Tuesday, September 10, 2013
a broke "fivala"
about a month ago, I got in a cleaning out, organize, conviction on how much stuff we have mode... sometime those things are not good..... I tend to have lots of patience till we have an overflowing amount of stuff... Having just got back from East Asia I was reminded in the out skirts of town that people NOTHING!! and guess what? there kiddos are just fine! so anyway.. I had cleaned out the closets in our house to give to friends that are adopting (have the stuff made it to there house?? not yet!!!) I looked at the clock and it was about 4 and I realized I had not spent any time with the kiddos :( soooooooo I yelled "lets go on a bike ride!!!" so we got ready and headed to the shed where the bikes were and yep... I stepped in a hole and "pop" I knew...... BROKE.... no other adult, lots of pain and knowing God would take care of it all!.... looked over at our neighbors and she was pulling in..... thank you!!!! so Caleb went and got her, she comes over with crutches, Motrin, and water!!! BLESS her, I was hurting soooooooo bad.... Alexis stepped up and kept the kiddos till Kat could get to the house.... Yep BROKE...... in the "boot" till probably the end of this month.... so why did I call this blog a broke fivala.... well that is what Andrew calls it and I don't want to forget.....
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Saw, touched, smelt, and heard
Day 46 home and I am just now kind of, I mean kind of breaking down my trip to East Asia... many who have gone away on a mission trip like this know that there is so much to process. The highs, the lows, the people, the gospel.. that is really the words that come to my mind as I have processed some of the things that we saw, touched, smelt, and heard...
what we saw:
people... people EVERYWHERE... it was only when Angela and I went toward the market at 6 ish (am) that there was not a lot of people. We saw idols...EVERYWHERE, cars... EVERYWHERE.... mopeds, precious children, drink vendors.. well except when Tanya and I thought we would die of thirst and dairy queen did not have a drink! There were eating places, car repair shops, yarn stores, shoe stores, ladies dancing, sweat (yes, it was VERY hot, it is actually known as a fiery furnace), dead ducks & chickens riding on a moped, squatty potties, cat in the middle of a store, faces of those who heard the gospel, games being played with kids that had never experienced fun, kids singing songs, one car accident, noodles, LOTS of people in the swimming pool, few grayed haired people, cameras (English corner), mobile phone store, and the list could go on... The thing that stood out the most is the ones who need to be reached with the gospel... it could get so overwhelming to think of the number of people who live in this country that may never hear the gospel BUT you must start with one... I know that the gospel is going forth, I saw it, I saw God moving in the hearts of His people... may they then go and share... Jesus is our hope, we need to seek Him, and when He saves us and plucks us out of our state, oh what a glorious day... I pray for all those who I saw...
what we touched:
our bibles (we clung to them), the hands of children who had no hope, the coffee pot, chopsticks, hands of about 15 ladies praying over us, our tears, the lives of ladies, children, nini's... I pray we touched many more lives of those we shared with a park that we went too
what we smelt:
coffee, food, polluted air, smells of children, gasoline fumes, durian(fruit that smells horrendous) , its weird, you really can't decide on what the smells are...
what we heard
beeping horns, chatter, fireworks (like 6 in the am), laughter in the children, nini talking to Tanya and I in her language and us not understanding any of it, 15 women praying over us all at one time (thank you God for allowing me to experience that), the sweet boy who stood and said "I am willing to believe!!!!", Angela H. telling the grandma in the elevator to "ah jing" which is be quiet!!! SOOO FUNNY!!! , secedas, coffee/tea pot brewing, our blow up mattress creaking, and so many more....
so I leave you with this for now... I was sooooo blessed to go... I am ready to go back, I fell in love with these people and so thankful that God uses Me a sinner to share His gospel to those around the world!!!!
what we saw:
people... people EVERYWHERE... it was only when Angela and I went toward the market at 6 ish (am) that there was not a lot of people. We saw idols...EVERYWHERE, cars... EVERYWHERE.... mopeds, precious children, drink vendors.. well except when Tanya and I thought we would die of thirst and dairy queen did not have a drink! There were eating places, car repair shops, yarn stores, shoe stores, ladies dancing, sweat (yes, it was VERY hot, it is actually known as a fiery furnace), dead ducks & chickens riding on a moped, squatty potties, cat in the middle of a store, faces of those who heard the gospel, games being played with kids that had never experienced fun, kids singing songs, one car accident, noodles, LOTS of people in the swimming pool, few grayed haired people, cameras (English corner), mobile phone store, and the list could go on... The thing that stood out the most is the ones who need to be reached with the gospel... it could get so overwhelming to think of the number of people who live in this country that may never hear the gospel BUT you must start with one... I know that the gospel is going forth, I saw it, I saw God moving in the hearts of His people... may they then go and share... Jesus is our hope, we need to seek Him, and when He saves us and plucks us out of our state, oh what a glorious day... I pray for all those who I saw...
