Trip to the country side

He's Risen!

Easter Morning 5:30 AM

 Luke 24:1  "On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb."

 "Suddenly two men in  clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.  In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?  He is not here; he has risen!  Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee;  'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' "

Chistmas Blessings

Counting your blessings begins with a choice, and a heart of praise. 

You can choose to complain or give thanks.  I had reason to complain, but my family helped me to choose a grateful heart.   

Friday afternoon I was on my way to the bank to get some cash for Christmas.  My heart was struggling, each month we help a family in need, this month I really wanted to keep all the money for ourselves.  After all ,there were so many extra expenses for December.  Gifts and guests to host. After much prayer and deliberation we felt, No, God had given us all we need we could continue to bless this family.   So I counted out the RMB and headed to our friend's home. I had just enough left to buy some cheese & cocoa for Christmas. (To buy these supplies it means an hour trek across town so it's a special treat for our family.)  I went to pull out my pocket book and it was GONE!  What...I dug through my purse, searched all the shelves, ran back down the street (just picture a crazy foreign lady, with tears, running down the street looking franticly for a lost wallet.)  gone.  Oh dear, the cash for Christmas, the credit cards...gone.  more tears. a call to Kyle to quickly cancel the credit cards.  Then a little voice inside my heart said, "You need to trust me.  Put me first.  Stop worrying about the money.  I've always given you everything you need."  I stopped and started counting my blessings.  That night at dinner we continued our blessing list.  Here are a few from the list...

Christmas sugar cookies,

a family tradition of sticky fingers and flour everywhere!

Even Baba got into the fun this year.

The best part is a cookie with a cuppa after all the work is done.

Pandora,

keeping our home full of Christmas worship.

The annual home school cookie exchange.

A warm home.

Kenny, the Chen's sweet song bird, has blessed our home with songs of praise!

Aiyi surprised us with a visit and yummy jiaozi.  Amazing how God hears every heart request.  Just that morning Keziah was saying, "I sure miss AiYi and her jiaozi."

 What a plentiful Christmas!

The Heaven's Declare the Glory of God

6 AM sunrise 

6 PM Sunset

Only once in a lifetime do we have these kinds of skies, and all in one week!

Through Keziah's Eyes



 Can  you  find  the  worm ?

  There have been a few changes around our neighborhood.  Our road just got  cleaned up for inspection!  It was amazing how fast it changed! Here is an after and before picture.

Their new gate.

Our new gate. After and before.

   The trees in our neighborhood, just got a little autumn trim.

Schwendie's Story

 

The Schwendie story all began in 1997.  K wanted to go overseas, so began to pray for a partner willing to go.  L wanted to go overseas, so why not go together!  In February they were engaged, June married, and August jumped on a plane to spend their honeymoon across the sea.  Little did they know that the trip would continue for 14 years.  Soon K & Z were added to make a perfect KLKZ family!  This blog is an attempt at sharing the Schwedie story..

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