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Well, it has been almost three months since we arrived in Croatia and I'm just now able to update you on our family.  I don't know what I was waiting for?! The perfect milestone maybe? Thanksgiving and Christmas have both come and gone and now we are in a brand new year. We have our visa, new to us vehicle that I can actually drive, and finally on Friday we received our crate full of things we collected on furlough. This crate also contained a few Christmas gifts from Nana.

Our first three months in Croatia have been good...God has been so good to us.

Reminiscing ...

Our kids did a great job representing Croatia in our home church's Annual Missions Conference. I hope it is a blessing to your heart. So glad we have a missions minded church who is willing to send light all over the world.

Missions Conference 2013 from Buford Road Baptist Church on Vimeo.

Love our Church

"The Real Presence of Heaven" from Buford Road Baptist Church on Vimeo.

The Prayer

One of my favorite songs sung here in the Croatian language! 

Blessings and Enjoy!

A shopping I will go

I was going through my purse last night to make sure I didn't have any gift cards hiding or Kohl's Cash needing to be spent. As I was going through it, I came across my coupons that I faithfully clipped, but always had a hard time using up. I often wondered why I even clipped them since most expired before I could use them up. I guess it was just something every mom did on Sunday night to save her family money on their grocery bill. In reality, It is a good thing I never got good at it because Croatia does not offer coupons. We simply save money by watching the ads, cooking from scratch, and eating at home.

While in Croatia, I really learned how to cook and use the metric system.  Okay, maybe Google had a greater part in helping as well! :) I must say that I am ready to go back and continue to provide healthy and delicious food for my family.  I'm thankful for Pinterest and all the cool homemade  versions of our favorite restaurant foods.  My mom also gave me her Copycat recipes book that I always devour when I'm at her house. I can't wait to use it!!

Okay, before I go, how do you prefer to make your shopping list? Pen & paper or on your phone?  I've tried making my list in the iPhone and iPad and it doesn't work for me. It doesn't matter what kind of app I use, pen and paper always win. 

My list always starts with:

Milk

Bread

Eggs 

Juice

Butter

Cheese

Yogurt

I can't help it, it must start this way!! Everything else is then categorized by type of food. Call me crazy, it's just the way I roll and one of my silly quirks.

Do tell, how do you save on groceries, make your list, favorite recipe?

Our last Sunday

Today is our last official Sunday at our home church here in Richmond, Virginia. We have enjoyed worshipping with our church family while here on furlough.  They have been a blessing. Please pray for Kevin as he is preaching that God would use him in a mighty way.  Whisper a prayer for the kids and I as well as we will be leaving some wonderful life long friends.  Anyone who knows me, knows that it doesn't take much to make me emotional.

So, to whoever reads my blog, (and I say that because I only have a few commenters) and don't really know who my audience is. Our service starts at 10:45, so please don't forget to remember us then.  Who knows, I might be able to link this service for your viewing pleasure by next week. 😊

Thanks you all. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.

I {heart} Technology!

I also love the fact that OUR church services in Richmond, VA are now available online!!!

Wow, I'm like a kid at Christmas.

So happy

So blessed

Maybe a little spoiled!!