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Oh Happy Day!!!

That's the Steve Fee song that Joshua sang with the other ekids at church on Sunday and he hasn't stopped singing it since! The chorus continues, "You washed my sin away, Oh happy day, happy day, I'll never be the same. Forever I am changed...." Well, today was not only Joshua's "Happy Day", but a day that will be remembered and celebrated from now on in the Nuzum home! This morning, just as we were getting started with our devotional, Joshua decided he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart to be his Lord and Savior! We had just read Romans 10:9 and after I asked him what it meant he said, "I know what it means, Mom, and I want to do it!" "What do you mean?" I said. "I'm ready! I want to ask Jesus into my heart!" This is something that Donnie and I have prayed for since before our kids were born, so I immediately started turning to more scripture to read with him. "Mom, do we have to read more now? Can we please pray first? I'm just so excited! My heart is beating so fast! Please, Mom!" Well, what could I say to that? The spirit was definitely moving in my young son's heart! So we sat together as our firstborn prayed a prayer that would mark the beginning of his new life in Christ.

Then, "Hey, I just thought of something..." and he ran to his art folder....

"Remember when I did this, Mom?... ...my heart used to look like this ...now it looks like this!"

That's right, Joshua. Just like the song says...forever you are changed!

He couldn't wait to call his dad...and everyone else we know who lives in Texas. We will definitely be continuing the celebration when Donnie gets home tonight. (I see some ice cream in the future). He also picked out a cross necklace online from James Avery to have as a rememberance of today. So here's a picture of our firstborn...on his "Re-birthday".

"Joshua"..."The Lord saves". Seven and a half years ago as your dad and I read the meaning of that name and were reminded of Joshua's unshakable faith and willingness to boldly follow God when others wanted to flee, giving you that name was an easy decision. Our prayer is that your excitement and passion to follow Jesus will only grow stronger, that your eyes would remain fixed on the author and perfector of your faith, and that in your new freedom you would run with perseverance the race marked out for you! (Heb. 12:1-3) We love you!

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth." ~3 John 1:4

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Fruits of their labor

Strawberry pickin'

We had a great time at the strawberry farm today! And yes, I took my 19 month old strawberry picking with a white shirt on. Nice. Here are the rest of the pics. I foresee some strawberry jelly and pie in our future. Joshua already has crepes planned for tonight. Mmmm....

*Update* Dad better get home soon if he wants any....

Mother's Day

I woke up this morning to three precious sets of hands filled with flowers for Mommy. (Ella was a little reluctant to hand them over. Daddy gave them to her and she wasn't about to share them! That's my girl.) I was also given a hand-made card filled with reasons they love their Momma. Here are a few of my favorites:

Joshua~ She makes me want to do nice things. She plays the wii with me....

Caleb~ She makes sure my blankie is clean. Mommy is the best....

Ella~ She pushes me in the swing. She makes my hair pretty....

Baby girl~ She feeds me constantly. She has a nice uterus.... (I think Dad may have helped the girls with their list)

What a blessing and privilege to be called Mom. Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Fruits of the Spirit

Joshua has been learning about patience this month in ekids at church. So as he was reading his scripture lesson this morning (which just happened to be Galatians 5:22-23), I decided I would use the opportunity to teach them ALL the fruits of the spirit. I came across this fun idea of using jello for paint to make your own "scratch-n-sniff" pictures. What better way to use up all the jello in my pantry! So we headed downstairs to "paint" some fruit.

Caleb was having an "orange" day...

Ella enjoyed it as well...

...in more ways than one...

...but that's the beauty of jello paint! They can paint AND lick the brushes! Avoiding ingestion of toxic paint...check. Avoiding choking hazards...well you can't have everything.

...I think we may need some better paint brushes.

Here is Joshua's finished product. We also painted a basket we will glue the fruit to later.

So after our art project I asked if they could tell me how many fruits of the spirit there are and if they could name them.

Caleb: "I know, I know! There's two!"
Me: "There are? What are they, Caleb?"

Caleb: (pointing to each of his pages) "This one is peace and this one is trouble!"

So here's his masterpiece...peace & trouble. A perfect description of our little masterpiece.

By the way, I made a fabulous discovery when all our projects were finished. Not only does a little water in a package of jello make sweet smelling, tasty paint; it also makes a sweet smelling, tasty glue. But since I couldn't talk my children into licking the floor, I guess I'm off to mop....