2006

I must say that this year was a full one. So many wonderful things happened, like my nephew being born. God fufilled some amazing promises in Tehillah and in the lives of the people I love. I watched two of my closest friends get married, one of which I got the opportunity to type up her and her husband's vows for their wedding back in August, doing that was very special.

God brought a mighty mentor and apostle into my life that helped me through one of the toughest times of my life by simply telling me to "have joy no matter what" and giving me a hug. Who ever thought that a few words and a hug would be what I needed to find the strength to step into the new person God is creating me to be?

I've gained new friends and established stronger bonds with the longer standing ones. I've allowed my closest friends to see my weaknesses, to watch me cry, to not only see me when I was at my highest point, but when I was the most broken. Oddly enough, I learned this year that it's ok to be open and honest, not hiding the less admirable from those who love me most. I was always afraid to do that before.

I've learned to not fear the prophetic. I no longer find myself seeking for more of the prophetic in that idea and its form. I'm truly after God. Now, He just comes and speaks and I listen. It's amazing and shakes me every time. I have hopes and dreams like anyone else, but I find true fulfillment when I follow after God's leading. I dream of going to the nations, living my life with one purpose, to really KNOW God. I read the stories of Moses, David, Noah, Enoch, Adam and Eve, and the great men and women who knew God and instead of envying them I feel a deep burning in my spirit to KNOW Him. If I should pass away some day before Jesus comes, I want people who knew me to say I was a woman who KNEW God.

The Stillness

It's a Saturday night and it's just me and my five month old nephew. He's alseep and I can hear the fireplace crackling in the quiet house. It's nice. I enjoy these moments of peace.

My Favorite People

This semester has come to a close. It was actually a very rewarding one. I learned a ton in my financial accounting class. I met some really great people, one of them of whom I am still going to keep in touch with. My accounting professor is a Christian and so I hope to keep her as a mentor/advisor in the next years, because she is an excellent accountant and is working towards her masters. I will never forget her because she was the only teacher in my entire life who ever told me that I was smart. Funny, right?!


My sister, niece, and nephew are coming this week for the Christmas holiday. I'm so excited! I haven't seen my nephew in months. I enjoy it when my entire family gets to be together for Christmas and this year it will be perfect having everyone home. I bought my Dad's gift today. For some reason, he's my favorite to shop for. I went to Dick's sporting goods and spent a half hour trying to decide what he'd really want out of everything. That store is really great.


I've come up with some really great ideas for my Junior Highers' this next year. I think 2007 is going to be a truly rewarding year. I'm so excited to see what God will do. I'm feeling led to teach the "Foundations of Faith" again since I haven't taught that since 2005. I think it's important to know what we believe and why we believe it. The last time I taught the foundations of faith, the class really liked it a lot and some of them got baptized and some started seeking out the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues because of what they learned. I just hope that the ciriculum will go as well with this set of jr. highers as it did with the previous group. Every year the jr. highers win my heart. I'm so proud of them and watching them grow in the Lord is such a priviledge for me. I don't take a moment for granted when I am with them. There is something about this particular year that has deepened my passion for jr. high. I've had some of the strongest teenagers ever this year. Yet, it breaks my heart to see what they've had to endure to gain this inner strength. It broke my heart the day I heard one of the teen's dad died. I sit in that class and look at the faces of teens who either have one parent or no parents at all. Sometimes it takes everything in me not to cry when one of them talks about losing their mom or dad. I never tire of the sudden hugs from them and I never get tired of telling them how much I love them. I remember one day one of my former jr. higher's saying that I am like a mom to her sister (who is in my class now) who lost her mom not long ago. I looked at this precious young lady and I had to hold back the tears. I didn't know what to say. This year God has taught me to love. To truly love. To live in compassion. To teach in both love and compassion. My life has been so affected by them that I would do anything and everything for them. I truly enjoy hanging out with them and making them popcorn as we watch movies at my house or making them hot chocolate and cookies after we've played hide and seek out in the yard. They are like family. But, most of all, I love to share with them what God gives me. I get so excited to share with them a revelation or anything new that God speaks. I always want them to be the first to hear. It must be because whatever God shares with me is the closest things to my heart and all I want to do with the jr. highers is give them my heart. My prayers for them are always that they would have God's best. They are some of my favorite people.