It's Finally Friday!

Update on a few things on this end!

I want to give a shout out to Aunt Angi who actually WON TICKETS to Acquire the Fire event (BATTLECRY) for Andrew! Entering 25 times was apparently a GREAT idea! Whoot Whoot!! It looks to be an exciting and awesome day for Andrew and Eric. And they are going to be TIRED too!!! They have to be there at 7am to register and the event is over at 9:30pm. I'm debating on whether on not to let Andrew drive - we live so close and it would save on parking if I could just drop them off an pick them up. I'll probably take lunch up to them too since Conseco is waaayyy too expensive and when all those kids get to go to lunch everything downtown is going to be PACKED!!! So I might take their order and then take it up to them! BUT then again - with Michael at work that day it might be an awesome day for a road trip to go geocaching!!!

Work is finally getting better. Although I will probably go in this weekend to finish getting caught up, at least I can breath at work now. That is a huge blessing!

We had another great meeting for the next women's Great Banquet in a few months. Here is a tidbit that I came away with:

Through Christ - your debt of sin has been paid - Your debt has been canceled!
Through Christ - your slavery to sin has been broken - You are set free!
Through Christ - you are restored to your original Creator - You are a child of God!

Through Christ Alone we are who we are. Through Christ alone we serve and make Him known to the world around us.

It is only through Christ alone we have the strength to endure - the hope to live for and the peace that surpasses all understanding!! Amen!

Someone asked about the Great Banquet and what a weekend is like. I can tell you the purpose is to pull you out of the world for 72 hours. Thursday night until Sunday evening. No watches, no clocks. Just a room full of women (well, unless you go to a men's weekend then it is all men!) listening to talks, searching God's word for His will in your life! The talks are specific and meant to challenge and encourage us. The personal stories will uplift you and give you strength! The food is awesome (and lots of it too!!) - you will be cared for the entire weekend like you never knew. So many times we put others before ourselves and this is a time to pull away (yes, the family will be fine without you for 72 hours) and focus on YOU!!! Andrew broke his wrist on my Great Banquet weekend. Although Michael was frazzled, he was fine - they both were!! I'm blessed to have had a wonderful experience and I pray that God uses me to bless other that weekend!!

Andrew is officially on Spring Break! He is doing the vacation dance right now. Shame he is grounded from the computer, the 360 and anything else it takes to get him to clean his room!!!

Well, that is it for now. I just read an update on Baby Stellan and he is resting peacefully right now. They put a central line in so that should help with things as well. Please continue to lift them up!

(((HUGS)))

Sha