Happy Mother's Day

The kids and I had the wonderful opportunity to spend Mother's Day in West Virginia, and we had such a great time!  Being in the middle of a move, it felt Heavenly to step away from packing boxes and just sit on my parents' screened-in porch, cross-stitch, and REST.  No boxes, no packaging tape, no bubble wrap.  And I will admit that I took more than one nap while I was there...

And as a very special Mother's Day gift myself, I received WONDERFUL news that day.  Our realtor called to let us know that we got the house we were trying to lease!!!  It may not sound like a big deal, but in the area we are moving, rentals are tough to come by.  We had looked at many houses to no avail:  they were all either already rented by the time we saw them, they were too far from the church, or there was some other type of problem.  The one we got was our favorite of them all, and we are so incredibly excited to move-in and start ministering there...

HAPPY  MOTHER'S  DAY  TO  ALL!!!

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving