Monday, May 14, 2012
Time Alone
As much traveling as we do, we could not remember the last time we had been away for multiple days as just the five of us. Honestly, I think it was last year in Hawaii & Japan.
Well, we had a special weekend together in Rosemary Beach, Florida. A great place with nothing to do! Just be together, read, beach, play board games & Bocci ball, AND RIDE BIKES!
We loved riding into town or just late night rides in the dark. Reminded us of getting around Takamatsu, Japan.
Make sure you get away with your immediate family just to enjoy each other, while you still remember how :-)
Well, we had a special weekend together in Rosemary Beach, Florida. A great place with nothing to do! Just be together, read, beach, play board games & Bocci ball, AND RIDE BIKES!
We loved riding into town or just late night rides in the dark. Reminded us of getting around Takamatsu, Japan.
Make sure you get away with your immediate family just to enjoy each other, while you still remember how :-)
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Celebrating First Communion in Chicago
Great visit to See Matthew Gibson, son of our good friends Dave and Kristyn, make his first communion. Matt is our son David's "little brother". 
Generous Giving Conference in Colorado Springs
What a great conference! If you ever hear of this Generous Giving group, CHECK IT OUT!
Generous Giving (GG) Has a simple mission TO ENCOURAGE GENEROSITY. They show testimonies & share videos of radical generosity & the joy it gives the GIVERS!
The world tells us we need MORE, we deserve better and that when we get more we will be happy. New shoes, nicer car, bigger house... He big lie is that All these things will give us happiness.
We all know these material THINGS won't make us happy. But the lies of the world are very seductive! They seem never ending.
So GG travels the country inspiring generosity. Counter-acting the world. Showing the truth as told in the book of Acts, "It is better to give than to receive."
We heard stories of Doctors that have decided to give away 75 % of their income and live on nurse wages.
Business owners that have given all their profits to charity & live on small salaries.
Young couples using their savings to bless another family that was trying to adopt. Other young people that make modest salaries but find ways to give away over half of it!
Plus fun stories of spontaneous generosity such as big tips for servers in need or even buying cars for needy widows!
It was just such joy & FUN to hear the heart stories of these givers. These radical stories stretched our comfort zones & inspired us to be a JOYFUL giver, as we are commanded in the Bible.
What is also sooooo cooool about GG is that they do NOT ask for any money! There is no way to give them money, even if you try. They are funded by an endowment that was set up years ago and provides all the funds needed to run the organization. So they encourage us to be generous to someone, but not them :)
I pray for each of you to know a greater joy of generosity. When we encounter Evil may we respond to it with generosity!! Generosity is the beginning of our surrender :-)
We also had a chance as a family to take a train to the top of Pikes Peak while we were in town 14,000 feet! Breathtaking in view and in lungs :-)
Pics below. I've been accused of taking Unabomber pictures. Jackie Ray is in training as my Juni - Bomber :)
Generous Giving (GG) Has a simple mission TO ENCOURAGE GENEROSITY. They show testimonies & share videos of radical generosity & the joy it gives the GIVERS!
The world tells us we need MORE, we deserve better and that when we get more we will be happy. New shoes, nicer car, bigger house... He big lie is that All these things will give us happiness.
We all know these material THINGS won't make us happy. But the lies of the world are very seductive! They seem never ending.
So GG travels the country inspiring generosity. Counter-acting the world. Showing the truth as told in the book of Acts, "It is better to give than to receive."
We heard stories of Doctors that have decided to give away 75 % of their income and live on nurse wages.
Business owners that have given all their profits to charity & live on small salaries.
Young couples using their savings to bless another family that was trying to adopt. Other young people that make modest salaries but find ways to give away over half of it!
Plus fun stories of spontaneous generosity such as big tips for servers in need or even buying cars for needy widows!
It was just such joy & FUN to hear the heart stories of these givers. These radical stories stretched our comfort zones & inspired us to be a JOYFUL giver, as we are commanded in the Bible.
What is also sooooo cooool about GG is that they do NOT ask for any money! There is no way to give them money, even if you try. They are funded by an endowment that was set up years ago and provides all the funds needed to run the organization. So they encourage us to be generous to someone, but not them :)
I pray for each of you to know a greater joy of generosity. When we encounter Evil may we respond to it with generosity!! Generosity is the beginning of our surrender :-)
We also had a chance as a family to take a train to the top of Pikes Peak while we were in town 14,000 feet! Breathtaking in view and in lungs :-)
Pics below. I've been accused of taking Unabomber pictures. Jackie Ray is in training as my Juni - Bomber :)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Did you know that IHOP is an Amazin\' Place!!!
Well this week our journey takes us to a place of SPIRITUAL CLARITY! What a joy!!!!
Our new friends Mark & Karen Anderson invited us to Kansas City to visit the largest prayer room on the world! The International House of Prayer, or IHOP as it is called.
They don't have pancakes but soooo much more. For the past 13 years there has been NON-STOP, LIVE worship taking place at this amazing prayer room.
It is so cool to watch how one band ends its set and another one takes the set, never stopping. Usually the lead singer steps off as his or her band continues to jam. Then the new singer sets up and works into a solo as the old band and new band change places one by one. Then the new singers solo explodes into a new orchestra as the new band kicks it in. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS!!!! sweet as!!!
Yesterday we learned that we are called to be CONTINUALLY IN God's PRESENCE. not just on Sunday. And not just for one hour each morning. Continually!! To do this we must be grounded in worship though out our day.
We know when we r in sync and when we r not. We r called to do this as individuals and as groups! Family, business, school, etc. The closer we get to this ideal the more we see God working in our lives. The further the more frustrated!
I highly suggest coming to IHOP in KC sometime. It's like a slice of heaven. The also have IHOPU which is a university in prayer and intercession. Really cool. Much like the University of the Nations we attended in Kona.
Ywam and IHOP r close friends as u can imagine!!
I've heard it described that heaven will be a place of constant worship. Didn't make much sense until last night when I was rocking in the prayer room just like I was at my favorite concert! But this concert never ends!!!
Imagine just jamming away to your favorite band, never getting tired or hungry, with God & all your family & friends! Now that's a party I want to be invited to!!!
Our new friends Mark & Karen Anderson invited us to Kansas City to visit the largest prayer room on the world! The International House of Prayer, or IHOP as it is called.
They don't have pancakes but soooo much more. For the past 13 years there has been NON-STOP, LIVE worship taking place at this amazing prayer room.
It is so cool to watch how one band ends its set and another one takes the set, never stopping. Usually the lead singer steps off as his or her band continues to jam. Then the new singer sets up and works into a solo as the old band and new band change places one by one. Then the new singers solo explodes into a new orchestra as the new band kicks it in. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS!!!! sweet as!!!
Yesterday we learned that we are called to be CONTINUALLY IN God's PRESENCE. not just on Sunday. And not just for one hour each morning. Continually!! To do this we must be grounded in worship though out our day.
We know when we r in sync and when we r not. We r called to do this as individuals and as groups! Family, business, school, etc. The closer we get to this ideal the more we see God working in our lives. The further the more frustrated!
I highly suggest coming to IHOP in KC sometime. It's like a slice of heaven. The also have IHOPU which is a university in prayer and intercession. Really cool. Much like the University of the Nations we attended in Kona.
Ywam and IHOP r close friends as u can imagine!!
I've heard it described that heaven will be a place of constant worship. Didn't make much sense until last night when I was rocking in the prayer room just like I was at my favorite concert! But this concert never ends!!!
Imagine just jamming away to your favorite band, never getting tired or hungry, with God & all your family & friends! Now that's a party I want to be invited to!!!
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