Spirit 92.9

The Novak Family

Hi all, this is Scott from the Novak family. I haven't been in-touch as often as I would like to what wih the boys games and all, who knew teenagers needed just about EVERYTHING. Lots of miles put on the ole minivan. So...I will catch you up on whats happening with us over here. First off, work has been going great, I am noticeing many changes in the little stuff I do at work. Many of the calls I go on are very labor intensive, and I am noticeing that they are becoming easier, well not easier but i find myself breathing easier, and keeping up with the young guys and gals I work with. So the working out, the cardio, really works. WELL!!! It never stops amazing me. As a responder working long shifts its easy to fall into routines and habits that well aren't very good for you. Before it was midnight gas station suppers, and lots of Mt. Dew to keep you awake. Now, thanks to my wifes planning of course, and my kids encouragements its planned out healthy meals and DIET Mt. Dew.(gotta have my dew). And that in itself as changed my well work health. I sleep better, more energy when it comes to those late night early morning calls. It all really is an amazing change. I very much recommend it. PLUS...the best part. I got to go and pull about 5 pair of my old favorite jeans outa the closet. So ya working out is Working. Not just is it helping out at work but let me tell you about home. I am keeping up with four boys, two being teenagers, two babies ( don't let Chris know I said babies), and one energetic little girl. I am getting out, going places where before I was content to HEAR of there adventures, now am experienceing it with them, be it attending hockey games, basketball games or going out to search with my daughter for our new pet, eventually retreiving her from the pound. Like I said ADVENTURES. In doing so...its opening up lines of communication with my kids that I had never knew I lost. That is awesome. We are keeping on keeping, moving forward, and really kinda having fun, not everything is work work work anymore. Talk to you soon.

Scott

Greniger family

Just a little update from the Greniger clan.  We are still struggling a bit in the "going to the gym" area. Especially now since American Idol is on 3 nights of the week and I'm a huge fan. (LOL) But we will continue on!

In January Hope and I had gone in to Stillpointe for EDS, this is electro-dermal-screening. I had actually done this before, but it had been years. I have been struggling with some sort of sinus problem, it was actually waking me up at night, I would get so stuffed during the night that I would wake up coughing and have to get a cough drop, or lay on the couch in the recliner to sleep- it actually got to be every single night, and it had been going on for a year. I had been to the physician a couple times to try and figure it out. I was tested for barn lung, which is a lung ailment that people that farm can end up with, but xrays never showed anything. The EDS testing showed that I have mold toxicity, this is helpful so that we can look for the mold in our home, Hope tested positive for this as well. We live in a 1912 home, so its very believable that mold must be here, so spring cleaning here we come! SarahErin gave me some holistic "drops" for the sinus thing, also my psoriasis and a few other things. I am happy to say- by week 2 I was sleeping through the night and my sinus issues were greatly improved. My psoriasis has also greatly improved.

We have been doing some prayer counseling out of the Jubilee Christian Center in St Cloud, with Pastor Andy Leenstra. This has been amazing and we are so grateful for the opportunity to sit down with someone and have them help us through....
Books that Pastor Andy recommended for our family since we are working on the father/daughter relationship with Hope and Kevin:   Always Daddys Girl and Changes that Heal.  I am reading the book Total Forgiveness by RT Kendall and it is spot-on what I need.

I will say this though- don't underestimate how Satan will get a stronghold on you when you are trying to get back on track with God. The things that have been thrown on us and the issues that have come up are incredible. There have been times we just want to throw in the towel and say "thats enough, I guess I can't do this" but I know that so many of you have been praying for our family and we just want you to know how much we appreciate it.

Heidi (mom of the Greniger family)

The Nyhammer Family

Hello All !

It's been a while, I don't know where the time has gone these last few weeks.  It's been going pretty good. 

We've started to really make a habit of getting the the gym and more consistantly making good eating choices.  While it's a daily choice, we're now feeling more guilty if we don't get to the gym after a couple of days, not to mention I feel sluggish and kind of blah.  The weeks where I've gone to the gym 4 or 5 times that week I physically AND emotionally feel fantastic, so that is great incentive to keep it up.

Brent and I are gearing up to go on a cruise here in a few days, so I was able to do some shopping for that.  I've lost 13 pounds, and over 11 inches around various places on my body, so shopping was quite fun!  That was great motivation for me!  Brent is also in a couple of belt notches, so he is liking seeing that progress as well.

We had a great meeting with our Life Coach Jim Otremba and have enjoyed implementing some of the strategies he gave us as homework...my main one is deep breathing when I feel stressed and about to explode.  What a difference this seemingly simple technique can make!

Signing off for now...

Laurie