The Wonder

A family friend gave us their old pink ipod nano to give Caleb. We ordered him an Auburn skin, covered the pink, and got him some headphones. Caleb saw the cord first, and then saw his ipod. He loved it!

The Shock

For those who haven't heard the story: David had asked for 2 things for Christmas a laptop and an ipod. So I sat David down and explained that we would not be able to get him either one of these gifts as they cost too much. He replied " I know, but why do you have to take my hope? Jesus came to be the Hope of the world and you you just crushed my hope." Needless to say, I felt bad. As a Mom I want to give my kids what they want, and David hardly asks for anything. Little did I know that God had a plan. One of our house mates in Fort Hood had upgraded his ipod to the ipod touch and wanted to sell his ipod. The price he offered was well within the hope range!!

Christmas in Kentucky

We had a new little trip to Kentucky to visit Chris' folks. Enjoyed the cold weather, seeing Christmas lights, eating yummy food, and celebrating Christmas!

Holiday Break

Well, I took a break from blogging to enjoy the holidays. And now, we are back in session. I will try to give you a quick re-cap! Before then, I will let you know that we our current location is Cullman, Alabama where we staying with my parents. We will be here until the end of February. We will be hosting a Cadence Banquet at the end of February in Phenix City, AL. Then we head to Atlanta, Georgia to meet up with our missionary friends Joy & Kendall Helgren. The Helgren's are missionaries with the IMB in Zambia, Africa. We haven't seen them in 3 years and are itching to put our hands on them while they are on furlough. After that, we are back on the road to Texas. In texas we will be speaking at more churches, meeting more people, raising support, helping at the Hospitality House, and hosting a banquet in Fort Worth. We have a lot going on.

The kids are doing great in school. Lately, we have been having snow days and have enjoyed playing some good games together and building snow sculptures!

OUR LOCATION

We have our assignment:

WE ARE GOING TO FORT HOOD, TEXAS

We are so happy. We will be taking over the ministry from a wonderful couple who have spent more than 16 years doing house ministry. For the last 10 years they have been doing the ministry in this house. It has two sections: The front half is ministry based, and the back half is the private residence. The house sits on more than 17 acres. There is a basketball court, above ground pool, a volleyball area, a huge front porch and room for our kids (and plenty others) to roam. In the last two weeks we have gotten to experience ministry, feel the love and heartbeat of our military, and we have a better understanding of our chaplains. We are so ready to be here. As soon as we raise the rest of our support we will be back to get to work!!

Outside of our new ministry!

Serving Food in the Big Room

More of the Big Room

The front of the house

From the back of the property

Welcome Home III Corp

Jennifer has been staying at the Hospitality House waiting on two things:

1. Her husband to return from Iraq

2. Her housing to become available

During the time she has been here, we have gotten to be friends, and we have prayed for her hubbies safe return. So today, we got to go welcome Sam home.

WELCOME HOME SAM!

My cute costumed kids

What Cracks me up in this picture: Abigail is practicing stinging