Meditations: Saying Good-bye

Dear Friends,

I promised yesterday that I would explain why I've fallen behind in my blog posts.  For those of you that don't know, I'm the administrative assistant to the pastor of a new church start, FaithWay.
 

 
The pastor and I have been friends for years, and three years ago I joined the launch team for FaithWay. This past week, we were officially instructed by the higher-ups to cease public worship as of December 9th. We have not met critical benchmarks in both attendance and giving. 

Please keep all of us in your prayers. Many of the parishioners are only recently baptized and very young in their faith. I hope and pray that they can find a new church home that will support them in their walk. Also, please pray for me and my family. Not only do we need to find a new church home, but I am also now unemployed.

I'm hoping to get 2012 pictures pulled together soon, so stay tuned for part 2 of this post.

Scrapbook Day: Catch-up

Hey, All!  I am WAY behind in posting (I'll explain why in a later post), so today is catch-up day.  Here's all the layouts that I've made in the last couple of weeks.  As always, clicking on an image will take you to my gallery at Scrap Girls Digital Scrapbooking.  There you can find a larger image, more legible journalling, and a list of supplies.  Enjoy!

Embrace the Camera: New Boots

It's another Embrace the Camera day.  Since I haven't taken any pictures of anyone in a while, I had to get creative.  :-)  I thought I would show you what I look like getting ready to take the two younger boys to the bus stop.

Notice the mittens.  I've been told that they are for hunting, however I think they're great for helping little ones with zippers and car seats.  LOVE THEM!

And of course, there's my new boots.  I haven't owned boots in YEARS, but I also haven't had to go to the bus stop in years either! What you can't see are the fleece-lined tights under the jeans and the three shirts that I'm wearing.  I'm telling you, Michigan is COLD people. 

What is Embrace the Camera?

I've been following Emily over at The Anderson Crew for a couple of years now and thoroughly enjoy her Embrace the Camera posts.  I love her reasoning, she says it way better than I can here.  So I figured now that I'm doing this blog, I'd join in the fun.  After all, she's right, I have almost no pictures of myself!