My new camera finally came in....still waiting for the new lens. I am soooo excited to be taking pictures. I am going to be spending time on my sabbaths learning to be a better photographer and hopefully we can get this business up and running. Of course this is a complete sabbath activity. I meet God through the creativity and beauty of pictures and it is completely relaxing!
So....any ideas of what I should start taking pictures of.....or anyone wanna be a model? I will take everyone ideas and post them on my flickr site.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Thankful Thursday #2
Thanking God this week for:
- a time of good rest
-a husband that has grace with me, gives great advice and allows me to vent
-Jon agreeing to bi uy me a new camera
-iv students joining greek life at Albion for the sake of ministry
-God's grace, when I deserve punishment, when I don't measure up, He still calls me to ministry and life of following Him
-answer to prayer
-How far this country has come with racism (not to say that we are done in this process, but we have made great advances through God's grace)
-The African American Museum in Detroit, that gave me a compelling visual of racism in the past
-Working for an organization that values multi-ethnicity and racial reconciliation, not only holds it as a value, but actually practices it
-Albion students wanting to have a weekly prayer meeting.
- a time of good rest
-a husband that has grace with me, gives great advice and allows me to vent
-Jon agreeing to bi uy me a new camera
-iv students joining greek life at Albion for the sake of ministry
-God's grace, when I deserve punishment, when I don't measure up, He still calls me to ministry and life of following Him
-answer to prayer
-How far this country has come with racism (not to say that we are done in this process, but we have made great advances through God's grace)
-The African American Museum in Detroit, that gave me a compelling visual of racism in the past
-Working for an organization that values multi-ethnicity and racial reconciliation, not only holds it as a value, but actually practices it
-Albion students wanting to have a weekly prayer meeting.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Thankful Thursday #1
I have a friend who posts "Thankful Thursdays" and she lists the things that she has been thankful for in the past week. Natalie--I will be joining you in this great exercise!
Thankful this week for:
-good test results back for Jon's health
-my cats (crazy I know, but I love them)
-some great appointments with students
-a very informational adoption meeting
-safety on the roads for Jon as he travels on ice, snow and fog
-heat on these bitterly cold days
-an amazing understanding husband who supports me in everything!
-great conversation with my oregonian friend
Thankful this week for:
-good test results back for Jon's health
-my cats (crazy I know, but I love them)
-some great appointments with students
-a very informational adoption meeting
-safety on the roads for Jon as he travels on ice, snow and fog
-heat on these bitterly cold days
-an amazing understanding husband who supports me in everything!
-great conversation with my oregonian friend
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Join us in this journey...
...this journey of adding an addition to our family....through adoption. Jon and I are so excited to begin the adoption process. We are passionate about giving a child home that needs one. We have just found out the steps that we need to take to push further in the adoption process. It will probably be a slow go as we save up for adoption expenses.
The next few steps:
1) Finish application
2) Save up $600 to send in application.
Please join us in prayer as we save money and start the journey. Pray for our new child and the birth mother! She needs prayers as she wrestles with the decision and chooses to give her child life!!!
The next few steps:
1) Finish application
2) Save up $600 to send in application.
Please join us in prayer as we save money and start the journey. Pray for our new child and the birth mother! She needs prayers as she wrestles with the decision and chooses to give her child life!!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It's days like today...
that I LOVE staff work! I love students and I love being on campus. I spent the morning in prayer and committed the day to the Lord. He sure came through and did some amazing work and I am privileged to be used by Him.
I had some amazing conversations with students. With one student, I really feel like God was using me to bring healing to her life. I could not believe that God was using me to help with her along in her healing process. We are all hurting, broken and need healing...and she gets to begin that process!
GIGs......GIG's are groups investigating God. It is a time for a believer to meet with their seeker friends and share with them the truth of Jesus. I met with two students today that want to co-lead a GIG together and have 3 friends in mind that they want to invite! Praise Jesus that His word will be studied among seekers! Pray that these students would turn to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior.
There is a freshmen that is would like to co-lead Bible Study with me! Woot, woot!!! I can't wait to train her up in this. She will be great!
