tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70564207705900785532024-02-19T12:18:51.906-05:00Saved...Not PerfectStrange ramblings by a Christian homeschool Mom about her life and familyJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-33503095025556617562014-03-27T23:28:00.001-04:002014-03-27T23:28:37.444-04:00My Manifesto<div>
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I will take responsibility for my own choices</div>
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I will answer for my decisions.</div>
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I am NOT responsible for decisions other people make</div>
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I will find joy in life</div>
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I will enjoy my children while they are enjoyable</div>
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I will love my children when they are difficult</div>
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I will appreciate my husband for who he is</div>
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I refuse to be a victim</div>
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If I have to...I will fake it til I make it. </div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-13754217716986677372014-03-27T23:21:00.001-04:002014-03-27T23:21:38.137-04:00Ok. So here's the thing. I had a very enlightening meeting with a therapist today. She has been meeting with Branche for a few weeks and me for one plus several extended phone conversations. So heres the thing. The people he is staying with have decided he needs to come home and have given him a dead line of this weekend. We offered him to come home. We offered him the same rules as at the house he's staying in. He says he doesn't trust the written agreement. Despite oversight of the therapist and accountability. Oh well. I am free. The therapist managed to free me today. The truth is, is that he is 17 and making his own choices. Forcing him wouldn't work. He has to be free to make his own bad/good decision. If I don't let him now, it will be worse for him later. I am free. I cried for a while. Then I decided since it was my birthday Monday and I was too sick to celebrate that today I would celebrate. I will enjoy my two youngest. I will love my oldest as he allows. We are going on vacation for three days. I WILL have fun. I WILL enjoy myself. and i will NOT be made to feel bad because he is making stupid decisions. I love him. I can't live for him. I have to live for me and for my littles and for my marriage. :)Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-35221016727254619132014-03-11T19:02:00.001-04:002014-03-11T19:41:40.948-04:00So. Often life sucks. Right now, parts are ok and parts suck. My 17 year old is hurting. Emotinally, spiritually. You name it. My heart is broken for him. But here's the thing...I can't help him. There is no positive change I can effect for him. I love him desperately, but I can't help him. He is 17 and now has to make his own choices that unfortunately affect his whole future and current life. <br />
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I am depressed and anxiety ridden. I jump at every noise. I get dry mouth and fast heart beats every time something *may* go wrong and cause a manic reaction from my husband. I am SO tired. I am SO tired of being tired. I am so tired of feeling afraid and waiting for the next shoe to fall. I hate feeling down. I sit in the sunshine to try to feel better. I love the feeling of the warm sun, but it doesn't help.<br />
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What do I do? I have an appointment with a therapist. Hoping for some therapy magic for me and my kid. Both seeing her separately. Also trying to get psychiatrist appointment because I feel pretty desperately in need of an antidepressant and anti anxiety drug. Ever felt so down you just wanted to sleep for 12 months or until everything was ok again? Do you think there would be an amount of sleep that could make that happen? I am such an escapist. An avoider. I avoid conflict. I avoid confrontation. I avoid anything that feels scary or bad. I am tired of avoiding, but I still don't want the result of not avoiding either. Maybe it would be like lancing a boil? All the bad stuff will drain out and then we can heal? That's what I have heard.....but I don't know. I trust nothing.<br />
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Praying for relief from this dark cloud over my head, heavy weight on my shoulders, iron anvil on my chest, ...you name it. Just praying for relief. Im praying for a good friend too. She can't catch a break either right now and my heart is broken for her family as well. Why is this world so sorry and broken and hateful sometimes??? Sin. That's why. *sigh* Praying. Putting one foot right in front of the other, one at a time, a day at a time.....one crisis at a time. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-91537663305898412282014-02-03T18:08:00.002-05:002014-02-03T18:08:44.623-05:00im doneOk. Im done. I am tired of the drama in my life. Tired of having to constantly be forgiving. Tired of never having my way without a major fight. Tired of being dismissed as stupid or whatever. Tired of not feeling normal. Tired of wanting to cry. Tired of not sleeping every night. Tired of having to be nice. Tired of just every single thing. I need relief. From everything. Just needed to say that.