New Contact Info...

To my few blog friends...

Due to the rapid uphill sprint of life the next couple of weeks...I will be signing off the blog world for awhile.

Because I am old school and love getting Christmas Cards in the mail...I want to make sure you all get our new contact information:

Kevin and Jody Sauder Family
5703 N. Rosemead Dr.
Peoria IL 61614

kevinjodysauder@gmail.com
309-360-4804

Happy December!

Thanksgiving Weekend...

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend up in San Jose with Kevin's cousin, Doug and Brooke and their family! It really was a treat for us... a calm before the storm. We rested, played games, chatted about how the Lord was growing us and reflected on His faithfulness to us as couples and the kiddo's had great fun playing with their cousins.

However, the drive home last night quickly plunged us back to reality... I have never in my life seen so many people on one freeway before! Seriously, I simply can't wait for highway 36... to go miles without passing another car! I have never been so thankful to see the blue house!!

Happy Thanksgiving Week...

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!...Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of men! For he satisfies the longing of the soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things." Psl. 107

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. So powerful is gratitude, it can obliterate fear, hopelessness and doubt. Gratitude creates hope and hope brings joy. - The Weekly Walk with James McDonald


We began our week of Thanksgiving with a nontraditional meal... our first Korean BBQ experience! We loved it... complete with Mi So soup and the Kim Chee...

Our good friends Brian and Carmele Agiular!

Today we are going to drive up the coast and then spend Thanksgiving with Kevin's cousin's family, Doug and Brooke Sauder!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Great Preacher...

A couple of Sunday's ago I sat through an amazing sermon on forgivness. It has greatly impacted my life, one that I will cherish forever. I would like to share it, if I may...

How has this sermon impacted your life you might ask?
The content was biblical, the message clear and convicting, the Gospel presented and my soul was lifted up.

However, more than all of this I realized I was completely in love with the Pastor and desire to not stand in the way of the call of the Lord on his life! He is an amazing, Godly man with a desire to see the cross of Christ lifted high and glorified. His desire is to be an empty vessel used for the glory of God. He lays his life down consistently in service to his wife, children and those around him. He walks the talk he preached that Sunday morning!

Yes, of course I am somewhat biased... but if you want to hear a message that will uplift your soul check out this link- www.gracechurch.org/media/details/?mediaID=4949

Speed of Light...

The speed of light is the story of life right now in the Sauder Family Home!

We are traveling, saying good-byes, closing accounts, opening accounts, packing boxes, labeling boxes, dreaming of decorating, writing papers, loving our kiddo's and through it all relishing in the Lavish Grace of our Saviour!

We spent the weekend with my parents in San Diego!

Yummy La Salsa!

Coronado Beach...

Are you my sister... my mom and I heard this all weekend... even from my friends! I think its a great compliment for my sweet momma, but not so sure what that means for me?? :)

We were able to attend David Jeremiah's church on Sunday. It was wonderful for my parents to finally see a ministry that has greatly impacted their lives!

Sunday after church we stopped by La Jolla and hung out with the seals!

On Wednesday we had a birthday party for Abby! Her actual birthday is on Thanksgiving day this year! She helped me make the cupcakes for her friends!

Pinata...

Birthday Party Fun!!

Last night I attended my last seminary wives fellowship! What a blessing this ministry has been in my life! I am so thankful for the impact these Godly woman have been.