God's Provision

The Lord never ceases to amaze me, even when I lack faith, or attempt to "take care of things myself". That is probably one of my biggest spiritual struggles.
But, as always, He is faithful to me and supplies my every need. Our child care prospect (mentioned in the last post) called back and informed us that there was a spot opened if we would like it! Nick and I are meeting with her at her home on Thursday to go over paperwork and have a question and answer session with her. I can't wait! I told her she was an answer to our prayers, and she said "well, if you don't ask, you can't receive." What a blessing it will be to have such an experienced, loving, Christian woman watching after our little girl while we work. Thanks to all who have been praying for us, too!

P.S. Congrats to Murray and Danielle on their engagement! (Nick's brother and soon to be sister-in-law.) Blessings as you plan your wedding and begin your marriage - it's one of God's greatest gifts. He proposed at an MU football game - they are avid fans and both are attending college there. Here's a picture of the big "moment". :) We love you guys!

Shower, Surgery, & Childcare

This past week I got the chance to meet up with my aunt and two cousins that live in Tampa to have dinner and celebrate the upcoming arrival of Natalie. She got several cool toys from the Jones women. I know she will really love them, and it will be fun to watch her play and discover. Thanks LaLa, Krystle, and Loren!

On Saturday, my friends at St. Paul threw a little shower for her, too. It was just great - low key with yummy food and good conversation. We had about 15 people all together.
Pictures will be forthcoming....

After the shower, I finally let myself do some shopping on Sunday. I haven't let myself buy one single thing until now. You just never know what people are going to get, and I didn't want to have any duplicate things on account of me. The funny thing was that we didn't get many clothes, and to me, that is one of the most fun things to pick out. So, I had lots of fun choosing a few "necessity" items for her. I mostly got onesies and little pants since I figure those are the necessities and what she'll go through the most, but I did allow myself one little splurge. Though, is it truly a splurge if you get it for 60% off? :)It's a little dress with a matching hat, and I have been eying it for months (Mom, it's one of the dresses we saw in Kohl's when you were down)! I figure she needs at least one "nice" thing to dress her up in and show her off, right? :) We actually have been given a few hand-me-downs which are AWESOME and super cute, but they are mostly 12mo and larger. I will definitely enjoy that next year as she grows and grows.
So, after the shopping, I came home and washed and organized everything. I also put our little bookshelf together that the church and school staff got us. It looks great! Although we still have several "big" things to find and purchase, I am feeling much better about the readiness of the room and her upcoming arrival. (I can't believe there's only six weeks left.)You know me and my prior planning! Anal I am...

Anyway, the surgery portion of the title refers to Miss Bella Boo. Nick took her to the vet this morning for her spaying and de-clawing. :( I bet she is scared and I know she will be in pain for a few days. I hope everything goes smoothly, she forgives us, and she's back to her normal self in no time at all!

The last thing noteworthy as of now is our quest for childcare. We have really been hitting roadblocks in this arena, and I'm starting to get nervous. I have been praying for the Lord to lead us to the right place for Natalie, and am doing my best to let it go and leave it in God's hands. That's a really hard thing for me to do sometimes. So here's our dilemma: there are very few places in town that take "infants" (under 12mo), and the few places that do we haven't gotten a good response or any reply from. It is really important to us that she has Christian childcare, so that further limits our options. One place doesn't have availability until May of 2009, and the other two places won't return our calls, so that's probably not a good indicator. I was talking with one of my friends who had a baby this past February. She referred me to a lady (she actually happens to be a member at St. Paul and has been doing private daycare for over 20 years) named Ms. King. My friend ended up not using her because her house was really out of the way for her. It's out of the way from our home a little, too, but really close to the church, so it would be convenient for Nick to drop her off each morning. I called her right away, and she returned my call the same afternoon. She seems like a VERY sweet and lovely lady. She told me that she had a girl lined up that was supposed to start this month, but she hasn't heard from her. She has left two messages with her, and told me that if she doesn't return the calls by Wednesday, we could have the spot! So I am selfishly keeping my fingers crossed - it was what I originally wanted in the first place - and praying that this is not only my will, but God's as well. So now I guess I have two more days of nervous waiting and prayer. Prayers from you would also be much appreciated! We'll keep you posted.

Candace & Natalie at 31 weeks

Taken just a couple of weeks ago.....she's getting big. At our last appointment everything checked out great. Natalie actually measured 33 weeks instead of 32!

