10 and a half hours!!!

That's how many hours I sat on my butt yesterday taking notes in meetings. - 10 and a half hours.

I'm sure it's making a difference in how much time it takes me to tone my butt. Its like I take one step forward with the daily exercize I do (which I didn't do yesterday as we were in meetings ALL DAY), and then two steps back by sitting on it all the time. Yikes! I've got to find out if they have some special chair you can sit on to tone your butt - and to release your hyperness. - Of which I had TONS last night!

Oh well...its only a week - I'll survive.

In other news, I won't go to the market this week - so for anyone who was looking forward to some strange driving stories again, well, perhaps next week. Though hey, we do now have a green and white truck after the Lord supplied a new truck bed that's not as smashed up. Yay! But yes, I won't have to give explanations for any antics like this. :P

I'm helpless...

...or so I think!

Come the summer months (for our side of the hemisphere at least) I start thinking SWIFT! (Tor those not familiar with that term, it stands for Summer Witnessing In Family Teams - though in my case its usually an opportunity to just do the witnessing part and cut back on the "behind the desk" part.)

Last year I got to go to Italy and all those fun place...this year its calling again (just with a concept of not getting sick). HELP! I need prayers that either I'll accept that it can't happen this year, and not let it bother my thoughts, or miraculous supply of a ticket. - Hey, the Lord's done it before, I'm sure He can do it again...of course, IF it's His will.

And with that, I now leave you and get back to that desk work...

Have yourself...

...a happy crazy-hair day! :D

I love these girls!

This gave me goose-bumps!

Resurrections
By James Rutz, WorldNetDaily

People have been coming back from the dead by the hundreds during the past 15-20 years. All over the world, stone-cold-dead people are being resurrected by the fervent, focused prayers of Christians praying in the name of Jesus.
By now, the totals are likely over a thousand. No exaggeration, no joke.
My own book Megashift: Igniting Spiritual Power documents 52 countries where at least one person has been raised from the dead--with named eyewitnesses who have street addresses and phone numbers and fax numbers and e-mail addresses. I even throw in a few photographs.
In other words, it's time to state a monumental fact that even our better-informed intelligentsia have failed to notice: Resurrections have become commonplace.
Christ's resurrection is still definitely unique. But as a simple, biological return from death, it is now just one instance in a very large, growing, and increasingly believable category.
Today, China and Mexico are the foremost countries in the world for resurrections. My best estimate for Mexico is well over 300. That count is mostly from U.S.-based Freedom Ministries, who eventually got so annoyed at Americans coming down to take photos and gawk at the natives that they stopped counting at 300 about five years ago.
The raised-body count in China could possibly be even higher. Lots of stories cross my desk, but they're hard to tally because public reports on activities of the underground house churches draw heavy persecution.
But to give you some feel for the situation, I'll describe one incident. It concerns my friend Curtis Sergeant. On a recent visit to South China, his first stop was a top house-church leader. They had hardly started talking when the phone rang. After a brief conversation, the leader hung up and started packing his suitcase, saying, "Sorry, have to go."
Curtis protested, "Hey, I came a long way to talk with you! What's the rush? Why can't you at least wait a few hours?"
The distinguished gentleman replied, "I just got word that two of our national leaders have been murdered in the northeast, and I have to go see if God will bring them back from the dead." ... to which Curtis could only answer, "Oh."
Such is daily life these days on the front lines of the great invisible war between good and evil, life and death--or to put it more concisely, God and Satan.
Those who would try to disparage the long-ago resurrection of the Lord now face a far harder problem: explaining away the many hundreds (or thousands) of today's easily verifiable resurrections that are staring us in the face from 52 lands, including the U.S. and Canada.
And please, the reports are not "near-death experiences" (NDEs) under anesthesia where a patient passes out for a few minutes, goes down a long tunnel, sees a bright light, then encounters Jesus.
No, what we're seeing today is the real thing. For instance, take Iris Ministries in Mozambique, run by my friend Heidi Baker and her husband, Rolland. When I spoke with her last fall, she said they've now counted 60 resurrections in their ministry.
And exactly who is doing all these resurrections? Heidi herself? No, Iris Ministries has now taken in 5,000 orphaned children--whom they somehow feed day after day, with no visible means of support. And while Heidi has seen many people healed through her prayers (very often deaf people), she has had only one resurrection. What about the other 59? They've all been done by the kids.

Isn't that exciting? It is for me, especially when I see the Lord's promises coming to life.

"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give" (Matthew 10:8).

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. (John 14:12)

So yummy!

I discovered something new at the market yesterday! - Something so very delicious!!!

For those of you who have lived (or live) in Mexico, Tajin is probably not a novelty, but...well, I knew about it, I just didn't know it would taste so good on oranges.

I think I made a fool of myself actually! I thought I was making a wise crack about how funny it would be if people ate it with oranges (I noticed the Tajin sitting there, and this was a place where they sold oranges), to which the lady said that "yes, its delicious" but I honestly thought she was pulling my leg, and tried to not "fall for it". HA!

