Happy Mother's Day!

We finally all made it to church today!!!!  After months of unending illness, we made it! To Sunday School, church and evening service, that was a blessing!  That was a lovely Mother's Day gift, thank you Jesus!

We went to the church that Hubby and I visited about a month ago.  Since that time, we've listened to the Pastor's sermons online- and gotten to know the church a little, through their website.  Today visiting with the entire clan, we were noticed.  It's hard not to notice a new family in a smaller church, especially one with four school aged children!  We all had a wonderful Sunday School class, we all really like that the children are segregated by age and gender- Both the girls and the boys liked that a lot.  The morning service was really nice, the theme, Mothers of course!  Pastor preached on the many faithful mothers we are told of in the Bible.  At the end of the service bouquets of flowers were given to the mother with the most children, the oldest mother and the newest mother- Each mom was given a rose as we left the service.

We went back for evening serive {Bible study}, the Pastor was finishing up the book of Titus-   We met lots of folks tonight, including the Sunday school teacher's the chldren had and the Pastors and their wives.  We were told that there are quite a few homeschool families at this church.  We will be trying out the mid week services and will mostly likely be going back next Sunday. 

Here's where I get real-  Yes, it is a bit scary. We've just come away from a not so great church situation- On top of that all the sickness, we were really questioning what God wanted for our family.  It gave us lots of quiet time to pray.  In the end I just have had to hand it all over to Him and not take on the burden myself.  Leading up to today, yes, I was anxious, then I realized that if we didn't just jump back in with both feet, we'd never find a new church home, that we'd just be searching and searching.

Yesterday the four gave me {Hubby was invited too} a show for Mother's day!  It was really well thought out, they even made a program. The girls danced for us, K played his guitar, sharing a song he's written, it's really good!  Both boys had speeches to write last week for school so they each gave their speech.  It was a wonderful gift!  We girls went over to my parents this afternoon for a visit.

And of course I wish a Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's out in blogland!!!!

PS to the oven story: the guy was not able to repair it on Saturday- my Hubby had to be persistant and talk with few people, but was able to get another for Monday- hopefully they will be able to repair it.  I say they, it's a built in range oven combo, it takes two guys to pull it out, to see what's going on in the wiring behind it- I'm thinking that the tiny narrow kitchen is going to be a little crowded and messy while these guys are looking at it.   The upside, I can cook entire meals via electrical appliances such as an electric skillet, griddle and deep fryer/cooking pot; the toaster and microwave have come in handy also.  Oh, and it's not an "emergency" to have hot wires behind a range/oven {we have the breaker off}, but it is an "emergency" when the frig goes out!