Greater Things are Yet to Come

I am new to this, so I don't really know if there is "Blog etiquette". Therefore, I don't really know if its ok to post back to back??? I'm claiming ignorance and doing it anyway!!! :0)

I consider last year a great year... I came to a better place spiritually, made a lot of new friends, and tried and experienced a lot of new things...some of which I will share with you!

My spiritual walk with the Lord was much different last year
 For the first time I felt like I did not have all of this "Muck" to work through in order to get closer to God. I was able to walk hand in hand with Him and allow Him to "grow" me, teach me about myself, and challenge me with new responsibilities. I'm not saying I have it all together by any means. I am human. I am imperfect and I slip up. That is why I am so thankful for God's forgiveness and grace, but I can definitely see How far he has brought me and it is a GREAT feeling!:0) All glory goes to my Father!

                                                                
I ran my 1st 5K!

 

Mercedes 5k with Brittany Pelfrey and Toni Tucker

It would be our luck that there would be snow on the ground! But we toughed it out

official time: 29min 16sec

I also ran The Race for the Cure 5K last Oct

and a midnight run 5K in Cullman

I do not currenlty have pics from that

 1st medical Mission trip to Nicaragua

Elmo, Shey, Jody, Mark(behind me), and myself on our very long and HOT hike to/through the jungle

drawing water from the well for my MUCH needed bath!!!

Partner in crime:0)

Love Her!

Hunter and I on our medical "house calls"

I went Caving for the 1st time. a.k.a "Spelunking"

I loved it!

However, I was not a fan of these creatures...

 tried sushi...

didn't love it, didn't hate it

Learned to like spinach leaf salad

It's a big deal for me. Lettuce makes me gag!

taught myself to sew Children's clothes

minor detail... I went to jail:0/ .... LONG story

total misunderstanding, but nevertheless it was the first time

and it did happen

And last but not least...

I planned, decorated, and directed my first wedding ever for my very good friends

Cortney and Shane Phillips

I was pretty proud of the center pieces:0)

I'm going to take a second to brag...people were asking for my card...That's success in my book!

Candy table

inside the church at Tannehill

Sign in table

Thanks to a few YOUTUBE videos and this friend right here, We were able to pull off a beautiful wedding  for Cortney and Shane. It takes a real man to help you tie bows and arrange flowers on his saturday;0)

Unfortunately,my hair was suffering from the chaos of the day and the fact that I literally got dressed in <2min...but The wedding and Cortney were BEAUTIFUL and that is what matters!

Mr. and Mrs. Phillips

May God Bless your Marriage!!!!

All around a pretty great year

...And This Year I expect nothing Less!!!

21 Day fast

It has already started off to be a pretty great year. My church did a 21 day fast to start the new year off, as we are a new church and want it to glorify God in every aspect. I had never fasted that long before, so I was a little nervous, But I stuck with it and God blessed me for it. He took me to a new level spiritually. I have diligently prayed for Him to set me on Fire for Him. He has been so good and faithful to me. We are reading the One year Bible as a church and I am Loving it. I am looking forward to what God is going to do in my life this year.

I'm leading my First Small Group

Autumn and Myself are leading a girls cooking small group. This is kind of a big deal for me, as I do not naturally just Love to lead things. But Its not about staying in my comfort zone, So I push myself. I have really enjoyed it. Our group is growing and the girls really seem to like it. We get together every Monday night and cook a meal together. We have some domestic Divas in our group and some who can barely operate a microwave, so it is a lot of fun to teach each other and bring different things to the table (No pun intendeed;0) I have also enjoyed getting to know the girls I did not know very well and build relatonships with them. We are responsible for 1 local outreach project a month and 1 foreign mission project a quarter. More on that later, but our first local mission project is this saturday...praying it goes well!!!

Going to Uganda, Africa March 25 thru April 3

to work at Sonrise Baby Home-an orphanage in Jinja

READY FOR IT TO GET HERE!!!

On April 30th I plan to run my 1st Half Marathon with my friend Anna Richter

I know several other people who will be there running also...

Needless to say,It has already started out to be a pretty busy year and God has already blessed me beyond measure. I can't wait to see what He has in store for the rest of the year!