Dear Stephanie,

I am blessed reading your update!!  I pray that God will open doors for
your wonderful music where His Spirit will not be quenched, as in the
places where you cannot sing of Him.
So glad that Michele is doing well and seems to be doing the things that
babies her age do!
I pray that Stan's tests go well, and that he will have good success at his
job.
My prayer for you both is that the Peace of God will enfold you, calm and
comfort you, and give you strength to accomplish all that He requires of you.
Thanks for taking time from your busy schedule to update us on the
happenings in your life.

Love,
Helen


Earlier, stephanie wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>At least I am back... life just seems so busy lately I wonder where all the
>time goes. Frankly I'd been struggling lately because it just seems that
>sometimes
>I want the world to slow down so I can just do nothing for a day. Don't
>think that makes sense, but anyway.
>
>On to my news and rambling of the last week. I went performing Thursday
>week ago, and it wasn't as good as the last time before that. I was told
>that I
>couldn't talk about God much, and to be careful what songs I sang...
>Tolerance and needing to have diversity were the reasons. I don't mind
>that, but it
>was so hard given that Christ is such a large part of my life, and
>therefore I felt I had to compromise my music. But I got through it
>although I was told
>one of my songs was too strong. I have another one on Sunday (they are a=in
>nursing homes btw) and I am not allowed to do any Christian content at all,
>it's a Jewish home... I still have no idea what I'm going to do.
>
>Michele is going fantastic but I'd had interesting times with ehr lately.
>She has started rolling both directions and is becoming more and more
>mobile everyday.
>Add to that teething again and you get the edia. Her sleeping patterns are
>totally messed up... has up to 4 naps a day, wakes at night and the only way
>I can settle her is to give her a bottle... I am so worried about creating
>habits but at the same time want to meet her needs. Trying to work out the
>best
>approach is a nightmare.
>
>Stan's work is going well, but well it's going to get very busy next week.
>He is at school next week learning about the new trains they have. It's 3 days
>in the classroom, after which there is a computer exam. After that there is
>a practise exam, and then they need to test them 6 weeks later to see that
>they can drive the train. The work is extremely intensive, like a uni couse
>and Stan will need a lot of prayer to get through this. I also am going to
>need prayer because with the millions of things that need doing each day I
>need to make sure I meet his needs to study etc, that I am not demanding with
>my needs or him looking after Michele, and I want to have things move as
>smoothly as possible.
>Well, that is probably the longest email I'd ever written.
>Take care,
>Steph