So please keep Stephanie in your prayers. She has pre-op appointments on Monday in Omaha and then Tuesday she has her brain surgery to remove the cancer. We are praying that God's Will would be that they could remove ALL of the cancer and that the surgery would go well! Thanks for your prayers and I will keep you all posted. We will be in Omaha for the surgery and will post as soon as we can!
I just want to thank everyone who prayed for us during harvest. The boys and I officially had our last day today. Matt still has one more day. They are hoping to finish by tomorrow night if not by Sunday Lord willing. The snow that we got this morning did not last long and we were able to get going by 8am. So that was good. We love you guys and could definetly feel the prayers so thanks for them!
Enjoy the pictures of our tailgating Thanksgiving parties!! Also, it is a tradition in the Peterson family to play Rook on thanksgiving. Well Grandma and Grandpa got to play rook with the boys after the thanksgiving meal. They hung out in the roadtrek and played cards while Matt drove the semi and I drove the graincart! It was such a wonderful day! Thanks to each of you for making it such a special day!
This is what I have been looking at everyday for the past 2 weeks. We just woke up and it is snowing. So if it continues this will delay harvest another day!
So, I don't have pictures to post yet; but I couldn't wait to write this post. Today we were working harvest in the field ALL day. We are so close to finishing harvest and everyone is anxious to get it done. So, Sunday night we had what we thought would be our Thanksgiving Supper for this year. We had it amoung many friends and family and it was WONDERFUL. So today we went to the field anticipating just another "typical" harvest day. Well at noon Billy's wife shows up with Thanksgiving Dinner. She opens up the back of her vehicle and sets up a table full of salads and pies and rolls and her tailgate is full of all the traditional turkey, green bean casserole and of course mashed potatoes! It was so YUMMY!! The whole crew stopped and ate for a whole 10 minutes. Then about 5pm Chris and Stacy show up with yet ANOTHER Thanksgiving Supper. WOW!!! They drove from Cheyenne WY over 400 miles roundtrip just to bring us Thanksgiving Supper! They opened up their taigate and it was full also of all the traditional foods. They even set up a table with the cutest Thanksgiving Tablecloth and Pilgrim Decorations and Tegan even had her own homeade Scarecrow Decorations to add to the mix. It was all topped off with HOT coffee and Carmel Apple Creamer and of course no Thanksgiving Meal would be complete without Sparkling Apple Juice! WOW!!! So amoung the normal things that we are thankful for we also are thankful for special friends and family who come from far and near to show their kindness and thoughtfullness! We are so blessed!!!! Thanks Chris and Stac for driving so far just to show your love and kindess and thanks to Billy's wife for her kindess as well! Our family does not deserve this treatment and we definetly look at is as a blessing from God! Thanks to the Prosser's for opening up your home and allowing the food to be warmed up so that it was so yummy and warm when it reached the field! Thanks Chris and Stacy for sharing with the whole harvest crew! Our crew doesn't stop for anything during the day unless their is a breakdown and TWICE today the whole operation stopped for just a few moments as we gathered together and shared this thanksgiving day together! This is one thanksgiving that will forever be etched in our minds and memories! THANKS to each of your who shared in the day in some way or another! We are so thankful for each of you!! Happy Thanksgiving 2008 we will always remember this year and the unique tailgate party that we had together!
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. -Psalms 100:4
So, I am not in the grain cart this morning. We had thanksgiving supper before church last night and everyone that came in from the West wanted to know what I did to the grain cart. I had no clue what anyone was talking about since I don't work on Sunday's. Apparently the grain cart was in the field and looked terrible. I was told that it looked like it was going to tip over and that it looked like the axle was broken. YIKES!!!Just shortly later I got a text from my cousin Gregg letting me knowing that "Kinze" thats my grain cart was broken and that they had to repair it so they wouldn't need me until noon today. I guess a wheel bearing came loose. I am so thankful that I wasn't driving when it broke I hate when stuff breaks down. I am praying that they can get the part soon though so they can get it repaired this morning. If things can keep moving along and the weather holds we could be done with harvest by Sunday LORD WILLING!!! So please pray with us that this weeks goes smoothly with no more breakdowns and that the weather holds they are calling for possible rain and snow on Thursday and Friday and that could really delay things. Ultimately we pray that God's will would be done and that we could roll with whatever happens. Please continue to pray for safety. Thanks! Love each of you!
Matt was leasing a grain trailer from a guy who decided Sunday night that he needed it back. He gave us one day's notice that he needed it back. So this week we have been praying that God would help us to find a grain trailer that we could buy for Matt's second truck. Grain trailers are almost impossible to find. We found 3 of them one in Concordia, KS one in Montgomery, MO and one in Fargo, ND We set out yesterday afternoon to make the rounds starting in KS and asking God to show us which one was for us. As the below quote says from Stormie Omartin....we began to take one step at a time as God showed us what to do....
“Sometimes only the step I'm on, or the very next one ahead, is all that is illuminated for me. God gives just the amount of light I need for the exact moment I need it. At those times I walk in surrender to faith, unable to see the future and not fully comprehending the past. And because it is God who has given me what light I have, I know I must reject the fear and doubt that threaten to overtake me. I must determine to be content where I am, and allow God to get me where I need to go. I walk forward, one step at a time, fully trusting that the light God sheds is absolutely sufficient.”
