So what do you do when you feel God called to you to help an organization and later you realize it is not an OUT LOUD christian organization.
Yep that is the question I have been asking God since Joel and I started Volunteering for a Women's and Childrens free Restuarant. So this is the story:
THe last time Joel and I were in the great northwest together we had lunch with my aunt and uncle who raved about this "christian" group who feed a meal and give groceries to woman in need. So when JOel and I got off the mission field I felt kind of empty not doing anything for God. Yeah I know that God gave us this gift of resting but when I felt a stir in my spirit to do something for Jesus I, two weeks later, thought about the "Free Restuarant" my aunt and uncle told us about.
I was pumped and ready to volunteer for Jesus again. I felt this huge leading by the Holy Spirit to go in that direction. We contacted my aunt and it was a go. When Joel and I got to the church I was pretty pumped. I had never been on the end where we were actually giving to those that needed the food. WEll not in Los Angeles at least. We were always the one giving it to the people who would them give it to the needy, poor, hungry, and lost. So I was pumped to be able to pray and tell about Jesus while giving groceries to these women.
When we got there I said something about Jesus to my Aunt that is when she threw in the bomb. "WE don't pray for anyone unless they ask" I was sooooooooooooooo disappointed. THinking what kind of Christian are these? THen I asked the lady who was in charge of hiring volunteers about God in the mix and she said "This is not a faith base ministry but an organization with good people doing a good thing" She is a great christian who I talk with about God at times but if it had not been for the Holy Spirit promting me to go on by saying"This is where I want you" I probably would have done my first day of volunteering and then said thank you but we are done.
ON the car ride home from the first day I was nothing less than majorly disappointed with much signing and hming and haawing. Joel doesn't like me that disappointed and felt I was being too much of a drama queen or too judgemental. Later he explained to me that since they get grants from the government then it is probably rules from the government that they can't do any thing religious. Made more sense but I started arguing with God on the way Home (I had a little over an hour to have this discussion.) This is kind of the way it went.
"BUT God you know how I feel about doing a "GOOD DEED" Good deeds don't last but it is your love and doing things in your Name that last forever."
God "Dess I want to show you that even a good deed is a good thing."
Me "But God I want to pray for people and love on them and tell them about You and how great You are"
God "If you give a cup of cold water in my name ...."
Me" BUT . . . . (can't remember)"
God "This is where I want you every week for the rest of your time here"
Guess who lost the argument.
Later that day I had an old hymn back in my head that had been playing in there for a week or more "Freely freely you have received freely freely give. Go in my name and because you believe, others will know that I live"
That is when the Lord spoke to me again "I put that in your head to prepare you for the work I want you to do at the Woman's and Childrens give out."
I later looked up the scripture about the cup of cold water thinking it was in Matthew 25 where Jesus talks about the goats and sheeps I later found the real scripture the Lord had given me, "If you give a cup of cold water to the least of these little ones as my disciple you will surely not lose your reward."
Wow I thought I am your disciple and the reason I am doing this is because I want to let the world know about You.
Then I saw a frame I had made for my sister and brother in law. We had put scriptures all over it and one of the verses popped out at me. It says "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation" Isaiah 12:3
WOw Lord, I thought, if I have your joy over flow from me to the women I interact with at the organzation then you could bring forth waters of salvation for these women. Oh Lord show me how to tell about you with out using words that could get me in trouble. Or show me how I can tell them about you or give me oppertunities.
Later Joel and I spoke. He kind of rebuked me for being disappointed and I just shared what I was struggling with by not being able to ask if people wanted prayer. While we were in Los Angeles I saw major miracles from simple prayers. I saw a marriage be saved from praying 20 minutes a day for 5 days a week, I heard people tell Joel and I about healings and attributed it to the prayers we were praying, I heard about break throughs for salvation by praying with the people who were on the front lines once a week. I felt the power of God with each person I prayed for. SO it was hard knowing that some of the women we meet could have major life changing break throughs with just one question and one answer "Can I praying for you and yes"
But the Lord knows my heart and still has a purpose for me even though I am not allowed to ask if people want prayer. ON our second visit Joel and I were able to talk to the workers about Jesus and the mission work we did and how good he has been to us.
SO what ever the Lord has, I am game. All you and I have to say is "Here we are Lord, here we are!!!"
