James 5:13-15
"Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet....Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with."MSG
Hey guys!!!! I am so excited to have our bible study kicked off this week. Those of you that were not able to make it, can make it to the one next week. We are discussing prayer and the different ways that can be done. The goal is to find the way that you best communicate with God in order to touch his heart and know his will more clearly. If you didn't make it and want to join in on our daily and weekly challenge you may. We must as Christians learn to be humble before the Lord in order that he may teach us something of value and blessing to us. (Supplication) So to do that take 30 minutes a day for the next week and go outside by yourself without your ipod and sit in silence with uplifted hands prasing him only. This is a time to praise God for who he is and not to point out what our needs are. The daily challenge throughout this whole study is to buy a nice journal and write in it daily. This is a place that you can express yourself to God without anyone stopping or hindering you. Good Luck and God is right behind you!!!!
Jennifer
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Hey guys! I hope that this week has been fun for you. It has been incredible to watch you guys pull together and use your talents to help out with VBS. Ttam has finished another successful year of defeating no good foes, but he could not have done it without your help and ideas.
On another note, I wanted to remind all the girls that we are having our first girl's bible study next week. As close as that is, I still do not have an affirmative date or location, but I assure you that it will be known and be made known to you as soon as I have a plan. It will be about prayer and different ways that can be done. I look forward to it and I hope that you guys are staying in the word and staying in each other's lives. I love you!!!!
Jennifer
On another note, I wanted to remind all the girls that we are having our first girl's bible study next week. As close as that is, I still do not have an affirmative date or location, but I assure you that it will be known and be made known to you as soon as I have a plan. It will be about prayer and different ways that can be done. I look forward to it and I hope that you guys are staying in the word and staying in each other's lives. I love you!!!!
Jennifer
Monday, June 11, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Hey Guys, This is Mr. Mo
First of all to Gracie, Eva, Sharon, Karon, Morgan, Sarah, and Nicole:
You girls are a trip. If you had told me you could put me on a motorhome with 11 people, nine of which are girls and six of those are teens, travel 2000 miles over 5 days and 4 nights, and still come back sane, palease. But these girls proved me wrong. I am overwhelmed by what you girls have shown me the last few days.
First of all, the patience you all showed when we were having what seemed like one problem after another (step problems, belt problems, thunderstorms, traffic jams) and that was all within the first eight hours of a 106 hour journey.
Then for all of you, especially Karon and Nicole to overcome some serious reservations about the rides that Kings Dominion offers. And by the end of the day, they were begging to go again on the most challenging rides.
Then the following day in Washington, DC to see the range of emotions that you experienced as we visited the memorials and monuments. Especially Gracie and Morgan, as Valerie told you about a childhood friend she had who was killed in Vietnam. And amazingly among the tens of thousands of names on that wall both of you found that one name as you were just walking by the wall. Friends and family often spend days looking for their loved ones name on that wall. Just amazing what you did. And Morgan touched the deepest parts of my heart and soul as she insisted that we visit the WWII Memorial, because she knew her grandfather, my dad, was in that war and has recently shared with her not so pleasant memories from that time of his life. It was tough to fight back the emotions as I took her photo in front of the WWII memorial for her to send to him. She also had me take a photo of a penny that she threw in to the water at the memorial for him because he will probably never have the opportunity to visit it himself. And to see Gracie and Eva so entranced at the Jefferson Memorial, and I have photos to prove it. I asked Gracie why she was videoing the entire wording, she just said it was some of her favorite quotes.
Girls, I hope you all had a great time. I hope you were able to learn a little, laugh a lot, think a little and grow a lot.
To the Parents:
You should be sooo proud. I was in no way dreading this trip, I just did not know what to expect, or what I had gotten myself into. Please believe me when I say, that I was blown away by your girls this week. Yes, we had the usual and customary, (no you can't, get some paper towels; quick, be quiet and go to sleep, and an occasional was that you?)
But you would be proud to see your girls be able to connect the dots in their minds. You could see the wheels spinning as they saw things that they had heard about and studied about almost come to life in front of their eyes. I heard comments numerous times about "yea I read about this in books but it didn't interest me because it was just words on a page.....now I can put pictures with those words and it means so much more."
Ask them to tell you how many "life lessons" they learned. How to read a subway map, how to flip pancakes, how to work as a team, how to properly dispose of bean dip, and how easy it is to function without a cell phone. (The way we used to do it)
Thank you for letting me get to know your girls better this week. If this happens again in the future, I strongly encourage you to try to participate, you will not regret it.
