Random thoughts…

So it has been forever since I blogged .. I kind of fell of the blogging bandwagon. But it’s ” the most wonderful time of the year” and I’m feeling chatty…. I also miss blogging. It’s kind of a place I can get all my thoughts out of my head and sometimes even get opinions on them. I think I sleep better when I blog. My personal form of therapy. I’m sure some of you think I need it too! =)

Lately my heart has been kind of heavy… Christmas is coming and the sales are going, people are shopping non-stop, going here and there… but I keep wondering how many of the people I see every day or people I pass on the interstate, or the lady at the bank or the guy at starbucks… Do they really know what Christmas is all about???? I am trying to tell everyone I can!!! And while I’m thankful for Christmas… It’s not that different from every other day.. I celebrate the life of Jesus everyday, not just once or twice a year. But I’ve been wondering… does my LIFE show Jesus or does it show Danelle??? So that got me to thinking about the past year.

I’ve grown. More than anything I think I’ve learned my weaknesses, strengths, patterns of life, and what I am really thankful for.  I learned God sees way ahead of my troubles. Or as the Collingsworths sing… God sees the rainbow when we see only clouds. But I didn’t just wake up one day and know that. I had to learn it. Its amazing how you can be born and raised “in church” and still have SOOOOO much to learn.  I’ve never thought that I knew it all…but this year I am so glad for the personal growth I’ve seen in myself and Matthew.  I believe the next year is going to be better. More growth, more faith, more love. I know I sound like a song….

It’s amazing how quickly I can forget how good God has been to me!!! Or how God will do something that I’ve prayed for and then I’m shocked!!! Some days I can’t wait to get home to Heaven… then some days I say no not yet I need to take more people with me.  I know I’m going all over the place in my thought pattern or … non-pattern. But this is what I have been thinking about.  I want to go to Heaven.. nothing is worth missing Heaven, but I still want to eventually have children and teach them the ways of the Lord.. BUT I don’t want to have children yet… I am a walking contradiction.  Some days I want God to come back in an instant.. other days I long to teach someone a Bible Study..

I think the point of this post is … I have no idea!!! I can’t pinpoint one thing. I’ll try to make my next post make more sense. I just want everyone to know, I’m ready for Heaven. Ready to go. And while my heart hurts for people that don’t know God… I want to go!!!! So I’m going to live so people see Jesus in me, because if they just see me, well I can’t save anyone… It’s the most wonderful time of the year..  and the trees are shining, the lights are bright, there’s lots of presents (in some houses), family get togethers … But the most important thing is Jesus…. I took a long way around to say I had to get back to the REASON of Christmas. As cliche as it sounds.  So make sure you let Jesus shine. =)  Next post I will try to be less serious. =)

 

Wow, It’s Been a Long Time.

Hello all you bloggers!!! I feel like it’s been forever since I have blogged!!! I have a lot of catching up to do and I have just not had the energy to do it. And yes I know that it is 3 o’clock in the morning, however I have been tossing and turning and decided to try and blog and then go back to sleep.

I was looking at something the other day and all the sudden wondered if I missed out because I didn’t go to college??? Did I miss out on learning and life experiences??  Well, I went to JCM for a semester but since my parents were evangilizing it was difficult to continue.  I did learn some things at JCM, just not what I thought I would. Then I got to thinking about what “stuff” I could have learned at college and compared it to what I did learn on the road.

Once I looked back and started comparing… the things that I learned travelling with my parents by far is more important and will have long lasting effects on my life.

I still want to continue with my real college and get my degree, but I’m not obsessing over it anymore. Which is a HUGE relief! However I have a tendancy to change my major with my moods. I think I’m gonna stick with Business, because it goes with SO much.  Although Nutritional Science is still intersting.

