Looking back and moving forward Part 2

Since coming home I have felt the Lord calling me back into some kind of missions away from home.
I had thought I would be going to Salem, OR and going through FCM (foundations in counseling ministry) I had some input from my Fiji friends and thought that was it.
Dates and internet all confused and so it just was not the way the Lord works no chaos!
 My sister chick Becky and I had been thinking of doing something together and heard of TESOL.
 I checked into it and then forgot until I received a call from Courtney. We prayed together and then everything just fell into place.
TESOL is just a month long intense course and happened to fall right after my commitment to my daughter Terah.
My daughter Terah and her husband Aaron are youth leaders at their church in Estes Park. They have been planning a Missions Trip with their youth to an Apache Reservation in Arizona and had asked me to watch my 3 grand kids.
  My daughter, Tenaya graduated on May 4th and I worked my last week of OE (outdoor education) at Calvin Crest the 19th - 24th.
 I sometimes felt like this was crazy giving up a perfectly good job, but definitely knew the Lord was telling me to go, so in obedience I am going.
Many sad SEE YOU LATERS since I don't like goodbyes.
 My last life group which was very hard.
 I have come to love these people so much and enjoy our times together just sharing life!
With all of this my car decided to break down right before my trip to Colorado.
I feel like forces were working against us and did not want the kids to go on this trip or me not at TESOL.
We fought back and the Lord prevailed!
I trusted that the Lord was in control and through it all there was a peace.
I had no extra money to fix my car. At Christmas before going to Colorado my water pump went out in Azusa. I had it fixed at a franchise and off we went. I guess they did not quite tighten things because I was still losing water slowly.
So this week I called them and we had it towed to Fresno and they fixed it all under warranty!
Praise God
So early in the morning (4 am to be exact) off to Colorado I went with my car loaded.
Here I am enjoying my grand kids.

My daughters youth group had a phenomenal trip where they finished construction on1 home and began work on another.
I have a couple more weeks to visit and play before driving to Montana for TESOL.
Please keep me in your prayers.
 I am not working and have no income for the next few months. I have paid for my TESOL course and saved the money for travel. However I did not quite reach my goal of being debt free before leaving and do have a couple bills to pay on. I am close. So finances, traveling mercies and my car to run well and the ability to absorb all that is taught and then be able to do the same as a teacher.
Thank you to all for support, friendship and prayers.
May our Lord bless and keep you,
may He shine His face upon you
Shalom

Looking back and moving forward Part 1

        Well hello there! Yes I know it's been a long time since you've  heard from me, and I am overwhelmed at how fast so much time has gone by.
As I was considering how to start up this blog again, I asked the Lord" why is this so hard?"
 I was not ready for the answer I received.
"You should never have stopped" was my answer. However, as is my norm, I thought I knew better than the Lord.
" Lord, who wants to hear the mundane goings on of my life?"
The Lord said" take a look back", and as I did I found there was a lot to share and much of it was from Him!
 I always thought people were only interested when you were out"" in the field" doing the work of missions, the Lord has reminded me we are all out in the field everyday and everything we do is important to Him. A simple smile given can change a persons day. So here is a short re-cap of life since I returned from "the field".
          My last post I was in Colorado. I left there in May 2011 to find a place back home in Bass Lake, California so I could spend some time with my other daughter Tenaya. Tenaya was coming home for the summer from APU (Azusa Pacific University).Tenaya graduated in May 2013 from APU with her BA in Liberal Studies.

So it was much harder to find a good place to live than I thought and we endured some stressful trials. The Lord sent help.
My dear friend Christine and her husband Tom invited us to stay in their camp trailer. Not perfect, but it worked. Tenaya went back to school and I had found the perfect place to draw closer to the Lord.
 In March 2013 friends Traci & Eric offered their loft for me to stay in. What a blessing!
Many thanks to you both for providing a roof over my head. I have been camping since 2011 and still need to go through a large storage unit to lighten my load.
On returning to the area I  was reunited with my Sister Chicks prayer group. We met on Mondays and enjoyed sweet fellowship and wonderful time in prayer with so many answers and PRAISES.
 I worked part time at Oakhurst Beauty Supply and met new friends and also ran into so many older friends and shared my travels and revelations.

 In October I was blessed by the women of Sierra Pines Church with a scholarship to the women's retreat at Avilla Beach. What a great time of refreshment and getting to meet new friends.

At Thanksgiving I was invited to Tenaya's boyfriends family in Livermore. We had such a good time getting to know each other and enjoying good food!
 Our Christmas, both 2011 & 2012 was spent in Colorado. All  my kids together, my favorite time celebrating the birth of our Savior and having my family together. Adam (Tenaya's boyfriend) has joined us for the last two years, I think this might be permanent?

 I was blessed to return working at Calvin Crest in March 2012. What amazing healing! I was fired as registrar in 2009, which is when God took me to Crossroads at YWAM Kona (Genesis 50:20) and back as a cook in the kitchen with my friend from high school Elin. I really enjoyed my year at Calvin Crest and reconnecting. I was also able to touch others through baking. I will always have a family at Calvin Crest. Miss you all!