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-25279033853446113652014-01-29T14:45:00.000-05:002014-01-29T14:46:32.961-05:00Purposefully ThankfulI am in a storm of great proportions. A personal storm. Involving every member of our little family. Most days I am unable to look past the clouds, thunder, lightening, downpours…to see anything else. I am consumed by fear, sorrow, grief, anxiety, hate, hurt, pain, emptiness..you name it. I cannot control one thing in my life that is going wrong and causing all these feelings. Nothing. I am absolutely out of control. Apparently, I cannot even control my feelings and emotions. I try. I stuff them down deep and smile and try to keep putting one foot in front of the other figuring SOME how, SOME time there will be an end to the crap. Right now I feel like I must be walking in circles because there is no end. Bipolar. Rebellion. Screaming fits. Moving. Accusations. Unforgiveness. Fear. Anxiety. School. Anger. Endless.<br />
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I am writing this post not to fill your ears with my problems or make you feel sorry for me. But to force myself to think of the things I can be thankful for. <br />
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I am healthy, mostly.<br />
I have a job.<br />
My husband has a job.<br />
We found somewhere to move to easily.<br />
We found the money to pay for that.<br />
We got a storage space less than 5 miles from our house.<br />
I have heat….and wool socks<br />
My friends (at a distance) still answer the phone when I call.<br />
We have food and clean water.<br />
We have clothes and a car that runs.<br />
God loves me even when I don't know it.<br />
I didn't have to serve on the jury today.<br />
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I need His peace.<br />
I am trying so hard.<br />
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THis is just something i started writing to empty my head. theoretically it will be a series…unless I get distracted…..</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No, I don’t have that new syndrome that is all the rage with the younger generation. What do they call it? “Disney Princess Syndrome” or something, where the girl grows up watching all these unrealistic fairy tales with Prince Charmings racing to the rescue, perfect little babies, perfect little children, growing up to be perfect little adults living perfect little lives. I don’t have that. I never expected the Prince Charming on a white horse with a castle. I wouldn’t have minded it, mind you. But no. I did not expect it. I also don’t have that particular affliction affecting the entire Western world’s brand of Christendom where everything’s ok all the time. Trust me. It’s not. No matter what they say. I seek to be transparent in my life. Always have. If I’m not ok, there is a good chance that you will know it pretty quickly just from looking at me. I refuse to answer the question, “How are you?” with “I’m fine!” just because that is the socially acceptable answer. I will say, “Today I am surviving” if that’s how it is. I admit that sometimes I do it because I feel just that bad and want someone else to be shocked or suffer too. I know, not nice. Sometimes I’m just not. </span></div>
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;">So my adult life is not a fairytale. I am married to a wonderful man. I have three wonderful sons. Not one of them is perfect or even close and neither am I. I have not been the perfect daughter, wife, sister, friend, or mother. None of us are even close to what most people would refer to as “normal.” There are so many new disorders, diseases, and problem in this world. Everyone you talk to at least knows someone with one or two initials attached to a diagnoses. Many families have the pleasure (and burden) of a family member with autism or at least considered to be on the spectrum. My middle son is autistic. This is not</span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;"> about autism. Many families deal daily with the unique challenges of a child with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). My youngest son is ADHD. This is not about living with ADHD or the new magic cure for it achieved only if you can get your child to eat only kumquats and kiwi fruit while standing on a magnet...on their head....during the full moon. Wait...maybe that was the magic “cure” for autism. Many more families than you even know deal with the unique pain and challenges caused by bipolar disorder. My husband is bipolar. But this is also not really about bipolar disorder. My oldest son is suffering from being a teenager, possible depression, and being my son. But I cannot tell you how to fix your teen--if you know how please email me the answer because I have at least one needing a good fix. I have alternately dealt personally with rabid PMS (maybe PMDD?), post-partum depression, generalized anxiety disorder (due to overwhelming stress in my life) and who knows what else. This again, is not about how to fix any of that. This book is about surviving and finding your life through the unique challenges and problems (because sometimes “challenge” doesn’t cut it) put in your life. Maybe it is just about me rambling and ranting about my life. I don’t really know. Whether you believe the challenges stem from your choices or the choices of others, God burdening you to encourage growth or even punish you, or karma it does not matter. We ALL go