Andrea's Corner

Praising Jesus, Palm trees, Playgrounds!!!

2012-01-31T20:58:00.000-08:00

We arrived in Florida last week to begin our journey of meetings here in the deep SOUTH!! YEE HAW!! We have had great meetings thus far & doing much of what my cover titled entailed!

We have been praising the Lord in song, enjoying the palm trees & the BEAUTIFUL weather & the boys have LOVED playing on the church's new playground set. We are a blessed people!

MUCH better than the snow & cold weather back home. Tyler LOVES to be able to have the church school kids to play with on his school breaks & some consistent nice church kids to call his "friends" for the next 2 months! I LOVE him being able to do this as well. We feel VERY blessed by God to be able to do what we Love to do. And have the option to come South during the Winter & give our kids the diversity.

Tyler is doing GREAT in his schooling. I am SO proud of him! He learns SO fast & is a VERY good boy/student. I am HONORED to be his teacher & blessed to be able to watch him grow & learn right before my very eyes!

Trevor is getting bigger EVERY day( BOO HOO!) . He too seems to learn & pick up on things VERY fast & learns some things right along with Tyler. He LOVES listening to music & is such a joy to our lives. The boys brings MUCH laughter to us & joy to our hearts. What a blessing to have them along side of us doing God's work. We are blessed!

Please keep us in your prayers as we are away during this time. For health, safety & God to bless & meet with us in EVERY meeting that He has allowed us to book.

Thanks for stopping by and we hope that you will stop by again real soon & see what we are/have been up to. Take care & God bless!

WOW!! Another year has come & gone!!

2012-01-01T18:19:00.000-08:00

What a year it was! We definitely had our share of "stumps in the road"....A.k.a Trials!! But we can truly say that God was with us EVERY step of the way. Helping us through and took care of us through every need that we had. But, that is just how good MY GOD is!! How can one person do this for me and SO many others? BECAUSE HE IS GOD!! PRAISE THE LORD!!

We are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us this year and the ministry. We hope and pray that the Lord will use us now more than ever. To reach souls for HIS kingdom and encourage our fellow believers.

I will finish teaching Tyler first grade this year!! He is doing a WONDERFUL job and I am SO proud of him for how quickly he learns and how excited he gets when he learns something new!! He is one of my pride and joys that can always make me smile some way or another. SO thankful that the Lord gave him to me and that HE entrust him with/to me. What a job and responsibility.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel this year and all the many late nights that we will be up. As well as our boys. We are thankful that they have such a sweet attitude thus far about traveling and singing songs to and about our Lord.

Thanks for stopping by and thank you so much for your prayers for us now and in this last year. There were many of times that I know it was God's people praying and the hand of the Lord that got us through. Keep it up faithful ones and let's ALL strive to serve our Lord more than ever in 2012! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Tis' The Season......

2011-12-04T14:27:00.000-08:00

To go caroling, eat LOTS of homemade goodies, gather with friends & family, attend special events, EXTRA shopping, LOTS of hot cocoa and the list goes on and on!! I LOVE this time of year. I like Fall, but I LOVE Winter with CHRISTmas being the "main" event!

I enjoy being able to now share the "true" meaning of CHRISTmas with my little guys. What a great time to reflect upon our Saviours birth and the sweet little baby HE must have been. What an awesome & humbling thought to know that HE was born to one day die & pay the cost for our sins. So that we did not have to. OH WHAT A SAVIOUR!!

I heard a song the other day that shared the thought to this effect. That you wonder if the thought went across Mary's mind that she just wanted to enjoy this one night of Him being a little baby. Meek & mild, little innocent little child. Knowing that He would one day give His life had to bring tears of Joy & maybe a little sadness? WOW!!

Hope that we ALL take time to remember the TRUE meaning of CHRISTmas. As the saying goes...." JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON" and it is still true today.

I pray and hope that all of you have a GREAT CHRISTmas season & enjoy time with your friends & family. And don't forget to enjoy some "EXTRA" chocolate. CHRISTmas only come every......11 months! GO FOR IT!! HAHAHA! Have a GREAT week/month and God bless you all!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Kilts, bagpipes, shortbread, & tea!!

2011-11-03T20:57:00.000-07:00

Well, that is what is in our future! I cannot believe that after talking about it for so long we will be heading BACK to Scotland in just 6 days. But, in counting like my boys. That comes out to just 5 sleeps! CRAZY! We are always SO busy that life just goes by WAY to fast.

Speaking of life going by fast. I was watching Trevor play today & could not believe how much he's grown & how big he is getting. I literally stepped back & watched him walk down the hallway & took in EVERYTHING that he was doing. Why you might ask? Because way to many times I do not and then you look up and you have a little MAN! Which is what I have learned from watching Tyler grow up & becoming so big & mature! He is something else! I LOVE my boys and HATE seeing them get so big. Wish I could make time stand still!

My parents are coming in this coming week to be with the boys while we are away. SO thankful that they can do this so the boys can be home in their own beds for a week! I know that they will have a GREAT time & be loved on ALL week. Thankful for them without a doubt!

We just finished a WONDERFUL meeting in Florida. To which we got to be a part of and witness 19 teens give their hearts and lives to CHRIST!! THIS is what it is ALL about! SO thankful that God still chooses to use me & can work through and old sinner saved by grace! THANK YOU JESUS! And you TOO can be used, just be really, ready and waiting! I pray & hope that I will ALWAYS be in that place for my LORD!

PLEASE keep us in your prayers as we take this journey across the "BIG POND" LOL!! To Scotland that we will be a blessing to ALL that attend the meeting. That we will encourage and challenge many folks to give their hearts to the Lord, or to serve the Lord more with all their lives!

Until we meet again. Go do something to make our Lord proud. I know that I sure will try to be doing that as well!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Pumpkin Patch, Pumpkin Carving!!

2011-10-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

This is what as been going on here at the Forester house this week! Have I told you that I LOVE Fall yet?? YES!! I LOVE IT!! Got the family together and took the boys to a pumkpin patch/orchard and picked our pumpkins to carve for the season. While there we enjoyed FRESH donuts, cider and carmel candied apples!! YUMMY!!! Good times and memories to last a LIFETIME!! LOVE it!

We have been busy as normal around here lately. CD jobs, studio work, teaching Tyler school, traveling singing and all the normal household chores. We have had some unexpected things too. Mark's sweet Aunt died this past week! VERY unexpected! She was a Christian. What a blessing to know that we WILL see her again one day! Thank you Jesus!! Please pray for her Husband (Dan) and the rest of he family as the funeral will be Tuesday (25th). And PLEASE continue to pray for Mark's dad as he has had complications with his heart/ blood infection & recovering from his ear drum removal surgery! Thanks SO much in advance!

Until next time. Keep on serving Jesus. Do some thing to make HIM proud this week and thanks for your prayers and stopping by! May God bless you greatly!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

I LOVE FALL!! Pumkin carvings, festivals, Spiced drinks!

2011-10-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

I Love the Fall season! Seems like there are many things to do as a family, with PERFECT weather to go along with it. The smells of cinnamon, pumpkin spice candles and homemade baked goods seems to be more fun to make :0) !

We went to a festival here in town today. Had tons of fun & made memories with the boys. I LOVE family time and doing things that the boys will never forget & that will make them have great memories in their older age to look back on with their mom & dad.

We have been doing good. Staying busy for the Lord doing CD jobs, studio work for Mark, school with Tyler along with fitting in family time too!

Thanks for all your prayers for us and Mark. Please continue to keep him in your prayers as he has ANOTHER bulging disc & we are trying to protect it & take care of it as much as possible. We have NO insurance so your prayers on this matter would be great too!

Until we met again. Have a great week, enjoy the Fall season, enjoy the smells and take time for your family and make some memories!

God bless you,
In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

MEMORIES, that's what I'm talkin' about!!

2011-09-25T20:21:00.000-07:00

That's what my week consisted of. I am SO very thankful to have had time with my parents and grandmother this week. My dad is not in good health. My mom stays worn out from taking care of dad. And my grandmother is 87, in good health but obviously getting "up there" in age. We had such a good time together doing things, eating meals together etc.

The boys played games with "granny" and had a good time with her as well. We went to a BIG CHRISTmas shop that we have in Michigan, ate out together & my parents, Mark and I went to the shooting range together too!! It was a week full of memories, good times of fun, food and fellowship!! A typical "BAPTIST" tradition!! LOL!!!

We have a full week ahead of us both. Mark has MUCH to accomplish in the studio before being able to go hunting "guilt free" of all of his work. I have MANY CD jobs to do, so that I too can rest a little here and there while he is taking time for himself as well!! Plus school with Tyler etc.

Thank you for your prayers to & for us. We KNOW that God hears them so KNOW that we appreciate EVERYONE of them!!

God bless you all and what are we ALL suppose to remember???? Go out this week and do something for our Lord that would make HIM proud!! Have a SUPER week and God bless.

In HIS arms,
Andrea

The parents are coming, The parents are coming!!

2011-09-16T21:08:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to a FUN-FILLED week!! This is the week of our HOMECOMING concert. It will be featuring "Jim and Melissa Brady". Jim sings with the awesome trio group, "The Booth Brothers". We will also have joining us a group named, "The Rob Mills Family." We are sure to have an awesome time of fun, testimony and praises to our Lord!!! Wish you ALL could be here!

My Parents and my grandmother are coming in to stay the week with us and go to our homecoming concert. I am looking forward to spending quality time with them and making many memories. I am looking forward to the boys spending time with their GREAT-Grandmother too!! I am gonna take LOTS of pictures. She is 89 & going strong!!! PTL!!

PLEASE keep us in your prayers. We have had a very trying and tough Summer, but God has been there all the way and has gotten us through EVERY second of Everyday!! THANK YOU JESUS!!

Thank you for stopping by, thanks for your prayers and your faithful support to us in many ways. God bless and until next time. Don't forget to go and do something this week to make our LORD proud!!!

God bless,
In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Desires of the heart!

2011-09-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

Psalms 37:4, "Delight thyself also in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart." This verse means so much to me in many ways, and has come true MANY times throughout my life and now my children's lives.

We sang in Mackinaw City, MI. this past weekend. Such a nice place to take your family. Shops, candy stores, right on the beach! AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! As soon as we pulled into town, and Tyler saw all the boats. He said," mom, please can we ride a boat before we leave?" I said,"honey we really won't have alot of time to do so, and it would cost alot of money for all of us to go on one!" I am sorry, but probably not. He did NOT like my answer but handled it very well ( for a 6 yr. old!). We sang the next day and a lady that was in charge of a (get this!)"Christian" BOAT cruise asked if we would be willing to sing on their 8p.m. boat because they did not have anyone else singing and was having a hard time filling the slot with someone!!! WOO HOO! Our answer, " well of course we would be HAPPY to." We called Tyler over and told him the news. His response..........jumping up and down squealing YAY, YAY, YAY!!

I do believe GOD honored his sweet spirit of accepting that we probably would not be going on a cruise and GOD knew my heart that I would LOVE for him to be able to go on one and give Tyler the desires of his heart. SO in return GOD honored BOTH of our "hearts desires"! THANK YOU JESUS!!

Lots going on here at the Forester house. School, CD jobs, traveling etc. , etc. ,! Please keep us in your prayers. We NEED them and COVET them!! God bless you all and let's all go and do something to make our LORD proud this week! God bless!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

School day, school days good ol' golden rule days!!

2011-08-23T20:40:00.000-07:00

SO sorry that I have been so long in writing/updating my blog! I just figured out what was wrong with it. So I am back!! YAY!! There have been many things going on at Forester house. And very exciting things at that!! Our NEW KIDS CD will launch this Saturday. Tyler started school last week. He learning cursive and is doing SO good!! I am so very proud of him in all that he has accomplished and all that he is continuing to learn. Please remember to pray for him and I as well, as I teach him.

Don't forget about our HOMECOMING CONCERT coming up next month too!! It will be here before you know it. We have 2 GREAT groups joining us for this AWESOME night!! One is "Jim and Melissa Brady". Jim sings with the "BOOTH BROTHERS". You will NOT want to miss it!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to be able to update you MUCH sooner now that I know how to get into here now!! Take care and God bless!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Devil Fighting, but we are still standing!

2011-07-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

The devil sure is fighting us and trying to get us down I think. We are just trying to fight back harder and keep standing up and for our Lord. We have had a few trials over the last few months.

Mark had his back surgery in April. That was a long process, but PTL! He is doing VERY well. I tore my A.C. joint in my shoulder from a fall a few weeks ago and still facing some issues with that. Mark got hit in our van last week. But we was/is safe PTL! Our house got broken into and robbed this past week. And Mark was on the side of the freeway with a flat tires on Friday. HOWEVER, through it ALL God has taken care of, kept us safe and kept HIS promise that HE will NEVER leave us NOR forsake us! PLEASE keep me in your prayers that I will feel safe again in my own home and that the Lord will give me peace. It is going to be a long haul before I will feel that again I do believe. Thanks for your prayers!!

My parents have been up here visiting for a week. But are returning home in the morning. I will miss them as it was great to have them here and to let the boys make more memories with them. Gonna miss them BAD!! Please keep them in your prayers too, as their health is not well at all. Thanks.

Thanks for stopping by. Keep us in your prayers when you can. Have a great week and don't forget to leave a tract of the gospel in it to share with some one this week. I have 2 more to mail off tomorrow! WOO HOO! God bless and talk to ya later :-)

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Water fights,swing set time = SUMMER TIME!!

2011-06-24T19:41:00.000-07:00

The boys and I are enjoying the Summer together and all that the season includes. We had a day this week where all we did was water gun fights, I pushed them on their swing set, played board games etc. I enjoy spending time with my little guys and making memories with them.

We have a VERY busy weekend coming up. Driving to OHIO, singing 2 times and then driving back within 24 hrs. We are going to be very tired. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated. I have a feeling Monday we are not going to want to move! Our Mondays normally are slow here at the Forester house. But this Monday will probably be even slower.

God has been SO good to us as He always is to his children. PLEASE be in prayer for us about a VERY special request that we have on our hearts right now. If this blessing took place then it would help us in SO many ways. Just want what the Lord wants. So if He sees fit to answer our prayer in this way then we will know that He thought it best for us to have this request! We are praying EARNESTLY and hope that you too will do the same!

Thanks for stopping by and please come by and visit me again real soon! God bless you all. Thanks for your prayers and support to us and the ministry. Until next time. Have a Blessed week!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

BUSY SUMMER!!

2011-06-09T15:12:00.000-07:00

It has been a busy Summer ALREADY!! I will turn around twice and it will be time for me to start school with Tyler again!

We are staying VERY busy with the ministry and I am having fun cleaning up and out tons of things around the house while I have the time. Looking forward to getting some closets/rooms cleaned out in our basement next week.

Coming up this week we have 4 concerts in less than 48 hours! And lots of traveling in between. But as you know and have read many times this is what we do. We love it and are thankful that the Lord would continue to see fit to use us. We are humbled and VERY thankful for HIS hand on us.

Please continue to pray for Mark and his recovery from his back surgery about 5 weeks ago. He is doing really well, but is having insomnia about 2 nights a week. It's like he an count on NOT sleeping 2 nights a week at ALL. Pray that this goes away. He needs sleep so that his stamina is good to do what we do. Plus all the other work that he does here in the studio. He would appreciate them greatly and I would appreciate having some prayer partners in on this prayer with me!

Thanks so much for your support to us and the ministry. The prayers for us and safety on the road are SO important to us and we have felt them MANY times.

God bless you all and I hope that you all have a blessed Summer. Stay cool and tell others about our WONDERFUL LOVING SAVIOUR before Summer is over!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

WOW!!!

