Fun Times

A lot going on right now, but its all great stuff! As I type, Mike, Eskai, and Sarai Foster are driving here from Charlotte, NC to be our new Campus Pastor family. We are so excited about this process and thrilled that they are coming - God is good, even when the drive shaft falls out of the UHall on the way! They should be arriving by bedtime to start this new journey, please pray for all. You can read more about this on Tim's blog if you like. ** Added note, they have arrived and are settling in, its just taking me a long time to actually get this post up!

Yesterday Emma got bifocals - poor thing. We got a 3rd opinion on her eyes once Shopko said we were done with the patch. The Pediatric Ophthalmologist prescribed the bifocals because her eye crosses when she is reading. Apparently Shopko has a different philosophy on it because they weren't very optimistic about the bifocals. But I think she'll be fine once she gets used to them, it will just take some time. We are pretty happy with the new doctor too so we'll just keep plugging away with it. Bless her heart, she's been through a lot with it but she's been a trooper. **Update, she is doing great with them, we still see her trying to figure out which to use but she is doing well. And she has survived skating week at school!

This weekend marks the first Meant for More Conference being held at North Point. I have been a small part of the behind the scenes happenings with this and it is amazing to sit back and watch God move through the hearts of those who have been praying and planning for this event for so long. Their goal is to encourage and equip young women (6th grade thru 12th grade) to be set apart for God and to give tools to be more for God than can be imagined. How cool is that? I know as a mom of girls how I look forward to them being a part of something like this. I know that I personally was praying for them to break 100 girls and I believe the last count I heard was 138 plus adult women mentors. I am especially excited for the prayer walk; it sounds incredible and my friend who is putting it together has done this several times before and again, has a huge heart for these girls, coupled with her gift of prayer = something very awesome. **Keep in mind they are still allowing registrations and walk-ins on Friday evening are more than welcome!
** The final count was 175 girls - wahoo!

My boy is turning 13 on Sunday - ug! What an awesome kid he is. We celebrated some while we were back home for Spring Break and this weekend Tim's folks will be up to help us celebrate, everybody is excited about that! He walked in after school today and met me eye to eye, never thought that day would come but it is here. There is a song by Cheri Keaggy that I was introduced to when I first attended Hearts at Home many years ago when Kurt was really little. Its called, "Little Boy on His Knees" and when I heard it I fell in love with it, probably because it talks about his 'little sister' - that hit me! But mostly because Tim and I pray very hard that our kids will become followers of Christ, and that they would want to be close to Him. Hope you enjoy the song; it took me long enough to figure out how to link it (like 3 days!)! It should be playing for you now and here are the lyrics.


He see's me in the morning,
Lifting him out of bed.
The sun comes with little warning,
A brand new day's ahead.
To the kitchen for some breakfast,
A plate of toasted bread,
A cup of milk just as expected,
Close your eyes and bow your head.

You can thank him for anything you want to,
For the flower's and the trees
And pray,Lord Jesus, make me,
A little boy on my knees.

He's Mommy's little helper.
Learning to comb his hair.
And loves his baby sister,
Though he doesn't always share.
A quarter in the bucket,
A memory verse or two,
Although he may not know it,
He's beginning to follow you.

You can thank him for anything you want to,
For your Daddy and for me.
And pray, Lord Jesus, make me,
A little boy on my knees.

As we teach our Son to serve the Lord, in every way,
Lord the most important thing is this that we now pray,
Lord, we thank you everything you give us, but most importantly,
We pray Lord Jesus, make our Son a little boy on his knees.

Lord we thank you for everything you give us, but most importantly
We pray, Lord Jesus, make our Son,
A little boy on his knees.
We pray that someday he'll become,
A young man on his knees.