Today Sunday school class headed to the Hondo corn maze for a little fun. We had a blast running thru the mazes, playing in the hay, and jumping around acting silly. Here is a photo recap of our day!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Camping
Last weekend my girls and I went camping. It was interesting to say the least. Since many of you know I am not a camper, I'm am sure you will laugh at how I spent the night at the cabin. Megan was kind enough to share a bed with Rita and I. We ended up on an air mattress. Unfortunately, the mattress had a leak, and every hour the mattress deflated. I don't know if it was just the complete lack of sleep, but it was so hilarious!!
The next day we had a wonderful devotional time on the river and enjoyed hanging out in God's country. Here are a few pictures of our fun time!!
The next day we had a wonderful devotional time on the river and enjoyed hanging out in God's country. Here are a few pictures of our fun time!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Girls Night
So, once I returned from Moldova, there hasn't been much time for me to blog. I spent most of my time at work until my deadline passed. I did get a chance to see Mandy and Co a couple weeks ago for Jered's ceremony. Please see her blog for an update on that...lol.
Tonight, a few friends and I went to dinner. I took my camera in hopes to share a few pictures of the girls that have been blessing my life recently. Here are a few photos from our dinner.
THE GROUP
THE ASHes
KIKI and ME
MEGGO, ASHLEY and ME
TWINS
TWIN SANDWICH
VICKI and ME
ASHLEY AND ME
CRENSHAW SANDWICH
GIRLS JUST HANGING OUT
Tonight, a few friends and I went to dinner. I took my camera in hopes to share a few pictures of the girls that have been blessing my life recently. Here are a few photos from our dinner.
THE GROUP
THE ASHes
KIKI and ME
MEGGO, ASHLEY and ME
TWINS
TWIN SANDWICH
VICKI and ME
ASHLEY AND ME
CRENSHAW SANDWICH
GIRLS JUST HANGING OUT
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Moldovan Royalty
On Saturday, July 31st, we got to go shopping downtown. When we were done shopping, we got some ice cream and walked around downtown. We ended up in this park that had a booth for dressing up and taking photos. Here is what my group ended up looking like...
Pictures Coming Soon...
Ok, I have had a lot of requests for photos from Moldova. I don't have as many as I wish, and I don't feel like it tells a complete story, but I will try to post what I have tonight. I look forward to getting a better selection of photos to put together more of a story of my experience, so keep an eye out for this too. Hope everyone is doing well!
Also, I added a new blog on my Buddies. Bethany is the photography intern in Moldova, so her blog is definitely worth checking out!
Also, I added a new blog on my Buddies. Bethany is the photography intern in Moldova, so her blog is definitely worth checking out!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Moldova Update
Hey All!!
I am here in Moldova getting ready to head to bed before church tomorrow. We are going to enjoy our last day here and leave on a plane at 2am tomorrow night. I just wanted to give yall a quick update on the amazing things that the Lord has done while we have been here this week.
The camp went extremely well for us. We had more and more kids show up each day to play sports and see us act completely ridiculous in American Club. I have been completely amazed by the ways the Lord has used me this week. My first experiences in evangelizing have blown me away. I was so nervous about it being that I have never done it before. God definitely has shown me that he is capable of using anyone for his purpose, even if you are unprepared or unskilled. Thru the help of the wonderful translators here in Moldova, I learned how to transition from sharing food to sharing spiritual food to the elderly here. We visited the poor elderly residents in the nearby apartments and used the opportunity to share Christ. After a couple of visits to the apartments, I was blessed to experience sharing my testimony and the Gospel with a lady in her home, and she asked me to lead her in a prayer to receive Christ. I can not express how moving it is to see a sister in Christ joining our family.
As for the work that God has done with the youth here, I don't know that I can express what wonders he has accomplished. I have developed so many wonderful friendships, and I am surprised and amazed at how much I have connected to the teens here. As some of you know, I spent some time creating a little photo album of family pictures. I thought that this book would be more for me remembering home than anything, but God had other plans. This book ended up being a tool for me to share my life and testimony to the teenagers. God has blessed me with a way to really connect with some of these kids... a lot of it was thru them laughing at my crazy silliness... rofl. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and playing badmittion and volleyball.
After our last American Club day, we had a chance to share more with the teenagers in small groups. The Lord laid it on my heart to share my testimony at this time, and it was awesome to see their interest light up and ask questions about Christ. Two of the teens over the next two days sought a private conversation to ask me more about my faith, Christ and what it is to be a Christian. I feel so undeserving and extremely blessed to have developed a closer relationship with these two kids. Thru our talks, these two amazing young individuals went from curious to excited about Christ... and they asked Jesus into their heart. There are not words to express the amount of love and spirit God surrounded us in these conversations. I don't think that these paragraphs can even begin to cover the amazing things God has done while I have been here, but I hope it at least gives you an idea of how much the Spirit is moving here in Moldova. Thanks again for your prayers and I will see you back in the States soon!! :o)
I am here in Moldova getting ready to head to bed before church tomorrow. We are going to enjoy our last day here and leave on a plane at 2am tomorrow night. I just wanted to give yall a quick update on the amazing things that the Lord has done while we have been here this week.
