Busy Summer!

  Here is the latest update on our family:
 We finished our 1st semester (of 2 semesters) at the Mission Training Center in Missouri the end of May. We have one more school semester and then we are being sent to AZ for 6-9 months of more training before we are sent to the field where we are needed!! We are so excited that our goal to get overseas to help the missionaries who are reaching the lost is getting closer!!! Pray for us as we work our way through the process of paperwork, school work and training. The Lord is definitely bending, stretching and molding us during this time.

Jon's modes of transportation:

Spraying Crops

Working for Air Care

Flying to get to family events

Giving Flight Instruction

Jon flew up to his parent's farm to get started with aerial spraying right away. I drove to St. Louis, MO on my way home from school and picked up my brother Matt, 17, at the airport.  We hired my Matt to help with the aerial spray business. Jon's Dad and brother usually help out, but this year they are busy with work on their farm and were not able to lend a hand. So Matt came to the rescue!! He graduated high school, hopped on a plane to join us for the Summer and gets back in time to go to college.He is a Godsend!

Between spraying crops in Minot and the surrounding areas and spraying for his Dad and Brother Jon has been filling in at his Air Care job (He flies an Air Medical Helicopter for a hospital based out of Minneapolis). If any of you know Jon, he can't sit still for a minute, always on the go!

The boys and I have traveled up to Minot a few times to be the "crew" for the guys. We fix meals, send out lunches for the guys and make parts runs. We borrowed Jon's parent's camper and parked in the shop of one of our customers. What a treat to be able to plug everything in and stay cool in the shady shop. This particular customer is a father of little boys, and we were welcome to use their boy toys, sand box and trampoline. Jaeden, Levi and Jace LOVED it up there!

 Jaeden just turned 6 this Summer. Within a week of his birthday he lost his first tooth. (He lost another one last year after he had a run in with the back end of our jeep in the driveway! But a dentist pulled that one, so technically it doesn't count!) Jaeden LOVES Legos, Star Wars and helping his little brothers. He is my soft-hearted boy who makes sure to give his Mom little gifts and flowers. :)

Levi just turned 4 this Summer. He is FULL of energy and noise. He is on the go, busy and is very easily known as our trouble maker. Whether he intends it or not, he manages to bother his brothers. Both Jaeden and Jace love Levi but sometimes they are just not sure what to do with his "enthusiasm!" ;) Levi is my little hugger. Always needs a hug from his Mom. ;)

Jace is almost 2 and tries to keep up with his brothers. I imagine him joining a football team or wrestling team. He jumps into whatever his brothers are doing whether he can keep up or not. His newest words are: Cute, Levi and Kitty. His question on a daily basis, multiple times a day: "Where's Daddy?" Even when Jon is standing right there.

Praising God for His safety so far this Summer. Jaeden, Jace and I were involved in a car accident last week after returning from MI from a family reunion. An old lady was at fault. She pulled in front of another car and me in a intersection as she turned left. Her car was totaled and the guy who hit me had pretty bad damage but our car came out of it with minor nicks. We were hit so hard we were spun 180 into oncoming traffic. What a scary feeling!! But thanking God no one was injured!

School starts August 20th back at the Mission Training Center in MO. The boys and I will be dropping Matt off at the airport August 14th and picking up my sister Rachael, 19. Rachael has come out to help us in the past with the kids. She will be our nanny/school teacher this school semester. Since I have to be at the classes with Jon we thought it would be great to have her along to help watch the kids for us. And the boys just LOVE Rachael!! :)   

 

Lastly, I am SO excited to announce, that I got the approval from our Student Life Director to start a Moms group for our student Moms at the Mission Training Center. Our group will meet twice a month , it will be similar to a Mom's Of Preschooler's group where we have a special speaker and small group discussions. Moms need a place to unwind, be encouraged and to know they are NOT ALONE! Pray for all of the details to come together! Our theme this year:

Prayer Requests:
1. Continued safety with all of our travels
2. Safety and wisdom for Jon as he wrangles all of his work
3. For the Lord to bless the Moms group starting at our school.