TEXAS TRIP -  Well I very much enjoyed my time back in Texarkana. I sat by 2 MAJOR TALKERS on the airplanes going. yay.  Then when we got to Texas, Tiffany or Shorty as I like to call her picked us up. I seriously forgot how little she was and shocker of shocker… we talked non-stop from DFW to Aundies house…. Which includes ordering Pappadeaux’s and taking it with us. It was SO DELCIOUS!!!!  Then when we got to Aundie’s she had WARM no bake cookies waiting for us. Delicious… Need I tell you that I was not sticking to my normal eating regimen??  It was SO GOOD to see Aundi, I mean the woman practically raised me when my parents were out of town, and sometimes when they were in town! We stayed up and talked and then tried to go to bed, and then talked some more, and tried to go to bed and the cycle continues.  We did finally go to sleep.  Then Saturday Matthew and I met Doc, Aundi, Renee, Danny (?), Bridget, Lincoln, Tiffany, Grant and a friend of Bridgits at Ta Molly’s.. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo… The 3 cheese chimichanga. It was SO GOOD!!! Lincoln and Grant stole the show, they are adorable.  To my point of view Lincoln has tiffanys personality and grant has bridgits. It was so cute.  Then I stole Matthew and showed him where I grew up, the old house, the new house, the church, the schools I went to and looked at all the new stuff that had been built. It was nice to go back and see the progress of the town and all that had happened.

The wedding was nice. It was good to see Dewayne get married. He is more like a brother to me so I may have cried a little.  I don’t know his wife well, but she seemed very nice and definitly seems to be good for Dewayne!! Of course everyone knows that the reception is the real party!! And of course I was one of the last ones to leave!! How does that happen EVERY TIME??  I got to meet Sis. Paula’s new husband, he is a very nice man. And it was good to see her so happy, although I did tease her…A bit.   After the wedding we met a whole group of people at Chili’s and the stories began!!!

It was so much fun! Greg, Monya, Dee, Kim, Anita, Paul, Katrina, Jennifer, Michelle, Tonya, Donna, Jason, Tara… and on an on the list goes.  We had such a wonderful time laughing and sharing old memories!!! I had actually forgotten some of those stories!! And I remember why I like TP’ing houses so much. That’s like all there was to do in Texarkana and we made it FUN!  Well, cowtipping but I only went once and never again. Gross.

I did make an honest EFFORT to go to church on Sunday Morning, but I’m just not used to going so early!!! I slept until it was over! Then Matthew and I went out for a while. He wanted to get a longhorns shirt and hat.  We just hung out and relaxed. Aundi fixed an amazing pot roast. yum! And then we went to church Sunday Night.  I started crying as SOON as I walked in. Pathetic I know, but its the first time I had been back in 5 or 6 YEARS!!!  The service was so good and seeing all the people I knew and all the new faces. I remember when we had Bro. & Sis. Calhoun for revival, it was a looong revival and after hearing him preach I remembered WHY it was such a long revival!  He is such a good preacher.  After church they had party in the fellowship hall to celebrate Bro. Calhouns birthday. All the ladies in the church made gumbo, really really really good southern gumbo. It was a good time had by all.

Landmark was the place that I was born and raised and I loved every minute of it. I was great to go back and visit and be with old friends. Tiffany and I had some really good talks and laughs and I really like her husband and her baby is adorable. All the kids that were.. well kids, are now in the youth group and have cars and are driving. Lord help us all!

Then Aundi, Tiff, and Grant drove us back to Dallas and I was so tired…And we of course talked the whole way back to the airport and it was so much fun until I got on the airplane and could not fall asleep. Then I took 2 dramamine and conked out! And after we got our luggage and stepped outside and felt the cool ocean breeze…Ah it felt good to be HOME!  I do love California!!! Can’t beat this weather! I do wish I could have brought some of that good ol’ southern cooking home with me. Or some no bake cookies.. I did get the recipe for Crawfish Etouffe! Yay! And I do have some pictures, I just don’t know how to upload them from off of my camera.

There really is so much more to tell, but this was the short and edited version.  I will try to BLOG more often, I just feel like I’ve lost my touch and my blogs are broing now.  So I took some off time and I will be back. Although it may be like 2 weeks until I have TIME to blog again.

