http://laurenstoenescu.com Walking by Faith: Life in the Texas Hill Country Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:52:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's good to know that there are saints who have gone before us, Godly people who experienced the same things we have. It's a comfort to be told that I'm not so strange after all. My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers March 15, 2009 The Discipline of Dismay ODB RADIO: ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2009/03/the-other-place-i-am/ Looking for me? Feel like chatting? Then friend request me on facebook 'cause lately you'll find me there a whole more than here. I'll be back at some point. You know me, I can't stay away from writing for too long. But until then... you know where to find me. Later. http://laurenstoenescu.com/2009/02/facebook-thats-where-i-is/ I have restarted this sentence no less than five times. I want to write here. I want to talk about the amazing things that God is finally opening my eyes of understanding to and yet, where do I even begin? He has shown me so much truth over the last few ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2009/01/so-write-something-then-would-ya/ There have been a million things that I've found to fill the free time my lack of blogging has produced. Some of them, reading for example, have been fulfilling. Others, like baking, well... just filling. I must say, my blogging life has been quite the rollercoaster and I have proven myself ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2009/01/i-want-to-write/ Did you know that in Texas it can actually reach 77 degrees in January? Don't worry this post will not be about weather. Well,  not solely about the weather. I'll only take up a paragragh, maybe two, concerning the perfection that is the Texas Hill Country in winter. I can easily ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2009/01/142/ I am not the grinch. I am NOT a curmudgeon. I am really NOT a bad person but... I can't wait until 12/26/08. Shocking huh? I am just not a Christmas person. Thanksgiving? You betcha! Easter? Absolutely! Both can easily be celebrated sans all the commercialism. With Christmas this isn't as easily done. But I'm working on it. ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2008/12/and-its-that-time-of-year-again/ Six weeks, six Sunday mornings we walked into the large, beautiful church building hoping that someone other than just the greeter would smile, say hello or just make us feel welcome in some small way. I had researched the churches in the area on the web. We had first narrowed down ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2008/11/of-finding-a-church-home/ My life is very uneventful as of late. We're beginning to settle in and find a routine that works for us. I keep trying to think of things to blog about but the most I get from each idea is just a few sentences before I bore myself to sleep. If ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2008/10/keeping-close-by-his-side/ We've moved into our own home. After hoping, praying, and waiting for eleven years, we own a home again. Those are sweet words to say and for those who've known us through the waiting process, I hope they are sweet words to hear too. Eleven years ago this past summer we lost a ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2008/10/yet-even-this-is-not-truly-my-home/ In Wisconsin, while there were many, many deer, they usually kept hidden. On several occasions, I'd see them far off in the distance in a farmer's field while driving. They stayed far enough away from human activity that seeing them was exciting. Hitting them with the car late at night ... http://laurenstoenescu.com/2008/09/just-some-pics/