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And for those who are curious, I have not sent out an newsletter via snail mail yet.
Our blog will be our updated information for now. :)

Trying New Things!

 We had our first game night with our class this past month. What a fun time of food and fellowship!! The kids just loved trying out new games (making more of a mess than anything...but had fun in the meantime!) and playing with all of the kids. Jace made the rounds that night sitting on anyone's lap and hamming it up for the ladies. I think I am going to need to watch that boy! ;)

 Levi requested (begged me daily-more like it!!) to eat Pickled Pigs Feet. He saw it in the school Food Pantry and he just had to try it! Why? I am not exactly sure why. It looked appealing to him I guess. He loved them very much! Once again, why?  Because it tasted like two of his favorite things: pork and pickles. Mmmmm yum! According to Jon, they have a nice pickley, rubbery soft taste and consistency. Yes, just makes you want to dig right in and eat yourself a foot, eh? No thanks. I am so glad Levi didn't ask me to try one. It's hard to say no to that face!

 Look at this face? Who could even try to resist him? Levi is going to be a heart breaker, I tell you what!

 Jaeden tried out the game of checkers for the first time. He loved the game and asked to play it several times in a row. I think he and Jon will definitely be the competitive game players of the family. Jaeden loves to be precise, competitive and  thinks very deeply about things, this is where he takes after his daddy. So we could have some interesting game playing "intensity" ahead with those two!

Lastly, we have a ministry class that we are taking here at school and part of the class is to get involved in an outreach of some kind. We are learning how to minister to those in our communities before we go overseas. So for our outreach we chose the nursing home. We wanted something that we could do as a family. The boys were used to going to the nursing home after visiting their Great Grandparent's often before they died. The boys just love to interact with the elderly and they help everyone feel comfortable and people are a little more willing to open up and  to share a little bit more about themselves when there are little ones.

The Director of Activities asked if some ladies from our class would be interested in starting a cheer leading team that we could practice with and eventually take to a local high school game in the Fall to do some cheers. Thank God we have a college cheerleader in our class and asked her to get us started. Thanks to Mandy who came up with cheers that we could all do that wouldn't throw out anyone's hips or be too much for the uncoordinated (and that is just talking about me!). At the end of our first practice run with the ladies, our kids sang some songs for the ladies. This really ministered to these women. One woman shared with a fellow classmate that her family did not ever come to visit her and she just enjoyed having us there. She even hugged and kissed everyone as they left that night.

Amazing that God can use the smallest of efforts to make a big impact on someone else!

Please keep us in your prayers as we try to make sure we keep our school, family life, outreach and get togethers nicely balanced so that we don't burn out before the semester is even over.
We are ENJOYING every moment that we have here!! Our fellow classmates and staff/teachers are just a great group of people!

Thank you all for your wonderful love, support, prayers and encouragement during the exciting time in our lives!!

Campus life

I wanted to share a little bit about what we are studying here at the Mission Training Center (MTC). Each topic is well thought out, and put together by missionaries that have come back from the field and realized that other missionaries need to learn this stuff. It's SO GOOD!

One class we take is called Learning Styles based off the book by Cynthia Tobias called, "The Way They Learn." A great introduction to people's learning styles and dealing with different personality types. Realizing that people learn things/understand things in different ways and that graciously accepting people's differences will be and should be a way of life in ministry.

We have a Worldview Analysis class about understanding our worldview and learning to defend it. Very fascinating. Even if someone says they don't have a worldview, that is their  worldview!

We have a Ministry Practicum class where we learn how to be an outreach to everyone in our community. We are missionaries at home not just overseas.

We have chapel 2 days a week, with worship and a small teaching from a staff member or missionary guest. Very encouraging!

