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I would love to invite you into my home to have a cup of tea with me. We could sit in my sunny kitchen and talk about all the things that are going on in our lives. I could share with you the news I hear from my grown daughters. How my grandkids are growing. We could laugh together over the funny things that they have said. It would be fun to share the ins and outs of our family life, and talk about our latest creative projects. We could share what God has been teaching us, in our personal lives, and encourage each other on this walk of faith. We could pray together, laugh together, and even cry together. Since most of us will never be able to sit down together face to face, I would like to invite you to join me here. So come on in and have a cup of tea with me.

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Joy

Joy

About Me

Crossville, Tennessee, United States
I am a 61 year old, wife, married to my best friend for 40 years. We have been blessed with 6 children, & 13 grandchildren. I love mentoring women in their spritual walk & in the everyday. I have a diverse background, having spent over 30 years living and ministering in a small South American country. Now my family resides in a small town in the lovely state of Tennessee. We have experienced the blessing of adoption, but also the hard of dealing with a child with RAD and other mental health issues. You can live life with the cup half full or half empty the choice is yours. I choose half full.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Busy Days...

We are keeping busy around here!  This coming week the kids and I will be finishing up the basic core work for their school year!   No, we aren't starting our summer vacation early, BUT, I wanted to be finished with the work we needed to do, so that WHEN we receive the visas for Carla and Matthew, we will be able to just go to the US, and not have to worry about when and how to do school the first few weeks we are there. :) So, I guess our Summer Vacation will start when we get to the States!

On that note, people keep asking me, WHEN are you coming to the States? or WHEN are you leaving for the States?  Hate to tell you, BUT we have NO IDEA!!  I can guarantee you that we will be on the first possible flight out, once we receive the kids visas! :)  But exactly WHEN that will be is not in our hands.  We are thankful that God knows all about it and that it is all in his hands and we are trusting HIM!  We know that HIS TIMING is PERFECT!!  So we rest in Him for this.  Don't think, though, that while we are "resting" in Him, that we are not busy.  I have come to learn that "Waiting on the Lord" is an active process.  So during this time of waiting, we are working on getting everything prepared for our absence.  There are things around our house that need to be packed up and taken care of.  There are preparations at the church that need to be made.  This week I will be meeting with Ceci in preparation of turning over the responsibilities of the Ladies Sunday School Class.  I will also meet with our Leader's wives, to discuss how the Mother's Day breakfast went, and also to help them figure out what events they should work on and organize without.  Tony and I will be taking Pastor Darwin and Jessica to the Christian Bookstore to check out new Sunday School material.   I would ask you to please be praying for each of these people as they step up and take on responsibilities for the ministry here.

We had a great day at church this morning.  Our attendance was 140 in the preaching service.  I had 28 in my Sunday School class.   The ladies were still talking about the Mother's Day Breakfast. ;)  I would ask you to be praying for those visitors last week, that heard the gospel for the first time.  The seed has been planted.

Thank you so much for praying for our family and for the ministry here in Manta!  God is working and hearts and lives are being changed.

Blessings to you!
Joy
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