Grace knows the rules. It is very clear that she must rest/nap/read quietly in bed in order to go to home group. I especially felt this was important when going to a brand new place. She didn't follow the rules. She stayed up and whined and cried and yowled for 2 hours instead of resting.
Imagine her surprise when I left her home with Daddy!!
AJ tooks a GREAT nap, but I didn't think he'd go nicely by himself without his sister. So he played with his Daddy and didn't realize that he'd even been invited.
Next time, I bet Grace takes a nap.
Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Search For Significance
This is a study my church has started, using the book of the same title. I'm excited about the book and hoping to learn much from it! It's written by a Christian psychotherapist, and I suspect it will do my mental health a world of good. :)
Meanwhile, we're waiting to make our big "we're moving" announcement. We've let those in leadership at our church know, and i think we're going to make it public knowledge starting tonight at our home group. In a way, I'm afraid that we're backing out of a mission. In another way, I feel like we've done what we needed to do.
Terry and I have grown so much, spiritually and emotionally. I've watched Terry step into church leadership like he was born for it. I've seen him talk to coworkers about his faith and what Jesus means to him. I've watched him minister to other men at church in accountability groups. I've heard him witness to his family and I've seen him be a great soccer coach for Grace. I love him more than I ever have before, and I do believe that Utah helped make a good marriage fabulous. We've grown closer as a result of having to depend on each other, and we've supported each other in difficult moments.
I will miss our church dearly. But I miss my family, friends, and the ocean more.
Meanwhile, we're waiting to make our big "we're moving" announcement. We've let those in leadership at our church know, and i think we're going to make it public knowledge starting tonight at our home group. In a way, I'm afraid that we're backing out of a mission. In another way, I feel like we've done what we needed to do.
Terry and I have grown so much, spiritually and emotionally. I've watched Terry step into church leadership like he was born for it. I've seen him talk to coworkers about his faith and what Jesus means to him. I've watched him minister to other men at church in accountability groups. I've heard him witness to his family and I've seen him be a great soccer coach for Grace. I love him more than I ever have before, and I do believe that Utah helped make a good marriage fabulous. We've grown closer as a result of having to depend on each other, and we've supported each other in difficult moments.
I will miss our church dearly. But I miss my family, friends, and the ocean more.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Sad. . .
Terry and I have been reading a book called "Out of Mormonism". It's about a woman and her family (true story) who convert to LDS, are temple-worthy members for 7 years and then re-discover Jesus Christ and become evangelical Christians.
Her recollections regarding temple practices and beliefs about Lucifer being Jesus' brother are horrifying, and incredibly saddening to us. We hope to find more information about how to respond to the Mormon community. We don't want to just exist here, we want to be a light in this present darkness.
Her recollections regarding temple practices and beliefs about Lucifer being Jesus' brother are horrifying, and incredibly saddening to us. We hope to find more information about how to respond to the Mormon community. We don't want to just exist here, we want to be a light in this present darkness.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Harvest Party
Our church had its first-ever Harvest Party in our brand new building last night! I coordinated games and a friend coordinated the chili cook off. We were hoping for about 50 people if we were lucky. We ended up with OVER 300 people!!! It was amazing. The games for children went extremely well--they were simple, like bobbing for apples and rolling gourds to knock over pins, and throwing hoops over pumpkins. Our pastor played guitar on the hayride, driven by our other pastor, and we had horses to pet and a Team Extreme show (men who bent metal with their teeth, crushed soda cans on elbows, ripped phone books in half, etc.). It was so fun! I really enjoyed it.
Then--a volunteer commented that SHE could have done much more with the games. She does carnival-style games all the time. And HER husband's a DJ. He could have DJ'd for us. Plus bobbing for apples is horrible--there's some evil pagan ritual associated with it. I started to feel defensive and ended up just thanking her for volunteering to help.
As I thought about her comments, I realized some things. First, she may have been able to jazz up the games. She may have been able to coordinate everything. But she didn't. She didn't volunteer and pour all the work in to this event. She didn't tell us that her husband would volunteer his DJ services. Second, perhaps she's looking to feel needed. She needed to feel superior and judgmental, and I'm sorry for her. Thirdly, we had a VERY limited budget of less than $100 and we had a time frame of less than two months to pull this together. And did I mention we just moved to Utah 4 months ago? I hate when people just assume we know their talents.
However, in all, we truly could not have asked for a better evening.
Then--a volunteer commented that SHE could have done much more with the games. She does carnival-style games all the time. And HER husband's a DJ. He could have DJ'd for us. Plus bobbing for apples is horrible--there's some evil pagan ritual associated with it. I started to feel defensive and ended up just thanking her for volunteering to help.
As I thought about her comments, I realized some things. First, she may have been able to jazz up the games. She may have been able to coordinate everything. But she didn't. She didn't volunteer and pour all the work in to this event. She didn't tell us that her husband would volunteer his DJ services. Second, perhaps she's looking to feel needed. She needed to feel superior and judgmental, and I'm sorry for her. Thirdly, we had a VERY limited budget of less than $100 and we had a time frame of less than two months to pull this together. And did I mention we just moved to Utah 4 months ago? I hate when people just assume we know their talents.
However, in all, we truly could not have asked for a better evening.
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