From the Payne Family Simstagram
The Payne family is so excited to see what this new season of life will bring! We're a Watcher-honoring family raising our ELEVEN children in Newcrest in a Watcher-honoring community, and a servant's heart is such a big theme in our family! We love serving the Watcher!
My husband Jacob was recently elected into the Newcrest City Council to be a Watcher-honoring presence in politics, making sure that the right people and businesses move to Newcrest, and to champion faith-based policies! I am so proud of him for putting the Watcher first in all of his endeavors, and for serving the public. His duties sadly take him away from our family more than we're used to, and when he's at home, he has to decompress in his woodworking shed, but we're all adapting to this new season of life together, and the children barely miss their dad anymore.
Our oldest son Aaron, who is 23 now, has taken up the family tradition of serving the Watcher by spreading the gospel through his music. He is a talented musician who is awaiting his big break in the business, and currently working a number of odd jobs to help provide for our large family.
Our second son Jason, 19, is preparing to enter university. He is called to be a doctor and serve our community that way, and while sending him to get an advanced education is a large expense, we have faith in him doing well after his excellent results at his Watcher-based school.
Our oldest daughter Joanna (almost 18) also has such a servant's heart! She is not very pretty, but she works so hard, taking care of her younger siblings and helping out with chores. I'd be worried how I could get anything done without her if she got married, but luckily, there are no young man asking for her hand yet!
Bennett, 16, is a bit of a problem child. He just doesn't have the right temperament to be a good leader and provider, like his brothers, and while he works, he chose food service instead of a more manly occupation, and I just don't know what to think about that!
Cordelia, 14, and Cecilia, 12, are like twins, they are so inseparable! They're best friends, and both have a servant's heart and help out with chores. But Cecilia has a really special talent for art, and she draws so well already for her age! She loves glorifying the Watcher in all that she does, and I've made sure that she has fewer chores and less schoolwork to do so she can work on that Watcher-given talent.
Nolan, 11, is another problem child! He is just so willful, and no amount of punishment makes him stay on the straight and narrow! I'm so concerned that he'll turn to a life of crime and drugs if we don't manage to break his spirit soon!
Eleanor, 9, Avery and Brianna, 5, and Elizabeth, 1, are our four little ones. Eleanor has such a servant's heart like her other sisters, and Avery and Brianna are as close as two twins of opposite gender can be, spending all of their time together, while Elizabeth is our smiley little baby (for now!).
Of course, we would love to welcome another blessing from the Watcher to make us a family of FOURTEEN (a dozen children, how amazing would that be?) and I'm diligently praying for the Watcher to open my womb again and bless us once more.
