worry not

here's a picture of the group that went to denver. we were working on walt's house for brother's development of denver.
the last few weeks i've been thinking and doing a bit of worrying....
God tells us some worry is alright...however we should not sweat things b/c God will provide us with resources and ppl to guide us through difficult times.
wed. i did a lesson for the youth on worrying....yet i was still worrying. how hypocritical!, right?
how can i expect the youth to learn from the lessons i teach if i am not applying them to my own life?

so i evaluated situations in my life. did some reading of my basic instructions before leaving earth (Bible), and reached out to a dear friend.
God is the ultimate baller.

I recently attended a funeral of one of my youth's mothers. After hearing his father speak I have a new outlook on life and relationships I hold with those close to me.

After dropping off several of my youth from the funeral I went to visit one of my friends. We shared a few life stories and at the moment I think we both realized how lucky we both are to have such supportive and caring friends.

God has blessed each of us with our own life experiences to share with each other so that we can all learn from one another.

I am blessed beyond measure and only hope I am able to adequately share my blessing with others, so they too can experience the wonderful joys of life and true friendship.
We should all be examples of Christ love, understanding, support and forgiveness.

ready, set,....

denver was amazing.
i've been doing a lot of reflecting and thinking lately...that too has been going well.
randomly i must admit i'm not really that poppy...or maybe i am.
but i have a new guilty indulgence that i'm slightly embarrassed to admit to....taylor swift. *sigh*
ah for girl empowerment.

my latest goal is to not gossip. i catch myself more, which is good. however sometimes i realize it and still listen...which is bad.

still can't believe it's been a week since we left denver.....it was so beautiful. i want to go back...and then some. (i hear zion and arches are amazing as well)

i'm going to miss jallen so hardcore...a lot of us are.

summer

this is one of my jr.hs kids and mrs. weaver painting the set for our vbs. it's going to be crocodile dock.
i'm pretty excited for it.....
i'm even MORE excited about denver. i just can't wait.


last year in chicago.


year before that to d.c.

a sport of patience

this is a picture of salad = jared + sally. this was my first trip to jerry's sno cones.
i have had a lot of my firsts w/ jared and sally. they have always been nothing but loving to me... i will forever love them both. and love them together.

today jared and his best childhood friend j.t. took me golfing.....
OMG golfing is a sport of patience....skill, precise-ness and many other things.

i am good at putting....driving off the rough and that's about it. (which no one should really drive off of...driving w/ a driver not w/ the cart)

i like riding fast in the cart through puddles though.
thanks jared & j.t.
however....after a few attempts at having a powerful drive i drove my club into the ground and i am pretty sore now.

...it was fun but i think i'll stick to tennis.



today i was also signed onto the wesley account as treasurer. i can no sign checks for wesley.
justin allen i will miss you dearly sir.

learning life lessons

so lately i've been struggling w/ a situation in my life and how to deal with it.
the struggle has been between 1 John:4 19-21 and john 15.

1 John tells us to love our brother like Christ has loved us.....this is forgiving and unselfish.

john 15 tells us that through love that if our brother is not being fruitful that we should pluck away what is not producing fruit...

this has been my struggle for awhile. i like to make ppl happy, and i love to love like Christ has loved me (i teach the students 'CHRIST LOVE'...yes in all caps)...and a lot of times ppl don't see long term happiness or in this case Christ love with some of my actions.

the struggle is between being a loving door mat/grunt and being a loving Christian and offering guidance/forgiveness that is not being taken.....*sigh*

on another note.....
michael had his suprise party this weekend.
minus the blindfolded nausea he enjoyed it.




happy birthday michael!!
this is daniel sweeping michael off his feet so we can throw him in the car...for birthday suprise pt.2