Day 302 - Sunday

We had guest speakers at our church today, Team Intense, who came all the way from Texas to share the gospel with families in our area!  They were such a blessing to our church and when the altar call was given the altar was flooded with adults and kids that wanted to give their lives to Jesus.  It was incredible!


Following the service, Donna and I had the opportunity to pray for Josh - the team leader - for healing in his body. We saw the Lord realign his spine both on the upper and lower half of his back. We prayed for a recreated hip that caused him no pain.  When we had finished praying, he was totally healed with no more pain in his hip or back or neck!  So amazing!

Day 301 - Saturday

Usually I don't post everyday because I am being willfully disobedient or just plain lazy... I am not sure which is worse!!!  This week, however, has just zapped me.  Last night I was so tired I just fell asleep on the couch and never even made it to the laptop.  Yesterday was an AmAzing day though!  I had nearly every minute of my day scheduled and accounted for yesterday, which is fairly uncommon for a Saturday.  After lunch my kids plus one extra and myself headed for Jerseyville to help a friend move.

When we arrived at her house, she nearly had everything unpacked and put away already.  We used the opportunity to catch up and just spend time with each other.  Her Mother in Law was also there and she mentioned that her back was sore from all of the moving.  From that point in the conversation I am not sure I heard another word anyone said. All I could think about was how I wanted to pray with her and see God heal her back. It took me awhile because I knew they belonged to a denomination that does not teach or really believe in healing.  By the end of our visit I couldn't help it and I asked if I could pray for her back.

She agreed!!!  She warned me however that she had a fusion in her back and it always hurt.  I replied that God was bigger than that, and so we prayed.  After praying for only a few short minutes, her pain was completely gone and she could bend over and reach and touch the floor!!!  GLORY TO GOD!  I thought I might explode out of my body!!!  My friend thought I would too! 

Day 300 - Friday

I got to have some quality one on one time today with the Lord when I headed to the mall.  I prayed on the way over there and was listening to worship music the whole time.I asked God what He was up to today.  I thought for sure that God was going to open up the door while I was shopping.  Nothing seemed to happen. 

When I got back into the car, I asked the Lord why I didn't have any opportunities to pray with people.  His response was that I was too self absorbed and I wasn't paying attention to what He was doing.  I was too wrapped up in finding a dress for Tiffany's wedding.

Day 299 - Thursday

My last client of the night was late... twenty minutes late.  There are few things I dislike more, however it was awesome because I wasn't in my normal rushed pace and I was able to take time and talk.  She brought up that she had started smoking cigarettes again and wanted to quit.  I was able to share with her how God had totally delivered me from smoking cigarettes.  I know it wasn't outright prayer for healing, but I knew I planted seeds about how good God is and what He can do for us if we let Him.

Day 298 - Wednesday

I love how when I go through something, God will turn around and use it to help someone else.  Tonight I got to pray with someone for the exact issue I had been learning to walk God's way on for the last few days.  Stress and Deadlines.  I seem to have a ton of them coming all at once and I began to feel the weight of them bearing down on me the last couple of weeks. 

The Lord has been teaching me about how I have a choice to be stressed and be like that boat tossed on the ocean or to command the waves and have that "peace be still!" kind of life.  I have felt like I was at that fork in the road on this issue several times over the last few days. 
Tonight a lady came up and asked for prayer because of stress and fatigue relating to her job and deadlines.  Incidentally, she is in the same field that I am going into.  The peace that came over her as the Lord began to touch her was astounding.  He must have lifted ten years of heaviness off of her tonight in just a few minutes.  It was beautiful!  I know both she and I will sleep well tonight!

Day 297 - Tuesday

One of the things I have been praying to see for awhile finally happened!  I have heard reports of people seeing miraculous weight loss on TV and in a couple of videos, but I wanted to see it for myself.  Last week Donna and I were ministering to a woman who had been trying to lose weight since 1993 and had been unable to lose more than five pounds and would always gain it back. 

We had talked about miraculous weight loss that night when she said she really needed to lose some weight for health reasons.  I shared with her that I had really wanted to see God help someone lose weight and why not her and why not tonight.

So Tuesday, she goes to the doctor for follow up on some other health issues and they weighed her.  She had lost ten pounds in a week!  Now this may not sound like a lot, but it was huge to me and to the woman.  She had tried for years to lose weight with diet after diet and different exercise routines and she worked very hard to stay healthy but nothing seemed to work.  She was ecstatic when the doctor told her she had lost weight!  I know it built her faith and mine!