2011-05-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

Really? It has been THAT long since I updated my blog? April 15Th? WOW!! So sorry. Time has been flying by here. A few more duties along the way since Mark's surgery.

Thanks so much for ALL the prayers that you have been sending up to our heavenly Father on his behalf! He is doing good and has been a real trooper through it all! SO proud of him and SO thankful to the Lord of how HE has helped him get through this and heal so fast.

Mark is still trying to take it easy and will have to for several more months. Please pray for him in this area as it is NOT easy for him to want to slow down and not move around or work more than usual. As it is/would be for us all. PLEASE keep praying for him and his recovery.

On another note. The boys are getting so big. Mark and I were just talking the other day about how big Trevor is getting and is turning into a "big" boy!! He will be 2 years old on the 21st of this month. Tyler will be 6 in July!! Time is going by WAY to fast with my little men. BOO HOO!

Thanks so much for your continued prayers and support to us in this way. Stop back by soon. I will try to not be as long next time. Life has just been a little wild around here these days!

God bless you all and make sure to make our Lord proud in some way this week. Until next time, God bless!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

PRAYER is NEEDED!!

2011-04-15T15:03:00.001-07:00

Prayer is needed in our daily lives NO matter what we face. Sometimes, to pray for others, sometimes just to get us through the day, sometimes just to make it another minute. This blog that I am writing to you now is one of those times that I am and I need you to pray for the Lord to get us through EVERY minute! If you do not follow us on twitter or facebook, then you have missed MANY updates about what we are facing and what we are gonna face in days to come. Mark is going in for emergency back surgery Monday morning! We knew that this day was coming, just did not know when. He had surgery back in 1999 and has been in pain pretty much ever since. He knew he was probably facing surgery again. The thing is, as you know, you are NEVER prepared for when it is going to happen. PLEASE keep us in your prayers as this will LESSEN our income to nearly ZERO. Mark will not be able to travel for about 3 weeks. NO meetings for us means NO pay. Which means No money for daily living, bills etc. We covet your prayers as we try and get through these next few weeks and MANY more weeks to come as he will be limited in his studio work etc. This is how we "survive" too. God has NEVER failed us, and I trust and know that HE will never fail us. Why? Because HE says that HE will NEVER leave us, nor forsake us!! PTL!! Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you will try to faithfully remember us in your prayers as we try to continue to do what the Lord has called us to do. We want to be back on the road in about 3 weeks. Pray that his recovery time is good and that he will feel better in the weeks to come. Thanks again for it all, God bless and go do something to better our Lord's kingdom! In HIS Arms, Andrea Forester

7 More Sleeps!

2011-04-07T03:53:00.000-07:00

Well, we are only seven more sleeps away from being back to our home in Michigan! This is how Tyler counts his days to something special that he is looking forward to. So we are now in the habit of doing the same. We are looking forward to being home. But in some ways, it has been such a good trip that I think that I would be happy just to be gone a little while longer. Or maybe it is just being in the South that makes me happy? LOL!! Don't know? Tyler is getting VERY excited to see his room again. And I am hopeing that Trevor will adjust to his room again as well. Three months is a long time to take a 15 month old away from his home & then make him be in a room ALL to himself. Especially after being SO close together as we are on the motor home! Pray that he adjust well to that. I am headed in just a bit to take Mark to a back doctor here in Alabama. He is in much pain and we would appreciate your prayers. We are hopeing that they can give him a shot or something to relieve the pain to drive, and get us to all of our destinations before we get back to MI. We sing in 4 more states before we get there. So prayers for him are GREATLY appreciated too! Thanks for the continued support to our ministry in your prayers and thoughts to us. May the Lord bless you in return as you too are trying to serve the Lord as best as possible! God bless and check back soon to see what we have been up to and where we are headed to next! In HIS arms, Andrea

Fun In The Sun!!!

2011-03-15T20:04:00.000-07:00

We have had great meetings during our stay here in the south. This weekend we have NO traveling to do. All four dates that we have are right here in town where we are staying!!! This will be awesome! Here are a some just to name a few. VERY little gas expense, VERY little travel time ( like 5 minutes!) which equals more time to get some work done and more time to relax here at our motor home.

We have THOROUGHLY enjoyed our time together as a family. As it seems that when we are home in Michigan, this factor seems to be overtaken by worked and severely overlooked. However, we are trying to get a plan down so that this will no longer happen and we try to "Schedule" family time when we get home. This will make me SO happy. As it is VERY important to me, the boys and Mark!!!

Thank you for your continued prayers and support to us, the ministry and stopping by our website! We appreciate your participation in our Ministry. Prayer is the KEY, and we NEED it!!

We only have about 3 more weeks here in Fl. then we will be headed back toward home. In between though we will be in 6 different states in 7 days!!! AAAAHH! I am already tired and we have not even began!! Your prayers for the trip home would be GREATLY appreciated!!

God bless you all in all that you are trying to do for our Lord as well. Until we meet again, May the Lord be with you!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Almost halfway!!

2011-03-02T19:15:00.000-08:00

We are almost halfway through our Southern tour. We have had great meetings. We have met new people, been to new churches and have adopted new people to pray for us and the ministry!! That is a HUGE blessing!

We have had our share of illness on this trip. However God has seem to keep me well, so that I could take care of the rest of the crew. Mark is still in need of ALL your prayers. His pneumonia is still hanging around. Making it scary for he and I. With him having asthma this is a VERY scary thing. Prayers are still welcomed and appreciated!!!

Tyler is doing well in school and has already finished up one book on this trip and in two weeks will be done with his writing book for the year too. He is doing AWESOME!! SO proud of him!!

Trevor keeps me busy him keeping him full of snacks, and keeping him busy while Tyler and I try and do school together. A little challenging on the motor home. But, we are getting it done!

Thanks for the prayers for us and the ministry. It means so much. God bless, and stop by and see us again soon!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Holdin' my own!!!

2011-02-23T19:53:00.000-08:00

These last few weeks have been filled with the, "good and the bad!" I got to see and visit with my parents. Made memories with them and the boys. Our meetings that the Lord has given to us have gone great, He has provided in GREAT ways and kept us safe all the way.

However, the last 2 going on 3 weeks have been filled with sickness for the Foresters. The boys have been to the ER a total of 3 times. Mark went to the doctor yesterday and is borderline pneumonia. In the midst of it all, so far God has kept me healthy and able to take care of them all. I am however, feeling the tiredness of keeping up with me. The late nights of them not being able to sleep, the needs they have, extra trips to the laundromat (due to illness) and just extra little things. Please pray that I will continue to stay healthy and that the illnesses they have had will NOT catch up with me later.

We are VERY grateful to be here and NOT in Michigan at this time. They have had SO much snow since we have been down South. This part of the trip/job I LOVE!! Thank you Lord!

Thanks for the prayers and support. Be sure to check out our schedule and come see us somewhere near you real soon. God bless. Continued prayers for us would be great! And I know that the Lord will bless you in return for it too!! Have a great week and I hope to see that you have stopped by to check upon us. :0)

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Enjoying the family and ALL it's blessings!

2011-02-14T17:55:00.000-08:00

God has been blessing us once again. He is SO good! We have had great meetings on our journey here in Florida thus far. We are SO blessed to be able to have the ministry, and have so many dates here in the South(especially in the Winter!)

We have had great responses to our TWO new Cd's. The songs on these Cd's are SO powerful and we are eager to sing them every time we are getting the chance. The messages are wonderful and if you see us in concert soon we hope that you feel the presence of the Lord with every word that we sing.

The boys are thoroughly enjoying the sun and all the pool time that they have gotten thus far. And so have we! As I type this we are at a motel and have had a blessed day together as a family and enjoying each other. I am SO blessed and SO happy that the Lord would choose to give me such an AWESOME family! I am in love AND loved!

Thank you for your continued support to us. All the prayers that you take to the heavenly Father on our behalf! We could NEVER thank you enough. They are needed and felt, through every situation in the ministry.

Thanks for stopping by and checking my updates on what the Lord has been doing in our life. Hope to see that you've stopped by and leave me a comment if you wish? It is an encouragement to me if you do! :0)

God bless, In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

SUNNY FLORIDA!!

2011-01-29T12:00:00.000-08:00

We have arrived here in Fl. and are enjoying every minute of it thus far! God was SO good to us to give us traveling mercies. NO blowouts and good weather. In the exception of some rain. But nothing of the snow that they were saying was coming our way. We managed to dodge it all, snow, tornado's etc. God was good!

We are now set up and have everything as close to "home" as we can for the next three months. We are looking forward to being able to do some fun, cheap things as a family during our stay here in Florida.

Thanks to all who prayed for us, and our traveling down here. They were indeed hear by our Lord and VERY appreciated by all of us Forester's!

We hope to have great weather and WONDERFUL meetings while were are here also. Your prayers for this would be awesome as well.

Thanks for praying for us and being a follower of the ministry that the Lord has so graciously given to us!

Until next time, God bless and have a great week!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!!

2011-01-10T10:22:00.000-08:00

We have a VERY full two weeks ahead of us. We have SO much to accomplish before we leave for Florida. There is much preparation to be done when you leave your home for almost 3 FULL months!!!

We have had good meetings lately. Our financial situation is still in need of your prayers. God is taking care and getting us by. He knows our needs and in that we put our trust!!!

Thank you for stopping by and keeping us in your prayers. We need all of them that we can get. We stay very busy. Travel late hours. And with two little guys in tow with us, it can get tiring and frustrating for us all at times(just saying,"I'm human). Never the less I LOVE being able to sing my Lord's praises in word and song for HIM!!!

Keep posted wit hour schedule and we hope to see you out there at a concert sometime real soon!!

God bless you an continue to be faithful to HIM, so that that He will stay faithful to YOU!!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Out with the OLD in with the NEW!!!

2010-12-30T19:32:00.000-08:00

2010 has been an interesting year for the Forester's and the ministry!!! However, GOD IS FAITHFUL and has been with us each and EVERY step of the way!! AMEN!!! I am SO thankful that wherever I am, whatever I am doing HE is there with us/me!!! Thank you Jesus!!

We are looking forward to seeing what God is going to do with us and through us with the ministry that HE has given to us in the NEW YEAR. I pray that we do all that we can to reach people wherever we go throughout this new year. Humbling to know that He entrust us to use the abilities that He has given us to do so. My prayer is now and always will be that I will make HIM proud in everything that I do!!!

Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we have MANY miles ahead of us, MANY meetings, and MANY late nights of driving in our future for this next year. Your prayers mean more than you know. And that is what helps keeps us going.

My prayer and goal for the new year is," Making my Lord in HEAVEN, proud of me in 2011!"

God bless you all and I pray ad trust that you will have a blessed and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Happy Birthday JESUS!!!

2010-12-19T16:52:00.000-08:00

Well, tomorrow we are off to my mom and dads for our CHRISTmas down there. Then we will head home Thursday morning back to Michigan. Friday we will be having our CHRISTmas with the boys here at home. Then we will go over Saturday to Mark's mom and dads and have CHRISTmas there!! WOO HOO!!! I LOVE CHRISTmas!!!

It will be a full week of fun, but also LOTS of traveling, which means tired kids which means that their mom and daddy will be tired of having to deal with them being tired!!! (shew that was a mouthful!!) So prayers are appreciated for our travels and safety!!!

Thank you for your continued support to us in the ministry. We have had some rough patches this year, but here is the good news. God have NEVER failed us yet, and here's even greater news. He NEVER will!!!! PTL and AMEN!!!

I pray and hope that ALL of you have a wonderful and blessed CHRISTmas. I am SO thankful that God sent His son to be born in a manger. And to think that He knew that, that precious little baby would one day give His life for us. What an AMAZING God that we have and are SO privileged to serve!!! I LOVE you Lord!!! Thank you Jesus and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!!

2010-12-10T09:34:00.000-08:00

Seems that this is every ones schedule!!! We have been on the go since the week of Thanksgiving. Well, we are really ALWAYS on the go, but even more so lately!!!

We have had meetings, and TONS of people in the recording studio. I have been fitting Tyler's school in between all of this. Mark does ALL the recording so he has been VERY busy. I have fulfilled a few CD orders here and there and then just fitting in all the normal routine things and school!!! Life is busy, crazy, but glad that God is right there with us to get us through.

The CHRISTmas week is almost upon us and I just can hardly believe that ANOTHER year has almost come and gone. Your prayers for us as we finish out this year with our meetings would mean so much to us. As not only do we have those duties/ministry to fulfill but TONS of other things to get done before we leave for our Florida/winter tour of meetings.

We hope that you have a great CHRISTmas and thanks for stopping by. Please keep up the prayers and we hope to see you at a meeting with us real soon!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Home for the Holiday (Thanksgiving)

2010-11-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

I am in Kentucky right now as I type. SO thankful that the Lord has always been able to work out me being able to come home for each of the holidays and be with my family! God is SO good! Not sure what I would do not being able to, but know that the Lord would help me through if I had to. And that is GOOD to know!!

I have had alot of fun making memories with my nieces and nephews. Playing and being childlike! Hey, we were all kids once, and when my dad saw Peter Pan growing up he said that he promised him that he (dad) would NEVER grow up either. SO........needless to say, "I get it honestly!"

We have had good meetings on this trip and thankful that the Lord has given us dates to do along the way. Once again, God is GOOD!

Please keep us in your prayers as we have 2 more meetings during our stay here. We head home Monday morning early and then Mark will be in the studio Monday night and NON stop through Christmas. We are starting our new project (CD) when we get home on top of him doing 3 other groups recordings too!!! Prayers for him are SO appreciated!!!

Thank you for your faithfullness to our Lord and we hope to see you at a church soon in our many travels! God bless and have a safe and happy winter!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

Company is coming!!!

2010-11-07T18:35:00.000-08:00

YAY!!! SO excited!!!! My mom and dad will be here for four days!!! Love when they come to visit us and the boys get to play with MEME and PAW PAW!!! I love the special memories that we can build with them and the boys as well. These are times that we can cherish and talk to the boys about in days to come!!!

We have had GREAT meetings over the last few weeks. God has blessed, we have seen souls saved. And been encouraged by some personal testimonies shared with us!!! This is what keeps us encouraged and to keep on keeping on for our Lord!!! Great to see the Lord using the ministry that HE has so GRACIOUSLY given to us in the first place! Thank you Jesus!!

Thank you for your continued support and prayers to us and the ministry. This is also what keeps us going and God's protection to stay upon us!!

The plan for the week is that Mark and my dad are going to hunt. But here is the real kicker, I am going to go out too!!! I have NEVER gone out with Mark to deer hunt so this will be fun but challenging. I hope that I can be quiet and not have to use the restroom within 4 hours of sitting??!!! We shall see!!

We are also going to let Tyler sit in the tent with PAW PAW to hunt too. And I am going to try and go out with him one morning/evening to sit with my dad too!!! I want to build another memory with him that I KNOW that I will NOT regret!!! I love him so much and thank God for him and the witness that he has been to me and SO many others in this world. I have NO doubt that he will have MANY crowns in heaven for MANY things!!!

My mom is the best Godly Christian lady that I know. A DEAR friend to me, shopping buddy and SO much more!!! She has been SO faithful to the Lord, my dad, and the calling that the Lord has given them both over MANY years!!! She is a wonderful lady that I will always be appreciative for and never take for granted God giving her to me and my life!!!

Keep us in your prayers and pray that we will all stay safe, have a good time, and build wonderful memories during their stay.

Thanks again for stopping by and the support that you show to us everywhere we go!!!

God bless you all,
Andrea

BEEN A LONG TIME!!!

