Today I would like to wish double birthday wishes. Happy Birthday to Matt and Happy Birthday to Brandon Jaynes. Very cool how two totally awesome people were born on the same day. I hope you guys both have a great day. I wish I could be there to celebrate with you. You guys are the best!
Chaos
Hey Everyone, I’m finally getting a little time to update. As you know, I’m starting the MBA program at GWU this Fall. As I finally have a chance to glance through my syllabi I can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. I knew that taking online classes might mean a little more busy work but wow. One of my classes won’t be too bad, just tedious. The other was surprising. I have a project, a book report, and another project to do this semester and much of that is actually due either while I’m in Russia or just before I leave. With pretty much all of my September weekends booked up with other things, I don’t know when I can get it all done. I will mostlikely have to turn in my assignments and midterms early due to the Mission trip. I know that I can do and that I will do it, it just makes me a little nervous. I had intended on getting ahead on the assignments before the classes officially started but since I”ve had to work til 8pm everynight and some Saturdays I haven’t had time. I’ve actually been staying at work til 9pm at the earliest just trying to find my desk for the next day. This has definitely been one of the worst rushes so far. Please pray for me if you will. I know many of you do already and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that.
Today Justin is at the race in Bristol with some church friends. He probably won’t be home til around 2am or so. I was able to sleep in a little which felt good (I was up a lot of the night coughing). Java and I have been to the dump and outside a bit this morning already. I’m steadily plowing away at my “to do” list I’ve been compiling since I haven’t been home most nights to clean. Today at 3pm is a party for our Sunday School Class. It’s at a man from our church’s house. He has a pool! woohoo! This white girl is going swimming! While I don’t think many people from our class are going to be able to make it, we do have about 3 new prospects coming that have just started at GWU. I’m very excited. Justin was able to talk to them on Wednesday night at church and invited them to the party. They came by the Bookstore on Thursday to get directions to the party. I really hope they will like us and continue to come to Crestview.
Ok, enough babbling. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Happy Birthday Walker!!!!
Today is the most special day! Today is my little nephew’s very first Birthday. I can’t believe it’s already been a year and to think that he was never supposed to be born according to doctors. Eat that docs 😉 hehe
I love you little man! Happy Birthday!
Ask, Seek, Knock
We had a guest Preacher this past Sunday (our pastor’s brother David). He has preached for us before. David and his wife had just gotten back from a mission trip and he was excited to tell us about it. He said, which is what I’ve discovered while over in Moscow, that you go on these trips expecting to minister to someone else when in fact you are the one that seems to get the most ministered to. He talked about the excitement and asked us to remember back to when we were first saved and the excitement and emotion we felt. He asked us what happened to that excitement. Well it got me thinking back to when I was saved. Up in New Jersey I went to a First Reformed Church. Since I have never been one to really pay much attention to the nit picky politics of a church, I couldn’t tell you much that is different from other denominations. All I know is that wherever I’ve been it’s been with people that love Jesus and want to serve Him. Anyway…back to my point… I don’t know if any of you are even interested in knowing but I felt the need to share about the day I was saved.
In 1992, I believe I was about 11 or so, I remember sitting with the other kids outside our Sunday school classrooms one Sunday morning as we were singing our usual Sunday songs. My mom was the Director there and led the pre Sunday School worship for the children. I always loved church. I never felt like staying home or sleeping in, I just wanted to go. But until that day I never knew the real reason for church. My mom showed us all a picture of Jesus standing outside a door. I remember her asking us to pay real close attention to it to see if we could find what was “wrong” with the picture. After a few moments she explained to us that Jesus was standing outside the door to our hearts and there was no doorknob on the outside. She told us that He was knocking and waiting for us to let him in from the inside. She asked us if we wanted to welcome Jesus in our hearts and I remember right then and there praying and saying, “Yes Jesus, I want you to be in my heart”. From then on my life has been so much better. It is so true. He is always standing there waiting for us. He would never leave us, but He waits for us to make the decision to let Him help. That is also why I love the “Footprints” poem so much.
Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask and it will be given to you; see and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened”
My parents gave me a big framed picture of Jesus outside the door and we have it hanging over our mantel as a daily reminder.
