Well i can't remember a single time in my life where i have seen it rain 5 days back to back, knowing that the rain is suppose to stick around for another 4 days.
Its an amzing thing,rain, it is the thing that brings everything life and yet it can cause so much havoc and dismay because it causes plans to be changed and cancelled and for things, like my cactus, to become slimmy and die.
It is not that i am ungreatful for this wet source of life ,because i am, it's just not my favorite thing to have to deal with when there are so many things that need to be done outside, like finishing a flower bed, mowing and triming trees and on the computer, when it rains we have no internet. Friday at the May Day event at McIntosh Elem. it was a tiny bit anoying that i had to stand out in the rain taking up wet tickets from wet kids who wanted slide and bouce on wet inflatables. As most know who have been down here, right after the rain it gets sticky and humid and is just not a lot of fun.
When i think about water and rain i also think about what water means to Christians. I think about the woman at the well who was asked for water by Jesus who then offered her living water. I think about when one of the blind men that jesus healed, was healed by Christ use of water, His spit, and dirt to rub on his eyes. I think about the first miracle that jesus ever performed, turning water into wine. And i think about the first baptism, when jesus was baptized by john the baptist. Also, i think about the Mexico teams theme this year,"Rain", which seems very apporiate after the past couple years and their constant struggle to stay head of the rain and the water.
Water is a beautiful thing, it is a biblical thing, and it can be a dangerous and mysterious thing... what is water to you? What feelings and emotions does it bring rushing up in you?
I pray that God shower down upon you grace and love and that through His outpouring that you may water the nations with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Happy May!
Happy May and...
Sorry that i haven't written in a while, but i haven't had time. Corey and i went to NC to help with intern training and to be at a board meeting, and to see our families. We have also been trying to get a lot of things done around here while we still have the chance before summer starts, and before the tropic downpour hits us tonight.
We have been having a great time the past few weeks including youth group last night in our house, messy, noisey and i have to admit a crowded with 14 kids plus us, but totally worth it! It was cozy to and we really had a lot of fun, especially when we played our game and watched the end of American Idol and everyone got into it. We also did Bible study, don't worry we always do! We watched the Flyleaf video of "All Around Me" and talked about the woman who washed Jesus's feet with her tears and hair and how she came before Him just as she was broken and open and how she left a different person. It was a really great study!
And...
It was really cool when the after school program helped us out yesterday by making their community project for this month cleaning up the flower beds here at the center and then learning about the being one of the four soils from Matthew 13.
Just a side note into our life...
Corey is out mowing the yard today, again before the topic downpour comes rushing in tonight, and sticks around for the next 6 days...crazy weather! So i am in the house trying to catch up on internet stuff, mainly posting on here.. and getting keys sorted for our staff this summer...etc, etc... Fun stuff to read about, huh?!
Ok and..
We are excited that school is almost out, just five more days left, and that summer programs are fast approaching..which the kids keep asking us about every day, they say, "when is camp..who is coming... is so and so coming... our we going to do this or are we going to do that?" The kids here look forward to summer programming all year round!
I never know exactly what to write on here... i feel like our life is pretty boaring and normal and that the happenings here at the center are just common now... so i'm sorry if i bore you but i feel like it is important for me to write and to at least tell you about some of the small things happening around here. If there are things that you would like to read about just let me know... or ask me a question and i would be glad to answer it.
Please keep us and our community in your prayers... have a great fantastic day!!
Sorry that i haven't written in a while, but i haven't had time. Corey and i went to NC to help with intern training and to be at a board meeting, and to see our families. We have also been trying to get a lot of things done around here while we still have the chance before summer starts, and before the tropic downpour hits us tonight.
We have been having a great time the past few weeks including youth group last night in our house, messy, noisey and i have to admit a crowded with 14 kids plus us, but totally worth it! It was cozy to and we really had a lot of fun, especially when we played our game and watched the end of American Idol and everyone got into it. We also did Bible study, don't worry we always do! We watched the Flyleaf video of "All Around Me" and talked about the woman who washed Jesus's feet with her tears and hair and how she came before Him just as she was broken and open and how she left a different person. It was a really great study!
And...
It was really cool when the after school program helped us out yesterday by making their community project for this month cleaning up the flower beds here at the center and then learning about the being one of the four soils from Matthew 13.
Just a side note into our life...
Corey is out mowing the yard today, again before the topic downpour comes rushing in tonight, and sticks around for the next 6 days...crazy weather! So i am in the house trying to catch up on internet stuff, mainly posting on here.. and getting keys sorted for our staff this summer...etc, etc... Fun stuff to read about, huh?!
Ok and..
We are excited that school is almost out, just five more days left, and that summer programs are fast approaching..which the kids keep asking us about every day, they say, "when is camp..who is coming... is so and so coming... our we going to do this or are we going to do that?" The kids here look forward to summer programming all year round!
I never know exactly what to write on here... i feel like our life is pretty boaring and normal and that the happenings here at the center are just common now... so i'm sorry if i bore you but i feel like it is important for me to write and to at least tell you about some of the small things happening around here. If there are things that you would like to read about just let me know... or ask me a question and i would be glad to answer it.
Please keep us and our community in your prayers... have a great fantastic day!!
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