This is an Chinese candle it is very cool.

Last night we got to go and eat dinner with a local lady that works with us and her family. It was nice to see where she lived and meet her family. I will post pictures at a later time. Her father in law played a trodisanel insterment that sound amazing. It had one string and a bow which was attached.

We are getting ready for Chinese new years which is Sunday. Every one get next week off alot of the volinteers are traveling. My roommates and i might go and spend the night in Beijing and do some site seeing it should be fun.

I know this was just a bunch of rambling but it is just my thought I might go into details later.

This is some of my frist week in China. We had the teletubbies come and visit, had a dumpling party, talent show and a dubble brithday party for one of my roommates and a staff member. This was a very busy week.

The teletubbies came to visit they sang and dance

Takeout Lunch

Ethan and Annie with an Ayie

A goofy picture of me and Regean

Victora taking pictures.

Annie reading

My roommate Anneli and Khole just chilling.

Playroom

Snack time

Sorry but when I changed my email in messed up and i ended up having to copy and paste everything. The only problem is it didn't copy all the pictures so I will upload them slowly over time.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Lord's Prayer
I got this in an email a view years back and wanted to share it. This is kind of long sorry.
Our Father who art in Heaven
Yes?
Don't interrupt me, I'm praying
But you called me!
Called you No I didn't call you I'm praying
Our Father who art in Heaven
There you did it again
Did what
Called me you said "Our Father who art in Heaven" Well here I m. Whats on your mind?
But I didn't mean anything by it. I was just saying my prayers for the day I always say the Lord's Prayer It makes me feel good. Kind of like fulfilling duty.
Well all right. Go on
Okay, Hallowed be thy name.
Hold it right there what do you mean by that?
By what??
By Hallowed be thy name?
It means , it means....good grief, I don't know what it means. How in the world should I know? It's just part of the prayer. By the way what does it mean??
It means Honored, Holy, Wonderful
Hay that makes sense. I never thought about what "Hallowed" meant before thanks. Thy Kingdom come thy will be done , on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Do you really mean that
Sure why not?
What are you doing about it?
Doing? Why nothing, I guess. I just think it would be kind of neat if you get control, of everything down here Like you have up there. We are kinda in a mess down here you know?
Yes I know but have I got control of you?
Well I go to Church
That's not what I asked you. What about your bad temper? You've really got a problem there you know. And then there's the way you spend you money- all on yourself. And what about the books you read?
Now hold on just a minute! stop picking on me! I'm just as good as the rest of these people at church.
Excuse me. I thought you were praying for my will be done. If that is to happen, it will have to start with the ones who are praying for it. Like you--- for example.
Oh, all right. I guess I do have somethings now that you mention it, I could probably name some.
So could I
I haven't thought about it very much until now, but i really would like to cut out some of those things I would like you know to be free.
Good now we are getting somewhere We'll work together-- You and Me. I'm proud of you.
Look Lord, if you don't mind, I need to finish up here. This is taking a lot longer then it usually does. Give us this day our daily bread.
You need to cut the bread your over weight as it is....
Hay, wait a minute! What is this? Here I am doing my religious duty, and all of a sudden you break in and remind me of all my hang-ups.
Praying is a dangerous thing. You just might get what you ask for. Remember you called me.. and here I am. It's too late to stop now. Keep praying ( pause) Well go on.
I'm scared to.
Scared? Of what?
I know what you'll say
Try me
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us..
What about ...
See? I knew it? I knew you would bring that up! Why Lord she told lies about me. she never paid back the money she owes me. I've sworn to get even with her.
But- your prayer-- what about you prayer.
I didn't--- mean it.
Well at least you're honest. But it's quite a load caring around all that bitterness and resentment isn't it?
Yes but I will feel better as soon as I get even with her. Bot, have I got plans for her. She'll wish she had never been born.
No you won't feel better you'll feel worse revenge isn't sweet you know how unhappy you are-- well I can change that.
You can how?
Forgive..Then I can forgive you. And the hate and the sin, well not be yours but... You will have settled the problem as far as you are concerned.
Oh, you know, your right. You always are. And more then revenge, I want to be right with you... All right.. all right I forgive her.
There now! Wonderful How do you feel?
Hmmm. Well not so bad. Not bad at all. In fact pretty great you know I don't think I'll go to bed tight tonight I haven't been getting much sleep you know.
Yeah I know. But you're not though with your prayer are you? Go on.
Oh all right And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us for evil.
Good, Good I can do that. Just don't put yourself in a place where you can be tempted.
What do you mean by that?
You know what I mean
Yeah.. I know
Okay go ahead finish your prayer
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever Amen
Do you know what would bring me glory.. what would really make me happy??
No but I would like to know. I want to please you now. I've really mess of things. I want to truly follow you. I can see now how great that would be....How do I make you happy?
YOU JUST DID.Now doesn't that make you think and not just repeat a prayer because it sounds good???
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Saturday, May 9, 2009