Day 296 - Monday

Last week I prayed for God to open up the door and to place me in the internship where I would have the greatest effect for the kingdom of Heaven.  Within 24 hours I went from no open doors to three.  Today I went on my first interview: The US Attorney's Office. 

I GOT THE JOB!!!

It took them less than 30 minutes to decide and they called me this afternoon!  Thank You Jesus for Federal Influence!  I cannot wait to see what God does in that office! Lord, help me to be a light and be obedient to your call.  Help me to run this race well and finish even better! Thanks for your help, Jesus!

Day 295 - Sunday

Well, I finally got off of my butt today!!! I went shopping with my mom to pick out a suit for my internship interviews this week.  We hit the mall and I found the most beautiful suit... it looks fabulous!  Then my mom pointed out that I could really use a new purse.  She was right!

After scanning Macy's and realizing I wasn't going to spend 200$ for a purse, we left the mall and went to another store that I knew had designer shoes and other stuff for discount prices.  I found a super cute purse and headed to the check out.  I was standing in line when a lady from another lane announced she could take the next person.  I jumped out of my line and headed to hers.  While I was standing there and she was checking me out, I felt the "Holy Nudge".  I felt it so strong I couldn't figure out how to work the credit card swipe machine! :O)

After I ran my credit card through, I looked up and saw that she was wearing a giant sparkly cross.  That was all the courage I needed and out of my mouth blurted, "Can I pray for you?"

Then I explained a little that I liked to pray with people and asked if there was anything that she needed prayer for.  She said that she was a breast cancer survivor.  She agreed to let me pray with her.  I said a simple prayer and I left.  I know it is really simple but I finally got over myself and stepped out in faith!

Super Cute purse: 50.00$.  Praying with Krista in the checkout line: Priceless!

Day 294 - Saturday

This was a super lame day!  I didn't do anything... at all.  In fact, I was actually disappointed in myself for not doing anything for Him.  I did stuff... I just didn't bother to ask Him what He was doing.  If I am really honest, I didn't want to write last night because I was so disappointed in myself.  So I didn't.  It doesn't happen often where I willfully disobey what God has directed me to do.  I did last night.  I chose to go to bed without writing this.  I knew it was wrong and made God sad, but I did it anyway.  I dont' understand why I would do that?????

Day 293 - Fantastic Friday

Today was kind of a crazy day just trying to get a lot of things done.  I did get some alone time with the Lord though that was just absolutely amazing!  While I was hanging out with Him, He brought several people to my mind to pray for them.  Then this afternoon, I had 30 minutes of free time - a rarity!  I seized the opportunity, knowing that I would be up late tonight, I took a quick power nap. 

The whole time I was lying down, in that half awake/half asleep I was praying for people too.  4 or 5 different people.  I saw their faces and I touched them and they were healed in my dreams.  It is so cool that even when I sleep I am doing God's work!  This absolutely amazes me!

Day 292 - Thursday ... Ahhhhh, Sigh...

I can't say much about the miracle that I saw the Lord work tonight.  I got to participate in someone's emotional healing process through a technique that we use at our church called More Light.  It is an awesome technique where people learn how to hear the Lord for themselves and ask Him for His help in dealing with issues they are having in their lives.

Tonight the person we were helping with this had some major physical problems.  After talking to Jesus and asking Him where it started and why it was causing physical sickness, we saw God heal this woman.  He healed her not only of the physical issue she had but decades of painful memories were lifted off of her in about one hour's time!

I was so over filled with joy and peace and love I wasn't sure who got more blessed tonight -  the person we were praying with or me!!!!!

Day 291 - Wednesday - Quick Answers

I have been very stressed out lately about finding my internship placement for next semester.  It is the last thing I have to do before graduation.  I needed to have a tentative placement by next week and nothing seemed to be happening.  Yesterday at prayer I asked for Pastor and Donna and Peggy to pray with me that God would direct me to the right internship placement where I would be able to have the most influence for the Kingdom.  In fact I had been praying that in my heart for the last couple of days.

Well before noon today, I got three offers for interviews!  Two of the interviews are for jobs at the Federal level!  How awesome is our GOD!