2010-10-26T14:14:00.000-07:00

So sorry............once again that I have been SO long on writing my blog. Life is just really crazy right now. With adding teaching Tyler to my daily chores, it seems to make my day go by faster. Then when I do sit down I do not think to do my blog or other things that I NEED to do.

We have been VERY busy with meetings. This is a good thing, but we are very tired these days. We leave out Friday for Florida, then come home Monday. We are in the middle of a Revival right now through tomorrow. Then we have one day to get the house cleaned and ready to head out at 5:00 a.m. Friday morning!!!

We are so glad that the Lord is giving us a busy schedule as this is what we like. We LOVE singing about HIM and all that HE has done for us in our lives. What a joy!!

Thank you for your continued support in prayers and financially. This means more to us than we could ever say or try to express. God bless you all.

Until next time, keep serving out Lord and do all that you can for HIM. God bless you in all that you do!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

It has begun!!!

2010-10-01T18:39:00.001-07:00

It is October first opening day of "something" special. For those of you that know Mark you might know what this is??!! If you do not know much about Mark then this means, he is up north, in a tree stand, hunting and will be until JANUARY!!! Well, not really but he will be a lot!! This is one of his passions and loves to do this for both the sport and relaxation. For me this means. Staying home and trying to do fun, cheap things with the boys!! Of which I DO NOT mind!!! I am one for adventures and memories. These are both great things that I can do and build with my boys!! SO...... in the end we are ALL happy!!!

We had good meetings this last week. And the best news of all a man in his early to mid forties gave his life to Christ!!! PTL!!! This is why we do what we do. And try to fulfill the calling on our lives that he Lord has placed us with.

We are off from singing until a week from Sunday. We could not fill this coming Sunday and I guess that the Lord knows best. PLEASE pray for our finances as this will/has put a strain on us and the ministry.

Thank you for your continued support to us and the ministry. Please pray that the Lord will protect in our travels and keep the devil from attacking us and the ministry. He is always seeking to devour as the Bible says, but I know MY God is mightier than he!!! PTL!!!

God bless you all, have a great weekend/week and I will write to you in about a week or so!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

I have NOT forgotten.......Just busy!!

2010-09-23T15:40:00.000-07:00

My goodness I must say I have gotten SO bad about updating my blog. PLEASE do not quit checking back to see more exciting news about the family and the ministry.

Doing school with Tyler makes my days a little shorter and a little "discombobulated!!" I made up that word, but that is how it is. I get other things done, but seem to run slower after we are done.

Tyler is doing very well in school and it has been a true joy thus far to see what he is learning. And I am the one that is teaching him what he has learned. That is another honor!!! So thankful that we can do this. Of course with our schedule he does not have a choice but he seems to be loving it and so far..........so am I!!!!

Thank you for your continued prayers and support to us and the ministry. It means SO much to us. You are very special people. We need ALL the prayers that we can get. The devil seems to be fighting at every angle with the ministry. But, God is VERY faithful to have been keeping HIS hand on us and providing and taking care of us. We want to serve Him as best as we can with the calling that HE has given to us.

I was having my devotions not to long ago and the Lord gave me a verse on a day that I needed it the most. Proverbs 18:10 " The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it, and is safe." This had been my verse for a while now to remind me on days that I KNOW that I CANNOT do it on my own (which we never can) I can run into my saviours arms and I WILL be safe!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! :0)

Everyone have a safe and good weekend and I will try and get better at this blogging thing again.

I am on Facebook everyday and if you would like to follow me on there you can find me @ Andrea Adams forester. Ask to be my find and...........you can follow me!!! Hope to see you there!!

God bless,
Andrea Forester

Do I even remember???

2010-09-07T20:42:00.000-07:00

We have been SO busy around here, that I have totally been forgetting about my blog lately. And got to wondering today if I even remembered how to log in or remembered how to do my blog!!!! But here I am, and I guess that I did!

I have added yet another thing to my list of DAILY routines. SCHOOL!!! Tyler started school about 3 weeks ago. We are making GREAT progress. What fun it is seeing him get excited when he gets something right. And of course I get excited with him and I am right there cheering him on. :0) I am nervous but excited to think of where he will be at the end of the school year. He will be able to READ!! Oh, my!! Where does the time go????

Got alot done today too. Yard mowed, school done, Cd's mailed and letters mailed off. Garage swept out and cleaned and some laundry done too. I am VERY tired about now. But, tomorrow is a new day and another FULL day too.

I have about 300 CD's to do, school and grocery shopping on my list for tomorrow. So by this time tomorrow I will be saying that I am VERY tired..........again!!! Oh, the life of a grown up!! HAHA!!

Thanks so much for the continued prayers for us and the ministry. We continue to have MANY needs for the ministry. Plus we are both staying very tired from the hard, long schedules that we are both keeping. So prayers for us to stay healthy would be great too.

God bless you all as you too are trying to do ALL that you can for our Lord. Until next time... ( and I will try and make it MUCH sooner) Take care and do something today and ALWAYS to make our Lord proud!! :0)

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

PROVISION and PROTECTION!!

2010-08-11T15:08:00.000-07:00

Praising the Lord for a great weekend of meetings this past week and looking forward to having some more this weekend.

We have had a streak of really bad luck lately but trying to NEVER over look the good things that God has done for us. His protection and PROVISION for us.

This past Tuesday Mark and I went up to northern Michigan to ride our 3wheeler and 4wheeler when on the way we had a blowout. We had a spare, called AAA and then we went on our way. He PROVIDED a way and sent us about our day.

We took the quads off the trailer and began to ride. Having a good time until.............CRASH!!! I hit a rock with the 3wheeler, sent me into the ditch, and it landed on top of me!! I was able to get up on my own. With MANY cuts, bruises and very sore. But, I was able to get up on my own and walk away from it!! Matter of fact I got back on and rode for another hour!! God PROTECTED me from what could have been very bad harm.

On our way home we were only about an hour out when BOOM!!! Another blowout on the same tire!! At this time of night nothing was open and the options were slim. We called Mark's dad and low and behold. He had a tire the exact size needed for our van with the rim!!! He came to get us and changed the tire!! God once again PROVIDED for us in ways that only HE can!! Plus his dad had an extra tire and gave us that one too for a spare again. PRAISE THE LORD for His PROVISION and PROTECTION!!!!

Hope that you have a great rest of your week. Make the Lord proud of you in some way and don't forget to overlook God's PROVISION and PROTECTION in the little AND big things!!

God bless you all,
Andrea

Crazy days!!

2010-08-02T21:01:00.000-07:00

That is what it is like around here at the Forester home!! We are staying busy as ever. Mark has been SO slammed with work in more ways than you can imagine. As a wife looking at it from this/his view I would appreciate your prayers GREATLY for him as he has SO much on his plate. These are all things that I cannot help him with as I am not gifted to do the things that only he can do/get done. Please pray for him strength and the stamina to keep up the schedule without getting ill AGAIN!!

I wish that I could do more. But it seems that I am trying to do what I can with the CD end of our ministry and changing LOTS of diapers lately!! :0)

We had a great weekend of meetings. Thankful that we can still go and do what the Lord has called us both to do. Please keep the ministry in your prayers too. As the economy has gotten worse so has many families budgets. And as you know we rely on God's people to help keep this ministry going. We understand the hurt that others are going through as we have faced some tough times in our financial lives lately too. Thanks for your prayers as we try and continue this ministry that God has so graciously in trusted us with.

Hoping to come up with some fun things for the boys and I to do this week. And hoping to try and sneak in a balloon fight with daddy this week too!! YAY!! Should be fun :0) I already have some things planned for them that they do not know about!! FUN times

Have a good week and I hope that you can go out and do something for our Lord and make Him VERY proud of you!!!

God bless,
Andrea

SO BLESSED!!!!

2010-07-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful 4 days with my folks. We went to the Zoo, to some of our favorite restaurants and had a family party for Tyler.

He turned 5 years old today. We celebrated his birthday a few days early because of family being here. It is nice that he is still young and does not know the difference of a few days!! :0)

I am SO grateful that the Lord chose to spare Tyler's life 5 years ago and let him be in our life. What a joy and blessing he is to us in our lives. He brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart EVERYDAY!! Thank you Jesus for Tyler, " BOTH" my boys!!

So, sitting here in my nice home, having a fun-filled few days, God's protection and provision for us over the weekend( always) a loving Godly family I am feeling " SO BLESSED"!!! We all are "SO BLESSED" if we know Jesus as our personal Saviour!! What a joy to know.

Thank you for all the prayers for us. Please keep them coming, as it seems every week the devil fights to discourage us from what we are supposed to be doing. Thank you for your faith fullness to HIM!!

Go make our Lord proud, may God bless you all this week as you serve HIM!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea Forester

HOLY MOLY!!

2010-07-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

WOW!! I did not realize that I had not updated my blog last week. My apologies here!! It has been nothing but on the go here at the Forester house. Doing some much needed things around the house.

I think that I have pulled enough weeds out of our yard that would cover and entire football field!! Atleast this is what my back and legs are thinking!! SHEW!! I am beat!! Mowed the yard today and pulled a few more weeds here and there too!

Tomorrow my parents are coming to stay for a few days. Tyler's birthday is Monday but since they are going to be here we are going to celebrate it on Saturday with them and Mark's family too!! Should be lots of fun. Spider man is this years theme, as he has been VERY strict about this for 3 MONTHS!! That is all that he has said that he wants his birthday to be spider man and he wanted a spider man cake. Well, he is getting both!!!

Hope that you all have a great weekend. We sing in the morning ( Thursday) and then twice on Sunday as well. Say a prayer as we have alot of traveling to do over the weekend. Thanks in advance!

Take care, thanks for stopping by and go make our Lord proud of you!!

In HIS Arms,
Andrea

Yard Sale!!!

2010-07-12T21:22:00.000-07:00

This week was full of cleaning, CD jobs, singing and much, much more. We had good services this weekend. God kept us safe!!!

This week I am having a yard sale from Wednesday through Saturday. I will be marking more things tomorrow, mowing the yard AND doing some CD jobs. Gonna be So tired I am sure of it by tomorrow night!!

Praying that the yard sale will help us out a little this week. I do NOT enjoy doing them, but I am sure that I will make a little bit of money...................I hope!!

Please keep us in your prayers as we are feeling the effects of the economy as everyone else. The ministry has come under much pressure as we are trying to stay faithful in the call has for our lives. We know this is what we are to do, so we covet your prayers to keep on keeping on!!

Thanks for stopping by, hope that you have a great week and that you do something to make our Lord proud!!

God bless you,
Andrea

It's the little things

2010-06-29T16:25:00.001-07:00

We had a great weekend in Ohio, with good friends and pastors that we have been singing for the whole time that we have been married. That is a true miracle. So many pastors have to leave a church and we see many come and go for many reasons. God has kept these pastors there and very faithful to their church and people for many years. What a blessing that is to see!

We arrived home safely yesterday, Praise the Lord! And then I HAD to go grocery shopping. My trips to the grocery are getting more and more hard with the boys these days. When you try and use as many coupons as I do and look for MANY good deals. It can be rough looking in the aisles, going through coupons and yelling, " Tyler get back here!" All at the same time!! LOL!! The good thing was though, I took my bill from $105.00 down to $64.00!!! YAY!! PTL!!

This week Mark has SO much work to do that he would appreciate your prayers greatly. As would I for him too! He is working very weird hours in the studio, juggling SO much. We need to pray that he can get caught up and stay well doing so.

I am going to take Tyler down to Bass Pro this Thursday. This week and next they are having FREE shooting range( for kids of course, NO real bullets) FREE fishing pond and a FREE craft to take home. I am hoping that this will turn out to be a fun filled FREE time for him that he will remember. Might have to slip in a smoothie for us both too ( because I have a coupon!!)

Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry. We have some really GREAT needs and God knows them all. Your prayers are appreciated, that the Lord would see fit to help us in these areas.

God bless you all have a great week/weekend. We hope to take Tyler and Trevor to see fireworks somewhere too!! YAY!!! P.S................. I LOVE them too!! :0) Have a great week serving our Lord!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Stretching a dollar

2010-06-22T13:40:00.000-07:00

We had a great meeting Sunday. We sang in a barn!! With Hay on the ground and everything. Sure glad melody came out of my mouth instead of "naying" !!!

Tyler went to our church again with his grandparents. They attend our church and Grandma teaches the class, so this is very good for him to go and attend when he can. He LOVES it!

This week has already started with a bang! Mark is at the studio in Lansing for the second night in a row. I have already done a CD order and mailed them off. And there is much more work awaiting Mark this week as well.

I am still on my coupon rage as I scored TONS of great deals for us this week. And ALOT of FREE things. Tyler and I went and got him a "red box" movie last night for FREE, then to the park, then got Pizza for $2.00!!! YEAH!! Trying to do things with him and Trevor while I have the time, their little and it does not cost as much!! HA! Time with them at this time in their life is VERY precious too, building TONS of memories.

Please keep us in your prayers. We, like so many are trusting the Lord to get us through daily in MANY areas. We have had SO many things break, get broke into etc.! This begins to wear on you physically and mentally. With the Lord's help we KNOW we can do. We just have to keep that on our hearts and minds CONSTANTLY!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to talk to you next week. God bless and have a great week/weekend serving our Lord.

In HIS arms,
Andrea

NEW hobby!!

2010-06-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

Another week has come and gone! Where is June going??? It amazes me how time just flies by anymore. But, they say that happens when you are getting old.

We had great meetings this past week. With one man coming to the Lord!! What a joy to serve our Saviour and see folks repenting of their sins and coming to Jesus!

My NEW hobby is joining coupon websites and saving, saving saving!! When going to the grocery last night, here is what they PAID me to take! I got 1 scrubbing bubbles starter toilet kit, gel cleaner kit, 2 boxes of band-aids and they paid me $0.16!! Now that was fun!! I am constantly running to my printer these days printing coupons, or FREE items!! This is GREAT!!! Gonna have to join an addiction club for this I think??? HAHA!!

Thank you for the continued prayers for our ministry and our family. This is what keeps us going and God's hand of protection about us. Thank you SO much!

Until next week. Take care and have a blessed rest of the week! I must get back to looking for FREE things!! LOL!! God bless ya

In HIS arms,
Andrea

YARDWORK!!!

2010-06-10T17:48:00.000-07:00

That has been my story this week!! I have been planting bushes, flowers. Cutting things down in the yard etc. It is looking SO good and I look forward to doing more in the future.

We had good meetings this past Sunday. We sing this Saturday and twice on Sunday. We look forward to seeing how the Lord is going to use us to the folks that are there in the services.

Keep us in your prayers as always. Mark is LOADED with work. This is putting tremendous pressure on him above the normal pressures of "NORMAL" work around here too. I know that he would appreciate the prayers and I would appreciate them for him too!! Thank you.

Tyler has enjoyed helping this week in the yard. Getting me water, my shovel etc. He LOVES being outside as all kids do.

It has been good being home lately and doing things around here for a change. When you are on the go as much as we are. House work and yard work are the LAST on the list. But, I have been able to work on this a little lately and it feels good and rewarding.

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to talking to you soon. Again, keep us in your prayers as we are staying busy and on the go. Have a great week/weekend. Make the Lord proud of you, and I hope to see you back here next week.

Because of Christ,
Andrea

Thank you Lord!!!

2010-06-01T16:26:00.000-07:00

So thankful for all the the Lord has done for me and my family. I am SO blessed. I was putting groceries away, and I could not help it but this ran through my head. I have the Lord by my side, food for my table, shoes for my feet, bills paid ( for now! LOL!) and so far this month (although it's the 1st ) everyone is healthy. Thank you Lord!!!! I hate it when I forget all these things when I seem to get down. I am sure that God wishes He could spake me for real sometimes. So glad that he loves me when I forget all these things that He has given me and done for me.

