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who knew!?! 322 days in REVIEW

by Karmen |

who knew 322 days ago
when I got up in the middle of the night
after laying in bed for almost two hours
my head and heart whirling 
WIDE AWAKE
I would go into my living room @3:25am
spend some quality time with the Lord
finally close with a written prayer
on a scrap sheet of paper
my, oh my..…
what a difference 
that prayer 
has made in my life
and the life of those I hold most dear

and look how far we’ve come (YOU and me)
since my VERY FIRST post??
 that came just 9 days after that prayer!

today with a few hundred viewing DAILY
via Twitter
Facebook
Pinterest
some of you following via ALL OF THE ABOVE (THANK YOU!!!!!!!THANK YOU!)

sharing life together
everyday

but just in case
you’ve missed a day or so
here and there

here’s a quick recap
of our year together:

JANUARY:prayers answered and affirmed

FEBRUARY: began blogging

MARCH: Established SmithCreek Farm …began booking birthday parties and planning for summer camp on the farm

APRIL: turned in my letter of resignation to my Principal and Superintendent

MAY: said goodbye to my family of coworkers of twelve years, cried, saw my FIRST class of FIRST graders GRADUATE from high school, cried, packed my classroom, cried and CAME HOME

JUNE & JULY: FARM CAMP, FARM CAMP and more FARM campers!

our FIRST group of campers

AUGUST: I went on a mission trip to Indiana

Packing a container for the Haitians

 came home praying the Jabez prayer

began homeschooling

the rascals

SEPTEMBER: our family trip to the beach with MIL and POP,

Grayton Beach

Cowboy Dan to the Dominican Republic a week later

Working on a house for friends moving to the DR
AND we began entertaining ANOTHER business opportunity for our family

OCTOBER: celebrated 16 years of marital BLISS

NOVEMBER: Blessings Beyond the Barnyard’s “thirty days of THANKFUL”, hosted more SmithCreek Farm birthdays, had the best THANKSGIVING we’ve had in years,

 more developments affirming the new business opportunity

which brings me to
DECEMBER
and
IF
all goes as planned
in the next couple of weeks
we will be NEW, SMALL business owners
as of JANUARY 2, 2013
YAHOO!!
and
whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..letting the cat out of the bag a little early
but at this pace
I thought I’d better

who KNOWS what we’ll muster up to do
between now and then
 ;O)

PS… we covet your prayers…MORE than anything…. we want what HE (the Lord) wants for our lives

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Comments

  1. Bernadette Veenstra says

    December 12, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Wow! What a year! It is almost time for my reflection post. I know God has done great things, but when I list them out, I am pretty sure I am going to be amazed and blessed. He is so good!

  2. Karmen Smith says

    December 12, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    it has truly been the best year of my life….I am thankful. humbled, and can hardly wait to see what’s next!! Have a blessed day Barefoot :O)

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