When you know you are where you are suppose to be...

As Pete and I had dinner tonight...both very tired from a long couple of weeks and getting ready to move into another house here on SI...we looked at each other and both stated how we know we are in the palm of God's Holy Hand right now...

What an amazing feeling...oh this does not mean we think we are doing everything right...we just know this is where we are suppose to be at this season of our lives...

We love Gateway...we love Pastor Mercaldo and the entire staff....we love to see our Brandon growing in the Lord and figuring out his life...

We love the people of NYC who have gone out of their way to make us feel so loved and needed...

We had dinner with a family yesterday, who we have only known for a few weeks. They live in a house that is 165 years old! As the woman of the house and I were walking through the house together, we were talking about all of the years and families that this house had housed! Amazing!

Living in NYC as opposed to California or Hawaii, sure gives me a new perspective on how many people there are in this world, whom God loves just as much as He loves me....when you are sitting on a ferry or subway...you really see so many more people than when you are on a freeway in your own car...

You have the chance to look into the faces of many people from so many backgrounds and walks of this life...this is interesting, cool, sad, scary, and very humbling...you realize it really "is not about you".

"Thank you dear heavenly Father for allowing me the chance to be here at this time for this reason and season. I love you Lord".

Mother's Day - Just Not The Same Anymore

Well...year two without my dear sweet mom on this earth...

It is different this year... This year, I miss her even more. This year, I think about her even more. This year I appreciate her even more....this year is different...

My sweet Mom is with her Creator, God almighty...maker of the heavens and earth. She will dine with Him. She will sing to Him...She will be hugged by Him...

As I remember Bobbie Lee Pearson Nelson, I think of how she was transformed from a hurting, sad and broken young woman...to a loving, caring, soldier for God...

As I remember her smile, her laugh, her heart, her earrings and her beautiful nails...I love her even more...

I miss you Mom....Happy Mother's Day...I cannot wait to see you again someday....

From your loving daughter,

DeVonna