Back to Blogging

It's been a few years since my last blog post… So much has happened in the past few years…

• Our family has gotten smaller
  • We went from a family of 8 down to 3 of us living at home.
  • The last of the "big kids" moved out last month
  • We have just one child left, Alex, who has Down syndrome and an array of other special needs.
  • My Dad passed away December 2014
• Our family has gotten larger
  • We added a daughter-in-law June 2014, when our oldest son, J got married
  • We will be adding another daughter-in-law May 2015, when our son, JP gets married
  • We will be adding a grand-daughter June 2015 *
• We are living in rural southwest Washington
  • Approximately 2 hours from Seattle (going north), and 2 hours from Portland (going south)
  • Close enough to "visit" the big city, without having to live there
• Bi-vocational
  • Being placed at a small rural church, caused us to make some pretty tough decisions… We LOVE our church family, and are seeing growth (both spiritually and numerically), so after much prayer, Pastor-Hubby felt lead to take a full-time job outside the church and go "part-time" at the church. We are still in the process of figuring out how to juggle family, church, and job responsibilities.
  
  Well… that's basically my life in a nutshell… And now, the purpose for me to start blogging again:
  
  I lead a small group/Bible study at our church. It is a fabulous group of women. We are starting a new study… We are going to go through "The Faith Dare" by Debbie Alsdore. It's written as a 30 day "study", but we are going to take 10 weeks to go through it. We will spend more than 1 day on each of the "days" listed in the book. My hope, is that we can go a bit deeper if we spend a more time. Throughout the next 10 weeks (or so…), I plan to blog my journey as I dare to live my life to its fullest, putting my faith in God in all aspects of my life. This is a big step for me… I'm not one who usually puts my life "out there" for the whole world to see. When I go through difficult and challenging times, I usually hide within myself. But… after thumbing through the "Faith Dare" book, I really felt the Holy Spirit nudging me to be transparent and share my journey. So, here goes…