Runnin' with the Reeds: September 2009

Visiting Serlena and Timothy

My friend, Serlena, was in Texas this weekend visiting her family. Anaya and I drove to Keller, TX to see her and her son, Timothy. It took us about 50 minutes to get there. It was so good to see a familiar face!

Anaya had Timothy and their own conversation going on. They hadn't seen each other in a while so they had a lot of catching up to do! lol

Prayer at Panera

While at lunch with some friends, Anaya began to lead us in prayer. She was so serious! She had Jesus on the main line and she was telling Him what she wanted!

I always wonder how God would move in our lives when we moved down here. It's amazing to see how He's touching Anaya's life as well. She loves praise & worship. During worship she lifts her hands and she claps. She walks around the house saying 'Amen' and 'Hallelujah' and now she's praying! I know that even as a child, she will do some great things for God!

We finally got out of the house...

Usually when we leave, it's to go to church or Wal-Mart. We haven't really seen much of the city. On Saturday we went the Galleria Mall in North Dallas. Its a huge mall. There are 4 levels and ice skating rink right in the middle of the mall! As far as the stores, its very similar to Keystone at the Crossing. They have Macys, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstroms and other stores with stuff we can't afford!

Amen!

We have been watching BFWC services when we are able. Anaya's newest word is 'Amen' and she likes to say it when we are watching the services.

Our New Home

Kyle getting checked in and getting the keys to our apartment.

Our apartment is the 1st door on the bottom. There are quite a few family housing units. We live in Morning Star.

This is the common area outside of our door. Alot of kids like to skateboard out here.

Anaya made some friends on the first day! (of course...)

The Morning Star pool.

Kyle and Anaya decided to check it out after we moved everything in.

More pictures of our apartment and CFNI campus coming soon!

The Big Move

We had so many wonderful friends who came over and helped us load the truck and clean the house. Thanks so much, guys! We really, really appreciated your help.

This couple is AWESOME! Thanks Rodney and Sherry for all your help!!

Sarah and Anaya taking a break...

After we loaded the truck and cleaned the house, Kyle and I headed up to Zionsville to get some sleep at Renee's. At about 2:30 am, we all went over to my parents house to get ready to hit the road. Both of my parents, Renee, Kyle, Anaya and I left Indianapolis at about 3 am with 2 cars and a moving van. We started off driving west through Illinois and when we got into Missouri, we started driving south. We drove through Missouri, a little bit of Tennessee, Arkansas and finally Texas. Missouri was probably the hardest part of the drive. There was NOTHING in Missouri. There were these really long stretches of highway with no exits and no rest stops. We stopped to eat at Cracker Barrell somewhere in Arkansas.