Lastly Parents, we knew we were tackling a lot for a small amount of time, but my hope is that your daughter has been shown some things that were new to them. We only had time to hit the highlights at most places. Ask you daughter how she feels about returning as a family vacation some day. I bet you will be amazed at the response you get.
Till Later,
MO
First of all to Gracie, Eva, Sharon, Karon, Morgan, Sarah, and Nicole:
You girls are a trip. If you had told me you could put me on a motorhome with 11 people, nine of which are girls and six of those are teens, travel 2000 miles over 5 days and 4 nights, and still come back sane, palease. But these girls proved me wrong. I am overwhelmed by what you girls have shown me the last few days.
First of all, the patience you all showed when we were having what seemed like one problem after another (step problems, belt problems, thunderstorms, traffic jams) and that was all within the first eight hours of a 106 hour journey.
Then for all of you, especially Karon and Nicole to overcome some serious reservations about the rides that Kings Dominion offers. And by the end of the day, they were begging to go again on the most challenging rides.
Then the following day in Washington, DC to see the range of emotions that you experienced as we visited the memorials and monuments. Especially Gracie and Morgan, as Valerie told you about a childhood friend she had who was killed in Vietnam. And amazingly among the tens of thousands of names on that wall both of you found that one name as you were just walking by the wall. Friends and family often spend days looking for their loved ones name on that wall. Just amazing what you did. And Morgan touched the deepest parts of my heart and soul as she insisted that we visit the WWII Memorial, because she knew her grandfather, my dad, was in that war and has recently shared with her not so pleasant memories from that time of his life. It was tough to fight back the emotions as I took her photo in front of the WWII memorial for her to send to him. She also had me take a photo of a penny that she threw in to the water at the memorial for him because he will probably never have the opportunity to visit it himself. And to see Gracie and Eva so entranced at the Jefferson Memorial, and I have photos to prove it. I asked Gracie why she was videoing the entire wording, she just said it was some of her favorite quotes.
Girls, I hope you all had a great time. I hope you were able to learn a little, laugh a lot, think a little and grow a lot.
To the Parents:
You should be sooo proud. I was in no way dreading this trip, I just did not know what to expect, or what I had gotten myself into. Please believe me when I say, that I was blown away by your girls this week. Yes, we had the usual and customary, (no you can't, get some paper towels; quick, be quiet and go to sleep, and an occasional was that you?)
But you would be proud to see your girls be able to connect the dots in their minds. You could see the wheels spinning as they saw things that they had heard about and studied about almost come to life in front of their eyes. I heard comments numerous times about "yea I read about this in books but it didn't interest me because it was just words on a page.....now I can put pictures with those words and it means so much more."
Ask them to tell you how many "life lessons" they learned. How to read a subway map, how to flip pancakes, how to work as a team, how to properly dispose of bean dip, and how easy it is to function without a cell phone. (The way we used to do it)
Thank you for letting me get to know your girls better this week. If this happens again in the future, I strongly encourage you to try to participate, you will not regret it.
Lastly Parents, we knew we were tackling a lot for a small amount of time, but my hope is that your daughter has been shown some things that were new to them. We only had time to hit the highlights at most places. Ask you daughter how she feels about returning as a family vacation some day. I bet you will be amazed at the response you get.
Till Later,
MO
This Was Awesome Guys!
Hey guys , its morgan (aka little mo),
I just wanted to say that this trip was awesome!! I was soooooooooooo... excited when we went to Washington D.C. I loved seeing the Linchon memorial, the Vietnam, the WWII, and Korean.
Those were my favorite! I really had a lot of fun at Kings Dominian too. OH!, and the steak at Howards Steak House was exquisite! Yea Eva would get what i mean about that! Anyways,
love you guys and thanks for the awesome trip!
loves ya,
Morgan
I just wanted to say that this trip was awesome!! I was soooooooooooo... excited when we went to Washington D.C. I loved seeing the Linchon memorial, the Vietnam, the WWII, and Korean.
Those were my favorite! I really had a lot of fun at Kings Dominian too. OH!, and the steak at Howards Steak House was exquisite! Yea Eva would get what i mean about that! Anyways,
love you guys and thanks for the awesome trip!
loves ya,
Morgan
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Hey everyone this is Jennifer. I am sorry this has not been updated as expected, but we have run into limited internet access. The bright side is that they are experiencing things they will never forget. I am so thankful to you parents for letting you child come on this trip. They have been such a big blessing and encouragement. Your girls have the heart of God and don't show signs of letting that falter. Well, we better get going so we will see yall back at home in a few days!
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