He's Alive, He's ALIVE!

We made our Resurrection Rolls last night as dessert with some dear friends. We don't do early mornings around here.  We talked about how the tomb is EMPTY!

And all day we have been singing/chanting the chorus of this song:

Oh, Death, where is your sting?
Oh, Hell, where is your victory?
Oh, Church, come stand in the Light.
Our God is NOT DEAD!  He's alive.  He's ALIVE!!!

Happy Easter!
~the Sheets

Keep Calm and Pray On

Calling all prayer warriors:

The men of the Peterhead church of Christ and Billy Strachan were following the advice of the UK Border Agents and filing the paperwork they were told we needed.  BUT we didn't find out until YESTERDAY that we will need Tier 5 Visas to enter the country.

Naomi and I leave in 15 days.  JR and Gideon leave the week after that.  We have been working to get our visas in place and back in our hands in time.  The times that are listed on turn-around time are NOT in our favor.

We would really appreciate your prayers concerning this.  God is at work.  He is in control.  With the stress of pulling the school year to a close and packing for the trip, this is just another stresser.

So far, this has just been a time and money issue.

The extra visas have already cost us over $600 and they aren't even shipped off yet.  We are still needing to raise several thousand dollars.  God is faithful, and already knows how He will provide for us.  Maybe He's prompting you.  (Maybe you have an "in" with the UK Border people...) ;)

On a bright note:  Billy toured the house that we are going to be renting and said it's "lovely".  The lady we are going to be renting from believes we are an answered prayer.  And that's how we feel about her allowing us to rent for such a short time.

I have to believe that God is working out our visas for His purpose just as He has the housing.  We are in His hands, and He will do with us as He chooses.

Please keep us in your prayers!

If you'd like to spread the word about praying for us, head on over to my facebook, tag yourself on my profile pic, make it your profile pic, and post something about praying for us.  (Thanks!)

Opening Day 2011

It's our family holiday: Orioles' Opening Day!!!

Before I get to the shots from today (since we celebrate with pictures of all the Sheets's side cousins in matching shirts) I'll repost the photos from previous years. (The years link to the whole gallery.)

2008


2009


2010


2011

 So I've decided that unless I'm taking "portraits", I'm going to leave the scrapes and bruises, imperfections and dirt in the photos.  We aren't perfect and aren't trying to come across that way.  And I don't want my kids to look back on their childhood and see how I've "retouched" it to make it appear perfect. 





Go O's!