I have been to the grocery, cleaned out both boys closets and got them all set up with their summer clothes and into the fall a little bit. Did some laundry, put Trevor down for a nap and then Tyler and I went out to the Kiddie pool and get wet!! I soaked up as much sun as I could before it started going down. It felt SO good!! AAAAHHHHH!

We only sing once this week so I am going to enjoy being with my boys again, soaking up the sun while they swim. Pray for Mark he will not be able to do so much of this. He has tons of studio work to do for others. And trying to make a little income for us. "Bless him Lord!!'

Thank you for your support to us, it means so much to have you praying for us. We appreciate them VERY much.

Hope that you all have a super week and that we ALL go out and make our Lord proud!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Rest, Pool time, Cd's

2010-05-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

That is what my week will consist of . The resting part is sort of a dream of mine(HAHA!) The weather is supposed to be HOT this week. So I am hoping to pull out the kiddie pool and slip n' slide for Tyler and Trevor tomorrow or the next. Looking forward to having some fun play time with my boys. And, I just happen to save some money out for the ICE CREAM truck when he comes by this week................We HOPE!!! YAY!!!

I have just a few small jobs to do this week, thus far. So I plan to get the job done, keep my house clean, enjoy my boys and rest whenever the opportunity arrives. We have been on the go SO much since the first of this year and it is catching up with Mark and I BADLY!!! We are SO tired.

We had a GREAT concert with Greater Vision, but then again, how could it NOT be??? They are AWESOME!!! What a great group!!! And a joy and privilege to share the stage with them.

Keep us in your prayers as we will stay busy here in the studio and CD room. We only sing 2 times in the next 14 days. While that's nice, it makes the finances a little tight. But, God is good and takes care of His children.

Say and extra prayer if you think about it. He is still not feeling well. Voice is still not well and fever off and on. He still has TONS of studio jobs to finish and get done. This is good, but makes it hard when you do not feel good at the same time. Thank you for the prayers for him, the rest of the family and the ministry.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again next week. Make the Lord proud of you!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Bsuy, busy bumble bees!!!

2010-05-16T20:26:00.000-07:00

That's what we are here at he Forester home. This week has been NUTS!!! It was all good, but VERY busy.

Counting today we sang 7 times in the last 8 days!! All of us are tired. As I type to you now. The boys have been in bed since 9:00 pm.! Which means that I should really be in bed, because they will be up WAY before I want to be that for sure!

We did 3 ladies luncheons. I LOVED them all. It was a little odd for Mark, but I felt at home!!HA!! The food was great, but now I will have to diet for about a month!! Was really good though!MMM!

Say a prayer for us as we sing with GREATER VISION this Saturday night. This is a wonderful, Godly group. We have sung with them about 3 times now and enjoy being around them each and every time.

Hope that you all have a great week, and make our Lord proud in something that you say or do!

God bless,
Andrea

Amazing trip!!

2010-05-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful trip that we had over in Scotland. We met some more amazing singers and people that attended the convention as well.

We are VERY exhausted now, but in a good way I guess. Mark and I enjoyed each others company for the day in London. Sightseeing and just being the 2 of us!!! That hardly EVER happens. And definitely had never happend in London. It was beautiful. God is SO good to us. In giving us little opportunities such as this.

We hit the ground running when we landed. Mark had to go out on Wednesday and set up for a recording that he was helping with on Thursday and Friday. And I had to get 650 cd's done for some orders!! SO...........not sitting around here!! And then we do 7 meetings in 8 days next week!!! Needless to say that we could use your prayers.

Thank you for your continued interest and prayers for us and the ministry. We LOVE what we do and LOVE to be used of the Lord.

Take care, have a great weekend/week and go do something to make our Lord proud!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Only 3 More Sleeps!!!

2010-04-24T15:34:00.000-07:00

This is how Tyler counts so that he know how many days it will be until we do something. So we have 3 more sleeps until he and Trevor go to grandma and grandpa's house for 8 days while we are in Scotland. And only 3 more sleeps until we are in the air headed to Scotland.

We have been SO busy doing other things and have only been home 9 days from being gone 79 days!!! I feel so disconnected with myself I don't feel like the one going, but my house is filled with suitcases and clothes laying around and I am the one doing the packing so I am pretty sure that I am one of them that is leaving!!LOL!!

Please say a prayer for us that the flights will go good, NO luggage lost there and back and that the air will be clear from the volcano. I am a little nervous about this situation, but know that God has it all in control. We were supposed to go last year and couldn't due to the pregnancy of Trevor. God knew that. They wanted us back this year and knew that the volcano was going to erupt. So He will take care of us!!! But, prayers are appreciated that all will go well and we will be a blessing to those that attend the convention.

Thank you for continuing to stop by and see what we are up to. We are always busy around here, always getting ready to do something. So keep checking us out!

Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry that the Lord will continue to use us, and be a blessing to all that come in contact with us and the ministry.

God bless you all this week and go out and do something that would make our Lord proud.

In HIS Arms,
Andrea Forester

NO WAY!!!

2010-04-18T13:18:00.000-07:00

That is in regards to two things. We are finally back home and I cannot believe that I have not updated my blog in so long!!! Time flies when you have a crazy schedule as ours! It is nuts around here!

We have alot to accomplish this week for us and other people as well. We are supposed to leave out of here next Tuesday for Scotland but it is all "up in the air" LITERALLY" if we can even go or not. Only God knows. And HE knows what is best for us and our safety. Pray that if they do say that we can take off that we will have the Lord's hand of protection upon us.

In order to leave for this trip we have alot to get done in preparation for it and to be gone the 8 days that we will not be present at home.

We had a good meeting at Fair Haven Baptist in Burton, MI. this morning. It was so nice to put lunch in the crock pot and come home to eat on a Sunday afternoon. Happens maybe 2 times a year for us. This was refreshing to us since we have been gone for 79 days from home.

Please keep us in your prayers as we have alot to do and little time to do it if we do get to leave for this trip.

God bless you all and do something special for the Lord this week!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Taking a break!!

2010-04-03T08:50:00.003-07:00

We only have 5 more days until we start making our journey home to Michigan. Our first stop is in Georgia with 2 different churches there. Then to KY then to Michigan. We will arrive Lord willing in Michigan on the 16Th of April.

It has been a good trip and we have seen may come to know the Lord. This is why we do what we do and love being used by our Lord!

We are going to leave out after Church tomorrow and stay in a motel with a pool and jacuzzi!!! We are looking forward to some down time to sit in the sun and relax before heading home to our busy schedule and lots of work.

Please keep us in your prayers as we still have alot of traveling to go. I will be driving the van behind Mark in the motor home. The boys are going to be with me............so I need your prayers that they will be good for me and sleep ALOT!!! LOL!!!

Thank you for your continued support to us financially and in your prayers. God is blessing and we are thankful to do what we do for HIM!!!

Take care, have a blessed EASTER and remember.................... HE'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

Taking a break!!

2010-04-03T08:50:00.001-07:00

Early Weekend Update!

2010-03-27T06:37:00.000-07:00

We have had am interesting week with another trip to the doctor. This time is was Mark. He is on the mends to his sore throat and praying that he will be much better for our meetings tomorrow.

We are doing CD jobs today and then going to go set up for our meeting in the morning. We have 2 dates. The one tomorrow night is at my grandfathers church in Kissimmee, Fl. We will be staying with him for a few days. As this will be the last time I will see him for a long time.

We only have a few more weeks on this trip then we are headed back to Michigan. Then we will not be home for long after that until we head to Scotland.

We are looking forward to going back to Scotland. This is such a beautiful country. Nice folks, and a great time of singing and fellowship.

Please keep us in your prayers as we have MANY more miles to go on this trip and before we are back to our "homeland". Thank you for your support and prayers.

Take care, have a great week and may the Lord bless you in your efforts to serve HIM!!

In HIS Arms,
Andrea

Computers, Technology??? WHAT???

2010-03-23T10:18:00.000-07:00

That is how I am starting to feel. I have not gone this long in years, not being on the computer! GEEZE!! I feel kind of lost and out of the loop. However, I am back for............today!!

We have been very busy as usual. I made the trip back to KY for my dad's retirement celebration from the Ky. State Capitol. It was a great surprise to him and was SO worth it. The hassle with holding Trevor on the plane was not to bad. God was good to let him be a good baby and not have any trouble with his ears etc.

Besides us getting sick, having to go to the doctor down there and staying 3 extra days due to our illness, the trip was great!

Trevor seems to be healing well from his pneumonia and I from my throat issues. I still have a little bit of recovery to make before back to normal, but I am improving.

Mark is still on the mends too, so your prayers for us all is still very much appreciated!

We only have a few more weeks on this trip. It seems like it has gone by pretty fast. We will be ready to get home. But, then we will not be there for long. We will be home for 10 days then we will head to Scotland.

I will try and update you sooner. But, no promises. There is service here at the church. But, that requires me to bring in the kids and keep them occupied and happy while I do my updates. Not always possible!!

So until we talk again, keep serving the Lord and keep us in your prayers as we travel many more miles.

God Bless,
Andrea

Sunny............REALLY!!!

2010-03-07T10:26:00.000-08:00

Yay, woo hoo, and a happy dance added to that!!! It is so beautiful here today in Florida. It has rained and been cold alot since we have been on our Journey here in the South. Not complaining to much though with all the snow that we have missed back in Michigan.

We sang this morning in New Port Richy Fl. now on to Umatilla Fl. for tonight's service. We will have most of this week off. Mark had to work in the studio down here Monday and Tuesday and then we have CD jobs to do on Thursday. But for most part of all the days of this week we can hang out as a family and hopefully sit in the sun for a little while. YAY!!

Please keep us in your prayers as we still have alot more meetings left to do and alot of mile still yet to cover. Pray that we will be a blessing to all that attend our meetings that someone would come to know the Lord through the message in our songs.

Hope that you all have a great week. For those of you in the North stay warm. And for those of you in the South. Please pray for us a few good days of sunshine before we start heading back home................PLEASE!!!

God bless you as you too are serving our Lord. Thanks for the prayers.

In HIS Arms,
Andrea

Stability............AAAHHH!

2010-03-02T12:03:00.000-08:00

We are parked in Zephyrhills Fl. for the week and are grateful to have a week of a little stability and time to just "be". I am sure that you all know what I mean. We have been so busy and on the go. It has a good busy so praise the Lord for that.

Mark is working on a church sound system while we are here in the area so NO time off for him. Bless his heart. He is such a worker and so thankful for him and his abilities that the Lord has given to him.

We sing Thursday so your prayers are appreciated for us. We are thankful to be busy and serving our Lord and using the abilities that he has given to us.

Please say a prayer for us and the rest of this trip as we finish the meetings that the Lord has given to us. We LOVE to serve HIM!

We look forward to finishing our meetings here in Georgia and Florida. Pray all goes well for the rest of the trip and NO more surprises on repairs. God has done a miracle for us and we are So thankful for ALL that He has done for us.

Have a good week this week and go do something for the Lord and make HIM proud! God bless you all!

In HIS Arms,
Andrea

on a journey!

2010-02-22T10:02:00.000-08:00

We are headed to my grandfathers house to see him for a few days. We sang for his church. Over the weekend and had a great time with him and the church people. God has been so good to us on this trip providing for us. He has given us little blessings along with some BIG blessings along the way.

So good to serve an awesome God that loves us SO much. So much HE gave His life for Us! We need to think about that more than we all do. What a great God we serve!
Hope everyone has a great week. Say a prayer for us as we sing 4 more times this
Month.

Remember to go make our Lord proud of you this week. God bless!

In His Arms,
Andrea

What a difference.................

2010-02-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

A day makes!!!!! God is So good!! What a blessing to serve the Lord. We have had great meetings this whole trip and as always God has been faithful to us and to protect us all the way.

We were in Jensen beach this weekend at a new church. Always LOVE going to new churches meeting new people of God.

What a BLESSING they were to us. God used them GREATLY to help with our needs of the motor home and the ministry. We enjoyed singing for them and had a wonderful time. We SO look forward to going bakc one day and singing for them again.

Thank you to all the people that helped with our kiddos. What a blessing to have someone watching them while I sing. It is hard to focus when you have to have them in the service as being the mom that I am I WANT to be good...........and quiet. Thank you for keeping them in the back for me and for taking them out when needed! This was TRULY a blessing to me as I sang and did the ministry that God has called me/us to do!

We are leaving the motel now, meeting the pastor from this weekend for lunch then back to the house where we have been staying in New Port Richey until Friday. Then to my grandfathers to see/stay with him for a day or two.

Thank you for all of your prayers. We will continue to need them and continue to covet them for the ministry and the needs that are involved with it.

Hope and pray that you all have a blessed week. Go out and serve our Lord and remember to make HIM proud of you!!

In HIS Arms,
Andrea

WOO HOO!!! I'M BACK!!

2010-02-06T17:10:00.000-08:00

WOW!! Not sure that I have ever gone this long in between post. We have had an interesting trip thus far. The motor home was in GA. where it had broken down until 3:00 p.m. today when Mark went back and picked it up!

We are in a motel right now in Fort Meyers for our meeting tomorrow. We have had great meetings thus far on our journey here in Fl. God is good and has provided a place to stay, food and we have each other. We are hanging in there until we get the motor home fixed and back in our hands. I keep saying I am in " SURVIVAL MODE!" doing what we can to get through the circumstances.

Please keep us in your prayers as we have a significant bill awaiting ffor us to pay for the repairs to the motor home. God knows and He cares. So we have to trust that He WILL take care of it.

We are praying for a GREAT trip of people coming to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, decisions made and lives changed for our Lord. If we have but one come to know the Lord I would have to say that it will be worth it all!!!

Thanks again for your prayers and keep on keeping on for the LORD!!!

Andrea

Circus!!!

2010-01-19T17:37:00.000-08:00

This week God provided and took care of our needs as always. He kept His hand of protection around us and our travels as you all pray for. Thank you!

Mark left Monday to take our van down so that we would have a vehicle during our 2 month stay.

I wanted to do something with the boys so i took them to the circus. It comes to our town every year. But, every year we are either leaving town for our trip or it is 2 weeks after we are gone. So this year it fell where we could go and Tyler is just the right age to take him. We had a great time, took pics and made some memories!

We have TONS left to do and little time left. The motor home is still in the shop and I have not even been able to clean it yet. So I have a lot left to do to get it ready as does Mark. He has some studio things left to do and I have a lot of CD jobs left to do too! So all this to say...............PLEASE PRAY that we can get it all done and out of here in a timely matter.

Hope that you have a great week and remember to make our LORD proud!

In HIS arms,
Andrea

BLAH!!!!

2010-01-11T12:12:00.000-08:00

This is how most of the Forester clan feels today. Yesterday was a LONG day. Starting at 5:30 a.m. and ending at 12:35 this morning. We are all running slow.

Trevor is not feeling well at all and is losing his voice. So when he cries for me it sounds quite pitiful. I had to go back to the dentist and have them put back on my temporary crown. It came off Saturday! Mark is there now getting fit for his crown. The weather is so cold and we are so tired that we do NOT want to move.

But, that is impossible around here. After Mark leaves the dentist chair he has to go to Lansing, MI. to work. And will go gone to who knows when. I have some CD work that I need to get ahead on and of course just the chores of being a mom.

We had good meetings this weekend and thank you for your prayers for our safety. God is good. On that note, Mark got in a small wreck this morning at the P.O. so we will have to get some repairs done to the car( the ministry car!) So, your prayers for this expense would GREATLY be appreciated!

