Tory Farina

About an hour from now

Dad goes into surgery in about an hour. They are taking him down to prep now.

Pray for the DR
         Pray for Peace
                  Pray for a quick recovery

Please pray for my dad...

I spent the day with my today in Burnsville at a hospital. It is a scary and surreal thing to be in the hospital with your parent. They are not the ones supposed to be sick. They are the ones who are supposed to take care of you. At least that is how it has always been up until now for me. I suppose we all go through this shift at some time or another as eventually all children shift roles and care give for their parents. 

Please pray for him... his name is Sam for those who don't know.

He has something wrong in his abdomen. The surgeon isn't sure what it is and will do exploratory surgery around 2-3pm tomorrow.

Pray for:

• God guides us and the surgeon
• Healing is evident
• there is a quick recovery
• peace for Mom and I and my Grandma
• that my dad can rest tonight.

Thank you for your prayers.

Studant/Teacher

This week I am a student/teacher. i am studying for our final week of Parental Guidance required. This week is on Discipline. I am a father of 9 months. I have not spent years in the discipline trench honing my skills. But I am a studant. I study, read, pray search the scriptures and others thoughts. I also take not e of those who have what I want. I want O to grow up mentally strong, love the Lord and understand how to have self discipline.

I don't have all the answers but I do have some very helpful material. I trust the Lord to speak to me about what to share with you on Sunday. I know that if we take these principles to heart we can raise up great kids!

Off to take Olivia to her 9-month checkup! i'll update you on her greatness later...

R&R starts tomarrow

I will be taking a blog break for a few days because I am headed out of town to spend some time with my family. Live Your Potential this week.

Tory

Parenting through our TV...

Parents... do you realize how much TV tries to parent our kids or even parent us? Just an FYI... I never realized how much the TV tries to teach us but these will show you they are not a replacement for what is in the bible and what comes out of your mouth.

I was meant to be a DAD!

Olive fell asleep in my arms and I just sat and watched breath in and out. I felt privileged to hold her. Like she was doing me a favor. I am smitten!

I wish I could be tucked in...

I am on daddy duty tonight... E is at her connection group (I hope they don't eat all the pie! I was told if you don' go you don't get any :()  I feed Olive and put her Jammie's on her. I then prayed for her and spoke in tongues over her in the rocking chair. She was out like a wet noodle. I held her for a good long time. I want her to know that she can rest secure because daddy is watching over her.

She has been sick this week and it has meant that E and I are on 3,4 and 5 hours sleep. Too little for us. I was supposed to study this week and spent most of it taking care of Olive. So as I rocked her I thought boy that crib looks inviting... Not in a weird way. I was am just tired. I am trying to work tonight but can barely make this post sound like it makes much sense. Pray for me as I prepare for Sunday. I have a great God thought that needs to be told but I just feel like I don have enough time to develop it... I do and have to not panic and just trust God.

I am realizing that the bible is all about trusting God. Sounds simple right? But think about
The Sabbath- don't work just trust that God will provide...
The year of Jubilee- forgive every one who owes you money...
Don't worry about what you eat or wear because God will take care of you scripture says...

So I am not going to worry... I am moving my schedule around to allow more time to study and I am planning on spending the next two days prepping for Sunday. I know that God can and will multiply the hours because this trip and taking care of Olivia while she was sick was a necessary and God pleasing endeavor.

So I guess in some strange way knowing that I can trust in my heavenly father in the stressful and tired times is like resting as scripture says in his wings. You and I can be "Tucked in".

OK... enough of the cheesy I am tired so I am rambling crap. I am going back to work tell E comes home.

Olivia... My precious gem

I love this picture...

family fun on a mac

The Whole House is sick....

There is nothing worse then watching your baby be sick. I have been working close to home just to make sure I can help E and O. I am a little under the weather but they are full blown nasty sick. Daisy is fine... She never really get sick just allergies in the summer. She gets Hay Fever... IOI.