Missing my sister...

I am looking forward to feeling good again so I can spend some time with my sister!!! Bronchitis has had me down........but I am on my way to full recovery.

First you see Charlene with a couple of suspicious looking fellows.....

and next, she and I are posing in front of Quinceanera dresses in a store window.

Inauguration Day

Transition of Power.










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An Historical Day.

Because I Love Her.......

I made her…she is different. She’s unique.
With love I formed her in her mother’s womb.
I fashioned her with great joy.
I remember with great pleasure the day I created her.
(Psalm 139:13-16)

I love her smile. I love her ways. I love to hear her laugh.
And the silly things she says and does.
She brings me great pleasure.
This is how I made her.
(Psalm 139:17)

I made her pretty and not beautiful.
Because I knew her heart.
And how she would be vain….
I wanted her to search her heart
and learn that it would be Me in her
that would make her beautiful…
because I knew her heart
and that it would be Me in her
that would draw friends to her
(1 Peter 3:3-5)

I made her in such a way…
that she would need me.
I made her a little more lonesome
than she would like to be….
only because I need for her to lean and depend on me…
I know her heart.
I know if I had not made her like this
she would go her own chosen way
And forget Me…her Creator.
(Psalm 62:5-8)

I have given her many good and happy things…
Because I love her.
because I love her I have seen her broken heart…
and the tears she cried alone, I have cried with her.
and had a broken heart too.
(Psalm 56:8)

Many times she has stumbled and fallen alone,
only because she would not hold My hand.
So many lessons she’s learned the hard way.
because she would not listen to My voice.
(Isaiah 53:6)

I have to reshape and remold her…
To renew her to what I had planned for her to be.
It has not been easy for her or for Me.
(Jeremiah 29:11)

I want her to be conformed to My image…
This high goal I have set for her,
Because I love her.
(Ephesians 4:23*24)

Prayer Partners....Barb, Vivian, Debbie

These are some of my prayer partners.......women who cover the Tuesday Night Bible Study in prayer. These women I love and appreciate!!! Jennifer Kennedy Dean says: "Prayer is the most aggressive, pro-active, offensive, invasive action one can take in any situation. Prayer reaches into the spiritual realm and accesses all the power of heaven for the circumstances of earth." Check out Jennifer's Website www.prayinglife.org
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Cor. 10:4-5).

Some of the Tuesday Night Women...Anita, Barbara, Cindy, Beth and DeeDee. Next week, Lesson 11..."The Spirit Filled Life", Week 12.."The Personal Devotional Life" and then a wrap-up and an intro of our new study "A Woman of Purpose"..which will begin on February 10th. If you have missed any sessions..........not too late to join us, you can jump back in any time! Bring a friend! There is always something good to eat.....a time of Worship.....a time in the Word and Discussion and Prayer. A home Bible Study where you will be loved and where you may experience personal revival! Come and grow with us!!! "One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple." Psalm 27:4

There he is....that gorgeous man of mine!!! He is such a great guy.....besides being so adorable, he is a man of faith, a man of integrity and character, a man with a servant's heart, so full of fun, likeable as well as lovable, hard working and generous......a very good family man! In my opinion, a prince of a guy! I may be biased, but it wouldn't be hard to find others who agree with me!!!! Sure do love that guy!

So hard to say good bye............after a wonderful time with James, Jayme, Shannon and Christa!!! I wanted to say..."Don't leave! Don't leave!" But the time came.....and car was packed to the max.... and they readied to take off. It was a trip full of memory making for them......after Christmas in Fresno. off to Cloverdale to be with James' family....then on to Nevada with more family.......and finally home to Ogden, Utah after their long journey! Thank you Lord for our time with them.........and their safety home!!

MANHATTAN EXPRESS ROLLER COASTER
New York - New York Hotel & Casino’s Manhattan Express™
4,777 feet of track
Maximum height of 230 feet
Drops of 144 feet
Speeds up to 67 mph

Here are Shannon & Christa experiencing the thrilling force of negative g’s! Simulating a barrel-roll in a fighter, it rolls 180 degrees, hangs 86 feet in the air, then dives back under itself - promising dizzying excitement and white knuckle thrills!!!!

On their way to Fresno for Christmas, the kids spent two nights in Las Vegas....Shannon & Christa had a blast at New York New York on the Roller Coaster!!! First question after ride ended..."may we go again?"