Hi there!
 

I just got home from work and am going to sit up and see if I can win a crown for pharoah on e-bay. I have a teen youthgroup at church that I work with, there are two other adults that work with me. Jay is a deacon in the church He does there bible lessons, and leads them in prayer ect. (they meet at the same time the adults do for prayer meeting) Robin- (Jay's wife) and I work together picking out music and skits and stuff for them to work on. We try to do a missions trip every year where they go to churches and nursing homes ect. to put on their program. Last year we spent a week in New Brunswick and one night on Prince Edward Island. The pastor makes arrangements with other churches for rooms (usually church floor in class rooms) and we cook for them with food we bring. They were a huge success last year, especially in the nursing homes, the older people started hymns with them ect. They also go once a month to a nursing home near us and sing, and talk to the old people. This year's them is God's provision and deliverence. We are doing a skit with pharoah and moses and aaron. Where moses decides that God's plagues are not working and how He wants to try coming up with his own, and aaron talks him out of it, it is neat.

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The second one is David and Goliath- with 4 cheerleaders cheering for Goliath and when He dies they switch to David, There cheers tell the story of how we want to be on the winning side, but really should be on God's side, and that He will deliver us. Really is cute, but without scrip can't share much.
The last is called Godbusters which is patterned after ghost busters, except that it is scientists that want to explain everything with supernatural and a lady who is saying no its the Lord intervening and delivering. Sopng were picked that go along with this. The teens really get into it. It is good bible based christian drama that sends a message. My job is help pick skits and then assist with making their costunes, they did two great skits for the Christmas program I can use the shepherd from there for Aaron, and Moses ect. Really is a fun time, and these kids are all very good, polite, christian kids
they go to christian school, probably know the bible better than me. My niece and nephew are in this group so its a fun trip with importance. This year we are going to South Jersey. We spend the 1st night in rooms at Baptist Bible College, there is no students in the summer, then housed in churches. We will spens a day at the beach and probable a couple hours here and there that is free between shows there. It is a good time. We leave 4 days after I get back from Alaska.

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Gee Sunny now aren't you glad you asked :lol: Congrats your doing great and jogging on top of it. Sprout- your doing great too down 3 inches and 2 lbs. way to go.
Mitchy- thanks I love fresh fruit and veggies nothing like fresh tomatoes can eat them just slice yum so good.
Sherry sorry to hear about dh uncle- will life him in prayer
Hey deeniem since your house is all clean and laundry is done, I wouldn't want ya bored, come on over I got some seems I never get caught and its just me. Just too busy!
Well gotta run check my bid on e-bay it is for a crown with a snake on the front for pharoah to wear. Hi to everyone I missed see ya!

Hi -- just checking in; haven't been here for ages. Hope all of you are doing well

Thursday Night
 

HI GALS :wave:

Sorry--AGAIN!!-- for not checking in. Angie did earlier but I was busy yelling "STOP CHEWING ON THAT!! RYLEE ":lol: I think the neighbors think her name is NO-RYLEE-NO ;) I have been so busy at work and side jobs this last week--no sports this week, step-d has a game tomorrow but she is out wiith a sore ankle. Daughter off (only practice) until regionals next week. My son and nephew due back from Washington D.C. and New York around 1 am tomorrow night (oops! that is Saturday morning)-- When I talked with my son last night he said that Washington D.C. was BREATHTAKING--all the monuments, he especially FELT the IWO JIMA one! Good for him. He said the 8th graders don't really appreciate it but he sure is! He said they are more concerned on getting back to the hotel to swim--of course we knew that would be the case "before" they left.

SUNNYD HEY 190's GIRL!! :cp: :cp: :cp: You have been doing exactly what you are supposed to and it is starting to show!! Eating right (OK pretty damn good! ;) ) and exercising DAILY!!! Calories in--calories out!! that is the ticket!!! I could go on and on on how proud I am of you but it is too late tonight so you will just have to wait ;) and get your "lovin'" from JOE!! I am glad the eyes are better-- every so often the spring messes with my eyes and it is HORRIBLE-- so far so good this year. Don't let anyone or anything take away the work you have done dear--next year at this time you will have LOST a whole person!!

MICHELE Hey kiddo-- when I said the other day Charlie-Charlie-Charlie I meant it all in love-- not a dig at you for speaking of him. It was supposed to be more like...OH Charlie :o :love: :love: :love: Sorry he hasn't called yet this week...hopefully he has big week-end plans for you both. You mentioned I haven't been saying what is for dinner...guess because Angie has been doing most of the cooking with me working late...tonight it was chicken burritos fresh guacomole..last night she had BUNKO so I cooked for myself---chili and nachos :sssh: tomorrow night we are trying a Hawaiian BBQ that just opened up down the street.

