Sunday, our church hosted its annual fall festival, complete with games, prizes, food and face painting. Our son, quite the charmer, surprised me with this (and a hug):
Yeah, he's learning real fast! Not to be outdone by a 3rd grader, my husband came back with this:
...followed by an explosion of laughter! So did the son learn his charm from the dad, or is it the other way around? THEN.....
This little guy just stole my heart. I said, "its not even Mother's Day!'
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Wednesday, we celebrated our 11th anniversary of farm ownership. I'm not sure if we're celebrating the debt, 11 years of debt pay-off, or the fact that we're still in the game (LOL)! Either way, its fun.
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Thursday, we played dress-up and went visiting to all of our favorite neighbors. Some of them we didn't get to this year, hope to see you next year! Yes we "do" Halloween, but we do not celebrate evil and fear. We do make the day of many older folks who love to see the kids & their costumes.
(a Lely salesman, a farmer, a mouse, a bumblebee and an elephant)
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Saturday we celebrated a 1st birthday with family...
Can you guess what color this kid is getting?
Finally, we attended an awesome worship celebration Saturday night with friends. The message was about listening to what God is trying to tell you, then trusting him enough to follow. We are a fearful people; it is much easier to stay where we're at instead of stepping out in faith and making a sacrifice to reap something better in our eternal life. Is God trying to tell you something? Have you been listening? Sometimes God's voice is that gut feeling you get, followed by your own voice in your head that says "No, that's not right...", "Something is wrong here..." or "I should really....(insert action)". Another pastor we know once said that you know its an idea from God if it
1) benefits someone else
2) if its something for YOU to do (not someone else)
3) if its in line with God's word
God bless you in the week ahead-
-Terri