God has NEVER let me down and never will! He is so good. Are you smiling right now remembering the day you were given eternal life? I hope so
Madness
I’m sure most of you have forgotten who I am by now since I haven’t been online or posting lately. Things have been so hectic lately that I don’t know if I’m coming or going. Right now and for the past month or so I have been in a pre-rush state at work. This has been the busiest presemester I’ve had. We lost Maxine at the Bookstore. She moved to Florida, so Cary has had to learn her position and do her old position until we hired someone about 2 weeks ago. We both have been working extra hard and have dipped into each other’s jobs to help out. We have also been granted a new shipping room and have spent much time moving books and merchandise over there. Then we expanded our store out some and have had to move things around. On August 1st we openned our shipping center for the Fall semester. The first day we had 200 orders. Then we have had internet problems which I bet if you went to www.gardner-webb.edu right now it wouldn’t pull up. At least it hasn’t for me since I’ve been home this weekend. On the 28th my classes officially begin. They’ve posted the online class info already but since the website doesn’t work I can’t check to see what I’m in for. I would love to say that I will be back to posting and online soon but It looks like it won’t be until September. We start our late hours coming up this Wednesday and for the next two weeks I’ll be working 8:30-8:30 everyday (gotta love having a salary position). We even have to stay late on Friday this week and we’re open this coming Saturday but I will not be there because we are having Walker’s 1st birthday party (a little early,it’s really on the 24th) and I won’t miss that for anything. He is growing so fast. He started walking at 10 months and is so smart. I can’t wait to see him again. Well, I’ve babbled long enough. I hope you all have a great week ahead of you. I hope to possibly have time during the late work hours to post but I guess we will see. I miss you all!
No More Chocolate
As many of you know, I can no longer eat chocolate…at least until October 5th. See…at our last Moscow Mission Team meeting Jeremy (our leader) encouraged us to give up a favorite food of ours from then until our trip. At first I selected cheese, probably because I had a huge piece of chocolate cheesecake in front of me. Then I realized that without cheese, Justin would starve (since that and bread is all he eats haha). So I switched to chocolate. The point behind this is that everytime you crave that food you should pray about the trip instead. Let me tell you…I’ve been doing a lot of praying haha. All kidding aside, it really works! The first couple of weeks haven’t been so bad but now it’s getting harder with each day and temptation. Yesterday my boss brought in assorted Krispy Kreme donuts. Of course most of them were chocolate covered, but I was good. I chose a jelly donut instead and said a prayer. There have been times when I’m tempted to say, “just one bite won’t hurt” but then I say no and it helps me to pray more. I know that most of you aren’t on your way to a foreign country for a mission trip but I encourage you too to give a favorite food up. If you want we can do it together from now until my trip or your own time line. You can choose your own prayer basis, maybe you would like to support our mission team in that way. Maybe you have your own personal issues you would like to pray about. You can never say enough prayers. Let me know if you’d like to join me.
Diving right in
Although I wish I was talking about a swimming pool at this particular time…haha I’m actually talking about what I’ve gotten myself into. Starting this Fall I will be a full time Graduate Student here at GWU. I’ve decided to pursue my MBA (no jokes please haha) with an emphasis in Health Management. I’m hoping that it will help me to find a career somewhere in a Hospital or a Medical Office of some sort. I should complete my degree by August of 2008. The best news about it is, it’s absolutely free to me…Well as Dr. Negbenebor always says, “Nothing is free…Opportunity Cost”. I will be signing away my life for the next 4 years in order for this to happen. I have to work here while I’m in school and 2 years afterwards. I figure I’ve been here fulltime for 4, what’s 4 more? haha Hopefully it won’t be too long. Pray for me and pray for Justin because he will have to deal with my many tantrums hehe. I’m nervous about taking the GMAT now ($250 test). Please make checks out to…. just kidding. That is the only thing I will have to pay for and I have until January-ish to take the test. I’m nervous about going back to school and trying to do it full time while working but I know that God has a plan for me and that I can do it if I just try. My friend Cary that I work with is in the program too so we will get through it together.
So….what do you think?
Praise God
Hey Everyone…I can’t wait until I can sit down and finally update this thing on all that’s been going on. I’m sure by the time I do I’ll forget most of it but I’ll try. I have a Prayer Praise to share with you. This week has been inventory week, Vacation Bible School, and a book audit. So far, my book inventory went really well and this morning I had an audit on my books. It was a new guy and he checked at least 20 different books. Thankfully we aced it and got all of them correct. Now we just have to finish supply and GWU merchandise inventory by tomorrow. VBS doesn’t end until Thursday. Along with my Prayer Praise I have a Prayer request. It may sound silly but I ask that you all pray for Justin and I for we have both been going nonstop for awhile now and are both sick. I just ask that you pray that we will find good health again and also make it through the rest of this crazy week. Thanks guys! It’s so nice to know we’ve got people praying for us. Hopefully I’ll let you know how things go soon. Don’t give up on me. I can see the light hehe.
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