Mangine Family

So yesterday was an amazing day at church, but really when isn't it?!? It was focused on missions and two families in particular. One being a family that we(Crosspointe Church) partner with in Africa who is in the US for a year to take a rest and recharge their spirit! It was awesome hearing from them, seeing them, and knowing what is happening in a little village in Africa.

The other family, the Mangine family is a family that has been at Crosspointe for 10 years. They are amazing! I had first learned of Gwen through her blog. She is one of those people that you wish you could meet and be friends with! Truly a remarkable woman! Well I have talked to her on occasion and seen her at church and I am proud to call her friend in real life not just in blog world. Today Gwen, her husband Nick and their three children Nia, Nico and Josiah are on their way to Haiti. They will be house parents to 20 children through the Haitian Children's Home. If you have read my blog for any amount of time you have heard to the Haitian Children's Home but if not please check out their website! The Mangine's are following God's calling on their lives and going to Haiti to bring hope to children that have been orphaned and abandoned! It is not an orphanage but a home where they will be the mother and father of these children and raise them as their own! What an amazing thing! They truly believe that changing these children's lives will help these children change Haiti. They will not westernize these kids but will raise them as Haitian so they can make a difference in their country! I ask that you please be praying for them as they begin/continue this journey that God has called them on! As difficult as it was to know that it would be Nick and Gwen's last Sunday at Crosspointe and that I was sad that I didn't have more time to get to know this family it's very exciting to be a "part" of their journey! Please again I just ask that you take the time to pray for them! Pray for peace and that the kids adjust well to this new life!

Here is a great video that really shows what HCH* is all about(make sure you pause my music at the bottom of the page before you start the video). The man speaking is Danny Pye, he is a house parent, along with his wife Leann, of the first HCH* in Haiti. Nick and Gwen will be house parents to a second Haitian Children's Home.


*Haitian Children's Home

By our love

I love Easter. I love the season, everything in bloom and starting fresh! The warm weather that I can be outside and enjoy time with my family, and the reason why we celebrate Easter. Of course it can get lost in all the bunnies and eggs but if you take the time to really think about why we celebrate Easter, it's amazing! I've always loved Easter but for some reason it's just more amazing to me this year then ever before! Jesus died on the cross for me, for us! Not because He had to but because he chose to, He chose to out of love for me! He died so that we may live! Live here on earth and live for eternity! If that wasn't enough He gave me an amazing husband! He also has given me a wonderful son that brings so much light into the world that a room can hardly contain the joy that flows from his body! And now he's giving me another a little boy that already bounces in my belly at the sound of music and in the stillness of the night! I dream of the men that my boys are going to be, the men of God that they will become! Jesus didn't have to die on the cross and He didn't have to give me a family to call my own but he choose to because He loves me! What an amazing gift!?! I hope I remember it so that I can share this love in life to those around me! "For they will know that we are Christians by our love"

Isaac got a lawn mower bubble popper for Easter!

I mean really could he be any cuter!

Looking for Easter eggs!

Watermelon and Cantaloupe

So here is the beginning of the garden! Stephen made the bed a few weeks ago (Isaac helped)and we have planted our seeds since. Just waiting for growth now. We planted in the bed some watermelon and cantaloupe. We've also planted strawberries which are already starting to show fruit coming and a little pumpkin plant that Isaac helped me plant.

After all of Isaac's hard work he needed to come inside to rest in his new bean bag chair and have some water and grapes!

Row Row Row your Boat

Boy do I have a lot of catching up to do.

Probably a month (if not more) ago we went out on our friend's boat. It was one of those Sat. that was in the high 70's and beautiful! We had a great time and are looking forward to all the fun things we are going to be doing this summer with all the people in our life group(bible study)! I really feel so blessed to have "found"(been given) this group of people to share life with!

I have finally gotten the pictures off my camera! More posts coming soon so I can get caught up before more things happen!

Isaac and his friend

Isaac driving the boat


Daddy putting Isaac's feet in the water, it was freezing but Isaac didn't care!

Isaac and Daddy driving the boat!