answered their prayer, and it ended up in years of heartache for them.

Israel was created to be a people for God. They were to live lives that pointed others to God. They were to be set apart for His glory.

As Christians, we too are to live lives set apart for God's glory. We're to live in such a way that others KNOW that we are different...even if that means that we endure persecution for it. We're not to live to our glory, but to God's.

Yet in our country, we've called evil good and good evil.

We've allowed Hollywood to define our moral values, instead of turning to the Lord and His Word to teach and instruct us.

We've aborted our babies in massive numbers, and called them tissue.

I know. The world formed my viewpoints for 29 years of my life. 

Just last night, Shane and I were talking about abortion, and he was expressing his frustration over the fact that so many people who call themselves Christians, do not believe that abortion is a sin.

He was pretty fired up about it, to be honest.

I told him this story, about myself when I THOUGHT I was a believer, but was so very lost.

"When I moved to Wisconsin (1995), I remember going to a new church one day. I was so excited to have found a Bible church!  (It was an Evangelical Free Church..they type I now am a member of, but this was the first time I'd been to one.)

I remember walking in and seeing all of these grown men with little lapel pins of feet. I thought it was the oddest thing...like their wives hadn't had the courage to tell them how stupid a "feet pin" looked. I was like, "don't they wear flag pins here?!" and then "lapel pins are tacky, anyway".

The service began, and the pastor started teaching on the "sin" of abortion. I put sin in parenthesis, because at the time I didn't think it was one.

Well, the longer I sat in the pew and listened to him teach, the madder I got. There were several times throughout the sermon that it was all I could do not to pop right out of my seat and yell, "THIS IS NO PLACE TO BE SPREADING YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS!

 TEACH THE BIBLE TO ME, BUT DO NOT TRY TO IMPOSE YOUR PERSONAL BELIEFS ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I'm not kidding when I tell you, I was FURIOUS!"

What a contrast to today, to the person that I am in Christ today...to the way that I THINK today, and to how my moral values are defined today.

I look back to that time and I see a young woman whose thoughts and life had been molded by the culture, not by God's Word. And, by the false teaching of a pastor who was so wrong...so Biblically off!

This is where our country is today. We've allowed anyone and everyone and anything and everything BUT the Lord's Word to tell us what is ok and what is not.

When I looked at President-Elect Obama's precious little girls in the picture that I saw online of his victory walk, my first thought was, "I wonder how many of his grandchildren he will lose to abortion." 

Oh, I hope and pray that the answer to that question will be zero. I pray God's hand of protection and grace upon both of them.

I also pray that he and his whole household will come to know the Lord in a deeply personal way. Granted, I don't know his heart...only God does. But, I know that the stance that he's taken on many things is completely contrary to God's Word. The fruit is not in keeping with someone sold out to Jesus Christ.

Yet, I think about my own salvation. I went from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light in an instance...in the privacy of my own home when the Lord Himself drew me into complete surrender to Him.

From the moment that I repented and surrendered my life to Jesus, He began ordering my footsteps, and teaching me how to walk in obedience to Him.

I will pray no less for President-Elect Obama. 

Let us pray for his salvation. Let us pray that he comes to know the Word of God,  and lives as a bond-servant of Jesus Christ. Let us pray that he will seek the wisdom of the Lord.

Let us pray for his wife and children, too. 

Please Read Joel Rosenberg's Post -

Joel Rosenberg has written an eye-opening piece on how the Epicenter is responding to Obama's victory. I encourage you to visit his site and read it.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 

Pray for President-Elect Obama.

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Today's Encouragement from God's Word

This morning, Caedmon and I had some time in prayer together for our nation. He felt led to read Psalm 9, and I was blown away by how applicable it is to today.

[[To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.]] Psalm 9:1 I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
	Psa 9:2	I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
	Psa 9:3	When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
	Psa 9:4	For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
	Psa 9:5	Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
	Psa 9:6	O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
	Psa 9:7	But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
	Psa 9:8	And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
	Psa 9:9	The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
	Psa 9:10	And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
	Psa 9:11	Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
	Psa 9:12	When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
	Psa 9:13	Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
	Psa 9:14	That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
	Psa 9:15	The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
	Psa 9:16	The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
	Psa 9:17	The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
	Psa 9:18	For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
	Psa 9:19	Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
	Psa 9:20	Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah. Blue Letter Bible. "Psalm 9 - King James Version." Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2008. 4 Nov 2008. < b="Psa&c="9&t="KJV">

Proposition 102

My friend Laura has a written a wonderful blog post regarding Proposition 102. It gives much to consider.

