- Bill Johnson's message on The power of Testimony
Learn to ride the wave of power.
ministering out of authority, another place
power is when you catch a wave, authority is when you start a wave.
Authority is, your not sure what God is doing, but you believe. You may not feel all the things yuo are looking for you just have a heart for the person. The one thing you must promise yourself is to display the love of God, sometimes theres power, but we are more intersted in displaying the love of God.
testimonies are ways to boast in what God is doing. Don't withhold stuff to appear modest.
Share honesty in what you experience, if you speak the truth, you are actually releasing the Spirit of God to transform a person. If you speak from experience you not share information you are releasing the power for transformation.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Spirit-Filled Life
I can't believe this. I had trouble logging into my blog again just now, I have too many password combinations and/or e-mail addresses.
At any rate... I'm sitting on my nice little porch this fine Georgia evening, an amazing cool Fall evening. The beautiful moon is out, the grasshoppers are chirping and the little toads are out. One just about hopped on my foot just a moment ago.. ahhh.. that was quite startling.
I've now officially lived in my own Studio for4 weeks this week. It has been quite the experience. Up and down, side to side, CRAZY! It has been so good, weird, tiring, amazing, lonely, hard, fun, sad, happy.... All at the same time. It has been good for me to live on my own and learn how to just keep up my own life. Which with that its been pretty waeird too, because I don't have anyone keeping track of me, and I don't have to keep track of anyone else. That part I guess has been pretty great. About 1 week ago, I was really battling lies and just darkness about being lonely, and not deserving my job, and blah blah blah, I actually got sick last Monday. I had flu-like symptoms and went home from work early. I never got sick but I had the chills and a fever and congestion and cough. I rested all evening, and didn't make it to school. I talked to Michael later that evening, and he identified this as an attack from the enemy. HELLO!!! Yeah, it was I didn't really see it as that at first, sometimes it just takes an outsider to look into the situation. I was able to then know why I was sick and identify the lies that I was allowing to influence my daily life, that was getting me so down.
Eric and Candace Johnson had been in town last weekend and spoke alot about receiving blessings from God and how important it is to receive them and not say well, I don't deserve this and try to measure up to deserving it. The Lord just wants to bless us because of how amazing he has made us. That is exactly what was going on in my life at that point. I have been given this blessing of a paid job in a missios organization, my own studio with very good rent, and this amazing opportunity to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry right here across the street from where I live and right where I work.. HOW CRAZY is THAT! I couldn't have even planned it.
I continued throughout the week with this on my mind. My mood changed throughout the week, I became very thankful for what the Lord has and continues to give and provide for me.
On Friday, I headed to Panama City Beach, FL with Lisa and Marnus and the rest of the BSSM. We drove about 6 hours, friday afternoon and finally got there about 6:30 or so with the time change, so it was like 530 there, or something I'm not sure that was kind of confusing. We walked on the beach a little bit, it was beautiful. Then we got some pizza, then Kristen one of my friends I met at the school came over and invited me to go walk on the beach with her and some other girls. We went and walked on the beach, about sunset I guess, it was beautiful. We all introduced ourselves. It was great. I was so glad that I went and I got to meet them. I really feel like they are going to be a core group of my friends that develop over this school year. This weekend from the beginning was such a great time to just get together and get to know people and make connections and hang out. After that we went back and had a Worship Explosion! It was great, we probably worshipped for about 3 hours or so, Then we had a fire tunnel to release love over us. It got pretty crazy in there. It was so much fun. We were drinking out of the bucket of love, and people were even throwing the bucket of love on us, it was pretty funny and intense.
Saturday morning, I got up about 730 to go to the beach for a workout session. WOW. It was pretty out there it was good at first and then it just got hotter and hotter, and the sand made it a little hard, It was a good workout though, definitely stretched out some muscles that I still need to work on ;) Then we had a huge breakfast, then had individual devotions. Then we came back together, divided up by 1st and 2nd year, and Tracy spoke. She is so amazing. She told a little of her testimony, and how she got to be where she was today, and I could really identify with her, I think we have alot in common :) She's Awesome. Then we had like the whole afternoon for free time after lunch. I went to the audition for the Worship team. I played the keyboard most of the time and then I sang back up on a few songs. It was pretty fun, it wasn't stressful or anything, just not many people and we just kinda played so that Matthew Hale could get an ear for how everyone worked together and how everyone played or sang within the band as a whole too.
