Why God?

Last year when I first came to frc I was quickly befriended by Pete and Holly Guyon. My boys call them uncle Pete and aunt Holla! They have taken the Swanzy family in and treated us like their own family. We have celebrated holidays together. Exchanged Christmas gifts. Sang many happy birthday tunes. We have enjoyed double dates , and Texas hold'em poker nights. They even attended Cam's school program to be his cheering section. We have prayed together, cried together, laughed a lot together, and even been frustrated with each other! It comes with the territory when you do ministry together. oh yeah, and they have picked us up on the side of the road when our car breaks down. ( which is often) lol
My mind is flooded with so many memories. I have cried so many tears over Pete being sick. I have begged God to heal him. I have asked God so many hard questions that I may never understand. I know that God can handle all of our frustration, tears, and questions. He's such a big God. He wants us to be transparent.
Today in the midst of all the emotion He blessed me. Some how the conversation at the dinner table turned to Pete. Cameron my almost 6yr. old son asked" Is Pete going to die?" WOW , I paused to try to think of something positive to say, but I couldn't so I answered with what I perceived to be the brutal truth. " yes, Cameron, I think he is" Cameron was so sad he said that he would never see Pete again. So I explained that Pete's sick body would die, but that Pete would live forever in heaven because he had Jesus in his heart. ( Cameron has been asking questions about salvation for almost a yr.) So after about a 30min conversation and questioning him he prayed this prayer by himself with chad and I listening as we all sat on the kitchen floor.
"Dear Jesus, thank you for this day, but I have done so many wrong things. I don't deserve to go to heaven, but I want to. I want to ask you to come into my heart and forgive me. Thank you for this day Jesus. In Jesus name amen.

call me crazy

This year I have been in the season of my life called motherhood. I have 2 boys and 23 7th grade girls. Yes, I said twenty-three 7th grade girls. I have been with my girls at frc for 1yr . It's been a great year. We have been to the movies, out to eat, pool parties, tie-die t-shirt making, costume parties, and on and on.........I talk to my girls once a week on the phone and some of them e-mail me, but my favorite time with them is our table time on Sunday morning. The girls have grown so much in just one yr. Every week I get to share and talk about God with them. I love to hear them talk. They say the first thing that comes into their mind and it's beautiful! I love seeing and hearing about God working in their lives. I'm so excited about taking them all to camp. They say spending one week at camp with your kids is the same as an entire year of contact work. I know the week will be filled with lots of drama and high pitched screams, but what it's really about is kids taking the next step in their spiritual lives to reach their God potential. This is my heart and my passion!

Out of the mouths of babes

We finally found a house. It was a long and grueling process. This is a good parenting story. I found a house that I thought I wanted. It wasn't perfect. It needed some work, but it was big . We made an offer on the house and we didn't get it. The landlord chose a family without kids (less wear and tear). So when I found out that we didn't get the house I threw a major fit. I was crying and saying that we weren't going to have a place to live and so on and so forth. So today 2 weeks latter we found and got a new house and it is much better than the first one. It's in great condition and needs no work. So we are walking tonight and Cameron says" mom do you like the new house or are you still upset about not getting the other house? and why did you think we weren't going to have a place to live? " So Chad's laughing at me while I'm having to explain to my 5 yr. old about my fit and my lack of faith in God. I said" You know cam sometimes we think we know what the best thing is for us , but we can only see what's right in front of us. But God knows and can see the future. Sometimes He says no to us because He has better plans down the road. We have to learn to trust Him that He always has good plans for us". Lesson learned!