My honorary nephew and God-son (Tina said I could call him that if I wanted… I definitely want… dang those protestants for not assigning God-parents!)was a sock monkey for Halloween.
I could just die from his cuteness. I love him so 🙂
What were YOU for thanksgiving? Post your costume ideas with pictures! We’d love to see them! 🙂
What were YOU for Halloween?
So, there’s this crazy holiday called Halloween. It’s origin and evolution are great debates, but the fun involved in dressing up and pestering grown-ups for candy is definitely not in question. What were YOU this year?
Being a Christian is not always about being good
Find out what Christina has to say about this… I’m interested to know.
To Worship and To War
This week is ‘spiritual emphasis’ week at Pinares (If you think of it, please pray!). I’m slated for the Thursday chapel to speak under the theme, “Who’s side are you on, anyway?” We’ll see what the Lord can make of it.
Grab Bag
As always, look for things out of the ordinary!
Cold Days – getting creative on blustery days
So, even though it’s hard to believe, it gets pretty cold here. Several weeks of rain and cloud are good motivation to find fun ‘indoor’ things to do. Here are some that I suggest!
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Asking a person who loves books about their favorites is like asking a sailor about their favorite part of the sea. A friend asked me yesterday what my favorite books are, and as much as I love books, I hate that question! So I’ve been thinking about that question for the last day or so. I don’t know about favorites, but books that have, literally, changed my life are:
The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn (Made me graduate college early!)
Stop dating the Church, Josh Harris (Helped me fall in love with God’s bride, the church.)
A Woman after God’s Own Heart, Elizabeth George (showed me what it’s like to be a truly Godly Woman- def. not there yet 🙂 )
Wild at Heart, Eldridge (I know it’s weird, but it helped me understand my guy friends/ brothers/ etc. a whole lot better! 🙂 )
Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning (Made me realize it’s OK to be a mess, if I do it for the Lord)
For the Love of God, DA Carson (The only “devotional” that I ever could really get into. This is hard-core stuff for Christian growth. Awesome.)
The book of Romans, God (spent 6 months studying it, verse by verse, in preparation for a summer mission trip. Life-changing.)
What the Bible says about Healthy Living, Rex Russell
(Started me on all-natural cooking and eating, 7 months ago!)
Check them out!
Well, today marked the first day of sunshine in a very long time! I know – it seems strange. You might think that, being in central america, it would always be sunny here. That is simply not the case! I have been bundled in several layers, drinking hot tea and decaf coffee for several weeks straight it seems as the winds and rains whip at my window.
But, as I said, today there was sunshine! We went down into the city to get groceries and the temperature difference was between 12-14 degrees! On the way back up the mountain it felt as if we were entering a different climate completely.
In any case, after we got re-acclimated (and I bought some fresh fall-color flowers on the way), we joined other students and staff in the 24-7 prayer room to hear a short concert and testimony from Benny Prasad. I can’t tell you what a treat it was to hear how the Lord has blessed this man with an amazing ministry that he takes all over the world. Check out his website to read more!
I just read Caroline’s line-up for this week (Uh, yeah, I’m that behind. It’s been a crazy week!,) and I saw that she is requesting my thoughts. At the exact moment of reading the line-up. So, I will (somewhat happily) oblige.
My thoughts…
I’m tired. We just successfully completed an outreach event at our church that had a volunteer and guest count of over 5200 people. And it was a two-day event! Yikes!
I’m happy to be alone in my house this weekend, yet it feels very quiet here.
I’m feeling a little weird about how much I like to hang out with married people. I feel like I should hang out with single people more, but I really don’t like “singles groups,” they kind of give me the heebie jeebies.
I’m sad that no-one is on facebook chat to hang out with a little bit before I head to bed. Usually I don’t really use it, so I don’t know why I’m wanting to chat it up right now. Probably the roommate gone thing.
I’m feeling glad that I borrowed a few books from my boss to try and read this weekend. Nothing, I mean nothing, relaxes me and takes me to my “happy place” than reading stimulating books over the weekend. Whoo hoo!
And I think that’s about it! A few dollars worth, surely!
MUSINGS IN THE MIDST 