Wayne shared this in morning worship on Sunday and it has come up several times this week for various people so I thought I would share it with you.  May God give you a peace in knowing you can rest in Him and He will hear your prayers.  

Psalm 5 says:

1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. 2 Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, for to You I will pray. 3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up 

4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. 5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. 10 Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.  

11  But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name be joyful in You. 12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield.

Lovin' the Summer

It's been a while since I have had some moments to post anything, we have been pretty busy so here is a quick update and I will fill in more details later with pics. I love the freedom of summer!

House - nothing new. We had 2 showings last Thursday and both gave feedback that they liked the house and the floorplan but they found something else. I guess the good news in that is the house shows well enough for people to like it but the bad news is that noone has signed on the dotted money line yet. So, we wait and pray for God's timing to be revealed and ask for patience in the in-between time.

Camp - Kelsie got back from camp yesterday and she had a great time. She was completely exhausted yesterday but today is playing with Morgan, we are about to head to the pool and to ride scooters. Fun day.

This week should slow down a little, I am going to start packing b/c our move date has been set in July and I need to at least start cleaning out and packing up closets. I haven't decided if I'm up for a garage sale - I hate them! We will see how much junk we have collected in the 3+ years we have been in the house. Well, that's the overview for now -much more to share but wil have to continue with that in several posts over time. Have a good week enjoying your summer.

Like Sisters

We started out our weekend going to Conner's grad party on Friday night. It was fun to see everyone and meet some new people that we have heard about in the McLelland's household over the years. Stories of past vacations and holidays. The girls instantly became glued at the hip playing together. We slipped out a little early with Kelsie and Morgan to go to the dive in movie at our pool but disappointingly they had cancelled it because of the wind. The girls still had fun playing and the ended up staying up until after 1 a.m. even though we went to bed and the were up by 8 a.m. The next day we went to the pool first thing and stayed there much of the day then met the rest of Morgan's family at Outback for dinner. The girls hadn't seen each other so they wanted to spend the night again and since Kelsie and I were planning to stay home instead of making another trip to Prosper we agreed that would be okay. By Sunday around lunch time, they were fighting like sisters. I guess they had enough - just girl stuff, bickering over who crossed the line on the scooter and went too far - we're talking inches people. But, by the time we were taking Morgan to her house they were great again and wanted to play more. Of course, we thought it wise to separate them for a while and pick up again later in the week for more swimming. So, Tuesday we will have several of the girls over to the pool to swim. Should be fun especially letting them reconnect a little before heading to camp on Friday. So, since we spent so much time at the pool, I finished "Mountain Top" (Robert Whitlow). It was pretty good. Also, I forgot to mention that I finished "Baby Proof" by Emily Giffin and it was okay but not as good as "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" I read last summer. I can't decide what to start next...probably something from Karen Kingsbury.

House Update - please continue praying. The people that were so interested in it last weekend bought something else in Benbrook. None of the other showings we had last week have given any feedback. We are hopeful because we have had many more showings but no offers yet. We are expecting a market analysis report from our realtor so we can see if our asking price is in line with others or if we need to lower the price significantly. We will continue to pray for God's timing to be revealed and patience while we wait. As I mentioned, we did not go to Prosper today but Wayne said the services were good and we are praying for all of those who are going out tonight to make contact with those families who were interested in finding out more about God and us. We also pray for the 10 who accepted Christ this week, that they will be discipled in their young faith. We are blessed to be in a growing body who love to "do life" together.

We're Back

We have been in Prosper this week for VBS and we got back last night.  The week was really fun, we stayed at the farm house all week and while I am glad to sleep in my own bed again, it was too busy to sit around an empty house.  Every morning was VBS until noon, my job was one of the rotation staff for 3rd grade.  I say one because we had about 36-38 kids each day so we had 3 rotation staff for them to make sure we could keep up with them, especially the very active boys in the group.  It was a good week though as 3 of our kids accepted Christ and our group won the competition for bringing the most missions money for the upcoming trip to Ecuador in September, the money went toward buying shoes to give away and overall the kids raised $1200. We also had 40 kids who are not affiliated with any church at all and whose parents said they would like more info about First Prosper.  I had pictured quiet afternoons at the farm house after VBS but we were much too busy for that to happen.  On Monday Kelsie and I got invited to swim with some girls in Kelsie's class and so we did that and then went over to the Lillard's house for dinner.  Craig was in our wedding and he is now married with 2 precious kids (Malin is Kelsie's age) and lives in Plano so we had such a good time over there - the kids got along great and we laughed ALOT.  Tuesday afternoon Kelsie and I went shopping and my gps led me astray looking for the new Mardel close to our house which it apparently doesn't know about b/c we ended up 15 miles into Plano.  We still got to a Mardel though and it got us back to the farm house eventually.  We still had fun stopping at different places to shop along the way.  Tuesday night the Executive Pastor's wife, Melissa, was having a Premiere jewelry party so I went to that and so Wayne graciously took Kelsie and Kensey to Gattitown for dinner.  They had a good time and the jewelry party was fun too.   Wednesday afternoon I did get to relax a little.  Kelsie was invited to swim with some other girls in her class at a Allie's house so I got to stay home and read a little.  Allie and Kelsie came back to the farm house around 4:30 in anticipation of the mud dodgeball tournament for the youth.  They dug a HUGE pit at the property and filled it with water to play mud dodgeball.  The kids could not wait to get in it.  So Wednesday night there were lots of people on the property watching mud dodgeball - it was hilarious.  The kids did eventually get REALLY muddy but they had a blast!  Thursday was the last day of VBS and I was totally exhausted so we went to Randy White's Hall of Fame BBQ restaurant for lunch and then went to the farm house to take a nap.  Last night was family night at the church to cap off VBS and the highlight of the night was the staff dunking booth - pretty funny and Kelsie couldn't wait to dunk her dad!  We headed home around 8 and the wind was brutal driving back but we made it home and today I am doing massive amounts of laundry.  Wayne's birthday is tomorrow so he is playing golf today with his dad and Kelsie before we celebrate graduation tonight with the McLelland family.  

