Posted in Just a thought
I just wanted to drop in real quick and send a hello. Life has kept me busy with many projects. Praise the Lord for that. The winters here are kinda long (for me at least) and keeping busy, helps. Our Christmas was super yet very simple. A few days before Christmas, my dh's First Ssgt knocks on the door and brings us a huge box of Christmas Dinner goodies. That was so very thoughtful of them to look out for us like that. (We were really touched, we felt so blessed) There was a catch though...he had 2 boxes because another family had declined theirs, and he wasn't taking these 2 boxes home with him...so we "had" to accept. The funny part was because of the Lord's grace this year we were blessed enough to buy our family quite a feast prior to ever realizing were were getting a dinner box. So now we had 3 meals, all ready for Christmas! So anyway we thought for a second about what to do and decided to call our church office just before they closed (this was the Friday before Christmas.) We talked to the Assistant Pastor and asked if they knew of any families that needed a Christmas meal. He didn't quite understand but said yes bring the food to the Christmas Eve Service. Well we did, (both boxes) and ended up also serving in the children's ministry that night (because they were short handed.) It turns out there were 2 families in need at the church, and the pastors didn't really connect the 2 situations until they saw the boxes and the families they went home with. Then they realized as did we that the Lord was at work in the backround (as usual.) And I believe the whole situation increased the faith of our pastors who work so hard yet get so busy and sometimes miss God's backround work. It was such a blessing to just slip out of church that night knowing the Lord is so sovereign. That really made our Chirstmas!
New Years was fun as well as we were invited to our friends property to go sledding and to have a nice dinner. The kids had a blast rocketing down that steep hill. I of course being a mother, just about had a heart attack watching them!! The week after, my dh left for a short week long trip to another stateside base to attend an AF conference. We missed him, however we were thankful it was short. We also recieved a ton of snow the week he was gone (that I had to shovel) and 2 of our 5 children came down ill with some stomach thing! Sigh! It's always interesting when they leave! Any military family can attest to that. LOL!!
Well I will add another post on top of this one to share an ultra yummy recipe I made for dinner the other day. It was healthy, tasty and all my kiddos ate every bite! My 3 yo son even said, "mom my favorite part was... the meal." LOL!! Well you had to have been there. We thought it was really funny. One last thing... at the end of the month I will be undergoing some intense dental surgery and I would love your prayers. I hate needles and dental pain. LOL! Thankfully my sweet dh will be taking leave to take care of me and the family while I recover. For those that knew I was severly ill over the last few months-- I am still in recover mode but I am doing better, taking a high end multi vitamin has helped a lot! (Of all things.)
Blessings and take care,
~Renee~
