Update Part 3 (and the final one)

Last night we held our First ever FOCUS Wednesday at Fellowship Church Plano! It was a great night (I hear). I was in the preschool! My sweet hubby volunteered his time to put on an Imagination Theatre for the 4 and 5 year olds. The rest of the congregation gathered in our worship center to take part in some incredible worship with our band and to hear some of Mark's thoughts on FC Plano, where we have been and where we are going! I know that this night was a big deal around here. I'm excited to be a part of a church that is reaching out to the community around us and giving them a church experience like none other! One of the really neat parts of the night (and a totally unexpected part as well) was that one of my preschool parents came up to me and told me that she and her husband really liked the church, but were feeling scared to take that next step to join (due to some of their past church history) and she just felt like God's been tugging at her heart and leading her back to FC Plano. We had a great talk and I was able to find her some info from our Newcomer's class (that she had attended a few months earlier). I hope to see her get more involved in the church and to see her become totally sold out to God and what's He wants to do in her life!

Update Part 2

The week after I returned from Belize, we held the 2nd Annual Childrens Conference at Fellowship Church. I may be biased when I say that ours was quite awesome! Even though I was part of the conference, I felt like I was able to walk away with a few tidbits of info to use in the preschool at Fellowship Church Plano! I can't wait to see what we put out next year!

Update Part 1

It's been a long time since I've blogged, but I'm back today to do some quick updates...I went to Belize earlier this month. I was part of a group from Fellowship Church that went to hang out with our missionary friend, Paul and help out in some of his villages. He has a missions organization called International Servants. Paul is a great guy! He has such a heart for the people of Belize and is definitely interested in the eternal outcome of their lives. The kids were awesome! We had such a fun time playing with them, making salvation bracelets, and sharing the love of Christ with them!

The adults were neat as well. One lady in particular stood out to me. We were in a spanish speaking village and I was trying to get the kids to tell me the spanish name for animals (I was acting out the animals). This lady started to yell out the name of the animals in spanish. It was the funniest thing! There was also the day when we had a huge group of kids and we were all kicking this huge soccer ball around. I have never been so dirty in my life as I was after getting hit with that soccer ball, but it was so much fun! (it had been raining that morning and the ball was picking up a lot of mud).

One day we got to go to the river near where we were working and got to swim there. Paul told us to bring a bar of soap for a bath. We all thought that was funny so we did it! On our fun day, we go to snorkle with sharks and sting rays....so cool! And then we had this amazing beach BBQ with chicken, fish, and pork chops. The food there was amazing, too (even the gibnut - aka rat). And yes, I did eat it!! And yes, it does taste a little bit like chicken! A few of the other trip highlights were seeing the Howler monkeys and having them eat out of my hand, going to a banana farm, attending a worship service with some Belizians, and just the general experience of getting to know some really neat people from our church and from Belize. If you care the see the 400+ pictures of the trip, they are located at Belize pics.

Why I love my husband...

I thought that I would begin listing a few of the many reasons why I love Ed...they may end up in a frame or something one day!


I love Ed because...

1. He sings Veggie Tales songs with the character voices included

2. He is going to go with me to get new paint for our wall because I don't like the color that it up there now.

3. He is going to dog sit the puppies this weekend while I'm out of town (Olive misbehaves more when I'm not around for some reason).

4. He is going to dog sit the puppies for a whole EIGHT days while I'm in Belize.

5. Every time I ask him why he loves me, he tells me it's because I'm cute (not because I'm good to him or anything like that...just because I'm cute...Hmmm!)

6. He loves Jesus more than he loves me.

7. He would pack up everything I wanted to take me in the event of an evacuation due to a coming natural disaster (and there's a lot of stuff that would take with me)

8. He gives me unconditional love - even when I'm being a pain.

9. He makes up silly songs to sing and then ends them with "Yeah!" (because that's how all good songs end).

10. He puts up with my picture taking obsession without too much complaining.

Rested and Relaxed

Well, Ed and I just returned from a vacation to the San Antonio area. We spent a few nights in SA where we went to Sea World (Ed's first time there) and ate at my all time favorite SA restaurant - Casa Rio. I've been eating there since I was a child and it's still just as good as it was when I was 6. After our fun at Sea World, we went Northwest a little bit to stay at Holiday Lodge on Canyon Lake. We got to cook out in the evenings, feed and watch deer, and enjoy the outdoors. Oh yeah, we also got to see some truly AMAZING sunsets! It was a great time of fun and relaxation. Ed and I spent a lot of time just hanging out and enjoying each other's company and spending time in nature (where you are of course, closer to God). I'm excited to be back at work and feeling more refreshed! I was feeling pretty beat down before we left town and it feels good to be back to my normal energetic and excited self!