What I am up to
I know I am not very good at this but my life is crazy. So I am going to Monettery June 27 to July 3. Yea I know I am crazy why would I try to do Mexico and China in one year but I have beeen wanting to go on this trip fora while. I am going to work with Back2back. They work with abandoned children. We will get to help with projects and play with the kids. I am very exated. Here's a picture of most of us going.As for China I am leaving late October. I am on the books for Nov. 1st. I have a meetingwith our Global Outreach paster on Wednesday for info. Please pray all goes well. I have add a chipin below if you would like to help. This will get me to China but I would also need monthly surport while there. I will be a volenter and not getting payed at all. If you would like to be a monthly sponser emial me your address and I will get you info. My email is afters@sbcglobal.net.In other news I have been following a blog of one of the Girls that we meet in China and it turns out she has two Brothers. To read there amazing storie go to http://wwwourchinagirl.blogspot.com/. This is a great family doing great things help them bring home Chance.
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Exciting News
***This was add from another blog but I only wanted one so I moved it It was oragally date March 21st.So I am going to start this blog with a life changing event. As most of you know I went to China in 2007 for 12 days. Well since being back all I wanted to do was go back and work in a foster home. Well I applied for a great foster home. Guess what I woke up to on Friday!! This is part of the email that was in my inbox.I wanted to let you know we reviewed your application and would be very excited if you could come and volunteer in our foster home. We would be especially excited for you to help with teaching in our pre-school, but you would also have plenty of time to cuddle and play with our infants. Thank you so much for your willingness and desire to come here to love our children. We believe you have a lot of special gifts that would be a blessing here, and we are touched by your heart for our children.As you can imagine I have been on cloud nine all weekend.Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Running the Race
I recived this poem in an email today and got me thinking about the race each one of us are running!!!
Overcomer
Lord, You know I'm pushing onto run this race
I fix my eyes on You in everything I face
even when my feelings say it isn't so
Your Truth that beats
inside my heart won't let me go
with every step of faith,
You strengthen me
along every mile of trust,
You're remaking me'

tho a trail of tears
mark the path that I've come
until in Your arms...
I'll continue to run
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Friday, January 4, 2008

Thougts from my quit time!!!!
For Christmas I received "Voices of the Faithful" Inspiring stories of courage from Christians serving around the world. It is one of those book that has a devotion for every day of the year. I wanted to share the story from yesterday. The story is from Kristee in South America.Rain is depended upon in the jungle. Without it, wells will dry up, crops will die and the temperature will continue to rise.I have become good at predicting the weather in the jungle. If it looks like rain, it won't rain. If it doesn't looks like rain, it will rain. When it does rain, if it last more then five minutes, it will rain for the rest of the day. If it stops before five minutes are over, it won't rain again until tomorrow.One Sunday as I sat under the tree where we had church, my thoughts turned to the rain, or more correctly, to the absence of rain. I then realized that in the 14 months that I had lived in the jungle, no church service had ever been canceled for rain. I felt God saying to me, Of course not. You meet under a tree. You can't have church if it's raining. I've got that detail under control.What an amazing realization! It had never occurred to me that we had good weather for church, but God had been taking care of it. I never bothered to pray about having good weather for church. Yet God already had it under control.When I think about what that means in the rest of my life, I am almost overwhelmed. God proves daily that He is ordering my steps and planing my days. If he takes the time to plan good weather for believers in the jungle who meet under a tree, won't He be planning my life and yours as well?That really hit home with me and my desire to go back to China. It helps remind me that God is in control. If he wants me there He will make the way and I have to wait on Him. He has it under control. It's like He is saying rest in me and let me take the lead in this.Sorry this one was so long hope you enjoyed!!
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Monday, December 31, 2007

New Apparment
As many of you know I have been busy moving into a new apartment and thought I would share some pictures!!
my bedroom
my bathroom Kitchen
the office
Livingroom
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Monday, December 10, 2007

My class
Here are some kids from my class! Boys playing with toys
Boys playing Fuss ball
Chilling with Movie
Two of the girls readingTuesday, December 4, 2007

Censering ourself!!!
I was watching Charlie Brown last night as thinking of how great it was that they were using Scripture the whole way though the movie and how they told the real Reasons for Christmas. How many times do we censer our self so that we don't hurt someones feeling. We live in the U.S.A that clams to have freedom of religion and yet we are way to quiet about our beliefs. While people in places like China have to be and yet they put them self and there family in danger to spread the Gospel. How much we take for grated. Ever one who claims to be a Christian sound be as out spoken about there believe as the characters on Charlie Brown. We Complain about all the censoring of the gospel but we do it our self just as much as other do.
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Monday, November 26, 2007

The best gift

On Sunday I asked my first grade class to draw pictures of the best gift they have ever received was. Most of the kids had a hard time because they couldn't think of what the best one was. I thought this was iconic because while we were in China one of the boys gave I believe Meredith a rubber band and told her it was the best gift he could give. I went to church think about the same thing what was the best gift I received was as I sat there I figured it out the best gift was the ability to go to church without having to have a passport.In China we met this guy who said that in China they are as free as a bird in a cage. Yes they can have there own religion but with limits and they have to keep it to themselves!! How blessed we are. And how easy it is to take for grated going to church. This is a picture of the church we went to in China the guild couldn't walk past the door because he is a Chinese resident and only people with foreign passports could go in !!
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

Some Thoughts

I was holding one of the babies at the School I work at and just was thinking how blessed she was to be here and healthy. This baby from China keep coming to mind. She has cleft lip and was so tiny. I start to cry I want to do more but don't know how. I miss the kids so much. I want to do God's will not my own but all I can think about is China and wondering what I am doing here? It is hard to know if this is God talking to me or just feeling right now. Please pray that God will show me very clearly what is his planes for me.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

What a team
It was truly amazing how God brought this group together as not only a team but also as friends. Being home and not seeing them everyday has been hard. I have really missed them. We have stayed in touch through emails and blogs. I did get a chance to hang out with Heather last night and had a great time. It is hard to believe that you can get so attached in just 12 days. I usually have a hard time getting attached but I guess when you spend 24 hours 7 days that would happens. I thank God for these friends!!!