Simply-Victorious

What seemed like so long away is about to happen. Jeremy and I have prayed many different times during our married life about planting a church. We never sensed that God was calling us to do that for whatever reason, but the desire always remained with us. Then last April of 2009 we started sensing God calling us to planting. This time was different as we talked about it and began to pray, God started speaking to us in a very loud voice. Honestly at times it was quite overwhelming. There were times when we sensed God leading us and we were quite frankly scared because we really had no clue what was all involved. Then there were times that we were so overwhelmed by God's leading that we wept. A friend of mine gave me a journal at the beginning of this journey and I wish I had kept up better with it. It has been so amazing to see God at work all around us. From selling our house twice in a market that was not selling houses to raising support in an economy where the unempl...

In case you are wondering, I have skipped blogging for the months of Jan-May. I am hoping to go back and catch up on those too, but I was trying to get some more current stuff on here. Just about every week my to-do list contains blogging, but I guess there just aren't enough hours in the day for me to get everything done on my list. Now that the girls are back in school and all 3 of them are in school now, we will see if I can get this up to date. While we were home this summer for a couple of weeks. We took a day and just our family went to Chicago. Of course the first stop we had to make was at the American Girl store since the girls had been saving their money for the last several months so they could get a doll. What a good dad....willing to take his girls to their favorite store. Marissa with her doll Ivy.... After lunch we took a carriage ride around downtown Chicago and out on Lake Shore Drive, it was beautiful!! We happened to go to Chicago on our Anniversary. Can...

Jeremy preached at Dyer United Methodist on Father's Day this year. This is where we served when we were first married. It was like a family reunion so good to see everyone! After church we were able to go out to lunch with both of our to celebrate Father's Day! After lunch the guys were all able to enjoy a round of golf! I took this picture of me and the girls since we were all matching with our black and white outfits!

Jeremy sitting and visiting with his Grandma..... One night it was actually cool enough to have a camp fire, my kids were cold and asking if I packed a pair of pants for them. Don't think we will be having any camp fires until possibly November around here. Cousins sleepover.....those are always fun!!!! On our way home we were able to stop in Indy and see my best friend Vicki. We have been best friends since high school. It was quite a sunny morning, I think we were all facing the sun which is why most of us aren't looking or have our eyes closed. So good to see them!!! Hanging out waiting for the fireworks to begin! When these two get along it is very sweet!!! My mom really wanted to take a family picture of us all, not sure if we got the best shot, but we tried! We had lots of fun at home with our families!

Christmas is better in March than July right?!?! Since I am trying to catch up on my blog I figured I would post a few pictures from our time home during Christmas. We were really excited to be able to spend Christmas at home with our family this year. It has been four years since we have been able to make it home for Christmas. I just kept praying that our week at home would not go by fast so that we could enjoy every moment of it and I think we did!!!! Here is Sophie and Molly.....you would think by this picture that these two get along...but don't be fooled!!! Sophie is my parent's dog. It doesn't happen very often that we can get a picture of just the 4 of us. My sister hosted Christmas.....here is a picture of her family! Thanks for hosting Steph....we had a great time!!! Nana & Papa with their grandkids.... The kids wanted the dogs in their picture.... The girls still love playing with baby dolls Waiting to come down the hall to see if Santa had m...

Makayla's class had a little Christmas program the last week of school. They did a good job and it was fun to watch. Then that afternoon her class had a little going away party for her. She was super excited that they were having a party for her!!! They played a couple of games and had some snacks and then we took some pictures. If was very sweet of her teacher to plan that for her. Just a couple of weeks ago she got a big envelope in the mail with letters from each of the kids in her class. She must of read over those letters 10 times or more. Makayla with her teacher Makayla and her BFF Makayla and her class Even Marissa and Myah got to play Heads Up 7 up! Makayla - during her Christmas program

In a housing market that was not doing so well, it is truly amazing how quickly we were able to sell our house!! About 2 weeks after we listed our house we sold it. We were amazed and knew there was no other answer to why we sold it so quickly other than God. About the time we were suppose to be closing we found out that the couple who was planning to buy our house their financing fell through. We didn't understand why this was happening? We knew God had sold it but why this now? We just continued to trust and quickly put our house back up on the market. We had several more showings which was very encouraging and then it happened 1 week after we re-listed the house we sold it again!!!! Here we were in a market that houses sat for months and months some with only a few showings and we were able to sell our house twice!!! God truly is amazing! Originally if we had sold our house the first time, we were gonna have to find a place to rent or move in with a family for a few m...