Wednesday, October 17, 2007

• God is Sovereign

  Hello everyone who reads this blog. I know I don't write often so you probably don't read me much. However, I'm here today to tell you about what I've been doing since last I wrote. I can't write like some friends who write so well they should be publishing their work or it's simply just funny but I wanted to try to keep up with the "jones" and try. So, here goes.

  My last post came Oct. 1, 2007 at that time my birthday had not come and I had just receieved my first check as a piano teacher with the community school of the arts in Charlotte, NC, yay for being able to pay bills. I was still being the accompanist for a homeschool children's choir that is going to France but frustrated with my progress and teaching a lot of students.

  Now, I am going to France as a singer and relieved to not be accompanying for the choir. That's another story. To put it in a nut shell, I don't have the necessary background for accompanying. I'm better at singing. So I'm thrilled to be a singer and will singing get this the alto part again. There was a reason that God put in the alto section in the college choir. I do believe it was for this reason. I now get to try my hand at sight reading again and pick up my practicing in this area. Wow, does any of that make sense? Who knows...Anyway,

  I got to go to the mountains this past weekend and spend some time with some friends from college; that was fun. It's been a very long time since I've been out on the Blue Ridge Parkway and it was one gorgeous day to be out there. The view was amazing. I've never been to Grandfather Mountain and I must have been up on the moutain for a good thirty min. taking pictures and just enjoying the glory of God splendor in this world. I would have stayed longer but my friends wanted to go. Sufice it to say it was AMAZING!!!! beyond words.

  Now, I'm back and ready to finish the week with another trip out of town back up to "The Creek" for homecoming. Don't ask me why I like parades but I just do. I'm also hoping to go the play Saturday night with some friends. I don't know where I'll go to church but I do hope that I can see a couple church friends from the area. I think I miss my Tate kids the most. They were so much fun and I just loved to be around them.

  I don't think there's much left, the rest of my family is doing well. Oh I do have one story to tell about the trip to France. This kind of trip has never been done in terms of everyone not being from the same church for instance. We are all homeschooled families but from around the area. Last week as of Oct. 9 we needed to be able to raise about $17425 by Oct 19 which will put us at the 75% mark of raising all our support. We were at 50% at that point. As of yesterday, Oct. 16 we reached our 71% mark which means we were able to raise all except about 3000$ for the 75% mark. Is that not amazing? God provided close to 15000 $ in less than a weeks time. We were all so thrilled and I just wanted to share that story with you.

  I think that's all unless I think of something while typing all this out. Oh yes, Rose and myself have almost half our support and I do praise God for that. We need about 1700 more reach the 75% mark for our family and hoping and praying that it will come in by this Friday Oct. 19. If you want more info about what we are doing and the itinerary please write me on facebook or shoot me an email and I'll send it to you.

  Peace to all.

  RM.

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