Then I met up with some girls and Lisa to go to the beach, we hung out there, then we went to Target to get Starbucks at the kiosk in there. Then got back to the retreat center. We were planning on having a Beach Baptism that night. I got dressed and ready for the baptism because I decided that I wanted to get baptized to represent this new season in my life, and what I was yesterday I won't be that in 1 year, or ever again. We gathered downstairs and the storms rolled in. We all huddled under the deck, with the exception of crazy boys and girls swimming and dancing. We waited it out for a few minutes, even though it looked like it was there to stay. After a few minutes of pouring rain, dark clouds all around and a nice cool breeze, the rain slacked off and we began to walk across the street to the beach. As we got to the beach it had cleared and light was shining through in just the spot for us to have the baptism, then to the right and left of us it was still really dark and on one side you could see the line, of rain where it was just pouring down. Everyone made a circle in the water and Pastors Steve Hale and Scott Thompson got in the middle and then one by one whoever was getting baptized walked to the middle and everyone chanted their names and prayed for fire to fall on them as they went under and came back up. It was so amazing. You could feel that we were just connecting and weaving together as a family. We were out there for a good hour and half I'm sure. I think we baptized about 75 people. Then we had a little bit of time to shower off and then meet in the chapel for service. We had another amazing night of worship then Pastor Steve gave the message, and it was just beautiful. Then we had a time of prayer for a Father's Blessing, so all the Father's went up and prayed over whoever felt like they needed the Father's Blessing. (atleast I think it was Saturday night.. hahaha; It all kind of runs together now)
Sunday morning due to my soreness, I opted out of the Workout session. I walked along the beach and read a little bit, just thanking the Lord for how amazing He Is. Then we had another HUGe breakfast, then morning devotions, then we did skits that we had prepared the night before, which I forgot to mention, but we did that. The skits were supposed to be really funny and have the them identity. It was really fun. We had such creative skits, it was amazing. My team got 3rd place, well We really ALL won, but we did have judges so we got 3rd but it was so wonderful. Then we had worship again, AMAZING, I think this time I danced alot! I'm really moving more into that gifting of dancing :)
Then this afternoone I decided to hang out on the beach the whole time. I headed to the volleyball courts in the sand! I played a few games, kind of got a little discouraged because it was mostly big men who were really competitive and just like get the ball... ahhh!! "gotta Get your head in the game, gotta getcha getcha... " haha But yeah, it was rough, but there were a few very encouraging people, so that helped. I just rotated in, so I didn't play the whole time. Then got in the water to cool off, and then went walking with Kristen and Ashley, then went back and played volleyball and I did a whole lot better this time!! I was setting the ball up and serving like a pro, it was great.
Then we still had alot of free time til dinner, I showered and then sat by the pool and mingled with some friends. Then we had spaghetti dinner, then had Worship again!!! Amazing. We had a different leader this time, Patrick, he did a great job, apparently that group hadn't played together before but they did really great. The presence was so thick in there. It was so great. Then we had Prophetic time!!! The 2nd year students went to the front and called out different people, and then once they did that for a while they had the rest of us come up to teams of two and then they gave us prophetic words individually.
It was so amazing. Then we helped clean up around the camp, then I got 3 amazing messages from Michael and I decided to call him and I talked to him for a while, then headed to bed. Then we got up early this morning about 630 and headed back home.
Overall the weekend was so refreshing and definitely solidified somethings and was a great time of connecting and getting to know people better.
More to come on all my revelations, but this is probably alot to read already.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Send me some love!
At any rate... I'm sitting on my nice little porch this fine Georgia evening, an amazing cool Fall evening. The beautiful moon is out, the grasshoppers are chirping and the little toads are out. One just about hopped on my foot just a moment ago.. ahhh.. that was quite startling.
I've now officially lived in my own Studio for4 weeks this week. It has been quite the experience. Up and down, side to side, CRAZY! It has been so good, weird, tiring, amazing, lonely, hard, fun, sad, happy.... All at the same time. It has been good for me to live on my own and learn how to just keep up my own life. Which with that its been pretty waeird too, because I don't have anyone keeping track of me, and I don't have to keep track of anyone else. That part I guess has been pretty great. About 1 week ago, I was really battling lies and just darkness about being lonely, and not deserving my job, and blah blah blah, I actually got sick last Monday. I had flu-like symptoms and went home from work early. I never got sick but I had the chills and a fever and congestion and cough. I rested all evening, and didn't make it to school. I talked to Michael later that evening, and he identified this as an attack from the enemy. HELLO!!! Yeah, it was I didn't really see it as that at first, sometimes it just takes an outsider to look into the situation. I was able to then know why I was sick and identify the lies that I was allowing to influence my daily life, that was getting me so down.
