The Road Ahead Of Us

I feel so refreshed and charged after yesterday. It has been a long process learning this dance god also was doing a new thing in our group as well. We have had some ladies leave cause god moved them to other things and we have had some new ones join and few come back that were with us before. God is doing such an awesome thing with our group and it amazes me to see how he far we have come. Yesterday when we ministered our new dance it was all god. We work very hard to learn the dances that we minister. We had a rough few weeks prior to ministering this dance. Few of the ladies became ill and Angela went into labor on Saturday and had her baby so we had to adjust the dance a bit. I think god allows things to happen so that we don't get too comfortable and lazy. He wants us to depend on him and when it comes time to minister it is all about him. It was truly a god thing yesterday when we danced. I was so excited about it all week and when I got to church yesterday morning I felt a stirring in my spirit. First service was a lil shaky but it turned out good. The second service was a lil different. We knew we would dance during the offering but god changed it up a bit on us. Pastor had us do before offering. It was amazing the atmosphere in the place and u could feel his presence so strong. By the time we were done ministering all of us were shaking and weak kneed from his presence being so strong. It was awesome! It was all about him and not about us. We have grown so much as a group and we will continue to as god is refining us. Like pastor said yesterday we are walking thru life and we need to look at what god has ahead and not at what is behind us. We still make mistakes and we always will, but its not about perfection its about obedience and willingness to move when he says move.

Cant Wait Til Sunday

Last nites dance practice was great. We were all tired but we kept doing it over and over so that when we minister this dance on sunday it will be affective. Up til now my favorite dance we have done has been mercy seat cause that one spoke to my spirit. I have to say that this dance will rank right up there with that one. I cant wait til we are able to minister it at church sunday. Its a lil different than what everyone is used to seeing us do cause we have so many different elements we are using in the dance and have to transition quickly without dropping them or drawing attention. My prayer is that this dance ministers to people as we do it.

How God Brings Things Together For His Glory

God never seizes to amaze me by how he brings things together and he gets all the glory. I love being apart of the dance ministry and within the ministry Tammy decided to have a small group of people she wanted to be able to be available at a moments notice, that could come up with a dance on a moments notice, and to be willing to go when needed to minister at church or other places. There are five of us who are in what we call the "911 group", we still dont have a name for it yet, and this past sunday was our first opportunity to do such a dance. We got together on saturday morning and put the dance together in less than two hours. We did the dance on sunday morning for both services. I have to say the first service we messed up a bit but it was still good. The second service god brought it all together and the glory was all for him not us. Each of us in that group live each and everyday in worship. We dont just do it for attention it is our calling and passion. We genuinely want to see peoples lives changed. And we all know it isnt because we are talented it because we are obedient to what he has asked us to do. Our pray each and everytime we dance is that god touches peoples lives and that they dont see us that they see him thru us. Here is the video from sunday morning.

Girls Movie Nite

Sometimes we are all so busy with our lives and at church that we dont take the time to get to know some of the people we see every week. We had a girls movie nite that was hosted by Michelle Fields this past friday nite. It was an awesome nite for me cause I got to talk to and get to know a few of the ladies that I dont normally get to speak to except in passing. We enjoyed coffee, yummy desserts, good conversation, and alot of laughter. We then went to see the movie "He's just not that into you". We had a chauffer for the nite...Bobby....it was a sight to see all of us rolling up in the NVMC bus at the movie theater. It was fun and we all enjoyed the movie. We got shooooshed a few times cause we were laughing louder than the other people in the theater, but thats what happens when u get 20+ women together. Ladies I had a wonderful time and hope that we can do things like that more often to get to know one another better and just to unwind and be ourselves. Here are a of my favorite pics from the nite.

An Awesome Nite At Practice

Tonites dance practice was awesome. I am not usually the kind of person who can watch a video or anything to learn something. I generally have to see someone do it and break it down in baby steps to me. I was very proud of myself for being able to do that tonite. Its first time I have ever done that. Donna also helped me once I knew what the steps were to refine them a bit. I am excited about getting this new dance done so that we can minister it at church. All of the ladies are doing an awesome job. Practices have been going really well lately and we have accomplished alot, but we also have fun doing it too.

Another thing I was proud of was seeing my daughter, Natalie, do her first mime with Anna and Eric. They were backing Anna up on the song "Yes" and they did a great job on it. There makeup looked good and the more they do the better it will be. I know she loved doing it. She is almost an adult and sometimes its hard for us as parents to want to let the little kid go and let them step into adult hood but I have raised her the best I know to do with gods help and I pray that she will be an awesome woman for god. She has alot of talent and loves god with all her heart and I know that he will use her in ways that she can't imagine. Here are a few pics from them tonite.

Never Done It Before

I am doing something that I have never done before. I am going to be in the mini marathon in april. I know that I can walk the 13 miles, but I want to try to jog some of it if I can. It is going to take alot of work for me to get into shape to be able to do that. I have been going to the gym trying to build up some endurance and to just get myself into shape in general. Believe it or not I used to run when I was younger. I stopped running when my oldest daughter turned 3 or 4 she is now 17. Yeah so I have alot of work to do to condition myself to even think of just jogging any of it. I know I can do and I have the support of my whole family and some very close friends that are motivating me.

My sis and I were talking and I wished that she could do it with me but health issues are keeping her from being able to. So she will be there waiting for me at the finish line.

Monday Nite Hangout

Monday nites is when we have our practice for W.O.W. After practice some of us get together and go to steak n shake to eat and just to hang out. It allows us to have time for us to get to know each other better and just to have fun. This nite was a special one for me because my daughter Natalie who has now joined "Called to Silence" which is the mime ministry came with us. Well this Monday nite was a lil different than the others. Natalie and I had eaten before we went to practice so she ordered a shake and I got the brownie sundae. Well everyones food came to the table and we were all talking and I had taken a few bites of my sundae while talking. You all know how ice cream sometimes can have a lil ice on it. Well I thought that is what was on my ice cream and I didn't pay close attention to it and put it in my mouth. I immediately new it wasn't ice. I pull it out of my mouth and it was a piece of glass close to two inches long. It didn't cut me or anything. Everyone was a lil freaked out about it. I was just speechless really, which is very unusual for me, not sure what to say. Anna got up and went and got the manager and the waitress and they came to the table. They were apologizing and asking if I wanted anything. I said UHM NO! They left the table and took our bill and they didn't make any of us pay for our bill. Which was a good thing. I am just glad that no one else found it and I did. I am not sure that anyone else would have noticed it and probably would have bit down on it and possibly cut themselves. I think we will have to find a new Monday nite hangout....LOL! I didn't think about it til after they took away the plate or I would have taken a picture of it with my camera phone. A word of advise to all who eat out at restaurants try to be aware of what you are eating and don't be too eager to bite down so fast on something.