"Home" for the Holidays

We have traveled to Colorado to be with my parents, sister, and BIL for Christmas. We have been looking forward to this trip for a while. Relaxing in the mountains and God's beautiful creation is one of our favorites! And another one of my favorites is to be at my parent's home during the different holidays...especially Christmas. My mom decorates for each holiday from St. Patricks day to 4th of July and everything in between. But, Christmas by far is the best. I tried to capture some pictures on my phone so that you could see some of the joy that is Christmas that we experience. As you walk up the sidewalk there is a tree outside decorated with ornaments. And as soon as you enter the door oh the smell...it is grand. Tons of candles were burning, wassail was on the stove, Christmas music was playing, and every nook and cranny is decorated. It is cozy. Makes me want to curl up on the couch with a mug of wassail, look out the window at the mountains, and soak it all in. Bliss, pure bliss.

These pictures don't do it justice, but we will try to give you a slight glimpse into our Christmas environment this year. And, I couldn't get these pictures to upload in the order that I wanted so just bare with me here.

This is one of the nightstands in the kids' bedroom. We each get our own bottled water in our bedrooms. And, of course notice the snowman and the Moose book (just to remind you that you are in Colorado).
This is TW and I's bedroom. That bear is a body pillow. Love sleeping with that guy! Oh and those little piles on each side of him...we each had little pre-Christmas surprises. A few sets of matching Christmas pajamas, an annual tradition, and a couple other goodies.
This is the cute tree by their front door. Again, pictures don't do it justice, but the ornaments are whimsical and colorful and oh so cute.

This is the mantle. I'm still curious to see what the presents are. Not sure if they are just for ambiance or if something is in them...I guess we will find out. And the Santa's on either end are really cute.

This is the bench in the entry way. A yummy smelling candle, a really cool ceramic Gingerbread village (it lights up and moves...this is one thing I have picked out that I want passed down to me when my mama is done with it), and a bucket of Christmas books.
A reading table up in the den. Of course adorned with a couple Christmas trees.
This is one of my favorite nooks. It is sitting next to the coffee pot. The tree and that little Santa are really sparkly and I just love sparkle.

Here is the window I will be staring out of while sipping on my wassail.

There is so much more I wish I could show you. But there is a small, small glimpse into our world. Merry Christmas to you and yours! May it not be about the presents, but about His presence!

Handmade Christmas

I have been a little more crafty this year in the gifts that we are giving. I have been getting a little more in touch with my creative side by trying out new crafts. I have gotten pretty good at replicating (is that a word) what I have seen others do, but I haven't tapped into the part of my brain that comes up with ideas on it's own. But nonetheless it has been fun, challenging, rewarding and time consuming (I promise I will never make another scripture box again). I have wanted to post pictures of the many things that I have made, but I also don't want to ruin the surprise. So, pictures will have to wait. Except for this quick crafty gift I threw together tonight. I love it. If I had more time I would make myself some. But, that will have to wait until after Christmas. This idea came from a blog one of my friends introduced me to. I love all of her crafty ideas and her great photography. The link to this specific project is:
And, here is my final project:

First Time For Everything

Today I went to an antique store for the first time. I have been to a few thrift stores and have some friends who like to do thrift shopping. This has seemed more appealing to me now that we are on the "seminary budget". I have noticed this little antique shop that is in our neighborhood and I decided to stop in there today. I thought I might be able to find a unique Christmas present for my sister and my friend. Little did I know the prices weren't all too low. I then realized an antique store and a thrift store have got to be different things. :) Nonetheless it was a fun experience. The moment I stepped into this old little corner shop near downtown it was like a step back in time. The smell....the smell...indescribable really. Smells old and a bit musty. Smells have a way of taking us back in time to memories stored in our brain. And that is exactly what happened. The memories of being a young girl spending time at my great grandma's house flooded my mind. She lived in the same house for years, decades more like it. The screened in porch had a water well in it, which was super cool to play with as a kid, so that tells you how old this house was. She had a detached garage. And, that garage did not hold a car. No, she never drove. Her whole life she never drove. Instead the garage housed many collections of things she had gathered over the years. Some visits we would just go through her stuff out there. Pretty sure during those moments I was ungrateful, annoyed, wishing we could be anywhere else but there, rolling my eyes, thinking it was super uncool to be spending my day that way, and on and on. I wasn't the nicest adolescent on the block. Oh how I wish I could now go to that garage with a whole new set of lenses. I would spend hours in there. Asking her questions about the different things. From books to violins to buckets to dishes to pictures. I am pretty sure there would be a lot of treasures in there that I would want. But more importantly I would love to have the conversations with her. Ok, back to the point. I was at the antique store. It reminded me of my great grandma. I had fun browsing through the interesting finds. Doilies, bags of match books, small dishes, pastry cutters, furniture, embroidered dish towels, old doors, signs, jewelry, paintings, buttons, thimbles, old metal containers that used to have spices in them, and the treasures are endless. One could spend hours in a place like that. I only had 30 minutes. I found several things I would have bought, but my favorite was this.