through crap in life. I am a Christian, so much of what I say and have done to cope and survive will be colored by my faith. Please do not let that discourage you from reading on. I am not a preachy “life is peachy if you only believe” kind of Christian. Scripture doesn’t support that. Anyone who is, is lying to not only you, but themselves and they are doing our great and mighty God a disservice. The entire point of faith is not in the peachy times, but in the fire. He can, will, and has drug me through a mountain of crap. I have always wished my prayers for relief were answered with supernatural disappearance of all stress and problems. It does not work that way for whatever reason. As a Christian who does not believe in a punitive, hateful God who is punishing me for my sins (since scripture doesn’t support that view), I see these challenges and lack of immediate relief as His way of helping me rely on Him, trust Him for the answers, and grow me into a relatively mature human who can maybe help others survive this thing called “life” until such time that </span></span><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;">our</i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0px;"> time on earth is done. But please, I am not writing posts full of scripture to try to change your belief system. If something I say works for you, go for it. My bullet fits your gun? Shoot it! If not, feel free to let it go. Maybe all you can take from this is the knowledge that in reality, life is not a fairytale. Every human you lay eyes on is suffering on some level and you do NOT know their story. No one is perfectly happy and healthy and in tune with the universe all the time....some days we are closer than others and some days I would have been satisfied to just leave this universe. </span></span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-5954629572894804782012-02-16T09:57:00.000-05:002012-02-16T09:57:14.687-05:00JamesThe book of James is tough. He pulls no punches. He pokes all of our sore spots. <br />
If you cease to be changed by Scripture, and begin to only be "touched" by it....you have become a "forgetful listener."<br />
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James 1:25 "But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing."<br />
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"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of GOd. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls."<br />
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Did you know that the Jews believed that to lose one's temper was to "lose the shekinah?" Lose the glory of God just for losing your temper. Will that make you think twice before blowing up??? It will me! Because really, NOTHING on this earth should be worth risking losing the "shekinah" of God in our lives....nothing is EVER worth quenching the Spirit.<br />
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-66601099024884476682012-02-16T09:44:00.001-05:002012-02-16T09:44:18.585-05:00Time flies...We are starting to make our plans for moving. We have filled out the rental application for a townhouse in Ouray. I'm pretty excited as it will be much nicer and bigger than where we are now. The best part? TWO FULL BATHROOMS!!!! WOW! You just don't realize how much you appreciate that stuff until you don't have it. Living in a tiny house with 3 boys and a husband and ONE bathroom is actually torture. Of course, it's a bit scary making all of these plans and STILL waiting on God for a lot of the "how." I sure wish there was another way for Him to teach me faith, patience, trust, and all that. :) This is surely the hard way.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-29924949636156451722012-01-24T12:38:00.003-05:002012-01-24T12:38:52.531-05:00Church PlantSo, it's now common knowledge that we are going to be moving to Western Colorado to plant a network of missional house churches. I sort of hate to put it that way, because there are so many bad stereotypes or false ideas about house churches. So, I could just refer to them as Missional Communities. We will be calling them "Villages" once we get there. I am eccstatic about the move...except for the packing part.<br />
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If you are a praying person, then please join us in prayer for this work that God is beginning.<br />
We need prayers for strength, wisdom, spiritual protection, clarity....you name it. We need the prayers. If you are so inclined, pray for Ouray County. God can and will soften hearts toward Himself. Prayer is not part of the job or a supplementary activity...it IS the job. It IS how we join God.<br />
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Just for fun....here's some pictures of where we are going:<br />
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Hot Springs! WOO!</div>
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Park beside the Hot Springs. Sorry it's blurry. We were driving.</div>
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The prettiest place on planet earth.</div>
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Outside the city of Ouray. I believe it's referred to as Loghill area.</div>
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Standing on the waterfall. Wanted to get up on the rock by our heads, but couldn't do it with Carter.</div>
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Branche and Carter climbing down.</div>
