Do You Have Adam and Eve in Your Classroom?

My Sunday school class is precious. They make me laugh, they make tense, they make me happy, and I love them each and every one.

Today, they asked me why I had put Adam and Eve on our wall in our room (which is themed after the Garden of Eden) since they are "bad" and got thrown out. I told them that God still created them and that they needed to be represented on our wall. Even if they did sin and get thrown out.

I mean, who wouldn't want these cute hand drawn Adam and Eve "look-a-likes" in their classroom? I think they are adorable.

Anyways, I asked them today what their favorite thing about God is, and one of them answered: "My favorite thing is that he threw Satan out of the place of worship." So, he continued on to draw a picture of Jesus in a recliner eating pizza while Satan is in a cage asking for potatoes. It truly made me laugh.

Earth.

Everyone, I cannot express just how excited I am that I am starting this new devotional book with my Sunday school class. It's the cutest thing, and the notebook matches, which wasn't my intention when I bought it. It just happened. Anyways, the book teaches us how to care for God's beautiful creation that he made for US.

I don't know about you, but when I think about that, it just amazes me that he would actually take the time to think about humans. Even though we do not care for it as we should, he still gifted it to us. Isn't that an amazing thought?

Dream-On

Last night, I had the oddest dream.

**I dreamed that I was somewhere where I met David Schwimmer (who played Ross Gellar on the hit t.v. show Friends). (Incidentally, I was always in love with his quirky, nerdy, hot character, so this was an awesome dream) Anyways, back to the dream. I told him that I was in love with his character from Friends, and we ended up going on a date.

Now, it was definitely a weird dream, not to mention that he could almost be my dad, and he is definitely MARRIED. What ever in the world made me have that stupid dream is beyond me. I hadn't watched Friends, or any movie with him in it in FOREVER, so I am at a loss. I think it is my subconscious telling me to "get a boyfriend, go on a date, or otherwise, you will be 40 and single!!"

**The quotation marks are added to emphasize my mind talking to me**

So it begins, my quest to become un-single, or you know, taken. Let's see how long it takes me!!

"I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends"

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind. A) I got a real job at the office of a fitness/wellness business; B) Winterfest came and went; C) I got to hang out with my best friend from university; D) Spring has sprung.

God is the ultimate provider when we earnestly petition through prayer. Hence the provision of a job actually relative to my degree. I had people praying that I don't even know praying for a new job. I'm thankful for sisters in Christ who truly care for one another.

Winterfest is this conference held over a three day period and God moved heavily through the crowds. It was amazing.

I love my life right now. Now, only one thing left to petition for, and if you know me in person, more than likely, you know what this petition involves.

Excited

Ya'll, I am so so excited!!! Tomorrow, I leave with the youth group at my church for Winterfest 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for this since the end of last year's conference!!!

This is pretty much all that is all my mind! I can't quit thinking about it. I'm not even sure how much my nieces and I will sleep tonight!! Someone may have to knock me out!!

Last year, we went to the zoo. I had to take this with my phone, since it's all I had on me! Isn't he awesome!!??

I don't know what we are gonna do this year, but I do know that whatever it is, it's going to be EPIC.

Prayer

As long as I can remember, I have never doubted that prayer actually works. Until recently, I had never thought about things that have happened because of prayer. To name a few: when I made my first trip to Honduras, it was going to total around $4000 for tuition and trip money, after praying about it, almost my entire bill was paid by an auction and donations from my church; I never thought that I would make it through college, but thank goodness for a praying mama, because goodness knows without her fervent prayers, I probably never would have made it.

Now, this morning, I taught on "Hidden Treasure" in Sunday School. Can you guess what this hidden treasure is? It's powerful, it's awesome, it works... It's PRAYER. Even though the book I am teaching out of is geared toward young people, I have still learned a lot from every chapter so far. First, it amazes me how our BIG God wants to have a daily chat with us about our lives, our everything.

It struck me that the only way that I was going to get out of retail, and begin working a job that dealt within my degree range was prayer. So, the petitioning began. I started by telling my mom, then my favorite group of people at Life Group, then the facebook group I am in called Christian Women (a group solely for women to embark in intercessory prayer for other women in need). Let me tell you. I waited, I applied. I sent out resumes, perfected my resume, sent it out again, and finally, in my fitness class, the trainer mentioned that the business that supports the wellness program was hiring part-time for an office job. I immediately jumped on it, and I went over my resume and my references, perfected my cover letter (for the millionth time) and emailed it to the lady doing the hiring. I got a follow-up email saying to call her for an interview time. So, Friday morning, I called, and by Friday afternoon around 3:45, I was hired.

That, my friends, is how prayer really works. When two or three are gathered in Jesus' name, there He is too. I am so relieved that I can now say that I work at Picture Wellness, and not a department store.

PTL.

The Shape of My Heart

It's times like these when I go back into my numerous files of pictures, and I began to relive my experiences in a rural jungle, dancing outside of my comfort zone.

I know that I talk about Honduras a lot, but it is where my heart is. The faces, such as the one to the left, is what keeps me going back.

I fought for so long to keep from going, and finally, God gave me a slight nudge, and BOOM. I landed in a developing country, not know what to expect when we hiked to our first clinic.

When you step out of that zone of comfort, you begin to grow in a way that you would never imagine. As I sort through photos, I remember the sounds, the smells, and the feel of the environment. It takes me back to that place that my heart longs to be, long term, not short term. It will happen one day, when God sees fit to send me there for a while. Until then, I can relive the happiness of loving on babies through photos of my adventures.