Well hello everyone! The beautiful weather is finally here! The grass is turning green, and the flowers and the trees are budding! It's amazing how much good weather makes a difference in your life! Jhan and I have been so busy lately. Life is starting to get back into the groove. Jhan is back to work after a slow time in the business he works for. I absolutely loved having my husband home with me and Jeremiah! He is such a blessing...he is such an amazingly loving and caring husband, and such a loving fun father!
Lately, Jhan has had the burden to go out and do a short term missions trip as a family, either with our church or with a different group. His heart is broken for orphans and fatherless families. Being a father himself shows him the importance of having a father, and how important it is to share the Father Heart of God with those around us. We are still praying about where God wants us to go, and what He wants us to do.
My heart is to follow my husband wherever God calls us, and to do it with a good attitude and with thankfulness. Because "A Thankful Heart Prepares the Way for God to do Amazing Things in our Lives". Prayer for my husband is a daily thing that I do. I want to support him in the best way that I can, and in everything that I do. I want him to know that I love him, respect him, and honor him when I serve him, and when I put his wants and needs before my own, through the way I live and act daily!
Jeremiah is growing so fast. He is laughing more and more, and loves to smile! He is all around a happy baby. Well, he does have goofy people for his parents! Jeremiah loves his daddy, but has many smiles for his mommy too! He is almost 5 months already! He is eating baby cereal now, and gets many "tastes" of "real-people" food. Some of it he likes, and some of it he makes the funniest faces to to let us know that he doesn't like it!
Our youth group (Extreme Generation or XG) is going well. Our student leadership team is a success, and our students are growing in the Lord, slowly, but surely. The youth in the youth group are a mix of all different kinds of backgrounds, which can be very interesting, but it's fun to hang out with all of them and disciple them. We are teaching them more and more about respecting their parents, leaders, elders, etc.; growing more in Jesus, sharing Jesus with their friends at school or their teachers, and much much more! We also have them serve as much as the opportunities may let us! We are truly blessed with the 25-30 kids we have. God says in His Word to "fill your quiver full of children". We realize that that doesn't always mean with your OWN children, we only have one of our own right now (and hope to have more in the near future) but we also reach out to and disciple 25-30 other kids! It's fun, yet challenging!
We have been blessed with so much! We thank God every time we pray together (every night before bed) for all the blessings He has given us, and desire to serve Him whole-heartedly no matter what it may cost us.
I am doing more and more photography also! Jhan just bought me a Canon EOS 50D, which is a very nice SLR (professional) digital camera. I am hoping to do more and more photography down the line with my sister, Julia Gear, as a small business. You can check out our photography on facebook (on our facebook pages) or at our web site (which I will be updating sometime soon! www.CaptivatingPhotography.blogspot.com
Thank-you for checking out our web site! I will update it as much as I can! God bless all of you!
