God is Stinkin' Amazing!!!

Any body out there ever had a morning that started out the pits! So bad that you wanted to go back to bed and get out to start it all over?! Well my morning started out like that! The flesh side of me wants things to go the way I think they should go (can I get a witness) although I know I need to be patient and wait on the Lord!
So rough morning...great night!!!
I have a 15 year old girl that used to come to church for the pure social aspect of enjoying her friends company. I've been praying for this girl to get saved and take God serious for over a year now. She grew up Catholic and has a Mom that is Muslim, talk about confused! She came to me last week to say that God or something was telling her to come talk to me about salvation, that right there was enough to blow me out of my seat and have to pick myself back up! So we sat down and answered a few questions about it and I told her I would get her a Bible and we would talk again next Wednesday...this is next Wednesday! Praise the Lord! She got saved tonight and I couldn't be any happier! He knows exactly what He is doing and when He is doing it, I have to just get out of the way and let Him have His way!

An Average Monday

Who doesn't love a great deal?!? We went to Hobby Lobby tonight and the ribbon I wanted to make more vases was 2 spools for $1.00!! Needless to say I stocked up for a while!
In other news, Dad has his chemo treatment this Wednesday so please continue to pray for him and Mom.
We had to take Toby to get his yearly shots today. He cried like a baby! I don't know how I will ever take my kids to go get shots when that time comes b/c it killed me to watch Toby have to go through it!!

Honey Bun Anyone?

Good morning! Brandon and I had a great night last night! 90% of our students started back to school today so last night we took them all a Honey Bun with a little note on it for breakfast for their first day back to school. We got to see 36 of our 50ish students within 3 hours! It's amazing the smiles that a small Honey Bun brought forth! We are at such a great place right now with the youth group! God is really blessing!! They are all maturing in the faith and becoming more faithful! It's great to see what can be done when they give their lives to Christ!

Pics of Vases

Here are my vases I blogged about earlier. I thought I would post some pics. It is nice to know I have a creative side! Took me a while to find it but here it is.

My Daddy

Some of you may not know that both of my parents are fighting cancer right now. My mom was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in Feb. In June my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma that has spread to his bone marrow and stage 4 colon cancer that has spread to his liver. They are both undergoing chemotherapy right now. Without getting all depressing about it, just simply please keep them both in your prayers! My dad was admitted into the hospital today after becoming extremely sick last night. His white blood cell count is way, way, way, down which means he can't fight off any infections and is very, very, week. I spoke with him on the phone and his speech was slow and soft, so even tho I can't see his newly bald headed body I could tell that he was very sick. Thankfully we're only 3 hours away from them but I do wish I lived closer at times. I sure don't know what people do without Christ!

What a GREAT GREAT Day!

What an absolute great and amazing weekend day I had! God is sooooo stinkin' good that it takes my breath away! It started early this morning with the Beth Moore simulcast that touched my soul! She truly has a gift from God to teach in a way that will grip your soul and change your life! She really challenged me in my walk with Him! Then tonight we had our girls night with the youth group girls. I started this at the beginning of the summer the first Saturday of every month I do just a girls activity. They have all responded wonderfully to it and really looked forward to them. Tonight we ate, did face masks, paraffin hand wax, and painted each others nails. Talk about a great bonding time! I figured I would have some that wouldn't want to do the girly things and just sit there and make fun of the rest of us but it wasn't like that at all! It was amazing and I'm so happy that God has created a unity between all the girls from various backgrounds and families. Thank God for his overwhelming mercies!!

Great Target Shopping!

Through the week there isn't much to blog about in my every day life of babysitting 4 kids at home. Last night we went to Target to birthday shop for my niece Ashley that will be 4 in August. We perused down the shoe isle not expecting to find much...I felt as if I had died and gone to Heaven! Not 1, not 2, but 3 isles of shoes where marked down somewhere between $3-$8!! I must have spent forever there trying on every pair that caught my eye! I called everyone I could think of that would appreciate my shopping trip to see if they wanted me to buy them a pair too. All in all I walked away with 3 pairs of shoes for me and 1 pair for my sister so I didn't go over bored! I have the best husband in the world, he stayed by my side and helped me find the sizes I needed and didn't tell me no once!