I had some amazing conversations with students. With one student, I really feel like God was using me to bring healing to her life. I could not believe that God was using me to help with her along in her healing process. We are all hurting, broken and need healing...and she gets to begin that process!
GIGs......GIG's are groups investigating God. It is a time for a believer to meet with their seeker friends and share with them the truth of Jesus. I met with two students today that want to co-lead a GIG together and have 3 friends in mind that they want to invite! Praise Jesus that His word will be studied among seekers! Pray that these students would turn to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior.
There is a freshmen that is would like to co-lead Bible Study with me! Woot, woot!!! I can't wait to train her up in this. She will be great!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
On Seminars
Upon Krista's request, this blog is dedicated to telling about the seminars I attended at Staff Conference.
HOW TO MAKE EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS EVANGELISTIC
-The biggest thing that I walked away from this seminar is to have an evangelistic attitude in every conversation. see conversations and everyday life as an opportunity to go deeper. Most of what happens is my own mindset before I even begin a conversation.
HOW TO RECRUIT MEN INTO YOUR FELLOWSHIPS
-Whether I was at Central or at Albion, it has been a struggle to have men in our fellowships. During this seminar, we heard from 4 staff from across the country and heard ways that they have recruited men. there are several great ideas! Let me know if you want them and I will pass those ideas on!
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL: HEALING PRAYER AND BREAKING ADDICTIONS
-During the past few months the Lord has brought me to a place of deeper prayer and intercession and I have been sensing that He is calling me into healing prayer. This seminar was great!!!!! It was some "How to's" on healing prayer, as well as actually praying. It was amazing to see how God really does answer prayer and I am encouraged how powerful the Gospel is!
THIS week...off to the Regional Staff Training Institute (RSTI). We will be focusing on evangelism and doing some evangelism at U of M. Please pray for our encounters with students there, that we would be bold in sharing and that students would make commitments to follow the Lord.
HOW TO MAKE EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS EVANGELISTIC
-The biggest thing that I walked away from this seminar is to have an evangelistic attitude in every conversation. see conversations and everyday life as an opportunity to go deeper. Most of what happens is my own mindset before I even begin a conversation.
HOW TO RECRUIT MEN INTO YOUR FELLOWSHIPS
-Whether I was at Central or at Albion, it has been a struggle to have men in our fellowships. During this seminar, we heard from 4 staff from across the country and heard ways that they have recruited men. there are several great ideas! Let me know if you want them and I will pass those ideas on!
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL: HEALING PRAYER AND BREAKING ADDICTIONS
-During the past few months the Lord has brought me to a place of deeper prayer and intercession and I have been sensing that He is calling me into healing prayer. This seminar was great!!!!! It was some "How to's" on healing prayer, as well as actually praying. It was amazing to see how God really does answer prayer and I am encouraged how powerful the Gospel is!
THIS week...off to the Regional Staff Training Institute (RSTI). We will be focusing on evangelism and doing some evangelism at U of M. Please pray for our encounters with students there, that we would be bold in sharing and that students would make commitments to follow the Lord.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Staff Conference '08
The InterVarsity National Staff Conference in St. Louis was great---except for the fact that I am sick now, probably from lack of sleep and spending a week with 1200 germy people :) But I love you all, InterVarsity Staff!!!
First things firsts, the beds we stayed in were pretty amazing, pretty hard to believe, but it was great!
The theme was "I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL." In God's great grace, He revealed to me that I am often ashamed of the power of the Gospel. It was soo encouraging to hear how God is using InterVarsity around the world to make an amazing difference in the lives of students and faculty.
I am so grateful to be working with this organization. The leadership is amazing.
I have tons of things that I could post about Staff Conference, what would you guys like to hear?
First things firsts, the beds we stayed in were pretty amazing, pretty hard to believe, but it was great!
The theme was "I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL." In God's great grace, He revealed to me that I am often ashamed of the power of the Gospel. It was soo encouraging to hear how God is using InterVarsity around the world to make an amazing difference in the lives of students and faculty.
I am so grateful to be working with this organization. The leadership is amazing.
I have tons of things that I could post about Staff Conference, what would you guys like to hear?
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