what we touched:
our bibles (we clung to them), the hands of children who had no hope, the coffee pot, chopsticks, hands of about 15 ladies praying over us, our tears, the lives of ladies, children, nini's... I pray we touched many more lives of those we shared with a park that we went too
what we smelt:
coffee, food, polluted air, smells of children, gasoline fumes, durian(fruit that smells horrendous) , its weird, you really can't decide on what the smells are...
what we heard
beeping horns, chatter, fireworks (like 6 in the am), laughter in the children, nini talking to Tanya and I in her language and us not understanding any of it, 15 women praying over us all at one time (thank you God for allowing me to experience that), the sweet boy who stood and said "I am willing to believe!!!!", Angela H. telling the grandma in the elevator to "ah jing" which is be quiet!!! SOOO FUNNY!!! , secedas, coffee/tea pot brewing, our blow up mattress creaking, and so many more....
so I leave you with this for now... I was sooooo blessed to go... I am ready to go back, I fell in love with these people and so thankful that God uses Me a sinner to share His gospel to those around the world!!!!
Monday, July 1, 2013
111 through.....
no I have not forgot my blessings that the Lord has bestowed on me .......... I just have not typed them.. I could go back to April of last year (when I did my last post... BUT too many to even count) .. so I will start to remember... these are in no special order just what God puts on my heart
111. Braves game with the kiddos... Lane and Andrews first
112. a great little swimmer
113. Ms. Judi and Mr. john
114. family bible study
115. Alexis running the Peachtree road race last July 4
116. an awesome school year at FB preschool
117. Lane graduating Kindergarten
118. our dog doodle on the beach trip
119. Doug making it through Morrow madness
120. Mom staying with me while Doug was in the Philippines
121. Alexis and her sweet soccer team
122. the girls playing barbies
123. a sleeping 2 year old
124. Caleb finally feeling better!
125. the swing set that Doug has worked so hard on
126. seeing Jenny's face when I told her I was coming to East Asia
127. a pastor whom teaches me the word
128. my Sunday school class
129. a clean house
130. the Greenwoods
131. Jon and the girls coming to see Caleb at his swim meet
132. planting flowers
133. Chandler investing in my daughter
134. worn out bible covers
135. studying the book of Genesis
136. Lori in whom holds me accountable and I can confide my sinful heart to
137. The Hendrix's (both)
138. an AWESOME beach trip with the Hendrix's (Steve)
139. Soul bags being sent all around the world
140. stinky soccer bags
141. Jamie F and her heart for people
142. worshiping at Second Baptist
143. Fostering coming to a completion
144. knocking on doors and putting fliers in mailboxes
145. lunch with friends
146. Kat and her love for me and her foster kiddos and the love for my kiddos too!
147. a vehicle that still runs even though it has almost 240,000 miles
148. God providing the money for Classical conversations
149.watching Alexis and Angela H. play games on the phone till the battery runs dead!!!
150. family mission trip
151. Ms Diane and her home we were able to "spruce up"
152. being a part of a church body that makes disciples
153. Wesley and Doug's discipleship time
154. a bed to sleep in
155. Jenna
156. a day at the beach with NO waves... God is AWESOME
157. daily quiet time
158. seeing Alexis become a beautiful young women
159. uncle James being OK after a bad car accident
160. another school year in the books :)
111. Braves game with the kiddos... Lane and Andrews first
112. a great little swimmer
113. Ms. Judi and Mr. john
114. family bible study
115. Alexis running the Peachtree road race last July 4
116. an awesome school year at FB preschool
117. Lane graduating Kindergarten
118. our dog doodle on the beach trip
119. Doug making it through Morrow madness
120. Mom staying with me while Doug was in the Philippines
121. Alexis and her sweet soccer team
122. the girls playing barbies
123. a sleeping 2 year old
124. Caleb finally feeling better!
125. the swing set that Doug has worked so hard on
126. seeing Jenny's face when I told her I was coming to East Asia
127. a pastor whom teaches me the word
128. my Sunday school class
129. a clean house
130. the Greenwoods
131. Jon and the girls coming to see Caleb at his swim meet
132. planting flowers
133. Chandler investing in my daughter
134. worn out bible covers
135. studying the book of Genesis
136. Lori in whom holds me accountable and I can confide my sinful heart to
137. The Hendrix's (both)
138. an AWESOME beach trip with the Hendrix's (Steve)
139. Soul bags being sent all around the world
140. stinky soccer bags
141. Jamie F and her heart for people
142. worshiping at Second Baptist
143. Fostering coming to a completion
144. knocking on doors and putting fliers in mailboxes
145. lunch with friends
146. Kat and her love for me and her foster kiddos and the love for my kiddos too!
147. a vehicle that still runs even though it has almost 240,000 miles
148. God providing the money for Classical conversations
149.watching Alexis and Angela H. play games on the phone till the battery runs dead!!!