Sanibel and Captiva Island

As previously blogged, Nick and I were able to "get away" for the weekend over Labor Day. We journeyed about 2 hours away to Sanibel and Captiva Island (close to Ft. Myers). It was so much fun. Nick and I agreed that we could do that about every weekend. We just bummed around, enjoyed a couple nice dinners out, "shopped", watched some free cable TV (we only have the rabbit ears at home), and most importantly - we shelled. Sanibel is known for their fabulous shells, and it did not disappoint (we actually found the best ones on Captiva Island)! We made quite a haul and ended up sending some of our treasure to our friend, Jake, to put in his fancy smancy fish tank. :) Here are some photos from the trip:


Shells on the beach.


The beach at sunset.


Beach Birds hunting for food.


Looking down the beach - it was the PERFECT time of the year to go.....we were practically all by ourselves!


Toes in the sand.


Part of our haul....aren't they beautiful!


It's a whale! Oh wait. It's Candace.... :)


Before dinner one night.

Graduation Pictures

Here are some picutures taken at my graduation last month....better late than never! Me and my Momma! With straight hair now! My Father in Law adjusting my hood.

Brief Weekend Happenings

This weekend was pretty good, I have to say. Here are some highlights.
*Thursday (not technically the weekend, I guess) we went to see some of our HS youth girls play volleyball. St. Paul was represented on both teams, but on one, ALL 6 starters and the main sub are St. Paul graduates. It was fun, except the bleachers were pretty hard! Bad news of the day was that the Camero started acting funny. :(
*Friday: Worked and had a lazy evening at home. Some we know came to the house to look at the car, and THANKFULLY it was only a coil (????) that only set us back $80 for parts AND labor. Mr. Habina is THE BEST!
*Saturday: Had a brunch of pancakes and sausage (at Nick's request), Nick went to church to work for a couple of hours and I ran errands. In the evening we went to visit one of our friends who is in the hospital. She suffered a minor stroke this week and they found a blood clot in one of her lungs. Fortunately, she is in good hands now, on blood thinners, and under going lots and lots of testing. Came home after the hospital visit and watched a movie together before going to sleep.
*Sunday: Church in the morning, and lunch at our favorite hole-in-the-wall Chinese food place- YUM! Nick worked all afternoon, and I went home and started a novel and hung out with Bella (Charles spent the afternoon in the back yard - too hot for me!). I figured I'd get at least one final book read before D-Day. :) HS Youth was in the evening and we had 29! kids come. We have never had that many on a night where there wasn't some "special" event planned. It was very encouraging!
**Two other exciting things happened this weekend.
1) Miss Bella got litter trained and hasn't had an accident since Thursday!
2) Most importantly, I found out that my Grammie (mom's mom) is going to be here for Natalie's baptism!!! 4 generations of strong women, as my mom likes to say. It will be so special. She will be 89 years old the week I am due. She is traveling (from Indiana) the week before to attend my cousin's wedding in Dallas, and then heading to Tampa to spend a couple weeks at my Aunt Elaine's house. VERY excited. What a special day that will be. My dad is going to do the baptism, and mom found and cleaned the dress and shoes I wore for mine that Natalie will be wearing. Baptism are so beautiful and miraculous. Not only for the one who is being baptised, but also for the witnesses. A visual and verbal reminder of the saving grace the Holy Spirit works in us through the Word and the water.
So, that's the excitement around here. Nick and I are looking forward to the baby shower St. Paul is giving Natalie on the 20th of this month. If any of you are in the neighborhood, you are more than welcome to come stop by! I love my church family and friends here, but it's life changing times like this where it really pains me to have our families so far away. I wish that my mom and Nadine could be here to enjoy the shower, too, but it's just not in the cards. We will all be together soon doting over the little butterfly.
Here's wishing you all a great week!

