Amazing

I don't have pictures to document it, but I had an amazing last couple of day in Amish Country, Wilmot, Ohio!  The Inn at Amish Door was the exact location and it was beautiful.  Our group filled the little bed and breakfast and it was so neat!  The FAS Discipleship Summit was held there the last 3 days and this was my first time to attend.  It was great!  Jesus came and met with not only me, but many of the women who attended.

I was privileged to room with a dear friend and Jesus ordained our times away from the Sessions too!  It was just a sweet time!  Also attended with my mom and sister.  The 3 of us don't get to do much together anymore so it was sweet to have them there!

There is a lot going through my tired mind tonight, and so much of it I want to continue to process and allow Jesus to continue to work in my life!  I'm thankful for the opportunity to go and thankful for a great Summit!

Visit to Wilmore

One of our reasons for visiting Wilmore this past weekend was for Ron to find housing and for all of us to visit the Francis Asbury Society!

We are pretty sure that Ron will be spending one week out of each month in Wilmore (all the details will be worked out with the churches at a PPRC meeting in the next few days). With the boys being in school, he will, more often than not, be traveling alone! We have looked into 1 bedroom apartments and other options, but it appeared that his best situation would be a dorm room. On Friday morning while the kids and I hung out with the Rozsa's (see post below), Ron went to meet with the housing department at Asbury. He looked at the dorm rooms and his college days came flooding back :). He will be rooming with one other guy, but sharing a bathroom with 3 other guys. College bathrooms are not the best of memories for my hubby (he's a neat freak), but all in all it seems to be the best for now! Ron will be on the meal plan, which means he will get 2 meals each day in the cafeteria. There is a very small kitchen in the dorm for his 3rd meal! It will be an interesting year of commuting and dorm life, but we continue to believe the Lord is orchestrating it all and we are trusting Him!

After getting things in order with Asbury, Ron came and picked the kids and I up to go to the new Francis Asbury Society (FAS) building. We toured the new building and even got to see his office (I had forgotten my camera in the car). We met some of the ladies who we have been communicating with through phone and email and it's nice to put a name with a face.

I got this picture as we were leaving.

While Ron is in Wilmore for that one week of the month, he will be leading a Discipleship group of Seminary guys. We're anxious to see who the Lord brings to this group and where He leads.

There are still uncertainties about this coming year, but we continue to wait on the Lord and trust Him that all the details will fall into place! We have not been called to know it all, but simply to be obedient to Him!

Banquet

Saturday evening we held a fund raising banquet in Sherwood. The picture below was taken just minutes before it began, and was honestly to show Ron's mom what we decided to do to decorate the tables. We had several compliments that they looked nice!

Anyway, we had 76 people respond that they would be coming on Saturday evening and let me just say that Saturday was a rough day for Ron and I. We are struggling with this whole fund raising thing! It's hard! Then on top of that we got a call Saturday morning,ight before we were ready to walk out the door to set up for the banquet,that my Grandpa Hornish had passed away (I'll post more on that later). Anyway, it was a long day!

We think the banquet went well. We heard a lot of positive things. Ron and I really wanted our church people to catch a vision for what we are doing and what the Lord is calling us to. We heard positive comments on Sunday that revealed that the Lord answered that prayer in at least some parishioners! We are thankful for that.

Additionally, we got lots of positive comments on the boys singing! They sang and signed, "How Great is Our God" and from this mommas perspective did a great job!

We covet your continued prayers! We are continuing to trust Jesus with our future and all the details! Thank you to those of you who prayed for the Sherwood Banquet!