Hi Everyone,
I am typing for Ashley. We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties due to all of Ashley’s tinkering with the website (he admits this). We’ve had to amputate a leg, and we’ll be modifying/upgrading over the next month. We’ve have lots in store that we want to share, so keep checking in. For those of you who received email updates no longer will for the short term. We will inform you by email if that feature becomes available again.
Website Changes
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– March 30, 2009
3 Words I Can’t Resist
Can you guess which words I’m thinking of? No, it’s not I LOVE YOU. These 3 words come from my kids, namely, Samuel.
Mommy, I’m hungry.
I don’t know what it is about those words, but inwardly I am compelled to give him (and often Alabaster is included just because she wants to eat) something. It is as if something in me leaps to respond to this. I can be busy doing 5 different things at once, but when he says this, I am usually quick to respond. The simple request offered in faith/hope that mommy will give him something good (and hopefully tasty) to eat…
I can only imagine what this is like for God, our heavenly Father. I see through my own experience with Samuel that God doesn’t require us to have everything in our lives perfect before he will answer when we ask in faith or make us jump through religious hoops so that we will be healed. He won’t give me a stone when I ask for bread. If I can respond in this way to my son when he asks, how much more does God do that?
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– March 29, 2009
Stirring Video – Republic or Democracy?
http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment
My father sent this link to me recently. It is very stirring. Please have a look.
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– January 31, 2009
Growing in more ways than one
I am writing to update you and brag a little on how my husband is maturing in his role as the “woo-er” in the family. I hope he passes this wonderful trait and pattern on to Samuel for his future bride.
Our marriage’s start in romance declined a little after the honeymoon, partly due to the stuff of life, but that is the past. This year has been quite exceptional. Be inspired, men! Go and be chivalrous! Love! Jump over mountains and woo your bride again–just as Christ does for us.
I’ll just mention a few things that were exceptional to me. One morning as he rushed out the door to work, he handed me this note that said “Open Immediately”. With a grin, he ran out the door. I smirked and opened it to find:
TOP SECRET TRANSMISSION
Agent Karen Hawkxxx,
An enemy to the Romance Republic has infiltrated our ranks. You alone are our greatest hope to uncover the masquerade and restore the Republic.
Your assignment, if you choose to accept it (if the kids are in a good mood and the weather is halfway decent), is to meet at the rendezvous point in disguise as a mommy with 2 children. Your cover will be to eat a hamburger and let Sammy play on the playground where you will meet up with Agent XOXO at approximately 1200 hours. He will deliver “The Package”. The coordinates of the rendevous point are:
35.093414, -80.858454
(use google maps)
If you are unable to accept the assignment, please call headquarters at XXX-XXX-3901.
Warning: This message WILL NOT self destruct in 5 seconds.
It wasn’t for a special occasion, and we did end up eating a hamburger with the kids playing on the playground at the Burger King near his workplace. 
Alabaster fell asleep. I got a great little package of chocolates out of the deal, but it meant more than that to me. It was the fact that he took the time out to make my day special…
Take the time out today to be thankful for those around you as well as remembering how Jesus does little things in your life to make your day special. He loves you, you know.
God Bless,
Karen
P.S. You should look up those coordinates on Google Maps just for fun!
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– January 24, 2009
