Spring is HERE!

So the flowers have started to bloom, the trees are getting green and the little squirrels are out.  I LOVE SPRINGTIME!  It's always a renewal for me.  I love to get out more, exercise and reorganize! Spring to me is like a relationship with Jesus.  God will wipe the slate clean, which is so amazing.  I think this time of year is a new beginning, a fresh start, a time to go forward.

Last week was Easter.  My sister, her husband and their daughter Everly came to town.  We had a good day!  Mom made a yummy lunch of ham, veggies, sweet potatoes, and our aunt Kim's strawberry salad recipe.  Then we went to hunt eggs and Adam's parents house.  The message of the day was that we will never be good enough to get to Heaven.  We need God!  And it's by His grace only that we are saved. It was our first Easter here in the states as a family.

Lately, our family has been discussing our options of where we will go from here. We know that God will provide if we are called to be "sent out ones" again. There is only so much planning and preparation we can do on our part.  The rest is faith.  I think and hope that we will leave this country again because I think that's our hearts.  It's not easy.  It's not a vacation.  But Lord willing we will be on a plane again. I have to remember that I am temporarily permanent.  Being in America is tough because it's easy to get wrapped up in this idea that we all deserve "The American Dream."  There's nothing in the Bible about that, haha.  I just finished reading CrazyLove.  Now I just started reading the Christian Athiest.  Good stuff that stretches your mind.  But really it is affirming what is in my heart.  I think we're all just scared to go there. Believe me, I'd love to stay here and live comfortably in a nice house that we've put our sweat equity into.  But I also know that we can downsize into something minimal and put the money toward missions.  There are so many options in this world.  Sometimes I don't like too many options.  Just narrow the choices! But anyway, I was just updating.  If you read this leave a comment, because I have no idea if anyone even reads this! :)