Then Sings my soul Saturdays

This song has been playing here quite frequently on the radio and for some reason it has been on my mind a lot lately. Just watching the way things are going in this world and how many people are giving themselves away without even knowing it. So I am sharing this video because it always reminds the subtle way that Satan can take us away from the Lord piece by piece and let us slowly fade into the world without us even realizing it.

For more then sings my soul Saturdays go on over to Amy's blog.

blog break

My dad is visiting for three weeks so I will not be blogging too often. Just to let you know my sister had surgery last week and is doing well. Please keep praying for her as she goes through treatment.

Addison Road

I listen to this song many times a week and I never get tired of it. This girl has a wonderful voice and this song has a great message. Everything always did ride on hope now, we just don't always realize it.

Breast Cancer

The View this morning was about breast cancer and there is a movement going on to help women find a cure. You can go to sign up to be in the Army of Women on Dr. Susan Love's website HERE

The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation, a global leader in breast cancer research, joined forces to launch the Love/Avon Army of Women.

Our revolutionary initiative has two key goals:

• To recruit one million healthy women of every age and ethnicity, including breast cancer survivors and women at high-risk for the disease, to partner with breast cancer researchers and directly participate in the research that will eradicate breast cancer once and for all.
• To challenge the scientific community to expand its current focus to include breast cancer prevention research conducted on healthy women.

Join us in this movement that will take us beyond a cure by creating new opportunities to study what causes breast cancer—and how to prevent it.

Happy Birthday Dad

Tomorrow is my dad's birthday so I just wanted to let him know we are thinking of him. The bad news is we won't be there to celebrate, but the good news is he will be here next Tuesday so we can celebrate then. What better then looking forward to a trip to Hawaii on your birthday. I put this song up as a celebration of father's and daughter's.

Then Sings my Soul Saturdays

I know this has been posted before, but I love the ballet, the piano, and the song.

Once again my sister needs more surgery since they found some more cancer in a node that was tested. She will be going in for surgery on Oct. 17, so please pray for her surgery to go well and for our Lord to guide the doctors into taking out all the cancer. Of course this is disappointing since the news was so good that the other nodes were clear, but we all know that Jesus is strong enough, and through his strength my sister will be strong enough to do what it takes to defeat this disease and to defeat the enemy.

Awards from my dear friend Cheryl

I want to thank my dear friend Cheryl for blessing me with two awards. If you do not read Cheryl's blog, Hope for Each Day, you are missing a blessing. Her posts always inspire me. She has a way of posting scriptures and really bringing out their meanings. She also has a heart of gold. We have spent awhile now praying for each other's families, and I am glad to call Cheryl my friend. The first award means "this blog invests and believes, the proximity (meaning that blogging makes us "close"-being close through proxy. I feel very close to Cheryl and am very thankful she feels the same about me. The second award is


Autumn Friends Award which has the most adorable picture to go with it. I am going to try to get these in my sidebar but so far I have not gotten the hang of this yet as you all can see. Anyway I thank you Cheryl my friend whom I have grown close to through this new world of blogging.

Wecome Home (you)

I have been reading a really good book lately and in it the author said something that was really meaningful. She wrote "He had stomped and fumed. but when he needed God--when there was no other hope--back he came, heart in hand, pleading for mercy. He supposed God was used to that sort of thing." and this led me to post this song. Because what does God do when we come home, pleading for mercy, with our hearts in our hands? He welcomes us home. Go here for the video and I am sure you will be blessed.

Update on my sister Stephanie

My sister had a lumpectomy on Wednesday and is doing well. So far they have said they haven't found any cancer in the samples of nodes they took so this is good news. I want to thank all of you for praying and of course thanks to our Heavenly Father.

Please pray for Michael

I got a prayer request for this little boy Michael. He is filled with cancer and has only known this for a short time. He is only 6. Please pray for his healing and if you get a chance go check out Michael's website. He is a beautiful little boy with an angelic smile. He needs prayer dearly. His story will touch your hearts.

Then Sings My Soul Saturdays

Today I am posting Lose My Soul by Toby Mac. Even if you don't like Rap the chorus of this song is not done in rap and the lyrics are really cool. I love these guys and now when we are in the van the kids love to hear this one. So before they wear it out I am going to share it with you all. Go here for more Saturday songs of Praise and Worship.

Hope no one's in a rush to get home (prayer)

This is what the boder looks like in the morning as many Americans commute from Tijuana to San Diego every day to go to work. It is estimated that up to 100.000 Americans work in the US and live in Mexico. Most cross the border here. It can take from 20 minutes up to 2 hours. You can get a fast pass if you want to go through quicker. This is what my daughter may face in the future. Her husband is Mexican and there is a possibility she may end up moving here. There is a possibility she could end up being one of the commuters. Pray for her to make the right decisions in this situation.

Whole Foods Heaven

Finally we got a Whole Foods Market here in Honolulu. It opened last week and I have been there twice already. It carries some items I can't get here except through online purchases, so this will save me quite a bit in shipping costs. I don't buy a whole lot, but I do like Burt's Bees products, and whole wheat pastry flour, and carob malt balls, and tomato paste in a tube...Okay you all get the idea. I love the way the store looks when you walk in the door. All fresh and clean. Today I turned to my daughter and said "where in whole foods heaven," she turned around and picked up a bag and loudly said "$29.99!!!!! for a bag from Bali, you can buy this for a dollar over there." I told her "yeah but you will need to buy a plane ticket first." So some of the items are a little pricey, but for the things I buy it's not too bad. I guess I won't be buying a bag from Bali anytime soon.

a quote and a prayer request and Birthdays. ..

