Summer

I know its fall but I'm behind and someone keeps asking for an update. ;) 

Things are changing at our house. People are getting older and moving out. Nate moved out a year ago and Marylynn was gone all summer working at a conference center. I was gone for most the summer living with two of my cousins while I drove combine. Jenel was housesitting a lot this summer and the rest of the family was busy helping with day camps and 5-day clubs. Summer for our family is not vacation and doing nothing. Summer is working doing 5-day clubs and day camps and then canning and canning. ;) This year since Marylynn and I were both gone and Jenel was working, mom didn't have much help with the canning. Although now that I'm back home I'm helping a lot with the canning. This has been quite a summer. I really enjoyed living with my cousins and driving combine. ;) God taught me quite a bit this summer and He isn't done yet. ;) I think the most important thing He taught me was that Satan doest want me to have a good strong relationship with God and will tempted me to try and not spend time with God. Since I have so much down time in the combine while driving I thought it would be a great time to memorize Gods word and talk to Him. Well I found out that its a lot harder then I thought it would be. Satan just kept on tempting me and wouldn't stop. If I could I would do my summer all over and work harder fleeing temptation and spend more time with God and memorizing His word. But I can't and so I'm working on fleeing temptation here at home which is still hard. But with God on my side He can help me do it. 

I hope y'all had a good summer! Here are a couple pictures of our summer. ;)

                         One of my kids! ;)

                  Having fun at the creek.

                My best friends wedding. ;)

Visiting Mare at the coast.

                          I Love my job!

His Hill

I figured that since I had time I would blog. ;) Also, some people have asked me to tell them what I’ve been up to. Well, for those of you who don’t know, I’m at Bible School in TX. I’m So Thankful that I got this opportunity to come here. It has been One of the best years of my life. If you have a chance to go to a torchbearers school you should do it. (that is if God wants you to.) I will tell you a little what it’s like. We have three classes every weekday morning plus chapel. Then two night classes after dinner. We all have a duty, like right now I put away all the food after dinner. Duty’s change every three weeks. On Mon. and Tues. afternoons we have free time to do homework and whatever else we want. Wed. we have outreach. I’m in a mentoring, we go to a school nearby and help the children with homework and play with them. Thursday afternoons we have work day. The girls clean and the boys work outside. Fri. we have two afternoon classes instead of night classes. The weekends we don’t have anything most the time. (besides going to church on Sunday.) That is what it looks like. ;)

What have I learned?

The most important thing I have learned is, Christ In you! (Gal. 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. ) Yes, I knew this before coming, but I didn’t get it. Its Christ living in and Through You! It’s Not your life it’s His.

Another thing I learned is that I Do worry. I never really thought I was a worrier. But God showed me that I am. It’s something I have now been working on. (Phil. 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.)

A Big thing I learned last semester and through the brake was Contentment. (Phil. 4:11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.) I had never been away from my family ever. J Even when I went to camp I always had a sibling with me. Over the summer I wasn’t living at home, but I saw my family every Sunday. So, it was a Big adjustment to go and not have any of my family with me. I was fine the first couple of weeks and then about 4 weeks after being at school it hit me. For a week I was really wanting to go home and then I was ok for about 6 weeks off and on. Then it was one week before Thanksgiving and I wasn’t going home for Thanksgiving. From that week till I got home I wasn’t content. I thought that when I got home I would be content and everything would be good. Well, after one and half week’s home Jenel told me to stop talking so much about school. That is when I realized that I wasn’t content. By the end of brake I was content and I had learned to be content. So far this semester I have stayed content. Thanks to God. I know I only have three more months with all these wonderful students and that some of them I may not see till Heaven.

My favorite part?

Learning more about God and the Bible and getting friends for Life!

 I have a Lot more to tell you. But it will have to wait. ;)
 

Give Thanks

I'm thankful for.....
                                                                      My Family

  The chance to go to Bible School
                                                                 
                                                                      Sunsets 

Grace that we don't deserve.
Hope you all have a Great Thanksgiving!                                                                                                                  

 

 

Bible School

By the time this is posted I will be at Bible school in TX. I will most likely not post anything till Dec. Hope you guys all have a Great start to your school year!

Combining!!! :)

I Loved combining!!!!! :) I would Love to do it again next Summer, if that's what God has for me. ;) I ended up staying with my cousin in her 5th wheel and her sister. ;) It was so much fun! I got to know them better too. :) A normal combining day looked like this. Be at work by 10 or sometimes 9:30, go to the field and start combining. You take your lunch with you and the only time you stop is to use the restroom. I would snack all day and when I got home at 10ish, I would eat dinner. Around 4:30-5:30 I would stop, because my combine had a problem of over heating. My boss would come over and spray the combine off and then I was good to go. We would normally stop around 9:15-30. We wipe off our windows (they get So dusty) and then get our stuff and head back to the shop. Sometimes we wouldn't get back to the shop till 10:15. Some of the fields took awhile to get to. :)
                                                          Me in my combine. ;)

                                                       What I saw every morning. ;)

                                                   Best part of the day.... Sunsets! :)

                                                  All 7 of the combines in one field! :)

                                                                    Cleaning! :)

                                                               In line to be cleaned.

                                                                      Another sunset!

                                                 Combining clover. ;) This field was Huge!

Hope you all had a wonderful Summer.

Family Reunion

July rolled around and with it our family reunion. This year it happened the week of the 4th. I ended up only being there for the first couple days. I started work that same week. It was great seeing our cousins, who we don't get to see very often. It was also Great to spend time with family. ;)
                                                               All the girl cousins. ;)

                                                                       Cousins :)

Camping Trip! :)

The last week in May we went camping with our cousins. ;) It was a Blast!!! :) We went to the coast and what does it do at the coast.... It rains! During the day it was Great the sun came out and it wasn't to cold. But at night it was a different story. It rained like cats and dogs. Now when I say we were camping, we were camping. We all slept in tents, except the Mom's, who slept in the car. So, the first night just as we were going to bed it started to rain. It rained all night long. The next morning we woke up to dripping Wet sleeping bags, tents and we were even wet. The only ones who weren't wet were the Mom's. The Mom's decided to go find a laundry mat and dry our sleeping bags and pillows. All of us kids stayed at the campground and talked. When the Mom's got back they had dry sleeping bags, pillows and a God Story. They stop at the campground office and asked where there was a laundry mat. They told her where in town one was and as they were leaving some guys sitting out side said they thought it was free drier Wednesday. :)  When they got there what do you know, it was Free Drier Wednesday! :) God is so Good! :)

We went to Fort Clatsop and walked around. ;) They have cool trash cans and recycle bins. ;)

                                                                            Hannah

Having a Great time at the coast. ;) One afternoon some of us went swimming. (They went all the way in)

                  Me at the coast. ;) I didn't go swimming, because I was just getting over a cold.

                                                                         Nate. ;)

                           There were Amazing Sunsets while we were there. God Is Amazing!!!!

            We also went to Fort Stevens. Here is one of their Big guns. Yep, it's a gun not a canon. ;)

                      Emma and Mare on the Jetty. ;) Some of us walked quite a ways down the jetty.

                                                                 Me on the jetty.

                                                              Paul on the Jetty.

                                                                The whole group. :)

I Love my cousins! :) We had a Great time.