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Safter to sit and slide if you have balance issues.</div>
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Daddy showing Carter how it's done...and controlling the slide, it was steeper than it looks!</div>
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Rob and Roger crossing the creek.</div>
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me and my sweetie.</div>
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Roger took this of us. DOwn town. Check out awesome mural behind us!</div>
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Oh yeah. I totally get that.... :)</div>
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<br /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-82419869230861132522011-11-02T11:21:00.000-04:002011-11-02T11:21:56.421-04:00Be ThankfulI am thankful:<br />
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I am forgiven.<br />
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My God saved me.<br />
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I have three healthy kids.<br />
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My husband loves me.<br />
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I get to join God on His mission.<br />
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...that there was leftover meatloaf for lunch!<br />
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That I can feed my kids at least 3 times a day.<br />
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That we have a house to live in...that has walls, a floor AND a roof.<br />
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That we are warm.<br />
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Thank you God for all of your provision. Every day.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-36453135409287904402011-10-11T15:04:00.000-04:002011-10-11T15:04:04.023-04:00My greatest desire....Right now my greatest desire is to just pour my heart out on here about so many things. It'll have to wait. :) Just a while longer. Right now there are 9 papers waiting for my tutoring input in my inbox. *sigh*<br />
I also need to post photos and info from our family mission trip to Nicaragua.<br />
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In all my exhaustion I am trying to remember:<br />
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God is good all the time!<br />
All the time, God is good!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-37505128550858956252011-07-28T15:41:00.000-04:002011-07-28T15:41:42.367-04:00Travel Itinerary = Prayer listThe following is where we will be and what we will be doing during our upcoming trip to Nicaragua. Please join us in God's work by praying with us as we go:<br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Andalus","serif";">Nicaragua Mission Trip August 2011</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Friday </span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Arrive in Managua, Nicaragua<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12:07pm </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gather bags in Airport</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Get Car Rental at Budget</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Stop in Chinadega to buy groceries</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Saturday </span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Go to buy School Uniforms/Book bags</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sort Items from Container: Clothes & Shoes: Mens, Womens, Girls, Boys, Toys, School Supplies, Etc</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sunday<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit village of Nuevo Jicarito – Approx 25 Families and approximately 60 children in village</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Update all children profiles for the school aged children and take pictures of all school children</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute coloring book and crayons to each child, have child color picture for sponsor (name & # on pic)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bible Lesson on Ten commandments</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Games</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Clothes, Shoes, Hygiene Packs and Bible to each family (Photo of Family) Food if possible.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cookies, Juice, Candy</span></li>
</ul></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit Village of Las Mesitas </span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">VBS/Bible Lesson with approximately 150 Children</span></li>
</ul></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l6 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Games</span></li>
</ul></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Clothes & Shoes</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cookies, Juice and Candy</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Monday </span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit Village of Flor de Azalia</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Get Profiles on approximately 110 Children</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Uniforms/School Supplies and Take Photos</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Book bags and School Supplies to 4 Teachers</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cookies, Juice and Candy</span></li>
</ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit Village of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Becerro - 40 Families and approximately 100 children</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Get Profiles on approximately? School-Aged Children & Take Pictures of Children</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">VBS/ Bible Lesson</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Games</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Clothes & Shoes & Toy Packs</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l4 level2 lfo5; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Possibly Distribute Food, Bibles, Hygiene </span></li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Distribute Coloring Books & Crayons</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Have Children Color Pictures for Sponsor/New Photo?</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Take Pictures Village & Land where church will be</span></li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Bible Lesson/VBS with approximately 150 Children</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cookies, Juice and Candy</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thursday </span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pastors Conference/Training in Somotillo Church with 9 Pastors</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level2 lfo6; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Books, Bags, Notebook/Pens</span></li>
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<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Watch VeggieTales movie </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Quiz on movie with prizes to winners</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cookies, juice and candy</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friday </span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit Village of Cinco Pinos</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">9am meeting with Ladies in Village for Basket program</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit church in Cinco Pinos Approximately 150 Children</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l3 level2 lfo3; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Games</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Flight leaves at 1:07 pm Nicaragua Time</span></li>
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</div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-50171108823924793652011-07-28T10:55:00.000-04:002011-07-28T10:55:52.143-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzg6mc51_bz62zAUXG3C-wK4YyeQS6OCmiZoJAtyWBZvC6toYW137G4S763lZ9d_k0GL-vgZoVHkpviLV_m_XRp35fhuik6QLlLuRwlxARtkwvV1yKNejGieAx1n4f0szPgLhMD_miORV/s1600/IMG_0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpzg6mc51_bz62zAUXG3C-wK4YyeQS6OCmiZoJAtyWBZvC6toYW137G4S763lZ9d_k0GL-vgZoVHkpviLV_m_XRp35fhuik6QLlLuRwlxARtkwvV1yKNejGieAx1n4f0szPgLhMD_miORV/s320/IMG_0291.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Very excited kids with new backpacks full of supplies and new uniforms.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUWOjBlfO5vzLWZFTaOCzH6FeAidMTHgNiFByyUR4fqjozhdAAytpJbdZtuAzXGaoN0DSqSYpoSor4mgZoxZysThkEvk7E1vHCcwIfJ7ZtZXgyNmwbbdOhx3iOvQ3KrVVLGDLujw3Uxa0/s1600/IMG_0316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUWOjBlfO5vzLWZFTaOCzH6FeAidMTHgNiFByyUR4fqjozhdAAytpJbdZtuAzXGaoN0DSqSYpoSor4mgZoxZysThkEvk7E1vHCcwIfJ7ZtZXgyNmwbbdOhx3iOvQ3KrVVLGDLujw3Uxa0/s320/IMG_0316.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Kids we saw on the side of the road, so we stopped and gave them flipflops and candy. oh, and that's Franklin our translator. :) <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijW2JdvGvMMoyg-xWgV1IucqT3fQ0JlsBknTWZnkbway0Z6z_QwL13JvEEEH0j3GkyVRbTGOpJb9bL2VoRlRLXBYQmyjN4j9lnqEK6qnfxy1GmoqDRQSLIHgi67Flu8ER4_EecjO1oavN_/s1600/IMG_0317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijW2JdvGvMMoyg-xWgV1IucqT3fQ0JlsBknTWZnkbway0Z6z_QwL13JvEEEH0j3GkyVRbTGOpJb9bL2VoRlRLXBYQmyjN4j9lnqEK6qnfxy1GmoqDRQSLIHgi67Flu8ER4_EecjO1oavN_/s320/IMG_0317.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Very sweet little girl who was VERY taken with my camera.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10x-QxanvOhu11_rOafg9ozGbLZq-DwOYpoHgiwcNBONmdX3AJQrWjQMWeoMZeAb7GWseLv37DVibvYtOUBvLCByjTVpqa9gOzzHfnWwDhneKGWniwYMQeTBeMjCSS6P4op45aHOFG06i/s1600/IMG_0333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10x-QxanvOhu11_rOafg9ozGbLZq-DwOYpoHgiwcNBONmdX3AJQrWjQMWeoMZeAb7GWseLv37DVibvYtOUBvLCByjTVpqa9gOzzHfnWwDhneKGWniwYMQeTBeMjCSS6P4op45aHOFG06i/s320/IMG_0333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Guys riding on the top of the bus with their bags of rice, etc. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5K4QHfKfxyflu7YuqqMu_BUDsqvu8gMMCiMIHJbg_sLh7_jbGkJMkFnsaQUsJ4BhGg5f7iAoGqi7BmN4WoTS6UhegBdDs3lMOs3qWPsOcd_uwU6cefV7IPueksgZKJ3DTU64Yx7EgPm-/s1600/IMG_0337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5K4QHfKfxyflu7YuqqMu_BUDsqvu8gMMCiMIHJbg_sLh7_jbGkJMkFnsaQUsJ4BhGg5f7iAoGqi7BmN4WoTS6UhegBdDs3lMOs3qWPsOcd_uwU6cefV7IPueksgZKJ3DTU64Yx7EgPm-/s320/IMG_0337.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Jennifer and Franklin in a house waiting to meet a girl with pine needle baskets.