This boy makes me laugh!

My Noah is so delightful =) He makes me laugh!

Yesterday, he requested a certain thing to watch while eating lunch. It wasn't on. So, he was in tears, very sad. Shane and I couldn't help but laugh because he was sooooo cute. Our little man was crying about something neither of us have ever cried about.

"I want bull riding!".....yes, our son loves watching bull riding on Sundays. Too funny!

Many, many times a day, I get to hear the phrase "huggin the mommy" from a very cute toddler....his request for many hugs each day. I try my best to cherish each of these hugging moments and hope that he wants to "huggin the mommy" even when he's a teenager =)

And....tomorrow. Tomorrow we have a date. It's Tuesday and therefore time for grocery shopping. Today we were talking about the food that animals eat, since he has a strong like for hay. Somehow we ended up talking about what dogs eat. So......

Tomorrow we have an exciting date down the dog food aisle! I am going to show Noah the big bags of the food that dogs eat. He thinks there are taste testers but I'm trying to warn him that there are not. And yes, he has already tasted it before....from Jack's food (my mom's dog) =)

Ohhh....toddlers are a hoot!

God is doing big things!

It's pretty amazing!

YWAM Kansas City started out just over 2 years ago with a few staff and a Discipleship Training School (DTS), renting a building on a beautiful property owned by another missions group that has sent out women missionaries for decades across the USA.

2 years have passed and God has done a lot. We are about to start our 9th DTS and we currently have about 50 students between our DTS and Church Pioneering School (CPS) on campus. It has been quite a ride! God continues to add to our numbers through staff and students! It is so fun to meet new people each quarter and have new staff joining in a steady stream. God is bringing them in!

Thursday, February 13th, 2014, was a big day in our history. Not only is it my mom and sister's birthdays but it is also now YWAM Kansas City's anniversary for buying our property!!!

We are amazed and blessed. The campus we having been using and renting, is now ours! All 36 acres! All 10 buildings!

We believe the Lord is doing something big in this time in history! And He is doing something big in the area of prayer and missions, here on our base in Kansas City! He saw fit to bless us with a huge campus so we can grow and stretch in big ways! We trust He will bring the staff and the students we need to mobilize missionaries all over the world =)

As our second DTS of the year begins next week, please pray that the Lord brings every student He wants here. Also, as the take over of the campus is underway, please pray for the transition and the God-sent staff members that we need to run this place. These are exciting times!

Also.....if your heart is being stirred.....if you feel the Lord knocking on the door of your heart....if your heartbeat is starting to pound to see the gospel go forth in the nations....if you long for a season of focused time with the Lord.....

Come join us! Tuition-free DTS is happening all year because we believe the Lord is calling many and we don't want anybody to miss out! Check out www.ywamkansascity.com!

The Olympics

My husband and son are huge sports fans. The weekends are fun for Noah because Daddy is home and all kinds of sports are on! You can see him running around the apartment with hockey stick in hand, throwing footballs, soccer balls and basketballs around, doing the plank as he acts out snapping a football and all with a big, red bicycle helmet on and yelling "touchdown!" or "ready, set, go!" or something of the like. He is such a boy and I love to watch what he naturally loves =) Just like his daddy =)

So, it's fun right now that we have the Olympics to watch! He was in awe of the luge this afternoon and has been enjoying the skiing =) What was super cute earlier today was when he was saying a new word. It took us a few seconds to realize he was saying "olympics"! That is adorable!

Ready? Set?

Go, Noah, go!

The End of an Era...

It all started almost 7 years ago...May 19, 2007.

My facebook life began.

So many great moments and so many benefits. A ton of reasons why I wanted to carry on as usual...

And yet...I want more. More peace in my busy mind. Less burdens to my tender heart. More attention focused on the things that really matter.

The Lord spoke to me and gave me an invitation. It took me a while to decide so that I could do so with my whole heart, decided and at peace.

As 2013 ended, I stopped my usual relationship with FB. No more scrolling down the news feed and getting my own type of entertainment fix. And it has made a HUGE difference in my world. Looking back over the past 5-6 weeks, things are calmer on the whole in my head and heart. It is so awesome to hear my husband tell me what a difference he's noticed and it makes it worth it.

That brings me to today. The final step in the shutting down process. It is complete. Done. Yay!

We're Not in Canada Anymore Moment - Episode 5

I'm sorry, my Canadian friends, but it's just true...

You know you're not in Canada anymore, in the midst of an intense winter, when you sit on the couch, enjoying a quiet evening and you can hear the rustling of dry leaves outside the patio door. No folks, that is not what you hear in winter in Canada. I feel for my dear northern friends this year. What a doozie!

But, you know you are in the midwest when on one day you are outside in a t-shirt and the next, you are bundled up and the bus won't start. The extremes are bizarre!

I must say though....I far prefer the dry, freezing cold temperatures of the north versus the wet, damp cold temperatures of the midwest. I'd take snow over freezing rain, for sure =)

Stay warm everyone!