Thursday, October 23, 2008

New Direction for our Family!

I have not blogged in quite awhile because we have been really busy! Busy doing what, you may ask? Well, we have been busy packing! And I do not mean packing for another vaction either! Yes, you guessed it, we are moving! Ever since Danny's Mission's trip to the Islands, we have been praying and God has clearly shown us that He wants us to go back to school and study for the Foreign Mission Field! We have tentative plans to be moving soon to South Florida. After we get settled in jobs and etc, Danny plans on finishing his Missions degree that he started before we got married. We are feeling a mixed bag of emotions from excitement to sadness for all the goodbyes we will be saying! However, we KNOW that this is God's will for our family and there is such a PEACE there that can only come from Him! We have MUCH to do in the next month and would deeply appreciate your prayers as everything comes together!

I am posting some pics of our last week. We took the kids to Drennan's Pumpkin Kingdom for their Oct. field trip. This is a Christian-based pumpkin farm and we have gone for the last 5 yrs. Since this will be our last trip to a pumpkin farm in a long time, it held more meaning for us and we really enjoyed it! They have turned one of thier silos into a Castle for Jesus and they have all the armor of the Christian as well as a cross and a communion table inside. We took a couple pics of the kids in their playing. They also had styrofoam swords that Ben and Abby enjoyed roleplaying with! We took a hayride out to their pumpkin field and they usually let the kids get off and pick a pumpkin. ;o) They also had baby chicks and other animals that the kids were able to pet and we all enjoyed going thru the corn mazes. We also got a taste of their delicious homemade apple cider that they make there at the farm...yum! It was a fun family field trip that we all enjoyed.

I also am posting some really cute pics of Mr. Caleb laughing and a video so you can see how he loves to play now! We are really enjoying him! Enjoy!

Here is Becca, Ben and Abby in the silo.
I love the smiles on their faces..they really
enjoyed their trip to the pumpkin farm!


An inside pic of the silo and how they had it
set up...really neat way for the kids to learn
and hands-on too!


Becca spent a moment in prayer....
While Ben studied scripture!


..And then Ben and Abby engaged in a rousing
swordfight! Thank goodness, they were only
styrofoam!!


Getting ready to go thru the cornfield maze.


Holding the baby chicks.


Feeding the goats.
Our fun hay ride! It was windy and cold!

4 comments:

Quakenbush's said...

Looks like you all enjoyed yourselves! Can't wait to see everyone SOON! :-)
~Tasha

Lanee M. said...

Liz, I was suprised to read your news of moving. Are you headed to Hobe Sound? I have lots of family there (my parents met there) and visit sometime.
I pray the Lord blesses you in your journey. He is SO FAITHFUL, we can fully depend on Him.
Keep in touch.

Anonymous said...

great pics of the kids, Ben was telling me all about the pumpkin farm a few weeks ago - there I left a comment :o) are you happy? jj

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Maggie said...

wow, girl! that is awesome! Exciting! I bet you cant wait to get packed, moved and already unpacked. Dont miss this crazy midwest weather:) Nice to hear how God is moving. I really enjoyed pics of kids...and them in prayer.