The Meal Is Prepared

This weekend starts our first Great Banquet weekends for the Elohim Community. This has been an interesting experience. It has been filled with highs and lows. It has been challenging to change our identity of an Emmaus Community to a Great Banquet Community. There was so much paperwork to go through to make this happen. Now here we are on the other side of the paperwork, on the other side of the team meetings, and on the other side of the state line ready to be active participants in Gods work!

It's an exciting time for the people who will be our guests this weekend. I'm sure they are nervous too. I know I was when I went on my weekend. It's a great time for the team who have worked so hard to be a part of God's plan through their many efforts.

It's funny - I wrote that last September and filed it in the drafts! I guess sometimes we need to clean out the drafts and finish what we started! As of this post, we have finished with our second set of weekends as a Great Banquet Community! God is so Faithful! God was Glorified - The Holy Spirit was running the show and lives were changed for the Kingdom! How humble it is to be in the midst of The Workings of the Kingdom!

De Colores!

There's something about Fall!

Don't you just love Fall!!??  The colors, the sounds, the cool breeze.  I could go on and on.  Strangely enough, Fall is a time of renewal for me.  Maybe it has something to do with school starting.  Maybe it's just because I like to wear sweaters.  Whatever the reason,it's rejuvenating!

As I learn to adjust with Beth away at school, there is a longing in my heart.  A longing to learn.  I have no idea what or where, but I'm ready to learn something new.  I don't mean the learning takes place by reading a book.  That's great stuff, but I'm talking about focused learning.  Taking classes.  Walking across campus with my backpack. I'm talking about an adventure!

I firmly believe that the day we stop learning is the day that we start dying.  There is so much to learn and so many choices.  I think that's always been my problem.  I struggle when I'm presented with too many choices.  It excites me, but it overwhelms me.

Maybe I'll learn how to take beautiful photos, or learn about various forms of art.  Maybe I'll learn about Theatre or maybe how to write a book.  Maybe I'll explore the world of poetry or architecture.  The possibilities are endless!

We are all beautifully and wonderfully made by the Creator of the Universe.  Isn't it incredible that God has blessed us to feel and express our selves so passionately.  The world is full of so many beautiful colors, so much beautiful music, and wonders beyond our wildest imagination.  They are just waiting to be discovered. God is waiting to share his Masterpiece with all he has created.

The Adventure Begins!

Today marks the first week that our daughter, Beth has not lived under our roof!  How crazy is that, and who came up with the idea that kids should move out??!!  Paul will forever refer to it as the day our daughter ran away.

It's funny how we are accustomed to our kids being in the house.  I cooked dinner for all 3 of us last night.  I even got out 3 plates.  Paul got up and started tip-toeing around the house yesterday morning so he wouldn't wake Beth up.  I wake up at about 12:00 each night and have to remind myself that she isn't going to be in her bed asleep when I go check on her.  Each of those things brings a little bit of a tug at our hearts.

The good news is that we both hear from her every day.  Most of the time more than once.  She's always so excited to tell us what's going on in her life.  What happened at class. The ups and the downs.   How her roommates had a blast getting her ready to go out on a date.  It's so funny.  I'm so thankful for cell phones!

So Beth is on a new adventure, and our hope and prayer is that she makes wise choices, works hard, makes tons of friends, and has a successful experience.  That she always remembers to thank God for the gifts and blessings in her life and to call on Him daily - in the good and the bad.

But Beth is not the only one on an adventure - Paul and I are starting an adventure of our own. It's taking a while to build up the excitement, it's strange trying to acclimate ourselves to the adventure - But we are Empty Nesters.  Hmm.  What exactly does that mean? 

In the next few weeks, we'll keep you posted on the "Boyer Chronicles".  It's a new blogcom that outlines the madcap adventures of two physically middle-aged adults (who have the emotional and maturity levels of 12 year olds).  These two people, we'll call them Paul and Sara, are searching for ???  Well - they have no idea what they are searching for!!!???!!! Lord - Please help us - this could get crazy!!