Still Learning GOd's lessons in Life,
Dess
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Pets and Gas Money
Joel and I left Friend Ships over a week ago and it is pretty crazy.
A lot of old Friend Ships crew gave me advice and said if I needed to cry about leaving Friend Ships that they would be there for me. I actually haven't been very sad about leaving Friend Ships. It is crazy how God works. I am way more emotional, sad, upset, etc about giving up our pets. Yes yes I have been bawling like a baby every other day about giving up our three cats and dog. I thought I would be over the cats by now.
So a few months before we left Friend Ships the Lord really put on my heart that we had to give up our pets. (I cried right then and there) So Joel and I went throught the process of trying to find really really really good homes. Man it was hard but at the last minute of the last day it all worked out. One went to Grady and Ivy's home town to a really good friend of theirs. And Sheba and Patch went to one of my closest friend in Los Angeles. Her husband offered to take them to find good homes but when they got them they said "we might just have to keep them" WHo knows what will happen . . . It is now fully in God's hands not mine.
And my friends husband is allergic. Wow what a blessing it was for him to take them. But when I call my friend she told me he is the one that goes looking for the cats and pets them. And Sheba warmed up to him first. Thank you my God. But I still cry.
I have learned that animal movies are very bad for me. I knew this after the first time seeing an animal movie and bawling like a baby so when my nephew wanted to want alvin and the chipmunks (yeah i know they are a fur-ball cartoon-give me a break) I said no. But I went to get dynamite outside and passed by the TV in the middle of the movie (big mistake Big HUGE) I probably saw less than 5 seconds and it was the part when Theodore wanted to sleep with dave and he indeed up sleeping on dave's shoulder . . . I started weeping. I mean mega weeping.
So following GOd isn't always easy and it isn't always fun.
But He does bless and my favorite scripture right now is "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD"
But God has been so faithful. I didn't tell any one this except Joel, Kristin, and Rebekah Larson but before we left Friend SHips I was freaking out about getting home. We didn't have enough money for Gas to make it from Los Angeles to Washington state. Shoot I wasn't even worried about eating I thought "I can fast" The problem was gas money. SO I emailed Rebekah and asked her to pray for me. I knew my problem wasn't gas money it was my fear of God not providing. That is a way bigger problem than gas money. And During the months before we left I read in Deuteronomy 28 about "Blessed in the city blessed in the country. Bless when you come and when you go." I was like Lord I give you my finaces but as of now I don't feel blessed with us leaving. But with Rebekah and Joel praying for me I really calmed down and gave it to my God who is my provider. I didn't want to tell any one else because I wanted God to provide and not telling people so they would provide.
SO what happened? We got 100 dollars for gas and Jim and Kristin got us a hotel room for on the way to my parents. I was like thanks Lord. Then in one week I got 14 orders for my handcrafted jewelry. I was like wow that is so awesome we may have enough to make it home. But God was pretty much like Dess I haven't even started yet.
ON the last day we were at the warehouse and I mean the very last day people came to say good bye and each time they did they brought us money or gift cards. The first guy that came and gave us money I felt the Lord say "There's more Dess" THen another guy came and gave us money "THere's more Dess" THen my friend gave us a gift certificate "There's more Dess" Then a really great friend from church had gotten the whole church to get us cards and gift certificates for gas and food stops. That is when the Lord said "That is it, Dess" By the end of the day the Lord had blessed us through people with over 1,000 dollars. I was blown away. On the car ride leaving Los Angeles I started crying asking God to forgive me for doubting that he would take care of me who is His child.
WE truly never have to worry about tomorrow for God our Father who loves us so much and never leaves us nor forsakens us will truly take care of us.
Love ya'll
GOd's Daughter,
Dess
A lot of old Friend Ships crew gave me advice and said if I needed to cry about leaving Friend Ships that they would be there for me. I actually haven't been very sad about leaving Friend Ships. It is crazy how God works. I am way more emotional, sad, upset, etc about giving up our pets. Yes yes I have been bawling like a baby every other day about giving up our three cats and dog. I thought I would be over the cats by now.
So a few months before we left Friend Ships the Lord really put on my heart that we had to give up our pets. (I cried right then and there) So Joel and I went throught the process of trying to find really really really good homes. Man it was hard but at the last minute of the last day it all worked out. One went to Grady and Ivy's home town to a really good friend of theirs. And Sheba and Patch went to one of my closest friend in Los Angeles. Her husband offered to take them to find good homes but when they got them they said "we might just have to keep them" WHo knows what will happen . . . It is now fully in God's hands not mine.
