Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Moving on

It's been a crazy life for the past 3 weeks. Lots has happened. The Lord is faithful and so worthy to be praised. His love endures forever! Thank the Lord I'm on solid ground!
The Grace Community Church "All For You" CD project live concert was a huge success! There were about 500 in attendance to worship the King of Kings! I know that the Lord was blessed & worshipped authentically. It was an awesome experience to be apart of. I will miss singing in the choir all summer long as they've cancelled the choir during the summer months.
I got a fish tank and bought some fish. I chose 6 tiger barbs and a catfish to keep the tank clean. I set it up in my massage room. It adds a relaxing and tropical touch to the room and the fish are interesting to watch.
On the home front, Billy has signed up for some summer college classes. He's doing well and may go full time after the summer. We spent some time together and today he came over for a visit and to do his laundry. He's got some challenges and decisions to make and we talked about those.
Molly moved to New Orleans last week to live with her boyfriend and was able to see from the experience it wasn't going to work for her. I flew down to pick her up, her dog Minnie, and her stuff & met all the family. Then we all went to Cafe Du Monde for Cafe Au Lait and hot Beignets & to the jazz club her boyfriend's mother owns located in the French Quarter. It was a good visit and car ride home with Molly. I was blessed to sit next to an old woman who was blind on the plane ride down who had never been on an airplane before. I felt compelled by the Lord to love her.
Massage has been very busy and I have a few new clients. The one young boy client returned with his mom again and he told me that getting a massage reminded him of his Dad. When he was a little boy, he & his Dad would take turns rubbing each other's back. It was one of those endearing moments he remembers well spent with his father and he missed those long ago days. I felt special he had shared what was special to him with me. Another client told me about her adoption of two siblings from CPS. It brought tears to my eyes when she told me their story. The missionary from Bangkok had some miracle stories too of God's great power and mercy!
Steve and I have been very diligent on doing our bible study and praying together every morning. A few days we missed and it was like we disconnected. It so grounds us together. He's been marshalling for the Colonial Golf Tournament this week and enjoying it. Now we can get back on track.
Tomorrow we leave for Austin. Steve has a mediation to attend to and I think I may get a massage and do some shopping. A little get away is good.
The Lord's been speaking to me through his word and other people about leadership. He tells me that a leader is a person who sets an example by modeling it, a person who shows us how, and a person who passes it on. It is not necessarily one who leads an army of people, but can be one person at a time and that most of the time leaders don't even know that they are leaders.
Some people are born to be leaders (which has to do with personality) and some are not and is something to be learned and practiced. Anyways... if you have time...please let me hear your thoughts on leadership. I know there's lots of good books out there though and I have a few too.

Sunday, May 13, 2007


Good Morning Sisters!

I pray a wonderful Mother's Day for each of you today! In reflecting my experience of being a mother, I have gained the most love, the most joy, the most patience, & the most growth. Being a mother has been one of the best life training & teaching moments for me. I will add the most pain: pain when you see your child hurting or sick. I wish I could take it away or put it on myself . It is the powerlessness I feel. The other pain to experience is when my child makes choices that are not what the Lord would want them to make. You all are eternal mother's with me. I know you will ALWAYS be with me in heaven and on earth. I thank the Lord for each one of you for your love, encouragement, wisdom, & strength. May the Peace & Joy of God in which we share & serve be like a ripple of water reaching out far beyond what we could imagine and when we both see Him face to face our Joy will be complete! God Bless each one of you today & always!

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

The Adoption


Yesterday My daughter adopted a little dog. It is so adorable. The breed is called a Japanese Chin. She did alot of research and knows alot about the breed. I was thinking how wonderful it is to be adopted. This little dog has been rescued from a life & future with no hope. The dog has no teeth, and is developing a cataract in one eye. The owner gave her up because she refused to breed with other dogs. Adoption is like when our heavenly father, who knows us and all of our hang-ups and flaws, comes to rescue us and gives us a hope and a future. He never will give up on us! How beautiful! What Love the Father has lavished upon us that we should be called the children of God!

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Weekend with friends


I spent the weekend with my pathways friends. It's a group of friends that share "straight from the heart" We met out at Lake Texoma in a resort cabin. Our processes were about "Upgrading Relationships" and "Winners & Champions" It's a special time for all. We share our hearts, we share a meal, we share a cabin, and we share in helping each other live genuine lives of authenticity. The walls come down and what is laid bare, in sharing with each other, we receive healing and renewal, love and acceptance, support, clarity in thought, and accountability. We pray together and have great fellowship with each other. I thank the Lord for this special group of people who make a priority to invest their lives in mine. It's nice to go somewhere to a place where everyone knows your name.

In some ways I feel that this special group of people are much to me like what the early church must have sorta looked like. I know apart from this group, all the members in it have powerful influences in their church and community in Christ. I believe Christ is at the center of our meetings and it's awesome how we are all believers...one in heart and mind. Acts 4:32

Thank you Dear Lord for good friends who want to live lives for you and through you and to work heart and diligent at it! AMEN

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We are missionaries with The Brook Ministries in Costa Rica. We are here to help strengthen the church body of Jesus Christ & to fulfill His Great commission to the lost. At our conferences, my husband directs the recreational activities & excursions. I provide physical renewal with massage for the female attendees. We believe that regularly scheduled renewal of the body, mind, & spirit for ministry leaders in particular, will empower them to serve the Lord with renewed strength & perseverance to do what God has uniquely called them to do....SERVE & BUILD HIS CHURCH to the outermost parts of the world!