Financial Support

Due to the gas and grocery prices going up I have lost two supporters. My support has always only been at 50%, now it has gone down to 40%. I know that times are hard on everyone, my family included. With my support going down my pay goes down and this means we cannot pay our rent for the home we are in right now. My husband does not make enough so we do depend on my salary to meet this monthly need.
I am looking for 50 people to come along side me and support me at $20 a month. This will bring my support up to 75% and will be a much needed blessing.
I want to thank all of my supporters for their generous gifts each month and I pray that God uses this money to reach many children for our Lord.

Middle School Bible Club

This is my 5th year in CEF. What a wonderful roller coaster of a ride. I had the greatest time going to the Children’s Ministry Institute at the beginning of my journey and I have been greatly blessed since then. I got to be a part of starting the clubs in 8 Puyallup schools where they are still going strong. We’ve even added schools to the list that bus children to the clubs already established. I’ve been the bookkeeper for the past two years and have seen our supporters come and go. I’ve also been able to go to three camps and have seen teenagers be a part of leading children to the Lord. We have done fairs and 5-day clubs and have shared the gospel with hundreds of children.
For a short time, I have to go part time after having my two beautiful babies. Now I’m working on bringing it back to full time by adding new ministries to my plate. I love working for the Lord and I depend on Him daily for the wisdom, energy and the strength to get through each day. By working for CEF I am able to raise my children and home school Logan. Logan is now in 7th grade and has a concern for the children in Jr. High and Middle School. So this fall I will be learning how to put on a Middle school Bible club. This is new to CEF and is designed to go more in-depth into the Word of God. Logan and I are very excited about starting these clubs and we look forward to see how God works in the schools.
With this new ministry I need a lot of prayer and a lot of help. I would like to raise up a team of teachers and helpers to go into the middle schools and Jr. high’s with me. If you are interested in working with me to reach the teens of our area with the gospel then please email me at yankeedudet@hotmail.com or call my home at 253-891-2182.

Mount Rainier

We were able to spend a beautiful day at Mt. Rainier on Sunday. We live only about one hour away from the parks but it took us 3 hours to get there. On our way there was a very bad car and motorcycle accident where one person died. The wait was two hours. So we turned around and went down to the river and played for a while. After a couple of hours we were able to get through and continued on our way. At one point we had to stop for a herd of elk. They were beautiful. Once we got up to Paradise it was late afternoon. We took one of the trails and as we came around the bend there was a large brown bear grazing in the grass. The pictures we took don't show the actual distance between us and the bear, but we were very close. Colton wanted to pet it so we had to get going. Then we saw a dear up close and had a bird land on Logan's finger. It was a fun and gorgeous day.

Alainna turns 1

On August 14th Alainna turned 1. We had a cupcake for her and sang her happy birthday. We didn't have her party until that Saturday. It was so much fun. Nana and Grandpa were there along with her Aunt and Uncle and cousins. She had a blast with all the toys and the decorations. I love it when they hug all their gifts.

It's a girl

Please celebrate with us as we get ready to welcome another daughter into the world. Elizabeth Anne will be here sometime around January 20th. We are so excited. We are naming her after Rob's mother and will be calling her Lizzy for short after my favorite movie, Pride and Prejudice. I hope she does okay with my two little wild ones. They love to climb on me and they are busy. Logan said now all we need to do is find a magical wardrobe, we'll have two boys and two girls just like Narnia.

Ocean Shores

Last week we had the wonderful pleasure of going to Ocean Shores. Friends of ours offered us a summer home for the week. Unfortunately we went during the coldest week of the month. But that's okay, we still had fun. The kids loved the beach. They played for hours during the day we had some sun. Alainna now walks everywhere because of the sand. She also acquired a new taste for sand and seashells. Logan fished off the beach and caught some seaweed. Colton dug and dug and collected rocks and shells. We also went to Westport, which we loved. They have a beautiful lighthouse there and Logan and Rob went to the top while the little ones found the center at the bottom and learned their voices would echo. Boy was it loud.

Car problems

Last night as I was praying for my family, I was reminded of the wonderful things that God has given to me. I have so many things to be thankful for. One of the things is for my car. We did have two cars over a month ago, but Rob's car died about 5 weeks ago. He's worked so hard on it trying to get it to run but we have found out that there is something wrong with the engine itself. So after dumping a couple thousand dollars into it we are down to just one car for good. But there is much to be thankful for in all this. If we didn't have my car then we would have no car at all. Rob is able to get to work every day and we can run errands on the weekends. It is hard though, I've had to cancel dr. appointments for the kids and I can't do any summer ministry for CEF. Please pray that we can get another car soon. God knows our needs and in His timeing we will have a second vehicle. I would love to see my husband trust the Lord in all this. Perhaps that is What the Lord is haveing me wait on. Now that would be awesome.