And my friends husband is allergic. Wow what a blessing it was for him to take them. But when I call my friend she told me he is the one that goes looking for the cats and pets them. And Sheba warmed up to him first. Thank you my God. But I still cry.
I have learned that animal movies are very bad for me. I knew this after the first time seeing an animal movie and bawling like a baby so when my nephew wanted to want alvin and the chipmunks (yeah i know they are a fur-ball cartoon-give me a break) I said no. But I went to get dynamite outside and passed by the TV in the middle of the movie (big mistake Big HUGE) I probably saw less than 5 seconds and it was the part when Theodore wanted to sleep with dave and he indeed up sleeping on dave's shoulder . . . I started weeping. I mean mega weeping.
So following GOd isn't always easy and it isn't always fun.
But He does bless and my favorite scripture right now is "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD"
But God has been so faithful. I didn't tell any one this except Joel, Kristin, and Rebekah Larson but before we left Friend SHips I was freaking out about getting home. We didn't have enough money for Gas to make it from Los Angeles to Washington state. Shoot I wasn't even worried about eating I thought "I can fast" The problem was gas money. SO I emailed Rebekah and asked her to pray for me. I knew my problem wasn't gas money it was my fear of God not providing. That is a way bigger problem than gas money. And During the months before we left I read in Deuteronomy 28 about "Blessed in the city blessed in the country. Bless when you come and when you go." I was like Lord I give you my finaces but as of now I don't feel blessed with us leaving. But with Rebekah and Joel praying for me I really calmed down and gave it to my God who is my provider. I didn't want to tell any one else because I wanted God to provide and not telling people so they would provide.
SO what happened? We got 100 dollars for gas and Jim and Kristin got us a hotel room for on the way to my parents. I was like thanks Lord. Then in one week I got 14 orders for my handcrafted jewelry. I was like wow that is so awesome we may have enough to make it home. But God was pretty much like Dess I haven't even started yet.
ON the last day we were at the warehouse and I mean the very last day people came to say good bye and each time they did they brought us money or gift cards. The first guy that came and gave us money I felt the Lord say "There's more Dess" THen another guy came and gave us money "THere's more Dess" THen my friend gave us a gift certificate "There's more Dess" Then a really great friend from church had gotten the whole church to get us cards and gift certificates for gas and food stops. That is when the Lord said "That is it, Dess" By the end of the day the Lord had blessed us through people with over 1,000 dollars. I was blown away. On the car ride leaving Los Angeles I started crying asking God to forgive me for doubting that he would take care of me who is His child.
WE truly never have to worry about tomorrow for God our Father who loves us so much and never leaves us nor forsakens us will truly take care of us.
Love ya'll
GOd's Daughter,
Dess
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Graduation Presents
Greetings,
It has been one roller coaster ride of emotions. Joel and I only have about 6 more days here at Friend Ships. I can't believe it actually. I am more in shock than anything. Plus there is so much to do that our goal is to drive out of here. So I haven't thought MUCH about leaving Friend SHips. It feels more like a long vacation then actually leaving.
So I had an awesome thing happened to me that was a God thing for real.
The other day during my quiet time with God I starting thinking how scary it is to leave Friend Ships. That was one of my first times that it truly hit me. So I started to get nervous about us going out in the big bad world. Not knowing what to expect. Then in the middle of my worry the Lord put on my heart that leaving Friend Ships is like graduting from college or a university. That people do it all the time and have great excitement thinking about all that can be offered to them now that they have a degree. And for me graduating Friend Ships I have learned a lot about ministry and what God wants me to learn as well as growing in the Lord to which I am now more like Christ than ever before. (I still have a lONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ways to go but it is better than when I came to Friend SHips over 5 years ago) So these thoughts of graduating brought me much peace and I really hadn't thought much of it since . . . UNITL TODAY.
There is a lady named Renee that goes to Hope Chapel. She picks food up for her church every week so that a hand full of people from her church can go out and give food to people or families who are in need and share the love of Christ. Renee and I have become good friends over the past year. We even went to an awesome Christian concert last summer that had TOBYMAC. WE got our praise on like no other.