I encourage you to click here and read it: Laura's Blog .

There's a video that accompanies her post...it's amazingly eye-opening. Please take a few minutes to watch it.

If you're going to vote according to God's Word today, PLEASE...go and vote.

If you're going to vote against His Word, please...take a long, long nap...one that begins about 6am and lasts through the night, uninterrupted. :)

With Love from Us

I realize I haven't been posting much lately...believe me when I tell you that I long for the day when I feel up to it again. I'm learning so much from the Word right now, SO MUCH! I wish like anything that I had the energy to sit and share it all with you.

HEY! Here's an idea...why don't YOU share with me instead?! How about if you post in the comments section and tell me what you've been learning from God's Word?

OH! What an encouragement that would be...to read that you all are studying and growing in the knowledge of the Lord and His Word! It would be a super get-well soon gift to me! The best, actually!

I thought I'd post some pictures...my friend Shelly tells me that she can't see our picture very well, so maybe this will help, Ms. Shelly. :)

For all of you who are going to the Women's Conference this weekend..have a wonderful time! Give lots of big hugs to everyone for me! Wish I could be there with you...I'd love to see my sweet friends whom I've "met" via this blog..one is traveling all the way from South Africa!

Love you all!

Here we go....

Serious girls:

Silly girls:

I can't BELIEVE that Brennan can do that with her eyes! She must have inherited a trait from my family, because she can also look straight ahead with one eye, all the while moving the other from left to right. (My brother can do this, and so could my mother's father....made for good story telling!) Ugh! Makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it!

She was so cute the morning this picture was taken...it was cold here in the desert, and she wanted to wear this little dress with stockings, boots, and pigtails..so she could be like Laura Ingall's Wilder....I kept calling her "Half Pint"..she just giggled and giggled.

I love this little dress...it has beautiful smocking all around the bodice...so precious! 

Have a super day!

Jes

Have You Blessed Your Pastor Today?

Tonight Shane and I had the great priviledge of meeting with our new pastor to share our testimonies and be considered for membership in our new church.

As I sat there with my beloved, across from this pastor for whom I prayed, I was awash with thanksgiving to the Lord.

Since coming to Arizona, we have had the opportunity to be in many churches, in our search for home. I can look back at the time that God had us in each of them, and can see His hand in all of our searching. 

Yet, I still kept longing for home. I think you just know it when you find your church home...and while we'd met some PRECIOUS people of God, and even heard some great sermons, we just were not home.

I spent HOURS on my face before God BEGGING Him for our home church...PLEADING with Him to raise up a Bible church in our area. CRYING out to Him for a church that wouldn't dumb down the Word for our kids, that would welcome family worship, that would not exclude our children from communion, and that would teach us the Word of God in Spirit and in Truth. 

Oh, I have to admit, I also prayed that the church would be close enough to our home that we could be a true part of it, and that it wouldn't have 1,000s upon 1,000s of members. (personal preference)

I truly can see His hand in every place He had us over the past 5 years...and I can even see His timing in why we had to wait so long to find home. I know He's sovereign. I know He had a plan in everything.

Yet, I have to say...it's good to be home! :)

It's good to know that we're where God has ordained for us to be. It's good to know that we're in a body of believers that is small enough that our gifts can be used to edify the body, and that we can get to know the fellow saints on a personal level.

It's good to see my children ecstatic about the thought of going to church!

And, it's exciting to me to know that both Shane and I will be able to learn TONS from our pastor, because he is a diligent student of the Word of God.

I made a comment to him tonight about how an idea I had might help with regard to marketing (that's my background)....and he gently corrected me..."Our focus is on the Kingdom. God will take care of the marketing. He'll bring the people."

Oooooooh! I knew that! I knew that!   

I hate it when I say stupid things! I especially hate it when I say stupid things that I knew better than to say. I think sometimes that my tongue has tennie shoes on....it runs so much faster than my brain does!

The only thing that I don't like about our new pastor (and I'd appreciate it if you not mention this to him) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ .....................................................................................................................................................................................................is 

He's a Cowboy's fan!    (UGH!)  

 I wonder if he could be converted? 

Think I could get him to wear a cheese-head? :)

I might just have to keep my eyes open for one at Goodwill...could make a great Christmas present!