I would drink some yummy coffee or hot tea in this precious, dainty cup and curl up on the couch under my favorite blankie while watching a good show.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Oh how I love this season! My favorite part of the year is September through Christmas. I love the weather. I love the home decor. I love the recipes. I love it! The beauty of the change of seasons is a daily reminder of God's beauty and power. We have been counting down the days til Christmas in our preK class. 19 days left. I am so excited for Christmas, but at the same time I hate that there are only 19 days left. I kind of go through this slump after Christmas. It's like there is all of this build up and the day is fun and full of memories and then you wake up on the 26th and it's all over. All the cooking, the gift giving, the pine and cranberry candles, the Christmas movies, the music, the baking, driving around to look at Christmas lights, and on and on. It's kind of like a wedding. You have all of this anticipation and build up of emotion while you are planning and then you have the big day. It is special. And then, in a wink of an eye it's over. So, for now I am going to soak in the next 19 days. I am going to try and concentrate on the blessing of the Lord which is the present. The day we are residing in. Not looking forward or looking back. But being present in the moment. I will snuggle under my Christmas blankie a little longer. I will burn my candles all day. I will choose to not be stressed in the million and one things that I have to get done before we leave the state next Friday. Yes, feel free to remind me of that when you see me acting otherwise. And, I can almost guarantee you will. :) What are your favorite Christmas traditions?

Artist

So...the girls walk in the bedroom to go to bed and they come out and tell us that someone has drawn on the wall. Wonderful (said just the way my Grandpa does)! This isn't like our kids to do, but at the same time I wouldn't put it past them either. We did watch a little boy this afternoon so of course my first thought was it was him. AAP told me that he did draw on the wall while he was here but that she erased it off. Well, Bubby fessed up. I will be "that mom" that blames it on the other little boy. He did it first and then Bubby did. However, that does NOT mean that it is ok for Bubby to do it. The old saying, "If your friend jumps off the bridge will you?" So, clearly he shouldn't have done it. He did get in less trouble because he told the truth when asked if he did it. Nonetheless...here is his new mural.

Deep, deep Theology

I know I have told you about our dear neighbors. God has blessed our socks off by providing us with the apartment we have...right across the hall from them. They are our family here. We so enjoy doing life with them. You will often find our doors propped open like you see and we just share our space. Yesterday I was making dinner and the kids were playing and I walk by the door and see the guys as you see above. They are tackling all of the world's theological issues.

Well Hello

July 29...really? Has it been that long since I have posted on here. Wow, time flies when you're having fun! A lot has happened since July 29th. The two major changes...I am now 31 and I am now a working mom. I am a teachers aide and I work 20 hours per week. This is my first job post college. I became a stay at home mom right out of college...so this is a bit of a culture shock for me. Let me clarify...I am now working outside the home. :) AAP just said to me as she reads over my shoulder, "You have been a working mom." Well thank you dear, you are right...I have just upped work load more by accepting a job outside of the home as well. I have always respected woman who work outside the home, but my level of respect has now gone WAY up! This has been a transition for me. For starters I am not a morning person. So being dressed, hair done, makeup on, meals packed and out the door before 7:30am is the first shock to the system. Not being able to sip my coffee while throwing in a load of laundry or laying on the floor reading a book to one of my kiddos while still in pjs until around 10am has been quite a change. These aren't bad changes...just things I am needing to get adjusted to. Less time to get all of the household duties done. More organization is needed. An exact plan of how to tackle everything. I go to bed most nights just whipped. There have been some afternoons that I have been able to snuggle in on the couch for my naps that I so love to take. All of this to say that time to get on here and blog has not made it to the top of my priority list and for that I am sorry. I enjoy getting on here. Being creative. Airing some thoughts. So, here is to hoping I will be here more often. :)

