Native New Yorker Bubba's Birthday Supper

Arizona Trip

Austyn and Elijah Wrestling

Austyn and Bubba Wrestling

Ian and Austyn Wrestling

More Cousin Pictures!!

Cousins

Bubba was sick this night but they other three were having a great time before bed!!!

Updates!!

Ok so I have been so BAD at updating this. I am really HOPING and PRAYING that i can get back on track!

So much has happened since I last wrote on here. I don't even know where to begin!!!

We went to AZ for a pastor and leaders conference and it was so awesome. We took 4 others with us and it was such a blessing. The last morning of the conference we got a phone call that our brother-n-law Brad was tragically killed in a hunting accident. This left us totally stunned and asking the age old question WHY??? Brad left behind a wife and two boys. We do not understand God's timing and or God's ways but we do know that He has a plan. Our hope is in God and God alone. He has carried us through this numbing past week and our prayer and hope is that in and through this tragedy that God's kingdom will be furthered and that lives will turn back to God! PLEASE continue to pray for Jill and the boys!

We want to thank each and everyone of you for your kind words and many prayers at this very hard time. Words can not express our thanks!

We have now returned home and are beginning to try and get back into the routine here. We missed each and everyone of you and look forward to seeing everyone again.

Matt's sister Hope and her soon to be husband Johnathan are moving to NE. Johnathan came out with us and Hope and the kids will come just as soon as school gets out. Thanks to all who helped find Johnathan a job! We appreciate all of the suggestions and he does start work on Monday. We are still looking for a house to rent for them. They are looking at one just down the road from us but it is very small and they do have 3 kids so if anyone knows of a 3-4 bedroom that is for rent in the Imperial and or Champion area we would appreciate any suggestions!

Please pray for us too as far as our trucking business. Matt's truck blew an engine on Monday and we are looking to our Jehovah-jireh the Lord who will provide! Our faith and trust is in Him alone.

The boys anxiously are looking forward to Monday as Soccer starts. Austyn will play on two teams this year and he is so excited about that. Matt will coach the team that both boys are on and will assistant coach the other team that Austyn is on. Soccer will be our life this next month and a half.

We love you guys and thank you all for your prayers for our family! God Bless you all!!!

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Updates

Ok it has been a LONG time. So long that I don't even know what has happened that I need to update everyone on. Let's see......we had a youth group lock-in a few weeks back and that was a total BLAST! It was officially the stinkiest of all lock-ins that we have ever done. My house stunk of "feet funk" it was so gross! The next day Matt bought Lysol, Febreeze, and Carpet Fresh to get rid of the smell. We took the teens on a Traveling Scavenger Hunt. Then we ended up in Ogallala and bowled and then came back and played games and wii and playstation 3 etc all night long. Two days later we had the Super Bowl Party at our house. Our house was once again packed out. Thank goodness the "feet funk" smeel was gone and it now smelled like carpet fresh! We were all very sad that the Cardinals lost! Oh well they made it and that's what counts!!! We went to Camp Machasay one day and toured there and that was a blessing. Two baby goats were born right before we got there so that was fun. Jordon has gone back to MN and has made the decision to make MN his home. We are sad about that but we know he is seeking God and obeying God as hard as it is. Matt was invited to speak at a Valentine's banquet this weekend and that was a blessing!
Matt made a very fast trip to AZ. He flew down on a Tuesday night. Looked at carpet machines all day Wednesday. Bought a carpet cleaning machine late Wednesday afternoon and rented a Uhaul Truck to haul the machine back and started the long trip home. We are now the owner's of Matt's Carpet Cleaning. Do you need your carpet cleaned? Matt would be happy to come and steam clean your carpets if you are in the Imperial area. The boys went to Districts for Bible Quizzing and they did not do so well as far as placing. Like Matt said though they are all winners because they have hidden God's Word in their hearts and that makes them winners! We had women's Bunco a few weeks blast and that was at the Lamar Fire Department and it was a total blast as usual. We have been keeping busy with our normal church stuff as well. I continue to teach a monthly women's study and Matt teaches a monthly men's study and we also do a monthly marriage study. I also get to attend a Bible Study on Wed nights when Austyn is at youth group. I really enjoy being able to attend this study it is a Kay Arthur study and as many of you know her studies are amazing!We are continuing to pray and ask God to open the doors for Club Selah. We were told we may need a $50,000fire sprinkler system and so we are trusting God to bring in the finances. The boys are busy with school and getting ready to start soccer and preparing for Regionals in Bible Quizzing. They also enjoy helping Matt with carpets when it works out for them to be apart. Trucking is very slow for Matt his truck has not moved in going on 4 weeks. So we have become very close as a family. It is now time for Matt to start going back to work! LOL!! I am taking a group of teen girls to an all girl christian teen conference called REVOLVE TOUR this weekend. It is a ministry of Women of Faith. So I would appreciate prayers for that. I think that is about it for now. Love you guys!