I’ll be back! Now I am officially sleepy…zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

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I’m too tired to write EVERYTHING about going to Texas right now.. but once I rest I will write ALL about it… I love Texas!!! And it was so good to visit and talk about old times and memories.. I took like 5 pictures!!! I always do that.. but I was too busy to take pictures! Dewaynes wedding was pretty.. He looked dashing in his white suit!! I’m so glad I was able to be there for his special day. Right now I’m going to crash. But I will post all the details later.

 

WORK!!

AAAAAAAARRRGHH!!!

That’s how I feel!!!! hah.  I think partly is the HEAT!!! IT’s  100 in APRIL!! Where are the April Showers??? We won’t have May Flowers. =(  I have been working feverishly to meet my deadline… Hence the fact that I just got done at 2:30 in the MORNING !!! This is NOT a usual occurence however.. I need my beauty rest. =)  I finally got the MOST difficult part completed from here on, its just finding more information. But I have the basics.  I’m very glad.  So if I don’t blog as much as usual it because I”M SWAMPED!!! However, I love working at home.  It’s wonderful.  But I hope it cools down BECAUSE we live upstairs and heat RISES!!!! And we don’t have Central Heating & Air.  Thank the Lord that we have window units because it saved our bacon last night. It was like a sauna in our house… yuck …  Hope all you guys are staying “cool”.

Bye for now –

P.S. I’m totally excited about Matthew and I going to Texas this weekend!!!! YAY!!!!

 

Youth Convention .. Last Night

All I can say is WOW!!!! I wish I could have been here all week.. But it wasn’t possible.. Maybe next year.  So we got here late.. Like 7:45..  And it was ok because there were soooooooooo many preliminaries… Preaching didn’t start till after 9pm.. BUT that’s just how it is.. Giving honor where honor is due.. BRO. WEST!!!! hah. You just had to be there! If there was ever any doubt, be assured We LOVE BRO. WEST!! He and Leah are amazing people and great leaders!! Section 5 is lucky to have them!

So during all the talking and singing, I was not totally plugged in, but mostly because it was so long. But dad taught us that when the preaching starts bring your mind together and GET to church. Which wasn’t hard because it was Uncle Ken.  Bro. Ken Gurley… He is such a great preacher!!  I think the title was ” I Am The Revival”.  What a awesome message for the last night of Youth Convention!!! I felt like the young people just grabbed on to what he was saying and were just READY to have a move of God.

He had us pray before we came down to the alter for a boldness. Which we prayed for, not that I neccasarily NEEDED to pray for it. LOL!  I just prayed ” God lead me to the honest hearted people and let me pray at least ONE person through to the Holy Ghost that’s NEVER had it!! And use me to speak to people.  All I can say is when you pray that you better mean it!! It was like the Holy Ghost just took over my body! 2 HOURS passed before I realized, wow I just prayed 3 brand new people through to the Holy Ghost!! Tears streaming, and all the sudden seeing them start to speak in that heavenly language.. One of the girls got DRUNK!!! It was awesome. In between praying for new people,  I spoke to a few church kids too. I am always amazed by this.  I know it’s God because if it was me I’d be like ” hey you can make it, it’s ok”. But when it’s GOD.. Its a DIRECT word!!  And plus I wouldn’t just go up to people that I don’t know and be like ” hey blah blah blah… unless it was like about what they were wearing or something… But just complete strangers.. say this, say that… .weird, but exciting, and new and frightening at times.. But AWESOME!!!!

I am so excited that I had prepared for this. Prayed and fasted, and asked God in advance to use me, to be a blessing! I didn’t go to get anything for myself, I went to pray for people. And in turn that’s how I received my blessing!

You should have seen my dad!!! I think he was training some of the young preachers… I saw him with Omar a few times.  He was telling this guy ” that’s it!! That’s the Holy Ghost! Omar lay hands on him!! And when Omar did, he started speaking in tongues!! I saw SEVERAL of our young guys doing that… I was so proud.  HOLLA – STER!

