Our Front Porch: January 2010

Monday, January 18, 2010

PATIENCE TO DEVELOPE CHARACTER (Romans)WHAT"S YOUR DREAM?

I Pledge allegance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, with LIBERTY & JUSTICE for All. Amen

If your wondering why the Amen, that was a personal prayer. Today the Nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day....I wonder how he'd view our Nation Today. Proud or Sad or maybe glad. Hopefully the ladder for everyone. Remembering his speech....I have been to the Mountain Top....knowing like Moses, if he'd see deliverance & the promise land. Yet, his quote always rings true for all of us: CONTENT OF CHARACTER....Holy Lord God grant us the Pure Wisdom to grow thus In Christ.....amen

TO GOD BE THE GLORY.....GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE :)

Good Morning Everyone how are you all this Glorious God given day? Well the Good News is God in his great mercy has spared the lives of the 'Son Light Children's Home (sponsored by the church of Christ). I was really worried and praying about what happened in Haiti, then remembered about a christian lady I had read about in Christian Woman magazine.

I was thinking about a story from war torn Europe how a 'One praying home was spared' during the bombing. And I prayed 'Lord, be with Roberta Edwards and her children's home. Then I received and e-mail from a family friend member of the church of Christ. She sent this photo cover of the magazine I had gotten this last week.

Was I ever glad and thanking God that this wonderful lady, her children's home and work for the Lord had been spared. They are able to feed 150 people. Pray for donations & resources for this great missionary work in Haiti.

Remember: God answers prayers of the greatful & faithful....

Credit & Link: www.estes.tn.org for donations to Haiti

Sunday, January 10, 2010

EARTHQUAKE!!! PRAYING NEW MEXICO BOUND

We had a 6.5 earthquake in N. California.We are still feeling tremors in the beautiful victorian Village of Ferndale, California. It felt like a jackhammer swirling through our small apartment. My husband & I held each other in the doorway to our bedroom.

God in his infinite wisdom & mercy sent my daughter in love's sister to visit w/her girls. They helped up pick up the things thrown to the floor by the quake. Thank God only two items were cracked/chipped and our lives were spared. Glass fell from local stores. Our elderly friend Trudy the candy lady shop was in the news, I phoned her but no answer, hopefully shes with relatives.

Meanwhile, I am downsizing & packing & praying......Lord willing hopefully we may be moving to New Mexico to be with our Son & his family. Anyone ever live there? please share...thanks, ana

Enjoy: And Remember we are precious in God's sight, trust he has us covered at all times. I stand amazed how a simple visit turned into a lifesaver....Thank you, God.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Fresh View of "Our Front Porch"

We have been living in our "cozy" apartment in Northern California for just over eight years. It sounds like a long time and in some ways it has been, especially in the beginning. We had moved all the way across the United States in ten days in a crowded U-Haul truck: me, my wife and two terrified pet cats (growing old, set in their ways, best of friends) not having a clue what was going on, sharing a cramped pet carrier, which sat between the two seats in the cab. We also were on edge most days, probably I carried much of the stress, being the only driver in the biggest vehicle I had ever driven. I kept my worries to myself or tried, because this was my third trip across country, but the first in over twenty-five years. I had just turned fifty-six in the first half of the trip and I was having all kinds of premonitions about what could possibly happen at any given time. (Flat tire, engine trouble, bad weather: which we did encounter, motel room mishaps: which we also encountered, the cats getting loose, etc.) The worst part by far was crossing the Rocky Mountains; enough said about that experience! When we realized that the trip was almost over, we were both very relieved. After we finally arrived, I realized that the trip was over, but not that there were going to be continuing challenges as we became accustomed to our new life in way-Northern California.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR-FELIZ ANO NUEVO 2010 !!!

Hope your all are having a quiet evening at home. Our New Year's Eve was as still as a mouse with a cat in the house.

Our son called early on in the evening to wish us a Happy New Year. The family was attending a New Year Fellowship with the New Mexico Christian Children Home where they worship, work & live. They will have a prayer time just into midnight to begin the year worshipping our Lord & Saviour God.

I took my 'Traditional nap' just after supper and kept asking hubby 'What time is it?', got out of bed at 11:57pm. Yikes, almost missed seeing my NYC New Years Eve Ball ! Well, didn't miss it. got to see Dick Clark, he's 80 years old now...what an icon of how music can inspire a man to keep on keeping on :)

Gave hubby a Happy New Years hug & kiss and sat on the blue sofa. Bang! someone outside was doing fireworks. Get me excited, I almost opened the door, not :) I said to hubby, 'They wanna put Ferndale on the map'....So tired began watching tv on a lady that came to America from Honduras, it was sad her daugther in a wheelchair and she worked so hard doing everything from washing dishes to washing dog to send money home. It touched my heart to see her struggle so. In the end, she got to see the Statue of Liberty and she said: I am an American with a smile of satisfaction on her face. It pays to work hard and do right.

Enjoy your New Year and may God will be done for everyone....