Bragging on my man!

Today my poor husband is a little tired and sore. He worked all evening on scraping our living room ceiling! We have 10ft. ceilings in our living room so this was no easy task. Luckily his Dad let us borrow some scaffolding, so it made the job a little easier. I was working on painting the trim and window sills. I did the doors in the living room last weekend, so now it's just the trim, which I've already sanded. We also tore the wood paneling down over our fireplace. I haven't liked the paneling since we moved in and was rather excited to see it go. This is all just part one of our living room makeover! Next we have to patch a hole that was behind the paneling :-), sand a couple walls that the previous owner had put paint with sand in it, texture the ceiling and the walls we sanded (the really messy part!!), and then paint the whole room. It will look so beautiful and so different in there! We hope to get it ready to paint, with maybe the ceiling painted, by the Christmas. Oh and did I mention we are also getting Kaitlyn's room done too??

Jarod got to read to preschoolers on Thursday. It was so cute! All the 2's, 3's, and 4's from the preschool at church got to go listen to Jarod read some stories and hear what a minister does. He did such a good job! I sneaked down from my room to snap a picture:


This is Jarod reading to the 4's. Kaitlyn is sitting in the back by the couch. She absolutely loved having him read to her class! She also got to eat doughnuts with him for "Dads and doughnuts" at the book fair at preschool. She love, loves her Daddy!

Some exciting news! A few months ago I shared that Jarod got to baptize our good friend Randy. He was very lost, struggling with addictions, and just desperate for hope and change in his life. Well, he has been doing amazing! God is so evident in his life and the power of the Holy Spirit working on someone. It shows that you don't have to have it all together when you come to Christ. Well his wife took notice, started coming to church and our small group, and last Sunday Jarod got to baptize Barbara!! Here's a picture:



Barbara was even truly afraid of water, thus why Jarod's clothes are all wet! He held her securely so she would feel safe and ended up with water going into the waders he had on. :-) We are so excited to see the change and the freedom that comes with knowing Christ become evident in her life. We love you Barbara!!