Fear

I woke up this morning with fear controlling my body, then I realized that today is only Saturday so I collapsed back in bed and slept for another hour.
When I woke up an hour later I had a moment of panic.....then I realized that today is Saturday. I stretched, got up and got ready for the day.
Nathan and I will be heading to Memphis this afternoon for a wedding tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Sunday and I will be getting up early to go to Cardova Tennessee and style the Brides hair. No pressure just one of the biggest days in her life! :0)
I always get struck with fear the day before something major because I am afraid that I will miss it, be late, not be able to find it, etc....
At last I am good to go, we will check in to our hotel tonight, go eat at a restaurant people keep telling us we have to eat at in Memphis, I will set my alarm and have the front desk give me a wake up call. What's the chances that I will miss both of those???

Tourist

This trip to visit my family has been interesting. Nathan and I are getting to be tourists. I lived here for a few years and never once did my family and I venture out. I'm sure the adults did but I was a kid so I was stuck at home.
We went back to the Bluff View Art District today and ate lunch at Tony's. Ohhh lala, it was good, then Nathan and I took a stroll around the art district and took some fun pictures. I'm sure Nate will put them up on his blog for your viewing pleasure.
Last night we hit the Murder mystery dinner theater, it was a blast! I got pulled up on stage as part of the act, the food was good, the show was good, the atmosphere was good, yeah it was good.

mUrDeR mYsTeRy????

We are going to the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater tonight...in less than an hour and I have been lazing away on the net. (you just don't miss stuff til you get to use it) So I need to:
Blow Dry My Hair
Flat Iron My Hair
Apply My Make-up
and
Get Back On The Net
:0)

Vacation.....kinda...

So Nathan and I made it safely to Tennessee with a pit stop to Chick-fil-A in Murfreesboro. You can read all about our trip down by going on Nates blog. We had a minor hair crisis this morning but all is better now.
Seriously I am sure that some of you are laughing at me right now but it was a crisis folks! When we were packing I realized that I only had liter size of my PROFESSIONAL shampoo and conditioner and I was running out of hair spray so I told Nate that we would just stop by the supply store on our way out of town. Well....we forgot.
I get in the shower today and realize when I reach for my shampoo & conditioner that I was a doofus and didn't bring any. Nathan said "Just put your hair up and we will get some after lunch" The problem was that I had already wet my hair down.
I don't have normal hair. It is EXTREMELY curly and has bleach in it = unmanageable, tangled mess. The last time I didn't have my products I almost had to cut my hair off because I couldn't get a comb through it. NO JOKE.
So Nate goes in search of shampoo & conditioner. My brother uses a razor on his head so he doesn't have any hair products in his bathroom. Nate brings back SUAVE 2 IN 1 from Katie & Steph's bathroom. (It was all he could find)
WHAT!?!?
As I am trying not to have a breakdown I attempt to wash & condition my hair with this trash.
*SIDE NOTE, Under NO circumstances can a product cleanse (removal of junk from hair shaft) and condition (replacement of nutrients back into hair shaft) It just can't happen people, it just can't*
I attempted to comb out my hair while spending 40 minutes calling around trying to find a professional beauty supply store and then threw it up in a pony tail.
We ate lunch in the Bluff View Art District of downtown Chattanooga, and then headed to my brothers work place. Mick's (my brother) work bought a hotel that was built in 1909. The down stairs is a computer data thingie but the 2nd and 3rd floors are the original hotel. It was crazy awesome getting to explore it. It was so beautiful, the staircase was my dream staircase. It needs some work since it has been there since 1909 but who cares!
Our camera died so Nate didn't get any great pictures but there is always tomorrow.
We went to State Beauty Supply and TADAAAAA I bought what I needed. We went back to Mick's and Nathan and I showered for the 2nd time in just a few short hours. My hair no longer feels gummy when it is dry and slimy when it is wet. I got a comb through it in just 1.5 minutes if that long! Praise GOD for the small things!!

And I checked my grades....4.0 for this last semester. Woot Woot!

Not Finished...

I decided to change the blog layout and it is not done. I need to change the top so the color matches.
Notice the vines on the side...
Notice the branches in the middle....
Yup that's right folks THE BRANCHES.

Confused

So I'm a little confused by some events that have passed this week.
I think it is amazing that God gives visions to people. Visions for them to carry out to grow God's kingdom. Visions that they are supposed to carry out to give GLORY to GOD. Visions to help lead people to the SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
Only to be squashed and for them to not be allowed to carry out the vision of GOD.
GOD, people. GOD!
It is not about us and our comfort. It is about the unsaved, those on the pathway to hell.
I remember hearing some say they would do anything short of sin to lead people to Christ.
Well it looks like anything except that.....

I was bummed, greatly disappointed, wallowing even but then I realized that everything happens in GOD'S timing.

So this trendy chick is chilling. Big things are going to happen all in God's timing!

It's been awhile....

So Nathan and I still do not have Internet access at home, this is why I do not blog right now.
We went to Jamaica in January and I promised to let you guys know about how the trip went.
At first I wasn't ready to share because I was so over whelmed with emotions and thoughts.
It has been just over 3 months and here I go...

I have a love hate relationship with Jamaica.
Yup...I said it...
I am not a builder, if you look at me you can see that I am not really physically active. I despise the heat & food with bones in it, well not really my thing. I am an animal rights activists and the people of Jamaica have a hard time taking care of themselves let alone all the stray animals, hence the hate part of our relationship.
However there is a flip side as well.
I loved talking to the people and getting to witness to them. RELATIONSHIPS, that is what I am all about. I believe God made me outgoing for a reason, surely he has a plan to use me and my personality to help benefit his kingdom.
We built the house for was a single mother of two. Her oldest daughter Jessica stole my heart. Here were these two beautiful little girls in poverty. It was so sad. These children have nothing and sometimes do not get to eat yet Jessica was the happiest little girl ever. Everyday on our way down to the work site Jessica would be there to greet us always with a smile on her face and jibberish coming out of her mouth. This two year old could not form sentences or have conversations and then I realized her mother really didn't talk so how would little Jessica learn?
One night we went to the boys home. Another sad experience. Here were all these boys being taken care of by one lone man. Try as he might he just couldn't give each child the individual attention they deserved. So while we were there we got to talk to them, witness to them by teaching them the story of Joseph, play games with them and get to know them.
I loved the time I got to spend with my husband and the entire team. We met people from other states in the US and got to hear their story. We learned how the missionaries live and work. We shared secrets with each other and prayed for each other. One of the most important things we did was to get out of our comfort zones, not always an easy task!
In short this is the story of my love/hate relationship with Jamaica. I can't tell you everything about the trip because that would be the longest blog post in history and I think you should check out missions work yourself.
God definitely changed my heart while I was in Jamaica, I guess we will just have to see where that leads us.
Thank you to everyone who donated to us so we could go on this trip. If we haven't already told you in person then it's coming.