150. family mission trip
151. Ms Diane and her home we were able to "spruce up"
152. being a part of a church body that makes disciples
153. Wesley and Doug's discipleship time
154. a bed to sleep in
155. Jenna
156. a day at the beach with NO waves... God is AWESOME
157. daily quiet time
158. seeing Alexis become a beautiful young women
159. uncle James being OK after a bad car accident
160. another school year in the books :)
Saturday, June 29, 2013
learning from sunflowers
we have a garden... organic..... but we have realized it is not going to be as big as the past..... we use no pesticides, fertilizer, or any harmful anything... hey, if we depended on it as our only food source we would all be skin and bones... so we are already thinking of ways to improve it without all the pesticides!!!
BUT our sunflowers are going hog wild!!!! we always measure them everyday to see if they have gotten taller than any of the kiddos... they are taller than Andrew now..
to be honest I am struggling with anxiety... I am asking the Lord to settle my heart.. I leave in less than 2 weeks and all the crazy thoughts go through this head... poor Lane is struggling.. she is already missing me and I am not even gone yet! the other 2 seem to be fine BUT I know they will get a little more open as it gets closer..
I am so excited to go and I know God has shown me over and over that He wants me to go!...
so a few days ago I went to the garden by myself to check our "goodies".. it was a BEAUTIFUL day!!! sun shining and then I looked over at the sunflowers and they were positioned toward the sun.. and God reminded me you just look at the SON!!! He will settle you, he will settle your heart, and he will settle the kiddos heart...
When I start to gaze in another direction I ask Him to gently move my eyes to focus back on Him!!!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
a clean home.........
starting Thursday we had "that call" Can I show your house?? ..... yes!!! then the craziness begins... running around cleaning like a FREAK!!!! yes that was me!.. well on Friday I had to sign the kiddos up for classical conversations and I had to be out at the park between 10 and 12... so we went!... I was planning on being there maybe 15 minutes but it turned into almost 2 hours.. in the back of my mind I was thinking of all the things at the house that needed to be scrubbed.... I mean we have 4 kiddos!!!!! we are not overly clean... BUT the Lord had it differently! I was able to fellowship with sweet ladies and able to confess sin as a parent.... I would NOT change anything from that day! It was a blessing...
We came home and Ms Judi helped clean the master bath and we had a time!!! I LOVE her... not only her heart but her humor.... for example I had gone to get all the supplies and she stayed in the bathroom... I came back and she was in the bathtub LAID out!!! I on the inside started FREAKING out!!! I called her name and she did not answer.... I was thinking I might need to call 911...... I actually watched to see if her chest was rising... then I touched her and she said "gotcha!!!!!" I laughed so hard!!! we had a blast chatting as we cleaned!!!....
After the house showed and they did not even like it I was relieved... I LOVE our home.. not like an idol but the love and the openness of our house!.. we had LOVED having families , young people, and children in and out of our house. we want it to bless others and it has so we are glad the Lord saw it fit for us to live here!... We looked around and realized that we had NOTHING to do in the house.. we relaxed for an hour or so then we went out and burned some old wood.. it was a blessed day!
We came home and Ms Judi helped clean the master bath and we had a time!!! I LOVE her... not only her heart but her humor.... for example I had gone to get all the supplies and she stayed in the bathroom... I came back and she was in the bathtub LAID out!!! I on the inside started FREAKING out!!! I called her name and she did not answer.... I was thinking I might need to call 911...... I actually watched to see if her chest was rising... then I touched her and she said "gotcha!!!!!" I laughed so hard!!! we had a blast chatting as we cleaned!!!....
After the house showed and they did not even like it I was relieved... I LOVE our home.. not like an idol but the love and the openness of our house!.. we had LOVED having families , young people, and children in and out of our house. we want it to bless others and it has so we are glad the Lord saw it fit for us to live here!... We looked around and realized that we had NOTHING to do in the house.. we relaxed for an hour or so then we went out and burned some old wood.. it was a blessed day!
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Always be ready!
this week... wowers!!!! good, but boy have I had to be on my toes!!! The Lord has shown me 3 times (like the blinking florescent lite) that you must be ready!!!!....
