Say Momma

Here's Esther after her bath, she was saying Momma until I started recording. As you can hear in the back the kids are still taking there bath while Daddy is making music!

Hello again!

The Lord has been providing so much for us! Since we moved here we've had our fridge and cupboards full which has been such a major blessing. I've been wanting some things for our kitchen like matching plates and some extra utensils and the Lord provided that this last month, this sounds little but this was huge to me and really made my heart happy! We are learning "the big system" as we call it. Coming from a small House of Prayer to a big House of Prayer has been an adjustment and it has taken some time to learn how they do things here but we are getting use to it and we are enjoying it! Tom is working in the media department now. He is really liking this, he works 36 hours there and then 12 hours he is praying in the prayer room. He also has been waking up early in the mornings to pray before he goes to work in the Media Department. I have secretly peeked in on him a couple times and I love seeing my Hubby get in the word, praying and being an excellent one! Since I see him praying at home and not only at the prayer room it provokes me to have my quiet time with the Lord also. I've been really enjoying sitting in silence before the Lord, this has been keeping my heart alive these days! I meet with a group once a week and we pray/sit in silence for an hour together and it is my favorite day of the week. I also have been meeting with other Mom's once a week which is another one of my favorite times. We encourage one another, talk and laugh and it is so good for my heart! Tom has been staying home with the children so that I can attend some of the nightly services as well as be in the prayer room which has been very refreshing. So there's our quick update, have to get back to the little ones! Here's some pics for you. Bless you all ~Hilary

building a family altar

I know it has been a while since I've blogged it up! This is what has been on my heart lately is building a family altar. Before we moved out to KC, MO there was a day where we knew we needed to seek the Lord for some answers on what this new season was going to look like. So Tom got his guitar out started worshipping, I gave the kids there bibles, Trinity was dancing and Samuel was sitting next to Tom. Then Samuel kept pointing at the bible like he wanted us to read something. We look and it is Genesis 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother." Gen 35:2 And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments. Gen 35:3 "Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.

I love this because He says to go there, dwell there, make an altar. Bethel was a place where Jacob had encountered the Lord, for us KC is a place where we had encounters with the Lord. Then it says in vs. 3 he tells his household to arise and go to Bethel. It was so clear to us that the Lord was saying go to KC, dwell there, and make a family altar. So we are here, we are dwelling, now to build a family altar. So I am pondering what does that mean, what does a family altar look like etc. Some things I've come up with this morning is an altar is a place of communion, it is a place to bring gifts of worship and sacrifice, it is a common place to meet with God. That out of a heart of thanksgiving we build and altar and worship God. I was looking in the Bible at some of the men that built altars. First there is Noah, Moses, and Jacob. I feel like Noah represents grace, Moses the law, and Jacob is a wrestler and represents prayer.

So this is just the beginning of my study on this but babies are crying and it is time to start the day, just needed to share some thoughts, we will update ya soon. Bless you all!
~Hilary

Made it to KC!

Real quick update! We made it to KC safely, we signed a year lease to rent a house here, Tom and I start staff tomorrow! It has been amazing to be back in Kansas City, MO. I really love it here! When we arrived we were welcomed by so many friends, just felt really blessed. People bringing over meals, gifts, money, and love! Just what I needed was some love : )

So the house is cute just feels like it is taking forever to get through all these boxes and to make it really our home. Also had to get use to killing spiders, ewww, I didn't realize that was such a fear of mine but I'm getting over it! Still trying to get in a groove with the kids and with house cleaning. I've heard it takes a year to get into the groove of things after having a baby. Well it's been 6 months so I have another 6 months to go I guess.

Been enjoying going to the prayer room again. It is so good to be where the Lord first encountered my heart and where he healed my heart of so many issues. Feels good to just sit and cry with Him, love the sweetness and tenderness I'm feeling these days. God is pouring out His Spirit at IHOP in an unusual way right now. Many people have been healed both physically and emotionally. Several ears were opened up, a lady with scoliosis was healed, and a tumor disappeared! I went to the service the other night and saw many healed and touched. I wasn't healed of anything but I did feel His sweet presence and felt His love for me. They've been having nightly meetings for 3 nights now, you should check it out for free this whole week every night from 6-midnight at www.ihop.org

ok that was suppose to be quick but just was enjoying writing today, may the Lord bless you all abundantly! Much love from the Lacy family!
~Hilary

On the road again!

We are leaving this morning! It's been a while since I've blogged but just wanted to give a quick update. We packed up the truck and cleaned the house yesterday and we are all set. Thank you all for your help, we were really blessed to have so many people that helped and got it done a lot faster, thanks! We will be driving today to Cookeville, TN and staying with our friends parents. Then tomorrow we will drive to St. Louis, MO to visit and stay with some dear friends, which will be refreshing! Then we will land in KC on Thursday. We do not know where we are living yet but God knows! We will be staying with our friends (yay Pastor Chris!) in KC for 5 days and then we will stay with some more dear friends for another 5 days and hopefully by then we will find a home! Please pray for grace as we drive, Tom will be driving Kirk's van and trailer and I will be driving the car with 2 toddlers and a nursing babe. Also please pray for grace on the children as we stay at other peoples' houses and grace for this transition. We love all of you who are staying and all of you we will be seeing soon, thank you all for your prayers, may the Lord bless you!
~Hilary