Well, it is SAD because with heavy hearts we emptied our house of ALL of Timothy’s stuff. We gazed at his EMPTY bed, his EMPTY space where his dresser sat, all the airplanes hanging around his room – GONE, his desk – GONE. It all seems so final, so empty, so lonely, as we jam pack our car, his car, and our RV with his stuff and begin our trek West to drop him off to college. YET, they are HAPPY because they are days that hold possibilities, dreams, and watching Timothy literally SOAR for Jesus!
Timothy (who is not typically sentimental) walked around the house, just gazing, looking, taking it all in. He then came to me and said, “Mama, it’s sad because I don’t know how LONG it will be before I can come home again and see the house.” It was then I caught a tear forming in each eye. I rushed to him in a warm embrace and we both cried. “Oh, Bud, it seems I JUST gave birth to you in New York City. I remember Daddy (who was not allowed to stay overnight in that NYC hospital) telling YOU (my little man) to watch over me. Now, you really ARE a man – all grown and flying the nest!” More tears. More hugs.
Please pray for our son Timothy. He is determined. He is one of the HARDEST workers I have ever met. He is passionate for Jesus. He has a LOT on his plate for the next 5 years of his missionary aviation college program and we pray for him to run this race well. It will NOT be easy as he strives to work and pay his way through college – trying to avoid student loans and debt. We are honored by him and we will deeply miss him!!
The below posts are things that we did leading up to our trip West. They are days we TRULY cherished as our LAST with our house being “complete” with all of our children surrounding us. This is WHY we have them….to send them out once they are grown to “hit their mark” in serving Jesus in the capacity He calls them to. However, to say goodbye is never easy. sniff, sniff
Enjoy the below posts and pics. With Love, Dave and Jill Rodrigues (and 13 children)
Janessa will most likely never remember Timothy at home, so I cherish seeing these brother/sister moments. 
New Assistant Pastor at our church! Pastor Holtsclaw and his DEAR wife Kelly. We love them and have previously had the honor of singing with them in a meeting in Florida.
More WONDERFUL ministry people – the Andersons- that stopped in for dinner at our house one Saturday. It was a JOY having them and they are truly precious people!
What an absolutely FUN evening we had at Pam and Mike Jones Monday evening! Thank you, Pam, for inviting our large family for an amazing cook-out, sweet fellowship, and fun activity! 
We love you guys! (P.S. I am proud to say that this wonderful lady Pam is on my Plexus team!) 
We hope you all had a nice 4th of July. Here is what we posted for that on FB….
Happy 4th, everyone! To turn the tide of wickedness in this great Nation – USA – we need revival on our home fronts. Families that rise up and raise up (with a passion) godly generations that serve God and our great Nation with a deep love!
We hope you all had a happy 4th of July! It was a special day at Kevin and Amy’s house with Noyes and Foster families gathered! It was also the day of my precious Mom’s 69th birthday!
We love you all and are thankful for the sacrifices our forefathers made to give us the freedom we enjoy today.
Also, on this special day (4th of July), I’d like to thank my nephew – Levi Moravek- for his service in the army! We love you, Levi.
David decided to treat our children to Camden Park to reward them for their hard work on a print shop project. We had a BLAST and were thankful the park was virtually empty. We also got a GROUP rate because of the size of our family. LOL. We were SOOO joyful Timothy could get off for a few hours from the Christina CAMP he was volunteering at and meet us there. Praise God for these sweet family days together!
Sofia was too cute! She saw that people were raising their arms, so she copied and did it on this entire ride! ?
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My VERY dear friend – Irene Torezan- and her precious son Matt came for a visit ALL the way from Arizona! We LOVED having you here, Irene! I love you both! (P.S. Irene is also on my Plexus team).
It was SO much fun having my mother in law (David’s Mom)- Julie Drake- here all last week for a visit. David went and got her from New York and she was here for a week. Then this past Friday, we met David’s sister- Jaynell Hale- so David’s Mom could go spend time with David’s sisters in Tennessee. It was great seeing Jaynell, her husband – Joshua Hale – and their sweet girls. Love ya, Mom! We miss you and had a GREAT time with you!
Our oldest 5 (including Timothy still at the OTHER camp) are at camp this week. Nurie is serving as a COUNSELOR. How did they grow up SO fast? 
WOW, it sure has been an extra busy week for me here on the homefront…yet, I have enjoyed spending extra time with my littles.
Today is a VERY special day! ALL of my oldest 5 children are coming home from camp! It has been WEEKS that we have all been together for an extended period of time due to Timothy (since the beginning of June) and then the other oldest 4 this week being all gone at Christian Camp. I am thrilled they got to go and learn about and serve Jesus! However, I look forward to these last few weeks being ALL together as a family before we drop Timothy off out West for Missionary Aviation College.
I have to say though, this week with the oldest 5 being gone, it gave me LOTS of quality time to spend special time with my smaller children. Here are some of our special memories from this past week.
She continues to do GREAT and has even attempted to copy some voice noises- such as “Mama” and rolling her tongue. She is a smartie….defying all the odds. 
Outside of God and my husband, these girls are my BEST friends! We talk together, weep together, pray together, dream together, laugh together, and just LOVE each other! God is good to me to bless me (thus far) with 9 girls!!
This reminds me of HOW MUCH we have to be thankful for!!
We made 2. One is in honor of my DEAR sister- Amy Foster- called “These Are The Hands”. I wrote that song to her and wow is it hard to make it through that song without crying! The other one is titled – “Thank You”- sharing my husband’s testimony. We do not have them up on our website yet. However, if you’d like to order one, just go to our website and donate about $12 through PayPal and with that payment- SPECIFY which CD you’d like. My husband then will ship that out to you. Please make sure to send your mailing address. Although not perfect, we hope you receive a blessing from it.
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-Some of my favorite verses below!
Ps 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
