Day 15

Day 15 {Wave of Light}

Remembering...   Hadley D'Layne Bufe  2-28-2011 1 lb 0 Ounces 11 3/4 inches long   Baby Bufe May 2012    
~Melissa

In His Time...

I have shared our story with many people I have encountered, but I have never had the opportunity to share our testimony in front of a large group.  On August 5th I was given that chance and I spoke to our new church family at Alliance Community Fellowship.  I was given this opportunity to speak because I was not only asked by our Pastor to share our story but I was also being presented to the church as the new Children's Director.   Yes, blog friends!  You read that right :)  I am the new Children's Director for our church and I can't tell you how overjoyed, blessed, humbled and excited I feel.  I am no longer teaching and working soley for our church.  It wasn't a hard decision to step away from teaching because I had such a peace about where God was calling me.  Of course it was hard to leave old students and co-workers/friends, but I know without a doubt this is the perfect plan God has for myself and my family.  I have already been in this position for a month and though it has been a crazy whirlwind of a month, I am LOVING every minute.  I am helping children understand how much God loves them, and alongside their parents, helping lead them to Christ.  It is simply amazing.  I also have a very flexible schedule that is allowing me to work from home as well as the church.  When I am at church I bring Briley with me!!  This is a HUGE blessing for Daniel and I.  We have been praying for a long time that God's plan would allow me to have more time at home with Briley and of course He didn't ignore our prayer.  He answered it...He answered it BIG TIME.   To prepare for sharing my testimony to the church I wrote it out first and I want to share with you what I said.  I have never told you "our story" from start to finish and I'm excited to finally do that.  I hope it gives you a little more insight on who Daniel and I are and the path God has chosen for our family...He truly does make everthing beautiful in HIS time and I know He is only getting started on the beauty He has in store for our family....   Our Story {click the link} Blessings,   Melissa

Calm My Anxious Heart...

This excerpt comes from Linda Dillow's book, Calm My Anxious Heart.  

I really needed this today and I'm thankful God showed it to me...

The Lord is my peace.  I shall not live in anxiety,  He puts me under his wing of comfort and calms my spirit within me.  He takes all my anxieties on Himself and helps me to focus on Him.  Yes, though I walk through a time of grace uncertainties and fierce anxieties. I will not fret--for You are my peace.  Your word and Your presence calm me now.  You hold my uncertainties in the palm of your hand.  You soothe my anxious mind--You smooth my wrinkled brow.  Surely serenity and trust in You shall fill me all the days of my life.  And I shall keep my mind stayed on you forever.

-A paraphrase of of Psalm 23: written by Judy Booth

~Melissa

Honeybee Blog Design

Have you noticed this new button on my right sidebar??

Or the tab that says Blog Design???

I am really excited to finally announce on my personal blog that Honeybee Blog Design is up and running and I would love to do a blog design for you :)

Daniel bought photoshop almost a year ago and I haven't been able to get out of it since.  After many late hours playing around in it and after watching countless YouTube tutorials I think I have finally figured out 10% of it.  HA!  Photoshop is hard stuff but man it can do some great things!!!

I hope you can visit my blog design website here!!

Here are a few blog designs I have done...you can also see a few more in my portfolio.

If you need a blog design I would love to help you or if you know anyone that would be interested I would love for you to send them my way :)

A little weekend update

Not a long post about our weekend because I was sick Friday and most of Saturday from the yucky sore throat/cold going around. B had it first, passed it to me, and now Daniel is getting it.  Luckily with medicine around the clock we can all breathe better!!

I managed to get up enough energy to go see my baby brother go to his senior prom last night!!  Briley loved seeing Landry (my brother's girlfriend) in her "princess dress".  Of course Miss B had to take a few pictures with them!!

My Mom and her baby!!

 Uncle John with his two dates!!

Pretty couple!!

This morning we did something we have been praying about for A LONG time and tried a new church in our area.  We have been driving to our home church (where we got married, both our families go, pastor who did our wedding, Daniel's Mom and Hadley's funeral, etc.) ever since we moved out here.   Both Daniel and I have contemplated moving and trying different churches but let's be honest...no one likes change right?!?  Well God has been waving this particular church in our face all year and we finally listened and went today :)  God isn't an "I told you so kind of God" but if he was I think he might have said "I told ya so!!" to Daniel and I today :) We enjoyed it very much and we were lucky to have such a warm welcome by a sweet family, The Forgey's.  I teach their daughter Ryan this year and they also have a little boy, Matthew, who is close to Briley's age.  They are a precious family.  Going to ACF today just reiterated to me how awesome God's timing is.  I can't say today if this could be our new church home but we sure felt something special while we were there.  All we can do now is give it to God and pray...
Here is Matthew, Briley and Ryan enjoying their yummy dessert after our lunch...

29 more school days until summer...I think I can, I think I can ;)Have a blessed week!!