Friends of mine went down to Haiti. For those that I don't have an email address to, I figured I would share it here as well. :) We are constructing the Rock House of Prayer's website for Gary right now. Gary's heart is 24/7 prayer for Haiti first and foremost. You can't help but go down there and feed people, clothe them, and well, he has a school that is free to the people around him. Public school is not free down there, so it's a huge blessing to the community.

Here's the slideshow. God bless Misty Edwards!

http://shawnaherring.myshowit.com/haitiquake

Derek Loux

I didn't know this man, but his life impacted me.  I have been listening to his music without realizing it was him.  We have a few of these monthly cds they send out at ihop of sets that really touched them.  Anyway, if you are bored and have about an hour and a half to watch, I recommend it.  I wept and wept.  Not just because a wife and 10 children lost a husband and father, but the integrity....God, I want that.  

I long for that for my family.

I am jealous to be so radically in love with Jesus that I joyfully deny myself, take up my cross, and follow him.

I'm also thankful that in Matthew 5, it says blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.  

This family, Haiti, and beyond, I mourn with you.

Stayed up way too late watching noteworthy stuff.

And we are having our pictures done tomorrow.
 

Ah well...

Night.

My friend, Gary Hyppolite, is flying down to Haiti tomorrow. He said there is no food and no water. He will have to probably walk the 20 miles to the mission base in Haiti. If you are following this stuff, please pray for him and all the others working so hard to free, hopefully many, that are still alive. My heart just hurts and wants so badly to go down there and help. Gary was going to take a team from Kansas City and another team from here with him, but they feel he needs to go down first and survey stuff. People are sleeping on the streets and there is no CLEAN water. Such a mess. It makes it hard to do anything without them on my mind. I went to take a bite of my food and thought of how a person could be stuck under a building starving and desperate for help. It made it hard to eat.

Am I the only one grieving for these people like this?

God, help them! God bless the people of Haiti and the many missionaries that have denied themselves a life of comfort and ease to tend to the needs of the poor, orphaned, widowed, and broken-hearted.

My friend Gary?  THey found his mom....ALIVE!!!!!  Her house is split in two, but she is okay...sleeping on the street, but okay! 

 

Thank You, Jesus!!!

We are still waiting to hear on how the school is.

Until then, he was interviewed by our local paper yesterday and he also asked for help for his trip down there on the 21st.  If you are interested in helping, leave me your email address and I will send you his email.  He is very trustworthy.  



 

Today:

Pray for Haiti and our friend Gary's Mom who lives right about where the center of that thing was.  He heard from his father, thank God!  The Rock House of Prayer that Gary runs was having a prayer meeting in the basement when the quake hit.  I'm not sure if their school or any of their buildings suffered damage, but it's only about 8 miles northeast of Port Au Prince.  Prayers are desperately needed there.

Paying bills.  Why is it when you want to pay stuff off, they make it so difficult?  I want to give you money, normally I feel like I'm being harrassed and when I want to just give it to you, it's a hassle.  What's up with that?  :)  I'm thankful to be able to do so, though.  Speaking of which I'm on hold right now and bored waiting.

Homeschool.  What seemed hopeless has become hopeful.  I think this is a daily thing.

Laundry, at least 2 loads...because it can quickly get ahead of me.

Homegroup.  We tried to go to something for the kids last night at SCF.  I was fine until we got in the parking lot.  We left, got coffee, came back.  I dropped a bag of clothes off in their clothes closet and popped in to say hi and check it out.  It turned out that the adults were doing their praying meeting and so they were more focused on that while the kids looked kind of bored.  I'm glad I didn't get everyone out and go in.  Not sure why I felt so strong on going, but maybe it was helpful that I just go there and confront my irritations that are there.  Who knows?


Well, I'm off the phone...off to finish bill paying.

Stop drinking coffee...NOW!  I don't care how yummy smelling it is, the after effects aren't worth it!  Especially when you ask for decaf and they give you regular.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

We got a family gift of a Wii Fit Plus.  V did his BMI and it was higher than mine.  However, it says that my age is 5 years older than him!  WHAT???

It says I need to strengthen.  May need to do some resistance bands on my next workouts.  I quit doing it and after the terrible guilt of that, I want to start working out again.  I'm sure I've gained weight again.  Ugh.

Well, Merry Christmas everyone!  May the Lord bless you abundantly in health, wealth, and most importantly...more of Him!  :)

Light is coming.

The bigger picture is coming.

There's something bigger going on, so much bigger than I conceive or selfishly want or need.

He's moving.

As the darkness rises, so does the Holy Spirit's work in His people.

It's moving.

It's coming together.  

Yes.

http://www.ijm.org/

Does anyone know anything about these people? Anytime I see justice lately, I get concerned and that's such a shame.

Planned Parenthood counseling video

I've heard that from so many people...it's just a blob of cells.

Really? I guess I'm a blob of cells...you're a blob of cells....WAIT! We ARE!! Because anyone who has any idea of how the human body works after taking a basic class on it in school knows that organs are blobs of cells! We're are still composed of cells! Go figure!

That reminds me of a quote I read. I don't know who said it, either:

I've noticed that most people who are for abortion have already been born.

:)

I'd rather walk around a little bit crazy and free than to be tame and bound.

EDIT: Well shoot, I guess Obama won out. Grrrr...Tomorrow?

Remind me to STOP making public declarations about things I am going to TRY to avoid. It's getting downright embarrassing how slack I am with this stuff. I'll go fast on food instead. :)

Thanks!

