My Mother's Day.........

This is Mother's Day and I am a blessed mother. God has given me a little girl that is such a wonder and a joy to have. But as a mother, I want to take this day to evaluate myself and how I feel that I am doing as a mother.

I think that the most important things are... is my child learning Jesus from me and is she a happy, obedient, respectful child.

I am the "Jesus" that she learns so am I living the life before her, am I as kind as He would be, am I as understanding as He, am I as teaching as He was? Do I pray for her and the person that she is to become and ask Him to give me the guidance that is required to get her there?

Have I laid the ground work for her to respect her elders and those around her? Am I flexible enough to let her be herself, and yet firm enough to learn the boundaries? Do we have fun together and do I make it a priority that she is stimulated to learn and grow?

I have been so blessed, yet I feel the great responsibility that it brings with it. I love my girl and I want to do my best at all that I do with and for her.

Quintana, you are my joy and I love you very much. I am still glad that God sent you to my house!!

a peek into the new Peak home....

Here are the rest of the pictures of our place... now we have to see what we can keep and what we have to store.

Here are the pictures that he gave me of the abode. Well the kitchen at least..

Changing Addresses

In the last few months we have made that fateful decision to leave the people of Clinton First Wesleyan. It was a hard decision to make and it cause many tears and sleepless nights to get there. But God lead us to a new church body in Moneta, Va. Ben is the Pastor of Family Life. We are very excited to be with Troy and Janell Keaton again and the people that we will be "living life with".

But this all means that we have to go through every drawer, cabinet, closet, and crevise inorder to pack our belongings. I have realized that it does help to get rid of things that I have not used in 6 months...and have yard sales......and send stuff to Goodwill.....and then send the rest home with your mother if all else fails.

We did all this and then we realised that we could not live in our car. A place to take a shower was most appreciated by me and by the people that we will be near. So Ben rented a car and drove to the beautiful town of Moneta to valently find his family a place to abode. And in doing so he found us a beautiful place. Well I have not seen it yet, but he promised that it did not have an out-house and that the rats where only 2 inches instead of 7.

In a few weeks we will go back to Va as a family and see what my faith has provided....(I really do trust you Ben)