Hope you all have a great week. Stay warm for those of you in the North and for those of you in the South, keep the weather just right, because we are on our way!!!!! YAY!!!! Have a good one and don't forget to tell EVERYBODY about THE SOMEBODY that can save ANYBODY!!!!

Andrea

Our teething are falling, Our teeth are falling............out!

2010-01-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

Well, not really but it felt like they were a little today. Mark and I both had to get root canal's done today. NOT fun!!!! Another part that was NOT so fun was the pile of bills that were occurring at every move that they made in our mouth!!!

I know that the Lord knows. So now we just have to trust that He will take care of the "NEW" teeth bills to come. We had all of the previous bills paid off last Summer and so now, here we go again. Guess that this is life. YAY for us!

Had good services this past week and God was good to take care of us in our travels. Mark has worked so hard lately and weird hours that he was exhausted Sunday afternoon. So the boys were asleep and so I offered to drive. I too was tired and not feeling well. I was trying to fight off going to sleep and thought that I could do so. NOT the case. I fell asleep and ran into the bumpers and into the grass before awaking. Mark yelled and I was able to pull back on the road safely afterwards.

Mark was then awake(of course) and without a doubt wanted to take over driving!!! I then took a nap. I NEVER can do this in the car and has been a few years since I have done so. Must have been more tired than I thought! Thank you Lord for your protection and thank you for your prayers for us as well.

Hope that you all have a good week and that you will find a way to witness to someone you know/don't know.

Thanks for your prayers and we will talk to you next week.

Andrea

So Blessed!

2009-12-27T10:58:00.000-08:00

What a GREAT holiday, Christmas we had with all the family. I got to see all of my folks in Ky. Then we had our Christmas here together. Then we went to Mark's parents Christmas day! WOW!! Yes, LOTS of eating and presents took place!! LOVE Christmas!

My parents came up to spend Christmas day with us and the rest of the family. They have not been here with me on Christmas day in 7 years! SO glad they came. We had a great time of fellowship with both sides of the family. SO BLESSED to have both sides that love each other, get along great and they all love the Lord as well. Again, SO blessed!

Tyler was a ball of fun to watch as he opened EVERYTHING that he had asked for and then some. He was too blessed to get everything that he wanted. God is good! Trevor got into the whole unwrapping thing. We would tear a little and then he would just pull away. So proud of him!!

We had the day off Sunday. This has been great. We got to go to our church both services and relax in the afternoon. Eat dinner at home and enjoy some football together! VERY odd for us, but was a lot of fun.

God bless to all and hope that you have a great week and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Andrea

Kentucky Christmas!

2009-12-16T11:16:00.001-08:00

Praise the Lord we made it down to Ky. to have Christmas with my family. We did presents last night and Stockings this morning. Yes, we do things backwards and different in Ky.!

The cousins are having fun together playing,and have fit in TONS of projects. Tyler and his cousin Emily were making play dough chicken for us all this morning! Then outside to play football and basketball!ANd many more creative things as well. So thankful to spend time with my wonderful Christian family! God is SO good!

We are headed out to sing tonight in Versailles Ky. then back home to my parents for a few more days before heading out to sing in Murray Ky. Thank you for your prayers as we travel over this holiday season.

Blessing to those that are getting ready for the big week next week preparing for family, food and fun! Let's remember the real reason for the season!

Thanks again and may the Lord bless you as you serve Him! Have a blessed holiday!

Andrea

Lot's of tears!!!

2009-12-07T19:22:00.000-08:00

So, we have made Lord only knows how many attempts to take the boys to get their shots and have failed I don't know how many times. Trevor was 2 months behind and Tyler was about 5 months behind!!! I knew that they needed to be done. Our schedule kept getting in the way, the unexpected kept getting in the way. And the little voice in my head that was telling me that Tyler would scream his head off and cry every ounce of water out of his body kept holding me back as well!!

Well, I was somewhat right. From the moment we pulled up he started complaining. By the time we entered the building he was in full blown tears and did not stop until he was done. This was about 35 minutes later. Because we had to wait the be called back, then get the shots then he had to wait for Trevor to get his. WOW!!! So glad that Mark was with me. I knew I would NOT be able to do both of them alone. What a day!

I knew what the days agenda was so I had already taken Tyler to the Library to get some movies to watch after we got home. Plus I gave him 2 of his toys that were for his stocking when we got home too. It was a pretty dramatic day. Not to mention that we got his hair cut before this and he does not like to get his hair cut either. He says, " ouch" with every stroke of the comb. WOW!! Someone needs to be wrestled with and toughened up a little, you think?

Trevor did great. Of course he did not know what was going to happen, but did NOT like what he felt for sure. Tyler and Trevor both got 4 sticks each! Poor little fellas!!!

I have been in the CD room today doing jobs and doing the norm around the house. Mark has done all kinds of things today. And is now in Lansing working in the studio there. It is 10:30 p.m. and is still not home. We do not sit around much at the Forester home. ALWAYS something.

Thank you for your prayers as we are traveling this weekend and then leaving for down south again next Tuesday. Finances have been tight and we appreciate those that support us and those that can pray we would appreciate that as well. God knows and hears our prayers," thank you Lord"!

God bless you all and I pray that you have a great week and happy holiday to come!

He is born, He is ALIVE!!
Andrea

Home Sweet Home!

2009-12-01T18:20:00.000-08:00

We are back home from spending the Holiday with my folks in Ky. We had a great time of fellowship and a weekend of meetings! Always fun to go back to my home church and see old and new faces there. My old home church has been so blessed to grow over the years of me being away. And remodel the building, it is beautiful!!

We got home, unloaded the car. Mark left to go work in Lansing. I went downstairs did a CD job. Mailed them. Took Tyler to look at some Christmas lights and got a pizza. Now back home enjoying my "snuggie" and warm beautiful home that the Lord has so blessed me with.

Tomorrow is decoration day for Christmas, SO excited!! Looking forward to doing the outside and inside!! It will be fun to see Tyler get excited and Trevor enjoy all the colors and lights. Tyler loved the tree last year, but all the decorations this year have been a lot of fun for him. Now, if we can hold him off on the gifts for 23 more days? We have our Christmas on Christmas Eve because of going to Mark's mom and dad's. Looking forward to seeing him get ALL the things that he has asked for," Thank you Lord for providing the funds to give it to him!!"

God bless you all this week. I look forward to talking to you next week. Let's not forget to tell someone about the real reason of Christmas!!

Because of HIM,
Andrea

HAAPY THANKSGIVING.............WEEK!!!!

2009-11-23T19:37:00.000-08:00

Why am I saying, "week" you might ask. Well, this week we will have 4 Thanksgiving dinners!!!! We already had one Yesterday( Sunday) . We will celebrate with our church tomorrow. Mark's mom and dad Thursday. And we leave Friday to go to my folks house for the 4Th and FINAL one...............I HOPE!!! There is only so much turkey a human can take in one week!!

We had a great meeting in Indiana with pastor McCollouch and his church family. He celebrated 40 years as pastor at this church. Praise the Lord for his faithfulness to this calling the Lord placed on his life way back then.

They put us up in a motel From Friday night through Sunday night. It had an indoor pool and jacuzzi. So Tyler, Mark and I got to enjoy it and have a relaxing and MUCH needed weekend! Now, back to reality tomorrow. Doing CD work, some cooking for the dinner tomorrow at church and packing again to leave for the weekend.

Thank you for your prayers as we will be traveling a lot this week as well and the day after Thanksgiving. The cops will be out and this is NOT good for us. Why? Because our car does NOT know how to go slower than 80!!!! HAHA!!!

Keep the ministry and the needs of it in your prayers. We have had 3 cancellations this month and some CD jobs fall through as well. God knows our needs.............now we are gonna have to set back and see how He will take care. I KNOW He will so we will let you know how this all works out!!

God bless and have a GREAT holiday with your family! Let us ALWAYS be grateful for all the Lord has done, but most of all that He gave His life for us so that we could be saved!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone!!

Andrea

SERIOUSLY???????????????

2009-11-15T15:51:00.000-08:00

So I had the alarm set for 5:20 this morning, woke up at 5:15 and decided to go ahead and get up. At 5:20 I see my bathroom door start to open with a little hand!!!! It was TYLER needing more juice, AND ready to get up and go!!!!! I told him to go back to his bed and he could watch a movie. Then when I got done getting ready I would get him some more juice and get him dressed.

I never heard another peep and guessed that he had decided to do just as I said. I got my shower and got out. Only to realize that when I stepped out I discovered two little hands under the door!!!! He was patiently waiting for me to get done.

I got dressed, opened the door and asked him if he had laid there the whole time and he said, " well of course"!!! Oh, that boy!!

So, I finished getting dressed and ready to go, packed the car for the day. Put food together to eat on the way for the three of us. Him something to drink, him dressed, his hair done all by 6:05 a.m. this morning.!!! The only difference between his schedule and mine after that was that he fell asleep about 20 minutes down the road while mommy was STILL awake!!!

We had a good meeting and potluck with church this morning. It was a new church for us in Big Rapids, Michigan. It was a 3 hour ride for us so with the potluck and all we were not able to make it back to our church in time for the service! Hate that!!! But, God was good and the people seemed to have gotten a blessing from the songs that we sang. Praise the LORD!!

Hope that you all have a great week and find some way to let the world know about how good our God is, and that His coming could be very soon!!! Have a good one!

In His arms,
Andrea

And he's..........OFF!!!

2009-11-09T08:52:00.000-08:00

Well, sent Mark off again this morning until Thursday to go hunting! He is after the BIG buck that he has dreamed of ALL summer and fall. He saw some GOOD signs of him last week so he left here ECSTATIC to get him!!

He is by himself. He asked me and the boys to go with him, but I declined. I feel bad that he is by himself. But, it is not any different for me to get away with him and the boys up there, in the exception that I would see him at night up there. Which I will miss dearly seeing him, but I opted to stay home.

I have some Cd's to do and then the rest of the time? Well, coffee, my NEW "snuggie" and just doing what I only HAVE to do!!! YEAH ME!!!

I have not decided what to do with Tyler this week. Trying to think of something fun and VERY cheap that he would enjoy! We will see. We always find something to do and we always have fun together!

We had great services this weekend and God blessed! We are tired today and I only plan to do the minimum!!

Hope that you all have a great week. And keep serving our Lord faithfully!

Andrea

AMEN PRAISE THE LORD!!

2009-11-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

My goodness!! This has to be the first. I have never gone this long with NO update on my blogger, but the crazy site has been having some weird issues. YEAH, I am back!!

I had a great 3oth birthday with a surprise visit from my parents, but a VERY quick trip for them to do so. By quick I mean they got here for supper on Saturday night and left Sunday morning to do home!! Bless their heart. It was SO good to have them here for me though. All I did was sing twice and then come home. Mark got me some GOOD Chinese food to bring home Sunday night and eat!! MMM It was SO good!!

Marks mom watched the boys for me so that I could have a day all to myself!! Shopping, eating out and fitting in a few Starbucks in there too!! The time went by WAY to fast. I called her around five, had already been out for about 5 hours and before I knew it it was 7:45p.m.!! I could have been out for another 4 hours if that would have been possible. Oh, well I had a GREAT time and I am SO grateful to her for letting me have a wonderful day!

We have been very busy here. I have about 300 Cd's to do between Thursday and Friday. Then we sing Saturday and twice Sunday. Normal week in the week of the Foresters.

Tyler is doing good growing like a weed. Trevor the same. However, he had his first encounter with " CARROTS" tonight. Liked them o.k. half of a little jar, but it did make for some very cute, messy pictures!! Love those little guys.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We appreciate and need it very much! God is good! We look forward to what He has in store for us for the rest of the year to come.

Have a good weekend. And hopefully I will be able to update you weekly now as I always have.

God Bless,
Andrea

Deer widow!!!!

2009-10-19T18:31:00.000-07:00

AGAIN.....You might say? YES!! That's right Tyler, Trevor and I are daddy and hubbyless for a few days again this week. Mark has gone up north again this week. This time with his older brother and his 2 boys. Will be a good time for the boys to be with their uncle Mark. We do not get to see them that often. Matter of fact about 6 times a year and they live a little over an hour from us. SO SAD!! But, grown up schedules do that to you.

We had good meetings this weekend and are so thankful to report that we had one saved Sunday morning!! Praise the Lord. As we all know He is still on the throne and He is waiting for you if you too have not received Him as your Saviour. I pray you too will do it before it is to late!

Tyler and I have a few things planned to do. Carve our pumpkins and paint them. Make cupcakes and of course hit our local Goodwill for some good deals!! Funny thing is, I have two bags in the garage to donate when we go!! HEE HEE!!

Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry. The Lord has taken care of us, but to be honest we have been a little financially strained in the last few weeks and getting by. I know some of you might be going through the same thing. But, let me encourage you by saying, God is good! He never fails to take care of us, does He? He has been faithful to us to pay the bills, but we are afraid to move after we do that or it might cost us something!! LOL!!! God is good and He is SO faithful!! Thank you Lord!!!

Have a good week and let us all go do something to make Him proud and to warn the world about His coming this week! God bless and have a good one!

Andrea

Trying to stay well!!!

2009-10-11T17:48:00.000-07:00

Howdy everyone! Well, as we all know moms, wives are NOT allowed to get sick! All three of my men have been sick this week! Tyler was the first to get the "nasty" cold going around, then Mark, now Trevor. Poor guys! Tyler seems to be on the downhill slide. Mark is still really weak from the icky feeling that it gives. Plus ANY cold is not good for his "asthma invaded" lungs. Trevor is kind of just starting his and feels horrible. Poor little man. Snotty nose and all! Me, well just praying and hoping to stay well and take care of my guys.

Sunday we were at a new church in Warren Michigan. We had great services both morning and afternoon. The guest preacher was the Father-in-law of one of Mark's best friends. We have been in a meeting with him before. Good to see the Jones again. It was a blessing to hear the messages from God's word!

I am thinking about going "up north" with Mark this week with the boys. He will do the hunting of course. But, the place where he stays could be relaxing and a time to get away from the phones and EVERYDAY living here at home. I know the laundry comes with me, but I would not have to do it for a few days anyway!! HAHA!!

We would appreciate your prayers again this week as we do some CD jobs and more studio work as well. Thank you for your continued support in prayer and your financial giving.

Have a blessed week being a witness for our Lord. For He is worthy!

God Bless,
Andrea

Pumpkins and lights!

2009-10-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

As I type my blog to you this week I am sitting in my living room with no other lights on than what is glowing from my Fiber-optic Scarecrow Boy and Girl, fiber-optic scarecrow head and my scarecrow lamp. Do you see a theme going here? I love to decorate with pumpkins and scarecrows this time of year. I do not nor will I EVER decorate with all that "nasty,scary" decor! And why do people do that anyway? If they saw a real live person walking down the street looking like that they would call them crazy. But then they stick witches and "Ghost" in their yard? Well, not me. I prefer the nice relaxing scene of scarecrows and pumpkins....AAHH!

Tyler loved it when I started to plug everything in. It was cute he did not understand what I was doing. In years past it has meant nothing to him. But I got to explain that the Lord gave us seasons and during those seasons people like to decorate accordingly. I broke it down a little bit better than that for him. He LOVES the scarecrows. I have 4 in my house and one that is 3 feet tall!!!

