November Blessings

How busy November was for our family! We have been cleaning, organizing and purging as we seek to bring order to our home, family and lives. In the midst God has been gracious, cleaning and ordering our hearts before him. Here is a glimpse of His blessing toward us.

1. Jim working 8 extra hours overtime
2. Provision
3. New Month
4. Sharing struggles at CG
5. Hearing others' struggles
6. God moving
7. Productive school
8. Time with Jamey 
9. Time with the little boys
10. Working potential new rhythm
11. BJ's Cherry soda
12. Flip flops for $1
13. Good rest time
14. Making plans
15. Writing blog posts
16. Boxed mashed potatoes
17. Working on a project with Lillian
18. Getting to co-op before 9 am
19. Encouragement from Tara
20. God speaking through friends
21. Free food
22. Enjoying my last day of co-op
23. Organizing all homeschool material
24. Going through all kids books
25. Working together as a family
26. Time with Jessica
27. Extra hour of sleep
28. Pastor James preaching
29. Great sermon on embracing multiculturalism
30. Learning to care for each other
31. Time to read
32. Family time
33. Working on the office with the kids
34. God's Grace
35. Terminix working on our attic
36. Jim only working 4 hours
37. Waking before my alarm
38. Jamey helping with cleaning
39. Getting main part of upstairs cleared out
40. Parent's getting here safely
41. Medical Missions Conference
42. Hearing why our view on sexuality matters
43. Being affirmed in some I want to write
44. Encouraging and informative breakout sessions
45. God confirming next immediate steps
46. Praying together
47. Meeting more people with similar backgrounds
48. Free Yummy Food!
49. Great close to conference
50. Time to think, talk and pray
51. Dinner and display
52. Kids doing well with presentations
53. Good close to the weekend
54. Stepping forward in faith
55. Great sermon on God's Kingdom
56. Talking about grieving together
57. Jim finishing class work for the semester
58. Ryan and Becca hanging out for a bit
59. Grocery store by myself with 7 kids!
60. Meeting a mom of 7, grandmother of 24 and great-grandmother of 21! and getting encouragement from her
61. Seeing Rachel Davila
62. Talking to Rachy
63. Costco as a family
64. Talking with Jim 
65. NO TV!
66. Working well with all the kids
67. Music
68. Time to work on business with Jim
69. Beginning to work with Canva
70. Catching up with Kate
71. Organizing and purging
72. J, L, and R helping with clothes and cleaning
73. Date Night
74. Talking to Ryan and Becca
75. Classical music
76. Catching up on journals
77. J helping cut up veggies and taking care of M
78. Watching my kids grow
79. Having my kids home with me
80. Being creative with J
81. J and L being really helpful
82. Finding new Bible reading rhythm
83. Quiet evening at home
84. No computer
85. Jim meeting with James
86. Time to really pray at Panera
87. Pizza
88. Hearing God's voice clearly
89. "Sky High" on Netflix
90. Great sermon on Consecration and confrontation
91. Great Sunday class
92. Lots of time to talk through things with Jim
93. Praying together
94. Cleaning out L's closet
95. Finding remote
96. Sam growing in prayer
97. Gift card for McDonald's
98. Special lunch
99. Lots of milk
100. Time to wash hair
101. Jamey organizing closet
102. Seeing light in organizing tunnel
103. Jim getting called off work
104. Malachi 3 months!
105. Nehemiah progressing well
106. Yummy food and fellowship at CG
107. Lots of progress in L's room
108. Running errands with Lillian
109. Baking
110. Sam's tooth still doing well
111. Chick-fil-A breakfast
112. Getting heat fixed
113. Teaching kids organizing and kitchen skills
114. Pancakes and Eggs for breakfast
115. Thanking God for blessings
116. Cupcakes
117. Day with Ryan and Becca
118. Time with the McMillin family
119. Jim talking to Max
120. Lunch with Jim at work
121. Jim getting meds to help him heal
122. Getting Black Friday deals set up
123. Snuggling with my babies
124. Jamey working hard
125. Being able to work with J
126. Getting pictures uploaded
127. Great Advent Sermon on suffering and believing God
128. Nice afternoon talking with Ryan and Becca
129. Left over curry
130. Sojourn providing Advent Jesse Tree resource
131. Making ornaments
132. Gabriel turning 4!
133. Homemade Chocolate Cake and Blueberry Cream Cheese Icing
134. Closing out party and getting what we need
135. Gifts for Exchange
136. Good deals at grocery
137. Jim cleaning fridge
138. Haircut
139. Great deal on World Market Coffee!
140. Nice Date Night at Arby's