Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Change is on the horizon....

Well the news is out and on its way to your mail box! :D YEY! It feels like a HUGE accomplishment!
and speaking of those...if you havent heard...Israel passed ALL of his EMT finals! praise Jesus! that phase of life is over!

The next season, however, we feel has not yet begun but in many ways, it has! Change is definitely on the horizon!
For Christmas and New Years we will be in Bay City with my family and we will meet the newest family members~!! My brother is getting married!!!!!! We are sooo totally excited about this occasion! God is so good and faithful to have brought into Gary's life, Jessie and her son Caleb, who is 4yrs old. Yes, Evey and Moriah have a new cousin! The wedding is in 2 weeks!!!! Jan. 2nd! Not much time to plan but things are already coming together nicely! The best part, i have to say, is how happy Jessie is to be apart of our family and how much she does love my brother. Us girls are going dress shopping ASAP~ when i get there~! what SISTERLY FUN!

Back to Lubbock we'll head.. sometime mid-January to prepare for Veracruz, Mexico!!!!!!!! We'll be leaving around February 1st.

If you did get a newsletter, here are some ideas I came up with that you could do with it...

1. Cut out the pics and put them in your wallet, on your fridge, etc. (then its easier to be reminded to pray for us as you see our picture!)
2. um...throw it away? NO please, dont do it! it was a lot of work!~
3. Save our address and contact info...and the blogspot address for future reference!
4. Share the news with a friend or relative that may know us and be interested in what we're doing!
5. Respond to it! Let us know you are praying for us! What a great big blessing that would be, to get some personal messages from our family. Send messages by email thebaileys4@gmail.com or through our blog (you can comment on my post at the bottom)


I must add - Israel's parents have been a big part of our lives while we've been here in Lubbock. They have been in Africa though, for the past month and are returning tomorrow. God was faithful and good as always..and well i really dont have many details about their trip yet but I know that many came to Jesus while they ministered the gospel!
God is our source and provides in all sorts of ways..in saying that - Pete and Val (my in-laws) have been so generous to swap autos with us! Our old Ford F-150 for their Suburban!~ God laid this on their hearts as they new we were in need of a more suitable vehicle for traveling. May God richly bless them in everything~!

As far as details about the children's home in Veracruz and our participation there...i really dont have many answers for questions you probably have! I have many questions too! We will be teaching the children about Jesus and the Bible and English! We really wont know much more until we arrive there! We are trusting that God has a plan and we just arent able to see the entire view yet. However, we will do our very best to keep you informed as much as possible. We dont know the full situation yet and how often we'll have access to the web and email.

If you are new to blogging, make sure to look for the word "subscribe" (to the right) and you will be taken through to Google or Yahoo and it should customize your homepage with our blogspot on it. It should then update you when I post another update! If this doesnt work or you have trouble please let us know! (I'm rather new to this as well and it took me a bit to figure it out! So dont feel dumb!)

Well i guess that is it for now... I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with family and friends and food and gifts and most importantly make Christmas most about Jesus!

faith, hope and love...and the greatest of these is...LOVE

-the Bailey 4



Monday, December 7, 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

More prep...

Getting ready to send off a newsletter...

taking pics this weekend? hopefully!!!

collecting addresses... just about done!

getting things sorted in my mind.

Shopping for Christmas? ...not yet, really.

ready for Christmas!? YES! ready for family times and unforgettable moments to share...yes.