The camp went extremely well for us. We had more and more kids show up each day to play sports and see us act completely ridiculous in American Club. I have been completely amazed by the ways the Lord has used me this week. My first experiences in evangelizing have blown me away. I was so nervous about it being that I have never done it before. God definitely has shown me that he is capable of using anyone for his purpose, even if you are unprepared or unskilled. Thru the help of the wonderful translators here in Moldova, I learned how to transition from sharing food to sharing spiritual food to the elderly here. We visited the poor elderly residents in the nearby apartments and used the opportunity to share Christ. After a couple of visits to the apartments, I was blessed to experience sharing my testimony and the Gospel with a lady in her home, and she asked me to lead her in a prayer to receive Christ. I can not express how moving it is to see a sister in Christ joining our family.
As for the work that God has done with the youth here, I don't know that I can express what wonders he has accomplished. I have developed so many wonderful friendships, and I am surprised and amazed at how much I have connected to the teens here. As some of you know, I spent some time creating a little photo album of family pictures. I thought that this book would be more for me remembering home than anything, but God had other plans. This book ended up being a tool for me to share my life and testimony to the teenagers. God has blessed me with a way to really connect with some of these kids... a lot of it was thru them laughing at my crazy silliness... rofl. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and playing badmittion and volleyball.
After our last American Club day, we had a chance to share more with the teenagers in small groups. The Lord laid it on my heart to share my testimony at this time, and it was awesome to see their interest light up and ask questions about Christ. Two of the teens over the next two days sought a private conversation to ask me more about my faith, Christ and what it is to be a Christian. I feel so undeserving and extremely blessed to have developed a closer relationship with these two kids. Thru our talks, these two amazing young individuals went from curious to excited about Christ... and they asked Jesus into their heart. There are not words to express the amount of love and spirit God surrounded us in these conversations. I don't think that these paragraphs can even begin to cover the amazing things God has done while I have been here, but I hope it at least gives you an idea of how much the Spirit is moving here in Moldova. Thanks again for your prayers and I will see you back in the States soon!! :o)
Friday, May 28, 2010
Lemonade Stand Award goes to…
Melanie gave me a blog award: The Lemonade Stand Award! All I have to do is answer the following questions with a single word answer and then pass this along to five bloggers. Here are my answers!
1. Your Cell Phone? Hero
2. Your Hair? Shorter
3. Your Mother? Loving
4. Your Father? Caring
5. Your Favorite Food? Pizza
6. Your Dream Last Night? Nice
7. Your Favorite Drink? Rootbeer
8. Your Dream/Goal? Heaven
9. What Room Are You In? Office
10. Your Hobby? Church
11. Your Fear? Dissapointment
12. Where Do You Want To Be In Six Years? Settled
13. Where Were You Last Night? House
14. Something That You Aren’t? Tall
15. Muffins? Love
16. Wish List Item? Vacation
17. Where Did You Grow Up? Corpus
18. Last Thing You Did? Email
19. What Are You Wearing? Tank
20. Your TV? Awesome
21. Your Pets? Nervous
22. Friends? Amazing
23. Your Life? Happy
24. Your Mood? Excited
25. Missing Someone? Mandy
26. Vehicle? CRV
27. Something You Aren’t Wearing? Hat
28. Your Favorite Store? ATL
29. Your Favorite Color? Green?
30. When Was The Last Time You Laughed? 2pm
31. Last Time You Cried? February
32. Your Best Friend? Mandy
33. One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Work
34. Facebook? Enjoyable
35. Favorite Place To Eat? Chuys
Lemonade Stand Award goes to…
Mandy
Becky
Tiffany
Annie
Karen
and Mom, I know you would enjoy this one, so you can email me your answers! :o)
1. Your Cell Phone? Hero
2. Your Hair? Shorter
3. Your Mother? Loving
4. Your Father? Caring
5. Your Favorite Food? Pizza
6. Your Dream Last Night? Nice
7. Your Favorite Drink? Rootbeer
8. Your Dream/Goal? Heaven
9. What Room Are You In? Office
10. Your Hobby? Church
11. Your Fear? Dissapointment
12. Where Do You Want To Be In Six Years? Settled
13. Where Were You Last Night? House
14. Something That You Aren’t? Tall
15. Muffins? Love
16. Wish List Item? Vacation
17. Where Did You Grow Up? Corpus
18. Last Thing You Did? Email
19. What Are You Wearing? Tank
20. Your TV? Awesome
21. Your Pets? Nervous
22. Friends? Amazing
23. Your Life? Happy
24. Your Mood? Excited
25. Missing Someone? Mandy
26. Vehicle? CRV
27. Something You Aren’t Wearing? Hat
28. Your Favorite Store? ATL
29. Your Favorite Color? Green?
30. When Was The Last Time You Laughed? 2pm
31. Last Time You Cried? February
32. Your Best Friend? Mandy
33. One Place You Go To Over And Over Again? Work
34. Facebook? Enjoyable
35. Favorite Place To Eat? Chuys
Lemonade Stand Award goes to…
Mandy
Becky
Tiffany
Annie
Karen
and Mom, I know you would enjoy this one, so you can email me your answers! :o)
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