If you admire our faith--strengthen yours. If you admire our sense of commitment--deepen yours. If you admire our community spirit--build your own. If you admire the simple life--cut back. If you admire deep character and enduring values--live them yourself.
--Small Farm journal (Sept. 1993)

My Son in law is going through something huge right now that will affect his entire life and those of his family. Please pray for God's will to be done in this situation and pray that the angels surround and protect him and that Jesus brings him peace throughout this ordeal. Thank you dear friends.

Also I want to say happy birthday to my daughter Kira and son Josh. Today is the day they were born, 2 years apart. A day that me and this country will remember for years to come.

God's promises and prayer request for victims of plane crash

I am reading an adorable little book called God's Promises for every day. Yesterday I was reading Jesus is your Peace. One verse I would like to share with you all today is:
Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking, because you were all called together in one body to have peace. Always be thankful. Colossians 3:15
I pray that all my friends out there are blessed with peace today.

On another note: My sister posted about a family that was involved in a plane crash. This girl Stephanie Nielson is a blogger who impacted lot's of people. So many from the blogging community came out to support them. You can see a piece about this family on The Today Show tomorrow in the first hour. Please pray for this family. They have four children. You can see the nierecovery blog and click on (about Nie), then click on the left where it says CJanerun and this will take you to Stephanie's sister and she is running a blog to keep everyone posted about Stephanie and Christians recovery. You can read about the crash and the amazing family HERE in an article from the New York Times.

Are you ready for some football

Stephanie

As you know my sister has had some testing done to see if she has breast cancer. She does. It is a cancer called IDC Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), The most prevalent one. She has an appointment next week and I know she will make all the right decisions. She always does. I am the one who is more prone to make the wrong ones or to be kind of flighty. Please pray that our Lord Jesus has his hands on these decisions that she needs to make and pray he sends her the peace she needs. Please join me in praying for my sisters correct decisions, her peace, and her healing.

Father God please send your angels to guard Stephanie on this path. Guide her in this new journey, and send her and her family peace. Let her feel your healing touch wash over her and let her know you are in control and through you ALL THINGS are possible. Thank you Lord for blessing my family and thank you for the hope you are able to give us.

Thank you to all my friends out there who are my prayer warriors. Your love and support are much appreciated.

H20

We all know by my previous post about vacuums that I am obsessed with them. This also travels over into carpet cleaners, steamers, and floormops, of which I own each. My daughter was watching an infomercial on this H20 mop the other night and she told me she was saying how much I would love this and then when she went into the closet there it was. She said "you own this too?" What do you think.

On another note I reserved a copy of a book about a week ago at the library. Of course today I went to the library around 10am. When I got home who do you think calls? The library saying my book that I reserved is in. So I guess tomorrow I am off again to the library.

Prayer request for my sister

Today my sister Stephanie has to go in for some testing on the spot they found on her breast. Please pray for her. Please give her family peace at this time in knowing that our Lord knows the plans he has for you. Check out her blog where she has posted about a family involved in a plane crash that needs your prayers also.

Getting to know us

My friend Sandra had this meme on her blog and I thought it was a neat one. Like she said if anyone wants to join in go ahead. Be sure to pop on over to her blog it's really cool.
1. Who is your man?
Dominic, is a SSGT in the United States Army. On the side he plays guitar, so I am sure in his dreams he is a rock star. He works super hard to take care of us and gets me and the kids what we need. He is a great dad, especially to my daughter who has him wrapped around her finger.

2. How long have you been together?
13 years

3. How long dated?
For one year.

4. How old is your man?
He is 39 years old

5. Who eats more? Him

6. Who said "I love you" first?
He did

7. Who is taller?
Him. He is 6' I am only 5'4"

8. Who sings better?
Me. He can't sing at all.

9. Who is smarter?
That would be obvious.

10. Whose temper is worse?
His. I'm an angel.
11. Who does the laundry?
I do

12. Who takes out the garbage?
Him. Unless he isn't home. Sometimes I let it overflow so I can prove a point.

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
He does

14. Who pays the bills?
I do

15. Who is better with the computer?
Me. But not by a lot. We are not the most computer savvy people.

16. Who mows the lawn?
He does

17. Who cooks dinner?
I do

18. Who drives when you are together?
Me. I think women drive better so I usually take over the wheel. Besides I'm OCD and can't stand to let other people drive me anywhere.

19. Who pays when you go out?
Me, but it all comes from 1 account.

20. Who is most stubborn?
Me. Besides isn't the guy supposed to say I'm sorry since the girls are always right!

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong?
Him. I'm never wrong.

22. Whose parents do you see the most? Neither, we live in Hawaii and due to our military lifestyle we don't get to see much of anyone.

23. Who kissed who first?
He did, but that's a long story.

24. Who asked who out?
He asked me out

25. Who proposed?
He did

26. Who is the most sensitive?
Him. Although I am not sure he'd admit it.
27. Who has more friends?
Me. I am very social.

28. Who has more siblings?
He does. 1 brother one sister. I have one sister.

29. Who wears the pants in the family?
Who do you think?

30. How did you meet?
At a club called the Impact Zone. My friends talked me into stopping there although I didn't want to but I did just to shut them up and the rest is history. We don't even go to clubs. It must of been fate.