We had a great weekend with our meetings. This morning we were back with some dear friends of ours the Dawson's. God is using them greatly in a church in Reed City. They graciously let us stay in their home which we did not arrive to until 1 a.m. this morning!!! We were supposed to be in Ypsilanti tonight, but when we called him Saturday night, he forgot that he booked us. So we had a nice dinner with the Pastor from this morning and a small afternoon service and then headed home. All in all we had a great weekend

Trevor has had rough night he is down for bed now ( I hope). Tyler and I did his Bible story and prayer time, and he HAD to have a hot dog before bed. He had not had anything to eat since 4 and it is midnight now! Hope the Bible story sticks with him since we did it in his sleep!! LOL!!

I started a read your Bible through in 90 days this week. So pray for me as I try and make sure that I get this fit into my routine again!! Anyways,have a good one!!

God bless,
Andrea

Small Price To Pay!

2009-09-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was filled with an early morning, a LONG afternoon and very little time in between meetings to breath. But, someone trusted Christ as their Saviour yesterday morning and all I have to say to that is................" That made it ALL worth it!!!" God is so good to us and we need to tell Him, " Thank you" more often. I know I need to. I do not know how we ever really could tell Him enough? Do you?

We have been at home today in the exception of one doctors appointment for Tyler. He is doing better and we are just keeping him medicated with the prescription that they gave him on Saturday.

We leave to go sing for a Revival service in just about 2 hours. It is at a church just around the corner. Mark went over this morning and set up. So we can get ready here at home and then go over! That NEVER happens here at the Forester home. WEIRD!!!

Mark leaves for his first adventure/Hunting trip with the guys Wednesday. So I have planned a little something of my own!! Friends of ours that are moving to Arizona. He is going hunting with Mark one last time and his wife and kids are going to come and stay at our house for a day/night. The kids can play and we are going to watch " chick flicks" and eat ALL we want while nobody's watching!!! HAHA!!

Hope that all of you out ther have a great week. We have had a great start by one trusting Christ yesterday. WHEW HOO!! Have a great week and until next time........God bless!!

Andrea

MEMORIES!!

2009-09-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

My parents headed home yesterday and a good time was had by all!!! They were here for a week. It was great to have them here with us and spend time with them. Tyler LOVED wrestling with Paw Paw and Meme LOVED giving the boys all the love she could while here. We will not see them again for a little over 2 months.

Tyler got up this morning and asked if meme and paw paw came back yet? He loves for them to visit us. As do I!!!

Thank you mom and dad for all that you did for us. You both are such a blessing to us in SO MANY ways. As always we will pray that the Lord blesses you in return for all that you do for others! Thanks for all the fun adventures while you were here and the MEMORIES that you made for me and the boys with you both! I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!

The fudge and chocolates were awesome from the Cider Mill. MMMMMM!!! Thank you so much. Let's do it again!!! :) !

We were up VERY early this morning....( boys included of course) to head to our meeting. We were all dressed and out the door by 6:45 this morning. Tyler woke up awesome and Trevor as well this always helps the day go a lot better! They are such good boys and I thank the Lord for them everyday!!

I already have done a load of clothes and put our things away. Now ready to rest and wind down before bed!

I do not have any CD jobs as of yet for this week. But there is always tomorrow! There are plenty of other things on a list for Mark and I to do though. Seriously, there is an actual list to mark off as we go this week. We made it on the way to church this morning. One of the BIGGEST things is trying to get our CD done or at least real close.

Thank you for your interest in our ministry. We pray that we are making our Lord proud doing what He has called us to do and spreading the gospel through Word and Song!!

I have two things that I want/need to get done. Both boys need their shots done and I am going to take Trevor to get his pictures taken! I have not had them done by himself yet!!! I feel SO bad. By now Tyler had already had 3 photos taken!! :( ! Oh, well I will try and make up for it. I plan to get both boys together real soon!

God bless you all and I hope that you have great week. Keep the prayers comng!

In His Arms,
Andrea

Come and Gone Already?!!!

2009-09-13T13:36:00.000-07:00

UNBELIEVABLE!! I cannot believe that Homecoming with the Booth Brothers is gone again. We always enjoy this night and it always seems to go by way to fast! What an outstanding group they are. SO thankful to work with them and to call them our friends. We were out eating with them until 1:00 this morning!! Good for the diet......I know!!

SO looking forward to next years concert already! Hope that more of you can attend next year. It is encouraging, and one of the most God honoring concerts that you will attend.........if I do say so myself! God always seems to show up in a powerful way each year and you truly leave blessed. I know I did!!!

My parents and the rest of the crew got up and went to church this morning. We had GREAT service this morning. It is SO awesome to attend our church services when we can. I NEVER leave disappointed ( How could I?) and I'm always encouraged and ready to serve the Lord even more!!

We are looking forward to a few more days with my parents. Tomorrow we are going to go to Brenner's ( the WORLDS largest Christmas shop) and Mark is going up north to check his cameras........1 more time ( so he says! HA) While the parents, boys and I are going to shop and have LOTS of fun!! : )!

Have a great week. Go spread his word to someone this week. Let someone know that the Lord is alive! He cares, and He answers prayers! I did this at the salon this week! I shared Tyler's story and then reiterated a BUNCH of times how good God is and how He answers prayers! It's fun sharing how good He is!! Now go have FUN!!

God Bless,
Andrea

"ANGEL" baby-------NO more!!

2009-09-03T07:08:00.000-07:00

Some of you that read this know that from the second night we brought Trevor home I have called him my angel baby. Simply because he sleeps through the night and SO long. Well, this morning he kind of broke that image. He went to bed at 11 p.m. and got up at 6:15 a.m., but he went right back to bed after his bottle. It is 10:15 a.m. and he is STILL not up. SO I guess that I will still have to call him my "ANGEL" baby since he is still sleeping!! I LOVE HIM!!! He is SO cute if I do say so myself!!

Just for the record Tyler has a pet name too! He is my miracle baby! So I have "ANGEL" baby and "MIRACLE" baby. God is good!!

We are headed to work again today. I am in the CD room and Mark is in the studio. A lot to do in both rooms.

Plus I need to get all of our clothes together for the weekend. Packed, ironed and ready to go!

Thank you for your prayers we will need them this weekend as we will be driving late Saturday night to get to our Sunday morning service. God bless you all and hope to see you out there somewhere on the road...........well not on the road but in a church somewhere I guess!!! :)

God Bless,
Andrea

Good to serve an AWESOME God!

2009-08-30T15:47:00.000-07:00

What a weekend that we had. We sang at Bayshore Camp Thursday night and Saturday afternoon. We had a great time seeing old friends and meeting new ones as well.

Mark stayed until it ended Saturday night which was around 10 p.m. While I headed home with the boys around 7 p.m. It was a 2 hour drive so by the time I got home the boys bathed and got our things together for today we all were whipped! Mark got home around 1a.m. but as always he had to wind down and did not get to bed until 2 a.m.

We had a great meeting and a good time with the people at First Baptist of Flushing this morning.

I want to share a story with you now that a lady came up to me and shared with me this morning.

We sang a good variety of songs this morning, but ended with " Whosoever Will". A lady shared with me this morning that she had her granddaughter sitting with her in church, and she said that her granddaughter tapped her grandma on the arm while I was singing the song and said," I can't get the water out of my eyes". So the grandma said, " sorry honey do you need some eye drops or something?" Her daddy has allergies so the grandma thought that she was starting to get them or something. She said that the little girl ( Emily) was listening very intently to the song. The little girl replied, " No, I think they are watering because Jesus makes me happy!"

Just goes to show you that NO matter the age God can still speak to heart. Now, that is what makes doing what we do SO special!!! This is what we are called to do. To sing about our Lord and Saviour, encourage hearts and bring people to Him that do not know Him!! God is SO good!

Thank you for your prayers for us and we I hope that you have a great week serving Him. We will talk to you soon. Until next time make our Lord proud.

Andrea

WONDER WOMAN????

2009-08-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

Well, this I am not, but I feel I need the power of that to do all the things that I have to fit into a day. You know you ALL have been there sometime or another. I just feel like this is my EVERYDAY routine anymore!!!

Today we sang at a funeral for some friends of ours. Their mother/mother-in-law passed away. We came home worked in the studio. I sang on one of our new songs that I think is gonna be GREAT! Mark has worked hard today and now has had to go to Lansing, MI. to work @ a studio there.

I went to Walmart to pick up some things that we needed. Mailed off a DVD order that I fit in doing last night and the rest of today in between singing! Picked up the kids from Gee Gee and Papa's and then came home to three loads of clothes that needed folding, two kids that needed bathing and dishes that needed to be done. And now down to the dungeon(basement) to work on some more CD'S that people need ASAP........they always do! This is why I am always rushing. It is a wonder that I have ANY nerves left!

Oh, yeah also I have to pack and get the motor home ready to leave by Thursday morning! I will have it here in the drive Wednesday morning so I will have the whole day to do this. But, I also have to do CD's for us to have some this weekend too!!!

Tomorrow is grocery shopping, yard that needs mowing and another order of 200 CD'S that have to be done and mailed off tomorrow as well......aaaaaaaa! Insane schedule that we have had lately, but I can truly say that there is NEVER a dull moment around here.

So I say all of this to say, your prayers are needed and appreciated more than EVER. The Lord is good and we are thankful for the Cd's work, but occasionally fitting everything in and having 2 small boys thrown in there can get a woman to CRYING!!! LOL!!!!!

Thanks again God bless you all and have a great week! Come see us when you can!

Andrea

Dirty Clothes GO AWAY...come again NO other day!

2009-08-16T17:35:00.001-07:00

Gone three days and I am already on the 6Th load of laundry. Seriously we are either REALLY clean people or REALLY dirty people. I prefer the latter. Mark and I have another FULL week this week. Here is a small line up before all the add-ins that ALWAYS happen.

Tomorrow for me is grocery and errand day as always. Mark is in the studio here and working for the guy in Lansing MI. Tuesday he is going up north while I have 400 Cd's to do this week. Wednesday is in the studio time for Mark and I and then church. Thursday is more studio and CD duplication for the 2 of us. Friday is MORE studio work for us and the new album. Saturday we sing and Sunday as well.

Then look here, we start a new week!!! Oh, yeah this does not include, fixing food, changing diapers and filling sippy cups!!! YIPPEE SKIPPIE!!!! I am SO tired already.

Wondering now why we covet your prayers.....that should explain a WHOLE lot!!

We had great meetings this weekend. Good turn outs and good spirits everywhere we were. Everyone seemed to enjoy and be blessed. Just as we pray!

Gonna run now and tend to the kiddos. Trevor is calling my name....well he is calling for something and it doesn't sound so pretty. Gonna be a tenor I think!! HA! God bless, have a good week and don't forget to share the gospel one way or another. We must warn them that the time is drawing near!!! God bless!

Andrea

Lots of Lovin'!

2009-08-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Trevor's first round of shots.....HATE that !! He did good, screamed a little bit but not for long. He is still my "angel" baby sleeping 8 to 10 hours a night!!! LOVE HIM!! While Tyler on the other hand gets up all the time. UGH!!! He got up 3 times last night!!! I still have to remind myself that I LOVE him VERY much!!!LOL! They are such good boys and go along with us with no choice otherwise. They go with the flow SO well. Thank you Lord!!

I have the motor home all packed and ready to go. We are leaving about 3 today. Yesterday was a good day. I used a electric drill and a needle and thread all in one day. Now I call that success!!! What a " Lady" I am!! I was preparing some things on the motor home. FUN FUN FUN!!!

We have a FULL week next week trying to get started on our album. We got one done yesterday in the middle of packing, cleaning and giving hugs loves to the baby in between! The song on my album " I'm a mom" came to life more to me yesterday!!! HA!

Thank you for your prayers and support to us as always. Come see us if you are close to us. Check out our website and come on over!!

I gotta run and get a few last minute things done so we can leave. God bless and have a great weekend.

Andrea

We made it!

2009-08-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

Long and HOT weekend. We did two dates outside this weekend. Last night was supposed to be but they moved it indoors due to the heat index being 100-105! PTL that they did. The heat just drains you!

God was good and we finally got to bed around 3 a.m. this morning. I am running SO slow today. I am supposed to be downstairs doing CD'S. I already mowed the yard I need to go to town but DO NOT feel like it. But the family must eat! HA!

We are headed out again in the motor home this weekend so that means more packing for me! Trevor is verbally letting me know that, " he is HUNGRY!" So must go and tend to him.

Take care and keep us in your prayers.

God bless,
Andrea

Has it REALLY been this long???

2009-08-04T09:35:00.001-07:00

This is what I was thinking to myself when I logged in to type my blog today. Time has flown by lately as we have been doing TONS of meetings and a lot of things in between. I am so sorry that I have been so long updating my blog but I also was not around a computer. So I'M BACK!!

I managed to get the motor home cleaned out yesterday taking around 4 hours to do so. Seven loads of laundry, all the grocery shopping, putting it all away, by this time I was BEAT!! But with things still to do and Trevor not feeling real good. I still did not get to bed until around 1 a.m.!! I am not sure we are EVER going to get to have just 2 days to do NOTHING!!! That sounds SO good right now.

I came up for a lunch break and to do my blog. I just finished copying 500 Cd's and now all I have to do is stuff them and shrink wrap them!!! Should be done by midnight....LOL!!! I do not have to do all of them today, but they do have to be done in time to mail off tomorrow. YEAH!!

Mark is gone up north....BY HIMSELF!!! I do not like that at ALL!!! But no one could go with him and I had to much to do and.....oh, yeah 2 boys!! So I am praying that all goes well and that he makes it back home to us safe!

Thank you for your prayers as we are keeping a VERY tough schedule and the boys are too right along side of us. It did not hit Tyler until a few days ago when we were still gone and in the motor home. He came up to me Saturday and said," mom when are we going home?" I told him we only had a few more services and he would be at his house, in his bed and the rest of his toys! He got real excited, but a little impatient asking me the same question for the next 2 days.

Well, gonna run. Finishing up a NEW, " what not to wear" ( one of my favorite shows,) then down to the dungeon to finish my jobs. Have a great week and I hope to not be so long this time for the next blog.

Talk to you soon. I see a nice hot " Starbucks" in my future today to celebrate all my accomplishments!! LOL! Take care and God bless.

Andrea

WHAT NOW?

2009-07-20T10:33:00.000-07:00

That has been the question of the day for the past several weeks now. Every time we turn around something else is breaking and NOT working.

Our GPS and Tyler's DVD was stolen out of our car a few weeks ago to add to it all. YEAH!! When it rains it pours so they say and it has been raining HARD on the Forester family lately. All we both can say is that the Lord knows and now we just have to pray and sit back and see how God is going to provide for His children...........US!!

We had great meetings yesterday in spite of the computer crashing and NO tracks. I am SO blessed to have a singer/partner that is SO talented and can play 437 instruments!!! We did fine without it. Although we missed our tracks to some songs that we enjoy singing with. Thanks to my husband for enduring what little I know on the bass to accompany him. :) !

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Keep us in your prayers as we need to replace MANY things in order to do efficiently what the Lord has called us to do. The devil sure tries to fight but, to me, that must mean that God has something really BIG in store for us to see Him unfold for us. We will keep you posted!

Thank you again for your support and thanks to the TWO people that blogged me. For those of you that did not read my last blog!

God bless and let's go do something for the Lord today. I have a certain number of tracks in mind that I want to pass out or.......hide somewhere while I am out this week. I will let you know what I did next week. Have a great week and until next time. Let's serve HIM!!!

Andrea Forester

Twitter? How About " Blogging?"

2009-07-16T06:15:00.000-07:00

O.K. What is up? We have 14,782 people following Mark's twittering about us( not really) but NO one blogging on my page!!!!! Come on!! I am going to get my own twitter and then we will just see who has more followers!! HAHA!! I will tell him to write what I am doing on there too or just what WE are doing since most of his twitters have been about what he is just doing!!! I still am doing all of the same things. Feeding the kids, singing, doing CD projects both singing on them and doing the Cd's themselves. And keeping up a clean house and cars.

