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This was the beginning of the journey that has led me here. Everything you have ever read about second marriages, seemed to come to fruition in this one. Three days after our wedding day, while still on our honeymoon, I realized this man was NOT the same man I had fallen in love with. After 11 separations and one legal divorce, I knew I needed to find an anchor for my life. When I was about 5 months pregnant for Caleb, I knew I could not do this by myself anymore, so I drove the 30 some miles to the nearest town with a Christian bookstore, stood in front of a rack of devotionals and bought one that sounded promising. In the middle of that little booklet, was a study about the life of Elijah. It was the turning point of my life. I knew I was not the Christian that God wanted me to be, or the wife Scott needed me to be, or the mother my two children and my unborn child needed me to be. Trembling with fear over the results of my life, I sank to my knees and gave everything over to God. My life, our marriage, my children, our unborn child. God answered my prayer for peace. I was a new creature, with a new will to live. II Cor 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new".

After complications NOT due to my age, Caleb was born almost 6 weeks early. 5 weeks after that I ran again to my sister’s in Texas. After a separation that lasted 6 months, Scott and I sat in a Big Boy restaurant in Paw Paw Michigan and decided to get back together "for the last time" and try another church. We have not been apart since. It was through nothing we did as fleshly people, but only God’s tender care for us, and a determination between us in front of a loving God, that has made our marriage so for the past 5 1/2years. Many MANY hours have been spent on our knees, seeking God’s face for success in our marriage, where before we only sought our own thoughts and ideas. Col. 1:21 "And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled". I know from experience that the ONLY way to have a marriage...... is God’s way.

We moved to this great NW Indiana area 9 months after joining this other church, to attend the Missions Program at a Bible college. That was 4 1/2 years ago. We are no longer college students, but lay people at a small but growing church in the area.  We have always been active members in any church we have attended.  My husband drives church busses and usually serves as an usher, and I have always served in the Music ministry, in the choir ,and ministering in special music.  I have a love for Missions, and love to communicate with friends on the field.  I have just recently come through another "turning point" in my life.....one that has taught me much about God’s love and grace, and that experience has prompted me to share my "journey" with other women. I have attempted to share some of my story more in depth in the links in this testimony, and will continue to add article after article as God gives the grace.

I DO have a "leisure life" (somewhat)....I LOVE to cross-stitch, sew, quilt, crochet and knit, time permitting of course. I also LOVE the written word, and love to write to honor God.  I have tried my hand at poetry, but recently God has led me to write children's character building stories.  With a little one in my life again, I have had to learn all over again how to structure my time.  We currently are homeschooling Caleb.  He is finishing up Kindergarten.  Together with a group of 3 friends, I was instrumental in establishing a not for profit organization here in the NW Indiana area.  This organization is currently an emergency based assistance program for the working poor, with plans to expand to speaking tours in the future.  I am currently a "silent" member of this group, due to the demands of my home life.  We all know how quickly these little ones grow up, and I count my time at home with this precious soul God has entrusted to me as a vital part in my service to God.

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