These are in random order, however, it's good to catch up a little!

Early December

Mark took me to Stillwater for a night at the Rivertown Inn. Highly suggest it to anyone looking for a

 nice B&B.

February 

 This is what happens when your house is being prepared to "show". We are moving! The next step toward the Philippines.

March

Ian and Dad looking all adorable. He wants to be just like dad. Not a bad desire at all.

March

 First time for Emmaline to be out in the snow. She isn't really walking yet, though she is very close. She just stood... 

January

 This is from several months ago, she want even close to walking, yet I found her on the table. She LOVES to climb. Plus, a photo of some of her first pig tails. :)

December

Original House of Pancakes during Christmas break with the Grandparents!

December

The girls and their dolls! What a Christmas.

It was so fun to have both Jack and Corine and Elizabeth come for Christmas. This time our water heater didn't break!

Best Buds. Best Cousins! as Ian says, he's not my friend, he's my cousin. 

January

Emmaline so happy now that she can finally see.

Two weeks after she got her glasses, we were able to schedule for her to get tubes. 

January

prepping for surgery. 

THEY CHANGED HER LIFE!!!! (the tubes)

Always tries to do what Ian does. Maybe she will start early...

Some family time at the Mall of America.

March

                                               

This is where we will be moving! God provided a wonderful house for us to rent. Each step along the way, God's provision and sovereign hand have been such a comfort. I'm so thankful that He is directing our future and has our immediate needs taken care of. I've been rebuked time and time again by how he  takes care of things in a way that is so much better than I could have imagined. 

Another Step Toward the Mission Field

    Mark began courses toward a Master of Education on January 3rd at Regent University in Virginia.  He is excited to learn all he can in preparation for a Bible Institute on the mission field. So during the day he works as a Human Resource Specialist at a neighboring public school district, and by night as a student. :) We are so thankful for the job that God has given. Mark  feels he is learning so much from the meetings at work and is able to apply many of the technical stuff from school at his work and vice versa. 

    Though He has been in school the majority of his life, as he worked on his first paper he realized it would take a while to get back to writing "good" papers. Hopefully, that will come back easily for him. Currently, A Master of Ed. is our primary focus in our preparation for the mission field. We are still praying for direction as to where God might lead us to serve.  We would appreciate your prayers for Mark as he commences his degree.