Weekend of Hope and Freedom

What an AMAZING weekend! I spent 3 days in the warm state of Texas at our Advocare Success School.

Delivering hopes and dreams, freedom to families nationwide. This weekend was full of LEADERS AND CHAMPIONS in the world of hope and dreams.

This was our 4th time going. We spend a weekend being invested into by the top leaders in the world.  And we spend that time investing into those that we brought with us.

We heard from Rising Stars, Weight loss Testimonies, Double Diamonds, Sports Advisory Council, Research Docs, and more.

Each story built on the other. Each presenter brought value to the table to inspire us to become more.

For me this weekend represented hope. It was this weekend that I truly understood the promise God had given me and my husband 21 years ago. The promise that we would rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated. Isaiah 58:12. We know that God has called us to inspire and empower others to rebuild their lives. May we be found worthy of that call.

I was humbled by the leadership and their servants heart. I was humbled by the hearts of Richard and Sherry Wright, our CEO's. Everyone of them made you feel like you were a part of a very large family.

From the training to the fellowshipping with healthy people our lives were touched and transformed. We will never be the same.

This will be a year of Rebuilding, Restoring and Becoming More!

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Banners and chicofilia!

Honesty...someone help me figure out the whole banner picture thing...why am  I so confused on this?

Need a new banner..it'll be summer before I figure it out and then I will miss putting up all those cool winter pics!

Help!!

Gettin' 'er DONE!

 I know you want to know where that Hanukkah post is right?

Well, the pics are on the Baker's computer and there are a lot!!!

She says I can just use her mac to get 'er done...but I really wanna play on my mac! Just saying'!

Soon, really soon!

We have been so busy around here. Like a summer day in July!

Wanna here what's happening?

Revamping the Glorious Day Dance
Creating marketing material for Chavah Street
Booking churches in Florida for the Passover Tour
Looking for rental property so we can have that Passover Tour
Choreographing a new dance to Chris Tomlin's "I will rise"
Taking ballet and modern dance to freshen up our skills
Working on our face painting as we have been contracted by the Detroit Tigers, Parade Company, and possibly The Belle Isle Grand Prix...
Heading out this weekend to Texas for Advocare Success School
Changing people's lives everyday thru Advocare with phone calls, meetings, and such
Home-educating 3 amazing girls
Learning how to use this mac
Making new costumes for Sparkles...gotta be Jesse from Toy Story soon :)

There's probably a lot more that I'm missing...but you get the drift.

Baker says on our trip to Florida that she will show me how to use this awesome machine. We head down to do an event for Make a Wish Foundation and Trump plaza.

WOW! Love this life!

It's been a whirlwind of activity around the coop lately...such is the rushing winds that I haven't had time to post much.  Okay not.at.all.

So, friends and family, don't despair....a post is coming soon about Hanukkah and our MANY visitors!

Stay tuned....

Caught between what God says and what makes sense

“You’ve stood where Joseph stood. Caught between what God says and what makes sense. You’ve done what he told you to do only to wonder if it was him speaking in the first place. You’ve stared into a sky blackened with doubt. And you’ve asked what Joseph asked.
You’ve asked if you’re still on the right road. You’ve asked if you were supposed to turn left when you turn...ed right. And you’ve asked if there is a plan behind this scheme. Things haven’t turned out like you thought they would.
Each of us knows what it’s like to search the night for light. Not outside a stable, but perhaps outside an emergency room. On the gravel of a roadside. On the manicured grass of a cemetery. We’ve asked our questions. We questioned God’s plan. And we’ve
wondered why God does what he does.
The Bethlehem sky is not the first to hear the pleadings of a confused pilgrim.
If you are asking what Joseph asked, let me urge you to do what Joseph did. Obey. That’s what he did. He obeyed. He obeyed when the angel called. He obeyed when Mary explained. He obeyed when God sent.
He was obedient to God.
He was obedient when the sky was bright.
He was obedient when the sky was dark.
He didn’t let his confusion disrupt his obedience. He didn’t know everything. But he did what he knew. He shut down his business, packed up his family, and went to another country. Why? Because that’s what God said to do.
What about you? Just like Joseph, you can’t see the whole picture. Just like Joseph your task is to see that Jesus is brought into your part of your world. And just like Joseph you have a choice: to obey or disobey. Because Joseph obeyed, God used him to change the world.
Can he do the same with you?”

Thanks Max Lucado for exhorting us!

 

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Thanksgiving Coop Style

It was a quite Thanksgiving this year as we didn’t have our soul sista and brutha here with their chicks.  Nor did we have our oldest son who serves in the military. It was just us 6 in the brood today. We sang, we laughed, we told stories, we went around the table and shared what we were thankful for. We prayed for each other and our nation. We opened birthday gifts…we played Scattagories with the grandparents and 

 

laughed so hard some of us wished we had practiced our keigel exercises like we were told to do long ago.

 

 

 

From one hen to another…..

It was a day of bun warming, pumpkin eating, birthday and game playing delights.

 

 

…and angel eggs on my pretty pink rooster platter

 

 

Sweet potato casserole that melts in your mouth.

What’s left of the chocolate covered pretzels.

 

 

Our one candle burning for our son who couldn’t be with us….instead he was standing watch for our freedom to have a Thanksgiving.

 

Can you say AMEN?

 

 

 

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A Northern Nesting

Thanksgiving....

Birthday....

Snow....

Mudroom Update....

....makes a girl wanna nest! Or swoon...which ever comes first.

For starters we had a Thanksgiving/Birthday this year.

Farmhouse Rooster #3 turned 18 this year.

I still remember him as a snuggle bug in the rug. Cute, chubby, focused, and a little like a Weeble Wobble.

Really....does time ever stand still long enough to capture all the moments in life?

I can remember when he was born at home….our 1st home birth….in the upstairs of our 1st nest. As soon as he was born his brother ran and got his toy dump truck, laid in my lap and told him, "this is for you buddy."

Legos were a common stumbling  occurrence.  Now, instead of playing with them he sells them…for L.O.T.S. of money.

Fast forward 18 years....he is now a budding film maker, hunter, design engineer, military historian, actor, and protective brother.

I see a William Wallace in the making. Don’t you? sigh…. grin….love my freedom fighter.

 

Stay tuned for Thanksgiving at the coop….

 

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