FUEL

Our FUEL student leaders met in July for a sandcastle building contest.

The boys had more fun destroying the creations.

little "g" god

So I woke up, took the trash out, poured a cup of coffee then checked FB and opened this blog post.
It's official the computer has become my devotions, my go-to, perhaps if I dare say it: my god.
So with that said I will be signing off and not getting on this blasted computer until other things have been done.
Like time in God's Word,
or
laundry or maybe the packing I have been putting off.
We leave in 2 days and I have so much to do.
Have you taken care of your priorities today?
Have a great day!

Above All Else Love One Another

Two of the most controversial things regarding my kids are the fact that my oldest is having a baby and that my youngest likes Kurt Cobain. Crazy I know because some of you have no idea why these two things would be controversial but they are.
I love the church. And when I say the church I mean the group of people I know who call themselves Christ followers, the actual people who make up "my" Sunday building, well those people I'm not always crazy about. Yeah I said it, I'd rather be with my church friends with a variety of backgrounds then the ones I sit next to on a Sunday; not that they are not nice people, or kind or loving, just a large group of them have turned me off to their Christianity.

See my son who is having a baby at 16 has been criticised more for the "ruining" of his best friends life than being loved on. As a matter of fact among his peers he has been more shunned than anything- I think they, in their immaturity, don't know what to say. I think they are faced with a direct result of "doing something they're not suppose to do" and it scares them. For me, it's not the kids, it's the adults- I've been amazed at what's been said to him, to me and behind out backs. If you can't tell this is an area I am lifting up in prayer cause if I don't my heart will turn bitter and I'm not game for that. I just am amazed at adults who speak down to students in a manner that is not uplifting and is just plain mean- I can only imagine fr them it's hard to "get" other people's issue when you don't look at your own.

Next is Nirvana. Kurt Cobain to be exact. Apparently in some circles this band is the devil. My 14 year old gets slammed more often than you would think for liking this band. Ummm... anyone who came of age in the early 90's please stand up, didn't we all listen to them?!

So this morning as I get ready for work I am reminding myself that other people's judgmental statements and actions that hurt are just trivial things on this temporary planet. I must pray for those very people who persecute, speak mean, ignore and judge not only me but my family as well.

And for the record I wanted to let those who read this know I am super, excited to have a grandbaby- blessed the Lord is giving me one while I am young and can run, jump, crawl and keep up with a little one. Some people don't get that.

and

to let you all know that I not only listened to Nirvana but had a small crush on Kurt Cobain.

Judge me how you may.

Detroit

Each time I return from a mission trip I have tons of things to say and share, yet when I sit down to blog I just don't seem to do the trip any justice and so I end up not posting or posting something I'm not real crazy about.

So this year I've summed up a typical day in Detroit.
-Wake up and eat breakfast.
-2 hours of devotions, on our own and then a group discussion.
-2 hours of prayer walking- this is where we head to Cass Corridor and pray with the homeless, get to know them.
-"Home" for lunch
-Big A pick up. I love to drive the van and pick up the kids for our Big A afternoon program. We visit 3 different housing projects and this year picked up over 80 kids.
-Afternoon of Big A- games, crafts, Bible teaching, basketball- fun!
-Big A drop off- again one of my favorite times.
-"Home" for clean-up and dinner.
-A group each evening would skip out of Big A early and take part in feeding the homeless at the Detroit Rescue Mission.
-After dinner we'd prep for the next day of Big A, gather for "Stories of the Day" and finally to bed by midnight, usually later for adults

So for now that's the summary.
Life's been busy, I've been working a bunch and school starts soon.
I am still working on some end of summer activity, we've done none this year, not even an invite from friends to do a single thing- way to go friends!

Happy day!