Eric and Candace Johnson had been in town last weekend and spoke alot about receiving blessings from God and how important it is to receive them and not say well, I don't deserve this and try to measure up to deserving it. The Lord just wants to bless us because of how amazing he has made us. That is exactly what was going on in my life at that point. I have been given this blessing of a paid job in a missios organization, my own studio with very good rent, and this amazing opportunity to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry right here across the street from where I live and right where I work.. HOW CRAZY is THAT! I couldn't have even planned it.
I continued throughout the week with this on my mind. My mood changed throughout the week, I became very thankful for what the Lord has and continues to give and provide for me.
On Friday, I headed to Panama City Beach, FL with Lisa and Marnus and the rest of the BSSM. We drove about 6 hours, friday afternoon and finally got there about 6:30 or so with the time change, so it was like 530 there, or something I'm not sure that was kind of confusing. We walked on the beach a little bit, it was beautiful. Then we got some pizza, then Kristen one of my friends I met at the school came over and invited me to go walk on the beach with her and some other girls. We went and walked on the beach, about sunset I guess, it was beautiful. We all introduced ourselves. It was great. I was so glad that I went and I got to meet them. I really feel like they are going to be a core group of my friends that develop over this school year. This weekend from the beginning was such a great time to just get together and get to know people and make connections and hang out. After that we went back and had a Worship Explosion! It was great, we probably worshipped for about 3 hours or so, Then we had a fire tunnel to release love over us. It got pretty crazy in there. It was so much fun. We were drinking out of the bucket of love, and people were even throwing the bucket of love on us, it was pretty funny and intense.
Saturday morning, I got up about 730 to go to the beach for a workout session. WOW. It was pretty out there it was good at first and then it just got hotter and hotter, and the sand made it a little hard, It was a good workout though, definitely stretched out some muscles that I still need to work on ;) Then we had a huge breakfast, then had individual devotions. Then we came back together, divided up by 1st and 2nd year, and Tracy spoke. She is so amazing. She told a little of her testimony, and how she got to be where she was today, and I could really identify with her, I think we have alot in common :) She's Awesome. Then we had like the whole afternoon for free time after lunch. I went to the audition for the Worship team. I played the keyboard most of the time and then I sang back up on a few songs. It was pretty fun, it wasn't stressful or anything, just not many people and we just kinda played so that Matthew Hale could get an ear for how everyone worked together and how everyone played or sang within the band as a whole too.
Then I met up with some girls and Lisa to go to the beach, we hung out there, then we went to Target to get Starbucks at the kiosk in there. Then got back to the retreat center. We were planning on having a Beach Baptism that night. I got dressed and ready for the baptism because I decided that I wanted to get baptized to represent this new season in my life, and what I was yesterday I won't be that in 1 year, or ever again. We gathered downstairs and the storms rolled in. We all huddled under the deck, with the exception of crazy boys and girls swimming and dancing. We waited it out for a few minutes, even though it looked like it was there to stay. After a few minutes of pouring rain, dark clouds all around and a nice cool breeze, the rain slacked off and we began to walk across the street to the beach. As we got to the beach it had cleared and light was shining through in just the spot for us to have the baptism, then to the right and left of us it was still really dark and on one side you could see the line, of rain where it was just pouring down. Everyone made a circle in the water and Pastors Steve Hale and Scott Thompson got in the middle and then one by one whoever was getting baptized walked to the middle and everyone chanted their names and prayed for fire to fall on them as they went under and came back up. It was so amazing. You could feel that we were just connecting and weaving together as a family. We were out there for a good hour and half I'm sure. I think we baptized about 75 people. Then we had a little bit of time to shower off and then meet in the chapel for service. We had another amazing night of worship then Pastor Steve gave the message, and it was just beautiful. Then we had a time of prayer for a Father's Blessing, so all the Father's went up and prayed over whoever felt like they needed the Father's Blessing. (atleast I think it was Saturday night.. hahaha; It all kind of runs together now)
Sunday morning due to my soreness, I opted out of the Workout session. I walked along the beach and read a little bit, just thanking the Lord for how amazing He Is. Then we had another HUGe breakfast, then morning devotions, then we did skits that we had prepared the night before, which I forgot to mention, but we did that. The skits were supposed to be really funny and have the them identity. It was really fun. We had such creative skits, it was amazing. My team got 3rd place, well We really ALL won, but we did have judges so we got 3rd but it was so wonderful. Then we had worship again, AMAZING, I think this time I danced alot! I'm really moving more into that gifting of dancing :)
Then this afternoone I decided to hang out on the beach the whole time. I headed to the volleyball courts in the sand! I played a few games, kind of got a little discouraged because it was mostly big men who were really competitive and just like get the ball... ahhh!! "gotta Get your head in the game, gotta getcha getcha... " haha But yeah, it was rough, but there were a few very encouraging people, so that helped. I just rotated in, so I didn't play the whole time. Then got in the water to cool off, and then went walking with Kristen and Ashley, then went back and played volleyball and I did a whole lot better this time!! I was setting the ball up and serving like a pro, it was great.
