Baby Blessings!!!

I cannot leave you today without sharing my

latest little Blessings!!!!

I am sooooo happy to have chickens again.

When we thought we were leaving the

country for a year, (by the way

that story is on our other blog

"Bendites in Cornwall" that you

can find by going to my profile)....

we got rid of many,

many things. I gave all my chickens to

a neighbor. So, sadly for some time

we have not had our own fresh eggs.

I love having eggs to

1) use for ourselves,

and 2) sell some to pay for ours and

3) give to others who may need them.

Just one of those little

things I can do to

help with the state of our household.

Sign of Spring.....

My neighbor friend sent me this picture of her new

babies!! They are sooooo adorable.

Saturday we had our Titus 2 Group meeting.

This time our Bible Study was about

"Becoming a Titus 2 Woman"

How that requires a focus and different

lifestyle than we might otherwise choose without

that as our goal.

Whether we are striving to be all Titus 2 implies

now as we raise our children, love our husbands

and learn to stay home.....

or even as we are striving to be that

older woman for others in our life.....

Either way, it involves abandonment.

We must abandon our desires, hopes, dreams,

family, friends......etc. Wrap them up in a

blanket and lay them on God's doorstep!!

Walk away.......the new owner (God) will

now take care of

those abandoned things......

this does not mean we will never have

a life......it only means we are not in

charge anymore. :)

"Others may surrender......

we must abandon."

Then we talked about planning our

gardens and growing more this

year, and growing enough to feed our

families and even be able to put some up

for over the winter. How soon we can

get started on that...trying some cold hardy

crops now with plastic on them.

Then off to Gramma Belle's for more

crocheting!!

It was a good day.

Welcome Home.......

Lydia!!!

Look, she is even smiling!!

When we thought we were moving to England last January, we got rid of all our animals. Well, the people who took Lydia here can not keep her anymore so wondered if we would like her back. After consulting with my son who works at the feed and seed store and having him assure me he would be sure we had hay for her, I asked my dear sweet husband and he said YES!! Since she is a good weedeater and will basically be no cost to us. :)

She has even made friends with the horse next door, they keep each other company.
I am pretty sure they stand at the fence and have an
occasional neighborly chat......or so it appears.