We made it to KS last night and after an extensive time of checking everything out Matt decided that this was the one to buy! So we bought it hooked up to it and hauled it home! We are praising God that even in times that seem IMPOSSIBLE that He works things out and that He provides and directs us as we seek His direction in our lives! I am so thankful that as we seek the Lord in prayer that He is faithful to direct our steps and to show us His will for us! All glory and praise goes to our Father!
Proverbs 3:5 & 6(NKJV)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
Thank you Lord for helping us to learn how to walk by faith and not by sight. Thank you for stretching our faith as we were able to see you open doors and direct our every step! We serve such a awesome God!!!
Hey Everyone! Remedy Drive is coming to Grant, Nebraska! Yeah! They will be playing at Grant Eve Free Church. They are playing the day before Thanksgiving (Wed the 26th) The tickets are $5 in advance. If you would like to attend and want Kristy to get your tickets then please get Kristy the money and the amount of tickets that you need by Tuesday November 18th and I will get those tickets bought for you! Come out and support this great band. This band was at Kenosis for 2 years and they rock! See you there!!!!
The boys got out last night and played in the snow but I didn't get any pictures. This morning on their way to do chores they couldn't resist to stop and play. Matt's semi got stuck in the yard last night. Bubba opened the door for the chickens to come out but I don't think they will venture out since it is so cold. Plus....Bubba needs to scoop their ramp to get out!
Well we went to the field this morning and we got 5 good hours in. Things were moving along very well when a hose broke on the combine. The guys went to town to get a part and while they were gone it started snowing. So harvest was called for the day. On our way home it started snowing hard and it hasn't stopped yet. They are saying MAYBE 4-5 inches of snow before the storm passes??? Yikes that can bring harvest to a halt! PLEASE PRAY for God's will in all of this. Matt may have to make a trip to North Dakota to get a grain trailer. So it might work out as far as timing for him. Does anyone out there know of a grain trailer for sale CLOSER??? It would be nice if he could find one closer but grain trailers sure are slim pickins around here this year. 
Last week was Bunco. I have a few pictures. This month we met in Lamar at Crystal's house. Thanks Crystal for opening up your home and allowing us to have a great night of fellowship in your home! Remember we play the first Thursday of every month. We have a GREAT time and anyone is welcome to join us! Just let me know if you want to play and I can give you details. December we will be playing in Champion.
We had high winds the other day and Matt was out of work because there was no work with the high winds. After school Dad and Austyn decided it was lego time. Matt and Austyn LOVE legos and can spend hours playing with them. So here are a few pictures of their finished products. Bubba joined for a short time. He is like me and gets way bored doing anything like that. 
So I know I have asked you guys to pray for Stephanie. Our friend who has been battling brain cancer for the second time. Well about 3 months ago she went to another doctor in Omaha and had them look at her MRI. The doctors here thought the tumor was growing. She did not think so at the time and so Steph went back this week for a follow up......the below words are Steph's.....Yesterday I was in Omaha for a Doctors Appointment. Contrary to what I have been told for the last year, The doctor that I saw yesterday very strongly believes that she can remove my Entire brain tumor! She said that with her training, she is 100% confident that she can remove it. That means that I get to stop all treatments, and after the surgery, just be watched by imaging! PTL!!! I will be able to have a somewhat normal life!!! Thank the Lord!!!
PRAISE GOD! We serve a God who heals! We serve a God who hears and answers prayers! PLEASE continue to pray for Steph. They hope to remove the tumor the beginning of December. I will keep you all posted so that you can pray! Please pray that the surjery is successful! Pray that God accomplishes HIS will in and through this all!!
Thanks Steph for being such a pillar of strength through this all! I know it has been God in you that has give you the strength to bear the things that you have been given. I have seen God so shine through you in this time and I have seen others drawn to Him because of you! Keep shining that light inside of you and keep pressing on....because as scripture says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
I am just so excited and happy and praising God that we serve such a mighty and powerful and GOOD God! To Him be the glory and praise!
The boys joined a Bible Quizzing Group just a little over a month ago now. Their group is through youth challenge but the Bible Quizzing is through BQF (Bible Quizzing Fellowship)They are quizzing over the book of Luke this year. They are assigned a chapter and are to memorize it throughout the month. They go to weekly practices and then they have a meet the first Saturday of every month. The boys loved it and I can tell you as a parent there is NO GREATER JOY than to watch and see them enjoying hiding God's Word in their hearts. This is something that I know God will use in their lives. Scripture says that HIS WORD will not return void and that is my prayer that as they hide God's Word in their hearts that God will use it in their lives and that the Holy Spirit will speak to them as they memorize and give them application for their lives! PLEASE pray for them as they do this. I know the enemy is not happy about them desiring to do this and he will be out to attack them. So please cover them in your prayers! When we got to the meet Saturday it was so awesome. They started out the day with a time of worship and a teaching from God's Word. Then they went into the quizzing time and it was just so incredibly awesome! 
Last Friday night we had a harvest fellowship get together. We take a bold stand against halloween and so we invited people over for a night of fellowship andprayer. We had a time to pray and pray for the safety of those who were participating in halloween activites and a time to pray for God's continual hand of safety on this harvest season and that He would bless the crops. We had about 40 people come out for this and we had a potatoe and soup bar. It was so much fun and I can't believe that I forgot to take pictures until the very end when Bubba took a few for me! The night would not have been complete without a good game of spoons. I am VERY humbled to say the "newbies" of spoons beat me! Good job Mike and Crystal way to put me in my place. 
