That's right! Ever since March 16 when Dave and I arrived here in Texas we have officially been Texas residents. We left Florida after just 2 1/2 years there and are now living within 30 minutes of all 4 of our children. (Amy, Jon, David and Sam) Isn't God amazing??? How did this happen?
Well, it all started 10 years a go when David and Beth left Denver and Faith Christian for Teen Mania ministries. Teen Mania moved to Texas about 8 years a go. Jon and Kelly were the second family members to join the TM staff 6 years a go and then Brian and Amy moved here in November of 2005 as Brian joined the staff. We had decided on moving to Texas last summer before we knew that Brian and Amy were coming here. Dave has always wanted to live on a lake and it seemed that living just 30 minutes from David and Jon and their families might be a good thing. We thought we could still spend some winter time in Florida in our 5th wheel with Amy and Brian and family and spend some summer time in Montana with Sam and Lisa. All that changed though over the last several months. Brian and Amy moved here in November and now- Sam and Lisa have just moved here from Montana in the last week. Several years a go I was praying about our family being spread out all over the U.S. and asking God to allow us to all live in the same area- but really wondering HOW HE could ever pull that off. Isn't God good?
Yesterday we all gathered at our home to celeberate HEnry's (Sam's oldest)3rd birthday. All 14 of our grandchildren (Amy has 8, Jon-1, David-3, Sam-2)were here- fishing, swinging, running trucks and cars between 22 adult legs on the patio ,petting the new kitty that I picked up from a "Free Box' at Walmart and awarded as a "prize" in a name giving contest-and just having a wonderful time visiting with each other. (By the way- Ashley won the kitten (pre-approved by her mom!) "Duchess"is now at home with David, Beth, Ashley, Jonathan and Cole.
We are loving Texas but REALLY, REALLY missing all the ballroom dance that we were doing in Florida. Our plans are to return there in October for the "dance cruise" with our dance group. We have found a place near us where they have TEXAS dance. It is QUITE a different culture here and we are making adjustments.
Church on the Rock in Quitman is our new church home where we are making new friends. We are attending a weekly Bible Study there by John Bevere called "The Bait of Satan" and learning much about how satan tries to use offenses to ruin relationships and lead us into sin. My cousin, Larry Snyder and his wife, Sue, are attending with us. (I had not seen Larry for over 50 years and found they live just miles from us here!) It is fun to see how God has worked in their lives and learn more about their family.
I'm REALLY new to this world of Bloging and my daugher-in-law, Beth, has convinced me that I can do this! We'll see. She and Kelly are much, much better writers than I am so I'll have to look to them for help and try to figure this all out. What is that about teaching old dogs new tricks????
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