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCMuYm1FTfLJgSi4eDybKniv6AbBgYhS0yO3UyOmVgW4Tr_Kl29F8bkzMxEpTumBfaNGeS9jAxLr3fIUzUjhY65sPpO9AK-yGmACBrF8XOQHROwwVIxexxJWB2kAMqpY7vGJlA8KcI0xT/s1600/IMG_0338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCMuYm1FTfLJgSi4eDybKniv6AbBgYhS0yO3UyOmVgW4Tr_Kl29F8bkzMxEpTumBfaNGeS9jAxLr3fIUzUjhY65sPpO9AK-yGmACBrF8XOQHROwwVIxexxJWB2kAMqpY7vGJlA8KcI0xT/s320/IMG_0338.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I believe her name is Helen. She is maybe 11 yrs old and makes baskets every afternoon to sell and help her grandmother make money. She was abandoned by both parents.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-90094166640217335032011-07-28T10:45:00.000-04:002011-07-28T10:45:10.494-04:00More pictures from Nicaragua<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsq4VOQWpV3W1ux0ImZtrGKyIqZvASGggXxYE8kT58mu6vYkk20hkcSNycKVcPbi7cJBux7zCDkTOuM6G6dbc824ljtuyNeDRksPjl887rsh9rQft_T0ZjdlBejxkG6puW9kOOWi3Yeymo/s1600/IMG_0283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsq4VOQWpV3W1ux0ImZtrGKyIqZvASGggXxYE8kT58mu6vYkk20hkcSNycKVcPbi7cJBux7zCDkTOuM6G6dbc824ljtuyNeDRksPjl887rsh9rQft_T0ZjdlBejxkG6puW9kOOWi3Yeymo/s320/IMG_0283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Yes, that's a pig sleeping under the "kitchen counter"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNBjneDLTd7V5GQKMfm4EJxVSCxQl2kGfYrY7J_zE9B5itK49mOv3PR3ukUWXFGPIlbfcWUz5pDwm6AGj9-j43LrgyU5C_SX2SDN2jY59rTDD5kYlVQiyasMbSdjgWCm09eVzE8i8YD7Q/s1600/IMG_0285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNBjneDLTd7V5GQKMfm4EJxVSCxQl2kGfYrY7J_zE9B5itK49mOv3PR3ukUWXFGPIlbfcWUz5pDwm6AGj9-j43LrgyU5C_SX2SDN2jY59rTDD5kYlVQiyasMbSdjgWCm09eVzE8i8YD7Q/s320/IMG_0285.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Kids coming from the school to see us and get uniforms and supplies.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXD7D1qK9Hh8VU0RLV-8snj7hBf_R-BnnwXkxvFmWjRt-b9PK6jpW_v58QscFgsV58QVK2Q2X-_91gtlONehYml8wIwZae1CWbIO5sXeJGOAKHGcWN7gbqu29gzCZ5wzKZxkXFwNhxdm1H/s1600/IMG_0286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXD7D1qK9Hh8VU0RLV-8snj7hBf_R-BnnwXkxvFmWjRt-b9PK6jpW_v58QscFgsV58QVK2Q2X-_91gtlONehYml8wIwZae1CWbIO5sXeJGOAKHGcWN7gbqu29gzCZ5wzKZxkXFwNhxdm1H/s320/IMG_0286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So sweet, so beautiful, so well behaved.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-41100373298686178572011-07-28T10:40:00.000-04:002011-07-28T10:40:15.937-04:00it's getting close!!Hard to believe we leave so soon for Nicaragua! We are SO excited! I forgot this is the rainy season...so that's not to exciting :) but it will be fine. I am a worrier. I know I'm not supposed to be, and I'm working on that, but....well...as of this morning I still am! One less worry: we have all 5 passports. Praise the Lord!<br />
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One more worry gone: We have plane tickets!!! yay! Now I just have to get boarding the dogs straight! They will not be thrilled...but...hey, they're dogs! :) <br />
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SO here's what I read in my Bible study this morning:<br />
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Because God is love, His will is always best.<br />
Because God is all-knowing, His directives are always right.<br />
Because God is all-powerful, he can enable me to do His will. <br />
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Thank you God, for all of the above. He is enabling me.<br />
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"We know that we have come to knowhim if we obey his commands. The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a lianr, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete i him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." 1 John 2:3-6<br />
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1. Obedience is costly to me and to those around me.<br />
2. I cannot know and do the will of God without paying the price of adjustment and obedience.<br />
3. I must adjust my plans and program to what God is doing.<br />
4.You can trust God with your family.<br />
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All of this is from Henry Blackaby's Bible study called "Experiencing God." If you've not done it, I highly recommend it.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-77148440175739171212011-07-18T18:47:00.000-04:002011-07-18T18:47:19.438-04:00More pictures from Nicaragua<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As we landed in Managua. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Downtown" Somotillo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bike taxi's waiting for a fare</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somotillo's answer to Walmart ;) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The road to a tiny village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oops...there's cows in the road...but that's normal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny road...big pickup, even bigger cows...with HUGE horns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey Look! More cows!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids hanging on the fence at the school. They were so excited to see us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little boy eating the Nicaraguan equivalent of a pop-cicle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite trouble maker!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sweet little boy rode his horse to school. He MAY have been 6 yrs old.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The backpacks and uniforms we gave out at one town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet kids waiting patiently for us to start distributing the stuff.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-73929849100454237672011-07-10T16:25:00.000-04:002011-07-10T16:25:10.672-04:00AUGUST 6thWe are leaving for Nicaragua on August 6th. Prayerfully consider helping us fulfill God's call on our lives by donating. Thanks to all who will.<br />
