Today's Discovery

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twainabout

This raps it up! Heard this from a friend. Whatever huh! We should just know that we can't enjoy food, it's against the law!!
Then with me living here in Southern Missouri it's even harder to get out. It's either too hot I can't breathe or too freezing cold! Excuses! Excuses!

Today's Discovery

July 1, 2010

Wow! To think 3 months ago that things would be where they are now would have blown my mind!
God moves today! He is a God of today! He is a now God! One day to Him is a blink of an eye. He holds us in the palm of His hand. Looking back I could not see Him or His plans in all this. I probably still really can't but I see His hand in it all. I see him moving. And that makes me have joy. He is so faithful to never leave you or forsake you. He has plans for you and they are for greatness! He will not give you anymore than you can handle. Man, I can handle a whole lot!
Our God is BIG! He is WONDERFUL!

Corinne

Today's Discovery

Love your friends. And if you find that you don’t have too many good friends…then you’re in the perfect place.

6 Months Later!

Hi Guys!
I can't believe it has been almost 6 months! It has been quite a time for our family. We have moved to a new town, new house, new school, new jobs, and no family or friends. Oh don't feel sorry for us. God know exactly what He is doing doesn't He?
We can look back through the last few months and say that definetly God has placed us here. In knowing that we take comfort. Even though I don't see Him, feel Him, or hear Him right now I count it all joy. I know He loves me and has prepared my steps. I am so thankful for my health. He has seen me through.
My kids are loving our small town. They are enjoying their summmer here and soon they will be off to camp for a week.
Taremba is settling into his job and loves what he does.
I am working and getting settled too.
Corinne

Today's Discovery

I think I need to rename my title of these blogs. I don't think I can discover something everyday:)
Today I got up with the kids and got beautified. I took them to school and came home. That's it! All dressed up and nowhere to go!
Yes, itis a small town I live in. Anybody ever heard of Portageville, Missouri? Yea, me either!
So later I thought I would take a walk down Main Street. They have a few little quaint shops with great old town feeling windows. Maybe I will meet someone new:)
I am reading a lot more though. I love it! I just finished a book and now started a new one by the same author. The book is titled The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall. This author writes about the Amish people. I am going to start a 3 book series she has after this one.
Well what is God saying today?
I just heard as I sat down to the computer this morning: He won't give you more than you can handle, Corinne.
Well that will keep me going today. He is here and knows. He can speak to my heart even in my weakness and dryness. God you are so faithful.

New Pictures

Hey! I am trying to figure out how to update my pictures.

Please be patient with me and I will have some updates coming.

How fast I forgot how this thing works! :0

We are Back!

Hi Friends,
Sorry it has been so long since our last blog. We have had a lot of changes with jobs, kids, and life. Where to start??
Well, Taremba just graduated from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy on the 18th of December. We are so proud of him. It has been a long road that we have traveled as a family to get here. It started in October 2008. Taremba has always beeen interested in public service, even in CA. When we got here to Missouri, he came across openings in the State Highway Patrol. He immediately put in an application request. He got a response and was on his way to discovering what it really was he was so interested in for so long.
He went through the applying process which was 6-8 months while working for Pepsi. Then was accepted into the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy for July 2009. The academy was for a 6 month intense training. Taremba lived in Jefferson City, MO at the academy while I was home with the kids. I worked a full time job and homeschooled the kids. Wow! Yes we did all that!
It was a very difficult time for our family but it was for a purpose. We could see the end result and that got us through.
There were times of not knowing how I was going to get through it all but in the end I saw our goal. Taremba's first station was in Portageville, MO. Portageville is a small town in the bootheel of Missouri. When we heard this news we were shocked! What we just got here to Kansas City, Missouri with our family? What are you up to God?
We had two weeks to find a place and move after graduation.
I also was diganosed with Chronic Anemia while Taremba was in the Academy. I had no red blood cells to produce iron. I was not producing or holding onto iron. My body was week and frail. I had an iron fusion which gave me iron and a back-up storage of iron too. After the iron fusion I was still being depleted of iron. So we looked into why or how my body was refusing iron. We came to the conclusion that my menstrals were depleting me every month. We tried to reduce that depletion but came to the only possible option. I am scheduled for a hysterectomy(is that how you spell it?) next week.
Well, we moved December 28th to Portageville. Taremba started his new job on the 4th of Jan.
We have been here a month and it's feeling a little like home. It will just come with time. The kids are really settling in well. They love it here. Hannah is in 3rd grade and Johanne is in the 6th grade. They are so suprised by the people here. They are so welcoming and truely nice!
We have been through quite a bit in the last year and still are in the thick of it. Through it all I can say that I am learning to stay firm on my foundation. Knowing that my faith is going to get me through this. God has not forsaken me but knows the plans for my life before I do. He is faithful and true. In the midst of troubles it is hard to see the purpose or future but I only can trust in Him. All my life I have seen His beautiful hand in my life take control. He has seen me through and never let me go. He has been true to His word. So I can only trust in that word and know that He God who loves me. He actually loves me in my weakness. In the depths of despair he loves me and picks me up. I don't understand the plans He has for me but I know it's not to harm me or forsake me. He is Lord over my life. It is time I really let Him be Lord huh! :) (No matter what that means)
So we are here in Portageville, MO and enjoying being with each other through this new adventure in our lives.
So I look forward to sharing more. I have been out but I am back in the game! :)