Then we still had alot of free time til dinner, I showered and then sat by the pool and mingled with some friends. Then we had spaghetti dinner, then had Worship again!!! Amazing. We had a different leader this time, Patrick, he did a great job, apparently that group hadn't played together before but they did really great. The presence was so thick in there. It was so great. Then we had Prophetic time!!! The 2nd year students went to the front and called out different people, and then once they did that for a while they had the rest of us come up to teams of two and then they gave us prophetic words individually.
It was so amazing. Then we helped clean up around the camp, then I got 3 amazing messages from Michael and I decided to call him and I talked to him for a while, then headed to bed. Then we got up early this morning about 630 and headed back home.
Overall the weekend was so refreshing and definitely solidified somethings and was a great time of connecting and getting to know people better.
More to come on all my revelations, but this is probably alot to read already.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Send me some love!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
His Love Never Fails
Beauty for ashes, taking fire and burning off all the outsides and making it beautiful. We started school today, it was absolutely amazing. We are already starting to connect as a family and we haven't even really all gotten to know each other. As we were worshiping, we all joined hands and raised them together singing " We are free, We are free..." It was incredible, I could hardly sing I was getting choked up with the sense of family and strong loving community. God is so amazing. He brought me here to this school just for me, He brought me here to OM just for me.
well its Thursday morning now, I started this blog on Monday night and I'm just now finishing it. I'm not sure where I was going up there. so I'll start from today....
It is almost 8AM. I've had a lovely week so far. It's been so weird to have to work all day and then come home and fix dinner and read and just hang out, then go to bed and do it all over again the next day. I've decided that I don't want an office job in the future. I like it for now, but when I've got a darling husband and children, definitely a NO!! :)
I've also come to realize the importance of living on your own. Its so bizarre, but you are creating your own person. The people that I've been meeting only know me because they've personally met me. Not my parents or my friends and then they've met me, but just me. They will know me by how I present myself, and all that. How's that for crazy!!!?? I mean here I am only 18 years old, fresh out of high school, living on my own in Tyrone, GA. Middle of nowhere USA. But it's great. God is so good, and He knew exactly what He was doing when He set all this up for me. Sometimes I don't know, I just think that its absolutely wonderful, crazy and exciting all the same.
This weekend, is Tyrone Founder's Day!!! I don't even know how many years we are celebrating. I'll have to get back to you on that. But I'm pretty excited, we'll see what its like. Its small town USA, little Fairgrounds and a Parade on Saturday morning!!!
I'll have to try to get some pictures from someone else to put up here. considering I don't yet have a camera.
Note to the Lord: I would really like a new camera!!!
Alrighty got to get ready to head to work!
Love love love love
well its Thursday morning now, I started this blog on Monday night and I'm just now finishing it. I'm not sure where I was going up there. so I'll start from today....
It is almost 8AM. I've had a lovely week so far. It's been so weird to have to work all day and then come home and fix dinner and read and just hang out, then go to bed and do it all over again the next day. I've decided that I don't want an office job in the future. I like it for now, but when I've got a darling husband and children, definitely a NO!! :)
I've also come to realize the importance of living on your own. Its so bizarre, but you are creating your own person. The people that I've been meeting only know me because they've personally met me. Not my parents or my friends and then they've met me, but just me. They will know me by how I present myself, and all that. How's that for crazy!!!?? I mean here I am only 18 years old, fresh out of high school, living on my own in Tyrone, GA. Middle of nowhere USA. But it's great. God is so good, and He knew exactly what He was doing when He set all this up for me. Sometimes I don't know, I just think that its absolutely wonderful, crazy and exciting all the same.
