Work Place 2

 

 

Here are some more shots of my work place. 

Some more quotes for them.

 

And quotes for me!

Scripture for encouragement throughout the day.

 

 

 

Strip

More cotton. During harvest, they use strippers to "strip" the cotton up...   

God Talk+ Girls= Levelland D-now

This weekend Jacob and I had the great honor of helping work a Disciple Now in Levelland with our friends Sam & Stacey, Michael and our new friend Danielle.

A Disciple Now is a weekend "get away" for high school students, to stay together in church family's homes and focus on the word of God, in the hopes of drawing nearer to Him and becoming a stronger disciple.  It's a great shot of discipleship!

I WISH I had pictures. I know that the weekend is meant to be for the students, but Jacob and I drove away incredibly encouraged and renewed for ourselves. We were renewed and reminded of what matters (God) and how to live for him (always)!

Jacob was with the Middle School boys. The first morning we met for breakfast and I kid you not, Jacob walked up with a puffy face, circles under his eyes from lack of sleep, and a black eye!!

I thought this was hilarious! And the funny thing is that the junior high boys were GREAT. Jacob can't brag on them enough. It just so happened a little wrestling match led to a hat brim to the eye. :)

I, Georgia, was with the high school girls. These were some great young women who I can't wait to see go out into the world and find their places.

I heard a lot of "Party in the U.S.A.", saw a lot of "spirit fingers" and was challenged in some wonderful and refreshing ways.

For me it's always such a reminder of where I was in high school. I speak to them as I wish someone would have spoken to me. 

1. Discipleship. What does it mean? What does it mean to be a "follower of Christ" and thus "Christ like"... (Christ-ian)?  It means you have to know who he is and what the Word says about him. This means we HAVE to dive in and soak it up. We have to let the Word permeate our lives. No excuses. Dive in. Unapologetic, humbled and driven. Just do it.

2. God Talk! We all need a "God Talk" friend, a friend who you can be totally open, honest, and seeking with. We all need a few core friends that will ask us those really tough questions we hate. You know the questions, the questions that get to the core of our sins and our struggles. 

Do you have any God-Talk friends? Do you have friends that you let in deeply, and that you let challenge and hold you accountable? If you don't- I challenge you to seek out those friends. You likely already have them but haven't fully taken advantage of your connection through Christ.

In the end we drove away after having had great fellowship, prayer and little sleep.

We were both challenged and convicted by our lack of knowledge of the scripture. Is it enough that we've read it but when push comes to shove and someone asks a question I can't find what I need or point them to the exact scripture of truth? Not good enough. 

Time to step up the game.

We did a ropes course  at South Plains College as our activity. We did the "flying squirrel"  and the... pole jump (okay, I don't REALLY remember what it's called). 

So in the end, we drove away, encouraged, with one black eye and one strained back from jumping for a trapeze.  I'm getting older!!!

I end this post with this: 1.) Seek after him wholly, learn his word and let it change your heart and life, and 2.) find your "God Talk" friends. Seek them out, cultivate those relationships, ask the hard questions, answer their hard questions, and lift each other up. Koinonia- fellowship with believers. Live it!

Over and out peeps,  I have a sore back to go nurse...

HASTA LUEGO AMIGOS!

Baby Shower!

There was a wonderful baby shower for Jenifer.

 

She got so many wonderful things.

Congratulations Jenifer!

Side note:

Jamie and I were really impressed with the sliding doors... How cool are those??

Baptism

Recently we've had such a blessing and encouragement!! 

My nephew and brother-in-law got baptized! When we heard the news we were both overjoyed. What a huge and wonderful celebration of a solemn and special decision and commitment.

This little guy was sleepy.

Check out this hair!

Big Surprise!- Just because...

Tom and Jean

Fellowship... Ah man.. that is so awesome! 

The other Reeds are going back to Karamoja with Pioneers. We overlapped in Africa and have similar visions.

This pair is so inspiring!

Tom did a session on Orality at church.

What, you ask, is orality? Let me tell you!

Basically, it means storying the Word of God. Not just for illiterate people... for all people. I have learned the Bible stories I learned to story better than all the stories I've read over a 20 year period.  Like a silly one I didn't take my camera.. of course.

Jean was great and made us chappatis and papdans (sp?). Yumm!!

Check out that "chappati skillet"!

Can't you just see their joy? Love it!

