He listens and He knows...

So most of you know i almost had a near death in the family. It came at me as a shock and I truly did not know what to do. I have never had anyone die that was really close to me before. But God showed up! The doctors did not think my papa would make it and if he did they said he would be paralyzed on the left side. So far none of that is coming true! He is recovering and moving all of his body! All because our GOD listened to our prayers and cries for healing in his body and knows our hearts! :)

My Grandma and Papa have always been the people I have honestly looked up to my whole life. From when I was little I would always go to visit them during the summer and go fishing with my papa and ride horses at my uncles. I look up to them because you don't see many marriages like theirs. They truly put God first in everything they do and they have stayed together for over 60 something years. My Grandma is a sunday school teacher and she sings in her choir. My Papa is does pretty much everything around his little old church besides be the preacher, but I'm sure he could do that as well. They have just always been faithful with everything they have done in life and I really look up to them as spiritual leaders. So when I decided I was going to follow God and go wherever and do whatever He calls me to do. It meant so much to me when they said they were proud of me. Their little church has kind of adopted me as their missionary. They have supported me every step of the way. I love them so much and they mean so much to me.

Thank you ALL so much for continuing to keep my Papa in your prayers!!!

What FUN you can have with no money!

We saw an opportunity to have a little fun with the camera in Walmart so we took it. After the last hit, Mary Beth was getting ready to kick me in the head, but I told her that there is a walmart worker behind her!

Obedience...

Alright so I learned a really hard lesson the other night, but well worth it. I learned when you choose to obey God no matter if you understand or agree or not, He will give you supernatural strength to do the impossible. If you just make that decision to obey God, He will make a way. As I stood there friday night crying and wondering why I had to do what I had to do, God just kept telling me to trust Him. Even though it did not make since in my head, I knew it was something God wanted me to do and that is all that matters. I just needed to obey. I had to lay down everything! In order to go and be who God is calling me I need be completely surrendered, that means there should be nothing holding me back. Sometimes we don't realize we have strongholds in our life until we asked to get rid of them. There should be nothing in this world that means more than trusting in our God and following Him. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! If you can come up with anything let me know and I will prove you wrong. There is no relationship, career, money, or even life that is more important than God. I mean for real He is the reason we have any of these things anyway. Without Him we would be slaves to death. Hmm... I think He is worth it. Is it hard? Umm... YES! Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY!! If you choose to obey, not only will He give you the strength to get you through the things He is asking you to do but He also desires to bless you INDEED! :) The only question I have is how will I know its from God or not? Or when should I question Him or not? I want to be like Noah, that when God gives me a task I do not question... I just do it! I want to be led by the Holy Spirit, so I will know it is of God, so I will not have to question it. So even if I do not understand it, I will know it is from God so I don't need to understand. I want to just OBEY! No questions asked.

This is what happens when you have a 24 hour yard sale! :) What fun we had......

See Jordan was sleeping way too much and Angela decided she would wake him up by scaring him. Well... it did not turn out like she wanted it to.

Soaking it all in....

So I just got a chance to sit down at the computer and read over everyone's blogs and I am just in aww.. I mean really what is there to say, that has not already been said before? Words are definitely not enough to explain the move of God on people's lives.

I can't help but get frustrated sometimes because there is not enough time! I have such an urgency to the things God has called me to do but at the same time I want to spend time with my loved ones and soak up all the things God is doing in my life. There is never enough time, but I can't spend the time I do have worried about not having enough time. I just hope and pray I am able to do everything in God's timing and not my own. I try to rush things of the future, but at the same time want to remember every moment. I can not do both.

India was amazing! But I can't help but think I could have done a little bit more. I don't know what or even if I was suppose to do more. I just always wonder coming back from things like that if I truly gave my all. I believe there is always at least a little bit more that we can give of ourselves. That is why it is hard to do short term mission trips for me. I always feel there is still more to be done, more people to see, touch, heal, feed, and save. There is always more. But it is still all about God's timing, because it is not me they need to see, or me that needs to touch them, heal them, feed them, or save them. It is God himself and if I go in my timing it will not be Him, it will be me. And there will be no glory found that.