This weekend, is Tyrone Founder's Day!!! I don't even know how many years we are celebrating. I'll have to get back to you on that. But I'm pretty excited, we'll see what its like. Its small town USA, little Fairgrounds and a Parade on Saturday morning!!!
I'll have to try to get some pictures from someone else to put up here. considering I don't yet have a camera.
Note to the Lord: I would really like a new camera!!!
Alrighty got to get ready to head to work!
Love love love love
Sunday, September 13, 2009
sunsets and hot tea
It has quickly come to the end of the weekend. It has been such a wonderful time. I got to spend some time with my friends Hillary and June. We had a blast. Lots of laughs, amazing worship times, long drives, long day of shopping and good fellowship. The Lord is so good! We began the weekend by attending Ignite conference at Victory World Church. We got a chance to sit and chat with Jake Hamilton. It was so God to line that all up. What favor. He prayed for us too. It was really sweet. Can't wait to see him in Wilmington and here in Atlanta. Then Saturday we spent most of the day shopping for groceries for my fridge and other miscellaneous things I needed around my studio. We saw the new Tyler Perry movie, I Can Do Bad All By Myself which apparently was filmed here in ATL. It was really good, you should see it. Then we stopped and had coffee and finally headed home about 10. Then we rearranged my furniture. My room looks really great now, its better organized. We were up for a while. Later on around 11:30 or so, I tried to talk to Michael love, but he didn't have very good signal and it cut off our conversations like 4 times while I was in the middle of telling him about meeting with Jake Hamilton. We finally turned in a little after midnight. What a day.
Today has been just a wonderful day. It has been quite a rollercoaster but still so wonderful. I pre-registered for BSSM which starts tomorrow!! I'm so excited. And Worship this morning was so sweet, very intimate. I had the wonderful chance to connect with a lady I hope to continue in great friendship with, what a sweetheart. She is married and has three lovely girls. (my type of family huh.. ? :)]
After I found my way home, I made a delicious lunch. By the way, I think I will be quite the chef when I am ready to get married, I'm becoming quite creative with different types of random foods :)
I've gotten a lot of reading done today, I'm enjoying all the quiet time I get to spend with the Love of my Life, my prince, Jesus that is. I was given a book that has love letters written by the Prince to the Beloved Princess Bride. It has been such a blessing. I try to read it every evening.
I've also just begun a blessing jar. I'm going to start writing down everytime that the Lord does something amazing that can be a testimony. Like the fact that I have a job at OM and I'm living here in amazing housing in a quiet little town and attending Bethel School of Ministry. Totally GOD!!! All I did was step out and look into Operation Mobilization (OM) to go on missions, and this is where I am. He opened the door wide open. That will be one of the first things I put in my jar.
Blessings!!!
Today has been just a wonderful day. It has been quite a rollercoaster but still so wonderful. I pre-registered for BSSM which starts tomorrow!! I'm so excited. And Worship this morning was so sweet, very intimate. I had the wonderful chance to connect with a lady I hope to continue in great friendship with, what a sweetheart. She is married and has three lovely girls. (my type of family huh.. ? :)]
After I found my way home, I made a delicious lunch. By the way, I think I will be quite the chef when I am ready to get married, I'm becoming quite creative with different types of random foods :)
I've gotten a lot of reading done today, I'm enjoying all the quiet time I get to spend with the Love of my Life, my prince, Jesus that is. I was given a book that has love letters written by the Prince to the Beloved Princess Bride. It has been such a blessing. I try to read it every evening.
I've also just begun a blessing jar. I'm going to start writing down everytime that the Lord does something amazing that can be a testimony. Like the fact that I have a job at OM and I'm living here in amazing housing in a quiet little town and attending Bethel School of Ministry. Totally GOD!!! All I did was step out and look into Operation Mobilization (OM) to go on missions, and this is where I am. He opened the door wide open. That will be one of the first things I put in my jar.
Blessings!!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Let the Adventures begin...
I've been meaning to post something since last Friday, but the events of this weekend have delayed that. Therefore I am posting today, Monday 7, 2009 on Labor Day. I have just spent this entire weekend with my family and extended family. It has been a wonderful weekend.
