Well I haven't blogged in a while and I'm sorry...I have been busy with school...
Our team season is winding down. We only have two more teams for the year :/ Also we will be going back to the states for Christmas, we leave on December 4!!!!!! We all are excited, but we have some needs- We need a vehicle that will seat 8 people and a place to stay. God has provided so far and I know He will continue...
Yesterday we celebrated Ali's birthday (she will be 8 on Wed.) ! Her birthday cake was a Texas Sheet Cake topped with Oreos and pink shimmer icing!!! Mine and Bubba's (Matthew) are coming up soon too! Mine is on Nov. 5, and Bubba's the 7th.
I have decided to post a pic of the family....
This was taken at JDV (the Jamaican Deaf Village). We are all wearing Hog Wild shirts.
Hog Wild For Jesus is a ministry in Alabama. Here is a YouTube link to see what they do-
I recently did Council Time in our Awana program . It was called "Soap and Pepper". It was fun and I think our kids enjoyed it! I took a bowl of water, this represented the world before Adam and Eve sinned: clean and perfect. But after they sinned the world was full of sin and all who live in it have sin in their lives too, so to demonstrate this I added pepper. Now I asked a child to come up and stick their finger in the water, what happened? The pepper all rushed onto their finger, just like we are all sinful from the moment we were born. But we all have hope! (now I called up someone else) The soap we used represented Jesus and if we have Jesus in our life we are kept save from all evil in the world!! Soap was put on a finger and then we put the finger in the water (remember the finger now represents a Christian) and the end result was that the soap (Christ) 'repelled' the pepper (sin) and not one speck was one the finger! This is a great way to show God's forgiveness using household items! Go ahead and try it!!
I'm gonna close with this: I have herd all that is going on in America and I just want to give a few verses of encouragement to all who are about to experience some major changes...
Isaiah 49:3- He said to me "You are my servant in whom I will display my splendor"
Matthew 5:10,12- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven ...Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same ways they persecuted the prophets before you.
Matthew 28:20- "And surely I am with you, even to the end of the age."
Also read Isaiah 53!!
Bye for now
Lexi
