She Is In The Air!

Hello sweet ladies,

If you can't see, there is a little plane in the middle of pic.......... it is Tressy's plane...........and she is on it! She had all of her family there at the airport to send her off! Very precious time................her journey has just begun.  It will be fun to see how the Lord answers her prayers as she travels. 12 hours on a plane. PLEASE PRAY! Thank you for the personal emails and comments. They have been so nice. This is kind of hard for me. Well a lot hard for me! 

Blessings and hugs to your day,

Linda

Hello Sweet Friends,

Talk about a last very stressful last two weeks! It has felt like a major roller coaster. Those of you who have gone through adoption processes know what I am talking about. We have seen God work through precious details that needed a touch from Him............we have watched Him move the mountains that have stood in the way...........and most of all we have learned Trust at a whole new level. Then throw in working outside the HOME............one word. Exhausted!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my, ladies who have done it for years...........how in the world have you done it? I just want my Home so bad and yet at the end of the day I say thank you Lord for loving us so and giving us a job together. 

Went to our grandson's #72 football game last night. Have to put this pic up for him. He will love it and smile!!!!!! 


One more day and my Tressy will be up in a jet on her way to Ukraine. Do I have to tell you Momma's that my heart is doing flip-flops!  I am so excited that she gets to go see V and Josh n Tonya, but then again there is part of me that I am having a little rough time! Smile. A Momma thing I guess. We covet your prayers. I know that so many of you have hung in with our family during this adventure and we are soooooo totally thankful for each of you and what you have invested in us! 


Today at 8:30 please pray for one of the biggest meetings for J, T and V. Thank you so much. Things are going well and J and T have been shown favor in certain ways. I wish I could share everything, but I have to be careful. Takes all the fun out of this for sure, but I know that you are all understanding what goes on. I will soon be able to tell you everything!!! 

Hugs to your day!!!!!!!!!!

Linda

Have I Got a Wonderful Cupcake for YOU!

How is life for you sweet ladies? Around here at Prairie Flower Farm I am enjoying being outside in the "coolness weather" a few hours each day!!!!!!!!! I have to say it is wonderful. I love putzzzzzzing around the farm after I get home since it is not so hot outside. It has been so nice and I hope we never have to go back up to one of those 100 days again this year. Smile!

J knows I like pictures of older ladies. He took this for me. She sits on a bench at the same time every day. Not sure why. Isn't she so precious. Wish I could meet her for real. 

Heard from J and T. The weather is about the same in Ukraine as here. The meeting was canceled that was to be for today. They said it is okay, but it has been changed to Friday. If you wouldn't mind praying for them that the process would not be hindered in any way.

Our front room is a little messy! Tressa is PACKING FOR THE UKRAINE. We can not believe that she is almost ready to leave. It all seems like the time has gone so fast. Tressa is so excited about going on her trip. She bought a few packages of  those silly bands to hand out to the kids as little gifts.  T will be having her birthday over there so I need to make that a little special for her while she is there!

At the bakery we made these wonderful...............cupcakes. They are called. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes click on name for recipe. They are the most nummy cupcakes we have ever had. 

They are not hard at all to make. We used frozen cookie dough for the center. Worked great and the kids absolutely loved them! There were a few kids that came and picked one up and then it traveled through the cafeteria about the news of new cupcakes. We had to keep the plates filled. Really good! 

Well sweeties, thank you to all who linked up today! I so appreciate you!

Welcome New Followers..........you have been noticed by me! 

Blessings to you..........praying for you all,

Linda

14th Building Our Homes Together with Jesus!

Hello sweet ladies,

Another Building Our Homes Together!!!!!!!!!! So glad we have Jesus!

As you may have noticed I haven't posted in a few days. LIFE has been happening big time! I know many of you know what I am talking about when life just seems to snowball on you. We had about 30 kid out Monday night from the college for a bon fire. We sat under the stars singing praise songs. Beautiful night. Talking about having a Bible Study with some of the girls. Can't wait to see what the Lord has for us! One of the young men that was leading in worship prayed, he also prayed for our Tressa. It was really a sweet time to think of all these kids standing in a circle around the camp fire, lifting prayers for her as she travels to another country! The kids from the college are so precious. Love them like our own!

I must say that J and T are doing well and have an important meeting today that they will be attending. Please pray for them if you wouldn't mind. They keep sending us pictures of our V and some videos. To hear our sweet V's voice is wonderful! Makes my heart swell. It is so good of the Lord to bless us with internet! Skype is wonderful also. It has helped us a lot.

Our Tressy will be leaving this weekend. Can't believe the time is almost here. She is getting all packed and ready to go. She has 60 packs of gum for V to hand out to the children that live in the orphanage. We will miss her deeply. We have never all been separated as a family this long, so it will be hard for sure, but we know that the Lord will use her as she goes. She has been asking Him. He will meet her. 

Building our pantry................ a few jars at a time!

We have been having cooler weather and it has been wonderful. I put up 16 jars of salsa tonight and it was so nice that the kitchen wasn't so hot after I was done. The salsa will be great for the winter months. Putting them in the pantry! Also canned some chicken pot pie. I have never done it before but my Amish/Mennonite lady told me how. It looked a little darker in the jar.........I will tell you how it worked out. 