Day 290 - Tuesday

Today I got a text:  "Are you on campus?"  The answer happened to be, no.  I was at work at the time but I replied asking what was going on.  She told me she was having unbelievable stomach pain and would have to cancel a class she was scheduled to teach in an hour and asked if we could pray.  (She isn't one of my professors but is a friend who teaches at the university - so it isn't as cool as it sounds! LOL)

Anyway, I called her and we began talking about the awesome things the Lord has done and how amazing He is and before we knew it her pain was completely gone!  We hadn't even prayed! God is so AWESOME that His healing power and Word go out even when you are just talking about His goodness!

Day 289 - Monday

Tonight I went to the gym and as I was running laps around the indoor track and rocking out to some awesome Jesus Culture worship music I notice this guy limping.  I didn't notice him until I was really in the spirit.  Sorry if that is weird that I worship when I jog... but that is one of my favorite places to worship.  Plus, it makes running those laps soooooo much better! ( I am not one who loves to exercise! ) 

So one of the last running laps around the track I noticed this guys limp as I ran past him.  Immediately I thought, I am totally going to ask this guy if I can pray for him.  But I didn't lap him again.  He must have gotten off of the track or something.  So I prayed and I asked the Lord for opportunity.  The whole time I was lifting weights I was praying, "God please don't let me blow it if You give me the opportunity."  I felt in my heart for sure that God was going to give me an open door on this one.  I thought, "Well, maybe he will come over in the weight area?"  But he didn't. 

When I finished lifting, I decided to go and jog another mile before heading out.  When I got back on the track, there he was again!   So I jogged my way around the track.  Just as I was starting to catch up to him, he headed down the stairs and before I could reach the stairwell he was already beyond the turnstile.  I have to admit I was a tad bit disappointed.  Then I realized that he was walking out with a girl that I have several classes with.  So I began the plot to ask her on when I see her on Wednesday what his name is and why he had a limp and see if she can introduce us so that I can pray for him.  I know that God wants to heal him.  So I will wait and pray for the opportunity in the meantime!

Day 288 - Sunday

This morning I had every intention of booking it out of church as soon as Pastor closed the service.  I had overslept, waking up just two minute before I should have been walking out the door.  I had debated even going to church at all.  At the end of the service I went around back to tell Donna bye and let her know I wasn't going to hang around and pray with people. 

I got back to my seat and started to pick up my stuff and as I turned around waiting for Pastor to dismiss us, I looked at his wife who was praying with a lady and I got the "Come here" look.  So I went.  My friend Jacque came up too and we prayed for this lady and she totally got touched by God.  He took her migraine headache completely away as well as taking all of the pain out of her back and neck.  We say her feet come into alignment and she said that the bulging disc she had been diagnosed with no longer hurt!  GLORY TO GOD! 

And to think that I was going to run out on the best part of His party this morning!!!!

Day 287 - Saturday

Yeah... I had every intention of doing nothing and just wallowing in my sickness all day today with the hope of doing absolutely NOTHING.  Well that lasted about ten minutes after I woke up.  Figures! LOL

Donna called about ten minutes after I gained conciousness from my lovely sinus medicine induced coma.  She starts the conversation with a sense of urgency and "We NEED to pray!" 

So despite my own desire to be selfish and hid from the world by being sick... it didn't work!  I am glad it didn't work.  I am glad God doesn't leave me in my selfishness and self-centeredness.  We prayed for a guy who goes to our church who was in the hospital, having had a stroke.  Incidentally, he made it out of the hospital and was at church today!  Glory to GOD!

I also got my house clean and my Mom still made homemade chicken noodle soup for me!

Day 286 - Friday

This afternoon while I was walking my dogs ( Spike and Maddie ) my nose started to run.  By the time I got back home I had a full blown allergy attack going on.  Now by its very nature comes from the enemy.  I know sickness and disease have no place in my body.  I know that I have all authority from Heaven to kick this stuff to the curb.

Rather than start praying over my body and speaking to it like I normally do, I thought to myself... Hmmmmm, we don't have anything going on this weekend.  Hmmmmm, it would be nice to have a little break.  Hmmmmmm, I think I will just keep this whatever this is.

I know that is so lame, right?!?!?!?!  Didn't even pray over myself.  Popped a pill and now I am sitting in bed, telling the world how completely faithless I can be and getting ready to read my Bible and hopefully some quiet time with the Lord, followed by a movie while I fall asleep.  Sounds pretty nice, doesn't it?  It does to me too! I guess I will be well tomorrow!  Good Night!