We have a Culture and Language Acquisition class.We are learning about understanding cultures around us and overseas to be a better about not offending people while trying to "minister" to them. To jump into a situation to try to "teach" someone or share with someone about the Lord without understanding the full circumstances can be more of a hindrance then a help.

And lastly we meet twice a week with a small group for discussion, prayer, encouragement and accountability. It's a neat way to be able to get more connected with people here on campus.

Inbetween classes and homework, since everyone lives so close to each other here on campus we've been having get togethers almost everynight and having such a great time!

Thank you for your prayers! We can definitely praise God for helping us get settled in here in MO and get adjusted to life here on campus. Keep up the prayers!!
Our love to you guys,
Adie
PS So sorry about no recent pictures. Internet is a little harder to work with down here. So pictures will slowly trickle in. 

The craziness continues!

Hi All,
We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season spent with family and friends! We had a crazy one this year, packing up our house and driving to Jon's parent's Christmas Eve. Certainly a Christmas we will never forget! We celebrated with his family Christmas Day and then Dec 26th drove back to MN to pick up our trailer and  do a last minute clean up of our house. From there, we have been traveling around and visiting with family for the past few weeks. Such a fun and great time to see family and enjoy a little down time.

We were at Adie's parent's house in VA this past weekend and drove from VA to MO overnight on Sunday, January 15th. We arrived on campus at the Mission Training Center, Camdenton, Missouri Monday afternoon and hit the ground running. The campus provided all of the new student families with a host who provided us with a meal/dessert and help unloading our boat/trailer the moment we arrived. What a huge blessing! The weather that day was 68 degrees! Another huge blessing to have gorgeous weather to unpack. Yesterday MO was hit with a cold snap with temps in the teens at night and 30s during the day.

We moved into a fairly new lower level 3 bedroom/1 bathroom 4-plex. Very bright and open and just the perfect size for us! Our furniture fits very nicely in our new place.
Our first night here we had a TORNADO warning complete with the tornado siren going off at 11pm at night. So strange to have not only a tornado at that time of day but in the middle of January!?! We thankfully have a nice staircase right outside of our door that we hid under until the alarm went off. My first thought when I heard the alarm was, "Wow, they throw the tests at you right away, don't they?" Not until Jon pulled up the weather radar did we realize that this was not just a test, there was a tornado spotted within 4-10 minutes of our campus! Crazy times and I hear this is just the beginning of these sirens. Oh dear.

Our first day of orientation/classes began today. The rest of this week is all orientations, meet and greets, get togethers and chapel. Today we had a speaker who was from PNG, a language translator sharing her stories of what she experienced before and after she got into the field. Her story was an encouragement to us that we may have "our" plans but in the end God has THE plan for us. But our we willing to accept His plan and His will for our lives. Are we open to his guidance along the way? Good thoughts to ponder as we begin this journey into the "unknown."

We were excited to see that there are 2 other aviation families here going to school and they have little ones. We got together last night and we all hit it off. Looks like there will be many get togethers that include great food, fellowship and some good competitive game playing. (They are Settlers of Catan fans, too! :)

The boys are adjusting very well for having gone through a lot of changes. They are most excited about the community playground right outside our patio door. I am just as excited as they are because I can see it from our dining room and living room! The Lord is so good to us!

I am hoping to post pictures soon on our blog and Facebook, but need to figure out the internet around here. Please keep checking our blog or Facebook for details
Please feel free to friend us on Facebook at: Jon N Adie Leedahl if you would like to have the most updated information and pictures. We tend to upload cell phone pictures more than my regular camera.

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement and support! We appreciate you all very much!
Love in Christ,
Adie, Jon, Jaeden, Levi and Jace Leedahl

Newspaper article

We were recently interviewed by our local newspaper about our mission goal. You can read the story here:

http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/lifestyle/family/x550233978/The-gospel-with-wings

We are gearing up to start school on January 18th! We are excited to learn more about what we'll be doing with NTM and how the Lord will be using us wherever He sends us.

