We’re still here!

We’re still here…  plugging along and trying to be intentional about our everyday. Our family is deep into our school year and the kiddos are learning tons while getting into the swing of a new curriculum. Hayden and Lucy are enrolled full-time at Liberty University Online Academy and the days are long and full. Grey is also enrolled in Liberty for math and language arts, a co-op, and Classical Conversations where she enjoys being with classmates two days each week for all her other subjects.

Paddling season for our family has just ended for the winter season and though it’s nice to have all the extra evenings and weekends, we are all missing our time on the water sooooo much. Grey is enjoying ballet, the bigs are always looking forward to their youthgroup nights, and Cory and all three kiddos love their daily CrossFit workouts on the lanai.

As for me…  I’m currently sitting here at the doctor receiving infusions and praying desperately for energy and strength for each day. I’ve been in horrible back pain for the last 14 months now, we’ve been trying Rolfing,chiropractors, pain meds, natural muscle relaxers, had an MRI, have had countless injections, you name it… we’ve tried it. We’re now looking into a new mattress and of course continuing to pray for relief and healing.

I NEED sleep to be able to recover and heal after all my treatments in Mexico. My body is so tired and fatigued, and I yearn to be so much more than I’m able to be right now. 

I’ve struggled to post for so long now as I don’t like sounding like a complainer. The truth is hard right now with how I’m doing, yet in lots of ways I’m doing much better than I was last year. I fear that in sharing these hard moments that people will lose heart and hope in all that God is doing and all that is in store for us still. I want to keep smiling through the pain, laughing in the discouraging times, and trusting Him more wholly in every breath.

We need miracles in so many ways right now:

We need to find a home.

We’d like to get Max our horse over here and need to find a place to keep him or a home with land.

We need a financial miracle for health expenses, home, and life…  I’m far too expensive right now.

We need healing in my body. Complete and total restoration.

We need wisdom and direction for all these areas.

Thank you all for your prayers for us. We thank God daily for being our strength, our grace and our joy when we just can’t see anything going well at the moment. We are confident that He knows just what we need and He is enough for us ALWAYS!

Choosing to continue to give Him our beauty-full-mess and “Live It Out” for Him one day at a time.

Sincerely,  Dani