I have been so bad at keeping up the blog! I was out of town Sunday-Tuesday in Northern California. I was in charge of a fair for Christian colleges and Universities. There were 35 different schools there ready to talk to students and families about Christian higher education. I was praying that 100 people would show up as it was the first fair that I was in charge of and 250 ended up showing up! PTL!It was a good event and I am glad it's over!

I was back in the office today and leave tommorow morning for Pittsburgh. I have a recruiting event but get to see Voda so I am really excited. Tonight I went and met Kelli and the girls for dinner. They are a blessing to me. Ivy is getting so big and Sissy is a little lover.

I have been seeking the Lord a lot lately and learning what it means to wait on Him. I'm sure I'll be talking more about that soon...packing is waiting so I must go!

*Today I am thankful for the way Sissy smiles at me! love it!

Would You Rather Wednesday?!?!

Would you rather be able to communicate with the dead, but have to converse solely in jive or have a save game function for your life?

*Today I am thankful for trials that develop me.

I think this picture is Sa-Weet! We took new pictures for work as we needed to update our postcard and website since half the counselors are new.

Lukas VanDyke took these pictures and I Love what he did with this one.

check out his blog: www.lukasvandyke.com

*Today I am thankful that Erin is helping me with the fair next week...LIFE SAVER SISTER!

Would You Rather Wednesday!?!?

Would you rather be the guy in a factory who pulls the same lever 8 hours a day or a personal assistant to P Diddy? (things to consider: if you HAVEN'T watched "I Want to Work for Diddy" it's NOT as glamourous as you may intitally think, after 8 hours on the line you are done... no stress, with Diddy you are on call 24 hours a day but you get to travel all over the world) Death is not an option.

*Today I am thankful for my dear sweet friend Patty....without a dobt a blessing from the Lord!

Tame that tongue!

James 3:1-5 "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things."

I've been thinking a lot about the power of words. What you say, how you say it, and the impact the tongue has on others. Ephesians 4:29 says "Let no corupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers." The things we should be saying and talking about as believers should be instructive, uplifting, and encouraging. Even if you are correcting someone it should be in love and not anger. Our words and actions should be immersed in grace since we have been saved by grace! I have prayed that my words would be encouraging, uplifiting, instructive, and would be full of grace to everyone I come in contact with. The Lord has convicted me in this area and it saddens me to hear all the different conversations among believers that aren't encouraging, uplifting and full of grace.

The above text shows that James presents the matter of the tongue as another test of living faith because true faith will be demonstrated by speech. Your tongue is very telling to where your heart is. The tongue is so important that James mentions it in every chapter.

It's said that women speak between 40-50,000 words a day (men speak about 25,000....HA!) I just hope that my words will be sweet and uplifiting to the hearer and if I start to say something I shouldn't that the Lord will shut me up! This has been on my mind a lot lately and wanted to share it....something to think about. Maybe we should all pray this a little more often...Psalm 141:3 "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips"

*Today I am thankful for Luke (in my office). Today I appreciated his humility and love!

Happy Birthday Sweet Sister of Mine....

Kelli...Happy Birthday! I think this is the first birthday that I didnt' hear about for two months before it actually came....my sis is growing up! :) I LOVE you Kel. I am so thankful for you in my life. You are one of my favorite people in my world. Thank you for loving me and wanting the best for me. Thank you for being a bright spot in my life and sharing the girls with me. Thank you for speaking the truth to me as hard as it is sometimes. I know you love me.
I hope you have a great day today and feel loved and cherished by many. I am so glad you are my sister and consider you a blessing from the Lord.

Happy Birthday Jen!!!

Happy birthday to a great friend! There are many things I love about Jen. She has totally embraced me into her family and I love and adore the Sharpe's. Jen is one of those people who I can go to with anything and she won't sugar coat things just to make me feel good. She tells me the way it is and I know she loves me and will always be honest with me. I NEED that in my life!

Jen and I have A LOT of fun when we are together and laugh a lot. I lived with her and "the fam" last year for about 5 weeks before I was able to move into my new place. I had such a good time and enjoyed mornings with the family. (Kuddos to Scottie for putting up with me during this time :))

Jen, I truly love and appreicate you. Thanks for being a good friend to me and taking care of me! :) LOVE YOU SIS!!!