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Hey Everyone!! Hope you all are enjoying this chilly weather....I finally realize that summer is over :/ I am enjoying fall, although,  not quite  the thought of winter which is creeping right up upon us. Not yet though :) Some of these pictures and happenings were a couple weeks back, but I think you'll enjoy them anyway!

Late summer/fall is a busy time of field work!

Addy acting like a little monkey :)

Sunday afternoon fun with Mr. Caleb!!!

 

A Saturday morning tea party


 

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Have a wonderful evening y'all! Blessings!

Belmar, NJ

So we've been wanting to take this trip once the field work was done and the crops were in. We finally made it happen!! It was a lovely day spent at the ocean with just the right weather. The beach was pretty much empty, although as the day wore on, there were more people. Actually, mostly surfers with wet suits :)   We pulled our trailer with our bikes in and there was a big boardwalk to bike on. Talk about beautiful!

Boardwalk

Little girls having fun in the sand

Aubree and I letting the waves wash up on our feet!

What could be better than spike ball on the beach? :)

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed a little glimpse of our fun day!!

Stay in the Race

The other Sunday our pastor preached a message on staying in the race. I jotted down some notes and I thought I would share them with you all. A few of my thoughts are added.

#1 a relationship with Jesus is SO important


#2 Lay aside things that hinder us. What comes first? Is there things that need to be thrown out? Material stuff distracts us- Satan uses it to distract us from the goal we are headed toward which is JESUS. Colossians 3:8-9 says "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth."

#3 We have to follow Jesus' road no matter where it goes or what it goes through. And he will help us to travel this road if we follow Him!

#4 Run with patience & constant endurance - James 5:7-11; Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

#5 Look to Jesus - look at Hebrews 12:2;   Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Jesus went through SOO much for he. He knew he had to die a painful death and he asked God to "take this cup from me." But God said no, you need to do this. So, Jesus looked toward the joy of heaven, not what he had to do to get there.

#6 DON'T GIVE UP- if you make mistakes, Jesus is always there and he will forgive you and help you to start fresh!

I hope you can be blessed by this today! And if you have any thoughts on this, I would be happy to hear them!!!