Staycation

My parents provided us with a last minute weekend getaway to Colorado this past weekend. It was A-MAZE-ING! We had never been to Colorado in the summer time. Words can't describe the beauty. And the weather...close to heaven on earth. :) We headed back home on Monday and the kids...they are still there. My parents offered to keep the kids so they could spend some time with them and we could have a break. They are so thoughtful! So this week TW and I have had a staycation. This is the first time we have been in our home without the kids. We have gone away on vacation and left them with sitters or family, but we haven't been in our home without them. It is a little weird. Quiet for sure! Tuesday I slept in until 10:30am. Wow, haven't done that in years. It was so cozy and I just couldn't think of any reason I needed to get out of bed. So, I stayed. When I crawled out at 10:30am I felt so lazy. :) I drank some coffee and messed around on the computer. I then went to get a massage with a gift certificate that TW had given me for Valentine's Day. It was great! It was also our 8th anniversary this day. We met up for lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. We sat out on the patio and had a much needed conversation. We were there for three hours! Then we headed home and relaxed for a bit. We couldn't decide what we wanted to do to celebrate. We tossed around everything from a quick trip to Austin to staying at home and renting movies. We ended up going to Dave and Busters and played some video games and then headed to one of my favorite Italian restaurants for dinner. It was a nice low key evening. Wednesday morning we got up early and went to our favorite breakfast joint for coffee and breakfast. We then headed up to church. TW had to work and I hung out to do my daily reading and study time. Then off to the store. I headed home to make four meals for friends of ours. A quick nap and then off to church to lead in the marriage ministry. Today I sat my alarm so I wouldn't over sleep...but still didn't get up until almost 9am. :) I then had my favorite "open door coffee time" with my favorite neighbor. Today also consisted of laundry and organizing our bookshelf. Beth, the favorite neighbor, is quite the decorator and she generously offered to help me. She did a phenomenal job! I will post a picture soon. I cozied in for another quick nap. Then TW and I had an early dinner and headed up to church because he had a meeting. Tonight we will meet up with friends from church back in Missouri for some ice cream and then we are going to stay up late watching a movie. Tomorrow the plans are another breakfast date, picking up the house for my mama to come, and shopping for AAP's camp supplies. I sure do miss those babies of mine!

Things I enjoy

1. Unexpected kisses from my lil guy. He often comes up and kisses me on the hand or cheek or arm. Brings me a smile.

2. The smell of TW's neck when I cozy in for a hug.

3. Candles, candles, and more candles

4. Ginger Souflee Whipped Body Cream from Origins

5. Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks

6. Cool Fall Days

7. Soft, warm cozy blankets. Even when it is 110 degrees outside, like it is now, because I keep the house so chilly to force the need for a blanket. :)

8. Date nights with my hubby. Which are few and far between these days.

9. Softsoap Pomegranate and Mango I could swim in this stuff. I first found the handsoap and told my Mom about it. She suggested looking for the body wash in it. She is so smart! They have that too. Now if only they made lotion in this scent!!

10. Mexican food - this is new since moving down South. Mexican has always been my sis' preferred choice and I never understood. Well let's just say...I get it now!

11. White noise while I sleep

12. Iced tea with lots of ice

13. Chick-fil-A sauce (yes, that is the name of it)

14. AKP's laugh

15. Watching TW and bubby wrestle

16. Dessert...lately I've been craving an Oatmeal Carmelita from Upper Crust

17. Time with friends

18. Cheering on AAP at softball games

19. Traveling

20. Singing really loudly, even though I am horrible

One year plus 5 days

So, I wanted to do a post on our one year anniversary of living here...but we were still on the island so I will do the post today. :)

One year ago on July 6th we left everything we knew as "normal" and "stable" and "comfortable" to start a new journey. A journey I never anticipated. A journey that was never on my radar screen, in my hopes or dreams, or even something I thought would happen to me. This year has been a roller coaster ride...and let's just say I am NOT a fan of roller coasters. :) We often tell people that we have felt a full range of emotions. We have felt the highest highs and the lowest lows. We have depended on the Lord and each other in ways we never have before. Our marriage has grown ten fold! Our parenting skills have been tested and sharpened. Our family has united and bonded through this change. We have seen God provide for us financially and emotionally. As we step out in faith and trust He continues to show His faithfulness to us. The very thing I did not want to do, leave "home", has turned out to be the very thing that I am SO glad I did! Not because I don't miss my dear family and friends...all of you...but because of the growth that it has caused in each of us.

