Hidey Ho There Neighbor!

Well hello there...so first and foremost, I just got off the phone with my mom only to find out that my "brother" Joe had a serious stroke last night and is serious condition now, and I just wanted everyone to be praying for him...He is married to Darcy, and they have a daughter, Tess who I believe is about 11, or 12...so please be in prayer for him, they live in Wisconsin and he's only 45 years old.


Ok, next thing..I survived the sleepover, we had a total of about 24 girls that actually stayed the night here in our two bedroom house..geesh, and then 5 adults..We had soooo much fun! We had pasta, salad, and breadsticks for dinner, cooked s'mores over a fire, and baked over 100 chocolate chip cookies only for them to not even last an hour..lol, typical! We also, as leaders transformed one of my extra bedrooms into a "dressing room, spa, boutique" and surprised the girls with hand massages, make up, and hairstyling...THEN, we formed a runway outside with candles, and had a talk about Esther, my personal hero, and then a pajama fashion show! All in all, we all got closer to the girls, and some new friendships were made! The girls all finally started to fall asleep at about 4am, and the leaders shortly after that...THEN, we woke up at about 7:30, then had some moms come and cook pancakes, bacon, and had a fruit platter...and finally...they all started to go home slowly but surely and the last girl left at about 12:20...YEA!!!


So Jonathan and I are having our one year anniversary today! YEA!!! We are headed to Vegas and totally stoked about it, we will be back tomorrow evening and I will for sure be posting pictures, and letting you all know how it goes!!!!

Miss and Love you all!!!!

and please be praying for Joe and the family in Wisconsin!!!

Prayer

OK, so I know the outcome for President last night wasn't exactly what everyone had hoped for, however..I just keep reminding myself that God is Sovereign...presidency..only a part of this life we're living right now. HOWEVER, with that being said Proposition 8 has been the one main thing on everyones mind in California, some more so than the presidency...and I can now PROUDLY say...Prop 8 has passed. Gay and Lesbian marriages are no longer legal in the state of California. And it will not be taught in schools that there is no difference in a man and man being married than a man and woman being married. A lot of people are concerned for the fact that some couples already got married before Prop 8 was passed, some famous celebrities, some not, but those will stay married, but no one else can get married!!! I know that times were especially hard out here, there were some being persecuted for saying they would vote yes on 8, but we stayed strong, we prayed, and it brought communities closer together knowing that for some it may not have been a faith issue, but a moral issue...whatever the case....God's hand was on it, steady as always...


My one prayer through all of this is that it not only brought us closer to some people we may not have ever met, but that we would continue that fellowship with those people and perhaps find we all have more common ground than ever before...I know specifically it brought our church to our knees..we prepared, we prayed, we studied...and as workers for the Kingdom...we won...Christ won...yet again.


Thank you for all your prayers and support through this trying time...and also remember to pray for our new president...We may not like his background, or lack thereof. We may not agree with most of what he says...but we are still called to pray for him. He now holds the highest office in this country, pray for him, his wife, and those two little girls that will soon be exposed to all of this...pray.


Miss and Love Everyone!

yay! Busy week is DONE! FINITO! O-V-E-R, OVER!!!

ok, so, WE SURVIVED!!! Harvest Festival went off perfectly last night! We were told by everyone that this was actually a really low number for this event, but I guess I am just used to smaller towns that big California cities, because I thought it was HUGE!!! There were tons of kids, and adults all dressed up just looking to all play some great games and eat some candy, and enjoy the AMAZING BAND! Our middle school ministry, Portico, was in charge of three booths. One, was a flying rocket game, the second was a ladder ball game, and the third was a ring bottle toss game. We had tons of kids that showed up to help that hadn't even signed up to help and passed out a lot of flyers, and enjoyed our company and it was a great time of fellowship! After the Harvest Festival was over Jonathan and I decided to invite all our sunday school leaders over to our house to just hang out, so we did and Jonathan grilled some hamburgers, and hot dogs, and we just sat outside and laughed a lot!!! So now, the next thing to prepare for is the SLEEPOVER!!!

On Friday, Jonathan is taking all the middle school boys camping up at Big Bear (a big mountain)..and then I am having all the middle school girls over to our house to stay the night with some other female leaders..yikes.. I already have 25 signed up...so there. Theres the prayer request for now...lol. We have lots planned already thats going to be fun for this age group of girls, so we're excited!!!

Anyway thats about it for now, so I'm going to post some of the pictures up from last night of some of our kids and such...ENJOY!!

(OH, and one of our 8th grade girls dressed up as Jonathan...HILARIOUS...check it out!!!)

Miss and Love Y'all