I just have to say that I love the Western District.. And I love how God moved among our youth of the district last night.  I know it sounds cliche but it’s services like that, that God can change your life!! I know because it happened to me.. So that is my report!!  If you didn’t get to go this year.. PLAN to go next year. It is worth it. Even if it’s only one night.  You won’t regret it..

Plus I saw some really cute hair-dos, outfits, shoes, and hair accesories.. I just CAN”T leave that part out!! HAH!

 

Updated new recipes.. and encouragement to fellow people losing weight.

Ok so first off I am NOT going to blog about Matthews accident… for those of you that think this is mean or cruel.. well you don’t know me…  Go read Matthew blog or check out my face book…. I am very very very very glad he is ok.. but it’s not something  I want to live through again.. I am just thankful that God was watching out for my husband and although he is sore and bruised I am so thankful to fall asleep next to him at night!!! God is so good!!!

Ok… So I have recently fell in love with green smoothies!!!! If you guys don’t know what that is .. Its basically juicing your vegetables… .This is a great way to get vegetables for those of you that don’t like EATING veggies… which is NOT ME !!!!! I LOVE eating veggies… but even I can’t get enough in a day that I need….What I was scared of was that I would be able to TASTE the veggies.. which would be gross… but as I have quickly came to find out .. Thats not the case AT ALL …. With all the fruit you can not even taste the veggies.. the only thing is it’s green.. but it doesn’t taste green… SO here is a few Green smoothie recipes… Let me know if you like them… After all its not how much you exercise… Its what you eat that makes ALL the difference… yay! Also… If you want to start out with something LIGHT TASTING try cucumber!! Kale is one of my favorites too.

Kid & husband friendly not too green green smoothie

1 very large ripe banana

2 large rainbow chard leaves

1 heaping cup frozen cherries – or any other fruit you love

enough water to blend…. ITs good!!!

Minty Thrill Smoothie

4 ripe pears

4-5 leaves of Kale

1/2 bunches mint

2 cups water….. very minty and fruity and DELISH!!!

Tropical Delight Smoothie

Milk and meat from 1 young coconut.. IF this is too hard buy your own coconut milk!! And dried coconut..

1 Mango

1/2 green papaya

11 ounces water… thats what the recipe calls for but… it think its too much .. and I used orange juice and little water… yum

1 cup pineapple

1 banana

1-2 handfuls greens.. anything you like.. celery, spinich, kale, chard.. CUCUMBER makes it very light and it’s smooth.

My FAVORITE is

The LOW CARB COCONUT SMOOTHIE

1 cup coconut milk or almond milk

1-2 teaspoons protein powder

1 tablespoons coconut butter

1 tablespoon ground flax seeds

1 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

1/4 teaspoon stevia powder or other sweetner

8-10 ice cubes.. or yogurt..

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!  If you live in Hollister there is a Dr. Nordstrom over on Sunnyslope that sells all kinds of COCONUT products.. butter, flakes, milk… very good for you and very tasty… I am SO thankful that I finally just TRIED it!! Anyone who knows me knows I am a VERY picky eater. So if I tell you it’s good, I mean it! I always thought, ” OHMYWORD!! It can not be good! It’s GREEN.. These people SO want to lose weight they will do anything the trainer tells them to do! Or that they were MAKING themselves drink it no matter how it tastes.. Just TRY it !!! If you are trying to lose weight or eat healthy, or get vegtables in you but HATE the taste.. This is the way to do it. You can experiment SO MUCH!! The possibilities are endless and its very healthy for you. I also would recommend that you put a whey protein powder in them.  They usually come in vanilla or chocolate. I like the low carb ones, but if your not doing low carb just go to GMC or The Vitamin Shoppe and try it out.  If you have the powder you can also make a regular shake.