This week has been so much fun. Tyler had a great birthday and LOTS of presents. I thought that it was Christmas there for a minute.

My parents are headed home tomorrow. We have a had a great time and they have tried to give a lot of loving to the boys since they will not see them for another 2 months. Paw Paw and Tyler have wrestled and fought every night that he has been here. Tyler LOVES this. Definitely going through the " Let's fight" stage with him right now and the wrestling stage. He is ALL boy.

Thank you for checking my blog now all you have to do is sign in and type me something. HAHA! Thanks for your prayers and PLEASE keep them coming. We have a VERY busy schedule ahead of us. PTL! But, it is going to be very tiring. Thanks again and God bless. Now BLOG me!!!

Andrea

While I had the time!

2009-07-10T20:28:00.000-07:00

It is about midnight. Trevor is in bed, Tyler is in bed, Mark is downstairs watching a movie and I am headed to bed real soon.

I thought that I would update my blog before the week began. My parents are coming in to stay for a few days and I knew that I would not get to it while they are here.

Tyler and I have gone for a lot of walks this week and I already promised him another one tomorrow. Actually I walk and he rides his motorized truck and I push Trevor in the stroller(what's wrong with this picture). I am still trying to get off a little bit of baby weight! YEAH! I have about 10 pounds to go to get back to where I started, where I will be happy, and my clothes to be happy with me too!! HA!

Trevor is still sleeping through the night.....knock on wood, praise the Lord! He will sleep about 7 to 9 hours straight!!! Tyler is still getting up though!! At least once to say that he has to go potty, wants more to drink or that he needs covered up!!!! AAAHHH!! I just remind myself that he is my miracle baby and hold my thoughts to my self. Gotta love him.

Tyler and I went to a garage sell and found him 2 pair of pants that are also shorts( they zip off) I am hoping to go back tomorrow and get him a leap frog leap pad that she had there for 4 dollars. I could shoot myself for not getting it today. I tried to go back about 8 tonight, she was closed and no one was at home. I will try and go as soon as I can in the morning. I hope that I luck out. I want to save it for Tyler for Christmas. It even had a " Cars" book with it!!! I hope, I hope,I hope it is there!!

Well gonna run, well not really, but I am going to bed and try and sleep. I keep thinking that this will be the night that Trevor will get up. He was 7 weeks old Thursday and so far so good. So I always hurry to bed when he does.

Thanks again for your prayers. We are hanging in there in spite of all the equipment problems that we have had lately and NO money!!LOL!! When it rains it pours, BUT GOD NEVER FAILS to take care of us somehow, someway!!! He WILL get us through, I KNOW!

Talk to you real soon and may God bless you all for serving Him too!!

Andrea

Felt Strange

2009-07-06T04:39:00.000-07:00

So being home all week, going to church all day at our church, getting a nap with a 3yr.old and newborn on a Sunday afternoon that is NOT your typical week and Sunday for us. Therefore leaving us feeling a little strange, but was really nice!

We had a fun fourth of July as a family. We did not get to go to Marks brothers due to the fact that the county cancelled their fireworks at the last minute where we were going to go. So we made new plans. Mark and Tyler went for a four wheeler ride. And then Tyler rode his motorcycle and truck around the yard for a long time. We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, watched some shows we like hung out with the boys and when it got dark we took Tyler and Trevor out and did " pop-its" and sparklers. Then we got out the lawn chairs and from our neighborhood we could see fireworks that other people and the community were letting off. Then the really cool thing was, our neighbor right across from us had bought a firework that went off for about a minute or two that was a bunch of colors and LOUD! Tyler LOVED that one. Then we had to go inside because the mosquito's were have us for dessert!! I put Tyler to bed, covered him up and said," Tyler that was a fun day, I had fun with you, did you enjoy it?" And he said," yes,mom that sure was a fun day!" Then he was just about a sleep before I left the room. A fun time was had by all!! :)

Today I have a CD order to fill, get groceries and then I am going to rest. In between changing diapers and feeding 2 kids!LOL! Mark has gone up north to check his cameras again with his brother and Jason(one of his college buddies). So Tyler, Trevor and I are going to do our thing, whatever our thing is.HA!

It is early in the morning right now and the boys are still sleeping so I think that I am going to go down and try and fit in some of my CD job before they awake. These days you use every opportunity to get things done.

God bless and we will talk to you soon. We sing Sunday and then my parents are coming in to stay with us for a few days and see the boys. Excited to see them has been almost 2 months since I saw them. Have a good week!

Because of HIM,
Andrea

THANKFUL HEART

2009-06-29T08:10:00.000-07:00

That is what I have this morning. Thankful to know that I am saved and will be with Jesus one day when He so chooses. Thankful for a beautiful home, Thankful for 2 cars that at least run! Thankful for all my saved relatives. Thankful for a beautiful, wonderful family of two boys and one grown boy!! LOL! HA! Thankful that I had such a wonderful pregnancy and such a good delivery and a very healthy boy this time PTL, PTL, PTL!!!! AMEN!!

My heart got feeling much more thankful this morning when Trevor once again slept for 9 straight hours got up, drank his bottle, I looked at him and smiled and he looked at me and smiled back!!!! What a sweetie!

Tyler slept all night last night too. I was very thankful for that seeing that we got to bed at 1 a.m. this morning and had been up a total of 18 hours yesterday!! We all needed the sleep last night.

We have so much to be thankful for. Some days it is harder to see when things do not seem to be going our way. But, the one constant in our life, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, can help us get through anything and ALWAYS will give us a reason to be thankful!!

We had good services at 2 different, new churches yesterday. We spent the afternoon with some friends of ours then headed to the next church. Tyler did not get to play his mandolin yesterday morning because of time and was NOT to happy with us after church. However, he did get to play last night and did a WONDERFUL job as always! He is a joy........and a little stinker!

Thank you for your continued support to us and the ministry. We enjoy it all and are so THANKFUL that the Lord allows us to do what we do. Until next time lets go tell others about HIM so that they too can experience this THANKFULNESS in HIM!!!

God Bless,
Andrea

Above and Beyond!!

2009-06-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

This is what I got accomplished!!! I ended up doing 900 Cd's 100 DVDs, sang two times in between and did background vocals for a guy that Mark has been doing a recording for. And also trying to meet the needs of my family.

God was good to me for me having accomplished this, plus Mark got all of his work in the studio done for the clients as well ( SO HAPPY FOR HIM).

Mark and his two best friends from college are going up north tomorrow to ride four wheelers and check his deer cameras. I am happy for him to have a break and hope and pray that they have a fun, safe time.

We sang Saturday and Sunday. We had a great time at both places meeting new nice people again this week. It was good to see some friends of ours The Thurston family and the Cavalrymen Quartet Saturday night. It is always good to see them and sing with them.

Tomorrow Trevor has his first month check up. That's right he hit the 4 week mark this past Thursday! I cannot believe it. He is so cute and we fall in love with him more each day. Tyler loves him so much which is awesome to see. He is VERY protective of him and wants to know where he is all the time.

Mark celebrated his Fathers day today being a dad to not one, but two boys....you go dad!! You are a great husband and dad........ ALL THREE OF US love you VERY much!!!

I and Mark's ( mine too!) friend from college's wife and their kids are going to hang out together tomorrow while the guys go up north. I think that we might try and take them to Chuck E Cheese and then let them play in the pool ( kiddie pool) I WISH we had a real one!!! That should make them good and tired so that they will sleep good for us all tomorrow night!!! This is the plan!!!

Thank you as ALWAYS for your continued support to us and the ministry. We are on the go again this week. Singing Tuesday and I know for sure Sunday, but I think we sing Saturday too. I should look at our schedule more often.....hahahah!!!LOL!!

We will talk to you again real soon. Take care and have a blessed week.

Andrea

100 Down 800 To Go!

2009-06-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

That is how many Cd's I have left to go!!! I plan to try and do at least 100 more today and pace myself like this the rest of the week. Trying to juggle feeding times for Tyler and Trevor is a chore in between trying to work in the CD room and the house chores.

I have a lot of clothes to fold as well and a few errands to do today. This week is revival at our church so we are trying work hard during the day to try and make it a few nights.

Tyler is doing great with Trevor. He kisses and hugs him all the time and worries when he does not see him or cannot find him. I teased him the other night. He was asleep on the couch and did not see him so I told him that I took him back to the doctor because we were done with him. He got so worried and upset that he sat down on the kitchen floor crossed his arms and started to pout!!! I quickly picked him up and told him that I would NEVER get rid of him or Trevor and took him to see where is was laying down. He then said," Mom you did not get rid of him, I walked right by him and did not see him!" He was so happy to see him that he kissed him.

We had a great time at our meetings that we did this week. God was good to us and we met many nice people.

Thank you for your interest in our ministry. Keep checking back with us. Mark is going to post a new video from Sunday and new pictures too!!!

God Bless,
Andrea

Sleepy Heads

2009-06-08T10:43:00.000-07:00

That is what the Forester family is today!!! Mark has been working SO hard in the studio on 3 projects for other people and has a man in the studio right now as I type!

We had good meetings but a LONG day for ALL 4 of us! We got home, situated and in bed by about 12:30 a.m. Tyler got up once while Trevor slept until 8:05!!

It is now almost 2 p.m. and I am putting Tyler down for a nap in hopes that I can run to town to do a few errands with just Trevor and leave Tyler here with Mark. He is SO tired and I have already found that this is very difficult to take him when he is tired with me now that Trevor needs the cart at the grocery and there is no room for him to sit or lay. He has to walk. It is definitely a little more challenging these days.....but I always did like a challenge and I........GOT IT!!! HA! Wouldn't trade it for anything though. They are both great in there OWN way!!

I have a few hundred CD jobs to do this week and also just juggling the kids and their needs, pray for me too! Your prayers are coveted!

Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry as well. PLEASE continue to pray for Mark as he still has A LOT of work still yet to do. Thanks again and God bless as you serve our Lord this week.

Andrea

WE MADE IT!!!!

2009-06-01T05:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our first adventure with the two boys! God was good to us in the traveling with the two of them.

Trevor slept through both services. Just like Tyler he has already heard enough of us( lol!) after all he heard it for nine months already! Tyler was a good boy playing right next to Trevor while we sang. He played his song Sunday morning but fell asleep Sunday night. However, we got in the car and down the road a little ways and he said, " Hey, guys, I didn't do my song!" we then told him that we called him but the people that he was sitting with said that he was asleep. We told him that next time we sing and he was awake he could do his song. Remember, this is his moment to shine with us on the road and he lives for it!!

It was a short night for me. Trevor slept all the way home, was up until 2 a.m. and then got up at 8:20. Although I cannot complain that is 6 hours straight that he slept. I got some sleep. It is just that Sundays are such long days for us that Monday mornings come to fast and 6 hours sleep on Sunday nights are NOT enough. Tyler also got up. So this is a day for some naps around the Forester home!! YEAH!! Maybe I can fit one in???

Anyhow, today is errands day as usual. Post office, groceries, and laundry. I have added a few extra " Little guy" clothes to the laundry pile. The weekend always adds quite a bit with us changing our clothes several times like we do. That's life :) !

Thank you for your prayers. I will be busy keeping the boys happy.......ALL 3 of them and possibly some CD jobs to get done too. PLEASE pray for Mark he has a lot of studio work to do and this is a lot of ADDED pressure on him. All I can do is pray for him too. I wish sometimes that I could help him to take a load off, but I can't. If he wasn't SO talented he wouldn't have this problem....LOL!

Talk to you later. Come see us sing if we are in your area sometime soon. We would love to see you. Thanks again for your prayers and support to us and the ministry!!

God Bless,
Andrea

Back to " NORMAL"???

2009-05-23T07:55:00.000-07:00

Well, sort of in the exception of another little guy that we brought home with us just over 24 hours ago!! He is SO precious!! He is SO quiet. He eats plays for about 10 minutes and then back to sleep he goes.

I came home yesterday rested, did only one load of clothes and put a dish in the oven for supper that my mom had already prepared for us when we came home. (thanks mom!)

The night was virtually painless and restful for the first night at home. Trevor fell asleep at 7 and Tyler fell asleep at 8 . Trevor was STILL asleep at 1:30 a.m. and I got worried so I woke him, changed him and fed him. He then went back to sleep until 5 a.m. and then did not awake for the 3rd time until 9 a.m. Let's pray he keeps this schedule for a while. It was AWESOME. Tyler slept the whole night as well. He only got up once to tell me he needed more juice and he wanted to see Trevor and make sure he was o.k. He then went back to sleep until 8:30!!!

Mark is in the studio with a group right now and me and the " BOYS" are hanging out upstairs. Trevor is sleeping, Tyler is watching cartoons and I just finished my lunch. Not to bad seeing that we have added in another little " PROJECT" for a while!! HAHA!!

Thank you for your prayers for me. I had a great Labor. I was not in much pain for long and then he came SO fast. God was SO good. I feel good. I just have a little bit of back pain and a few strains in my arms from pushing. Other than that I am good and I am going to try and make myself relax for a few days and enjoy my " NEW" addition.

Tyler is doing WONDERFUL. He LOVES Trevor. Wants to hold him almost all the time, kiss him and " PET" him he says!! He is going to be a GREAT BIG brother.

Thanks again and be sure to check out the video of us in the hospital. Keep us in your prayers as we will still be adjusting for a while!!

God Bless,
Andrea

Hanging In There!

2009-05-17T18:02:00.000-07:00

The Lord was good. We did our date today and I managed to sing my way through another service.

The bad news is that I am now almost 2 days past my due date and NO signs of baby!!! I go to the doctor again tomorrow and we will see what they say!

My parents made it in to our house tonight and we are getting them settled for the BIG arrival.......Hopefully real soon.

Mark is staying busy in the studio and worked hard Saturday to get as much done as possible so that he has a little less pressure on him for this week. We are praying that something comes to pass with " Trevor" this week. The blessing would be that they due induce and I could go do our meeting this coming Sunday too!!! We are local this coming Sunday so this would not a big strain on me. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!!

Tyler is starting NOT to believe his daddy and I that Trevor really is coming to see us soon. We have told him this for a while and so he is having trouble believing we ARE telling the truth!

Thank you for your prayers and support to us as always. May the Lord bless you all as you serve Him.

We will let you know if there is a baby this week.......or NOT!!! PLEASE pray for me as this might be the week. I covet your prayers that I will have a safe and easy delivery. God gave me a very good and relaxing one the last time so I covet your prayers for another delivery in the same way!!!

God Bless,
Andrea

Squeaky clean!!!

2009-05-14T16:40:00.000-07:00

I officially do not know what else to clean! Today alone I have cleaned out my bathroom closet, kitchen cabinets and got Tyler's closet narrowed down to the close that he can wear and all his summer things together in his closet as well.

If Trevor does not come soon I am going to go crazy!!! Although I thought to myself today. I should stop with the cleaning and enjoy a few moments sitting down while I can. Because we all know that when a newborn arrives you do not have to many moments to yourself for quite a while. So I am going to try and slow down for a few days and enjoy because........surely he( Trevor) will be here soon.

Here is the next prayer request. I have come this far so we all need to pray that I can do our Sunday date this weekend. I need to sing Sunday morning and then about 2 p.m. start feeling the PAIN!! I will be about an hour from the hospital so this would allow me to do the date and then get back home. Some of you may be laughing but I am serious!!! This would be a blessing to us.

