Mountain of God

We are now in Scranton, PA and plan on heading to MA tomorrow morning! We had a great visit with Mike's sister Pat and her family. We went out to Camp Allegheny to "check it out"- it's beautiful :)
I don't know when I'll be able to write again once we hit camp, so I wanted to say thank you for all your prayers. We definitely felt them throughout the whole trip. I heard this song (one of my favorites) by Third Day as I was driving through the mountains of Pennsylvania. With all that has gone on in our lives over the past few months, leaving our fabulous friends, church, school, and neighbors, and with the future a bit unknown, I thought the song was timely. So, I'm leaving you with the words of the song "Mountain of God" and pray that in all YOUR circumstances, you will truly feel the presence of God.
We love you~
Mike, Lisa, Hannah, and Matthew
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"Mountain Of God"

Thought that I was all alone
Broken and afraid
But You were there with me
Yes, You were there with me

And I didn't even know
That I had lost my way
But You were there with me
Yes, You were there with me

'Til You opened up my eyes
I never knew
That I couldn't ever make it
Without You

Even though the journey's long
And I know the road is hard
Well, the One who's gone before me
He will help me carry on
After all that I've been through
Now I realize the truth
That I must go through the valley
To stand upon the mountain of God

As I travel on the road
That You have lead me down
You are here with me
Yes, You are here with me
I have need for nothing more
Oh, now that I have found
That You are here with me
Yes, You are here with me

I confess from time to time
I lose my way
But You are always there
To bring me back again

Sometimes I think of where it is I've come from
And the things I've left behind
But of all I've had, what I possessed
Nothing can quite compare
With what's in front of me
With what's in front of me

Life is a Highway

Well, we are now in Pittsburgh! We had a nice (but short) visit with my Uncle Jim and Aunt Maryann in Ohio and now we are with my sister in law and her family. We've decided to stay here for another night and leave in the morning. There were no hotels available where we needed to stop (that took pets) so we are "forced" to stay here another day! We are very happy to hang out with our family and take a breather :)

Thanks for your prayers and we'll plan on getting to camp on Saturday around lunch.

Love you all!

It's not Heaven, it's Iowa

Wow, Iowa (or what we saw of it) was quite beautiful! Rolling green hills, lots of veggie farms. Reminded me of Lancaster, PA a bit. We all had a good trip today. Hannah and I sang 80's music in the car (some I had to change the dial on...) and had a great time. Sadly, 80's music is now "oldies" on some stations. That ain't right.

Mike and Matthew had a good trip in the truck. Matthew is 10 today! No more single digit bdays for him :)

Thanks for your prayers for our trip. Everything has gone very smoothly! Oh, and if you find yourself needing a hotel on a trip- just book at a Holiday Inn Express. Seriously. After spending the first night in one, it's totally ruined me for any other! Thanks alot Vince!! ;)

Blessings to you all~
Lisa

Thoughts from Lily and Cody

For those who don't know- Lily is our black lab and Cody is our cat... They insisted on getting heard.

Lily:The Levesque's say we're in Council Bluffs, Iowa!
Cody: Can't say the trip through Nebraska was all that thrilling- how many fields can you look at and how many songs about "My '71 Chevy and my 3 legged dog Jethro" do I have to listen to?
Lily:I feel bad for that dog.
Cody: Traveling with humans is quite an adventure. They kept trying to keep me in my cage, but they're not all that smart.
Lily: As long as they feed me and love me, I don't care how dumb they are.
Cody: Of course you don't. Dogs, so very simple minded. Anyway, we're off to Indiana tomorrow. I suppose I'll have to endure.
Lily: What does "endure" mean?
Cody: Oy. Go to bed.

Love y'all~

Wild About God- one of our favorite songs that we had the opportunity to sing with Clubhouse kids. We are honored that God would ask us to leave our comfort zone and move in His will. Now, have we felt "honored" all the time over the last few months?? Of course not! Especially when we were working full time, packing, cleaning, and doing home improvements! However, "it's all good" now and we're excited to be moving to Massachusetts!

We'll keep you posted of our "happenings" and we hope you'll do the same. For tonight, I'll leave you with the words of Wild About God and pray that the Holy Spirit will ignite a passion in all of us for revival and for us to be examples to the next generation. They are an anointed generation!

God has a message it's a holy day
God has salvation for each one who prays
To know Him, To trust Him, to take the lead in the joy stampede so...

On we go (whoo hoo hoo!)
We are wild about God, yes wild about God!
On we go (whoo hoo hoo!)
We are wild about God, yes wild about God!

Jesus, Messiah share Him with your friends
Share Him til everyone has had the chance
To know Him, To trust Him
To take the lead in the joy stampede

On we go (whoo hoo hoo!)
We are wild about God, yes wild about God!
On we go (whoo hoo hoo!)
We are wild about God, yes wild about God!