Some of the blessings of this past year...

1. A strengthened faith

2. A deeper more intimate marriage

3. Our kiddos bond with one another is stronger

4. An amazing church and a pastor who challenges the congregation

5. Money to pay the bills and then some

6. Friends, Friends, Friends (SWIM group, SF group, Baileys, Sawyers, Riggins, Morris')

7. A cultural experience: We have Mexican friends, Chinese friends, Indian friends, Puerto Rican and African American friends)

8. Personal growth

9. I finally did the whole "leave and cleave" thing :)

10. Serving opportunities

11. Sweetest Kindergarten teacher and friend for my lil miss

12. A bigger picture of the world

Those are just a few...I could go on and on

Headed to the Island

We leave tomorrow morning. Bright and early. I should be asleep. But, instead I am typing to you. Whoever you are. :) Three years ago we started going to a family camp. It is great! It is amazing! It is simple fun! No tv. No computers. No cell phones...if I leave it be. Let's go there for a minute. I have this slight obsession with my cell phone. It does cause problems in my marriage at times. I am sometimes so busy texting that I forget to engage with those around me. Why do I do this? I don't know. A sick habit? TW is convinced that in the future there will be rehab programs for people who are addicted to technology. And, we recently read an article where being on technology does affect different chemicals in your brain. Weird, but could explain my impulse to grab my cell phone at a red light to check the most up to date news. I mean really, what did I do at a red light before my cell phone??? Sing, think, pray, talk to those in the car, contemplate my day. So, this week I will be stepping away from the phone. Wow, this will be hard for me. Very hard! Especially the first couple of days because I want to keep everyone up to date on just how much fun we are having...because yall are dying to know right. ;) I have vowed to check it in the morning and at night. Rest of the time it is put away. Sorry for all the rambling. Like I said; no phones. Instead lots of giggles, ropes courses, water slides, archery, swimming, canoeing, tubing, and heck I might even water ski. Back to the basics. So, peace out! See ya in a week!

Food Drive

Our church is doing a food drive that lasts the whole month of June. It is for Hunger Month and they are calling it Stuff the Truck. Each weekend there is a big moving truck parked up near the church and there are volunteers out collecting the different donations. This week during the kids' and I's Bible time we focused on serving. I figured what better way to put our learning into action then to walk around our apartment complex/"dorm" :) and collect canned food from all of our neighbors. We have 10 floors in our building. We hit 6 of the ten floors. Intended to make it to all 10 ooops. A few times we took friends with us to walk around and other times it was just our family. We haven't done a total count yet, but I will let you know as soon as we do.

Play Ball

The girls ball season is coming to an end. AKP had her last tball game last night. We were supposed to go to a pizza party afterwards to celebrate the season, but the girls had friends over to spend the night instead. It was so fun to watch her play. She has quite the stance! One of the dads told us last night that she has the best hitting and fielding stance on the whole team! Of course, I already knew that. ;)

Tonight we had AAP end of the season celebration. We went to a burger joint with the team. Fun times! Each of the girls got silly bands (the newest craze) as their prize for a great season. This was the first year that the girls played with almost all of the normal rules of the game. It sure does add more excitement and intensity to the game. It was great to watch! Most of the time she played first or pitcher (although she didn't really pitch because they use a machine, so basically she fielded a lot of balls from that position). She had the most experience on the team so they relied on her a lot! It was a fun season!

That's What Friends Are For

Wow, that song brings back memories for me. Michael W. Smith. That's What Friends Are For was played on the going away video my best friend made for me when I moved as a kiddo from one town to another. That move was hard on me. I clung to that song. Love that song! The title of it is exactly what I thought of today when I received this sweet gift from my neighbor and pal...

I have been battling a PMS headache the past two days and she came home from Target with that sweet little gift for me. I love the caption on the card "headache free wishes"...so cute! Chocolate and a sweet card...what every gal needs to survive PMS. :) And then she gave this to my bubby...

She has quickly learned how to get to his heart...FOOD and any character he loves. He is totally into Toy Story right now. He often asks for Spiderman Mac and Cheese. I buy it for him once in a while for a special treat. She brought him two boxes of Toy Story Mac n Cheese. So thoughtful!

