We had an eventful lunch today. As the kids were eating and I was cooking green beans, suddenly giant flames began to shoot from underneath the pan. At least 10 inches. I panicked. I know exactly where our fire extinguisher was in Henleyfield, but in the short 2 seconds I considered trying to put the fire out myself, I couldn't recall where ours was. My only thought was to get my babies out of that house ASAP.
So, I gathered up the kids and the dog, thought briefly about the cat and remembered she was already outside, and hurried out the back door. Drew was over at the church hanging out with Mr. Ray Cantrell who just so happens to be a firefighter. Pretty lucky, I thought. He is even driving his Marion Fire and Rescue Truck today.
After what seemed like FOREVER, Drew picked up the phone and I instructed him to "come home right now." One good thing about having Drew work so close by is that he IS so close. I've called him home on numerous occasions to inspect injuries, unstick my van, etc, but I think this is the first fire I called him to put out. I was also thinking about Ray.
Drew ran home fast, followed close behind by Ray. As they flew by, Evangeline shouted to Mr. Ray, "Don't eat my cheespuffs!!!!" Someone needs to straighten out her priorities. :)
The flames had died down by the time they got to the house and I was thankful that there was at least a tiny bit of smoke so they didn't think I was totally crazy. Turns out I just need to clean my grease trap. And I will, cause other than the cheespuff comment, that was no fun!
P.S. Evangeline ended up feeding her cheespuffs to Blue Bell anyway. Guess she was saving them for her?
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
God is working in Marion
I love Marion. To be honest, for a long time I've been scared to say that. Scared of hurting all of my Henleyfield friends who I also love very much. I definitely left a piece of my heart in Henleyfield. But, I know know know that Marion is where we are suppose to be. And I've fallen in love with this little neighborhood.
Nearly every day I go walking up and down my streets with my double stroller and dog. I have gotten to know my neighborhood very well. I walk around and pray and search for people to invite to church. Nothing excites me more than being able to invite someone to church and we have been praying since we got here for opportunities.
The week before Easter Drew and I passed out a bunch of flyers and met many people in our community. And several came to our Easter activities, which was thrilling. I see God at work and am just so excited and encouraged by it!
There have been several families with children that we have met and been praying for. One family joined our church Palm Sunday and their oldest daughter was baptized Easter Sunday!
There's another family that lives close by whose kids are always playing outside. Evangeline loves them. She prays for them every night and is always asking us where they are. In fact, when I told her they were at school, she said she wanted to go to school, too. The little girl has been to church a few times.
A few days ago we met a mother and two young children who had recently moved in. The mother mentioned that the little kids use to ride a van to another church at their old house. Today I stopped by and asked if they wanted to come to TeamKid tonight and I could just walk over and get them. The mother said okay, and I prayed all afternoon that they would actually be there to come to church when I went back and got them.
At 6:40 Evangeline and I walked over to pick them up. I realized half way there that it was a mistake bringing her b/c she wanted me to hold her the whole time and she is a heavy chick! Anyway, a lady I hadn't met answered the door and told me that the woman and children had left to go to her mother's because their washing machine had broken. I was disappointed, but at least encouraged that she had specifically left a message for me.
Evangeline and I walked back over to the church and were met with a crowd of children. After averaging four kids at TeamKid for the first several months we were here, you can see why we were so excited to have had 16 kids there tonight! And, four of our "regulars" weren't there. If you add the two other kids who were doing laundry, that's 22 kids. Wow! God is blessing us for sure!
We decided a few weeks back to do an Easter lesson tonight since church Wednesday was cancelled due to our Maundy Thursday service. Tammy did Resurrection cookies, we did an Easter craft, and I did the Resurrection eggs (a preschool and grade school version). The awesome thing about the resurrection eggs are that they present the plan of salvation really well.
By the end of our lesson I was blessed with the chance to pray with two girls to accept Christ. And they both poured out their heart to me, confessing sins to me and telling me about some really deep hurts in their families.
In my ladies' Bible Study we talked about how sometimes you pray for something but what you're praying for isn't what really what needs to happen. It struck me tonight that had those two other children come, I would've had to immediately take them home and not have been able to pray with the other girls. God knows what He's doing. And, I'm excited to be in the middle of it here. If you're reading this, please say a prayer for Marion. Pray for the many unchurch families in this area. And, pray for these two sweet new believers.
Nearly every day I go walking up and down my streets with my double stroller and dog. I have gotten to know my neighborhood very well. I walk around and pray and search for people to invite to church. Nothing excites me more than being able to invite someone to church and we have been praying since we got here for opportunities.
The week before Easter Drew and I passed out a bunch of flyers and met many people in our community. And several came to our Easter activities, which was thrilling. I see God at work and am just so excited and encouraged by it!
There have been several families with children that we have met and been praying for. One family joined our church Palm Sunday and their oldest daughter was baptized Easter Sunday!
There's another family that lives close by whose kids are always playing outside. Evangeline loves them. She prays for them every night and is always asking us where they are. In fact, when I told her they were at school, she said she wanted to go to school, too. The little girl has been to church a few times.
A few days ago we met a mother and two young children who had recently moved in. The mother mentioned that the little kids use to ride a van to another church at their old house. Today I stopped by and asked if they wanted to come to TeamKid tonight and I could just walk over and get them. The mother said okay, and I prayed all afternoon that they would actually be there to come to church when I went back and got them.
At 6:40 Evangeline and I walked over to pick them up. I realized half way there that it was a mistake bringing her b/c she wanted me to hold her the whole time and she is a heavy chick! Anyway, a lady I hadn't met answered the door and told me that the woman and children had left to go to her mother's because their washing machine had broken. I was disappointed, but at least encouraged that she had specifically left a message for me.
Evangeline and I walked back over to the church and were met with a crowd of children. After averaging four kids at TeamKid for the first several months we were here, you can see why we were so excited to have had 16 kids there tonight! And, four of our "regulars" weren't there. If you add the two other kids who were doing laundry, that's 22 kids. Wow! God is blessing us for sure!
We decided a few weeks back to do an Easter lesson tonight since church Wednesday was cancelled due to our Maundy Thursday service. Tammy did Resurrection cookies, we did an Easter craft, and I did the Resurrection eggs (a preschool and grade school version). The awesome thing about the resurrection eggs are that they present the plan of salvation really well.
By the end of our lesson I was blessed with the chance to pray with two girls to accept Christ. And they both poured out their heart to me, confessing sins to me and telling me about some really deep hurts in their families.
In my ladies' Bible Study we talked about how sometimes you pray for something but what you're praying for isn't what really what needs to happen. It struck me tonight that had those two other children come, I would've had to immediately take them home and not have been able to pray with the other girls. God knows what He's doing. And, I'm excited to be in the middle of it here. If you're reading this, please say a prayer for Marion. Pray for the many unchurch families in this area. And, pray for these two sweet new believers.
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