I believe in God even when He is silent.

This is the last full week to January!!! That is crazy. Alot has happened already this year. My brother turns 17 this Saturday. Andrew has interviewed with 3 churches this month already and has one more the beginning of March. I didn't get the job in Yukon that i was wanting. :( But on the bright side when i searched for more jobs i found out that Bethany, Guthrie, and Edmond were all hiring for the same position!!

I have really enjoyed my Wednesday night class at church. The past couple weeks, we have been talking about prayer and the power of prayer. I challenged myself to pray with Madeline every night before bed no matter how busy. To just take time and talk to god with her. She's very good and knows about prayer bc we have always prayed at home alot but not very constantly lately. So our routine has to turn the TV off for the night early and have mommy and daughter time(daddy works nights). We sing songs and laugh. She is very advanced and loves to repeat the songs with me. I love the fact that when i start singing Jesus loves me, she starts saying "bible bible". Then we end our night in prayer. I close my eyes and fold my hands together while she sits on my lap and begin to pray and she listens and repeats every other word almost. She loves to pray for the babies and loves to say "Amen".

I am enjoying my new years resolution, on writing 365 cards. I love getting a phone call from someone saying they got my card! I love writing the cards and the thought of maybe being able to maybe put a smile on someones face.

I have now stumped my doctor as to whats wrong with me!! Also i have already met my deductible for our insurance this year!! :( I'm going to a different doctor of mine on Monday to see if maybe she might have some answers. The pain is a very sharp pain on my left side of my stomach, comes and goes at any time and last maybe a min to all day. I just keep praying that it doesn't get to bad to go back into the ER with it. I can stand the mildness, but just not the severe! We have done every Gail-bladder test there is, Cat-Scan, Ultra-sounds, Blood work, Scopes, and lots of tests!! I'm just trying to be patient. Thanks for all the prayers tho.

Well i better wrap this up and head to bed.

If you know of someone who is maybe in need of some encouragement or just a hello from a fellow christian, forward me there info and i would love to write them.

Thanks Good Night!

Darcee

Looking forward to sending these cards out!! Made more after i took the pictures. I'm currently on my 17th card for this year!

Keeping up with the Schwarz's

Wow, its already the 11th of January. I can tell this year is going to go fast. Let me update ya on whats been up with the Schwarz's.

• Sallisaw interview/meet and greet.. Went great!! The town consist of like 10,000 and is one of the poorest cities in the state(which means housing will be cheap). Over-all the town is very pretty and has everything to offer including a Walmart (yay). The church was very welcoming and took us in as there own. They had a pot-luck lunch for us after service and we meet alot of th congregation. There were probally around 150 people and theres 4 elders and one retired preacher. Andrew taught bible class preached morning and evening service and got alot of posititive feed back on how great he did. This position is for the full time pulpit minister. Were praying very hard, and know god will put us were he wants us.
• Yukon Police.... i went in for my last (and 3rd) interview today. It went great and i was very pleased with my answers to there questions. I'm not expecting to get this job bc they are only hiring for 2 dispatchers and there is like 15 other people that applied. But im still praying i do get the job, it would be a very awesome job and great training at yukon.
• Doctor visits and test.... So my doctor sent me to a Gi doctor(which is i guess a stomach doctor). So yesterday i went in for a upper endoscopy procedure. They had to sedate me. Which was very weird, and relaxing at the same time. Because of the sedation i didnt feel a thing until they woke me up after. Andrew said the doctor said he didnt see anything wrong with me and he would send the results to my doctor and go from there. So im still a mystery to the medical field as to why im having these stomach pains and whats causing them.
• Madeline.... Is now 16 months old and is perfect! She currently has her 4th bottom tooth coming in which will make for her 8th tooth. She loves playing with her plastic golf set and loves loves cell phones. She doesnt like waking up before noon and loves kissing babies!!
• Pampered Chef... I'm still selling Pampered chef, i took a month off from any shows and am back at it now. I'm still looking for a few people in feb to host a show. If your interested just send me a message on facebook.

Sorry so long, thats whats going on in our lives right now. Have a blessed day!!

Dont save it for the funeral!!!

The 6th day into this year already!! I hope ths year doesn fly by as quick as last year did. But i have heard that once you have kids it gets faster and faster. As for my resolutions..... Diet, im stil hanging in there. I am doing pretty good, but could be doing better. I have lost 6lbs so far. The house is clean and im in the middle of organizing it all, just bc if we do decide on going to any of the churches we have interviewed with, it will be easier to move organized.
I have alrready made several cards for people and have handed out and mailed them. I am really loveing this more than i thought i would. Its nice to tell someone how much you appreciate them. (side note) The preacher in Tulsa's sermon last sunday was "Dont save it for the funeral". This is kindof where i got the idea for this resolution. He mentioned that so many people wait for the funeral to talk about the good they did and how much they meant to them, and really we need to let these people know now not when there gone.
Coupons Coupons Coupons..... head over heels. i keep searching the web for them and asking freinds and family to save them for me. I am expecting to save big$ on our next shopping trip.
Hope your day is a blessed one!!

Busy, busy, and busy

New year, new beginnings and experiences. I'm excited this year has begun, i know god has plans for us this year. This past sunday we visited the congregation in Tulsa (North sheridian rd coc). We had a wonderful time. The church was very good at welcoming us and making us feel at home. There is alot involved with this ministry. Andrew and I have alot to think about and pray about. I'll keep you updated on this part of our lives.
Today was the first day of my diet, it went great. I have ate my 500 cal. and am feeling great. I know the next couple days will be hard, but i have the will power to do this. Today i had my sit-in with yukon police. That was a very awesome experience. Alot of work goes into this job, but i know i have the skills for this. Please keep us in your prayers.