Look I figured out how to use the add a picture feature! LOL

Day 285 - Thursday

Ok, I am going to kind of do this backward, especially since I was pretty much just too lazy/tired to write last night.  I am sorry, God. 

Last night I had a dream about people I know but have never really dreamt about before.  They attend my church, but I don't really socialize with them outside of church.  Anyway, the dream was weird and I didn't really understand all of it when I woke up.  So when I got to Donna's this morning and shared the dream with her she suggested that I ask the Lord what it meant.  So I did.

Do you know what He said???  He told me that He was trying to get me to pray for them when they came up the afternoon before while I was at lunch with a friend.  He let me know in His not-so-subtle way that I wasn't listening to what He was saying that day at all.  So He used a weird dream to get my attention.

Now I know this may sound weird, but I have been a dreamer all of my life... and it seems to be a pattern that when I am not listening while I am awake, He will talk to me in my sleep, trying to get through my thick wall of busy-ness.  Sometimes I find that I am not talking to Him so much to find out what He wants and what He is doing but rather telling Him what I want and what I am doing.  Maybe that is why I haven't been listening. 

Lord, help me to be a better listener.

Day 284 - Wednesday

Every morning after I drop my kids off at school I call my friend Donna and we talk while I am driving to wherever it is that I am going.  This morning it happened to be back home so that I could go for a run and study and eat all of this protein laden food that I am choking down in order to fit into the dress for my best friend's wedding.  Anyway... my new diet is not the point... Donna immediately said that she was having back problems and asked if I would pray for her. 

As we started to pray I asked her if her back could be out of alignment.  She said she didn't think it was, because that very rarely happened.  I asked her to sit in a chair in her living room anyway and check.  Remember we were doing this over the phone so I couldn't see what was going on at all.  She checked them and sure enough, one of her legs was showing longer than the other.  We prayed.  They realigned and the pain left completely.  It took less than 3 minutes and God had totally restored her! I love how He loves us.  That even with only a few moments of pain, He is always willing to take the pain away.

Day 283 - Tuesday

For the last few days my friend's grandfather has been in ICU and had opted not to have surgery to implant a pacemaker.  He is a Christian and is ready to go home whenever the time comes.  The doctors had advised strongly against it and felt that he would not live with out the pacemaker.  My friend and I had been praying for him, I am sure she was more than me. 

Today we met at the church for corporate prayer and just said a simple prayer for him asking for God's will to be done in his body.  Within just a few hours I got a text letting me know that her grandfather was now completely fine and they were releasing him from the hospital!  Glory to God!  So awesome and what an amazing testimony!  I hope her grandpa doesn't mind that God has more work for him to do here!

Day 282 - Monday

Ok, so I didn't pray for anyone today, and I don't see much point in writing tonight, but I am anyway.  As I write this, I am on the phone with my friend Hugh.  And I shared with him the first sentence that I had !  written.  His response was that I could pray for him and then I could write about how I prayed with someone who was in desperate need of prayer.  I asked him in jocular tone, "Hugh, are you in desperate need of prayer?"  He replied, "Well I will always take prayer, but I was really just trying to help out your blog!"  LOL

So we prayed... I am counting it!  :O)

Day 281 - Sunday

I am going to keep this one short and sweet... studying is getting the better of me tonight.

Tonight Donna and I got to pray with a lady at church for healing for her allergies.  Within a matter of minutes she could breathe better and the pressure had been relieved.  Her eyes were still bloodshot with irritation but I fully believe that they will be good by the time she wakes up in the morning.

Day 280 - Saturday - My heroine, Missy!

All day long today I am asking, "God, what are you doing, now?" "God what are you doing, now?" I totally let my friend Don's stepdad's hernia go by.  Sure I thought about offering to pray for him, after all he has had it for more than twenty years.  But I let it go by. 

Tonight I am at dinner with a group of friends celebrating Kara's birthday.  From almost the moment we got there our waitress was crabby.  After a her second or third time at our table I realized she was in pain and that is why she was crabby.  So I started praying and asking the Lord what He was doing.  I started praying and asking for an opportunity to pray with her.  I prayed off and on throughout our meal. At the end of the night, almost all of the other people in the restaurant were gone and we were just waiting for our waitress to return with our credit cards and receipts.  I thought here is my opportunity! And then the moment passed...