My mom and dad are going to come in on Sunday afternoon down from my sisters house so this would be perfect. Thank you for your prayers for this in advance.

Have a good weekend and we will let you all know what goes down in the next couple of days. I go back to the doctor Monday so we should know something then as to what they might do or not do.

Pray for Tyler as his little world is about to change as he knows it. I know that he will be a good brother I just want he to know that he is still SO loved and not have to much of a hard time with the change.

Thank you for your prayers for us and the ministry God bless you all!!

Andrea

COME ON!!!!

2009-05-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

O.K. I got through another church service day and the Lord was good to us. However, I did not go into labor with this baby like I had hoped last night and like I had said for all of you to pray that I would!!! SERIOUSLY!!!! We have got to get a move on about this whole thing. I am so ready and Trevor does not seem to care!!!!

I am going to the doctor this morning and so we will see what he says. The only thing that I can hope for is that I am due on Saturday and if I have not had him by then maybe he will induce. I really don't want it that way I would rather go into labor on my own, BUT I would NOT say NO if I have gone that long and that point and still no signs.

My parents are up right now at my sisters house in Gaylord Michigan in hopes that they will be here when I deliver. So this is an extra push that I NEED to have this baby this week so that their trip is not in vain.

I hope that all of you mothers had a great Mothers day. Funny story about me and Mothers day. 21 years ago yesterday I got my last spanking from my mom.....on Mothers day!!! Mom had bought me some new shoes to wear with a new dress that she had got me. All three of us girls had new outfits for the day. I did not want to wear the shoes, but mom said she really wanted me to. However, I DID NOT! So I thought that I would go changed them try and get out the door to church and she would NEVER know.......right? Well, she noticed, I disobeyed and my mom got to use her motherly gifts and spank me on..... MOTHER'S DAY!! So she and I will forever have a bond on this day that she and I will NEVER forget!!! HAHAH! What's really funny is how much that I REALLY LOVE shoes now. Maybe this is why?

We had good services at our church and I had a relaxing day as well. I got my favorite meal to-go came home got in comfy clothes and managed to fit in a nap before returning back to church. GOOD DAY!!!

O.K. so I do not want to be the one updating you for a while after I sign off here! I want to have this baby. SO pray!!! PLEASE!!!!

Have a good week and I hope to have Mark telling you real soon that I am in the hospital and he is posting pictures of Trevor. This would be awesome. Take care and do something this week to make our Lord proud!

Andrea

Getting Things In Order!!!

2009-05-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

Although I have had the baby's room ready to go for a while I have had a few other things that I wanted to get done too. I have all the bags in the car ready to go at any time. I installed the car seat Monday.

I went to the doctor an Wednesday and there are good signs of the day coming real soon. I am SO ready to get this little guy here. I have had a bad cough for about a week and my ribs are starting to hurt so bad. Seeing that every time that I cough I am picking up a baby in my belly too!!! HA!

Mark asked me what I wanted for Mothers day and I had an option in mind. So Tuesday I went and got my toes done so that they would be nice for when I do go to the hospital. I did this with Tyler too. Something about getting this done that makes you feel a little better about yourself. Especially when you are laying in the hospital not feeling real pretty at the time anyway.....if you know what I mean!

I managed to fit in a nap today. Very MUCH needed. I have not slept good at all for the last four or five nights. I have been up a minimum of 3 times trying to stop coughing and trying to find a comfortable place to sleep. Mark is still not over his cough nor is Tyler. So this has made for some long and not so good sleeping nights for us all. So I put Tyler down and Mark and I managed to fit in about an hour and Tyler got about 2 hours worth of nap. A treat well needed for us all.

I am updating this now because I do not know when I will talk to you next. I have come this far so now I am pushing for Sunday night. We are filling in at our church and singing. We are never able to sing and be at our church. As a matter of fact there are people that go there that probably do not have a clue who we are or are aware of what we do. This would be nice to be there. So I figure that all of you out there in Blogger land reading this could pray that I start into labor Sunday night!!!! This would be PERFECT!! I know the Lord can answer prayers and He has been asked to answer stranger things than this. SO PRAY!!! THANK YOU!!

Take care and hopefully Mark will be the one to update you next. Because that will mean that I can't due to having a baby or coming home with one!!! God Bless you and thank you for your prayers and concern for us and the ministry. Talk to you later. Keep checking back......you never know what you will read next!!!

Andrea

WE MADE IT!!!!

2009-05-04T05:01:00.000-07:00

As you saw from the front page and as Mark stated we have been praying to get through this weekend! The Lord is good!! WE DID!!! I am now only 12 days from my due date. This very exciting. I am just ready to get through it and meet this little guy. He thought that when we got home last night from our meeting around 12:00 a.m. this morning it was time to PLAY!!! He was moving around so much I had to stay sitting up for a while so that he could get all the moving out of his little system!!! LITTLE BOOGER!!! Looks like I have another one on my hands!

Mark has gone " Up North" for the day with his brother to start their scouting for the fall deer season. I have informed Marks parents of this " Just in case" Trevor decides that today is the day. Mark will not get home until late tonight so you never know I always like to have a backup plan.

I got the car seats down from the attic ( no, just kidding Marks brothers did, ) this weekend and got them all washed and cleaned up. They are ready to install in the car for Trevor's first car ride ( one of MANY in this family). Poor little guy he just does not have a clue whats coming his way!!!

Tyler and I are hanging out here together today and running a few errands. Might have to fit in a trip to a few Goodwill's today! We have fun doing this.

Tyler did a GREAT job on his song with us this weekend. He played the mandolin better than ever!! HA! He is such a good little guy. Never complains. All he needs is his DVD player, some toys, his blue blanket and a few snacks and the occasional " Happy Meal". Not to much for a little guy that is asked to get up and leave at 6:30 a.m. on the weekends, ride in the car all day and then be expected to "BE GOOD" when we get there!

I am going to run for now. Keep us......ME in your prayers as we are definitely on the count down!!! I am still feeling great in the exception a cold a bad cough. Other than that I am fine. We will keep you posted and we will for sure announce with Trevor is here.

God bless and have great week serving our Lord.

In His Care,

Andrea

Down In the Dungeon!!!

2009-04-27T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well, sort of this is what I call the CD room in the basement!! I am at work again this afternoon getting 2 CD jobs done so that I can get them in the mail today. Mark is hard at work in the studio with a lot of work to accomplish before Thursday......say a prayer for him. This helps our ministry but is a lot of work for him and stress.

Tyler and I have to go run the Monday errands real soon. Once I get the CD jobs done and quit writing in my blog, LOL!

Our meetings went really good yesterday. They were 2 new churches and were very eager to participate with us in the service. Always makes it more fun and enjoyable for us!! God was good to us as always and got us home safe about 10:30 p.m.

It was a little strange not having Tyler with us, as he has been with us every service but this one and one other time since he was born!!! Although I have to say it was nice for Mark and I to have a day to ourselves, eat lunch, and talk along the way without a few distraction. Seeing that it will be our last FREE Sunday for a while!!! Although we missed him VERY much and could not wait to get home and give him a BIG hug!!!

Thank you for your prayers for us and the new arrival of our new baby. Trevor should be here real soon so stay posted with us as we will share the news on the web.

I have 19 days until my due date and I AM counting. I need to get through next weekends meetings then I think we would be fine. Pray for this PLEASE!!! I AM!!!

God bless you all and keep serving our Lord faithfully for HE IS WORTHY!!!

Andrea

Funny Stuff!!!!

2009-04-19T16:47:00.000-07:00

So for all of those that read our website and my blog you all know that I am due with our second child in just a few weeks. Mark and I sing a song called " Boundless Love" at most of our concerts. It requires a LOT of breath control and one HUGE breath at the end. Mark started awhile back, kind of a game between us trying to see who could hold the last note the longest. Well, the funny part about this is that I am going into my 37Th week of pregnancy and I beat him holding the note now for the last 3 to 4 times!!! HAHA!! Trevor must be giving me super powers!!! Mark almost turned PURPLE today trying to beat me, but..........I WON......AGAIN!! Funny Stuff.

We had a great day at Kingsly Baptist. The people there are great and seem to enjoy our ministry greatly. We were there with them for the first time last year and enjoyed it very much. They wrote it down in pencil today but will confirm later to be with them again next year. We pray we were a blessing as we do everwhere we go.

We got home later tonight( Sunday night ) and are now awaiting to see if our friends will make it to our house to stay tonight. I had everything ready for them before we left for the weekend so we are ready.........or not.

I will be at work tomorrow in the CD room and Mark has someone in the studio tomorrow. I have 2 ( 100) CD jobs to do, a project of 300 to stuff and I am trying to get ahead on our stock before the baby comes. Pray that I can get all of this done and at a fast pace. This would be a great relief to us both to have all of this done.

Thank you for your continued prayers for us, the ministry and the baby to be! Pray that I make it to the hospital ( like a normal person ha!) and that the delivery will go well. God has brought me this far so I have to just relax and let Him do the rest too!! Believe it or not I am not stressed at all. As I was not with Tyler either. When it happens it happens, I can't stop it nor control it so I just have to go with the flow!! God is good.

Check back with us soon. I will be going to the doctor every week now so we will keep you posted. You never know when you will hear about the new baby. I will be going every Thursday. Talk to you all soon and I hope that you have a blessed week.

God Bless,
Andrea

Can't Sleep!!!!

2009-04-16T02:43:00.000-07:00

This is so not a good thing that I cannot sleep right now. It is 5:45 a.m. Thursday. We just got home last night. I put everything away minus a few hang up clothes out of the motor home. And did not go to bed until after midnight. I have a doctors appointment this morning, Tyler has already woke up once and I have a LOT to do today. Cd's, grocery shopping, some more cleaning to do on the motor home and some other things as well!!!! SLEEPING would be a good thing right now, however due to BIG belly syndrome and being woke up by my son has NOT helped. Tyler has been back in bed for a while but I could not go back to sleep once this happened. I will attempt again real soon.

It is good to be sitting in my living room right now though. When you are gone for 2 and a half months it can get a little weary some. Being home can too but in a different way. It is ALL good though because we are doing what the Lord has called us to do and LOVE all of it. He is so good to us. We had a great trip. Needs met( as always) souls saved, and the Lord protected us all the way. Even though we had 3 blowouts they could have been worse, scarier, and more damaging to the motor home than they were. Thank you Lord!!!

Thank you for your prayers for us as always and as we were traveling. Thank you for your support to us in many ways. I am going to attempt to go back to bed for a little while before the sun tells me I have to get up!!!!

God bless and have a great weekend. We will be gone this weekend to the Kingsly MI. area we will be back Sunday night. Pray Trevor does not want to come see us as we will be several hours from home!!!

Andrea

Laundry,Groceries and BBQ!!

2009-04-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

This is what I have been up to since I last blogged everyone. We sang in Hampton Ga. Saturday and Fitzgerald Sunday. We had a great time at both of these places and our ministry was taken to very well.

We always enjoy being with the church in Fitzgerald with Bro. Gordon, his family and congregation. We are already talking about trying to get with them again next year on our way down or coming back from Fl. They are a blessing to us.

Monday I found a local laundry mat and Tyler and I went and did the laundry while Mark made himself at home in one of the church offices in Fitzgerald to catch up on some much needed office work. Then Tyler and I went to the local....................WALMART!!!! PTL!!! It is a small town but the Lord always provides me a WALMART!!! HAHAHA!!! We got some groceries for the road and then headed back to the motorhome to begin putting away all of our chores. Laundry, groceries ect.

Yesterday we headed out to sing at " Rogers BBQ". We did this last year and had a great time. The gentleman that owns this restaurant is a Christian and holds gospel concerts in his place 2 times a month. We will be back with him next year too. We are parked behind his restaurant right now!!! You never know where we are going to be parked!!! Tyler got up this morning and looked out the window and said, " hey, this is what we did last night!" He never knows eithier where he is.

The food here is GREAT!!! We had supper here last night and we are going in to have lunch in just a few minutes before we leave. If you are ever in the Hogansville Ga. area be sure to stop at Rogers BBQ and tell him we sent you!!! You would LOVE their food.

Today we are headed down the road...............SOMEWHERE. We do not have anywhere in particular to be today. We have to be in Atlanta tomorrow around mid afternoon. So today is just a see what we can get ourselves into day. Maybe we can find a little adventure along the way today!!!

I will probably not be able to update my blog until we get to my parents house Monday. I will let you know what we have been up to then. Keep us in your prayers until then for safety and good meetings. People to be saved and lives encouraged.

I am doing good and Trevor seems to be too! He moves around a lot these days so singing is becoming a little bit more challenging. I don't know what I will do with 2 busy boys....3 busy boys and a busy scheduale too!!! More prayers for me I guess.

Thanks again and may the Lord bless you all! Talk to you soon.

Andrea

THE BEACH!!!!!

2009-03-31T15:11:00.001-07:00

Thank you for all of your prayers. I made it back safely from my whirlwind trip back home to Michigan to see my doctor.

The baby, " AKA" as Trevor is doing good. No kidney change which is great and he is growing WELL. As a matter of fact........SCARY well! He is already weighing in at 5 lbs. 4 o.z.!!! On track to beat Tyler's weight I am almost sure. I am over 33 weeks pregnant, but we all know that they do not gain the most until the end.........YEAH for me!! I knew that I was getting BIG, now I know that it is just all Trevor's fault!!! HAHAH!!!

We got to bed around 1 a.m. this morning and left out around 10:30 to take Tyler to the beach. We had promised him that sometime on the trip we would go. Well, we leave Friday morning so today needed to be the day. He was so brave this time. LOVED the water, and he and daddy made a sand castle. Low and behold I left the camera back at the motor home. I NEVER do this when I know that we are going to do something special. Made a little upset as you can imagine but there was no turning back.

He was SO much fun today. We had tons of fun in the water that for 2 hours I did not even sat down on a towel and enjoy the beach!!!! Tyler and I just walked around and found shells to throw back into the water. It was fun to him so it was fun for me to.

Mark has now gone to go work in the studio that he helps out down here one last time. In the exception that he might have to go back one more time before we leave. Tyler and I are tired out from the day so we are chilling in the motor home. Actually, he just woke up from a 3 hour nap and I am starting to crash from yesterday and today combined!!

We leave out Friday for our dates on the way home. Keep us in your prayers as we travel. For safety, Alertness driving weird hours and, NO blowouts!!

Thanks a lot and may the Lord bless you all as you are serving our Lord too!

Because of HIM,
Andrea

Out of here............AGAIN!!!

2009-03-28T07:36:00.000-07:00

I am updating my blog here on Saturday as Sunday will be busy and I will be out of here as of 5:00 a.m. Monday.

Speaking of which. Please pray for me as I will have yet another LONG day on Monday flying home for my doctors appointment. I will get up around 4:30 a.m. and will not land back here in Tampa Florida until 10:35 p.m. Not to mention all the running around, the layovers in between flights both there and back to help drag the day on!!! It will take me another day to once I get back to get over the day again! Long day when you are 33 weeks pregnant. Oh, well that is life. Good thing that I grew up with weird schedules, late nights and a lifelong build up stamina to...... NO sleep!!

We will be with Bro. Neal at Peoples Baptist Church all day Sunday and I am sure that we will have a great time as we always do. They are great people and are always receptive to our music and ministry. Mark is going to preach there on Sunday morning as well. He will do great I am SURE of it......as always.

I hope that you will have a great week. I will try and update you on my trip and doctors appointment next week before we take off. Because we will not have Internet for quite a while once we leave this facility.

Thank you for your prayers as I travel and as we all travel starting Thursday of this coming week. The next stop after we leave here is Alabama!! Thanks again.

In His Name,
Andrea