Can we say stressed out NONA?

Yes, we are still parent-watching!  My hope is in God and HIS never ending grace.

a Nona who is marvelling?

I am always amazed at how things come around.  While Popa and I were pastoring we had a young lady in our church that we really tried to sow into emotionally.  She had come to our church with a very dysfunctional background and we knew God alone would be able to heal and bind up her woundedness.  That young lady graduated from the University of Oregon and went to Korea to teach English as a second language.  She has blossomed and learned how to navigate life very well.  She knows how to take personal responsibility for her actions and also how to hear from God.  She emails me from time to time and I am always encouraged and reminded that God is more interested in HIS own creation than we even imagine.  It has been my pure joy this week to read her emails and to marvel at her personal growth and development.  I am very grateful for the small part God let our church play in her journey.  Don't loose heart, hope in God!  HE is always faithful and HE will repay your service to HIM and for HIM!

Tired NONA~

Well! Life has certainly been challenging. My Mom has digressed in her dementia and her husband is really sick with the cancer that has spread to his brain and lungs. I decided this morning that the best thing I could do was to turn them over to God. Everyday has enough troubles of its own and so I do not need to go looking for more. I am enjoying a few days at home in my own bed before I go back to Portland to drive to yet another doctor's appointment. Next week-end I will be flying to California to celebrate my Dad's 80th birthday! While it is not the best of timing I am looking forward to a respite from the parent watching in Portland. Popa will be doing the parent watching while I am gone. Our middle daughter will be returning to Tennessee on Saturday after a two week visit. Life is always moving, just not always in the fashion we would choose. I am sure our Heavenly Father must look at our lives and think they are always moving just not in the direction HE had planned. Dear Lord, help me to follow hard after thee. May I find myself in the center of Your will for my life. You are worthy to be praised, worshipped, and adored not matter what life is like for us here on earth. We are not here forever, but only aliens passing through. Help me to keep my eyes focused on YOU!