Oh...and that he talks faster than I can think! 

He's from Boston, and I'm from Texas....it's not that Texans ARE slow...it's just that we process slowly. ;)  Shane's only hope is that he's exceedingly smart...otherwise, he'd be hopeless due to the speed/processing issue...he is from Tennessee for goodness sake! (Do I have to explain this?)

So, I'm hoping that after sitting under our pastor's teaching for 6 months or so, I'll be quick as lightnin'! Brain sharp as a thunderclap! Faster than a speeding bullet! 

 (Hey! One can wish!)

If you have a Bible teaching, Kingdom focused pastor...I encourage you to ask the Lord how you might be able to bless him and his family this week. 

I know how tired I get just being a Bible study leader....and how much warfare I deal with. I can't begin to IMAGINE what truly Godly pastors have to deal with on a weekly, even daily basis! They need to have the saints lifting them up in prayer and serving them through good works.

How can you bless your pastor this week?

• A meal?
  
• A card?
  
• Airline tickets for he and his wife?
  
• Babysit his children?
  
• Cut his grass?
  
• Let him use your vacation home for a week of rest?
  
• Pray for him? (You do this every week, right? Especially on Sat. nights and Sun. mornings!)
  
• Treat him to lunch after church this Sunday?
• What about simply telling him how much you appreciate his dedication to God's Word, and to his flock? That could mean so much to him...to know that his labor is not in vain.

OK...I was inspired to write this...inspired by an answer to a 5 year long plea before the Lord.

Hope you were encouraged.

Tomorrow, I'll write about Kings & Prophets. (Sorry I'm so late on it, Deb!)

Love you much....

Jes

This is crazy!

Hi Faithful Blog Friends,

Thank you so much for your prayers over the past few months! They mean the world to me!

I've missed you, and am hoping to feel well enough to be posting again on a regular basis.

Here's a quick update....I'm seeing a new doctor, and she has finally diagnosed my ills from the past several months. I've had mono...and apparently this is what I've been fighting since May, or possibly even earlier than that.

I think the downhill spiral started this time last year when I had sinus surgery. I didn't realize what a tough surgery that is until my PCP said, "Didn't they tell you that it's one of the top 5 toughest surgeries on the body?!"

"Ugh. No, no one told me that." :(

All that to say....it's been a hard several months, but I'm starting to feel like I'm turning the corner. 

I had a vitamin IV yesterday..the 2nd in a series of 3...and I woke up this morning feeling like I could climb Mt. Rushmore. ( Would that land me in Lincoln's nostril, though? Maybe I'll pick a different mountain.)

When I came home from the IV last night, I said to Shane, "Honey..smell me! Smell my arms...or my knees...it doesn't matter...just smell me!"

He looked at me like I had lost it.

"Seriously! Smell me!"

He's such a good man...he just leaned in and sniffed away..... "OH MAN! YOU SMELL LIKE A VITAMIN!"

It was unreal....I had vitamin "juice" spilling from my pores.....it was crazy! Evidently there was something like 50,000 IU of vitamin C in the IV my doctor gave me...and that doesn't even include the B vitamins. I smelled like a Shaklee factory!

So...I digress....on to something more exciting than my scent.....

We had Brennan's birthday party today...poor thing, her birthday was August 3rd, but I've been so sick that we had to reschedule it and reschedule it! She was such a trooper!

Thanks to the party, though, we have a finally have a picture with the whole family in it. (See the updated profile picture...I really do have a husband!) 

I realize that not all of us are looking at the camera, but hey...we'll work up to that in stages. :)

Brennan's party was a big success. I cried. (I know, you're shocked!) We prayed a prayer of blessing over her, and when I was thanking God for the gift He's given us in Brennan, I got so choked up that I couldn't talk. I love this little girl so much! She is such a sweetie-pie!

How 'bout a Precept update....

Our ladies class has just begun the Precept Upon Precept (PUP) study of Kings & Prophets,      "A Divided Heart, A Divided Nation". We have a hungry group of ladies, and I'm so excited to dig in with them! 

If you want to find a class in  your area, go to www.precept.org and at the top of the page click on "classes".  If you still don't see one near you, please call Precept at 1-800-763-8280 and ask them to help you locate a class near you. They'll be happy to assist you.

I'm signing off for now...hoping to post Birthday pictures soon...

:)