LOVE

We have such AMAZING friends.

The kind who love the Lord, so they love us too.

The phone rang late in the day Wednesday telling us to check the front porch – and when we did, we found boxes FULL OF LOVE.

I have no words. Just tears.

Wish you could have heard the chatter and seen the excitement as we went through each and every thing….tasting most of it a.s.a.p!

My favorite was the bottled ginger ale.

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Yesterday another friend arrived.

With enough soup for a banquet, and other needed things as well.

One of the soups is appropriately named “Healing Quinoa Soup.”

SO yummy!

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I was encouraged Wednesday morning when I grabbed my phone to take a photo of the chalkboard.

It has been my way to keep track of everyone – and there was no medication given to Tate or Eliza yet and it was almost lunch time!

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Speaking of lunch, there are never enough greens in our house!

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I managed somehow to pull off a somewhat nice lunch that day! But this little man, along with some other kiddos, did not even touch their food.

Mr. Tate, I hope your precious smile returns soon.

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Kayla ran to the store for me in the afternoon Wednesday.

Cause when you have so many needing cough syrup, it runs out fast.

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I told her not to even touch the door knob.

Seriously.

Kayla said to me, “Mom, don’t let them get any bigger until you all are healthy again!”

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Everyone is very slowly getting better here, all at a different pace.

Praise the Lord, I am still healthy!

I was blessed to sneak out during nap time to help Kayla get her groceries and make farm deliveries yesterday!

We stopped to get coffee and it was given to us for free!

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I am starting to think next week we will be back in school and following our schedule and routines!

Thank you for your prayers, everyone!!

Two Weeks We Will Not Forget!!

We have had a couple of times of illness in our family that we have not forgotten.

I think the last time our family was this sick was just after moving to Wisconsin in 2002.

I am so thankful for the blessing of being the only one who is not sick right now.

Our littles have been running fevers for NINE days. Lane has too, and was diagnosed with pneumonia. Grant did not get out of bed for five days. Addie Mae started with the fever on Sunday. Our kiddos are so sick. My heart is breaking for them!

I have not used the camera in over a week, so this update is just that!

We would covet any prayers, especially as we wait for Baby K’s arrival. It had been super hard not to be able to see David and Kayla!

*Thank you to everyone who has been e-mailing and texting to check in on us and for your offers of help! We appreciate you so much!!

Have a blessed Wednesday, everyone!!

Put Not Your Trust In Princes

“Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.”

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“While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.”

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“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.”

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“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”

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“Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever”

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“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:”

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“The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:”

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“The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”

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“The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.”

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“Praise ye the Lord.”

*Scriptures from Psalm 146 and photos of the beautiful farm by Addie Mae