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"The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern." Proverbs 29:7Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-6055092139059387932011-07-10T16:18:00.002-04:002011-07-10T16:22:29.116-04:00Photos from Nicaragua Missions in March 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPyjPDpmSVns1u44SMyO62Z6p346ruc6WCqj8igkW-xVsU2czRxJzh4_LUD4E15lgabg6tWswuhalSQ2jQQyJbUhAgR0vM9CD2B3i5FagtVEntdA1HVxT2UnnCS7N8kuRX7XRlOwGlhM9/s1600/IMG_0219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPyjPDpmSVns1u44SMyO62Z6p346ruc6WCqj8igkW-xVsU2czRxJzh4_LUD4E15lgabg6tWswuhalSQ2jQQyJbUhAgR0vM9CD2B3i5FagtVEntdA1HVxT2UnnCS7N8kuRX7XRlOwGlhM9/s200/IMG_0219.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WGEUePfE_9X__7d_jvX-aTKmuDWiy3UNDDq1NvqOcaoEiLIyHYmLsjr4nRUJuIgWCbK45leBzlxqLq6C3w_X2ySaiVZMiY0GYfd7-HebobxlrT6SggnPWC1qR2Qy2gpBWHxMFzlLywcq/s1600/IMG_0156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WGEUePfE_9X__7d_jvX-aTKmuDWiy3UNDDq1NvqOcaoEiLIyHYmLsjr4nRUJuIgWCbK45leBzlxqLq6C3w_X2ySaiVZMiY0GYfd7-HebobxlrT6SggnPWC1qR2Qy2gpBWHxMFzlLywcq/s200/IMG_0156.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are some of the beautiful people of Nicaragua we saw or met while there in March. This trip was life changing for me. Going to a country where parents are forced to choose between feeding their child and most anything else, seeing people living in houses made from sticks and plastic bags....it will change you. Children walking the streets unsupervised and half naked....it will break your heart and certainly help you realize how spoiled we all are here in the United States. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSusSUdkrtOxWcPLZBzAaKyvMPxux-LZxyrYdrIZA88GZW2kR65ZHmouTDFE01nK7RLk_M20gN-n_A-6brFZb2_AIK0ikMkUMpai7wZOCpRE2gSaf4mh2LRAjg1jXzOP8vD2VEZBorzYn/s1600/IMG_0163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSusSUdkrtOxWcPLZBzAaKyvMPxux-LZxyrYdrIZA88GZW2kR65ZHmouTDFE01nK7RLk_M20gN-n_A-6brFZb2_AIK0ikMkUMpai7wZOCpRE2gSaf4mh2LRAjg1jXzOP8vD2VEZBorzYn/s200/IMG_0163.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfS2KYXL0Z_5IlFe81GPtgegMCnimRCnH17zuAdPFmwMzmIQoOsWR_Ciay_Um76KkVmflCSCiSDs5OopBmHexefaJGK4_R71sXe-DPava_mrTgIUD6T5V_zWhlc_t_7rx1PFsxGb_fTXi/s1600/IMG_0202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfS2KYXL0Z_5IlFe81GPtgegMCnimRCnH17zuAdPFmwMzmIQoOsWR_Ciay_Um76KkVmflCSCiSDs5OopBmHexefaJGK4_R71sXe-DPava_mrTgIUD6T5V_zWhlc_t_7rx1PFsxGb_fTXi/s200/IMG_0202.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-3099403707838457832011-07-10T15:54:00.000-04:002011-07-10T15:54:40.738-04:00MISSIONS TO NICARAGUAYou may notice on the right side of my blog a new "donate" button. Well, I am asking for donations to help send me and my husband and our three kids to Nicaragua. We are to be leaving on August 6th for a week. Airline tickets are expensive. Renting a big vehicle is expensive. Gas is expensive. Feeding lots of needy people is expensive. Buying scholarly resources for Nicaraguan pastors is expensive. We are so excited about this opportunity that God has put in front of us. Please prayerfully consider making a donation to help us go on this trip. <br />
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While we are there we will be distributing school uniforms/school supplies so children will be allowed to go to school.<br />
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We will be distributing a set of 5 scholarly resources to pastors and having training meetings for them on how to use them.<br />
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We will be feeding meals to hungry kids and their parents.<br />
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We will be distributing hundreds of hygiene packs full of soap, shampoo, washcloths, lotion, toothbrushes and toothpaste to people who have little or no access to these things.<br />
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Thank you for helping those less fortunate than you. Watch for pictures to come from my trip in March to Nicaragua.<br />
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"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothes me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me....Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me." Matthew 25: 35-41Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-25937220450804754552011-07-10T15:44:00.002-04:002011-07-10T15:44:35.145-04:00Not so amazingAs it turns out, it wasn't that amazing to post from my phone. The next three things I posted from my phone posted as a garbled mess of symbols!!! LOL! Hope it wasn't important! ;)Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-8563806167782177722011-07-01T08:05:00.001-04:002011-07-01T08:05:42.040-04:00This is amazing. I can post to this blog from my phone. I was trying to post a picture but it doesn't seem to work. :(Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-38390870927731758382011-07-01T08:01:00.001-04:002011-07-01T08:01:43.952-04:00This is a test. It is only a test.