Well, I came down with the yucky stuff this week that a good portion of the US has. High fever turns into congestion stuff. Yuck. Trying to get better.
Whee!!! Lowry's are in the area next week for a visit. Lord willing, I'll get to have supper with them.
Prayer: Persecution is on the increase in India. Pray for steadfastness for the believers.
Pray for my house as we have extended time with the Lord this weekend. Wouldn't you know - the weekend we decide to spend extra time with the Lord is the weekend everyone holds movie parties! A good contrast, perhaps? But it really has been a long time since I've seen Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
10 days later
My computer battery just said it's about to die, so this may be shorter than I planned.
We had a great time at Mission Arlington last weekend -- we handed out fliers door to door inviting people to attend a free Valentine Dinner. It was a pleasure to hand these out because I knew that the Gospel would be shared with each person that attended. Even as we handed out the fliers to the apartment residents, they were already commenting how much the Mission Arlington staff and family has meant to them. Praise God for this ministry that is planting churches and discipling new believers right here in the US!
Jes and Cas are doing well as the internship starts. Caz is still delayed, so you can pray for her soon arrival. These next two weeks will be busy for us. Between prayer meeting and classes, we're usually at the office from about 8 to 5:30. Plus evening stuff these next few weeks...
Monday Night: House Meeting
Tuesday Night: GFA Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Night: House Bible Study
Thursday Night: Special speaker at GFA.
Friday Night: House cleaning and grocery shopping
Saturday: All day at Challenge Course
Sunday: Free!
Monday Night: House Meeting
Tuesday Night: GFA Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Night: House Bible Study
Thursday Night: Free?
Friday Night/Saturday: Weekend (as a house) to spend in prayer/solitude.
Thanks for all your prayers! I'm so grateful when I picture your faces and know you are praying for me. I can't really express it in a blog - maybe I should call you. =)
This morning at church, I was hit by a wave of "me-ism." I've been doing that a lot recently--allowing myself to get tied up my own wants and thoughts, even when I know the Lord's promises. Right on cue, Aubrey and the worship team started into the song "Lead Me to the Cross." I needed the chorus:
Lead me to the cross
where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord, I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
O lead me,
lead me to the cross.
We had a great time at Mission Arlington last weekend -- we handed out fliers door to door inviting people to attend a free Valentine Dinner. It was a pleasure to hand these out because I knew that the Gospel would be shared with each person that attended. Even as we handed out the fliers to the apartment residents, they were already commenting how much the Mission Arlington staff and family has meant to them. Praise God for this ministry that is planting churches and discipling new believers right here in the US!
Jes and Cas are doing well as the internship starts. Caz is still delayed, so you can pray for her soon arrival. These next two weeks will be busy for us. Between prayer meeting and classes, we're usually at the office from about 8 to 5:30. Plus evening stuff these next few weeks...
Monday Night: House Meeting
Tuesday Night: GFA Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Night: House Bible Study
Thursday Night: Special speaker at GFA.
Friday Night: House cleaning and grocery shopping
Saturday: All day at Challenge Course
Sunday: Free!
Monday Night: House Meeting
Tuesday Night: GFA Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Night: House Bible Study
Thursday Night: Free?
Friday Night/Saturday: Weekend (as a house) to spend in prayer/solitude.
Thanks for all your prayers! I'm so grateful when I picture your faces and know you are praying for me. I can't really express it in a blog - maybe I should call you. =)
This morning at church, I was hit by a wave of "me-ism." I've been doing that a lot recently--allowing myself to get tied up my own wants and thoughts, even when I know the Lord's promises. Right on cue, Aubrey and the worship team started into the song "Lead Me to the Cross." I needed the chorus:
Lead me to the cross
where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord, I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
O lead me,
lead me to the cross.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Blogging and Mission Arlington
I'm excited about our trip to Mission Arlington tomorrow. I just need to get up early to get maps printed and fuel up the car.
We had our first grocery shopping trip as a house this evening. Went a few dollars over the food budget and I should have known better, but we'll just have to watch it next week.
There's been some "the good-and-bad-of-facebook" discussion recently, so these blog excerpts caught my attention. These aren't blogs I usually follow, but I stumbled across them while browsing recently.
Our generation is in danger of forgetting the depth and quality of relationships, all in the name of instant communication, "efficiency," and networking. While the rest of the world texts, pokes, relates in thirty second intervals let's not go along with it. Let's live for something better. --blogger Natalie Klein
and
For God so loved the world, that He came Himself and did not just send us an invitation to chat on line. --John Mark Reynolds
We had our first grocery shopping trip as a house this evening. Went a few dollars over the food budget and I should have known better, but we'll just have to watch it next week.
There's been some "the good-and-bad-of-facebook" discussion recently, so these blog excerpts caught my attention. These aren't blogs I usually follow, but I stumbled across them while browsing recently.
Our generation is in danger of forgetting the depth and quality of relationships, all in the name of instant communication, "efficiency," and networking. While the rest of the world texts, pokes, relates in thirty second intervals let's not go along with it. Let's live for something better. --blogger Natalie Klein
and
For God so loved the world, that He came Himself and did not just send us an invitation to chat on line. --John Mark Reynolds
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Congrats to Andrew and Jaime!
Congrats to my college friends Andrew and Jaime on the arrival of their new little girl, Baby Abigail! It's been so fun to watch the blog updates and now to see that she's finally arrived! May the Lord bless you all (three) richly and help you sleep at night!
Starting the year - Bible Study
The internship year has started full force. Last week was busy with supper at someone else's home every evening. MTW was orientation activities. IT training was Wednesday and then Outlook and Excel training was today. It's been a busy week or two. And I'm still fighting off this cold thing. I get better and then I don't.
Caz has been delayed (I'm not sure when she's coming), but Jessie and Cassie and I are enjoying our time together. You can pray that Caz gets here soon. PLEASE pray that Caz gets here soon. Some things are kind of "on hold" until she arrives and I would really like to start the year well.
We're getting ready to volunteer on Saturday at Mission Arlington and we're excited about that. Well, at least I am. I think the girls will like it once they get into it.
Things are busy at the office. One of my co-workers in the IT department will be starting the GFA Spanish department -- translating Revolution in World Missions and other materials into Spanish so the Spanish churches and believers can partner with us. It just means there are fewer people to do the work in our department in the short-term.
Enough with this really long post. I'm off to bed.
Caz has been delayed (I'm not sure when she's coming), but Jessie and Cassie and I are enjoying our time together. You can pray that Caz gets here soon. PLEASE pray that Caz gets here soon. Some things are kind of "on hold" until she arrives and I would really like to start the year well.
We're getting ready to volunteer on Saturday at Mission Arlington and we're excited about that. Well, at least I am. I think the girls will like it once they get into it.
Things are busy at the office. One of my co-workers in the IT department will be starting the GFA Spanish department -- translating Revolution in World Missions and other materials into Spanish so the Spanish churches and believers can partner with us. It just means there are fewer people to do the work in our department in the short-term.
Enough with this really long post. I'm off to bed.
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