My Sincere Desire

My name is Angela Vance.  I am married to a pastor and we have 4 beautiful children {3 girls and 1 little man}.  We also have 2 special little ones in Heaven.  

God has been very good to us!  

Hidden Treasures was born out of my sincere desire to do something - anything - to help other mothers in the same situation I was in. 

You see, at one point I had 4 children that were 4 and younger.  I had a husband that was in the ministry and wasn't home - except to sleep.  Because we were in the ministry, we were living in a place where I had no family I could turn to for help with my little ones.  I did have a few people at church that helped a LOT.  More than they know probably.  

But most of my days were spent wondering if *I* would ever get *my* chance to serve the Lord.  I felt like I was left out of my husband's ministry.  I did nothing but clean and cook and change diapers.  I chased kids and rarely had adult conversations or went to activities that my husband was in charge of because I was like the old woman who lived in the shoe...=)  

But then one day, God smacked me up-side the head and said, "what exactly do you think you're doing?  Do you want someone else's ministry or the one I've given you?"   I realized that day that my children were my job.  They were worthy of my attention.  They were the reason I had been born.  Now, I look forward to each and every day wondering exactly what I might be able to share with them that will be a blessing to them as they enter their adult years.  

My children are still young.  The oldest will be 9 next week.  But our latest goal is to fine the 2 older girls a "home business" where they can learn to make a little money from home, tithe, save and spend money responsibly.  I figure there's no better time to learn things like this than now! {More details coming soon...}

The goal of my blog {as stated in my header} is to encourage other ladies to be the best wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends that they can be.  There is sooo much to being a wife and a mother!  It's not an easy job, but it is SO worth it!  God promised that He'd never give us a job that it too much for us and He commanded us to exhort or encourage others along the way.  This blog is my feeble attempt to do just that! 

My "treasured topics" are:

• Funny and/or encouraging stories for moms to enjoy and simply take a moment to re-group and relax
• Natural, healthy living {Healthy foods, gardening and home preserving and a few natural remedies}
• Children's topics like parties and a few fun ideas to keep them busy
• Missionary Mom Mondays ~ These are posts that go up every Monday by Missionary Moms around the world so that we can see what life is like on the mission field, hear more creative ideas on how to raise our children, love our husbands or get fun exotic recipes to try!
• Encouraging Bible verses and topics....
• Small tips to help you save time and money
• And others...basically this is a hodge-podge of mom stuff!

I hope you will join us here at Hidden Treasures!!  You can like us on Facebook and share some of you own creative ideas...or ask specific questions for other readers to comment on. Come on over!  We love company and we can't wait to meet you!!!  

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