Thank you for your prayers! So far all has been going well. Pray for the boys as they go through many transitions with moving and daycare. Pray for us as we get settled in that everything goes smoothly.

The Lord is so good to us!

Happy New Year!

Here is our New Year's Letter:
Dear Family and Friends,

We pray that you all had a great Christmas with your families! As most of you know, we have now begun the process of becoming full time missionaries with New Tribes Mission Aviation (www.ntm.org/aviation)! We begin our training in Camdenton, MO on January 18th. We will complete two semesters there graduating in December 2012. We will then move to McNeal, AZ to begin my flight and aircraft maintenance training/internship. This will last about 9 months. The plan is to be serving overseas before 2014, Lord willing.

December has been a very busy month. I was finishing up my last month at my job with North Memorial Air Care as an EMS helicopter pilot. Adie (and I when I could) was home cleaning, packing and getting the house ready for our move. We drove up to my parent's farm near Leonard, ND on Christmas Eve with a trailer load of stuff to put in storage there. After enjoying Christmas with my family, we drove down to Missouri with a trailer full of our belongings to move into our three-bedroom apartment provided for us on campus. Since it's winter break we can't move in until January, we just left the Jeep and trailer by our apartment and drove out to Adie's family in  King George, VA.

Our three boys are growing like weeds and keeping us busy! Jaeden is 5 and loves to draw, paint, work on his school,  if he can find time between building with his Lego's. Levi is 3 and likes to do whatever his older brother is up too. He is always full of smiles and mischief. Jace is almost 15 months old and definitely keeps us on our toes! He is on the move all the time, trying very hard to keep up with his brothers. He is a tough little guy and I think he will grow to give them a run for their money!

We ask for your prayers as we begin this new phase in our lives. We've been working towards the mission field for so long, it's exciting to finally see that we are almost there, Lord-willing! We are grateful for all of our family and friends who have been praying for and encouraging us along the way. We pray that we glorify God and seek daily for His will to be done.

We pray that the New Year will find you blessed by God and growing in your faith!

Jon, Adie, Jaeden, Levi and Jace Leedahl
jleedahl@gmail.com
adieleedahl@gmail.com

www.wingstothegospelntm.blogspot.com

Financial support can be sent to:

New Tribes Mission
1000 East First St.
Sanford, FL 32771
Designate the gift to the ministry of Jon & Adie Leedahl

Boxes, boys and blessings

Jon and I had the chance to share our NTM plans with our church last Sunday. It was a bitter sweet service. It was fun to share as a couple about our future plans (Lord-willing!) But it was sad to have to say goodbye to all of our friends at church.We have been blessed with an awesome church family full of friendly, sweet and encouraging people. Here is Jon and I (& a friend's little girl) answering questions.

 After the service and the worship team singing the tear-jerker song, "Friends are Friends Forever" the Pastor and the elders prayed for us. Such a nice send off!

 This whole week has been packed full of well...PACKING! Once our furniture started moving out (thanks to all of you sweeties that took our furniture for "safe keeping." LOL ;) The reality of us moving really set in.

 Then once my mom-in-law who I am lovingly calling the, "Queen of Organization" came to help me pack up most of the downstairs. She did the work of 5 people getting things boxed up and labeled. I am SO appreciative for her help!

How are the kiddos doing with these changes? The kids have been having a great time playing in all of the boxes. It's like having an indoor playground. Jace is crabbier than normal, he possibly has an ear infection.
Levi and Jaeden have both said they are really going to miss this house. I know how they feel. Jon and I both will miss our Home Sweet Home. But I am excited about "starting all over again" as far as the decor goes. It'll be fun to turn a blank canvas into a home.

Also hugs all around and often have seemed to help a lot around here!

