Another year. A.K.A. Happy Birthday

It's really amazing that another year has just flown by and very quickly too!  I am officially 52 now...rofl.  Oh well, it's really just a number.  I didn't look a year older overnight.  Nothing really changed except the number.

Mel, Micky and I celebrated my birthday while camping up on Mt. Lassen at Chaos Crags Campground.  We really love it there.  The sound of the wind in the trees.  Chipmunks giving us heck because we won't feed them is one sound you never forget!  It's a great place to camp if you ever are up that way.  $12 a nite for absolute peace and quiet.  Air out your brain.  Read a book (or two, or three!).  Take a nap.  Take a walk.  Well, you get the picture. The picture below was taken on our trip last year!

I feel so very fortunate to have all of my immediate family living close by.  I love my grandbabies.  They are so stinkin cute!  Each and every one of them has their own wonderful personality and it is so very exciting to watch them grow up.
And today is the 4th of July.  Happy Birthday America!!!!

Time.........

It just doesn't seem possible that my oldest grandchild turned 9 yesterday.  How fast time has flown and I didn't even realize it.  Just because I am sitting on the side of the road doesn't mean that everything stops.
My first grand baby and I love her so very much.

She loved dancing in her ballerina costume... She loves the camera too!
She is growing into quite a beautiful young lady.  She has her own sense of style, flair and is very independent.  

And she still loves the camera.  No shyness in this girl!
I love you Miss B..  From the very fiber of my being and am so grateful to be your grammy.

And God said.

So after much praying and praying and praying and listening.  (Because truly there was lots of listening to hear what God has to say.) I can tell you I have decided to go on a mission trip the end of next year.  I am not sure where I will be going because God hasn't told me yet.  In my mind there are three possible places.  Nepal, Africa and Ecuador.
Soo......Please keep me in your prayers that I will be obedient to God's will in where I go.  That I will keep listening.
Believe me when I say that this was not a quick decision.  Oh my, oh my.  Not in a million years.  I have to come up with alot of money to pay for it.  Sort of freaks me out to be honest.  But I know I have a big God who does big things.  He will provide, of that I am sure.
God bless every one of you tonite.

Thank you Lord for making me listen to you.

I love you!

Saturdays Supplement

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

Matthew 25: 35-40

Have a wonderful Saturday!

An example of His love.

This has been a busy month so far.  Family illnesses, work, car trouble...blah, blah, blah.

My poor mother has been in the hospital for the last three weeks because her lift recliner turned on and she was unable to get out of it and it tossed her out onto her hard floor.  The last two weeks have been in rehab and we were hoping she would be able to come home soon.  She had a wound on her knee that would not stop seeping and bleeding.  They have now put a wound vacuum on it and it will stay there until it starts healing well.  So, she will be in the rehab hospital for a while longer.  Please keep her in your prayers!

Love you momma!

Work is crazy as usual.  Some days more than others.  I love my job. No, really I do!  I wouldn't trade what I do.  But I have to tell you that there are some days you meet someone who just touches your heart.  I met a young homeless man with brain disorders who is having some really tough times.  We finished up our interview and he said something to me that no one in my eleven years of work has ever said.  " Would you please pray for me now?"  I was floored and humbled by this and of course I said yes.  

BUT GOD....

So there in our little office I prayed for him.  

AND THEN...

He prayed for me.  He prayed for my coworkers. He thanked God for us being there for people like him.  HE THANKED GOD for allowing him to meet caring people.

Some days my job is so very awesome!

Thank you God for allowing me to meet this young man.

Thank you for letting me be an example of your love.

Please Lord, be with this young man....you know his needs.

He loves you.

I love you too!

Thank you for loving us.

Psalm 48:1 KJV

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

My family....

 With me are my niece, my daughter A, my daughter-in- law, my mother and my beautiful grand daughters.

Here we have my son-in-law  and my son R with my handsome grandson .

Struck a Nerve

Trying to figure out where to begin.  I have been reading so many blogs lately.  Most of them have been about adoption and orphans.  Those wonderful "Forever" families that so many children desperately need.  I have sat here at my computer and cried for you and cheered and prayed for you.  I keep you all in my prayers constantly.  I tell people  about your struggles and ask them to pray.
And struck a nerve...................................within myself.
No, adoption is not where I am heading.
But God.
He is trying to talk to me.  He has a plan for me.  I pray about it and talk to my friends about it.  And I keep listening.
Yes, I have argued that I am not the right person.  That I am not "Bible" smart (can't recite all the verses and such) but I love my God and I have his word.  I am 52 years old. (I know, lame excuse)  I am broke.:0(
Then today I was reading a friend's blog and saw
"God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called".  
OK Lord.
Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for not giving up on me.
Thank you for striking that nerve Lord.
And please, help me to understand what it is you are truly asking me to do.
(I have an idea, but will talk about that later on.)
M.