Well Saturday is the day Ranee comes and picks up food for Hope Chapel. Today when Renee came she brought a present for Joel and I. She explained that during the week she started to get sad that Joel and I were leaving. And she didn't know what to do but then she got the idea that we were graduating just like her daughters did a few years ago. And that it wasn't a good bye good bye but that just like any college/university student graduating we would still be in touch.
The "graduation" present touched me so much. Not just because it was very thoughtful of her to get them for us but it was God's way of showing me that things were truly going to be alright.
What an awesome God we serve. I can't believe how much He loves us and takes care of us.
Thank you Lord for your blessings you pour in our lives and through us like no other.
In Love with My GOD,
Dess
It has been one roller coaster ride of emotions. Joel and I only have about 6 more days here at Friend Ships. I can't believe it actually. I am more in shock than anything. Plus there is so much to do that our goal is to drive out of here. So I haven't thought MUCH about leaving Friend SHips. It feels more like a long vacation then actually leaving.
So I had an awesome thing happened to me that was a God thing for real.
The other day during my quiet time with God I starting thinking how scary it is to leave Friend Ships. That was one of my first times that it truly hit me. So I started to get nervous about us going out in the big bad world. Not knowing what to expect. Then in the middle of my worry the Lord put on my heart that leaving Friend Ships is like graduting from college or a university. That people do it all the time and have great excitement thinking about all that can be offered to them now that they have a degree. And for me graduating Friend Ships I have learned a lot about ministry and what God wants me to learn as well as growing in the Lord to which I am now more like Christ than ever before. (I still have a lONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ways to go but it is better than when I came to Friend SHips over 5 years ago) So these thoughts of graduating brought me much peace and I really hadn't thought much of it since . . . UNITL TODAY.
There is a lady named Renee that goes to Hope Chapel. She picks food up for her church every week so that a hand full of people from her church can go out and give food to people or families who are in need and share the love of Christ. Renee and I have become good friends over the past year. We even went to an awesome Christian concert last summer that had TOBYMAC. WE got our praise on like no other.
Well Saturday is the day Ranee comes and picks up food for Hope Chapel. Today when Renee came she brought a present for Joel and I. She explained that during the week she started to get sad that Joel and I were leaving. And she didn't know what to do but then she got the idea that we were graduating just like her daughters did a few years ago. And that it wasn't a good bye good bye but that just like any college/university student graduating we would still be in touch.
The "graduation" present touched me so much. Not just because it was very thoughtful of her to get them for us but it was God's way of showing me that things were truly going to be alright.
What an awesome God we serve. I can't believe how much He loves us and takes care of us.
Thank you Lord for your blessings you pour in our lives and through us like no other.
In Love with My GOD,
Dess
This is Hope Chapel praying before going family to family to give food, love, and prayer.
Monday, April 07, 2008
New Necklace blogger Website
Hey My Friends and Family,
It has finally happened and I am so excited. I have been praying about it for months and I finally got the Yes I wanted from GOd. NO Joel and I are NOT having a baby.
But I am starting to sell my jewelry online (kind of). So check it out. Mainly I want you to tell your friends so they can tell their friends and so on. So please do not think this is for you to buy but I just want my website to spread by word of mouth.
Love you Guys.
THANKS,
Dess
www.sarahsjewelry.blogspot.com
PS if you really want to know why I call it Sarah's Jewelry it was not named after Sarah my sister in Law. Though I love her to death. There are other reasons. So email and ask me if you would like to know. I might tell you . . . I might not. Hehehe
It has finally happened and I am so excited. I have been praying about it for months and I finally got the Yes I wanted from GOd. NO Joel and I are NOT having a baby.
But I am starting to sell my jewelry online (kind of). So check it out. Mainly I want you to tell your friends so they can tell their friends and so on. So please do not think this is for you to buy but I just want my website to spread by word of mouth.
Love you Guys.
THANKS,
Dess
www.sarahsjewelry.blogspot.com
PS if you really want to know why I call it Sarah's Jewelry it was not named after Sarah my sister in Law. Though I love her to death. There are other reasons. So email and ask me if you would like to know. I might tell you . . . I might not. Hehehe
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Can you believe it???
Hello Everyone,
We just wanted everyone to know we are leaving Friend Ships in May. Our time has come and God has released us. We are pretty excite and are praying about the next step.
