A quick reposting of a song that is again running through my mind...

Trust His Heart

Babbie Mason

All things work for our good
Though sometimes we don't see how they could
Struggles that break our hearts in two
Sometimes blind us to the truth
Our Father knows what best for us
His ways are not our own
So when your pathway grows dim
And you just don't see Him
Remember you're never alone

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart

He sees the master plan
And He holds our future in His hand
So don't live as those who have no hope
All our hope is found in Him
We see the present clearly
But He sees the first and the last
And like a tapestry
He's weaving you and me
To someday be just like Him

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart

He alone is faithful and true
He alone knows what is best for you

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart


When you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart
Trust His heart

In Which She Replans Her Winter Activitys

Once upon a time there was a girl. She had turned 17 on the 6'th of the previous January. She had brown eyes, brown hair and stood 5 feet 5 inches, and her favorite color was burnt orange. Don't ask  me why you needed to know what her favorite color was. She was out of school. She had spent her summer cleaning various houses through out the northern woodlands in order to obtain the money needed to travel to the distant land of Timbuktu. Otherwise known as Thailand.
  Upon the arrival of the needed pennies in her piggy bank it came to her attention that the dear people whom she was planning to visit in that fair land, were possibly going to return to their home land, where the wild chipmunks roam, right-smack-dab in the middle of this young girls visit.
 "So," the young girl thought to herself, "I shall change my plans for the umpteenth and 11'th time".
And she did! The umpteenth and 11'th plan turned out to be teaching two young children in the first year of their scholastic endeavors.
 "But first", she thought to herself, she did allot of 'thinking to herself' btw, "I shall journey to the land of dangerous drivers and too many people to see what I can learn under the tutelage of several preachers for a week". Otherwise known as going to Charity Bible School.
 So the date for the journey was set  for the 4'th of November, various other people planning on going along invited about a million of their friends to go with, and the girl is spending her last week before the journey doing various odds n ends of things before she has to settle in and be a responsible schoolmarm for the rest of the winter.
Tonight her family is planning to go to the fair city of Rice and Lakes to see if they can conquer the houses of Aldi, Farm and Fleet, and hopefully a few thrift stores and a computer store, the girl has decided that it is time to see if she can buy a computer without spending every last penny from her piggy bank, and then they are planning to travel home with their plunder and live happily ever after.
The End

Amy and I

One Wish

I'm one of those girls who always wonders what they would do if they could have one wish.
Just one, anything at all was possible with that one wish. A girl could go back and fix a mistake. A girl could go forward and see what they will be doing when they are thirty five. A girl could wish herself a princess in medieval times... The possibility's are limitless.
  A girl could even wish that someone else she loved could have her wish.
Today, I'd give my wish away. I don't think even a princess could have a better few months planned.
(Large emphasis on the planned word).  I think I finally have my winter planned.
  Last Monday Jared called and said that the only open flight he could find for me is for this Thursday, and I would be returning in March sometime. 
So we thought, and agonized and finally decided that, yes, I could be ready to go. The ticket was found, purchase of it was to happen Tuesday morning, along with sending off of my Visa (which should be ready that soon but... oh well, we wont worry about that.) I called Charity and told her what I was planning to do... and told her that we could not talk about it that night or I'd cry, it would mean that I was not going to see her until next April, and I haven't seen her since last January. (Yes, that IS over a year, and yes, that IS too long!)
 After we were done talking I had convinced myself that, yes of course I'm ready to go that soon, duh!!!
 Tuesday morning I found out that I will not be flying this Thursday. Dru had called and said that it was silly to spend just as much money on a one way ticket as a two way ticket should be.
So I spent the rest of the day and all day Wednesday wondering what in the world I was going to do.
Dru's spent some time trying to figure out who else might happen to be flying in the meantime. Among the people they came up with was some for thirty year old bachelor, ("Pleeeeease God, dooooon't make me fly with hiiim!!!").
Thursday Mom called GTO and asked if there was, by any chance, someone flying in January, and coming back in March.
And they did. A group of GIRLS actually, and they have not gotten their tickets yet, which means that I can get on the same flight with them for sure. PTL!!!
So yesterday I sent off my application for Charity Bible School. Today I need to order a bunch of craft supplies for the Ojibwa children (btw NBCC is now on FB) and buy fabric so I can finish my sewing this week. 
 So you see, life is good. And today I'm going to enjoy it... So you can have my wish if you want it, I don't need it.
 "But above all, laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Life is short, yet amazing. Enjoy the ride." -Marc

Q. A.

What have I noticed lately?

* Hey! It's summer out there! No wait... I mean... What happened!!!? Where did it go!?

* The leaves are starting to change already!

* The weather is cooler already!

* The days are shorter!

* The corn is tasseling!

* Canning season is here!

* Enough exclamation points now... on to part two.

What am I thinking about right now?

* My Thailand trip plans.

* The Camping coming up.

* I need new songs for Kids Club.

* What the words contentment and joy and mean to me.

* What the major differences between disciples and friends are.

* How to live in two houses and not feel disconnected with the world in general... And enjoy it.

* What a Caboclo's lifestyle is (my term paper was/is supposed to be on Brazil... and I have yet to finish it( -blush inserted here- ).

What am I enjoying right now?

* The fact that Gabes will be here in three or four hours and that on Monday morning we are all  headed up to MN for a whole whoppin week of VACATION!

* That I'm not in school... My siblings started last week.

* That I'm "free, and 21" well... 17... whatever... what's the diff. ? Means the same thing: I'm free to do as I please (within reason!). 

That's all for now folks! -Francis