With all of these changes and our chaotic state, I just want to say a big, THANK YOU to all of you family and friends who have been praying for us, calling us and encouraging us along the way. We could not do this without out your love and support!!!

One such dear friend wrote a sweet message on her blog right here, http://www.farmergalsmarket.com/ramblings/thirty-one-days-of-thankful-friends.html  Farmer Gal you are a blessing in my life!

Only a week away from our moving date....the countdown starts today!

Short and sweet

 Between packing, packing and packing some more. We have been getting together with so many friends! I got together with my sweet Momtime gal pals last night and had such a fun night of food, fun, crafts and LOTS of laughter!! I love those ladies and will always be grateful that the Lord brought them into my life. Once again: Thank you Lord for Facebook so we can stay in touch! ;)

So as far as getting everything done, it just might be a scramble to the finish! A special  thank you for the Rubbermaid containers my Mom-in-law rustled up for me in her basement. There might be some containers filled with "Misc Items" to be gone through in Missouri if need be.

Thanks to each sweet friend who came over to help me go through my things. Not only did we get stuff done, we got a chance to do some chatting and eating. Always a good combo! And I really did (Still do! HA HA!) have a lot of silk plants, didn't I?!

We gave our first NTM presentation at our church this past Sunday. Photos were taken, but have not been uploaded yet--just wee bit busy these days. But it went well and I loved how the DVD's really gave a good picture of what happens with NTM's missionaries and support missionaries. Such exciting work going on overseas! It gave me a glimpse of reality. We are leaving! We are going to MTC in just a few short weeks. Excited? Yes! Nervous? Yes! But we are so confident the Lord will lead and direct us as He wills. We just want to follow after Him.

It is late, and a lot to do and pack up tomorrow. But wanted to keep you posted on the "latest happenings."
Continue to pray for us as we get everything together!

Current/near-future projects: Completion of our NTM prayer cards, newsletter and Christmas greetings. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please email us at: Jleedahl@gmail.com

Packing it all in!

  Whew!! What a whirlwind past few weeks! We spent a little over a week celebrating Thanksgiving with my family out East. What a great time of fun, food and laughter! My mom makes the best Thanksgiving meal ever!!! Her corn pudding is scrumptious, her turkey so moist, her pies delectable....the list goes on. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it. MMMMmmmmm!

 My siblings had a drama class play they were putting on while we were there. I just need to take a minute to brag on them for a moment: It was great fun to watch my normally quiet 17-year-old brother play one of the main characters and be very articulate, with great voice projection and grow a beard for the part (!!! I used to change that boy's diapers, how can he be old enough to have whiskers?!) Not to mention the bazillion lines my 12-year-old sister had to memorize and she remembered every one of them on all 4 nights of the play. My 14-year-old sister did such a great job playing a..."shady lady" and a bird. Long story! Love you Laura Bee! ;) And my 19-year-old sister was awesome at everything she helped out with from make-up to costumes to cookie baking and even played a small part.

We hit the ground running when we got home. We headed up to Jon's parents home and picked up their pickup and their stock trailer. My Mom-in-law gave me boxes and plastic containers for me to use to pack up our stuff. Such a life saver that woman!

From their farm we drove straight to Jon's co-worker's house for his work's going away party for us. Such a beautiful home and such a fun evening! Great food and good laughs. Jon is going to really miss his co-workers who are more like family members to him. We hope to get back to visit everyone at the base when we get the chance. 

 Sunday was full and fun with friends. We are trying to spend as much time with everyone as we can before we leave. Enjoying every moment and every visit!

Today was the first day, officially of packing up our house. Had my best-est friend in the Midwest help me go through my attic and my house and find items that she could use. I kept telling her do you know how good this feels to know that all of this stuff is going to be put to good use? Not to mention, when I visit you I can see all of it again! Bonus: Free hauling away/pick up! ;) Honestly it was a little embarrassing to have someone see all of my dust bunnies and cobwebs. Thanks Q for not judging me...to my face anyway. LOL! :) I spent the rest of the evening packing until I had to take a break for a bit. During my break I thought boy I should update our blog and get to making our prayer cards and newsletter.