Club Selah

So a building was donated to Lighthouse Fellowship. We are so totally STOKED! We have been praying about and envisioning a youth center for Imperial for a few years now. It is now going to start becoming a reality! PRAISE GOD!!! Please pray with and for us as these plans begin unfolding and the construction begins and we step out in faith trusting God to go before, behind, and all around us as we seek to obey Him and His desires for this community! It is so exciting! We have a meeting with an architect tonight and we had a cleanup day on Saturday and it was amazing what we got accomplished. Saturday we also got our first monthly pledge. It's so exciting because those of you who know Matt know that he doesn't ask for money. His belief is that where God guides He provides and we don't have to beg people for their money. So true because on Saturday someone comes up to him and said God told me to give this amount of money every month to this project! PRAISE GOD!!! He is providing already!

Breakfast for Jordon

So Jordon has been staying with us for a few weeks now. Austyn makes Jordon breakfast every morning. He even made a menu for Jordon and the night before Jordon writes down what he wants and what time he wants breakfast at. These pictures cracked me up as Austyn was making Jordon breakfast a few days ago!

No Greater Joy

3 John 1:4 says I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. I walked out of my room several mornings ago and this just hit me so neat to see one of the boys Bibles open and they had a piece of paper and a pencil and a scripture written down. It just touched my heart in such an awesome way! Isn't the pocket knife just a boy thing. I got such a good laugh out of that!

New Year's Eve Fun

So a few families from the church came over to ring in the New Year with us. It was a different year in that we had NO TEENAGERS there. Chad and Jordon took them to a youth party and concert in Julesburg and rocked out to For the Few and played a ton of fun blow up games. They had a total blast and ended up meeting another youth group from Ogallala and they all went bowling until the early morning hours. Austyn had a blast and loved doing something on his own and with his own friends and as always he loves hanging out with Jordon and Chad. Meanwhile back at the DuPeire's we were having our normal crazy fun. The highlights of this year were: the mom's all sliding down the stairs with the kids, Guitar Hero World Tour (of course we rocked it with an ALL GIRL band, which included the coolest purple and pink hair), a game of Apples to Apples and no night would be complete without spoons. It was so much fun! We had to put two tables together and it was pure craziness and the guys actually joined us this year. I am proud to announce that there were NO Major injuries this year and we entered the year injury free! We attempted to watch the Ball fall on Time Square at midnight but somehow we missed it. Oh well! Matt started the year of right with a prayer of blessing and that we would be mindful of Christ in our New Year and that we would draw closer to Him! We ended the night at 5:30am which made for just a few hours of sleep before the day actually had to begin! Oh well all is good and we are grateful for the special times that we can have with family and friends! One day we will rest! My prayer for each and everyone of us is that 2009 would be the best year ever for us and I don't mean financially or materially! I pray that this is the year that we draw closer to God then we ever have before. I pray that our roots would go so deep in Him that we would above all and in all keep our eyes on the target and our eyes focused on our blessed Savior and Redeemer! That whatever challenges and obstacles that we face this year that we face it head on fully equipped with God's help and strength and we over come all because we are over comers in and through Christ Jesus our Lord! My prayer is that we fall deeply in love with Jesus every single moment of every single day! I am so excited for 2009 and the promise that God is going before me! How comforting!


I also have a small secret to tell you guys.......Are you ready?????? Matt watched a Nebraska game all on his own. No one pleading with him to or inviting him to a party to watch it he actually watched it in our own home without any prodding!!! I think he is converting but he would never admit that to any of you so let's just keep that our little secret! LOL!!! He even knew the time of the game before Stac did and she is a die hard!