Autumn Is On Its Way

Here we are. . . Labor Day weekend is past and that means Fall is almost here. We had a perfect weekend to go camping with the Schwartz's. We left for Plain City, Ohio on Friday & got back yesterday around 5. We enjoyed the beautiful 80 degree weather during the day with wading & canoing in the "river" behind the campsite, kickball, cornhole, & sling-golf. The nights got pretty chilly, but not unbearable. Chris' mom brought her fiancee along with one of his daughters, so it was great to get to know them better. It was his first camping experience EVER in his 71 yrs. I think he thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as spending 4 days with his bride-to-be! He now knows what he's in for after spending time with 20 grandkids! We are so glad he is joining our family! The wedding is in October & Lexi & Petra are looking forward to being flower girls. Lexi can't wait to go shopping for a pretty dress & get her hair done! She is such a girly-girl. Petra really doesn't have a clue what it means, but she gets excited when Lexi talks about it. She's always up for new clothes or shoes, too!

Some of you know that I have dropped the Coordinator position for TeenMops. Some of you may not remember that I was even doing that! I decided a few weeks ago that it was too much for me with the things going on in our family. I know that my first & highest calling is my husband & children, and anything else is second. TeenMops is a wonderful ministry and I am blessed to have been a part of it for the last 2 years. I loved knowing all the beautiful, young women that were looking for support & friendship, love & encouragment from us & am sad that I need to step down. Hopefully, God will see fit to bring me back, but for now I know he has a plan for my family & that anything outside of that plan will only interfere. I will miss being involved with the ministry, but will hopefully still be a part of the lives of the girls I have grown to love!

Chris still has a job at Keystone. We are going on faith for that one on a day-by-day basis! It is so hard to watch friends get layed off from their jobs at other factories & not know what tomorrow may bring for us. Chris is thankful for his CDL's to fall back on, but even then we never know! We have started looking into a business called PriMerica that seems to be a door opened by God to improving our finances. We are really looking forward to being part of a group of "go-getters" & can't wait to see what He has in store for us!

As our schedule has opened up in so many areas, we are enjoying every day we have together, as well as learning to wait on God through the trials we have experienced. Some of you know the struggles we have had lately, some of you don't. We are hoping in Christ to give us strength, patience & courage as we go through fire. Our prayer is that we will grow stronger in Him & that our family will be able to look back & see what God has brought us out of. We know He has our best interest at heart & only He knows what is ahead!

Hoping all of you are living for Him as you go about your day. He is the only one that knows what we need, even better than we know for ourselves! Love you all!