New Addition to the Moss Family

What? Yes, that's right. We have a new addition to our house - Bella the little black kitten. I know, I know. What were we thinking?!?! We are having a baby in 2 months! Why on earth would we be bringing home a new pet? Well, it all started when we went down to Sanibel Island this weekend for a mini vacation.....
We pulled into the parking lot of our hotel and when we got out, I noticed this little black kitten sitting in the parking lot. She seemed friendly, but Nick told me not to pet her. So, I didn't. :( The next day we saw her again as we were heading out to go to the beach. She must be the "hotel cat" I thought. There are lots of businesses that have a cat that lives at the business and entertains the patrons. At my parents' local library, they have a cat named Dewy that lives there. Well, when we got back to the hotel later that night, I just couldn't resist petting the sweet little thing. Much to my surprise she was even more skin and bones than she looked. This prompted me to ask the person at the front desk about her. They said they didn't know, the cat just showed up 3 or 4 days ago. Oh no! This poor little thing was just dumped! She hasn't eaten in days, and she's trying her hardest to find a good home for herself. That night I talked to Nick and said we couldn't just leave her. She would die for sure, or someone would hurt her. He said that she would be fine and that we don't need to bring home a new pet right now - we are about to have a baby. I said I realized that, but we have to do something. We went to bed and the next morning as we were packing the car, she was right there working her magic. Nick said "what are we going to do, Candace?" I said we need to take her home. And much to my surprise, he said "ok". She had apparently gotten to him, too. :) He is the one who named her after all - Bella (for Sanibel he says). He admits that she probably wouldn't have made it if we didn't take her. She was such a good kitty the whole way home. She sat right by my lap for the two hour car ride.
Now she is home and we are trying to fatten her up. Other than being awfully thin, she appears otherwise healthy - no fleas or ear mites, clean eyes and nose. Seems like we got her just in time. Nick is taking her to the vet today for an exam to see how old she is (My guess is 6 months, but I guess we'll see. It's hard to tell with her being so thin.) and to check for worms or other problems. We also have to schedule a time for her to get spayed and de-clawed in the front. I am just dreading that - I hate to see things in pain, but I know it needs to be done. I'm going to be awful with the baby.
So that is the big news around our house. We are all adjusting and working at potty training right now. Charles has been really good - hasn't lashed out at all, just seems annoyed. He comes in to eat, sees that she's still here, looks irritated, and goes back outside. I told him to get used to it because she isn't going anywhere.
It has actually been a nice distraction from the pregnancy. It seems that that was the only thing I could think about and worry with every second of the day, so this has been a nice. Now I have this to worry about. :)
Pictures to come from our little trip and of Bella. It's really hard to take her picture since she is ALL black. She's beautiful, though.

Staying in Florida

I don't know if we ever let everyone know or not, but the Holy Spirit has called us to stay here in Lakeland and turn down the call to St. Mark's in Houston, TX.
Nick is very excited about all the wonderful things coming up this year with his youth ministry at St. Paul and we both look forward to our continued service to the Lord in the Sunshine state!

Belly Shot a little late

Sorry for the delay. This shot was taken around 26 weeks, so we are already 4 weeks behind, as I am now about 30 weeks. I am getting bigger and so is Natalie!

Make New Friends but Keep the Old

As mentioned in a previous post, Nick and I were blessed to be able to attend our good friend from college (Josh Theilen's)ordination as a pastor. Good times were had (mostly :)) - we are like a big family when we get together. Here are some highlights of the weekend in pictures.

Family shots:

The Theilen's - Josh & Rebekah, Ethan (3), Ellianna (16 mo), & T3 in progress.


The Perkins' - Jake and Tara, Madalyn (11 mo)


The Moll's - Tommy and Laura (Tommy and Nick went to HS together and roomed together in college. Everyone but Laura is a CUNE grad. Laura went to HS with Jake and Josh, and that is how she met Tommy. And it comes full circle!)


The Moss'- Nick & Candace, Natalie in progress


The Ordination:

All the Pastors praying over Josh


The "new" Pastor Theilen! - Also installed at Trinity Lutheran, Hoyleton, IL


Yea for Josh! All the college and high school friends who came to celebrate!


You know you live in a small town when you live on Main Street and this is the view of your back yard:

Hoyleton, IL - Population 550

Fun Times:

Jake and Madalyn & Josh and Ellianna - Daddys with their Daughters


The girls hanging out on the front porch in the evening.


Ethan enjoys his ice cream.


My new best friend - Madalyn Perkins


Madalyn gives Nick some "practice". :)


Tara, Madalyn, and I enjoy the big Hoyleton parade.


Nick and Jake - Cheese factor at a level 10.


Tara and I duel it out playing Tennis on the Wii. Very fun!


