Friday, June 15, 2012

Good Week...and now Enjoying Shabbat!

Well, I've had a good week, and now my family is enjoying a nice Shabbat evening. Monday, I had my monthly cleaning job for a homeschooling family which I enjoyed. I came home and helped with the family bakery which kept us busy into the evening. Tuesday, I had to get up early in order to drop off two of our kitties at the vets to be fixed. Well, it turned into "Take Your Cat to Work Day"! Speckles has a couple of scratches from a cat fight on her ear, so they wanted them to heal before they fixed her. Bug was approved to be fixed, so I left her and took Speckles with me. I was 45 minutes from home and 15 minutes from my cleaning job, so I had no choice but to take Speckles with me. Thankfully, the family did not mind me leaving her in her carrier on the back porch while I cleaned. It was a nice shaded spot for her. I also had a small container in my lunch that I was able to use to give her water. So Yahweh worked out all the details for me and her! I did my cleaning job and went straight home. Then I helped Mommy and Daddy get the van loaded for the Farmer's Market in Hilliard that afternoon. I jumped in for a quick shower before Momma and I headed out to run some errands and pick Speckles back up. By the time we got home, I was exhausted and head a headache. I don't like taking medication, but I did finally take an Excetrin. Between that and a back massage from Momma, along with some rest time, I soon felt better. Getting up early and staying up late for three days in a row finally did me in. :) Wednesday was a busy baking day and getting Daddy ready for the Delaware Farmer's Market. Then on Thursday, we had our bi-monthly meeting with Dr Henzel, my grandfather's doctor. My Gaga (what I call my grandfather) is doing about the same. His memory is holding steady and so is his health...just a slight decline over time. Today was a busy yet fun day. Mommy and I made a batch of French bread for the bakery this morning. Then we started on cleaning house. We had the house all cleaned by soon after lunch. Then by mid afternoon, we were able to run some errand and go shoe shopping as a family! We had a lot of fun. Momma finally found some nice tennis shoes that were comfy and fit. Daddy found a pair of Crocs as house/yard shoes. And I found a pair of Crocs which can be house shoes yet who knows they are dressy enough I might keep them back as dress shoes. They are like fancy black Mary Jane type shoes. I really like them! But then again, I do have a pair of true dress shoes on order...so I guess I can go ahead and wear these! :). Well, it is late...and we have our Shabbat Gathering tomorrow...so I will bid you a good night and Shabbat Shalom now!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Catching Up

Wow!  It has been way too long since I have posted on here.  I am planning to do my best to get back to blogging twice a week from here on out...but sometimes life just happens!

First of all, thank you to those who took the time to read my article that I wrote for Money Help for Christians last month.  It was part of the Money Help for Christians Writers Challenge.  Depending on how many Facebook shares, Tweets, and Google+ shares my article received determined my placement in the final standings.  And I'm very excited to say that with your help, I won the contest!  Thank you all so much.  If you did not get a chance to read the article, please click here to read it.

Our family hosted our congregation's Shavuot Weekend Gathering with Brad Scott as our guest speaker.  We had about 50 people in attendance for the weekend, and everyone had a fabulous time.  The food was delicious, the teaching was loaded with truth, and the fellowship was sweet.  I just posted a memory video to YouTube.  You can watch it by clicking here.  I've also posted pictures which you can see by clicking here.

My family is staying busy with our home based bakery as well as the family farm.  My mom has been struggling with high eye pressure which when it is high is causing quite a bit of discomfort.  Please keep her in your prayers.  We appreciate it!  Also, we had a calf (Midrash) born on the farm about a month ago to Maggie, our cow.  You can see a picture of him by clicking here.   And we even slipped in time to take in a Paul Wilbur concert.  You can see picture by clicking here

I was recently interviewed for Walkabout - Interviews with Members of the Messianic Family, an internet radio show.  I was able to talk about quite a variety of topics including Biblical Finances, my ministry, our family farm, my trip to Israel, and the Messianic Youth Camp that I serve at every summer.  You can hear the interview by clicking here.  Due to a technical error, the first few minutes of the hour long interview were lost.  That was the part where I talked about the importance of finances from a Biblical perspective, being debt free, and having a spending plan.  The live audience did here this portion; it's just not on the recording.  The host, Susan invited me back (probably late Fall time frame) to talk more about finances.

Next month, I will be going out to Oklahoma and again serving at Camp Yeshua, the largest Messianic Youth Camp in the US.  This is always a treat and blessing to me personally as well as encouraging to see the impact made in the next generation's life.

I had the privilege of recently interviewing Brad Scott of Wildbranch Ministries at my congregations recent Shavuot (Pentecost) gathering. His words of insight into the Hebrew Language, walking the Torah walk, and training up the next generation makes this a definite do not miss! Plus he coins a new term just for my interview.  Please check it out by clicking here.

Well, I will close now and blog again soon!  It's good to be back!