It is really hard right now because God is only telling us "Be Still and know that I am God" And "just wait"
I think the hardest part for me is going home and maybe running into old Friends. Especially those that don't believe in God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. I guess I am stuck on the verse, Faith without deeds is dead. "I will show you my faith by what I do" But for me it is hard to articulate my faith with out really having anything to show for it at the time (like this summer). But as both Joel and I agree there are times I emphasize my work too much and some times put too much of my identity in my work. So it will be a challenge and a place to grow in God. I don't think I will shy away from telling about Jesus.
So yeah that is where we are. Working here at the warehouse until the last minute and closing this huge significant chapter in our lives.
We would not be the followers of Christ we are today if not God calling us to Friend Ships. It has been great and we have nothing to regret about our 7 years for Joel and 5 years for me. Wow can you believe it. Look what the Lord has done!!!
We can't even write a big enough book to tell you all that the Lord has done since coming here. Not just to us but all the miracles we have seen, the lives it has changed, and the people we have met. There were so many times I was in a "moment" at Friend Ships and thought wow I wouldn't even be here if not for saying yes to God or I wouldn't be talking or knowing these people if not for saying yes to God and coming to Friend Ships. There was one time during Hurricane Ivan relief in Florida we had just got done putting vinyl on an older couples house until they could get carpenters to put a really roof back on their house. They asked us to stay for dinner and as I sat with Joi, Joel, Jon, and the couple I couldn't help think "wow I wouldn't be here with these people sharing this wonderful moment if not for God." It has been incredible. Both incredibly wonderful and incredibly hard. Lots of laughter, lots of tears, lots of happiness, lots of sadness, lots of growth, and lots of love.
Thank you Lord for what you have done and we look forward to what you will do next and forever more!!!! Amen!
We just wanted everyone to know we are leaving Friend Ships in May. Our time has come and God has released us. We are pretty excite and are praying about the next step.
It is really hard right now because God is only telling us "Be Still and know that I am God" And "just wait"
I think the hardest part for me is going home and maybe running into old Friends. Especially those that don't believe in God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. I guess I am stuck on the verse, Faith without deeds is dead. "I will show you my faith by what I do" But for me it is hard to articulate my faith with out really having anything to show for it at the time (like this summer). But as both Joel and I agree there are times I emphasize my work too much and some times put too much of my identity in my work. So it will be a challenge and a place to grow in God. I don't think I will shy away from telling about Jesus.
So yeah that is where we are. Working here at the warehouse until the last minute and closing this huge significant chapter in our lives.
We would not be the followers of Christ we are today if not God calling us to Friend Ships. It has been great and we have nothing to regret about our 7 years for Joel and 5 years for me. Wow can you believe it. Look what the Lord has done!!!
We can't even write a big enough book to tell you all that the Lord has done since coming here. Not just to us but all the miracles we have seen, the lives it has changed, and the people we have met. There were so many times I was in a "moment" at Friend Ships and thought wow I wouldn't even be here if not for saying yes to God or I wouldn't be talking or knowing these people if not for saying yes to God and coming to Friend Ships. There was one time during Hurricane Ivan relief in Florida we had just got done putting vinyl on an older couples house until they could get carpenters to put a really roof back on their house. They asked us to stay for dinner and as I sat with Joi, Joel, Jon, and the couple I couldn't help think "wow I wouldn't be here with these people sharing this wonderful moment if not for God." It has been incredible. Both incredibly wonderful and incredibly hard. Lots of laughter, lots of tears, lots of happiness, lots of sadness, lots of growth, and lots of love.
Thank you Lord for what you have done and we look forward to what you will do next and forever more!!!! Amen!
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Joel's Birthday (progressive dinner)
Hey Guys,
Joel and I had the best time on his birthday (Jan 31). I took Joel out to do a progressive dinner. What my idea for a progressive dinner is to go out to nice restaurants. Have a salad at one place, the main meal at another place and then dessert at another. Joel said he did it with his church where you went from house to house and each house had a different part of the meal.
But Joel wanted a fast food progressive dinner. It was so much fun. We went to Wendy's for the salad. We split a Chicken BLT salad. For the main course Joel wanted to go to Churches Chicken but when we got to the place it was a donut shop. SO we ended up going to a restaurant that was called both the Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken and the China Bowl. WE don't know how they knew about Louisiana Chicken since they were all orientals but the chicken was off the hook. Then we went to Dairy Queen (Joel's favorite dessert place ever)
Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Here is Joel about ready to dig into our salad at Wendy's
Here am I, licking every last drop of our yummy salad.