It started on Sunday morning this past weekend. I got a call from the lady I co-teach Sunday school with and her kiddos were sick (have we not ALL been there that our kiddos seem to be sick like in an instant) so she was to teach and the Lord had me elsewhere in the scriptures so I had not even looked at the lesson... BAD!!! He reminded me that I will be prepared every week :) then on Sunday morning I got a call from one of the other teachers that she was gonna be out, the other had just had a baby, and the other was in Texas and the other was not suppose to be there... sooooo that left me with all the girls to teach something I was not prepared for!... I laid in bed and prayed, the Lord gently reminded me that "Angela you will be held to a higher account for what you teach, how you handle my word".. I put my book down my book and begin to think of my quiet time ... so that morning we studied "what is man?" I did get a surprise call from one who was suppose to be out of town and she was able to be with us!.. it was a BLESSED time with all the ages of girls!..
second thing was on Thursday I get a call from a friend who sells real estate and says "Angela, can I show your home??" WHAT???? our house is not even on the market!!! so I called Doug and he said "sure!" well it showed today and the couple who looked at it had no kids, did not like to do yard work, and did not want stairs.... hmmmm our house is not for them! and that is OK!!! we love our home, we have been able to bless others when they walk in... what I took from this is: you never know when you need to be ready to sell your belongings... God reminds you that it really belongs to Him anyway!..
third was this morning.. we were getting the last touches on the house when I heard Doug yell... it was a change in tone so I knew something was wrong... he comes running in the house with blood EVERYWHERE and holding Andrew who was screaming.. NOT GOOD!!! Doug says I think he needs stitches.. OK... get ready Lane, Maelee and Caleb.. jump in the car and stop drop and roll out of the Hendrixes driveway.. oops we let Doug hold Andrew in his lap... at that point we were not even thinking about the law.. I repented! we get to the ER and they take us immediately... we were in and out in less than an hour... for the record this is the first kiddo with staples... 5 in that noggin!!! he did great and was such a trooper!... so after we promised ice cream.... this was hilarious as we were pulling into McDonalds to get the ice cream Andrew starts singing "Old McDonald had a tick" a tick??? where does he come up with this stuff???
as I have glanced back at the week the question comes to my mind "Are you ready???" ready to meet Jesus??? Do you know Him??
through His grace and mercy I was ready for all these things that transpired this week!!!... I can confidently say I know Jesus and so thankful that he saved me!!!!
It started on Sunday morning this past weekend. I got a call from the lady I co-teach Sunday school with and her kiddos were sick (have we not ALL been there that our kiddos seem to be sick like in an instant) so she was to teach and the Lord had me elsewhere in the scriptures so I had not even looked at the lesson... BAD!!! He reminded me that I will be prepared every week :) then on Sunday morning I got a call from one of the other teachers that she was gonna be out, the other had just had a baby, and the other was in Texas and the other was not suppose to be there... sooooo that left me with all the girls to teach something I was not prepared for!... I laid in bed and prayed, the Lord gently reminded me that "Angela you will be held to a higher account for what you teach, how you handle my word".. I put my book down my book and begin to think of my quiet time ... so that morning we studied "what is man?" I did get a surprise call from one who was suppose to be out of town and she was able to be with us!.. it was a BLESSED time with all the ages of girls!..
second thing was on Thursday I get a call from a friend who sells real estate and says "Angela, can I show your home??" WHAT???? our house is not even on the market!!! so I called Doug and he said "sure!" well it showed today and the couple who looked at it had no kids, did not like to do yard work, and did not want stairs.... hmmmm our house is not for them! and that is OK!!! we love our home, we have been able to bless others when they walk in... what I took from this is: you never know when you need to be ready to sell your belongings... God reminds you that it really belongs to Him anyway!..
third was this morning.. we were getting the last touches on the house when I heard Doug yell... it was a change in tone so I knew something was wrong... he comes running in the house with blood EVERYWHERE and holding Andrew who was screaming.. NOT GOOD!!! Doug says I think he needs stitches.. OK... get ready Lane, Maelee and Caleb.. jump in the car and stop drop and roll out of the Hendrixes driveway.. oops we let Doug hold Andrew in his lap... at that point we were not even thinking about the law.. I repented! we get to the ER and they take us immediately... we were in and out in less than an hour... for the record this is the first kiddo with staples... 5 in that noggin!!! he did great and was such a trooper!... so after we promised ice cream.... this was hilarious as we were pulling into McDonalds to get the ice cream Andrew starts singing "Old McDonald had a tick" a tick??? where does he come up with this stuff???
as I have glanced back at the week the question comes to my mind "Are you ready???" ready to meet Jesus??? Do you know Him??
through His grace and mercy I was ready for all these things that transpired this week!!!... I can confidently say I know Jesus and so thankful that he saved me!!!!
Friday, June 21, 2013
take me out to the ball game..... for free :)
It has been soooooo long since we went to a ball game... the Atlanta braves players have changed and I did not know any of them!!! I mean we have no TV to keep up the games so why am I surprised!!! any way we got to go for free!!! FREE is GOOD!!! our church every so often gets tickets from the braves foundation I believe so we took this opportunity to go... this was Lane and Andrews first time and the other kiddos did not even remember going soooooo off we went!!! it was soooo much fun, although getting in late is so hard especially for Doug BUT it was worth it!!! we won that night so that was fun too!!!
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