The great commission conference/congress . . .something having to do with missions . . . has started again this week. Last year at this time I felt God telling me that just because I was called to be a missionary did not mean that I was called overseas. In fact I was pretty sure that I was signing up for a life in the USA, which (no offence to ( Read more... )

I think Gabriel is one of the coolest names for a male, ever. I don't know if everyone is so affected by their brother. I have always been blessed by the bonds that my brother and sister and I share. Even though we are no longer as close, especially geographically, I still consider my brother and sister to be on the top of my special list. Haha ( Read more... )

Admittedly I just basically "copy and paste"ed the following conversation, but I thought it was rather insightful, so here it is. I am just leaving in both sides of the conversation, so it will be more readable. Names have been changed, to protect . . . or something ( Read more... )

So yesterday, my baby . . . my little sweet baby . . . turned 6. My head is still spinning, but that might be mostly because I had a child (and therefore have birthdays to celebrate) during finals preparations. I know it seems crazy, but she really seems older, and I am not the only one to say so. Her mannerisms and her speech alone have caught ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I fell off the LJ planet. There are many reasons for this. Mostly, so many overwhelming things happened in my life that I couldn't mentally sort through them well enough to post my thoughts on the matter. Not only the depth to my thoughts, but simply also the abundance of information to be shared almost overwhelmed me enough to ( Read more... )

I just got out of chapel a few minutes ago. The sermon was about love, "the mark" of a Christian. It was a good sermon overall, the basis being relief for hurricane Katrina ( Read more... )

Tonight Andee came out of her room after her bath. She was just supposed to be drying off. She came out wearing a snow suit (she said she had underware on under, but I can't confirm that), roller skates, her lacy gloves, and the biggest grin you ever saw. I have a pretty funny, absolutely precious daughter!

Every woman should be able to . . .

change the oil in her car.
take someone's breath away.
laugh at herself.
be someone's hero.
drive a stick shift.
be mysterious.
dance the night away.
ask all the important questions, with her eyes alone.
change the tires on her car.
make an entrance.
throw a football.
be spontaneous.
be confident.

Every Woman.

I feel like my calendar has never been so booked ( Read more... )

I have never felt so old as I have when people ask me if I feel old when I say "Andee's first day of Kindergarten was today." Yes, my baby started kindergarten today, and yes, now I feel old, thanks ( Read more... )