Like with the vanilla powder. Do a scoop or however much the instructions say to use, a banana, Orange Juice, and yogurt or ice. YUM.

Also with the chocolate.. Milk or Almond milk (I use unsweetened vanilla or plain), a banana, some strawberries, coconut.. like I said the possibilities are endless! Just make sure that you don’t drink a smoothie with the protein powder then go EAT a meal!!!

A shake is supposed to take the place of a meal. A loooooong time ago I didn’t know that!! And I would drink a shake then go eat.. and I was gaining weight and when I asked the guy at the gym he was like well I see you in here all the time, why are you gaining weight.. So I started telling him and he LAUGHED IN MY FACE!!! I couldn’t believe it! I felt really dumb. So consider yourself warned!

And hey I know I’m not skinny minny but I have lost 30 pounds since I started on this eating right and exercising… I may not look like a model but I feel SO GOOD!!! I can walk up and down stairs without my knees hurting, bend over and tie my shoes, not get out of breath as easily.. etc.. I am very excited about the changes in myself and I like sharing it with others. I just had to take 4 outfits to get them taken up!!! One of my skirts that was  TIGHT on me when I bought it. The lady has to take 4 INCHES from the waist!! WOO HOO!! …

Medical steroids are KILLER!!! I hope none of you guys EVER have to take them!! I used to feel like blimp! Puffy!! Now that feeling is gone.. I mean I’m a woman like everyone else and I have days I don’t want to get out the house and burrow under the covers.. BUT not near as many as before.. SO!!! If you are trying to lose weight.. KEEP TRYING!!!  You can do it!! And even though sometimes its difficult changes old habits, and changing what you buy at the store.. It is SO worth it.

And you may start out HATING some foods and before long you will start to crave them!! And things that you thought you could NEVER live without… When you dont have it for a long time and then you try… It’s suddenly not as good as you remembered!!! I used to HATE drinking regular water.. I had to have those little packets to make it taste good.. Which is fine if thats all you can do.. But know.. I drink between 4-7 bottles of water a DAY!!!! My body has started craving it.. When I used to drink so much coffee, I would get a “caffeine headache” from not having any.. NOW if I get a headache I know I need to drink more water… Sooo.. Ok .. enough of that… I could go on forever.. lol.. But if any of you want some really good low carb recipes… let me know.. I have quite a few.. Also keep in mind this is NOT a diet.. This is CHANGING the way you eat.. A lifestyle change.. Like a new convert trying to live for God… You have to retrain your thinking. What’s good? What’s bad?? Is this really worth it??  If I am really thinking I want something ..  I tell myself. A moment on the lips, forever on the hips. That usually wins out.. =)

Ok. NEXT So I came across this recipe…. I tweaked it a little bit because I didn’t have ALL the ingredients.. but wow. it is good… I did it with fish.. but if your not a fish person .. I think it would be good with chicken or LARGE scallops..

1 pound white fish fillets…. I used Swai Basa…. Which by the way I had years ago in Cananda & this is the FIRST time I’ve found it here!

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon splenda/ sugar

1/4 cup prepared brown mustard.. I used spicy brown mustard, If you do that make sure you don’t use too much or its overpowering.

1/4 cup mayo

1/4 cup chopped mixed nuts… I ground mine!!! Finely… because the recipe called for bread crumbs.. I can’t have bread.

1/4 cup shredded coconut

1. preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease baking dish.

2. In SMALL bowl mix mayo and brown mustard

3. In MEDIUM bowl mix shredded coconut, chopped mixed nuts, sufar, salt, and cayenne pepper.

4. Dip fish in Mayo mix then in nut mixture.

5 Bake 20 minutes or until easily flaky…

This is the originaly recipe.. however I tweaked it… I marinated the fish over night in the coconut milk and tequila, lime juice, salt, pepper, accent, a itty bit of orange juice.

The next day I coated the fish in shredded coconut and the shredded nuts… The nuts were done with a ZESTER .. so it was very very fine…  It was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!! I hope you try it and like it!!! My husband said “This is restaurant quality”! He sure knows how to make my melt. LOL.

