A Little Child Shall Lead...

"I have no greater joy than to know that my children walk in truth!" Amen!

This afternoon I had something happen during Singspiration at our church. We have been working with our 18 month old daughter to fold her hands together when we pray. This afternoon, being somewhat tired and wanting to figit all the time, we gave her a carrot to naw on for a while. She was busy at it when the leader ask people to bow their heads to pray. To the best of my knowledge, she had not been paying attention at all to the song leader, but she quickly dropped her carrot and folder her hands to pray! I forget what the prayer was about! All I know was that my heart just about burst to see her taking the effort to prepare for prayer! Oh how I long for her to continue to have that same attitude to her heavenly Father. It is my greatest joy and my deepest desire! Yet I feel so inadequate to the task of training my children to walk like Christ when I struggle so often with it myself!! Makes me wish that I had had my children back when I was 18-20 and "knew" a lot more than I know now! :-)

I must do my best and trust God to help them overcome my human failings.

This week is the week of big change. I find out from my boss tomorrow if they want me to buy the service department or not. Then a busy week of doing up sweet corn, setting up shop, ordering supplies, preparing for family camp next week, and trying to keep my sanity. I so look forward to being at home 6 out of 7 days! Glory! What will I do with myself!! I think my wife will find something! :-)

She is finding lots of things to do these days since we found out that next years model will arrive in April. Truly we are blessed!! From having ovarian cancer before we ever met and wondering if we would ever have children, to having 5 in 5 1/2 years, Wheeww!! But oh the thrill of hearing them come running and calling "Papa, Papa!!" it warms my heart.

A Stitch In Time

For those of you who have wondered if I have dropped off the face of the earth, I assure you that I am alive and kicking and never been so busy in my life!!

Where do I start? A little over a month ago, I gave my bosses my letter of resignation effective August 31. I had decided with the advise of my father and wife to end my 8 year career as a sewing machine salesman and technician at the store in Bemidji. I was undecided as to what to pursue but felt led to wait on the Lord to make His path plain. After much discussion over possible careers and job opportunities, my father advised me to look at starting my own business and working from my home. I prayed about it with my wife and she heartily agreed that she would love to have me home more often and felt that this was the best thing we could do. Thus I have started my own company called, A Stitch In Time, Sewing Machine Repair.

I will be working at home but since we live in the sticks and to far away for most people to drive, I have been setting up accounts with two businesses so far to do all their machine repairs. I will make the trip twice a week to pick up and drop off machines and do the service work at home. Needless to say, the last two weeks have been very busy getting ready for business as well as keeping the home fires burning.

I am a little nervous about being out on my own but I have the promise of David "...I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor their seed begging bread." I know God will provide and I am grateful to live in a country where we have the freedom and resources to pursue our own careers.

If you think about me over the next few weeks, I would covet you prayers! I want to leave a Godly testimony for Christ as I leave and not a cocky attitude.

If you don't see me here too much, now you know why! :-)