We headed out to the elevator to leave and as we all got on the elevator someone asked where Missy was.  I turned around and there she was praying with a man who was missing both of his legs and he was blind!  When she finished praying the other ladies with him asked for prayer as well.  IT was SO INCREDIBLE! 
Missy's boldness was phenomenal!  I am praying that my love for people will surpass my fear all the time every time.  That I will always be bold like Missy and step out in faith and pray for others no matter where I am. What a sweetheart she has and how awesome that her heart definitely showed Christ's love and goodness toward those people tonight!

Day 279 - Friday

Baseball in St Louis is a big deal.  I am sure there were thousands of people biting their lips and praying tonight for our Redbirds.  We Won!  See prayer works!  :O)

This morning I had the opportunity to pray with a lady that goes to my church.  She has recently stepped into an awesome evangelistic experience where she has had opportunities and boldness to pray with people in stores and parking lots and I got the opportunity to be a blessing to her!

Oh and then there is the fact that I used to party with her son.  We used to get wasted in her basement.  I didn't remember her at all... but fast forward 20 years and now I am getting to pray with her.  How awesome is God that He will take the ones who were such a mess and use them for His glory!

Day 278 - Thursday

Today was awesome! I love how the Lord brings people in your life in one season so that you can plant seeds and then some time later you run in to them again only to get the opportunity to have an even bigger impact!  A young lady that I had had as a client a couple years ago at the salon showed up in our Diversion program tonight.  Before I got to be a light in her life and now I get to be someone that she can look up to and hopefully I will get to share with her how to live a different lifestyle. 

It is also homecoming week in my hometown this week.  I happened to be super busy.  My last client of the night came in with knee and hip pain from an injury during dance class.  When I was finishing up with her appointment I asked her if it would be alright if I prayed with her for her knee and her hip.  She agreed and within just a few seconds God touched her body and healed both and the pain was completely gone!  YAY GOD!!! So Awesome!  I thank God that He has equipped me both with the knowledge and the faith to walk out the things that He has planned for me.  :O)

Day 277 - Wednesday

Today I had coffee with a girl who has volunteered with one of the campus Christian ministry groups at the school I go to for the last couple years.  I met her a couple years ago at Applebees where she works.  One of her coworkers happened to go to church with my friend and I and he ended up introducing us to this wonderful young lady.  My friend and I got to minister to her about the Lord for over an hour that night and it was really and truly incredible. 

Last week she called me to talk about the campus ministry and asked if we could get together.  So today we met up and she shared with me what was going on with the organization and with her.  It was really cool.  She asked me a question though that has been running through my mind all afternoon.  She asked if I felt the secular and almost anti-Christian vibe that permeates our campus was a hindrance.  I immediately answered in the negative and shared with her a few of the opportunities that I have had to pray with people on campus and how open they actually were to it.  In fact one of my professors, the head of the department in fact, is a self proclaimed atheist.  He knows I am one of those weird flaming Christians.  We get along great!

So I have been thinking all afternoon... why is it that people feel our campus is somewhat closed to Christianity?  Is it because we haven't tried?  Have we not reached out to the people around us who are hurting?  The Bible asks the question, how will people hear if they do not have someone to teach them?  Is the secular atmosphere that some feel is so pervasive because we stand by and do nothing?  I don't think that unbelievers or the devil or whatever is all that powerful, certainly not more powerful than the Almighty God so it can't be their fault.  There is really only one answer left...
God help me to be bold.  Help me to have courage to share Your love.  Open up my eyes to see and ears to hear who needs a touch from You.  Help me to be Your hands and Your feet and Your mouth piece.  Reinhard Bonnke said that the Lord told him "My word in your mouth is just as powerful as My Word in My Mouth."

Day 276 - Tuesday

This afternoon at lunch, Donna and  I were talking with another one of the ladies who had joined us at Bread Co when we both saw a lady with braces on both of her ankles. They were like the black flexible material.  We both saw her at the same time, I lost my train of thought and stopped talking and looked at Donna.  I kind of wanted her to say she would go with me... She didn't.  So I didn't either.

I guess the question that runs in my head and will stop me from moving forward is whether or not they will get healed or not.  I would rather not think about the "not".  I know it is always God's will to heal, but sometimes I wonder if He will really do it when I ask.  Yes, I know that the Word says He will.  But what about the ones that don't get healed? 