Keeping true to "Tommy will do almost anything for $5", he entertained us all by successfully climbing in to Ethan's toy car. Five dollars well spent Jake, and five dollars well earned Tommy! :)

As you can see, it was a great time and we enjoyed each other's company immensely. Can't wait to see you all again! Hopefully next year!

Working for the weekend

It has been a week here at MVCI. This has really been my first "real" week in my new job. I was finally able to get moved so I am with my team now, and this is the first week we started our new work rotation. I'm experimenting, but hopefully my plan will help them to both learn the processes better, and to be more efficient. I, meanwhile, have been trying to figure out goals (team and individual), meeting with my new boss, trying to get some other ideas I have rolling, finagling with our IT department to get access to systems and drives for both myself and my associates, and dealing with my first "confrontational" issue. All this, and the tropical storm! Geez. God is faithful, though, and I am surviving just fine. All this hubbub sure does make the day fly by fast!
Tropical Storm Fay: We were very fortunate that the storm zagged to the east of us and is still today pummelling the east coast. We have friends (Dave and Sonya) who live in the Cocoa Beach area and the last time we talked to them they had received about 25 inches of rain!!!! I know they are thankful they live in a second story apartment. Roads and schools have been closed over there virtually all week long. We had Tuesday off of work and school here in Lakeland as the storm passed over us, but we were back at it on Wednesday. The rain/mist has continued all week, but we have been blessed to not have any flooding. Nick and I just enjoyed a nice day at home finishing the transition pieces on the floors (our floors are official finished!!!!!), and hanging new doors. We also relaxed and watched a movie and the Olympics in the evening. During the day we got a nice surprise on our doorstep. Nana and Grandpa Moss (Nadine and Gary) sent Natalie her bedding! It looks great. We got it all out and put it in the crib even though it still looks a little strange without a mattress. :) We'll get that soon enough. Thanks again Nana and Grandpa!!
This week I also went to the eye doctor. Let me tell you how much I dislike going to the eye doctor. I have never been able to stand my eyes being messed with in any way, so going there is the ultimate torture - the blowing of the air, the drops, the bright lights shining in your eyes. Ugh! I told Nick I would rather go to the OBGYN. I know. I'm weird. The good news is I did get some cute new glasses out of the deal. They are "berry" colored and kind of squarish - a fun change.
Well, I guess that's about it for now. I am determined to get access to our pictures this weekend so I can share them with you. Nick has them all and he has been "too busy" to load them on Snapfish, thus I do not have access to them. :(
Only a few more hours until the weekend!! Yea!

Graduation!

My MBA graduation ceremony was Saturday at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa - right next to the building where I took all of my classes. It was a lovely ceremony, and I made it across the stage without tripping! I was blessed to have my mother here as well as my mother and father-in-law. My Aunt Elaine was also able to be there and graciously opened her house to us afterwards for goodies and visiting. Chocolate Eclair Cake.....yummmmm, and yes, it is as good as it sounds.



Our floors are finished and the baseboards are installed!!!! All that is left is the little bit of trim work we have entering the rooms (transition pieces). We only ran into on little hitch - the elliptical machine wouldn't fit out the door and in the hallway to move it to the other room. But, with the help of our terrific parents, we partially disassembled it and got it moved! And it still works fabulously - I did a 30 minute workout last night on it! We will definitely have to post some "before" and "after" pictures. It really looks great if I do say so myself! :) The thing we are now currently working on is replacing all the interior doors in our house. 2 are up, 7 to go! They also look great.

In other news, now that the furniture is all back where it is supposed to go and things are all set up, Charles has taken over the guest room. We think that he thinks that is HIS room. He has been taking most of his naps on the bed in that room, and it is pretty interesting since he NEVER sleeps on beds. It's funny. :)

Baby news:
*Everything continues to go well. At my last checkup on Monday, the doctor said to "keep doing whatever you are doing" because everything looked wonderful. Praise God! I will now start seeing him every two weeks instead of every 4.

*The date for the Baptism has been set for November 30, 2008, the weekend after Thanksgiving. Mom found my dress and shoes from my baptism that Natalie Shea will wear for hers! My Dad (Papa) will be doing the baptism. How special. Thanks Mom and Dad!

*The crib and dresser have arrived, and they are beautiful! Mom and I spent one afternoon putting the crib together. I know Nick appreciated that - one less thing I'd be nagging him to get done. :) Pictures to come on that, too.

