Is it really 2014?

i have been absent from blogger world for a really long time...

but not absent from Kingdom work... we have been on the go!

Our December was full, just like yours.

Scott and a group of guys from our small group returned the beginning of December 

from a construction trip to Haiti...

we moved into our office space (we had some work to do :) 

our new location is at 919 Willowbrook drive, suite b.

Yulia arrived from the Ukraine... for the Christmas holiday.

we had the MOST amazing

Love One Christmas Day at Manna House!

check out the video at www.forlifeministries.org

we made so much food and then went delivering while we 

sang Christmas songs...

we enjoyed friends and friendships....

we had amazing discussions and devotions about Jesus;

we had sweet prayer times and truthful Q and A's. 

although crazy and chaotic... i wouldn't change any piece of it!

God is good all the time!  He is present at all times!

And even in the chaos, He alone brings calm!

Our surrender to the call to care for orphans has absolutely changed how we do life,

 but can i tell you it has also changed our hearts!

the ability to give more, love more, invest more...

that is a gift from God!

with a new year, always comes new beginnings...

as you ponder what that means for you in your neck of the woods...

i wonder if you would courageously ask the question:

what is it that God is asking me to surrender to this new 2014 season?

with great blessings, come great responsibilities...

and we are a blessed people!

For us 2014 brings us to season full of Kingdom building... 

a surrender of our time for a higher purpose!

how about you?