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-69309544076672778352011-05-28T09:53:00.000-04:002011-05-28T09:53:04.455-04:00Weight LossSo I've lost 54.5 lbs in about a year and a half. About 50 of it in the first year and the rest i the last couple weeks. I will never say it's been easy, but it's certainly been worth it. I feel SO much better. I can do things I had had to stop doing or just couldn't do a year ago. It had gotten hard to trudge up and down steps. I got tired walking very far. My knees hurt. You name it. UGH! Now, my husband and I walk briskly for an hour and I'm still good to go. I run up and down the basement stairs doing laundry. My knees haven't bothered me in ages (well, the one I broke will twinge if I do too much...but not for long). I can do whatever! It's wonderful. I never did get my cholesterol checked, but I can pretty much guarantee it was bad and it wouldn't be now. The change is awesome. I don't hate looking in the mirror or passing a reflective window. I don't hate every outfit I put on. I don't want to cry when I see a photo of myself from the back. It's nice. I'm not vain, I'm really not. But there is something to be said for a healthy body and healthy self-image. I mean really, our self-image should be based on the fact that we are created in the image of God and mine is. but hey, we are given these earthly bodies for a while and we ARE supposed to take care of them. Why is it so popular to jump all over smokers, heavy drinkers and drug abusers for screwing up their health and then we ignore the gluttons, cup-cake addicted and gorgers? I WAS one. I used to love to sit there at night and eat like an entire bag of chips....or a bag of movietheater popcorn made to share all by myself....or like half a carton of icecream smothered in chocolate syrup. What about those who say, "oh I don't eat sweets...it's my glands". Right...not the 5 rolls you had with dinner? Not the triple whopper you got? Not the supersized fries? ok....if you say so.<br />
I'm not trying to pick on anybody here. Just saying that the last year and a half has really been a wake-up call for me and I hope some others will start to appreciate the body given them by their creator and realize that it's no more of a sin to be addicted to tobacco or alcohol than it is to be unable to put down the fork and step aWAY from the cake...or steak. ;) <br />
Ya'll have a wonderful day!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-83323310480876071922011-05-22T16:41:00.000-04:002011-05-22T16:41:14.743-04:00Waiting.........I believe waiting is the absolutely most difficult thing God asks of us. Whether it's waiting on an answer to a prayer, waiting for healing...physical, spiritual, emotional.....waiting on change, waiting on peace...just waiting. Does anyone else have trouble with this? Maybe I'm impatient. I often want to pray..."Gimme patience God and I want it NOW!!" no, I don't really pray that, but have you ever thought it? We are in a season of waiting. There is much to be learned in that kind of season even beyond patience. <br />
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You learn selflessness. Why you are stuck may not be about you.<br />
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You learn introspection. Why am I here? What am I supposed to be learning?<br />
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You learn to depend on God. He'll tell you when it's time to move on.<br />
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You learn patience. It's hard not too....when you have to wait on God's timing.<br />
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You learn about the big picture. You may not have ever realized there was one. But the world and God's ultimate plan for it does not actually revolve around you....you are part of it, He has an ultimate plan for you personally...it may involve waiting on something or someone else or just until you know it's not about you.<br />
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So, while I wait....I'll praise Him.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056420770590078553.post-4841739568557171212011-03-05T21:03:00.002-05:002011-03-05T21:08:33.416-05:00Sponsorship LinkThis is pretty cool. As a child ambassador, my main job is to find people who are willing to sponsor a child and encourage them to do so. The hardest part of this, is that I have to carry these sweet little faces around and show them to people to see if they 'd like to sponsor a child. The one problem with that, is that sometimes a person has a heart for a particular age child, birthdate...country...something like that, and I cannot keep but so many "kids" with me at one time. WELL! World Vision has upped their game. As a Child Ambassador, I now have my own sponsorship link that I can share with people and they can go on the WV website thru this link and search children according to age, birthday, country, gender etc. and pick the exact child they would like to help. My link is <a href="http://tiny.cc/julieblake ">here</a>. Hopefully that will work. Please prayerfully consider sposoring a child. It is only $35 a month and it gives these kids a fighting chance to live to adulthood and become productive adults. Bonus? They also have the chance to get to know our Savior. :) <br />Peace & Love!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283687167780864615noreply@blogger.com0