I hope I am as good of a friend as she is. We have only been pals for going on 10 days and I have borrowed a ton of things from her. Just to list a few...vacuum, broom, bacon bits, mayo, coffee, paper, packing tape, her mind (advice), her children (to entertain mine), my kids eat her food, and I am sure there are tons more things I am forgetting. Thank ya Beth! You are a true servant of Christ and a true blessing!

Submit

There is something about watching a man worship the Lord and raising his arms fully to Christ while singing in corporate worship that truly warms my heart. I think it is probably because we see women as way more expressive in their emotions. To see a man submit himself to the Lord in this way is humbling. Men are supposed to be strong, have it altogether, be the provider, the protector...and when I see them submit in this way it just does something inside of me. At that moment everything seems peaceful. I love to watch people worship our maker!

Community

Wow. It sure has been a while since I have been on here! Life has been going in full speed for the past several weeks. But, then again when doesn't life go in full speed! May was full of visitors, end of school, swimming, and packing. Yes, packing. What is that you say...why yes, yes we did just move 10 months ago. But we missed cardboard and packing tape so much that we figured we would do it all again for more fun! :) We moved into the campus housing. Something I said I would never do. When will I learn to quit saying I will "never" do something? Sure does seem like that is the very thing God is going to call me to do. He is so funny isn't he...a real knee slapper. :) Over the past year I have talked with many gals who lived on campus and I picked their brains and in the back of my mind I was wondering what in your right mind would cause you to want to live in such small living quarters. I didn't actually say that out loud, well maybe I did a time or two because you know me, I just kind of lay it all out there. The word I kept hearing was "Community." "Oh yes, it is small, but the community!" "Oh the community is wonderful." "The community is all worth it." I mean seriously I must have heard that dozens of times. So, after telling TW that I would never live here I then agreed to pray about it. Yes, that should have been my first response, but I am a slow learner. :) After prayer and talking with TW we agreed that this was the next step God was calling us towards. I must say that I have been pleasantly surprised and we have only been here 6 days. The community...I get it...I got it five minutes after we walked in our front door. Our sweet neighbor and new friend propped her door open and she kept an eye on the kids while they played so that we could do the moving in duties. So, sweet! Our kids hit it off right away and so did we! Let me give you a mental picture. Our hallway is much like that of a hotel. Our front door lines up right across from their front door...probably a maximum of five feet apart. We both prop our doors open and the kiddos run back and forth and play...and so do we. :) I now remember why I didn't get much studying done in the dorms...I am way too social. Housework? Who has time for housework when there are pots of coffee to chat over? So, once again...God calls me to something that I don't want to do, and I ended up enjoying it! When oh when will I learn that he knows best???

Well said!

Wordless Wednesday

What a cutie! He wanted to help clean today...I didn't protest!

TW Gets a Cooking Lesson

My dear, sweet TW is a great husband. Great in so many aspects! Wonderful father, devout follower of Christ, kind, honest, compassionate, wise, funny, great dancer, amazing husband...but he does lack in the cooking department. Which I am completely fine with, I have picked up that ball and ran with it. My mama wasn't much of a cook because she didn't enjoy it. So, I have learned by teaching myself and I have learned quite a bit from Bema. However, I will admit it is nice to see TW in the kitchen. He has made a good friend through Seminary who is a great cook. I often ask him for tips myself. So, much to my surprise one night a couple months ago TW came home and said, "I am going to cook dinner tomorrow night." This is about like saying, "When pigs fly." :) But, I went with it. I totally figured that James, our friend, had encouraged him to do so. The next night he whipped up some yummy pasta. I had a bad headache that night so it worked out well that he was taking over the cooking for the evening. I must admit that the comments coming from the kitchen while he was cooking were pretty funny! So, fast forward to last week. I had been asking James about how to cook salmon, fish is something I am not too comfortable cooking. So, I decided to ask him over to show me hands on how to do it. As we were in the kitchen I then decided it would be great for TW to know how to cook 2 meals, one being his pasta and two being the salmon. He was all for it! So, he did the hands on learning and I watched over their shoulders. The meal was delicious and it was fun learning something new.

