I am so happy! I am almost finished with my new site. My partner, Heather and I have worked long and hard. We are not quite done yet. But we are VERY close.

The New Site is: The Home Business Resource Directory

and we have the: Home Business Forums

Our goal is to help people looking to start a home business succeed. I am sooooo excited!

Whew...finished the templates and skeletons for my new Home Life section!!! I have 12 writers ligned up...so far. I need more!!! Now I need to fill the canvas with content content content!

Then I can move on to the remodeling sections.....

I just entered a contest for a month free coaching services from a GREAT business coach. I really hope I win because I need all the help I can get!

I just finished the Message Board for the new website I am working on. I am a bit frustrated about the way it looks...everything is mini. I sent in a support ticket to find out what's wrong. Hopefully they will answer soon...

The remodeling is coming along nicely. I finished the tmplates for an entire section. Now all I have to do is add the content :)

I am still waiting for a response about publishing my books...

God has blessed me with some great writers who are willing to donate their valuable time for Moms of Faith. I pray that God bless them abundantly!

The new site I am working on is coming along very nicely. I am very happy with how it is looking. Heather and I have a great thing going....

I am still waiting for responses from my query letters for the two books I have written...Hopefully I will hear something very soon!

Well, that's all for business. My Thanksgiving was nice. I ate way too much though...LOL. We are still eating leftovers. By the time we are finished I will not want to even look at another turkey! Well, at least until next year ;)

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving too. Please keep me in your prayers...

I am so excited about the direction that I am taking Moms of Faith. I just put out several requests for writers and I am trusting God with the rest. It is His vision in me, so I must trust Him to provide the resources to make it all that it will be.

My new partnership site is also coming along nicely. I am looking forward to the finished product. This will be a wonderful resource site for people. Heather and I are putting our hearts into it and feel that this is part of God's plan for us.

I have been so busy that I have not had time to post....
I am very exited about all that is happening in my life...

First, God has blessed me with an incredible opportunity to write for a wonderful magazine. I am very excited and look forward to working with such incredible women!!!

Second, God has given me a fresh vision for Moms of Faith. I am going to be adding a whole new feel to it and a lot more content. I believe that God wants me to minister to all aspects of the Christian Wife and/or Mothers life. I am looking forward to how it all turns out....Stay tuned!!!

Last but definitely NOT least...My wonderful partner/Sister in Christ/friend and I have decided to go into business together. Heather has an incredible site (Moms Making a Difference) and she is a fantastic person. I believe that our new venture will not only help people but it will also help us to be able to finance our individual visions for our primary ministry sites. I will post more when we are ready to share...until then, please take the time to visit her site and see all that she has created and how you can make a difference in your life and your community!

Have a great day or evening!!!

I just partnered with another great Christian site for Moms, This Christian WAHM. I think it's great how many Christian women I am meeting and networking with. We are building a powerhouse together for the Lord!

I also worked on my Homelife section and decided to change my site a bit...It will take time, of course. I'll do one page at a time...starting with Home Life. I should have the whole site updated in 3-6 months. Depending on the time factor. Being a Mom and wife must come first.

This week I will be joining more link exchanges and directories. I am also thinking of starting another Blog...Stay tuned...LOL

I finally got my Moms of Faith Ryze Network page complete. I am so excited. I am looking forward to networking with other Christian women and helping each other grow.

I am currently working on my third issue of the Newsletter. It's going very well. I now have 42 subscribers. And my message board has 86 members now. I was shocked to see that the message board had 30,000 page views so far this month! WOW!

I've done a lot over this past week...

I sent out a few query letters and I joined a Christian writers forum. It is filled with great writers and valuable information. I haven't sent out any book proposals yet...I need to do some research on my "competition" first. I feel so weird about that. I just don't think that Chrisitan's should be competing. We should be supporting....

I have done a lot with my message boards too. I added a ryze section, writers section, and a private section for hurting and struggling sisters in Christ. I am trying to make it a place for every aspect of the Christian wife and/or Mother.

My newsletter is doing well. I have 40 subscribers and two have gone out so far. I am very proud of it.