Friday was yet another day of uncommon favor. As the day began it didn't seem that way. We were planning to wake up at 5:45 to vacuum out my truck , and load up all my stuff. However, I opened my eyes at 7:05 realizing that I had over slept. It was totally the Holy Spirit that woke me up. I awakened with a start. I jumped out of bed, and was rushing around to start getting things out the door. I knew that we would be late getting on the road.
We got all of my stuff outside in the driveway; it looked like way more stuff than would fit in the back of the Yukon and in my Passport. Somehow it all fit. It took about a total of 1 hour and a half to load everything up. We had breakfast and loaded ourselves in the car about 9 AM, only to discover that the car battery was dead. It could be seen as a tragedy and stresser but maybe our lives were saved from an accident because we were running late? We would never know. We charged up the battery and then finally headed out of the driveway about 9:45. It didn’t quite occur to us during all the little preparation that we did, that with the trailer we would only be able to go so fast, therefore it takes us a little longer to get down here than normal. By about 4:45 and we are about 1 hour and 15 minutes (according to the GPS) from OM, where we dropped off the trailer and the Yukon. So we were late for the Braves game, but we did get an extra ticket for Ginger. There was one extra one, Praise God! By being late to the game, by only 30 minutes really we didn't have any heavy traffic getting to the staduim, we didn't have to pay $12 for parking and there was a Chick-fil-A in the stadium which is what Ginger wanted for dinner. God was totally watching out for us. The game was pretty good, not too eventful. There were fireworks and everything, it was a lot of fun.
Saturday morning brought delicious pancakes, lots of unpacking the trucks, and starting to unpack all my stuff. We worked in my studio from 10 AM til 6PM during that time we unloaded all the stuff, took the trailer back to U-haul, went to Wal-Mart to get things, lunch and the Escobars came to help. We hung curtains, pictures, and put together my bed. After that we headed back to the Bowmans house for dinner and games.
Sunday morning we went to Bethel Atlanta! It was amazing. This guy who'd been in a wheelchair for 2 months, got out of his wheelchair after telling a little bit of his testimony and with a little help walked back to his seat. I believe he is going to be totally healed. The Lord is so good. Then we came out to my apartment for my sister to see it, then we went back to the Bowmans house for lunch. Then I went with Michael's family to Stone Mountain. It was really fun! We hiked up the stone mountain, it was a really pretty view. Then we all went out to dinner together to a Japanese restuarant which I have leftovers for, for like the next 3 days! :) Then I said good-bye to my family and the Escobars took me to my apartment which I stayed my first night by myself last night. Then today I had some big adventures. I went to Michael's hotel for breakfast and hung out there for a little bit, then we drove up I -85 to Swuanee (spelling??) and went to the park there to get Allie. It was so amazing. The park is big and its kind of like a Mayfaire with a big big ampitheater/field in the middle. We had lunch at 5 Guys and then Michael and I got to spend some quality time together. It was really good.
I really could keep going. I am so excited to see what this next year brings. The Lord is definately at work!!
Love love LOVE!!!
Friday was yet another day of uncommon favor. As the day began it didn't seem that way. We were planning to wake up at 5:45 to vacuum out my truck , and load up all my stuff. However, I opened my eyes at 7:05 realizing that I had over slept. It was totally the Holy Spirit that woke me up. I awakened with a start. I jumped out of bed, and was rushing around to start getting things out the door. I knew that we would be late getting on the road.
We got all of my stuff outside in the driveway; it looked like way more stuff than would fit in the back of the Yukon and in my Passport. Somehow it all fit. It took about a total of 1 hour and a half to load everything up. We had breakfast and loaded ourselves in the car about 9 AM, only to discover that the car battery was dead. It could be seen as a tragedy and stresser but maybe our lives were saved from an accident because we were running late? We would never know. We charged up the battery and then finally headed out of the driveway about 9:45. It didn’t quite occur to us during all the little preparation that we did, that with the trailer we would only be able to go so fast, therefore it takes us a little longer to get down here than normal. By about 4:45 and we are about 1 hour and 15 minutes (according to the GPS) from OM, where we dropped off the trailer and the Yukon. So we were late for the Braves game, but we did get an extra ticket for Ginger. There was one extra one, Praise God! By being late to the game, by only 30 minutes really we didn't have any heavy traffic getting to the staduim, we didn't have to pay $12 for parking and there was a Chick-fil-A in the stadium which is what Ginger wanted for dinner. God was totally watching out for us. The game was pretty good, not too eventful. There were fireworks and everything, it was a lot of fun.
