St. Patrick's Day

I do have some Irish blood in me and I love green! My Mom is going to make corned beef and cabbage which I also love.
Well, we are back to normal routine kind of. Shad is away for a few days ministering with our youth kids in Ensenada. They will be helping the ministry and church planting going on through the Johnston's. I am home with the kids putting the house back together from the last three weeks of in and out living. So far I have a good start on the laundry and got all the vacuming done. Yay! Now we are going to naps and I will tackle the bathrooms. I love it when the cleaning is done!
Our little Judah is doing good with the potty training. He has trained himself for naps and night time! Praise the Lord! But he still has this phobia of poop. He holds it in for days and then screams bloody murder when he can't keep it in any longer because of course it is so hard to get out by then. So I am trying what I can to keep him going regularly....pro-biotics, yogurt, lots of fluids. O and he won't go on the pot from beginning to end. He usually starts in his underwear and and then we run to the bathroom. So much FUN!
Been focusing on choices lately. After coming off the women's retreats and also our small group have been going through a study on the choices we make, you would think I was an expert. But everyday I struggle with giving myself a choice option rather than just to react. Most especially with the discipline of the children. I am praying for and relying on His supernatural power to work His good and best choices through me. Man it can be so hard sometimes. And I usually get so frustrated with myself that I am no good to anyone at that point. Praise the Lord His mercies are new every morning.
The Shiloh young women's retreat was so awesome this last weekend. There were 50+ ladies and it was a wonderful time to see them respond to the Lord and seek Him. We could see what the Lord had done and was doing in their lives and in our own. Corrie and Jamie's vision from the Lord was brought into tangible being and it was so cool to see them offer themselves as empty vessels to be filled and used. I had the privilege of being there to see, volunteer, help, pray and sing a song on Saturday night. I am praising the Lord for His work and the opportunity to be involved. I love Corrie and feel blessed and privileged to have her in my life. My Mom also taught a seminar on Quiet Time with the Lord and I was able to sit in on them. How special that was to see my Mom and hear her share her heart with these young ladies. Again, it was a privilege. And my Dad was a trooper and took care of the kids the whole time. He did an awesome job.