I think that's all...for now. I will be working on my new ryze network this week and adding more content to my site....

What a day!

For the past several nights I have been hearing the Lord tell me to get my writing together and begin sending out queries. So, today I started finding out guidelines and tomorrow I will begin writing my query letter. Please pray.

Also, Moms of Faith became a 3/10 page rank today. I went from a 0 to a 3! YIPEEE! I hope this opens the door for me to reach more Christian Mothers...

I am very excited about what God has in store for me. Please keep me in your prayer. I feel extremely unqualified for the taks He has already given me...I hope that whatever He asks I am able to do with excellence.

My first Newsletter went out on the 18th. I don't think there were any problems...thank God! I am already finished with my next one and my subscriber list is growing.

There are so many things that I want to do to the Moms of Faith site...I am currently working on a Home Life section and adding new content to sections that are already up and running.

I don't know if anyone actually reads these posts...But if there are some...Please pray that God help me finish a book that I am writing and write a professional query letter to send out to publishers and/or agents. I am also sending out letters for writing articles or a column for Christian women's magazines...

Thank you in advance. Til next time....

I have officially finished my first newsletter and five more tmplates! I am so excited! The debut issue is Tuesday, October 18. I hope that it is a blessing to all of the ladies that read it.

Things are progressing nicely with the creation of my Weekly Newsletter. I have completed two weeks. I want to have at least 4-6. That way I don't have to stress about deadlines. The only thing I will have to do is ad content that others have submitted and update advertising. I can't wait until the debut. I'm thinking November 1st. Tuesdays seem like a good day...

My devotional for today was pretty intense. It's about not being a closet Christian. It's about speaking up and not sitting back and letting the enemy wreak havoc in our society. God really spoke to my heart. I pray that I make a difference in this world...

I just discovered Ryze...I think it's great. There are so many wonderful ladies there...I am thankful to God for helping me find other Christian Mothers to network with...

I have been working on my weekly Newsletter and I am almost done...I want to have at least four done ahead though...that way there is no pressure...

Today, I will be working on my site. I am redoing all of the article pages. I have finished the first three and today I am hoping to get at leats one whole page done...

I just put a test ad from the Yahoo Beta Ad program. I am very frustrated though. The ads are not showing up. Just a white box where the ad should be. It isn't even the color it was supposed to be. It is supposed to have the same color as my back round...GRRRRR.

Well, I didn't even get to see my school room today. My little one is cutting her molars. She is CRANKY! LOL. I did get a header put on my Newsletter though...I am still not happy with the Newsletter as a whole though. It still needs some tweaking.

My devotional hit home. It is about being content...Financially. Whew, that can be tough. I'm working on it though...or should I say God's working in me.

Well, I am pooped. I'll be back tomorrow...

Ok...she finally went to sleep. Now, I don't have as much time to work...So, I better get busy.

I just put my little one down for a nap...she is fighting it...I hope she goes down soon so I can get to work on my Newsletter...I want to get the template done. Then it's off to the school room. I am NOT looking forward to that! LOL.

Gotta run, baby is having a fit...

Today was a productive day. I got some of my website sections updated, I created a new section in my message boards, and I worked on my school room...

My schoolroom is like my nightmare...LOL. I have been working on it for a month now. I can honestly say that I see light at the end of the tunnel now. I may even have it done by this week end...

I also completed tomorrow's devotional early. God used it to remind me never to step away from Him again. The topic is Double Mindedness. It is part of a series I am calling "The Proverbs of the New Testament." It is a study of the Book of James...

If you read it, let me know your thoughts...

Well, that's all for tonight.

Lara ;)

Well, here I go into the world of Blogging....

I am currently working on improving my website, Moms of Faith. (Actually, I consider it more of a ministry) I am trying trying to create a newsletter. It can be very frustrating...However, God has given me a breakthrough. I have gotten around the HTML barrier...LOL. I think the template is cominig along nicely. The only thing I can't figure out is how to get my header in there at the right size...

Ok...I have to leave for now. My little one is getting fussy...