SHERRY Sorry about DH uncle..Prayers. I know what you mean about keeping Kelli "close by"-- ya want to give your kids enough rope so they feel independent--BUT--not enough to hang themselves until they are LEGAL AGE!! I tried to do things like making them put together a scrapbook of teenagers in car accidents from the time they were 14 until they got their licenses.. I never talked to them much about it, I just asked for the scrapbook from time to time to see if they were doing it, they were. I knew that they were reading the stories..I was hoping the sadness would sink in. Hoping that when they started driving that they would remember some of the stories and be more careful. So far my 23 and 20 year old have had 1 hydroplane incident between them--son did hydroplane in a rain storm and did minor damage to another car--but did admit he "MIGHT" have been...OK WAS going a little too fast :lol: Thanks for the tip on the Coke bottle--RYLEE has one now and loves it!! Hope you are feeling better--GO COACH GO!! :coach:

SPROUT Great job recognizing and admitting your weak points! This is only going to help increase your success. Working out with DD I hope is a big plus too. You have shown that you can do this girl!! May I make a suggestion? and make your pound segments on your graph a little smaller... maybe shoot for 5 pounds at a time instead of 25...am I being too pesimistc? YOU can shoot me!! I just don't want you to give up if 25 isn't coming.

SUE YOU are sooo PRETTY!! Thanks for the picture!! Those skits sure sound funny :rofl: Good luck with the crown. That group of kids is sure lucky to have you!! How is "OUR" savings going for Alaska ;)

SAMI Sorry about your Aunt. No prom date these days is NO PROBLEM!! At least around here..my kids always had a date for Prom, but I really think that my daughter preferred going to the dances with her girlfriends and guy friends instead of dates too---although around here Prom was more traditional..I love it though that in some schools like ours kids will go in groups to dances--takes pressure off boys and girls in a lot of ways. Here is hoping Ashli's homework is up to snuff.

WILMA Still celebrating girl?? OH MARTHA! ;)

ANGEL Where are you? Prayers for family.

JUDY Glad to have you back! Sorry about your friend's divorce...been there...sad times.

CEEJAY Weathering the storms?

STANDNNGRACE I had a very good GARRY friend..unusual with the 2-R's.

DEENIEM Where are you too?

Well saw Survivor...can any one tell me why Rob is still there?

Off to bed...aahhhh NO-RYLEE-NO PUT THAT DOWN!!! :lol:

HI SEATTLE-SUE...glad to have you back!!

Hello from Valerie!
 

Thank you all for an awesome place to be encouraged and inspired! [IMG]
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Ü I am so glad to know that I have the encouragement of this group with me this time. :cp: I don’t know all of you well but feel like I do as you share your lives on this message board. I am praying for you all daily. Your posts are precious to me. They bring encouragement and joy into the mix!
My devotions have been focused on the area of food and work lately. I hope noone minds my sharing what the Lord is doing .......
Even while dieting I have obsessed on food rather than enjoying Christ. : I believe I have lived to eat.... But now I am eating to live.:cb:
John 6:27-29
27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."

There are two kinds of foods, physical and spiritual, food that endures to eternal life and food that spoils. The verses that follow tell us how to acquire this spiritual food.

28Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
29Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

This is a true believing not as the demons believe.....

19You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that–and shudder. James 2: 19

True believing is synonymous with feeding on Jesus....

John 635Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

I need to turn away from seeking to find satisfaction in earthly things..... In my case food and turn to Christ to fill me ........ Christ can satisfy my heart and give me life.

John 10:100The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Doitforme....I wanted to tell you that I am living the phase "If it is to be it must be me." So I love your name. My husband and children are slow to change their habits and discourage me often ....... that is one reason why I look to Christ and am ready to walk it out by myself.... Does that make sense? You can do this!
Have an awesome day!

Hi there!
 

Welcome back Seattle sue, hope all is well with you.
E.Z.- your sweet thanks! I won my crown, it is too cool it has the cobra on the front and lots of egyptian symbols around the band, just can't tell the boy (nephew) playing pharoah that it really is cleopatras crown, wouldn't go off well, that teenage boy thing. I make final payment on our Alaska trip today, so can start paying on Hawaii soon. Keep the overtime coming. Gotta run, making spear, and shield for Goliath. Have an awesome weekend guys!
Raining here today, suppose to be nice tom. hope to start cleaning campsite.

Dieters devotions for April 23, 2004
 

April 23


Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.


Patience gained during the diet is something well worth holding onto after the diet ends. How many people have lamented that they lost weight only to gain it back again. It is so silly to allow such a thing to happen. We struggle so hard to take weight off; why would we ever let it find a home on us again? Dieting frees us from the imprisonment of a fleshy jail. Once free from that, we should never return. Ask the Lord for strength and determination, so that once we liberate ourselves from fat, we may not be taken prisoner again!
Today's thought: I will not stand for slavery to flesh and fat!

