Daily Benefits

My great-grandfather, Pops Deboer, used to quote Psalm 68:19 every time we came to visit him: "Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation."

 

God gives us so many benefits during the course of a day - our health, air to breathe, food to eat, relationships, etc.  But every once in a while He gives us something special, something to "spoil" us, just because He loves us. 

 

Today I got "spoiled." :) 

 

I've been wanting an old 1930's radio for a while.  It's not a need, to be sure!  But I really love their vintage look and wanted one for my house.  I mentioned this to a friend a while back and she's been keeping her eyes open for me at antique shops and yard sales.  However, these types of radios usually run about at least $150, if not more.  I don't have $150 to blow on a "want," so I put the idea aside and forgot about it.

 

Then, out of the blue, my friend texted me today and said that she found this one at a yard sale for only $40!!!!   It's in BEAUTIFUL condition.  I'm so thrilled!

 

God didn't have to provide this for me, but He did :)  I'm so thankful for His special "benefit" today!

Missionary Commissioning Service

We just sent out a missionary from our church - Sarah Jones!  She will be ministering to orphaned children in Honduras. 

 

Here's a picture of Adam and Kevin Callahan praying over her during the commissioning service...

The War

It was great to have the War Team with us this past week! We went to school with Bobby, Abi, and Nick, so it was fun to see them again and catch up. Here we are at Chick-fil-A celebrating Bobby's birthday :)

 

 

 

Our church hosted The War at a local park down the road from us.  We had a great week of competition and fun!  Although attendance was lower than usual, we praise the Lord that 7 young people trusted Christ!

 

Big Ball Volleyball

Tube Tug

The Car skit

I absolutely fell in love with little David Bosler...he is such a cutie!  He enjoyed playing with the tubes and the "Bee-Ball" (the Big Ball)

Rally Time!

Food preparation

Big Ball Basketball

Many of our church people came out to help and to watch the games...

Human Foosball

Tug of War (Our park wouldn't allow the guys to dig a mudpit, so they got creative.  They put a wet tarp down and covered it with dish soap!  It was a lot of fun to watch :))

Food line

"Candle on the Water" skit

Trivia and Rally Time

 

Bobby preaching

Family Bowling Outing

My Uncle Tim took us all out bowling during our last night in Indiana together...

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a blast!

Fun in Indiana

We had a lot of fun with family in Indiana a few weeks ago!  Here are some misc. pics we took...

 

My Grandpa and Grandma Hollandsworth

We all chipped in an bought them an overnight stay at a fancy hotel in Chicago.  Their reactions were classic as they opened our gift! :)

I enjoyed spending time with my sisters while I was there...

I think my Grandma is trying to make us all fat.  She served us cheesecake practically every day! :)

My mom and I

3 generations!

My parents and grandparents

I always knew my grandpa was Superman ;)

Shopping with the gals!

We all went to lunch at Panera Bread...