This is me thinking really hard where to go to next since Churches Chicken turned out to be a donut shop.
Joel Pouting since we couldn't find a Church's Chicken
You get the picture .
Joel diving into the greasy yummy Louisiana Fried Chicken (the only thing different between Fried Chicken and Louisiana Fried Chicken was the creole seasoning.)
Joel with his dessert at Dairy Queen
I didn't want what Joel wanted so I got my own.
SO that was our adventure. Isn't life fun. Joel's birthday was a blast. You should try the progressive dinner thing. You might actually have as much fun as we did.
Love ya, Bye
Joel and I had the best time on his birthday (Jan 31). I took Joel out to do a progressive dinner. What my idea for a progressive dinner is to go out to nice restaurants. Have a salad at one place, the main meal at another place and then dessert at another. Joel said he did it with his church where you went from house to house and each house had a different part of the meal.
But Joel wanted a fast food progressive dinner. It was so much fun. We went to Wendy's for the salad. We split a Chicken BLT salad. For the main course Joel wanted to go to Churches Chicken but when we got to the place it was a donut shop. SO we ended up going to a restaurant that was called both the Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken and the China Bowl. WE don't know how they knew about Louisiana Chicken since they were all orientals but the chicken was off the hook. Then we went to Dairy Queen (Joel's favorite dessert place ever)
Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Here is Joel about ready to dig into our salad at Wendy's
Here am I, licking every last drop of our yummy salad.
This is me thinking really hard where to go to next since Churches Chicken turned out to be a donut shop.
Joel Pouting since we couldn't find a Church's Chicken
You get the picture .
Joel diving into the greasy yummy Louisiana Fried Chicken (the only thing different between Fried Chicken and Louisiana Fried Chicken was the creole seasoning.)
Joel with his dessert at Dairy Queen
I didn't want what Joel wanted so I got my own.
SO that was our adventure. Isn't life fun. Joel's birthday was a blast. You should try the progressive dinner thing. You might actually have as much fun as we did.
Love ya, Bye
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
What happened last year and what could happen for 2008?
It is crazy to think back on what happened last year. I was just talking to my mom today about all that had gone on. The most odd thing I realized is that Joel and I only spent a month or less at Port Mercy (Friend Ships home base in Louisiana)
Lets Recap, Shall we:
1) To bring in 2007 Joel and I were sailing back from the Canary Islands on the Spirit of Grace.
(It was Joel's and my first trip out of the USA since we got married . . . immagration stuff)
2) After a few days off Don and Sondra had a meeting with Joel and I to send us to Los Angeles for a month to check everything out.
3) Drove to Los Angeles
4)Three weeks later we had another meeting with Don and Sondra and all decided Los Angeles would be Joel's and my new home.
5) Drove back to Lake Charles only to fly out for our long awaited vacation
6) Flew to Canada to visit Joel's parents and family for a month
7) Flew to Washington/Idaho for 3 weeks to see my family.
8) Came back to Port Mercy to study for Joel's and my Truck driving licenses and we got it. And we became Class B truck drivers (watch out now)
9) Drove to Los Angeles in a big truck for the first time. (YIKES) Ms. Bird did okay with the drive.
10) Have been in Los Angeles since May.
11) Got a Bird, three cats, and one dog with in three weeks of each other.
12 - 100) Lots of things happened in Los Angeles too much to mention.
Any way what a year. I can't believe it is over and now on to 2008.
What could this year bring? Maybe:
1) Leave Friend Ships?
2) Have another 7 year commitment at Friend Ships? (Yikes, reminds me too much of Jacob who had to stay at his uncles for 7 years and got leah and then another 7 years for racheal)
2) Have a BABY???? NO WAY
3) Have more pets??? (maybe!!! I hope, Joel says no)
4) Become President (well Joel can't because he wasn't born in America, but I could)
5) Learn how to knit (NEVER!!!)
So any way we love you guys. Thanks for coming along on the ride with us. What a year with Jesus and now we can start a new one. What does the Lord have for us next???
Love,
This is the lake at my parents house. Isn't it beautiful!!!
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