Ditforme- My father has a place in Avalon New Jersey. When you take your youth group to South Jersey go to Springers Ice cream store. They have the best ice cream I have ever had . Get black or red rasberry ice cream. It is located in Stone Harbor New Jersey. My family has gone their for generations.I love the New Jersey shore.

Gary- Your puppy Rylee looks cute. How did you pick out his name? I hope Angie heals so she can run again. I started walking at the mall in the morning before it opens up. Its flat ,air conditioned, has benches and bathrooms near by. Two time around makes a mile. The problem is my back legs and ankles cramp up. I sit on the bench to stretch for a while then continue to walk. I also got the Firm step, weight stick and dvd tapes.

undefinedSunnyD I'm playing around with the color so if I mess up i'm sorry. We did not have any snow this year in Aiken. All the pine trees are pollinating now. The azaleas are almost finnished blooming. We live about 45 minutes from the Masters in Augusta Georgia. If you watched the golf tornament you could see how wonderful the azaleas get. I am a member of the Ikibana club ( japanese flower arranging) During the masters the Japanese broudcast company came into town. This year they ordered bird of paradise from Hawaii to decorate their home in Augusta. We got to rearrange the flowers and play with all the expensive flowers when they left town. It was alot of fun. Most of the town people leave so large corperations like Nike etc. can rent their homes. They pay big bucks so their big customers can see the tornament and meet with Tiger Woods or some other great golfer.


undefinedMichele- I never heard of this new guy. I hope he is treating you well.




"contentment isn't getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have" God bless

Just trying to see if i can figure this out......don't mind me!

ok, so i figured how to attach it, but how do you attach in your post? Help.....Sunny/Sherry or anyone!

Hello I am sorry I haven't had time to post to each of you. I have just been on the run...................I was so happy I wrote a letter to Target and they donated some workout mats and weights............... The personal trainer who does our class was so happy. I had a tough time thurs in class because my legs were swollen and kept cramping. Mark (the trainer) helped stretch them out and told me to cut out my Diet coke............I LOVE diet coke....Sunny you are doing so great. We both struggled for so long and when I read how well you are doing it inspires me to keep going. Sprout I just love your posts they are so uplifting. Sue isn't ebay just great!!!!! I love to bid and I just won a new pair of sketchers for .06! it has 7.00 sh. Sherry I pray you are feeling better. Since I have been working out I feel so much better and I have the mind set I am going to over come this. I know I may never be 100% better but I am not going to give into it. My SIL just lays in bed all the time. She didn't even come to Easter. Please keep her in your prayers her name is Denise. She struggles with depression. Ez well the drama goes on I guess one of Staci's friends date dumped him at the last min. So Staci and her other friends are all going together it will be 3 girls and 4 boys. They are all comming here after Prom and most are spending the night so they can get up and go to Kings Island Sunday morning. I said The girls in one room and the boys in the other and me in the middle! I am going to take a nap so I can stay up longer tonight! Mitchy I guess you just have to take old Charlie how he is. He sounds like he loses track of time and doesn't realize how much time has gone by. I hope he makes it up to you. How have you been feeling? I saw my brother in law last night and he use to have the samething you do. It took him a long time to recover. Just make sure you get lots of rest. eisenj sorry to hear about your friend I will keep them in my prayers. I love flowers in my house I have some of the prettiest silk ones. I am just getting started outside. standingingrace thank you for your post I loved itl Wilma how are you doing? How is curves doing? ceejay we have had a lot of storms and rain here also. Hope things are going well with you. Angel how is things going for you. I pray your son is still doing well. Post when you can. Dance4joy glad you came back post when you can we miss all of our MIA'S. Deenime hope to hear from you soon.

Well got to run busy day today with I have a prom and after prom party and birthday party and baby shower all today. I might just stay home and get caught up. I am lifting all of you up in Prayers!

I am just sick!
 

Hey you guys - I just spent the last 30 minutes working on a personal post to everyone because all was quiet at my house and when I went to preview it my computer gave me an error and shut down the internet! I am just sick - I don't have time to post personal again as it is getting late in the morning for me and I have much to do! Just know that I am praying for each of you and I WILL post to you all soon - and I worked so hard on it - stupid computer! Oh well, off to do laundry - yeah I know I had it caught up just 2 days ago but I can't seem to get my family to quit wearing clothes - haha! Thanks to all for your encouragement - I am happy to report I am down a total of 21 lbs. for my official weigh in yesterday!!!! I am at 209 and I haven't been there for over 5 years - it feels so good!!! 199 here I come!!!

Because He lives,
DeenieM