Waiting for Triplets

Outside my window

a very tired little Mother Robin

has been working hard on first building her nest and

then laying her precious eggs in it.

A wonderful home.

  Not made with soft, fluffy comforts but with

sticks and hay and grass and a cleverness to put them all

together that I don't possess.

She has found a very cozy spot to make her nest,

and I hope she feels safe in it.

She does get a bit scared when we make noise around her,

and flies off to a shed to look down on us and

wait impatiently until we are done so she

can get back to sitting on her eggs again.

But we know she is anxious, and so we try to hurry.

That's where she was when I took these pictures, and flew off when

I tried to get her picture.

She's very shy.

Lucky for her, we won't move this tractor until

her babies are born, and grown enough to move

out on their own.

We are also waitng impatiently to meet our new

littlest neighbors.

~Ren

To Haiti With Love

I forget at times that I have so many pairs of shoes. 

Most often I wear the same shoes for day to day.

Then there are those that are for certain outfits, activities, and weather.  Can you relate?  Why do I have so many shoes?

While others have only one....or none.

My friends have been to Haiti 3 times and are going back a 4th time.  Bless their hearts, they bring many items to those in need there.  Food, clothing, toys....and now shoes.  

I was able to purchase 100 pairs of flip-flops of all different sizes and colors for them.  What a wonderful feeling to know that these will benefit others.  My friend said that this should be enough to provide 2 orphanages!  This makes my heart so full Ü

Thank you friends (you know who you are) for giving me this opportunity to help others.

Fruitful Thoughts

"As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste."

The Song of Solomon 2:3

These 2 beautiful apples are the first apples on either of our apples trees planted 2 years ago.   I waited and waited for fruit, and never even saw these, they were so hidden in the tree.  My husband saw then first and by the time he did, they were this big and half red.

Do you see them?  One up and one down...

God provides.  He always does.  These may be 2 apples, and may not seem like much, but they made me think of how he gives us what we need, and how grateful I should be.

After giving Thanks, we shined them up, sliced them and divided them for everyone to share.

                                                         And they were delicious!