The next 3 weeks will be the craziest weeks of ours lives! Lots of packing, sorting, cleaning, paper work, dropping loads of stuff off at Jon's parents house and then preparing for Christmas. My motto these days: take it one day at a time!

I am ever so grateful for my in-laws who are providing us with a place to store anything we want to hang on to for sentimental reasons, for use later in life or for whatever reason. Such a huge relief!  The rest we are bringing to Missouri.

Please continue to pray for us during this chaotic time in our lives. Pray that we can get everything done in a timely manner, that the right buyer comes around in God's perfect timing and that we make sure to keep the Lord the center focus of our lives even in all of this craziness!

PS. If you would like to receive updates via email and get our newsletter but don't want your name or info posted here on our blog. Please send an email to us at: JLeedahl@gmail.com

Acceptance Letter

Hi Jon & Adrienne,
I trust that you are doing well and continuing to look forward to the next step in the process of becoming a missionary.  It is a privilege to communicate with each candidate and learn how the Lord has directed in their lives to bring them to a place of serving Him full time as a missionary.
Personally, I appreciate your willingness to step forward and commit your life to full time Christian service. It is amazing that He has directed you at this time to step out on a new journey that will bring many changes. We were serving here in Sanford 13 years ago and my wife and I took a big step of faith and moved our family of 3 kids (10^th, 6^th and 4^th grade) to Papua New Guinea. They are now all grown and we have returned to work here at the USA home office. The Lord has met our every need along the way.
It is a joy to inform you that your application for our NTM Missionary Training, has been completed and approved. We thank the Lord for your desire to seek training which will enable you to become a part of a team that is seeking to take the Gospel to the unreached peoples of the earth. 
As a Mission, we are committed to working with your home church on your behalf, and trusting God to enable us to help you to have a fruitful ministry. 
Your application has been sent to the "Missionary Training Center" in Camdenton, Mo.  Should you have any questions about the Institute, don't hesitate to contact Sandi Hagen, the Registrar, who will be happy to help you.  I have cc her on our acceptance to MTC. I look forward to helping you in whatever way I can. 
Should, for whatever reason, you have any change in your plans that might affect your being able to enroll in the NTM training as scheduled, please get back in touch with me.  We do want to keep as close and accurate a list of students as possible, in order to provide space for anyone desiring to enroll in the training.  Thank you for your consideration in this.
Please note my contact number below, and may God continue to prepare your heart for serving Him.  I trust that someday our paths will cross, and I will have the joy of knowing you face to face.
Phil Sutton

We are so thrilled that this next step in the process has been completed! We now need to get through school and from there they decide if we are ready for going overseas or if we need more time to get ourselves together. Praising God that He has opened the door for us this far, and we trust He has great plans for us whenever, and wherever He chooses to place us.
So Lord-willing, come January 17th we will be attending school near Camdenton, MO.  Pray for us as we transition into this new phase of life--especially for the kids...ahhh, who am I kidding, pray for me and Jon, too!! God is faithful and knows what we can handle. We just need to call upon Him daily (hourly, every minute, and every second sometimes!) for His guidance, His help and His peace.
Isaiah 25:1
"LORD, you are my God;
   I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
   you have done wonderful things,
   things planned long ago."
Please continue to pray for us on this exciting journey!

Update on life

Well, we finished painting the house on Saturday evening. One of the best feelings.EVER!! I hope to get some pictures of the finished project soon.

We finished our paint job and headed up to Jon's parent's place so Jon could get in some hunting. Our first stop was spent sharing a meal with our lovely friends Joel and Annie. Annie is expecting their first baby and it was fun to share baby stories with her and look through baby clothes together.Praying for a safe delivery for her!

