Sun poured in through the pastel coloured stained glass windows of the small chapel room of  the retirement home 'Andrews of Stratford'. A pianist lent her time to us as Josh, myself and small group of the residents gathered together on that Wednesday afternoon for a church service. We sang from hymn books and the song 'in shady green pastures' reminded me just how powerful the words are in so many of those old hymns. 
We had rushed in late after first going to the Andrews of Charlottetown and aside from being the fragrance of Christ, I was sure that I was also carrying the strong scent of Subway, but the smiling saints singing to God were the picture of contentment. Our friend Lindsey also arrived and joined us in singing hymns and visiting with the residents and their eyes gleamed with the pleasure of what they would later express as 'having some young people visit, us old folks'
Being under the impression that we were going to have communion today, Josh had prepared a message about communion. When the pianist told us that the communion would actually be next week, that definitely put a change to our plans. Josh then spoke about prayer and serving others. Following the message and more singing we visited with the residents meeting the Hazels and Pearls of the group, and then said our goodbyes until next week. 
While we were praying at the end of the service and I gazed at the group of seniors,I felt like I was almost realizing for the first time that 'God isn't finished with us yet.' Even for those who have spent many years on this Earth, God is still pruning and guiding and transforming them to be more like Jesus. He still reveals to them the secrets of His hearts and those things about Him and life that they never knew before, and continues to display His loving kindness and compassion for them every day.He still speaks to their hearts and joyously invites them to come closer still.Thank God, that He is not finished with us yet!

 It feels good to have a car that we can call our own. We just recently bought a used 98 Corolla and so far so good. She drives pretty smoothly! This Easter was one of those ‘cute little family Easters’ that you miss when you’re away from home. Our niece Malone had her first birthday and we celebrated with a party on Easter Sunday, and then Josh’s mom hosted an Easter dinner on Monday. I know that this is far off from what Easter is about but I have to say that I really do like seeing all of the bunny stuff in the stores though it makes me miss my fuzzy little friends at the Double H Happy barn.

I’ve been making an effort lately to try and slow down and learn to relax. I’ve been very much the kind of person who feels a great sense of worth from what I do, and I feel terrible inside when I don’t feel like I’m doing enough. This year I feel like God has been speaking to me about learning to rest and to feel valued because I’m His child and He loves me, not because of things that I do. I’ve felt the tender longing to just sit and cherish His presence, and get in touch with the things I enjoy doing. I’ve received a few house plants and I’m surprised by how much I really like them and enjoy taking care of them. Though I was at the library reading a book on houseplants and was nodding off between every page turn, so I’m not sure what that says about my interest level!

My job at Subway is continuing to go well and weirdly enough, I think its fun to make the sandwiches and I like making the ‘hinge cut’ on the breads. Also, there’s something kind of cozy, homey and ‘under doggish’ about this Subway since it’s in a small, quiet town-but I like that!

It’s also looking like we’re going to have some good times coming up at a nursing home in Charlottetown. Please pray for us that we’d just simply allow God to do whatever He wants with us!