I kept a journal for the years leading up to this incarceration–before I knew that was how God was going to move in our life.I wrote down things I read in the Bible that could apply to Lee. I quickly realized more of the verses applied to ME! (Imagine that!) Several applied to our child [...]

Another yummy recipe from the Amish cookbook. My cucumber vine is plentiful and I’ve eaten too many cucumber sandwiches lately so I had to find something to do with them.
I’ll say that the Amish recipes aren’t the most healthy you can eat, but they sure are good!
I halved this recipe. I put everything in a [...]

Earlier this week, a friend shared rhubarb with me from her garden.
I dug out my Amish cookbook and made
Rhubarb Goodie
1/2 c. sugar
2 Tb flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinammon
1 tsp. nutmeg
3 c. diced rhubarb
1 c. oatmeal
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. flour
1/4 tsp.  baking soda
1/3 tsp baking powder
2/3 c. butter
Mix together the first sugar, flour, salt and [...]

George Muller was a tremendous man of faith. If you search my archives, you’ll see several quotes by him. I read his story along with my devotions last fall and was amazed at his faith.
I saw this today and wanted to share it with you in case you’re looking for heroes of the faith for [...]

I wrote this the first summer Lee was gone. He was in the county jail which is the worst place to be. Prison is better in many ways. Especially visiting! Jail visits with glass between us were horrible.
This is one of those things I’m glad I wrote at the time. The emotions and thoughts are [...]

Crystal’s having a great sale starting Wednesday.
I’ve enjoyed her e-books  and have found them to be full of great information.
She probably doesn’t like me to say it, but she has personally been a huge help and encouragement to me. Last Christmas she helped me sell a ton of my Christmas cookbooks just to do something [...]

I wanted to share some of my saved links for Homeschooling. I will probably post about my favorite books sometime in the future too, but for now this is enough! It looks like I need to do some more work on the boys section! I also notice that these subjects aren’t in any particular order, [...]

James spent the morning making something to send to our Compassion child. He’s decorating bits of paper so we can mail him something from us.
He prays for him every night that he would be healthy and come to know God.
We’re preparing to write him a letter today too and get it in the mail.
This ministry [...]

Thank you to those of you who use my Amazon link to order books. I really appreciate you doing that.
Yes, I do get some money from your purchases. I looked at my reports today and saw that someone ordered some textbooks (maybe?) and quite a few other books. I really appreciate you using my link.
I [...]

There’s nothing too exciting going on here today. I have housework to do and packages to mail.
Tonight our church starts VBS at the park and I’m helping with crowd control.
I’ll get to see Lee for about 2 hours before he starts working second shift this week. Then next week, he starts his new job and [...]