Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska--Book Review

A love story within a love story...that's what you'll find in Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska!!



Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss doing an amazing job of capturing the feel, the scenery, the people of this remote area of Alaska due in part to a research trip the authors took there as well as their rare talent to weave reality into print!  It is easy to picture the people of this small town, the near by gas station and cafe, and the bay where the orcas feed in the summer.

Since I used to watch Sarah Palin's Alaska, I felt more connected to the scene where the main character could hear the black bear over the ridge or when the bush plane flew Ginny to Glacier Bay.  The author have definitely captured the real-life essence of the area!

This story also reminds us of our need to rely on the Lord in all areas of our lives.  The changes that occur within many of the characters--even that producer, Danny Kingston--instill a sense of hope, of happy endings, of the knowledge that God's plans may be different than our own, but are still better than our own, too! The story intertwines the past with the present giving hope for the future with situations the reader can relate to.  One of my favorite parts was when Clay's nephew rigged a pulley system to get Ellie to the outhouse without disturbing the Mama Moose...Well, you'll just have to read the book to understand part, but I can tell you, for me, that was funny!!

In the next few days, be sure to check back for interviews with Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss as well as our first ever book GIVEAWAY at Super Mom the Illusion on January 8th!!  

To order Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska, visit:  Christianbook.com or Amazon.com!!  

Enjoy this wonderful addition to the Love Finds You series and be sure to check out Tricia and Ocieanna's other LFY books:  Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana and  Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington

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Christmas Reflections...

The past few weeks have been quite challenging and as we look for a new home and new jobs, my husband and I know that in drawing nearer to our Father, we will be positioned for the things He has in store for us.  My husband was called for a job interview this past week...from a company he had applied to almost TWO YEARS ago!  Now if you don't believe that is God, we can debate that elsewhere!  In this time of family drawing close, let us not forget the Creator of the family and the One who gave His ONLY Son to be born so humbly in a stable.  And let us also not forget, that our King was not a pauper but lived in a home growing up in Bethlehem first, then in Egypt and finally in  Nazareth.  He had a treasurer to keep track of the ministry's income!  The poor don't have treasurers, nor do they have need for them as they have no funds of which to keep track.  Jesus was a prominent man in His community and worked until he began to pursue His ministry.   

The past few days I have been listening to the Lord as He reveals some things to me about the celebration of the birth of His Son.  My blog today is a reflection of those things I believe He has been speaking to me...

Today, as we begin to celebrate the birth of the Messiah, my heart is heavy for His chosen people who don't acknowledge or realize that the Savior they have been waiting for has already come... 
No, he didn't come as a great King but as a baby; He didn't have riches or great wealth, but he never lacked (and even had a treasurer!); and wherever He went, large crowds followed to hear what He had to say...
Don't waste time waiting for the one thing that can save you from whatever you're going through! HE'S ALREADY COME! And He's waiting on YOU to invite Him into your heart and life as King over you...

In MATH we are taught to find X...not in CHRISTmas!! Keep X in math and Christ in Christmas!!!!! 

Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith. http://bible.us/Gal6.10.MSG

 Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job. You've heard all this from us before, but a reminder never hurts. http://bible.us/1Thess4.11.MSG

This year, I didn't mail out Christmas cards or write a fancy Christmas letter recapping my family's events and accomplishments over the year.  Let's face it, if you're on Facebook, you already KNOW what our lives were like!  So this year, to all my Facebook friends and family, I simply want to wish you a VERY Merry Christmas.  I pray that you spend the rest of the year focusing on the birth of a King who would have been born only to die for just YOU if that was required of Him...I want you to realize how very valuable and loved you are by your family, your friends and most of all by the one who knit you together in your mother's womb.  None of us was an accident, none came as a surprise to the Father and EACH OF US was predestined to do something for the Kingdom of God...start the new year by asking God to reveal your calling to you. After all, if you've got to start somewhere why not here?  If you've got to start sometime, why not now?!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!