Finally we are getting snow! We’ve had such a very little this winter while north, south, and east of us have been hit with it. We welcome this moisture and love watching it. A winter wonderland at last!

God’s been speaking to me about validation. Your thoughts, feelings, experiences all matter to God. He cares about us and we are important to Him. If we allow God to validate us and we allow His words to validate us, then our emotions will come into alignment with our faith, but when we try to be validated by man, then our faith tries to come into alignment with our emotions.    –Emil

God opened the door for us to rent a house just 1/2 block from our apartment! We will move the end of February. The thing we have loved most about the apartment is location–and what a blessing to be able to stay in this area! God is so awesome!

God called us to a short season of rest starting in mid-December and going through yesterday. Out of that time we heard directly and through others several words for the New Year including: Freedom, courage, harvest; God is lighting the fire again; God hasn’t forgotten His promises and He will bring them to pass; Emil had a vision of God’s bowls of prayers tipping and pouring over Storm Lake.

We had a wonderful time visiting with friends and donors at the coffee night in Gilbert, Arizona November 1st.  Thank you to those who came out for it; we appreciated being able to share with you face-to-face. Without you and your encouragement, support and prayers, we couldn’t do what we do.

We had a wonderful few days in Arizona seeing family and many of our donors and then in California visiting family. We are back from the warm country and into the cold! 25 degrees and snowing this morning.

We will be at The Coffee Shop at Agritopia in Gilbert, AZ Friday night, November 1st, from 6-9pm. It would be awesome if  ALL of our Arizona friends could stop by and have a cup with us!!!!

Our website is not yet finished. It is still in need of tweaking! Please re-visit us to see our changes and updates! Thank you!!!

Emil and Karen

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