Beyond What We Imagine...

I know it's been a day or two...or 30 since I posted anything and today's won't be anything long. Exciting ...but not long. So what have I been up to? I took a trip to Texas to visit some family. Had a great time...one night my aunt and I stayed up til 4 in the morning making a bed for her dog... A family birthdays wall hanging...  And a jewelry holder... Pretty wild I know! Also I have been busy packing! I put in my notice at my job here last week so one week and three days from now I will be moving! The next question you will no doubt be asking is "So you found a job?" To which I would reply "No, I'm just moving." Taking a leap of faith. So wish me luck and most of all please keep praying. I know I say this often but thank you for your continued love and support. You just can't know how much it means to me. So many people have been a blessing to me through this time of traveling back and forth for the last 7 months. Fr...

The following are updates from Bro. Madory over the last week: "The Medical Mission Outreach Team is AMAZING! The kindness, generosity, and sacrifice of all the team members was an amazing site to see. God used them to treat 2000 people with different illnesses. We also saw over 60 people trust Christ as Savior during the Medical Camps. Bwana Asifiwe!" "We ordained 2 national pastors yesterday in an afternoon Ordination Ceremony. Pastor Peter Mbugua and Pastor Ephraim Olusi are ordained ministers of the Gospel. Pastor Greg Hawn preached the charge. One Kenyan deaf man that attended the ordination service accept Christ as Savior after the service. WOW! and AMEN!" "Yesterday, we had our highest attendance at KBC (even higher than Friend Day). The day was filled with testimonies of what God did through the MMO Team, the Hawns, and the KBC volunteers. Many first time visitors were there to see this Karen Baptist Church they had heard so much abou...

I would like to share with you about a Medical Missions Outreach team that is in Kenya with the Madory's right now. I would ask that you pray for them as they are there ministering to the people and being an encouragement to our missionaries. I have been following the news from some of the people that are there right now and am including those post below along with a few pictures from the team. If you would like more information about this ministry please visit their website here and you can also follow them on Facebook at Medical Missions Outreach . ( pictures below are from Medical Missions Outreach facebook page - check out the rest of the album here ) "The whole team is in Kenya safe and sound! Came to Amboseli for a safari yesterday and have enjoyed seeing the beauty of God's creation! Pictures coming soon!"  "Today is the first day of clinic for our team. Please pray for us as we minister to the people here, and try to be a blessing to this church...

Well I will admit time for blogging has gotten away from me over the last month. It has been very busy for me as I'm sure it has been for you as well. I hope to pick it back up after the beginning of the year though. This is just a quick post to say I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Our family had a great day together...and we got a few good pictures too... We will be getting together again for new years and before that even...my birthday! Another year has flown right by. Quite a life changing year for me I would say in many ways-lots of ups and downs. But I have learned a lot from it and I think I can say I am better for it. I'm looking forward to the new year and it will be interesting to see what God has in store. On another note, I have several friends expecting babies within the next month (some even days). I can't wait to meet the new additions to their families. (One of them even writes about his journey to fatherhood on his blog www.fathert...

I haven't talked about this much, but I've decided to bring you up to speed. I've been looking for a new job in the area I am relocating to. I have been commuting back and forth on the weekends for the last 4 months. And what a WONDERFUL time it has been! It is almost exactly a 3 hour trip one way so I have some time to think between here and there. Sometimes I... a.) listen to music b.) listen to an audio book c.) listen to the preaching cd's from the Wednesday night services I miss there d.) talk to God e.) analyze f.) plan g.) practice singing for an upcoming special (yes I'm one of those people singing to the top of their voice by their self in the car and doesn't care who is watching) h.) call people and catch up i.) and sometimes I do all of the above ...not at the same time. But you get the idea. This week on the way home, I was thinking over the weekend and the week to come. There is a ladies meeting this Tuesday that I would really like ...

My mom called me at about 10:30 this morning. It went something like this... Mom: Someone just drove through Shauna's office building *pause*... Me: And???? Is she ok? What happened? Why would someone do that? Mom: She's ok - just her ankle. Me: So she's ok? what about her ankle? is it broken? is it smashed? Mom: It's just scratched. We're gonna go to the ER and get x-rays to make sure. Me: Where did the car end up? Mom: In her desk! Me: Where are you right now? Mom: We here, at her work standing in it. It's crazy. She said she heard the explosion of it coming through one wall headed straight for her and thought she was going to die. Me: Do I need to come down there? Mom: No it's ok. Me: Are you sure? Mom: Yes I'm sure. Then I hung up...told everyone around my desk area...probably cried a little bit and the first thing I thought after that was "did I give her a hug when she left my house last night?".... got my car keys and left...

We introduced Amanda (my niece) to the wonderful world of jewelry making last week. (She loved it - I think she's hooked too.) It was just about 2 am when we said for the final time "What are we still doing up?! We have GOT to go to bed!" As some of you may remember, before my trip to Kenya last year I asked my friend Sandra to teach me to make bracelets so I could take them as a gift for the ladies retreat we would be  hosting in Kenya. Shauna and I had A LOT of fun learning to design our own pieces. Since then I've learned to put them together on my own and even to make earrings! All of our schedules have been pretty busy lately so it’s been a while since I busted out any of the jewelry making paraphernalia. But last week I got out the big table and pulled all of it out of its armoire storage home. I opened every box so we could “shop” for the desired bead combinations. The results are below. These particular pieces were put into a fun...