Grandpa set up a playdate for our boys to have some school friends out to collect and chuck corn bundles… Many hands make light work!  The “town kids” really enjoyed seeing the sheep and poultry and other animals when they were done hauling bundles.

Daily Verse

“If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”–James 1:26-27

Thanks to two wonderful babysitters, Andrew and I were able to attend the NDSU St. Paul’s Newman Center Banquet.

Some folks have pet dogs, some folks have pet fish, some have pet parakeets, we have pet cows. Even they keep us grounded and help us “keep the Faith,” as uncle Fred says on departure.

Daily Verse

“So then, my beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent, work out your salvation with fear and trembling. For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.”

–Philippians 2:12-13

We are upheld by our Faith and by uniting our suffering with Christ’s Cross, amazing folks holding us in prayer and by a wonderful distraction of fun work and family here to visit.

Thank you dear friends and family for all the love, prayers, and support.

Andrew and I have been handed a bitter cup to drink for the 5th time in our marriage covenant and we are in the process of losing a 5th child to miscarriage.  This is not a topic that I can write eloquently about, so I will let Scriptures handle the eloquence part.  Anyone who has traveled this road, can empathize with the heavy hearts we carry.

Jeremiah 1:5

I am unable to read through these without weeping.

Scripture Verses

This brings us comfort:

The Hope of Salvation for Infants