bored!

Marvin is in Red Lake and I am bored. I did get cabins cleaned and beds made but now i sit here bored..I was going to rake leaves but it was so windy that they would have to be raked up hill to avoid having the wind blow them every where.......I could read... thats a thought

Stephanie, Tyler and Rianna

Tyler and Stephanie are planning on moving up North in Jan.....can't wait! Rianna will turn 1 on the 27th. Its hard to believe that

I took these off of Stephanie's facebook.

Last week Marvin and I along with 12 people from Pikangikum went to MN to a healing conference. It was just what we needed! We had not had a break since June and that was to go to my dad's funeral (not much of a break). We were so blessed by the worship, the testimonies of God's healing power. I believe that we will see more and more super natural manifestations and we will know they are a natural everyday part of what God is doing. I didn't take a camera so I can't show you any pictures. It was really good to join the Pik folks also and learn to know them a little bit better. We ended up coming home a day early because of a murder in Pikangikum. Most of the group stayed but one lady really felt the need to get back so we brought her back. We only missed the last day so it wasn't to bad. We ordered the DVD of the evening message. I came back with a new attitude to the call I have here in the North land. As I was saying in my last blog...I am just an ordinary woman but I serve an extraordinary God! I long to speak to him face to face as Moses did. The past 2 books that I have read and the one I just started reading last night talks about talking to God face to face......Also about the Lord's favour. I am learning and need to learn more about His favour, even how I can release His favour to others by what I speak. (O there goes watching my tongue!) My desire is to use my tongue to build up and strengthen others.

WE have a young lady living with us for 10 days..Pray that she will be blessed and feel loved by being here! I pray also that I will represent Jesus clearly. We were also supposed to have a couple here this afternoon they didn't show not sure what happened. We will try again next week.

God is in the ordinary

This sumer has been wild yet mundane. I have felt at times like dancing then like crying I have been bored, frustrated with the work (or my part of the work) here. Yet know this is where God has us for this season. Today I was reading a book about different kinds of prayer. The chapter for today is Praying the Ordinary. I was again reminded how God finds glory in whatever we do whether its cleaning toilets (man Have I done a lot of that!) or painting a beautiful picture. Whatever I am doing I need to do it for HIS glory. He cares about the small things. To you younger ladies he cares about all the dishes and clothes that need to be washed and the dirty diapers, snotty noses. Just do it for his glory! Bless you children! your Husband or whatever you are doing throughout the day find joy in the small menial things. I needed a reminder to find God in the ordinary, I need to repent for not looking or thinking at times that God loves us no matter what my lifework is. I know to that you cannot separate work and ministry. We all have a job and we all have a ministry. God is faithful he has our best intrest in mind!

The picture is an ordinary job that was a good change for me........I would much rather be outside than in.

Christians first fish Sarah with Eliana and Mycheala on the bottom picture.

grandchildren what joy!

This week Janelle and Kent with their 3 children are here along with Danae and her boyfriend Johnathan. Of course I will post some pictures. The first part of the week we went fishing, canoeing ( I stayed home with the baby) and swimming. Christian and Mychaela didn't like swimming but enjoyed the canoe. Christian caught his first fish but when asked if he wanted to take it home to eat it he said "no, put it back in the water"

today is the first Satuday we didn't work much in a very long time. Honestly I am so tired of working 6 & 7 days a week. I think next weekend we will finally get a break. Last week I had a cold most of the week, a few days I could barely talk......i think it's from stress. It is so good to have the kids here and the grandkids. It isn't quiet thats for sure! But if you have young children then you know what I'm talking about.

something for thought

This week I read 2 books the first The Power of Your words..........once again as I read this book I found myself repenting for words that come out of my mouth..not only against others but against myself. Prov says life and death are in the power of the tonuge. James says who can control it? I sure can't but with the Holy Spirit in me I can. I've been praying each morning the verse in Prov Set a guard to my mouth. Also taht the HOly Spirit would nudge me when I am about to speak death and that I would be obedient!

Today (Leidy's Church is here so I don't have to cook) I read The Shack......I took a long time to borrow the book because I wasn't sure I wanted to read it. I admit it is a bit weird but it spoke to me so much right where I am. After finishing it I just cried and fell asleep crying feeling Jesus' love for me in a whole new way. If you want something to mess with your theology read it! But looking past some of the stuff that is differant it really uts to the heart.

My Dad passing on to a better home

this is my siblings and step brothers and sisters

This is my family we are in order from youngers to oldest, left to right kneeling then from my brother to my sister Standing right behind him then right to left

Well I’ve been trying to blog for the past 3 days. I start and end up not finishing it. So we are now on our way to Kenora and I brought the computer along. I have another hour so surely I can get this done.

I thought I was overwhelmed with all that needs to be done here and then Friday the 13th my Dad dies. My emotions have been all over the place this past week and a half. I had no idea it would be so hard. Let me back up a bit. Until I was in high school I thought my dad was perfect. I have to admit I was one of his favorite children. He taught me all all kinds of things. Like how to grease, change oil on his tractor trailer and how to drive it. Also how to plow, hire, disk and plant our fields. He never told me I couldn’t do something because I was a girl. Then in high school something happened that broke that trust. The next 25-30 years as the Lord and I (with Marvin helping ever so much) walked down the path of healing. It has been a hard path one that for a while I could hardly sit at the same table with my dad. Then after my mom died in 2000 he came to us twice and we had some long hard conversations. I must admit at times I was so angry I didn’t want to forgive but with Gods grace was able. The last time he came to see us as he left there was a huge sigh in my spirit I felt as though the Lord said it was finished. I had forgiven and healing had come. The past 4 years his mind had slowly gone down hill. When we visited him in November he never said my name although I’m sure he knew who I was. My prayer for the past four years was that he would not die until he was at peace with God My step sister who was with him one night when he was taken to the hospital said that he settled things that night that his mind was very clear . (whatever that means) Then at the funeral my sister said to the Lord “God I just have to know where he is’ She then saw a vision of my mother meeting my dad as he got to heaven, my mother was young and radiant. She had dad by the hand (he looked the same, old) and was showing him around heaven. As my sister shared this with 5 of us sisters at lunch we all began to cry, all saying yes, we had to know, and thank you Jesus! I had told my dad a long time ago that I was concerned for his salvation that even though all his life he lived as a religious man his heart was not pure and was he going to heaven?, he assured me that yes he was. It is so good to know that he is in heaven what peace it brings me. Now to the present: All 13 of his children and all 7 of his step children were able to be a both funerals, both in Ontario and Pa. There were tears and laughter. It was good to be with my family again.

Each day I choose to praise Him, the lover of my soul, my awesome God weather things are going good or not so good.

Married 29 years

We've been married 29 years and life just keeps getting better!
As I write Sarah is making an Anniversary supper for us...it's been a tradition for a
a lot of years. (The kids started it) Usually we are ban from the kitchen until supper is ready. With Sarah being the only one here I am helping her a little bit.

So I am still learning how this works this is Evan our youngest grandson that I am holding.