This is totally random but this weekend when we went to Abilene I was reminiscing on my childhood [actually adolescence] and I thought back to a friend that I hadn't seen probably since graduation - Kourtney Keefer. I looked her up on good ole fb to tell her hi and that I was thinking about her and saw that she got married back in October to a guy that I went to college with! Talk about a small world! I still can't wrap my mind around it - so stinkin' blown away by this. I had to tell somebody other than Karl so this is my trying to tell everybody - believe me I will be texting ppl tomorrow - so crazy!
Another thing that I have realized lately is how many people are having babies around us [or have already had babies]. Just last week two of our friends had healthy babies, Ainsley Taylor Badgeley and Jonah Scott Heinze! And I have a friend due in November, one due in October, and I just found out about another - definitely been in the baby mood lately. Can you blame me?!?!?! But we have to wait until after school starts this year to even think about it - just to get insurance and all that take care of. Plus we do have quite a few projects to tackle before we can even think about adding another little person into this house.
I have really enjoyed working with Karl this weekend - if you don't know this about Karl, he is an expert packer when it comes to anything and everything. And it drives me insane because he will move and remove and remove things until he can get it just the way he likes. I have to have a lot of patience because I am of the mentality that we just throw things in there, hope for the best, and then move on. That's what I love about him - my little organizer! He was so busy today. After church and volleyball practice, I came home to him already having the truck semi-packed down for a trip to the storage room. We finished loading the truck together then jumped on in [Karl conveniently had filled the passenger's seat so I could sit real close to him - smart man] and headed on down to our storage room. When we got there, you guessed it, he unpacked part of the storage room and then repacked it with our old and new stuff. When he got done the same amount of room was available as there was when we started. He is soooo good. When we came back from the storage room I began working on school things [grad and elem] while he continued to work on our house and - yes, he blows me away - he reorganized our storage room at our house. Have I mentioned that he is so good. Then he brought in all his tools and went through them, organizing them into his little tackle boxes. I just love this guy!
Exercise: None to report of, other than helping Karl load and unload the truck.
Word: This morning we had a gentleman by the name of Scott Moore speak. He spoke to us about his present learnings from God and where he is in terms of his walk. He has been trying to land a youth minister position that has the potential to move him out of Texas and he shared of an instance where he felt that God was telling him to go to a certain church but then the church, who built him up, turned him down for another applicant only to later ask him to be their youth minister after the other applicant backed out. Basically, from all of that, he realized that he had been faithful in his acceptance of following God's will for his life and stepping into the ministerial role but realized that God has something for him, as well, as God is faithful. This is a new idea for me, though I have heard it many times before. When God lays things on our heart and we walk on His desires in faithfulness, he will meet us their, being faithful to His promises, even if we don't receive them when or how we originally "plan" to. This talk made me stop and think where God has been faithful in my life. I think the two biggest areas where God has been faithful in my life is when he gave me Karl and when he allowed me to get my job at TLCA. I had prayed for both and the Lord was faithful to me. But now I think . . . what has He laid on my heart for now? I have inclinations that I need to write a book . . . but is this of God? Is it alright if He has laid nothing for me now?
Prayer Request: The son of a friend from work was in a pretty rough motorcycle accident this morning and completely separated his shoulder. As soon as he arrived to the ER they were prepping him for immediate emergency surgery. I haven't heard anything since then but please keep them in your prayers - his name is James.
Also, please keep my dad in your prayers, as well. I haven't heard anything from him about his pre-surgical appointment on Friday, which somewhat worries me. I need to put it all in God's hands.
Well, only 9 more school days left. Last whole week of school! Woohoo!
Another thing that I have realized lately is how many people are having babies around us [or have already had babies]. Just last week two of our friends had healthy babies, Ainsley Taylor Badgeley and Jonah Scott Heinze! And I have a friend due in November, one due in October, and I just found out about another - definitely been in the baby mood lately. Can you blame me?!?!?! But we have to wait until after school starts this year to even think about it - just to get insurance and all that take care of. Plus we do have quite a few projects to tackle before we can even think about adding another little person into this house.
I have really enjoyed working with Karl this weekend - if you don't know this about Karl, he is an expert packer when it comes to anything and everything. And it drives me insane because he will move and remove and remove things until he can get it just the way he likes. I have to have a lot of patience because I am of the mentality that we just throw things in there, hope for the best, and then move on. That's what I love about him - my little organizer! He was so busy today. After church and volleyball practice, I came home to him already having the truck semi-packed down for a trip to the storage room. We finished loading the truck together then jumped on in [Karl conveniently had filled the passenger's seat so I could sit real close to him - smart man] and headed on down to our storage room. When we got there, you guessed it, he unpacked part of the storage room and then repacked it with our old and new stuff. When he got done the same amount of room was available as there was when we started. He is soooo good. When we came back from the storage room I began working on school things [grad and elem] while he continued to work on our house and - yes, he blows me away - he reorganized our storage room at our house. Have I mentioned that he is so good. Then he brought in all his tools and went through them, organizing them into his little tackle boxes. I just love this guy!
Exercise: None to report of, other than helping Karl load and unload the truck.
Word: This morning we had a gentleman by the name of Scott Moore speak. He spoke to us about his present learnings from God and where he is in terms of his walk. He has been trying to land a youth minister position that has the potential to move him out of Texas and he shared of an instance where he felt that God was telling him to go to a certain church but then the church, who built him up, turned him down for another applicant only to later ask him to be their youth minister after the other applicant backed out. Basically, from all of that, he realized that he had been faithful in his acceptance of following God's will for his life and stepping into the ministerial role but realized that God has something for him, as well, as God is faithful. This is a new idea for me, though I have heard it many times before. When God lays things on our heart and we walk on His desires in faithfulness, he will meet us their, being faithful to His promises, even if we don't receive them when or how we originally "plan" to. This talk made me stop and think where God has been faithful in my life. I think the two biggest areas where God has been faithful in my life is when he gave me Karl and when he allowed me to get my job at TLCA. I had prayed for both and the Lord was faithful to me. But now I think . . . what has He laid on my heart for now? I have inclinations that I need to write a book . . . but is this of God? Is it alright if He has laid nothing for me now?
Prayer Request: The son of a friend from work was in a pretty rough motorcycle accident this morning and completely separated his shoulder. As soon as he arrived to the ER they were prepping him for immediate emergency surgery. I haven't heard anything since then but please keep them in your prayers - his name is James.
Also, please keep my dad in your prayers, as well. I haven't heard anything from him about his pre-surgical appointment on Friday, which somewhat worries me. I need to put it all in God's hands.
Well, only 9 more school days left. Last whole week of school! Woohoo!
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