Menu Plan Monday

I have been working on taxes lately which has been taking me back to looking at our past spending. I realized that we are spending a bulk of our money on food (go figure...we LOVE to eat). So, the past few days I have been researching ways to save on our grocery bill. Coupon clipping and planning meals from the sales flyer is where I have chosen to start. If you google this topic you can get overwhelmed and spend hours researching. So, for now I am choosing to keep it simple and I may add other techniques as the weeks go along. Today I headed to the grocery store with my list and coupons in tow. I shop at Kroger where they have a discount card. By choosing to by products that were on sale through the card and plus my coupons I saved $32.56. I was pretty impressed. They sales clerk asked at the beginning of the transaction for my Kroger card and I told him I would prefer to give it to him at the end because I like to see the price click down. :) What a great feeling! Liberating, freeing, and exciting. So, here is what we will be eating this week...

Monday: Meatballs (Pioneer Woman)

Homemade Mac and Cheese (Pioneer Woman)

Green Beans

Tuesday: Salmon with Fire Roasted Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers

Rice

Asparagus

Wednesday: Roast (Pioneer Woman)

Veggies

Mashed Potatoes

Thursday: Leftovers or Out

Friday: Pizza

Saturday: Out

Sunday: Mexican Chicken

Rice

My New Hobby

Check out my new hobby...

His Princess Creations

100 Days of School

Last week, I think it was last week :), the kids had their 100th day of school. In Alivia's class they had a 100 day celebration. All things 100 all day long. I had been preparing different activity buckets for the kids when I go in to volunteer so I knew what some of the "games" were going to be. Super fun and cute! Each kiddo also had to do a project where they made something with 100 things. Alivia made a paper chain with 100 links. Then they made a museum with all of the projects and the older kids at school came to check out their work. During the activity time they filled out the following worksheet...

I thought it was adorable and I got a good laugh out of it...mostly because, well...she is dead on! :)

The Month of Visitors

We have several visitors that we will be hosting within these next few weeks. How exciting! TW turned 30 last week and I surprised him by having a couple of his best buddies fly down, along with their families/significant others, for a fun filled weekend. He was definitely surprised. Kyle jumped out of the bushes and scared the heck out of him. It was hilarious!! We went to the Dallas World Aquarium, the Stock Show Rodeo, the Sixth Floor Museum (JFK), and toured the new Cowboys stadium. Plus we managed to show them several of our favorite eateries. Hopefully we didn't add to many inches to their waistline. :) It was such a good time and of course went by extremely quickly! I haven't uploaded the pictures yet (all of us girls are sick so I haven't taken the time), but I will include a few that were taken on my phone.

Addisyn posing as a Cowboys Cheerleader (I did this too, but I will spare y'all the picture)

Tony Romo's locker. Poor picture quality but can you tell TW is growing some facial hair?

Everyone in their boots...these boots are made for walkin...

Ava and Bubby at the Aquarium

Kyle, Anne, and Ava

Next week my parents are making an unexpected visit for a few days. YAYYYYY!!!! We haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. My dad has meetings here and then they will stay to hang out. The kids and I are thrilled! I love that they choose to stay here in our apartment with us! It is cozy, but it is great to have them here!

Then the following weekend our good friends the Sapps are coming down over the long weekend. Their daughter, Sidney, and Alivia have birthdays close to one another so we will all celebrate together. So much fun!

So, as you can see we love to host visitors!!! Question is...when is your visit planned for? *hint hint KK* ;)

Serving the Homeless

Our family volunteered with a local ministry, Our Calling. We first gathered at their warehouse and organized supplies and clothes. We put together bags to pass out to the homeless. In the bags were snacks, socks, a tshirt, gum, and a track (info about salvation). We also had bottled water and Bibles that we passed out as well as tubs of clothing that they could go through and choose items. However, our main focus was not to provide them with things but instead to provide them with the love of Christ. We interacted with them, prayed for them, and listened. It was a life changing experience. We all have a story. Some peoples' stories have rougher edges than others, but we all struggle with the same deep down hurts and hangups. I had the chance to talk to and pray with a 51 year old lady named Dorothy, Donald, Dee and his girlfriend Jennifer, and Diamond. TW connected with a few as well. One in particular is a guy names Wes. He is a recovering heroine addict, he has been sober for two years. TW spent quite a bit of time listening and talking with Wes. Wes had questions about the Christian faith and TW was able to teach him and guide him to some scripture. They seemed to have a great connection. I looked over while TW and him were praying and Wes was wiping tears from his eyes. He is about our age. TW invited him to church tomorrow. TW, James (our friend), and maybe I will go down to pick him up. We will take him for breakfast and then take him to church with us. I pray that this will be a relationship that will form that can help turn Wes' life around. I learned that we are all more alike than we are different. Check out the ministries website...
www.ourcalling.org