Sometime soon

I know, we have been terrible at posting new blogs. We're going to try to post some pictures from our trip to Hawaii and our new house soon. We don't have internet at our house yet, so we have to do it at Kristi's parent's house. Sorry for the long hiatus.

CarolAnn Florek

It is with both sadness and joy that we announce the death of Matt's mom CarolAnn on May 21, 2009. While we feel a huge sense of loss in our lives without her here, we rejoice that her physical battle with breast cancer is over and that she is celebrating in Heaven with her new and perfect body. It is difficult to focus on our grief when we know she has met her Savior Jesus. We can't even imagine how amazing that is...

We've included her obituary from the Minneapolis Start Tribune and a few pictures below.

CarolAnn (Anderson) Florek, 60, of Delano, passed away May 21, 2009, surrounded by family at N. C. Little Memorial Hospice, Edina, MN. Survived by husband of 35 years, Randy; children, Charles (Olivia) and Matthew (Kristi), granddaughter, Charlotte; brother, Craig Anderson (Sue); nieces, Megan and Chelsie. Also to be missed by half-sister, Beverley Schmidt, the children and families of Julian and Beverley Schmidt, formerly of St. Louis Park, MN.

Sweet Victory in Jesus! CarolAnn's spirit now rests with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! CarolAnn served for many years as the office administrator for the Maple Plain Community Church. It was her ministry to support the pastors and to meet the needs of the church family as best she could. CarolAnn loved to study and to teach the Bible, the Holy Word of God, which she made a life long vocation.

A special thank you for the love and care of her prayer partner Naomi, and also all her dear friends at Maple Plain Community Church. We thank Dr. Amy Spomer and all the health care professionals at Methodist Hospital, the Frauenshuh Cancer Center and Park Nicollet Clinic for the compassionate care administered over these past 4+ years, enabling CarolAnn to experience several significant family milestones.

A verse from the Bible that was used at CarolAnn's funeral really describes how she lived each day: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12