A lady earlier this week who had total hearing loss in one ear.  We prayed for her and nothing happened.  We prayed again and nothing happened.  And again nothing happened!  I know God wanted to heal her, just like He wants to heal everyone...but what do you do in that awkward moment after the instant healing doesn't happen?

Since that happens often, I have experienced that many times I always feel like I am offering platitudes when it doesn't happen right away... "Well, you might realize you feel better or your hearing returns by the time you get home, or when you get up in the morning or..."  I think it is as frustrating for me as it is for the individual who didn't get their instantaneous miracle.

Day 275 - Monday

     You never know who you will impact with just a simple word of encouragement.  This afternoon I was trolling Facebook and I saw an acquaintance posted something that really sounded like they were really struggling.  I made a simple comment about putting one foot in front of the other and walking forward. 

     Within just a couple of minutes she sent me a chat box and began sharing with me what was going on.  I got the opportunity to pray with her.  It was so awesome!  I got to impart hope to her and share God's goodness with her and pray that God would show her how much He cared for her in a tangible way. 

      I can't wait to hear how God moves in her situation!

Day 274 - Sunday

One of the coolest things about walking with God is when things happen or you do something without really thinking, "Is this what God wants me to do?" and you find out later you were completely doing exactly what He wanted you to and when!

   This morning during the church service our Pastor began to preach exactly what Jacque and I had been talking with her coworkers about the night before.  My friend had had a dream about the legacy that her grandparents had worked to give her and her family and the impact that it was having now.  How God was working and all of the amazing things that He was doing.  We both get to church this morning and that was the sermon that Pastor Greg was preaching, "Legacy".  God is so awesome!  It was like He had eavesdropped our whole conversation the night before and whispered it into our pastor's ear this morning.  :o)

    Tonight, I got to see some really cool miracle stuff :O)  Gotta love the technical terms, eh?!?!  I got to church super late tonight, which I DO NOT like doing.  My sister was in town and we decided to take the kids to pick apples and pumpkins.  That sounded brilliant at first, but we didn't get out of the house til 2:30pm.  By the time we got back to the car it was 5:50pm.  Service starts at 6.  I REALLY dislike being late, but I knew that worship would still be going by the time I got there and decided to go anyway because most of God's party is better than no God party.  

    I rolled in with 3 songs to spare!  About halfway through the second one, I heard "Neck".  I dismissed it entirely and went back to worship, but it kept nagging at me.  (Totally didn't think it was God, I had only been in the service about 7 minutes, there is no way that I could have heard Him already, right?)  So when worship ends, Pastor calls for ministry team to come up there and then he says he wants us to call out any words of knowledge.  All of a sudden the microphone is shoved in my face - by my wonderful spiritual mom.  I politely decline... "ummmmm, no I'm good."  She says, "Well, you have a word don't you?  Then say it."  "I don't think so... I don't think it's from God... I don't.... I don't...uhhhhhh"  Her response was, "If it wasn't from God then how would I know you had one?"  Man, she got me there!

     Just as I was about to open my mouth, another member of the team at the other end gave a word and I thought, "Sweet!  I am SAVED!"  Wrong answer... Somehow very quickly that microphone was shoved back in my face.  I started to choke, I totally didn't think I could do it and then Donna told me I better just spit it out.  The words almost got stuck in my throat.  I could barely squeak them out.  I did it though...  and then the waiting to see if I really had heard from the Lord. 

      Sure enough, I ended up praying with three different people that were having pain in their necks and headaches.  It was so awesome.  When the first one came up, it was all I could do to not cry as I was telling the Lord I was sorry for being afraid and not trusting that it was Him that was talking to me.  I am so grateful that He loves me and that He is so patient with all of my faults and doubts and misgivings.  I am so glad that He loves me!

Day 273 - Saturday

This morning I went to take my law school entrance exam and I ran into a guy I had prayed for at school earlier this year.  I didn't get a chance to talk with him and ask him how he was doing but he looked really good!  Yay God!

Tonight I went to my friend Jacque's birthday party and we sat around the bonfire telling God stories with her coworkers.  How awesome is that!  I really wanted to pray with her, but I didn't feel like it was the right time.  We definitely planted some seeds though, I know that much!

And by the way, my daughter, Meg, got her first successful spike over the net tonight while we were playing volleyball! :O)