House
As far as Aaron and I goes, we have not had much of a break this year. I feel like as we get older life just speeds up and will NEVER slow down again. But it's been good. We are still working on the house when we find time. Aaron has laid the floor in the living room and kitchen and it looks AMAZING! and it is so much easier to clean. He has also installed a water softener, got the garage to be a place that actually fits a car in it, hung curtains (to block out the light when we don't want it) and built one of kind lights for over our kitchen counters. He has been super busy, and with each new piece our house looks a little more complete.
Youth group
Aaron and I are both working with the youth this year at church. I am less involved then usual as I figure out how to do ministry as a mom, and sometimes have to care for sick kids, but each day many conversations are had of how to best reach our youth and how we can do something different or change something up. This year has been a HUGE change for us, as we saw the last of the majority our original kids graduate and brought in a big 6th grade class. I have been challenged more to pray for these kids and Aaron and I have walked away from many youth events knowing that God is an all powerful God that knows. A big example of God being awesome and working for good was our youth retreat at the end of April. Aaron and I were set up to chaperone it all by ourselves (neither of our youth workers were available) and we had done stuff like this before. We had 17 kids coming and knew that it would be a tough weekend... A week before the event Aaron was expressing a few concerns to a friend and elder of the church and the next day he and his wife volunteered to come help us out! It was so big for us and such a blessing. Even more so when both my girls and my babysitters ended up sick so I was not able to be at the retreat each night. God is so good and He knew exactly what we needed for encouragement and to pull off his plan for that weekend.
Camp
Aaron has found his spot at camp. He is often in the office Wednesday's working on getting town trip together and then Thursday he is the camps shopper! He is finding ways to save money for camp online and working on stuff for his Doulas groups summer. It has been a good niche for him, but you can definitely pray for camp as a whole. Anywhere that God is at work Satan also likes to be, and there have been some stress and struggles as a staff as we figure out God's plan and what is a direct attack from Satan.
We continue to be fully supported financially at camp, but have asked for a raise recently to help cover the costs of home ownership and living outside of camp. If you would like to partner with us in this financially please contact me and I can tell you how! My e-mail is chelsea.meeuwsen@gmail.com or Aaron is aaron.meeuwsen@gmail.com
You can also partner with camp through shopping with Amazon... have you ever hear of Amazon Smile? if you shop amazon smile you can choose victory as your benefiting ministry and a percent of all you spend with AmazonSmile will go to Victory. (and is all of Amazon's normal products!)
Easter
We had a great Easter. It was fun because my parents finished a month long road trip that brought them up the Alcan at our house, so we got to see Grandma and Grandpa. and Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Shannon, Makayla, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Scotty and Kayden all came to visit. It was a full house, but they all stayed in camp housing at night and each day we got to enjoy just hanging out at our house. The guys got to go shooting, and the girls got to go for a walk, so overall it was a good couple of days.
Squirrel hunting
Speaking of shooting... The ongoing hunt for squirrels is a big deal in the Meeuwsen household. It all started when we were building and they got into our insulation we had just stuffed in the walls... since then Aaron is on a continual squirrel hunt, and between him and our cat the populations has taken a little bit of a hit, but it didn't keep the guys from managing to get 3 in their time they were out shooting Saturday! It is such a big deal to get a squirrel that when Raylee uncovered a water gun in the house today she was excited to show daddy and her Uncles so that she could attend the next squirrel hunt. We are definitely raising Alaskan girls!
That is all I have for an update right now, as far as how you can partner with us in the upcoming month through prayer I do have a few requests.
1. My (Chelsea) Grandpa Clair Floyd has been struggling with his health since last summer. Pray for him and our family during this time as he may recover, or meet his Savior.
2. Aaron and I are going to a Weekend to Remember (a marriage conference) April 24-26 and are really looking forward to a time away to invest more in our marriage. Pray that we can come away from that refreshed and ready for summer.
3. Camp is still in need of some male counselors and other staff. If you know of anyone that wants to serve the Lord this summer send them our way!
4. And lastly just pray for a presence of peace in our life and our jobs. We know God has called us to be exactly where He has us right now, and we want to be able to live in the moments and enjoy what He is at work doing.
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