Thank you in advance to all who sign up and all who signed up last Wednesday. Even though I don't always get to comment, because of time I love reading your posts. It has been so precious seeing how the Lord works in all of our HOMES for His Glory!

Due to time I am putting this up on Tuesday night. 

Just know that I love you precious ladies, this last week as been a little hard on the family. I think because what we have going on that the battle has been a little raging. We will stand firm in the Lord. He is our deliver! God has been good through this all. Showing Himself faithful. Thank you so for the prayers.

Linda

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Have a Wonderful SONday!

Good morning sweet ladies, 

For some reason my post did not get put up yesterday.........hummm wonder why? 

Ian and I worked all afternoon on the chicken coop on Saturday! Nice to get the job done. It was hot and then all of a sudden the wind changed and it was cold. Well 70's cold. It was wonderful. We have had almost 3 months of straight hot here in Kansas!

The kids talked with J and T this morning. It amazes me that we can be so far away and yet right on this little iPod you can see them clear as day. 

I shot this picture this morning. When we went out to the corral to check the horses the sun was shining and very very cool outside. What a wonderful relief! It has truly been so very hot.  The wasps have been making a new home. Thought the sun coming in front of the Potter's Shed looked beautiful. The sun was shining just right on this little birdhouse that hangs on the side of the door when you enter the shed,  so I took this shot. My granddaughter Ellie said the pic reminded her of the verse so I put it on the picture. Thought it was sweet that she knew the verse. If you want to use it you are welcome.

Enjoy your Rest day! We will. Thank you again for praying for our family. We so appreciate it. Things are going well. God is answering prayers. Thank you for being understanding........ that we can't talk yet. God is good. Being so merciful to our family at this time.

Hugs to your day! I'll be praying for you,

Linda

Life is Good!

Good morning precious sweet ladies!!!!!!!!


I am HOME.........thanking my Jesus for SATURDAYS AND SONDAYS!!!!!!!!!!

It is good to get back with you. It has been very stressful at the work place preparing and learning new things and then the adoption process that was going on with our family this last week. We are keeping things real low key here on my blog for a little time.  I will be able to tell more, but we are walking careful. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I can say though please please keep praying, don't quit. The Lord has been wonderful in helping J and T in the process. They are learning much. We got a really neat picture from them today. They said that they have seen some weddings and they took a picture of this. Thought you might find it interesting. 

These are locks with the bride and grooms names written on them. They lock it to the bridge and throw away the key. Thought it was a neat symbol. Marriage forever. I like!

They sent us this picture of the market place. Ellie (J and T's daughter, my granddaughter) and I didn't think the dried shrimp looked to good. They say that the countryside is beautiful. I am thankful that they are taking pictures for us. To see what they are living right now. Everything looks very different but looks some like Kansas they said. We Skyped this morning and that was wonderful to see their faces. If you have never tried this it is amazing. Go to the site and see what you can do across the miles. Life is good ladies, wish I could share all of the things, but I am keeping a journal and will share when all is said and done! I will say God is so faithful and so in the details. We can always see Him if and when we are looking for HIM! We are doing just that! He is growing our family from our usual life thinking.  I love Him so! 


Thank you for helping us pray.........as I have said before......you are some PRECIOUS LADIES!


Blessings to your day........I will be working on the chicken coop today cleaning, that I wanted to get done a few weeks back and also around the refuge cabin. We are having a bonfire this weekend for the kids from the college. Please pray that we can be an encouragement to them and also encourage them in their walk. Love them for sure!  

Love you sweet ladies so much! You make my days so much more blessed!

GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH........IF You needed reminded~

Linda

Good Morning...........Thank you!

Hello sweet and precious ladies, 

It is 5 in the morning and I can't sleep. Right now at this time J and T are meeting with the director. Please pray that God would soften heart of this person.  I have just asked my God who is above all other gods to please touch this person's heart when they see J and T and their love for V. They do not think like Americans. I know God is hearing this Momma's plea. I can put my complete confidence in HIM! What a precious gift He has given us in prayer. Right now J, T and V have lots of college students, and over 150 men who are a part of J's life praying for them, plus you ladies.....totally amazing. One of the men asked the men to set their watches to remind them throughout the day to pray! I like that! I am overwhelmed with the kindness and yes praying is kindness, that has been shown to our fam at this time.  

J sent this pic........said it reminded him of his Mom........God is working in our son's life. Preciousness.

I keep waking up early........can't sleep. There are so many heavy things going on. J and T are meeting right now with the director. God is giving me scripture to pray which is taking on new meaning for us. Isaiah 61 says...........

The Sprit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives (means to be taken alive and made a prisoner of war) and release from darkness for the prisoners...........

We have been asking God to open the Red Sea.........and that He would give clear passage for V to walk through in complete freedom. I can picture in my mind God doing this just as He did for Moses. Asking that He would push all hinderances aside. He says He loves the orphan.....I believe Him!

My sweet man sent an email out to over 150 men this morning........this is what he asked and it was so profound to me. 

There are still many hurdles to clear and the path is uncertain, except to God. He knows the way. Ask that He will show it to J, T and to V.

God of Israel our helper He is mighty, Our Defender. Jesus you are high and lifted up. One day All the World will praise your Great Name! Thank you Lord for speaking to this Momma heart this morning. 


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Have to get ready to serve at the college.

Hugs to your day! 

Linda