there is a

Costa Rica meeting tonight after service for anyone who is considering going. Help me spread the word please :-)

who will go

Whom shall I send ?
Who will go for me ?
To the ends of the earth
Who will rise up for the King ?

Here am I, send me !
Here am I, send me !

letting go

It's not about me, it's about multiplying my life to affect millions of others. You can't do that if you're inward focused. My wants or desires fulfilled would only satisfy me, and would only be temporary, but letting go of that and letting God use me to reach the world is a much better use of a life. Don't you think?
I do.

weekend

I enjoyed meeting and chatting with Joel A'Bell from Sydney this weekend. He's a really cool guy. We talked about guns and tornados and how there's a team of about 20 preachers at his campus that share the 8 weekend services and you never know who's going to be preaching which service. Pretty cool. While we were talking Saturday night his wife was preaching the Sunday morning message back in Australia and his friend was letting him listen on his phone, so he let me listen for a minute. He was so excited. He preached a totally different message saturday night than he did for sundays services. Both were fabulous. He said he felt God had a different message for each crowd.

shooting

me taking instruction

my first short range round and first long range round

Todd and Josh reloading

my gun

me vs. Josh - short range

So apparently (according to the guys, who were very impressed) I out shot both men at long range (15 yards) :-) Guess I have skills I didn't know about.
At short range we were pretty much the same.
Note to ladies - don't wear a tank top when shooting Monarch ammo. The casings don't fly very far and one of mine flew down my shirt and burned my boob!

friday

Playoff party #2 tonight 10.pm.
Go Spurs Go!!!

a thought

Life never turns out the way we expect it to, right? So why do we continue to expect our life to go a certain way? All the planning, preparing, etc.. we do for tomorrow could be completely useless cause tomorrow could go a completely different direction. And it likely will.

I'm off to work then class, but I'll leave you with a quote for today.


I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.

Robert Brault

weird

So it looks like I get to go shooting Saturday. And Josh is bringing a whole gaggle of guys along. Not sure why or what the great appeal is, but guys with guns are everywhere. People who I would never have expected, own them, and now want to come shoot with me. Crazy.
I hope I'm decent at it, and don't just get knocked over and laughed at.
Ok, I gotta go get my shots then go to work... See you all at church tonight :-)

GO SPURS GO!!

Be Very Afraid

*no mom, it's not loaded in this picture

So I've been kinda wanting a gun for a while now. Probably since my mom got one. Josh and I talked about it some, but nothing really came of it. Apparently, he has been researching what to get. So yesterday he comes home and surprises me big time! I love surprises. He pulls this out and he said the look on my face was priceless. I bet it was. Now I'm the proud owner of a Smith and Wesson 9mm. I just need to be trained on how to use it now...

It's playoff party time!!!!

Party # 1: tuesday night 9 pm, our house! You're invited!
Yes, we missed game one, while in Dallas, but watched it later, man what a game!!

how does he do that?!

GO SPURS GO !!!

home

finally back from a looong 3 day volleyball tournament in Dallas. The last of the season.
Just wanted to let you all know I'm not dead. :-) Going to bed now.

excellent

Do you not know I am a woman? when I think I must speak.

William Shakespeare

Steve Jobs

If you have the time I highly recommend reading Steve Jobs' commencement address a few years ago to college graduates. It's good stuff.
link

quote from whole earth catalog

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."