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fell down and broke my crown. typing is a bit difficult and really can't do caps.

ooh and oh yeah

Totally got busy last week and didn't get to blog at my normal time. Now that our bi-annual church directory is printed, all my thoughts are toward our First Annual Forced Family Fun Hatch Green Chili Cookoff this coming weekend. There will be around 16 people coming to our 850 square foot lake house and there is rain in the forcast! Going to have to start making "what if" plans. Dean has been busy practicing his recipe and I have been his taster. (sad as I don't like green chilis) I will be competing of course. There might be a good prize. I am in charge of bringing said prizes and will surely bring something I would love to win! Looking forward to Katie coming for the weekend. Yea firstborn child is coming home for a visit! And, our first baby girl just turned two and we had a wonderful time celebrating her birthday. We are enjoying her new vocabulary skills and learning to put words together. Her parents taught her to pray over the food at meals.

"Jee-sus, Thanks. Aaamen!" She is delightful and loves her Elmo panties!

Song of Songs

I was at a conference four nights this week taught by Gary Weins on the extravagant love God has for YOU (and me) from the Song of Songs. One of the favorite quotes I heard, "Don't make sandwiches God didn't order." Man, it is good to be taught and reminded and encouraged and exhorted to imagine how much God loves us, his bride. Calling us, wooing us, delighting in us. Pretty awesome. A friend just bought me thebook, Bridal Intercession by Gary Wiens
("Bridal Intercession: Authority in Prayer Through Intimacy with Jesus" is a book for such a time as this, approaching the topic of intercessory prayer from the perspective of the Church's place as the Bride of Christ. Through exploring the Biblical paradigm of God's relationship as the Husband of His people, Gary Wiens draws his readers into an understanding of intimacy with Jesus as the foundation of effective prayer.) I am looking forward to reading it soon.
May God open our eyes to see, ears to hear and our hearts to his calling us to live our lives in extravagant worship of Jesus.

T shirts

Doesn't this shirt look like it needs some color and a cool phrase and artwork?

We are planning a Chili Cookoff at our lakehouse this summer and decided to have some t- shirts made for part of the hoopla. Found a website where you can design your own shirts and have had alot of fun deciding on the perfect design for our event. Try it out!

But beware...it can draw you into it's web of fun and you will lose track of time. You can design your own, or use their ideas, like the shirt that says "I poke monkies". We all need one of those.

CustomInk.com

I created my own churchlady shirt! Check it out. return to your design: churchlady

BURN

I was able to attend a BURN event last night in Dallas. It is a ministry of people who love the Lord passionately and want to make room for Him to come. They want our cities and nations to be transformed by God. They offer 24/48/52 hour prayer and worship sessions all over the world. People praying and praising and calling for more of God. http://theburn247.com/dfw/updates/ and click on listen to Burn Radio...good worship music to listen to while you are working or in your quiet times. They are headquartered in Dallas and I am hoping to attend another event soon. Really encouraging to be around brothers and sisters in the Lord who want more of HIM. It excites me. It opens me up to new vision and hope in God. We can all use that. Check it out.

Need Something to Do?

Every once in awhile I end up with some free time on my hands and have found a couple of sites that I enjoy for different reasons. Try them out and see what you think...
For my brain and memory: http://www.freerice.com/index.php
where you can give rice to help feed the hungry while working on your vocabulary!
For my creative side: http://www.miniusa.com/#/build/paintShop-m
Go to the Mini Cooper web site and you can not only build your own car, but you can custom paint it any way that you desire.
To enjoy my daughter Katherine's designwork and creativity:
http://www.myspace.com/truthorange

So I am off to work out my brain, feed the hungry and dream of driving the cutest mini cooper that designed for the day!

Fun at the Lake for the 4th!

We had a great time at the lake with the family! Lot's of good food, sitting on the deck and playing on the water. Aaron and Ilon went on a tube ride! Izzie skied pregnant! Meredith looked great on the knee board and of course we had a little bit of badminton competition. Dean and I both tried the tube, Dean with success, me, not so much. It was fun to just be out on the water.