Only One Month Left

Ahhh... there is no place like home! In one month Dave and I will move into HaRVey and hit the road.

Let's talk about fear of the unknown. Thankfully, we are known by name, by our Heavenly Father. We have prayed and will continue to pray the music will make a difference and people will be moved by the Spirit into a relationship with the Father who knows all about our fears.

A new CD on the way

This is just one of the many faces of Dave... Yes, he is crabby sometimes, but aren't we all?

This is the hat Dave wears when he sings "The Ten Commandments," one of his original songs which will be featured, in a live version, on his kid's CD. Dave wears other hats as well... he bakes, cleans, does laundry... Dave is a keeper no matter the hat.

One Month Ago Today!

It is hard to believe that only one month ago I was standing on the beach. The picture is very small, but I assure you that is me and my good buddy Linda waving at you from Florida.

There are many things in this life that can bring you down and steal your Joy, and flying from warm, shorts- weather Florida to wind-chilled, below twenty, Minnesota is one of them.

I have decided that unless you really love it, heaven will not have cold weather or snow and we will all live in a house on the beach. Now there's a thought to restore your Joy. As a side note it is 82 degrees in Ft. Myers, Florida today and a whopping 32 in my little Minnesota town.

Do you have a restaurant named after you?

Nope, I am not drawing your attention to the Oyster Bar. It is not a neon sign, but I thought it was RATHER IMPRESSIVE. My name! Wow! As a kid I never had a license plate, pencil, name card, necklace, or even a charm with my name on it. And here was a whole restaurant with my name on it! How cool is that. Please note how people are so used to tourists doing strange things that no one even really looks at the funny mid-western lady pointing up.

This restaurant is located in the Pike's Market area in Seattle, Washington. This picture is related to an earlier blog, but I could not find this picture at the time.

On my last visit to Seattle, my daughter and I ate at the Sabra cafe. The food was very good in this family owned friendly cafe - with a name like Sabra, it has to be good. (I may have stolen that tag line...)

Miscellaneous thoughts: "misc" boxes and Navidad

I have not been able to blog lately as we have moved again, and I have not been able to get to it.
We are getting better at gathering our stuff for temporary moves, but for the most part we just say, "it is in a box marked misc." Or, I go through the litany of ... in the house it was __, in the RV it was___, at the Laabs house it was ____, in the apartment it is - "probably in the storage unit in a box marked misc."

I am not complaining, it is just funny that paring down my belongings makes it harder to keep track of them than I thought it would be.

None of that has anything to with the photo of Dave and our lovely friend from Argentina, Adela Alvarez. She invited Dave to sing at their Christmas celebration. When he introduced songs, she translated in Spanish. There were stops and starts, lots of laughter. Dave is not used to pausing after each sentence.

Dave sang one of his favorite Christmas tunes, The Ten Commandments. Actually, it is not a Christmas tune at all, but Ramon Alvarez, Adela's husband, just loved that funny tune, so Dave sang it for the crowd.

The comforting realization for me that evening as we sang Silent Night, in Spanish, is that people of every nation worship Christ the King, the Lord of the Nations, who knows where everything is.

Flannel PJ's

What can I possibly add to describe this photo. We have been living with our friends three months and already my friend, Barb, and I dress alike... we have discovered we have five matching pairs of pants - hers are smaller, please note, I am sitting on the stool, she is standing. We have vowed not to dress alike, but these ugly pink flamingo, with airstream trailers, flannels were just too ugly to pass up. I guess as long as my eyes are closed they are okay, but I do not think I will be running to the mailbox in these babies!

Sometimes the weather chases you!

As Dave and I travel we hope to park our house (haRVey) at schools, churches, and campgrounds. Last March Dave was privileged to park at Zion Lutheran School in Everett, Washington for a month while he sang around the area. One day the grass was green and "Spring-like", the next day it snowed! HaRVey will keep us warm and toasty down to 10 degrees. Yes, this is the same exact spot from different angles in both shots. Whether snowing or not, this was a beautiful spot with wonderful people.

A friend of mine helped with my airfare so I could spend a few days with Dave while he was in Everett, at this very spot. He had been on the road for about eight weeks and I was glad to spend some time in my future home -and see Dave! This snowfall came after I left.

We are truly blessed to have friends, and fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, who will share their space.