 

NEW RECIPE !!!!

So, since I’ve been up since 5:30 ( see earlier post), I’m STARVING and we don’t really have a lot of money to go out to eat and eat extravagant food. So I was thinking hmmm what can I make that would be good?? But not boring…. This is what I came up with. DON”T KNOCK IT TILL YOU TRIED IT!!!! It’s SO GOOD.  I looked online for recipes like mango pork chops… along those lines. But I didn’t have all the ingredients for ONE recipe, so  I tried combining the two.  I didn’t even have an onion!!! Can you believe that??? I always have onions!! I put onion in EVERYTHING from tacos to burgers, to chicken enchiladas!!! Crazy.

But I had a bell pepper. yay!!And garlic. So, I sauteed the bell pepper and garlic in a little bit of oil. I didn’t have much so I used a itty bitty bit of Worcestershire (?).  It was starting to smell good!! Then I browned my porkchops. They are the thin boneless ones. When they were done I set them aside and with the leftover juice I made a sauce out of just a pinch of lime juice, 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon, 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream, salt and pepper to taste, and 1/4 cup white wine.  I know it sounds WEIRD!!! Then I peeled and diced a mango, and put that in the sauce. Then put it all in a pan and baked it for 30 minutes… OMW>>…. I CANNOT describe to you how incredible the flavors ARE!!! The cinnamon make the mango POP!!! The bell pepper is awesome with the pork chops! The flavors are SO good together… The lime tones down the cinnamon!!! Who would’ve “thunked” it ???? If you aren’t doing low carb like me you could put it over rice or pasta… However I DID NOT!!! =)

I want ALL your comments! Whether you think it would be good or not! Or any suggestions for the future!!! Its amazing what you can come up with, with just what you have in your kitchen!! I NEVER would have put those ingrediants together!! Brownie points for experimenting in the kitchen and getting a new, great, taste bud popping meal!! AND I saved money. Hah.

 

And I think to myself…. What wonderful world…

Good Morning Beautiful World!!!!!  I have already had a wonderful morning, starting at like 5:30. You know how you never WANT to get out of bed but you do and then your ok? So, I fixed a breakfast of oatmeal, bacon and coffee. YUM!!!  And it’s all worth it because Matthew flashed that gorgeous smile!!! The one he does when he’s REALLY happy.   =) =) =) =) =)  So now I’m sitting here drinking the rest of my coffee, planning out my day, dishes already washed and put away…

I actually am feeling HUMAN again. I feel really good today… I hope it lasts.  This allergy stuff is horrible!  I’m going to try to make a homemade chili tonight. It’s not something I’ve ever made but I”m going to try it out. I know if it does work out the leftovers will be good, cus’ the flavors mesh..

I”m sitting here on my couch listening to the cars go by on the street, listening to the birds sing, and my cat is wanting to get outside SO badly and catch them!! Hah!!! I LOVE this time of year. Not the allergies so much, but the weather is absolutely perfect! Perfect for taking hour long walks around the neighborhood, with your ipod, or going to play tennis at the little park on the corner, or taking a walk at dusk with your “honey”.  Aaaaah…. I’m in love!   I know What a Wonderful World is generally used during the Christmas Season. BUT, it’s what popped into my head when the sun started to come up this morning. The sunrise was so pretty, I never am not amazed by it.

Ok, well time to get to work! Clothes to be washed, and folded and hung up, and taken to the cleaners. To figure out how to make chili. To try and make some money, to exercise, to clean house, to vaccuum (ugh), to wash my truck with a hose and a bucket!!!  To try and find someone to witness to, to ask God to send me to honest hearted people that would like a Bible Study, to meet my neighbors, to be kind and cheerful to everyone!!!  Hope ya’ll have a great wonderful day!

 

Yuck!! I have bronchitis AGAIN!!!

