07.23.07

At Home

Posted in Reforming at 1:24 pm by fosteringhearts

It is so nice to get home after a long vacation.  Suddenly your bed is much more comfortable than it was when you left it.  Everything seems at peace when you come back home, except the pile of dirty laundry that beckons you.

 We haven’t been on a nice vacation(much needed), but we have been traveling for quite some time.  Our heads have been spinning for the last year or so, trying to figure out why we didn’t want to attend our church, subscribe to their worship styles, or allow our little ones to participate in the many programs available.  Nine hundred others thought this was a wonderful church, why were we so discontent?

After visiting a CREC church, several times, we finally feel like we are home.  The vacation, that  seemed to never end, has come to a restful stop.  There is much laundry left to sort, for we are starting to pick through all of our doctrine and theology, but we are home.  All the kids need bathing, in order to get a layer of the world off, but we are home.  Everyone is hungry, which is where the table comes into practice, but we are home.  Everything is somewhat disorganized and there are puzzle pieces everywhere, but we are home.

Soon enough the laundry will be in ship shape, the children will be all clean, the table will be set for Sabbath, and the puzzle pieces will have all come together to create a beautiful image of Christ in our home.

Vacations are filled with fun and excitement, but there’s no place like home.  We are so happy to be at home.

07.12.07

Perfect little notebook

Posted in Uncategorized at 5:30 pm by fosteringhearts

My dh and I have just started attending a CREC church.  This has been a real learning experience for us, having come from the pentecostal background.  One of the challenges is what to do with our four kiddos…they are used to leaving us and going into “children’s church” for a ton of fun activities having nothing to do with worshipping God. 

Well, Sky Cow Books has these cool little moleskin notebooks that are perfect for such a thing. I gave them each a notebook and pencil and told them to draw a picture of the pastor! LOl!  Only one was recognizable, but it kept the little hands busy for at least 15 mins and mouths quite too!  These notebooks are great to keep in diaper bags and purses.  Men can easily keep it in a pocket.  We also plan to use them for our nature hikes to journal our findings.

Here is the link to the notebooks:

http://www.skycowbooks.com/c-79-notebooks.aspx

Love these little notebooks…thanks Sky Cow.