This blog entry will be more of a prayer than it will be an entry. A prayer that I know God will answer.. in His time. Biologically considering, and with those two words I know God already knows my heart and my heart's desire. Thank you Jesus for loving us regardless, with blessing me with a wonderful husband and loving family - near and far, bless them in all that they need and all they require.
The beginning of 2010 has been somewhat bitter-sweet, we've met Goliath head on in some matters of the heart - despite these moments, hubby and I have kept the faith of David and seen through it with God's love and blessings - with God all things are possible.
God you are soo Good.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
A new angel in the family
Once again, God has blessed us with the addition of another beautiful angel to our growing extended family - our new nephew, Matthew Miller was born on September 11, 2009 weighing in at a whopping 9lbs and 14oz, kudos to my beautiful sister in law for her strength and thankfulness to God for blessing her with that strength. We have yet to meet our new nephew, but were are looking forward to seeing him in the near future - he will know his favourite aunty (cough cough lol).
We continue to pray that God will bless us soon with our very own addition, but we know that all things happen in His time - and that whatever He has planned for us we truly hope and pray that we will be content with it and in Him. Sometimes its difficult to push our human nature aside and try not to get hurt at the fact that we are getting older and still havent been blessed with our own child/ren, but lately when these feelings come to mind I am reminded of Abraham & Sarah and the promise they were given for a nation of plenty, as many as there are stars in the sky - and especially of Sarahs silent giggle at the mention that she at 99yrs will bore a child, but as God's word is forever true - it happened as He said so. Which got me to thinking that if God could bless Abraham & Sarah with a child at the ripe age of 99yrs - then at 31yrs old, I have absolutely, without a doubt nothing to worry about.. because I know this is true - God knows our inner hearts and true feelings, He knew us before we were created in our mothers womb, and He wrote our life's plan. He will bless us when its the right time, all we have to do is be patient, and serve Him in everyway we can. I leave you with this song of praise, i le suafa o Iesu, Soifua (in Jesus name, farewell)
I love You Lord
and I lift my voice
To worship You
O my soul, rejoice!
Take joy, my King
in what you hear
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound
in Your ear. God Bless you All.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
September Update
Ok so its been 4weeks since we arrived in Utah, and we are loving the new challenges placed before... in truth, there really isnt as much challenges here as we've had in the last 2 states we've lived in, but on all accounts we are blessed to be where we are at this time. And despite some worries, we love it here.
Ben and I are now working, I have been working for all of one week, and Ben has been working for 2weeks, finding work soo fast and in this economy AND in a new state is just one of the many blessings that God has shown us, among the other blessings is having a place to stay and food in our tummy - thanks to my awesome Uncle and Aunty and the whole family. We do miss having our own place but we know that God will go before us and we will be well on the way of having our own place and eventually owning our own house in His time. In the meantime, we will remain patient and wait on the Lord.
As for my job, I love it... the people are great, and most of the people we've met have been sooo friendly, my job reminds me a lot of being back in NZ with Jackie and the team, and the amount of NZers and Australians here just makes me that much less homesick. Other than that, we still miss our friends and families in the FL, AZ and CA states and esp back in NZ and Aust but we are very blessed to be where we are at this time. Thank you Lord for your never-ending love and blessings us both during our transition.
Ben and I are now working, I have been working for all of one week, and Ben has been working for 2weeks, finding work soo fast and in this economy AND in a new state is just one of the many blessings that God has shown us, among the other blessings is having a place to stay and food in our tummy - thanks to my awesome Uncle and Aunty and the whole family. We do miss having our own place but we know that God will go before us and we will be well on the way of having our own place and eventually owning our own house in His time. In the meantime, we will remain patient and wait on the Lord.
As for my job, I love it... the people are great, and most of the people we've met have been sooo friendly, my job reminds me a lot of being back in NZ with Jackie and the team, and the amount of NZers and Australians here just makes me that much less homesick. Other than that, we still miss our friends and families in the FL, AZ and CA states and esp back in NZ and Aust but we are very blessed to be where we are at this time. Thank you Lord for your never-ending love and blessings us both during our transition.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Facebook FarmVille
Oh no, Ive gone and done it again... Ive found yet another online game to keep me from sleep, Facebook FarmVille. I kept seeing my friends earning all these ribbons and farm thingees and well... curiosity got the better of me and off I went to build me a farm, that was umm... 3hrs ago.