Other than that, we have just been taking it easy the past couple of days relaxing after all the craziness and enjoying watching the Olympics. Aren't the athletes amazing? Enjoy your week everyone!

PANAMA 2008....Trust God, Trust Milton

So on July 3rd at 3:15 in the morning, 5 people gathered at Pastor Ron and Barb's house to start an amazing journey. The best way I know how to give you details about this trip is to list highlights and try to match up some pictures with those highlights. So here we go:
Our group plus some friends we met along the way

July 3
Participants: Nick Moss, Barb Pennekamp (Pastor's wife, mom to 7, amazing woman of faith) Tabitha (college senior), Andrew (college sophomore), Sid (college sophomore)
Fly from Orlando to Miami to Panama City.
Meet Milton, who is the Lutheran church's President and our leader for the week.
REalize that driving in Panama is different than the U.S.; Milton teaches us a new phrase "Trust God, Trust Milton" We learn to say this often in the van.
Get settled in Balboa (just outside of Panama City) at Redeemer Lutheran Church. There is 2 bedrooms with blow-up mattresses, a kitchen, bathroom, and meeting space, and most importantly-AIRCONDITIONING!



July 4
Vist a Pastor and his congregation outside of Panama City. Go into homes and pray with people....cool experience.
Buy fireworks and almost get arrested....Happy B-Day America


July 5
Travel to Sora (2 hours from Panama City) in the mountains and stay with Pastor Martinho.
Meet the kids of the congregation and play soccer and taught them how to make s'mores
Spent most of the night laughing at many things, including the bat that kept flying over me as I was trying to sleep...yes, there was a bat in the house
Sid learning how to eat a Mango that just fell off of the tree


July 6
Worship at the church and it is all in Spanish....but still in God's language
Travel back to Panama City
Lutheran Church in Sora (don't need walls!)

July 7
I get to drive to our group to meet Pastor Jorge and meet some of his church members (it was awesome to drive in a foreign country)
Drive back after lunch and help teach English as a second Language at a church near Panama City.
Dr. Miller (the Muslim Expert) and Pastor Jorge
Teaching English by playing "Go Fish"

July 8
Spend time with pastors and church leaders at a workshop on Muslims put on by CALMS (the organization we were working with)

July 9
More Muslim Workshop
Visit Panama Canal
This ship paid $180,000 to pass through the canal...small little fee considering 6 months ago a ship paid 1.3 million dollars to pass through....fee is based on cargo
July 10
Fly Home


There of course was much more that happened and God worked through our Group to share Christ's love with the people that we met. If you want more stories from Panama, just call me up. I would be happy to share.

A "Marital Moment" for my friend Julianna and others to enjoy

So, last night I finally corralled Nick into working on the floor, and we got significant progress made! Yeah for us. Anyway, being pregnant has severely limited my wardrobe and when I arrive home from work I find myself grabbing a pair of athletic shorts (yea for stretchy waist bands) and one of Nick's t-shirts. Not very attractive I assure you, but it fits and it's comfortable.
Well, last night I had on last year's VBS shirt - mustard yellow paired with my fashionable canary yellow shorts. Nick started laughing and said that I looked ridiculous in two different shades of yellow. I said, "Oh well, these are my working clothes (floors), and no one will see me but you."
He went off to change into his work clothes and we got started laying flooring. It wasn't maybe five minutes later we were carrying some planks back to the bed room I stopped dead in my tracks seeing him walking down the hall and started to laugh so hard I was crying.....
Nick had put on his yellow mesh shorts and his neon yellow VBS shirt from this year!!!! He is too funny.
A little later I turned to him and said, "We should take a picture of ourselves in our hideous yellow getup." He just rolled his eyes and said, "I knew you were going to say that." :)
And this is another reason I love him so.

Culture Shock

I am back! Back from Panama, St. Louis, and Dominican Republic. What a month it has been. I am going to try and give you an insight into what I experienced in Panama and the D.R. This will take some time as I am still experiencing some reverse culture shock and have yet to catch up on my sleep. What I can say right now is that God gave me experiences that changed me and stretched my faith. From praying in church members homes in Panama City, to worshiping with my brothers and sisters in Christ in the mountains of Sora Panama, to seeing the Panamal Canal, to leading 10 high school students and 3 adults to the D.R., to walking into an orphanage for the Developmentaly challenged where children were tied to their beds, to assisting a new church host a VBS for their community, to seeing God work in the lives of young people.....God is Good all the Time.
More to come in the next few days as I get more rest and adjust back to this culture.

setting up VBS at Willie and Santa's home...having VBS in the street under tarps! (D.R)


Some kids showing off their art work for the day. (D.R.)