Jon and his brother were able to hunt and got 3 deer between them, 2 small bucks and a doe. Venison sausage sticks and deer chop here we come! What fun for Jon to get out after all of his hard work on the house and have some good ol' fun! I don't know if Jon will be able to make it back to his parent's place again next year for hunting, so this might be his last year for hunting for a while. (A long while!) Unless he can go hunting overseas? Maybe with a bow and arrow? ;)

We got home late Monday night, had appointments Tuesday and errands to run and a Mom's Night Out Tuesday. And now here I sit, Wednesday afternoon finally catching up on email, blogs and Facebook. I enjoy having this down time at home to recuperate. But then it feels strange to be home any longer than Jon's six day work week, I start to get antsy like I need to go and do some traveling.  I think the Lord had Jon and I get married for a very good reason--we like to be on the road and see the country and visit friends and family!

In New Tribes Mission news, here are a few pictures of the new-construction housing we might be living in come January:

We have just about all of our NTM documents sent into the admissions office. Last thing is our medical exams and then we are set to go--Lord willing! Packing will come next, but who needs to think about that? Ha...I need to stop thinking about that. Sleep seems to evade me when I start to mentally pack up our house.  I know it will all come together. But I also know that I will have the biggest sense of relief when we are finally moved into our student housing.

I guess I'm not meant to blog for very long, Jacer gave me a "little" mess in his crib for me to clean. Bath time!

Painting Project!!

What have we been up to lately? We have been painting, painting and painting some more!! The exterior of our house has been a work in progress for over a year now. With Jon's crazy work schedule and our travels we have not been able to get the whole entire house painted. So this week Jon had 6 days off and we have gone nowhere and have stayed home to work on the house. Woo hoo!!! :)

Jaeden and Levi think it's the coolest thing to scrape and paint the house, so they have been great helpers all throughout this process.

A honey-do project the kids and I worked was our porch. It needed fixing. A plank had broken after a large chunk of ice fell on it last year during the Winter. We finally got it fixed then we painted the porch to look more like a deck. Here it is:

We finished the East side of the house and are almost half-way done with the South side of the house. We worked on the West side of the house last year so that is done. So we are moving right along and pray that the weather holds so we can finish the job!

So far the weather has stayed in the 50's and is supposed to stay that way for another day or two. So we'll be up and at 'em again tomorrow!

Anyway, that is what we are up to this week! More pictures to come....next week!

Meeting with a realtor

A little break between photos of the MTC campus to show you some of the latest happenings going on around here. We met with a realtor today to sell our house. It seemed surreal to be signing the paperwork to sell the house! 

It seems like only yesterday, as young newlyweds we filled out the paperwork for this turn-of-the-century vintage house. Jon told me to try to contain my enthusiasm when we did the first walk through in this house so as to not let the realtor know I really liked the house. Haha, I have such a hard time keeping a straight face!

But Jon and I both fell in the love with this house, it just felt so homey and so...us! Here are a couple photos of our house throughout the years and throughout the seasons.

 Spring is one of the best times of year to enjoy our house. I am so grateful the previous owner had a green thumb and did some nice landscaping that was easy to keep up with...for the most part! ;)

Jaeden and Levi in the lawn when they were little bitty guys!  Lots of play time happened out in this yard.

The front of the house after getting a little "bit" of snow. All my boys love playing in piles of snow. For those of you living in warmer climates, you may be asking how we can stand these long cold Winters? The positive side to long, freezing, c-cold winters? At least their snow forts and snow men don't melt away right away. :)   

I really don't have a Fall picture in front of the house. But you get the idea. This is our house.This house has been good to us! 

Monday the "For Sale" sign goes up in the yard. The realtor will start advertising our house online and around town within a few days of getting all of the paperwork together.

Please pray that the Lord brings the right buyer at the right time for the right price. Thank you!

I have a few more MTC photos to share in the next post. Stay tuned!