God is working!

Well I am so sorry that I haven't posted in so long! A lot has been going on. My sisters were here for the past 2 weeks. We had soo much fun and I am so thankful they were able to be here. They got to experience everyday life in Inuvik as well as everyday life with my kids. They taught me so much and I am so thankful for them. We had a great time.

I have a couple praises which are accompanied with prayer requests. First is for my Sunday school class. I teach the 5-9 year olds. This past week my lesson didn't really lend itself to teaching salvation but I prayed and asked the Lord to give me an opportunity to present the Gospel sometime throughout the class. The Lord used Psalm 23 and the Good Shepherd to give me an opportunity to talk about salvation. Some kids were distracted but one student who is just 8 years old listened very very closely. When I told them that we are sinners and sin isn't allowed into heaven he looked up at me with a very worried look on his face and asked, "then how can I get into heaven?" What a wonderful question to hear! I then went on to tell him how he can know for sure that he can go to heaven. He never told me if he got saved that morning or not but I know that if he didn't he is very very close to getting saved. The Lord is working in his heart. Please pray for him.

Another amazing praise is for the opportunity that the Lord gave me this past week. I go to a Healthy Babies program a couple times a week. It is a moms and babies group funded by the government. I have been going  since William was just 5 weeks old and have been praying for an opportunity to witness to the director, Tammy, since then. Well, back in April she asked me to come and teach a Bible story at the program the way I would teach it in Sunday school. So in May I taught about Jonah. It went really well so she asked me to come back in July. So last week I went with my sisters to teach the story of Creation. We also did a craft that said what God created on each day. It went pretty well. We had 3 kids and 5 adults there. Afterward the director, Tammy, took a craft home to teach it to her daughter and I saw many moms reading the little booklet that said that God created the world. I am still in awe that I went into a government funded program and taught that God created the world. God is good! Please keep praying for that little ministry I have there. God is working!

Canada Day, July 4th and yummy cake!

We celebrated Canada Day on July 1st. Shane got us all matching "Eh Team" shirts. We had a great day and William LOVED the parade. 

Our July 4th was a little less eventful but still a great day. We wore our patriotic Red, White, and Blue :-) My kids are pretty cute in Canadian and American colors :-)

Here is Shane giving the challenge at the youth/young adults activity last night. We have a youth/young adult night every other Friday and a church activity once a month. We try to do something at least 3 Fridays of the month. So far it has been going great. We usually have between 10-15 youth/young adults. 

And this is the yummy cake mentioned in my title. I made it wheat free, egg free, and nut free and it was sooo yummy! I will share the recipe with you. You have to try it because it is sooo easy to make and tastes so good!

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c +6 T. sugar
3 T. cocoa
3 t. Baking powder
1/4 t. salt
3/4 c. milk
3 T. oil
1 1/2 t. vanilla


2 C. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
3 1/2 c. hottest tap water


Heat oven to 350. 
Mix first 5 ingredients in ungreased 13x9 baking pan.
Mix in the milk, oil and vanilla with a fork until smooth.
Spread to the side of the pan.
In a bowl mix the brown sugar and cocoa.
Sprinkle onto cake batter
Pour hot water over batter 
Bake for 40 minutes. While warm, spoon into dessert dishes and top with vanilla ice cream. Spoon pudding from the pan onto each serving. 
Enjoy!!

Father's Day

This photo was taken on Father's Day. Shane is a great father and we are so thankful for him!

These next two photos remind me of the poem "Footprints In the Sand." The Lord holds our hands when we   need help but sometimes we just need Him to carry us instead. The Lord is always ready and willing to help us through rough times and carry us through even rougher times.

I love the William is looking at his baby sister. He loves her so much. 

Half way through June!

Seems for the past 9 months I couldn't wait for June to get here and now we are already half way through it! I can't believe how fast time has been going these past few weeks! Jennifer will be 2 weeks old tomorrow! Already! I just can't get over it.

I am counting down the days until I see my sisters. They will be here July 11! I am so excited for them to see where I live, meet my friends and church family, see how much Will has changed and learned, and of course to meet Jennifer. It will be so nice to have them here!

Then just a week after they leave we will be packing up for our first road trip as a family. We will drive 4-5 days to Calgary then after spending a couple days there drive to Edmonton then start the drive back home. It will be so much fun. We are looking forward to showing William so many new things. One of the things we are most excited about is taking him to the Calgary Zoo. William LOVES animals so he will really enjoy that!

Well, have a good week everyone!

She is here!

As most of you already know, Jennifer Liz Marie Gordon arrived on May 30, 2012 at 4:26 pm. My water broke at 3 am but labor never started naturally. It would have, but we had no idea how long it would take. Once the water breaks you only have 18 hours to get the baby out before infection can happen. So, they thought it best to induce me at 10 am. I was in active labor by 1:15pm. The labor pains came strong and not gradually like natural labor. By 4 I decided I wanted an epidural. Once they got the epidural in it was minutes later that Jennifer was born. I guess my body just needed to relax. I am praising the Lord for giving me such a quick recovery. I am in very very little pain and feel up to most my regular chores around the house. I am trying to rest but I just can't rest when my house is messy lol. So, I will slowly get things back into order and rest in between things. William loves his little sister. Although she is only 5 days old I can't imagine life without her. She     fits perfectly into our family and we just love her so much!! Thank you, Lord!

Almost 38 weeks!

Here I am at 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Not as big as I was William I don't think, but maybe I am wrong. I am definitely uncomfortable and ready to be done being pregnant! I have contractions every now and then but they never stick around. The past few days have been sooo nice outside so William and I try to spend as much of the day outside as possible. We take 3-4 walks a day and spend time playing out in the driveway, too. I am so thankful for him. If I didn't have him to keep me busy I would go crazy waiting for this next baby to come.

This Thursday I will be teaching a Bible story at Healthy Babies. I decided to teach the story of Jonah. It has the excitement of being swallowed by a whale and also teaches the need for forgiveness of sins. So I thought that would be a good story to start with. Please pray that it goes well and that plenty of moms are there. The weather is so nice that soon moms are going to stop coming to the healthy babies group. It is normal up here for everyone to stay out really late since the sun is up well past 1 am now. Then they just sleep in for most or all of the morning. Anyway, so keep that in prayer, please!!

Have a good week!

Since my last update...

We started teaching William sign language about 5 months ago. He has been doing pretty well with it. He can :sign about 10 different signs. The ones he uses in conversation without us having to tell him to say it are: please, thankyou, all done, love, and tooth brush. The others he can do but he doesn't use them to communicate to us (if that makes sense). Anyway, here is a short video of him doing a couple signs for me.

 

Also since my last post I was able to have a ladies meeting with the ladies at the church. It went pretty well. We had 8 ladies including myself. I started a study on Romans chapter one but we only got 13 verses into it. This month we will pick it up again. I really really enjoyed the study so I hope the ladies enjoy it as well. But my favorite time of the ladies meeting (and all the previous ladies meetings) has been the time of testimony and prayer. It is so encouraging to hear what other Christians are learning and going through and how the Lord is working in their lives. So please continue to pray for our ladies meetings!

Also I am praising the Lord for getting me on the schedule at Healthy Babies to teach a Bible story. I am still undecided about what story I will teach but I will teach it on May 24. I want a story that is exciting but also has some foundational truths about God in it. So please pray with me as I decide what story to teach.

Thankyou! Have a great week!