Rainy Day Wisconsin

Hey Party People,

It's our second to the last Friday in the great state of cheese and milk. To say that we are excited to see God's plans continue to unravel themselves is an understatement. This week we have made some awesome head-way on a few awesome missions. Our first mission was to clean out the attic.. CHECK! and then we were very blessed by my family which is allowing us to have a rummage sale next weekend. AWESOME RIGHT!? A huge blessing from that is that all the money earned through it will go to God's mission for us in Africa which is amazing! Now all that is left is to sell my truck! (That's proving not to be an easy task) 

 

Currently in Wisconsin, we have are sitting at a blistering 44 degrees with a nice cold drizzle. I really do think God is preparing me for the rainy state of Oregon. We are so pumped for that next step tho. It'll be another step forward in His mission for us. So...what could get us down? And then it hits us...we have to buy plane tickets for Africa, we have shots to get, we have people to catch up with, we have to sell a truck and finish a rummage sale, we have packing for Oregon, and the list goes on and on. This world can pile on the responsibilities and failures to get things done each and everyday. I love the verse from Matthew 11:28-30 where Jesus says " Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(29) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(30) For my yoke is easy and my burden is light"(NIV). I've really been struggling with keeping the eyes of thanking God for every blessing because I get so overwhelmed by the world.  I am not sure where the world is putting you and what stresses come with that but put your faith in Him and take His yoke for He has amazing plans for each of us. 

Grace verse: Thus says the Lord: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the Lord appeared to him form far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you." (Jeremiah 31:2-3)

Wishing many blessings. 

Peter and Kelsey

Hey Party People,

Just getting started digging into history

Hope God has been blessing y'all (guess we still have a little Kentucky in us) like crazy.  We've been here in good ole' Wisconsin among the cheese the milk watching for God to lead us to our next step. Since we have been home my family (Peter) has blessed us with the opportunity to have a rummage sale with our old stuff. It's crazy digging through all of those old toys, journals, and what not's. It seems that each thing we pull out I can find some random story or random Peter plot that went along with it.

Reminiscing :)

Wow it's weird growing up. Haha Among our adventures in the attic we stumbled upon a poem that was given to me. We've been praying a lot lately just for peace in His plans and that He continues to show us where he wants us. God granted us some awesome encouragement through this piece. I am not sure who it's by but I think they definitely know how to write and to encourage.

Here it is:

Think Different

To the crazy ones.

The misfits.

The rebels.

The trouble makers.

The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently.

They're not fond of rules.

And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them,

quote them,

disbelieve them,

glorify them or vilify them.

About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.

They explore. They create. They inspire.

They push the human race forward.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?

Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?

Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels/

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

And it's the people who are crazy enough 

to think they can change the world,

who actually do.

This poem really spoke volumes to our hearts. We pray that He continues to work in all of our lives. Lord thank you so much for your divine leadership in our lives. Each and every day may we remember to look up and look for your north star to lead us to where you want us. Thanks for stopping back and reading. May God bless the rest of your week and until next time. Also, feel free to send us prayer requests, we'd love to pray for you! If everyone could please keep my grandmother and kelsey's grandmother in prayers that would be much appreciated too. Thanks so much.

 Much love and God bless!

Oh and we didn't forget:

Grace verse:

 "But God- so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead by shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; It was by grace that you are saved." Ephesians 2:4-5(AMP)