YWAM: The Vision of the Fish, and Our New Brother

YWAM: The Vision of the Fish, and Our New Brother: "One of our 'jobs' here is called Treasure Hunting. Every tuesday some of us on campus meet up, intercede with God, and set out down to the s..."

YWAM: Top Banana and a Bandana

YWAM: Top Banana and a Bandana: "Friday we had no class. Instead we tied bandanas around our heads and headed to the back of the campus near the banana trees and pulled weed..."

Something I learned today...

I solve problems. It's the Engineers motto. However, I've found the upper limit of my capacity to solve problems.

Patrick and Barb were severely injured in the Haiti earthquake. We visited them about a month after the quake. I wanted to lay down all that I have to do (kids, house, work, groceries...) and go take care of Patrick and Barb. I thought if I could just be there for them it'd make it all go away.

I see friends making decisions that don't reflect my choices and I become frustrated. I can't jump in and fix it. I didn't make the bed, I cannot lay in it.

Reality sunk in this week when I realized I cannot change many things in my life. However I can beseech God who created the heavens and the earth and raised Jesus from the dead to intervene on behalf of those who love Him. (2 Chronicles 16:9).

That's what I get to do. That is how I can help. It's not by might, it's not by power but by His spirit.

Tribute to Clay

Tribute to Clay

Update

Clay died this morning.

There is much love lost with his passing.

He's no longer in pain.

Pray for Joyce and CJ.

Today is November 3, 2009, will you pray?

Dear Friends,

My dad's close friend has pancreatic cancer. His young son, CJ, wants to cast all his cares upon God for he cares for us. He wants the cancer gone. He wants his daddy to not have pain. Please pray for God's healing hand to totally heal Clay. CJ and his mom, Joyce, need help. Please pray for God to help them. He doesn't help those who help themselves. He helps because that is who he is.

Psalm 55:22 (New International Version)
²² Cast your cares on the LORD
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall.


Love,

Kanani

Black Cherry IBC and Sand

The very idea. Giving a 7 yo black cherry soda for his birthday. The nerve of some mothers; they're obviously rich beyond compare such that the idea of ever cleaning up after such a gift would cause so much trouble would never cross their minds. How dare them.

Really, I'm glad for the gift. It's a mixed blessing, you see, I don't like cherry flavored drinks - unless it's cherry coke (with caffeine that I'm not supposed to have!) or a cherry blo-pop. Why don't those set me off? I guess black cherry IBC is better chilled! However, all my kids like the black cherry IBC flavor. That's the other side of the blessing, M gets to share. It's really fun to watch him do what he's been taught to do. He does it very well and quite naturally. So as they are sharing, S who is always unsettled in his chair at the table, does a 360 with his cup in his hand. There you have it. The source of my new carpet stain. A really rich mom would've had the kids drink it out on the brand new deck, but apparently I'm not that smart.

So, how is all this a real blessing you ask? I have a routine for carpet stains which is why my carpet isn't more stained than it is. It involves a hoover mini-vac that pretty much inhales just about everything in it's path. It's famous. I have friends who borrow it just for special occasions. Well, I worked long and hard on this stain - did I mention that it was black cherry IBC stain on my carpet? I worked on it twice. It may be time for professional help. I digress. When I emptied out this awesome mini-vac which had worked for a very long time on these stains There must have been an entire cup of sand.

We live on beachy sandy soil so sand in the house is a given. But this was ridiculous. How could I clean this area and collect an overflowing cup of sand? Well, apparently this is an overlooked area of my house. It's kinda gross, really. And I use RESOLVE (You know the commercial I'm thinking of right?!) But that's not all. Tonight I picked up the living room specifically so I could vacuum after all the kids had gone to bed - I hate vacuuming in the day time, I have no idea why. I took special care to vacuum the aforementioned area. Again, I picked up an overflowing cup (I really didn't go to the effort to measure it exactly) in my wonderful spectacular fantastic Bissell Healthy Home Vac. If I thought you'd read it, I'd tell you more about my vacuum and how I decided to get it. Suffice it to say, a dear friend bought one, recommended it with caveats and now I own one.

So, to all my friends who've visited before, I'm sorry. I had no idea there really could be that much sand in one area. Guess I'll have to vacuum that every day like Danny says.

For the record, M even shared a root beer with me.