The Other Reeds!

We're so excited to have some REALLY special guests coming to see us in the next couple of months.

First: The "Other Reeds"!
We met Tom and Jean in Uganda. They also worked a lot with the Karamajong  (Karimojong).

We stayed at their house in Jinja a lot.. 

As a matter of fact, it was in their yard, that I got pooped on by a bird while Jacob and I did our laundry in a small plastic basin.

Ahh... yes... Good times.

Jean's home-office at the time.

This couple rocks! We can't wait to see how God has been working in their lives and where He is leading us all...

More to come...

November Challenge- Quit your Self Loathing!

Remember that I signed up for the Austin half marathon February 14?

Did that sentence just make anyone else's chest clinch up??  Yeah... me neither.

Well, I did that before school started and disrupted all of my routines.. You know, like running (or exercising at all), eating healthy, cooking, reading, praying, staying in touch with other living beings.... :( 

So now I'm 2 1/2 months into school and 2 1/2 months away from exercise.

I want to use the Hal Higdon's first time half marathon training schedule.. Which means at the latest, if I procrastinated (fancy that.. I DID procrastinate.. and quite well too), I would HAVE TO start training by mid November.

I mean.. what's the use of doing something well without the impending fear of failing looming over your head as time runs out?  Procrastination 101.. It's a sickness.

Anywho. I've managed to somehow ignore this commitment until THIS showed up in my inbox this week: 

Panic. Constricting chest.  Spasming big toe. You name it.. It's time to buckle down and get serious.

So I'm setting up a schedule here:

(What better way to use that extra hour??)

And I'm going to be serious and follow it. No more mister lazy lady... (?) And while we're at it.

Can I get a shout out from all of the "I hate the way I'm living" peeps out there?

I have to get back to eating well.

And cleaning my home.

If you are what you eat... I'm a limp Smart Ones Enchiladas Suiza, and a Skinny Cow ice cream... :(

So I'm officially making November that Month to "Get Started" doing what you really want to do!

Quit your self loathing.

Wipe the cheeto crums off of your belly.

And decide what matters to you.. and do it.

Today.

Anyone with me?

What do you wish you would do daily/weekly that's a challenge for you?

It's NaNoWriMo! Can you dig it?

Well happy November to you all!

It's officially NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. I've heard of this and thought of trying it, then someone in our small group mentioned they were doing it.

Could you do it? According to their website, the goal is "a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30." (nanowrimo).

I'm wanting to start it this year, just for the thrill of seeing where telling a prolonged story might go. I have no game plan. No ideas. And a strong sense that this may peter out to nothing.

Sure recipe for success friends.

But that doesn't mean we can't start!

If you were going to write a novel of any kind- what might your subject be IN THREE WORDS OR LESS??

Please Pray

We are deeply burdened for our friend Jakob and are asking you to please pray for him.

He was in a car accident this weekend in Northern Afghanistan. He is described as critical but stable, with a punctured lung, broken ribs/sternum, and will hopefully be moved to Denmark. 

A friend posted this on facebook: "He was having great difficulty in breathing so doctors have induced an anaesthetised coma and put him on an artificial respirator so that the pressure of air into the lungs can be regulated and the lung and chest area can begin the healing process. At this moment we are told he will not be moved for the next 4-5 days but....... at a point to be decided within the next week..... he will be medevacced to Denmark via Germany."

Please lift him up with us...

Magnet-o

Zermatt Switzerland

Stratford-Upon-Avon                                              Spain


I don't think I'm a "collector".

I may have been inspired by Veronika on this.

But I've found that I seem to have started  a little collection. As you can see here. Most from places I've been.

 

Some just for fun...

We actually used this one quite a bit when Hung was here.

 We found it was a way for him to express "bad days" or "lonely moods".

Do you collect anything? Care to share?

Daily life

It seems our tomato plant has taken over our front garden.. And we're not going to stop it! 

          

Total and complete adoration...

Or begging for food.. Either way, it's cute!

View Around...

Aloha!

We met with some friends at Aloha Barbecue. 

As it says on the door, this little restaurant is imported directly from Hawaii.

The unique recipes was a welcome change!! And the meat was super.

If you're in Lubbock, go by Aloha Barbecue on 98th Street- where you can get amazing barbecue or, if you're in the mood for something different,  

beef patties, with fried egg and brown gravy on top.