So now that Im up to Level 4, I think its time to go to sleep and dream about farming lol. Goodnite and God Bless
So now that Im up to Level 4, I think its time to go to sleep and dream about farming lol. Goodnite and God Bless
Monday, August 24, 2009
Lets try this again
I recently read & enjoyed my cousins blog and it got me thinking that this seemed like such a great idea to get some thoughts down - instead of having these thoughts run circles around the track in my head hehehe... so one day I got on to Blogger and tried to create an account, lo and behold the little pop-up man said that my email was already in use, so after trying out a few passwords, I got in and whoa.. Ive had a blog since December 2008. I guess I had this same thought back then too - old age sure is creeping up, so I got thinking as to why I started a blog almost a year ago and didnt go back to it, I guess Im still trying to figure that one out. But NE-WAY... lets try to complete what was started a year ago shall we?
I do know that I started this blog because Im a recent American Immigrant so far away from home and the costs of calling friends and family got too expensive that it seemed a better idea to blog about it and have my friends & family read on my updates, and I also know that during the process of getting my greencard I had a lot of tests, tribulations and trials which I wanted to share with others who may be going through the same thing - come to think of it, these green-card trials and tribulations continue to this day, hmmm.... I guess thats the reason why I didnt get back to the blog created so long ago, because as of today Im still trying to figure out this country and its processes.
So theres our beginning, lets try this again yeah? ...
Almost 3yrs ago I moved to USA from New Zealand, my decision at the time, continues to be the best decision I ever made, no thats not right, the decision at the time was left up to God Alone and His Will Be done, much to my parents disappointment - as God fearing as they are, I should note that although they still find it hard to have their daughter in a country so far away, they have somewhat adjusted to my absence hehehe but it doesnt mean they love & miss me any less nor do I love and miss them any less either, there are times it gets unbearable that to hear their voices just breaks my heart... but as the saying goes "Distance makes the heart grow fonder" and theres no denying the truth there. Theres also no denying the heartache I feel when another niece or nephew is born that I havent yet met... in God's time they will meet their best aunty, despite what the other uncles and aunty may be led to believe lol.
Since moving to America, my husband and I have more or less been sort of gypsies - my husband has no fault in this I should add, it was all me - not long after making America my new home I had been finding it a little hard to adjust so much so that I decided that we needed to go on a journey and seek out the New Zealand in America, and being the awesome husband that he is - he loving obliged - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such a loving and understanding husband, so from there we made our way from Jacksonville, FL to Stockton, CA and now just recently to Salt Lake City, UT - where believe it or not, I actually think Ive found the New Zealand in America. And we like it a lot... I mean A LOT! hehehe
The most ironic thing is - Utah was the very last place I ever wanted to move to, I never considered it even though the door kept opening - we (no, I) kept closing it, till finally we gave our journey up to God to send us where he willed us, and Utah funnily enough is where he wanted us, so here we are... finally being obedient and doing what we should of done the first-time, ready to begin over again for the 3rd time lol... at least here in America that is, on a side note... I actually counted the number of times Ive moved in my 31yrs and amazingly I have lived in a total of 3 different countries, 9 different cities and 18 different houses - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such wonderful memories of every single one of those moves and believe it or not were not quite done yet since we still have to find our own place here in SLC, and as indecisive as I can be, I dont know how many more homes we will see before we settle down - but we definitely like this city. I do hope though that this is the last interstate move cos Im done moving and saying goodbye to family & newfound friendships - however, thats all up to God. No matter where he has us go, I know it will be Great.
We are blessed to have met soo many beautiful Godly people along the way and the kindness they showed to us, helping us to become strong in our walk and praying for us on our journeys... to those beautiful people we are eternally thankful, and extremely grateful to God Above for blessing us with them. We pray for them and for everyone that is struggling to get through these financial hardships, the uncertainties of life or at a crossroad unsure of whether to go on. I hope that if this blog does anything for the people who come across this, it will be to help you understand Gods never-ending love, that even though you feel like you're on your own and life takes you places you didnt expect it to, or you feel like your'e going through a circle of mistakes, remember to STOP, BREATHE AND LISTEN... theres something that God's trying to tell you and dont worry if you dont get it the first time, second time, third time or so on, His Love is Eternal - He will never leave you nor forsake you and He will continue to keep sending you these messages because He Loves you and wants you home, when you're ready to hear Him. Come Home.
