Serving Jesus; Serving Self.......

Mountain T.O.P. 2008

Wow!! What a great trip! In this pic you can see me behind the guy bent over, nailing my little heart out!! I am NAIL QUEEN!!! Just ask my people! We built a porch with steps in two days! That is right....Kick-Ass... And in the process got to meet a really great family who lives in a house that they HAND MADE with Tennessee rough wood and they have no electricity. sad story. But she was able to cook us lunch on the second day.

I love going to the Mountain with the group of people I go with. We all have the same mission: "Go have fun, hanging out, playing games with each other, mix and mingle with the youth from other churches and GO OUT AND SERVE JESUS! However it is you need to serve him.. Just go do it! And we do it. AND we LOVE it!!! It thrills my heart to go on this trip and watch some snooty little girly girls go and become WORKERS.....with ticks and chiggers and poison ivy and all sorts of weird stuff! I become so proud at these moments when "my" kids are out there mingling with the staff and other youths and adults... My kids are amazing! They make my week the best! I LOVE THEM!!







Just when you think that God couldn't hand you anymore, he blesses you.... with a week at the beach with your favorite people!!!!! (including your boyfriend that you have not seen in 3 weeks!!!) Oh how we Falls LOVE the beach... Which I guess that is not the whole truth! We love being in a Condo on a high floor where we can look out at the ocean, hear the waves and maybe catch glimpses of the dolphins in the early hours. That is my very favorite memory of my dad and I. He would always be the first up and sit on the balcony drinking a cup of coffee. If he saw any dolphins he would come get me and we shared that together. Typing that made me cry. It may be one of the only good sweet memories I have with him. If you know of any others, please remind me of them!




After 9am... it is on. Towels are placed as to save lounge chairs, tops are popped and the smell of Hawaiin Tropic sunscreen/oil is all you smell! The day has started! There is some beach play....throwing the football around and stuff... but we aren't all about the jelly fish and sand!!! And Our crowd is not the norm.....We would never just take family....we could possibly kill each other! Mom and Dad, Kim & friend (Jesse this year), Tyler & friend (Fox, 2nd year), Me and my J and Morgan (tyler's girlfriend who comes down midweek with mom and dad!!!)

We have the best time!I can't even begin to go into it.......But we did it up right this year!! And I am SO thankful for being able to spend this time with my family (blood and extended) on BOTH trips! I am blessed. I am lucky. I have an incredible family, my brother and sister are so far beyond my being to explain what they mean to me. I just hope they know...I know that I would never be able to get it out without hysterically sobbing. I thank God every day for them. My J...there are no words for me to explain how much he means to me and how wonderful he is to me and how VERY much I LOVE HIM! "He hasn't asked me to marry him, but he hasn't asked me not to either!!!!".....I am his!!!! He knows this!!

So I hope you have been able to serve Jesus and serve yourself this summer. There is a certain amount of balance I get by doing the two during corresponding weeks!! haha!!!

So. Tell me what you think about my so called life.