Updates:  House - we had a good showing on Saturday, they were going to come back early this week to look at it and possibly make an offer.  We have heard NOTHING!  Have no idea what is going on so our realtor is going to try and make contact today.  We had 3 other showings this week which is good news b/c it looks like things are picking up a little, but no feedback from these yet.  Keep praying that God will bring the right buyer soon so we won't miss the summer activity.   

Book List - finished "Oceans Apart," Karen Kingsbury - good but a little predictable.  Also finished "Bleachers" by John Grisham - liked it a lot, he is not predictable but it was a different style than his other mystery writings.  A good read though.  Started on "Mountain Top" by Robert Whitlow - a Christian version of John Grisham. I haven't read much yet b/c I didn't have a ton of time later in the week and I was too tired to stay up until 1 a.m. reading.  Hope to finish it this week at the pool.  I purchased Karen Kingsbury "Between Sundays" and "Just Beyond the Clouds" and the prequel to the O'Malley series, Dee Henderson this week.  I also have "Hidden Riches" by Nora Roberts that my mom gave me.  So, I will let you know the progress.  I look forward to being home this week and with Kelsie at the pool each day.  More soon (with pictures).

A Quick Update

So, here is just a quick update on things.... 

The House - please pray!  We had a showing yesterday morning and the feedback was really good. The realtor said they loved the house and want to come back on Monday evening with their girls and will consider making an offer then - they wanted to know why we are moving. So, we are waiting on contact between our realtor and theirs and the second showing tomorrow to find out more.  We had another showing this afternoon, no feedback yet from that one.  We are also hoping for a showing later this week as a family from Atlanta is relocating and have seen our house online and want to look at it so they are coming with our realtor which is a good thing b/c we will get instant feedback.  Of course, none of these things are guarantees but we are so hopeful that one of these families is our buyer.  We are especially hopeful since our house has been on the market 60 days today and until yesterday we had only 4 showings and this weekend we have had much more activity.  I am trying not to get my hopes up b/c I know that nothing is done until the papers are signed and money is exchanged but I am hopeful with the possibilities.  I know it's all in God's timing and He has graciously provided us with a place to live in the interim and we are so thankful.  

A Week in Prosper - we are here in Prosper for the whole week this time.  Wayne has been able to come and stay during the week so he has had the opportunity to meet with people but Kelsie and I have only been here Saturday nights and Sundays to this point.  This week is VBS so we will be here all week.  We got here last night and unloaded and then went to a dive in movie with several families from the church at their community pool.  There are lots of girls Kelsie's age and around her age so the group of them had a good time.  The movie was the "Bee Movie" which we hadn't seen but it was cute.  I did bring my camera this time so I could take some better pictures of the farm house and things around town to share.  (Sorry I didn't have time to download any pics last week - but next week when we get back, I promise).  At the farm house, the carpenter bees are still there but there were only a few this time instead of a ton of them and so we are going to spray again and plug up all the holes.  I am hoping to take a picture of them so you can see that I am not exaggerating when I say how giant they are.  The really funny thing about the property now is that the youth minister had someone dig a HUGE hole for the youth to play mud dodgeball on Wednesday Night.  Kelsie is excited about that - should be lots of fun to watch.  Also this week while we are here, I have a lunch with a realtor here in town that is anticipating needing a person to work in the office about 20 hours a week.  I wouldn't call it an official interview, but just an initial contact.  I have always been interested in real estate and this would be a good way for me to see if it's something I would want to do slowly by working in the office at first.  I do know that for a while at least I do not want a full-time job