This and That

February has been a different kind of month for us. It seems as though we are staying plenty busy but nothing much to take pictures of and post about. Mike has been helping my parents re-paint the inside of their house. My dad is recovering from a knee replacement surgery and my Gdma has been accepted on to Hospice this month due to her lack ob ability to feed herself, get up and down and walk. We have been spending a lot of time just helping out on the farm. My sister Laura came up for a long weekend to help out too and it was nice to spend some time with her.
Mike would sum up the month as "muddy" since the responsibility of feeding the calves and cows has fallen to him. We have been getting so much rain and wind lately. It has been nice to have some warmer weather lately, it even reached 60 on Sunday so the boys have been able to jump on the trampoline a few times. Mike has also been sending out his resumes to churches all over the United States. We are still waiting on any of them to take the process further. He has also been filling in at church for my Dad's SS class. I know he has been enjoying preaching more often.
I have been busy with home-schooling. Even when our county has been getting off I keep plugging away with the boys, knowing we will be done sooner and can enjoy the nice weather when it comes. I just got my lesson plans written till April 4th. That week Caleb will actually go in to Emmanuel and take his Achievement Tests. Caleb's new favorite subject is History (which for 1st grade is only a 6 wk study). Titus has began a new preschool math book and it has become his new favorite. I measured Caleb this week and found out he has grown an inch an a half just since November. Titus' shoes are getting a little snug. Abe, who is only 2 is barely fitting in size 3 shirts. I have to do double takes now and then to see if its Abe or Titus. Abe also talks really well for his age and has started counting 1,2,3,4,8,9,10. One of Titus' funny phrases these days is "I don't matter" instead of "It doesn't matter." I correct him by telling him he does matter!
Since the beginning of the year I have read 2 1/2 books which is good for me and they were excellent! After they were done I decided I needed to get back to reading my Bible more so I decided to read through the Bible again. Usually when I do it I take about a year and a half. This time I am looking at maybe getting it done in a year! I started with 2 chapters in Joshua and one in Psalms each day for now. I have also been filling in for my mom's guards class and teaching Jr church. We are looking forward to getting into a ministry full time but we know God has us here for the time being. If you know of any good churches looking for Senior Pastors please let us know.
Hopefully I will have more to blog about and take pictures of in March. March was suppose to be a really full month for us as we had missions conference every week scheduled from GA, VA, CT and MI. But the Lord has changed our plans. Please keep praying for New Zealand. This week we know many saved men who went down to Christchurch to help with the cleanup and give out the gospel. There is a Independent church there already. There is such a need there. My sister Holly in PNG is also doing well and has another month there before she comes home. She has been able to help out with several deliveries which has been exciting. Well like I said a little of this and a little of that but that is about it for this month.