I continue on this journey myself learning to have faith in God that he has me exactly where he wants me to be - to learn something at that point of time, to have someone minister to me or to minister to someone who needs help, and learning to listen for His voice. I pray you have a safe week with God's abundant blessings. Till we blog again. God Bless
I do know that I started this blog because Im a recent American Immigrant so far away from home and the costs of calling friends and family got too expensive that it seemed a better idea to blog about it and have my friends & family read on my updates, and I also know that during the process of getting my greencard I had a lot of tests, tribulations and trials which I wanted to share with others who may be going through the same thing - come to think of it, these green-card trials and tribulations continue to this day, hmmm.... I guess thats the reason why I didnt get back to the blog created so long ago, because as of today Im still trying to figure out this country and its processes.
So theres our beginning, lets try this again yeah? ...
Almost 3yrs ago I moved to USA from New Zealand, my decision at the time, continues to be the best decision I ever made, no thats not right, the decision at the time was left up to God Alone and His Will Be done, much to my parents disappointment - as God fearing as they are, I should note that although they still find it hard to have their daughter in a country so far away, they have somewhat adjusted to my absence hehehe but it doesnt mean they love & miss me any less nor do I love and miss them any less either, there are times it gets unbearable that to hear their voices just breaks my heart... but as the saying goes "Distance makes the heart grow fonder" and theres no denying the truth there. Theres also no denying the heartache I feel when another niece or nephew is born that I havent yet met... in God's time they will meet their best aunty, despite what the other uncles and aunty may be led to believe lol.
Since moving to America, my husband and I have more or less been sort of gypsies - my husband has no fault in this I should add, it was all me - not long after making America my new home I had been finding it a little hard to adjust so much so that I decided that we needed to go on a journey and seek out the New Zealand in America, and being the awesome husband that he is - he loving obliged - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such a loving and understanding husband, so from there we made our way from Jacksonville, FL to Stockton, CA and now just recently to Salt Lake City, UT - where believe it or not, I actually think Ive found the New Zealand in America. And we like it a lot... I mean A LOT! hehehe
The most ironic thing is - Utah was the very last place I ever wanted to move to, I never considered it even though the door kept opening - we (no, I) kept closing it, till finally we gave our journey up to God to send us where he willed us, and Utah funnily enough is where he wanted us, so here we are... finally being obedient and doing what we should of done the first-time, ready to begin over again for the 3rd time lol... at least here in America that is, on a side note... I actually counted the number of times Ive moved in my 31yrs and amazingly I have lived in a total of 3 different countries, 9 different cities and 18 different houses - Thank you Lord for blessing me with such wonderful memories of every single one of those moves and believe it or not were not quite done yet since we still have to find our own place here in SLC, and as indecisive as I can be, I dont know how many more homes we will see before we settle down - but we definitely like this city. I do hope though that this is the last interstate move cos Im done moving and saying goodbye to family & newfound friendships - however, thats all up to God. No matter where he has us go, I know it will be Great.
We are blessed to have met soo many beautiful Godly people along the way and the kindness they showed to us, helping us to become strong in our walk and praying for us on our journeys... to those beautiful people we are eternally thankful, and extremely grateful to God Above for blessing us with them. We pray for them and for everyone that is struggling to get through these financial hardships, the uncertainties of life or at a crossroad unsure of whether to go on. I hope that if this blog does anything for the people who come across this, it will be to help you understand Gods never-ending love, that even though you feel like you're on your own and life takes you places you didnt expect it to, or you feel like your'e going through a circle of mistakes, remember to STOP, BREATHE AND LISTEN... theres something that God's trying to tell you and dont worry if you dont get it the first time, second time, third time or so on, His Love is Eternal - He will never leave you nor forsake you and He will continue to keep sending you these messages because He Loves you and wants you home, when you're ready to hear Him. Come Home.
I continue on this journey myself learning to have faith in God that he has me exactly where he wants me to be - to learn something at that point of time, to have someone minister to me or to minister to someone who needs help, and learning to listen for His voice. I pray you have a safe week with God's abundant blessings. Till we blog again. God Bless
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