A new blog...

I have a new blog...

It's a ocd thing... I have to have the right title and topic...

I know silly, but that's me! lol

http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/

Eyes wide open...

"my life is flashing before my eyes, i better just keep them open then.."



A line from my awesome niece"s blog... It can feel that way... I try to keep up with everything, everyone, and sometimes, no most of the time lately anyway I feel like I'm just sliding around...

Are we talking, "life goes by fast or make sure you don't bury your head in the sand

or gotta get to everything... " I don't think these birds can see what's going on to their side, do you?

I don't think I'll read this post when I'm done, I do that and then I end up "fixing" it...

You can't keep them open all the time, but you want to be sure they're open when they should be, huh?


I'm sure anyone who reads this will be completely confused, but I just don't feel like posting something that makes sense...

Some people see me like this, but I don't think I've ever published it... ?

So much going on in this head of mine that it shuts off a lot lately...


I MISS AFRICA!!!

11 MORE MONTHS!!

walk the dog...please...

Thanks Matt...



I'll just be right here inside...

Aim for the target...

...and Don't
miss anything on
the way down...

Do you laugh or cry?

This was a funny night. My brother has been trying to teach this incredibly difficult song to his family for many years....

So they decide at around midnight to give it one more try....

They struggled thru it and just when we thought they'd get it someone would mess it up! But he kept giving them the instruction they needed and at last they got it, kind of...lol

Dennae studied and took notes, Lauren laughed... and posed for the camera, thanks Lauren...
The dog was very confused...

This was the night before Dennae left for Africa for 4 months and it was a bitter sweet night. We are all so excited for her, but we miss her already.

Having someone in you life on a daily basis who encourages, challenges, and loves you with so much enthusiasum is such a special treat...

Love you, Dennae!

a couple of hours off...

We lodaed them up and shipped them out... 45 boxes of clothes, 19 bicycles, tools, books, tools,...
This stuff will change the lives of those receiving it!

Seriously... It will make things possible that are not now possibly. It will meet physical needs of those who are meeting spiritual needs... leading the lost to Christ...

Some would say that things didn't go to plan and ok I'll admit I was sweating a bit when it was 7:45 and the truck hadn't arrived and it was supposed to be there from 6-8pm...

but I am just glad that just as some were ready to give up God came thru and it all worked out...

so by the time we started we had waited and we were more than ready...

some gave the time because we knew we were needed... some because we know the vision Jill has and love her...

some thought of it as a task and others as another night out...

but if you knew the children that I was so blessed

to meet in 2005 and you think about those who have given their whole lives to go....

What are a couple of hours??

what did you see...?

What did you see when you thought about being a Christian? Did you see and huge mountain you would climb and when you got to the top God would be there? (Anyone remember the Little House episode when Laura climbed the mountain to talk to God?)

I don't know if it's because I came to know God at a young age or because of my imagination or what... but I realized this morning that I have always seen "Christianity" as more of a plateau with plenty of room at the top to live and grow. In Psalms 18 it talks about God enlarging the path so our feet will not slip...

I think/know God wants not just to enlarge our path, but to walk the path with us. I would encourage anyone who reads this blog to just "know" that Jesus wants to walk on the path with you ; even if you've chose a bumpy one right now, He knows a detour... lol

God bless!