Saturday morning brought delicious pancakes, lots of unpacking the trucks, and starting to unpack all my stuff. We worked in my studio from 10 AM til 6PM during that time we unloaded all the stuff, took the trailer back to U-haul, went to Wal-Mart to get things, lunch and the Escobars came to help. We hung curtains, pictures, and put together my bed. After that we headed back to the Bowmans house for dinner and games.
Sunday morning we went to Bethel Atlanta! It was amazing. This guy who'd been in a wheelchair for 2 months, got out of his wheelchair after telling a little bit of his testimony and with a little help walked back to his seat. I believe he is going to be totally healed. The Lord is so good. Then we came out to my apartment for my sister to see it, then we went back to the Bowmans house for lunch. Then I went with Michael's family to Stone Mountain. It was really fun! We hiked up the stone mountain, it was a really pretty view. Then we all went out to dinner together to a Japanese restuarant which I have leftovers for, for like the next 3 days! :) Then I said good-bye to my family and the Escobars took me to my apartment which I stayed my first night by myself last night. Then today I had some big adventures. I went to Michael's hotel for breakfast and hung out there for a little bit, then we drove up I -85 to Swuanee (spelling??) and went to the park there to get Allie. It was so amazing. The park is big and its kind of like a Mayfaire with a big big ampitheater/field in the middle. We had lunch at 5 Guys and then Michael and I got to spend some quality time together. It was really good.
I really could keep going. I am so excited to see what this next year brings. The Lord is definately at work!!
Love love LOVE!!!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
ohh the Wonders
It has been apparently a year, since my last post. And the post before that was 1 year before that. Obviously it is not one of my priorities to be on here. However, due to my present adventures, I plan to update my blog atleast 2 times a week. There are many people of which I want to know what is going on in my lovely little life.
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending my "Send-Off Celebration" Party! It was such a delight to be with all of my friends and family that I love! I am so loved! Thank you to all that came, I loved every minute of it. The food was wonderful, the fellowship was amazing, and your prayers were greatfully received.
Today, has been such a glorious day! The Lord is so good! I woke up rather late for me today, it was 9 o'clock by the time my sleepy little eyes opened up. I enjoyed every moment of that rest though. And outside has been just wonderful today, its very nice and breezy. What a welcome to September. I enjoyed a rather quiet morning. Then I had lunch with my wonderful friend Jennifer. It seems that I have packed up my last few days here. I have a lunch date everyday, and the evenings I take one day at a time. The Lord is so wonderful though, I don't seem to be over scheduling myself. I know that he has provided the time for me to be with who I need to be with.
I treasure each and everyone of my friends. I thank God for every person the Lord has brought into my life!! He has given me the bestest of friends that love and encourage me!
I will keep you updated.
As for now, I sit on my back deck here in Wilmington, NC watching the clouds roll in and enjoying the breeze. I should probably get my computer in so that it doesn't get wet!
Until next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you may He give you uncommon favor!
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending my "Send-Off Celebration" Party! It was such a delight to be with all of my friends and family that I love! I am so loved! Thank you to all that came, I loved every minute of it. The food was wonderful, the fellowship was amazing, and your prayers were greatfully received.
Today, has been such a glorious day! The Lord is so good! I woke up rather late for me today, it was 9 o'clock by the time my sleepy little eyes opened up. I enjoyed every moment of that rest though. And outside has been just wonderful today, its very nice and breezy. What a welcome to September. I enjoyed a rather quiet morning. Then I had lunch with my wonderful friend Jennifer. It seems that I have packed up my last few days here. I have a lunch date everyday, and the evenings I take one day at a time. The Lord is so wonderful though, I don't seem to be over scheduling myself. I know that he has provided the time for me to be with who I need to be with.
I treasure each and everyone of my friends. I thank God for every person the Lord has brought into my life!! He has given me the bestest of friends that love and encourage me!
I will keep you updated.
As for now, I sit on my back deck here in Wilmington, NC watching the clouds roll in and enjoying the breeze. I should probably get my computer in so that it doesn't get wet!
Until next time, May the Lord bless you and keep you may He give you uncommon favor!
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