A friend I made at the afternoon VBS in Santo Domingo. (D.R.)


Me at the Panama Canal. Grandpa Moss went through here 50 years ago! (Panama)


Standing at near the home of a pastor in training in Panama. You can't see the house, but it was no more than wooden posts, metal sheets and a metal roof. This puts some things into perspective! (panama)

Nick is Home!...to a home that is clean and organized...somewhat

Nick finally made it home late Sunday night. He has pretty much been sleeping for the past two days, but I am glad to have him back safe and sound. He said that this trip was a complete success as well, but I'll let him tell you all about it. I think he's long overdue for a post....what do you guys think?
I had another marathon/ productive weekend. Nick, again wasn't here to control me, and the wild hairs were running rampant. Here's what I did this past weekend:

* Laid moisture sealant and padding that goes under the wood flooring.
* Went to Lowes and found a rug for our living room, (I've been wanting one for a long time, and found one that will do), towel bar and rug for bathroom, and landscaping things.
* Came home and cleaned out our neglected flower bed, planted flowers and plants, re-mulched, and trimmed existing bushes and small palms.
* Hung towel bar in bathroom
* Painted the closet in the back bedroom before we lay the floors.
* Searched for leftover paint to touch up the marks on the wall in the bed room. Realized there wasn't any left. Grrr. Decided that I was going to have to buy paint and do the entire room. Went back to Lowes to buy paint. I decided on a light yellow. The bedding is blue an white, and I'm going to look for a couple red accents to put in the room. Hopefully it will turn out decent.....remember I'm no interior designer.
* Went to church on Sunday. Went to Target for shower curtain and new liner to hang in bathroom and some miscellaneous.
* Cleaned out our "pantry" closet. Found some things that said "best used by" a past date. Threw out all the old stuff. The worst one I found was January 2004. Yikes. It was Old Fashioned Quaker Oats that had found their way to the back of the closet and were forgotten. Reorganized the closet, and now everything fits! What do you know.
* Finished my little green sweater I've been knitting. It turned out really great.

I'm sure Nick would kill me if he really knew how hard I worked while I was gone. He can see and recognize the results, but don't think he can really understand the time, so that is probably a good thing. :)

On the job front: I began with my new team this week and so far things have been BUSY. It's always hard starting something new. I get frustrated not knowing all the processes inside and out, and starting that long path to relationship building. I feel like I am starting to be "tested" by some of the team.....much like a child testing the boundaries with their parents, so I am deciding how I need to react to that without being a Nazi tyrant or isolating myself from them. My mother gave me some good and simple advice - Be firm and be fair. Great advice that I will try to take and implement. I still haven't moved over physically to be with my team as our facilities department is still working on my desk, and the entire area, really....lots of moving around is going on lately. I hope the move happens soon. I feel isolated from them, and I really can't see or hear what is going on when I'm working two rooms over. God has been having to listen to me more frequently since I took this job. I know I can do no good thing without Him, so that is who I am continuing to run and cling to. I always have, it's just that I feel more needy at times, and this is one of those times.

On the baby front: No big revelations or developments. She continues to get stronger and bigger with her movements. I will have my next appointment on Tuesday. Then I'll move to appointments every two weeks instead of every 4 weeks. 3rd trimester here we come!

No turning back now

Well, despite not everything being finalized with salary and job description (Marriott, much like every other company with maybe the exception of the oil companies, is on "cost containment" which apparently complicates everything), the announcement was made today that I would be taking over management responsibilities of the research team. It's pretty scary, but I think (and pray) I am up for the challenge. It's a small team of 4, but they are still different people with different personalities, experiences, ideas, etc. that I will have to learn about and work with. I am meeting with each of my new team members one-on-one Monday.

Please pray for patience, stamina, and talent as I adjust to and take on this new role.

Have a great weekend everyone! Two more days until my hubby comes home. I can't wait! Continue to keep him and the rest of the Dominican Republic Mission team in your prayers as they finish their work and travel back home.