It's About the Children: The First 24 Hours

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The First 24 Hours

Well I have to admit Rox, H and Lacy have done a great job

trying to keep me occupied! Started off with a pedicure, have to have cute feet! Then last night Lacy and I went and saw "License to Wed" it was hilarious!

We started off the day with a stop at Starbucks of course!

We then headed down to Bro. Ronnie's office to do a little work where we encountered an alligator. The alligator was too fast for me to get a picture of so all I have to show you is Heathers reenactment of the alligator!

After getting a little lunch at Cheesecake Bistro where I had a little issue with Heather double dipping. I escorted Rox and H to the DMV which was the whole reason for today's outing so that Heather can get on the airplane Friday when we go to Danville. As soon as we pulled in the parking space at the DMV the sky opened up so needless to say we got drenched, made for great drivers license pictures.

The 3 of us were having so much fun in the DMV that the lady standing in line behind me looked at me and said I would love to see you guys when you are actually doing something fun.

We had a great day! And after all that I was still able to find the top of my desk today. Those of you who saw my desk last week during VBS knows that was no easy task. As I am posting this I just got a text from Mrs. Sherrie and they just landed in Singapore, they are still not to their final destination, that is one long trip! One day down 9 to go!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: So this is what you girls were doing while Judy and I were at the church? Looks like fun!! Next I want to go~LOL

Can't wait for August 2nd!

Tina; July 18, 2007 at 7:58 AM

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My Testimony

I grew up in a Christian home where I was drug to church every time the doors were open. I spent my childhood trying to follow the Christian ways that my parents had drilled into my head, but when I was 10 I made a choice all on my own to accept Christ as my Savior and follow and serve Him for the rest of my life. I continued to follow after God, and when I was 15 I knew God was calling me into full time ministry. In my mind I believed their were only 2 options for me; a children’s pastor or a youth pastor. For 10 years I went around and around and around because I let fear stop me from doing what God created me to do. Finally I got tired of not going anywhere and I asked God what is it that you want me to do. He told me He wanted me on the mission field. This was very hard for me to hear because I spent my entire life with a fear of leaving the United States, I grew up saying I was never going to another country. I put aside all my fears and said O.K. God I will go. My first trip out of the United States God sends me by myself, I cried for a week before I left, I cried on the plane the whole way down to Honduras, but once I got there and I experienced what God had waiting for me it was greater than anything I had experienced in the States. After setting foot on foreign soil I knew thats where I was spending the rest of my life. I still was not completely open to what God had for me I still had some restrictions. We had a sermon series called The HPC Apprentice; 4 people out of the church were chosen and I was 1 of the 4, we spent several weeks just doing whatever was asked of us, serving the church, serving the community and then at the end the church voted on who they thought should win. I did not win, but the guy who did win won a trip to Swaziland, Africa. After finding out what the prize was I was so glad I did not win, because I had also spent my entire life saying I was never going to Africa. Well, over the next 6 months God begins to work on me and all of a sudden I am now telling my sister I really want to go to Africa. My sister had a friend who was going to Africa in 2 months so she called her up and told her I wanted to go to Africa, so she said let me see what I can do. Next thing I know I’m receiving a phone call saying I hear you want to go to Africa. Within a month I had raised every penny I needed for the trip and within another month I was on a plane to Africa. Do you know I made it to Africa before the guy who won the trip to Africa? When God has a plan He makes away. So 2005 was the first year I went to Africa, I went home from that trip with a calling on my life to reach, serve, nurture and love the children of Africa. I spent six months living in Mozambique, Africa I returned with an even greater passion to reach the unforgotten children around the world. After returning from Africa I co-founded Red Thread Ministries to help those who are without means to help themselves. We work with children domestic and international, sharing the love of Jesus. For more information and ways to get invovled checkout our website at www.redthreadministries.org