Update on Dave's mission trip

Well, this is the week. Dave leaves at 2am. Friday morning for his trip. They will travel Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. Sunday is the day that they will navigate the rapids. This is the part that I am most nervous about. Please pray Sunday morning for their safety while doing this. They will begin working with the people of the village of Raiti Sunday afternoon. Not only will they be designing the runway but they will show the Jesus Film several times in the village. Please pray for the salvation of the people of the village. Thursday they will navigate the rapids to return home.Dave will arrive home around 2 am Easter morning for a short name before going to church. Please keep the team in your prayers this week as the prepare to leave and as they travel. As I posted earlier that I was having a hard time with him leaving. I am better. I know that this is God's will for Dave and I have a peace about the trip. I just hate that I will not be able to talk to him. I have planned several thing to keep me busy. I am still daily telling Satan to leave him alone about this trip. I am resting in the comfort of Jesus and knowing that we are following His will. I think it is amazing that Dave will be one of the first people to speak the name of Christ to this village. He is very excited about this trip. Thank you each for your prayers.

Girls Day!

Every year my dad takes Dave and my brother the the NCAA basketball tournament. This year they went to Memphis. So, Abbey and Olivia came to spend time with. We went to breakfast this morning at Little Rosies and then went to Bridgestreet to walk around and let the girls play. They had so much fun. After our morning out we came home for a tea party and fashion show. They have so much together.

Playhouse Disney Live

Yesterday the girls and I went with some friends to see Playhouse Disney Live! We had 2 row seats. The kids loved it. Emery Claire and Bailey danced in asile the whole time. Ella and Elijah were amazed at the characters. Ella liked Mickey the best and kept waving at him. All the kids were so good.

Spring Break Fun!

Today the girls and I went on a picnic with my friend Kendra and her little girl Kadence. We went to my mom's school and played on the playground. The girls has a lot of un. It was a great day to be outside.

Kindergarten Registration

I can't believe my sweet little Emery Claire will be going to Kindergarten in August. On Tuesday we went to enroll her. They did a basic screening on the kids just to see what they already knew. She felt like big stuff getting to go and take her "test". For those of you who do not know Emery Claire's principal will be my mother. So, she is already very comfortable at the school. The lady that was doing the screening had taken the little girl that was in front of EC and shown her the playground and different parts of the school. Well, when EC finished Kim was taking her back to me and EC said to Kim. " Are you not going to show me around the school like you did Emma Grace." Kim said well Emery Claire I thought you knew where everything was. EC said I do, but my mom said I was to be treated just like the other kids. I think that I may have done too good of a job telling her she was no different than anyone else and she is to do exactly what the other kids do. She said the thing is looking most forward to is calling her Mim, Mrs. Plant

Letting Go

I would like to take a few minutes to share what God has been doing in my life this week. Dave called me early Monday and wanted to talk about the possibility of him going on a mission trip. The trip is in 6 weeks to an unreached people group in Nicaragua. Dave and two other guys will be going to build an air strip so that these 3,000 people are reachable. They will have go in a boat and the navigate about a group of waterfalls. I will have no contact with him for over a week. Well, I wanted to scream No you can't go and lay down in the floor and throw a 2 year old Ella fit. As bad as I wanted to do that I knew in my heart it was God's plan for him. I know you are thinking why do you not want him to go. IT is a control issue. For those of you who know me really well know that I like to have control. When I can't talk to him, I have no control. As I was drying my hair Tuesday morning God really spoke to me about this. IF he wants to send my husband to help make His word accessible to 3,000 people that have never heard the name of Jesus who am I to stand in the way. I was listening to my Ipod while drying my hair and I have a son called "I am Letting GO" on there. The song says I am loosing control beyond my comfort zone and talks about the fear of the unknown. That is exactly where I am . SO God is taking me out of my comfort and zone and showing once again I have no control. Please pray for me over the next 6 weeks. I have already had to tell Satan to shut up and leave me alone 20 times a days the past few days. Pray that I would not let Satan have a stronghold. Pray that I would rely on my Prince of Peace during this time. Please pray for Dave as he prepares to leave. He is very excited. The guy that is leading this is a civil engineer also, so they are both very knowledgeable of what needs to happen. I know this may also sound silly, but control is something that I struggle with daily. Thanks for your prayers during this time.

Sweet Prayers

Last night our niece Olivia spent the night with us. Dave and got all the girls together on Emery Claire's bed for our bible story and prayers. Emery Claire prayed first and it was so sweet. She prayed that God would help Olivia to feel like she was at home and not be worried about her mom and dad. She also prayed that God would help Ella to let her light shine for Him. That melted my heart.

More remodel

The Kitchen remodel

The kitchen in complete except for switch plate covers. I am still on a hunt for the ones that I want. I love it!!!!! It looks like a different kitchen.

Snow in Alabama!!!!

We woke up this morning to a little bit of snow on the ground. It was enough for roads to be a little difficult to drive on. So, church was cancelled. The girls enjoyed playing in the snow. This was Ella's first time to see snow. Emery Claire had seen it once before.