Wow... it has been a long time since I have posted on here. For that i am terribly sorry. Things have been going very well in the Nichols house hold. We got back from our trip down to see my parents on October 8th. It was a wonderful time down there. Preston was able to help pour the remainder of the foundation on the house. My parents were extremely encouraged to be able to see that part of the building process completed. While we were down there though, they did inform us that they were very far behind finically. They needed a large sum of money to be able to buy the rest of the materials to get the frame of the house up. In MO, the rules are that once they start building above the ground it needs to be up within 90 days, so they had a deadline to meet but it would be hard if they didn't have the money to get the stuff to make it happen. A group of guys from their supporting church was planning on taking time off work for two weeks to help them get the frame up for the house but they were feeling discouraged because they had no money to buy the supplies. But God is good... within the week God moved in the hearts of some people to give them money and they were able to buy exactly what they needed for the frame. Amazing, huh. So... right now the frame is going up on their ministry home. Thanks to the men who took time off work and away from their families to help out my parents. Here's the thing though... they only had just enough money to pay for the frame. They still need a lot of money to get the rest of the house up. It cost a lot of money to build a home and they don't have any. Well another awesome thing God did was He gave me a great idea. While I was in Thailand, I would make pies for a little extra income. It was a huge hit when I was in high school and I sold a ton of pies. So I got to thinking, what if I was able to sell pies to raise money to help my parents build their ministry home? I really wanted to help them out but being a mom I didn't know what I could do. But baking I can do while still being at home with Ruby. So I created a small business. It's called Slice of Heaven and all the proceeds are going to help the building of my parents home. I am so excited to be a part of this and to be able to see how God has already provided through the pies. I have seen God provide for this business already in really cool ways. A friend of mine gave $100 to help buy supplies and another friend gave me her Kitchen Aid cause I didn't have one and I really needed it if I was going to keep up with the orders. God has been so good. My goal is to try and reach $1,000 by the first of the year. After that i decided that every month I would choose a different missionary couple or family to send the proceeds to. My dad was saying that Slice of Heaven is a great name too, cause anyone who buys is helping support someone who is trying to spread the gospel to those who haven't heard and is adding to a "slice of heaven"... When he said it, it sounded better. Anyways, if any of you would like to buy any baked good from me here's the website: psnichols10.wix.com/slice-of-heaven. Also if you would like to donate money to my parents ministry home, you can e-mail me or visit their facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/PercysHarborHome).

Now onto more family stuff. Ruby is doing wonderful. We were just looking at pictures of her this morning of when we first brought her home and it is crazy to see how big she has gotten. She is such a blessing and has taught us so much even though she doesn't even talk yet. Preston and I were able to meet with our missions committee at our church on Oct. 11 and it went very well. We were just able to express where we would like to be in the next couple years and where we could see God using us. I have been able to get involved with the women's bible study on wednesday nights and Preston is looking to get involved with the youth. We also have joined a sunday school group so it has been very nice to be able to get to know some of the people in our church family a bit better. If you could just be praying for us as we look to the future. We are planning on moving forward with our missionary training within the next year but would really like to build strong friendships with our church family first. We know that God is leading us into ministry and we are so excited for that but we also know how important it is to have a strong body of believers in our lives to support and encourage us on this journey. God has been so good and so faithful in our lives and we have so much to be thankful for. We love all of you and appreciate the impact you have made on our lives and the love you have shown us. Feel free to e-mail or call us at any time. We appreciate all of you!

In Christ,
Stephanie (for all of us)

These are some of the baked goods i make:

 Chocolate Pie

 Blueberry Muffins

Apple Pie