Peacemakers

Our home church in California sent us and our Spanish church this wonderful gift for helping our little church be peacemakers. We have hopes for these materials to do their work in the body. I downloaded it on my KINDLE too (which I LOVE) and we’ve shown several of the DVD’s to our leadership at [...]



Christmas in October

 This is MY month to start and FINISH all of my Christmas shopping.  It’s the month I spend all the savings in my ‘Christmas Fund’ to look for that little gift for all the children & grandchildren that the Lord has given to us. Our Christmas probably doesn’t look like some of yours. We aren’t [...]



Grandchildren

Here is a peak into our lives in September with some of our family.  



A paella to celebrate the birth of Jude Baptiste Moree

Here is a photo of the celebratory paella we had for the birth of Jude Baptiste, our 25th grandchild. The other couple talking to Anita are their French neighbors.         Amazon.com Widgets



Another new grandson

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for us; 1st with the birth of Ava Katherine and now little Jude. We’re in France now helping out where we can while Anita tries to get some much needed sleep. We’ll head back to Madrid on Wednesday. Here are a few photos of our precious new grandson: [...]



A new granddaughter

Last week, on July 25th, our 24th grandchild was born to Bobbie & Ron DeVos. Ava Katherine DeVos has joined her siblings: Joel Alexandra Jesse Wesley Riley Winston Audrey & Annabelle at  home in Virginia. Of course we are very excited and feel rich with God’s blessings.  She looks so much like her mom when [...]



A labor of LOVE

Isn’t this the most beautiful quilt you have ever seen!?! The colors are gorgeous  for our beige walls and fits our bed perfectly. Cheri made this  quilt called Blooming Nine Patch. I looked on the internet to read about the history of this pattern but couldn’t find any information. Our son John made the comment [...]



What I do with Chicken Wings

I was chatting recently with one of our daughters about budgeting food money and buying whole chickens.  I think chickens are a bargain



A new grandson: Caleb

I had a wonderful time seeing both Ron & Bobbie and their 8 children and also Rebekah & Dave and their new little guy, Caleb. Here are some photos of the trip: Double click for a larger view of the photo. Also, please leave your comments!



A Visit from Mom & Sue

Here are some photos of the visit from our family. They will actually leave tomorrow morning. The Lord has blessed us with this visit.