But yes, I broke down and tried it, and the result? I had to get some for my snacks. :P

A wee request...

...to the anonymous poster(s) that seem to be trying to pick a fight/debate.

I know its often interesting to pick other's brains and see how they see life in the Family, even debate our personal thoughts and opinions on certain matters, but this blog is not for that. - I trust you understand. Some say I'm not confrontational (which is why you might have noticed I simply deleted your comment), so hey, then I'm not. - Not when it really isn't an issue to me, and I don't care to argue.

I love my life, I love the choice I've made to be where I am now, doing what I'm doing, and if you're someone who actually cares for me, then you'll respect that. - Just as I love and respect the choices others have made to follow a different life. My friends are and always will be my friends regardless of the issues we are bound to sometimes disagree on, and if "anonymous" is someone (or someones) that knows me, well, then you'd know me well enough to know that my thoughts are that we should simply agree to disagree. - No ill feelings there. K?

I wish you all the best, really, but please, I'd be very appreciative of your accepting my lifestyle and taking your "not-so-nice" comments elsewhere. TX! ;)

Cuernavaca weekend!

A picture post of my last weekend!

My sister-in-law and kiddoes have moved to Mexico - in fact, just a little over an hour away from where I live, so I'll be seeing more of them. - How fun! :)

Played tennis in their lovely court, went swimming, etc.! - Tons of good exercize.

We also went to Alan and Tristan's B-day party at an awesome house (quite the place - I won't even get into it now), the kids did the Pinata, etc. - So fun!

(Yes, I know my face is hideous in this pic - but I think it shows gusto. :D)

And we then ended the day with a nice low-key (but lively) party at Nai's new place! - Which is also beautiful and awesome!

(If you think the pic with me is fuzzy, its 'cause it is. Just imagine that its seen through the eyes of the photographers. LOL!)

All in all, quite the day, and oh so fun to see everyone! I ended up NOT sleeping that night, as though I tried, the dear Mariachi sang all night, and we took off back to Mexico City at 6:00am so....yeah...oh well, I sure slept well the next night. :)
Still, no regrets! - It was fun!

To Gabe!

Gabe, I love you! - And seeing as I won't be at my computer (but rather in a stinking market) on your actual B-day (the 10th) I wanted to give you a shout out now!

HAPPY 29th!!!!

(I know you won't mind me telling the world how old you are, seeing as you have been advertizing that on your own blog for a couple weeks now. :D)

I pray its the bestest year yet - and seeing as I wished that to you last year and so many nice things happened, I think I'll make that wish to you again this year.

You did such a fun job at putting together a birthday post for me, and I'm sure some might think I should try to out-do you, but I honestly don't know what to say to explain the way I treasure your friendship! - So I just won't! (snicker) - Not on this blog at least.

So at this point, all I have to say is "get over here so we can party!!!" :P

Funny!!!

Remember that "hot" pic of me as Superman? :D

Well, I had it on my avatar and lo and behold, this tech dude that was helping me get our phone system set up a few months back liked it. - And though he wasn't in my contacts anymore, I guess I was in his, and he keeps popping me. HA! So yes, I'm witnessing to him about the Family (always a good way to filter folks - see if they're still interested when they find out I'm a Christian missionary), but it is shocking really! - And I'm not sure I get it. I get so many compliments of how good I look as a clown or superman - one would think I need to start wearing those things more often or something. :D

I was roaming some blogs and came across this comment from Boo:

“I found out that it doesn't matter how much you learn, grow, and change, you will always be judged for who you were before, and if you were a problem in the past it will forever make your future painful and awkward.”

I honestly felt so sad! In my personal experiences I have not found that to be true. – But then am I just blessed?

I’m one of those people that have changed incredibly, and I think many will confirm this. I wasn’t necessarily a conscious problem, but yes, I was a problem. I was ugly, I was different, and I had an illness that made me a bit of a “special” case. – I too went through some difficult JETT/Teen years, but all that is in the past now and I honestly have not found someone who still judges me for those times or actions.

I’ve met many folks who knew me when I was younger, and if anything they admire (and thank the Lord for) the way I’ve changed. – Or the way I stuck through things and came forth all the better for it. I’m one of those that can attest that there is truly beauty through the pain, through the ashes of what may seem death to self, and that yes, out of it can come a lily. Not that I think I am one (HA!), but I know that if it weren’t for the breakings and changes that came about in my life, I’d probably not be where I am now, and awful to have around. (Yes, a B-I-T-C-H!)

The thing is, I often have to be the one to point out to folks who I am (or who I was), and though it is often awkward and even embarrassing at times, I must admit that it’s been encouraging to sometimes see their eyes open wide as they realize the change. HA! Only Jesus, really!

All that to say, am I really just lucky? I think those who judge people and label them for their past are the less for it. – No offence to anyone. But really, forgiving, and yes, forgetting, is the only way to move forward in life.

What do you think?