Well, I have talked about this before. The thing that frustrates me is that the dates keep changing. However, this may have worked out to be a good thing. A couple of things have actually changed in the last few days.

1. We are going to Utah in March. It appears that it will be March the 15th through like April the 10th or something. Here's where we are going to be nuts. When we leave to come back home, we're going west. I know...I know, I hear what you're saying. "Um Lori, Georgia is east, not west." Well, we decided we wanted to visit a few places in California. So, we'll be driving west through the Nevada desert into Tahoe, down into Sacremento, stop by and visit Jeney (unless she has other plans or doesn't want the bombardment of a family of 6 visiting), turn down to drive over the Golden Gate and visit SF. V has all these places he wants to take us to. THen, drive down the coast and so forth or maybe we'll go to Yosemite. We haven't chosen yet. Anyhoo, we plan on stopping by the Refuge House of Prayer in Rancho Cucamonga, then maybe a swing by to see Bonni or maybe we can get her to meet us somewhere because we may already be quite fried by that point. We'll still have lots of driving ahead of us from this point. I wish we had the time to drive up to Washington state and Oregon, but that will have to be later. So far, these are just plans and I agree with John Lennon when he said life is what happens while you're making other plans.

So, there you have it. Anything posted here is subject to change at a spot's notice.


2. We are not going to Onething. We changed our mind because well, we would like to have something for all the kids, not just Trevor and Logan. SO....we are going to the leadership conference the following weekend. Trevor will be with us during the meetings, Logan will be in the Children's Equipping center, and Micah and Katie will be doing the tracks in the other building. Some friends of ours here are going to that instead and we just felt it was best after looking at what they are teaching on. THis is also good because now we'll be able to attend the family Christmas stuff. :)


Anyway, this is mostly for posterity's sake and the eyes of those that may be getting a visit from us in the spring. :)

On a different note, we are having friends, family, and anyone that doesn't have a place to go over here tomorrow. So what does that mean???? It means I have to go get crazy busy doing stuff to get ready. Turkey, casseroles, and pies...oh my!!!!

If I don't pop on here tomorrow, may you all have a truly blessed, joyful, and relaxing Thanksgiving tomorrow! A huge thanks to the Father for Who He is and alllllll that He has done! I love you, Lord! :)

Blessings and Peace!!! :)

You know, it's funny when you have live journal set up some of the people on your friend's list as people you want to be notified of when they update and then you click on it and it says you are not authorized. I think I'm going to shut it all off now. Which leads me to my next point, I'm going to get off of Facebook for a couple of days (not to say my husband may update there, he pops in and I do believe many think his updates are mine, but they are mostly me) and only post private some stuff here that I feel like I need to document.

Life is crazy, but good. I am in dire need of fellowship. Only going to a homegroup during the week with no childcare and your kids being the only kids there really makes me and the kids starving for fellowship! So, we have only made it to IHOP a couple of times because it is a long way away. We have visitied many places here and well, if you were from the South, maybe you can understand our predicament. We have been praying and visiting, but nothing clicks. And I desparately need fellowship, so I think I'm going to consider the women's Bible study over in Griffin that has childcare for homeschool children as well. It's a start and will help me to simmer down online. It's easy to be on here too much when you are in this place. It's not a bad thing to be on here, but it needs to be balanced more. Structure is good. :)

So anyway, that's really all I have to say.

My personal motto lately: I may not have all the right answers. I may be way off base in some ways, but I know that I'm in love with God and God is in love with me. I can trust His leading and rest in His love.

So, adieu for a few days. I may pop in on Thanksgiving to wish everyone a Happy DAY!!!


Verses that popped out at me today:

Psalm 41

Blessed is the one who considers the poor! [1]
In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health. [2]

4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, [3] for I have sinned against you!”
5 My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me. [4]

8 They say, “A deadly thing is poured out [5] on him;
he will not rise again from where he lies.”
9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
and raise me up, that I may repay them!

11 By this I know that you delight in me:
my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity,
and set me in your presence forever.

13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.


and

Psalm 32

Psalm 32
A maskil of David.
1 Blessed is the one whose lawless acts are forgiven.
His sins have been taken away.
2 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord never counts against him.
He doesn't want to cheat anyone.
3 When I kept silent about my sin,
my body became weak
because I groaned all day long.
4 Day and night
your heavy hand punished me.
I became weaker and weaker
as I do in the heat of summer.
Selah

5 Then I admitted my sin to you.
I didn't cover up the wrong I had done.
I said, "I will admit my lawless acts to the Lord."
And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Selah

6 Let everyone who is godly pray to you
while they can still look to you.
When troubles come like a flood,
they certainly won't reach those who are godly.
7 You are my hiding place.
You will keep me safe from trouble.
You will surround me with songs sung by those who praise you
because you save your people.
Selah

8 I will guide you and teach you the way you should go.
I will give you good advice and watch over you.
9 Don't be like the horse or the mule.
They can't understand anything.
They have to be controlled by bits and bridles.
If they aren't, they won't come to you.
10 Sinful people have all kinds of trouble.
But the Lord's faithful love
is all around those who trust in him.
11 Be glad because of what the Lord has done for you.
Be joyful, you who do what is right!
Sing, all of you whose hearts are honest!

Oh how wonderful God is! I know I can trust Him with all the details...when this life is crazy and nuts!

Okay, be blessed with His peace! Here lately, I could honestly say I'd be nuts without it.

Oh wait... hee hee...

Nah...later!