I don’t know why I’m suprised!!! I get it like every year around this time!!! But I thought that it may just be  little cold or something. BUT when I couldn’t sleep ALL NIGHT last night because I was coughing SO much I thought ” hm, maybe I should go to the Doctor”!   Well I’m glad I did !!! I got some really AWESOME medicine. hah. I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight! I think maybe it’s just going around??? I know a lot of people that are sick right now. I told the doctor, Nyquil doesn’t even touch the cough. I need something to help me sleep. So I hope he listened. The thing is he gave me antibiotics and cough syrup for the night time… But what exactly am I supposed to do during the day??????  argh!!!  I am coughing my head off!!!  I asked Nathaniel because I was sure he would have an answer because he is like the bronchitis king!! But he didn’t have any idea. SO if any of you know SOMETHING that will help me during the day PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY POOR THROAT AND TELL ME!!! Dayquil is a no go. But I’ll definitley take your suggestions. I hope all you guys are feeling well! I sound like a bull frog! ribbit!  But as yucky as I feel, I’m in good spirits, so thats good!!! yay.

 

Ladies Conference Post!

Well!! Now that we are home and have had church today I am REALLY about to  crash!!!!! Western District Ladies Conference was AWESOME!!!!   I have to say THANK YOU to all the people that prayed and fasted for us. I of course prayed and fasted also. There is NO WAY I could get up in front of all those people without sacrifice, prayer, and fasting. I am so glad I did. And that WE did. I felt the Holy Ghost from the very first note! As soon as I stepped foot in the auditorium I felt God.  I think the ladies of the Western District came looking for a blessing!  I hope they recieved it because I got what I came for and more!!!  I enjoy singing and ushering in the presence of God SO much!!! I love to watch the faces of people. You can tell when they are beginning to feel God.  I have to give MAJOR KUDOS to all our praise team and muscians!!!! You guys did INCREDIBLE!!! I was so proud!! And to my beautiful mother. WOW!! You seriously amaze me!! 

SO I had been praying for a loooong time before WDLC. I thought maybe God didn’t hear me, because it was friday night and I still hadn’t gotten what I came for.  But then this lady that I have the utmost respect for came and prayed for me. I’m not going to get into everything on my blog since it’s kind of personal, but all I have to say is…. HOW DID SHE KNOW ALL THAT!!!  I felt like she was a spy and had been watching me or living in my brain! She said things that I’ve only thought about!!!  But God confirmed SO MANY THINGS!!  I’m guessing it’s time for me to get out of my comfort zone. hah.  In a big way.  I have to say that things she told me would happen are already happening. It’s amazing. I think it’s awesome that God would use someone that has no clue whats going on in my life, would speak to me like that. It amazes me how much God loves us.  How I’ve been wondering if it’s just me? IS it really God?  And God sends someone from 8 hours away to speak to me. WOW!!!!  Thank you Jesus. 

So – I don’t want to brag on all my ” peoples” too much. hah. But I’m so thankful for a prayful group of ladies that’s not afraid to go the extra mile. I thoroughly enjoyed the speakers. Sis. Linville was flippn’ hilarious!!!!  OMYWORD I laughed SO hard!!!  On top of being funny, I loved how she preached about common sense stuff, with humor, it made it seem new and like I’d never heard it before.  And Sis. Saiz, WOW.  She always has something good to say! I always enjoy the story about the wimicks.  There was so much that was for me that I’m not even going to tell it all. But over all was such a incredible conference. I’m so thankful that God used me. There is nothing that feels SO good.

Church was AWESOME today. Dad preached The Vow of a Nazarite.  One of my all time favorites!!  All I’m saying is you just had to be there. Dad had that prophetic laying on of hands going one!! It used to scare me when I was a little kid because I thought he was mad. But I realized it’s just the Holy Ghost that gets on him!!!  I love it when he’s like that. God is doing such great things!!!! 

Ok. I”m done for like one whole day. No high heels for FOREVER!!!