His love is extravagant!

Wow! What a great night tonight. My God is so good. Tonight was my first night with my new small group. I was nervous to go, almost scared. I even thought about not going since my brother and Kandy weren't goin to be going tonight. But I went. I told myself it was def. not as scary as when I left for the Army where I knew no one...at least here I knew someone, a few of them actually. I'd like to share one of the things Jesus made aware to me tonight...

I was asked to share my testimony and so I did. It was during that, that Jesus reaffirmed in me how much control He has in my life whether I recognize it or not. You see, He wanted me home from the Army way before I even knew he did. And then I got injured. And then the Army said I had to go through the medboard process. In February maybe I found myself scared and alone sitting in front of this retired Colonel. He looked through my file. He looked at me. He asked me some questions. Then he checked out some of my functioning. He looked some more at my paper work, then he put his glasses down on his huge desk and asked me point blank, "Do you want to stay in or get out?" I knew this question was probably going to come, and up until that very second I was on the fence. One moment I knew I was getting out, the next I was surely staying in...back and forth back and forth. I closed my eyes as he waited for my response...and the only thing or should I say the only one who flashed through my sight was Jackson. So I said I wanted to go. And he made it so. I came home not even 3 full months before Jackson's accident. God knew what He was doing. He used my brother and sister-in-law's amazing faith to call me back home. He knew I'd follow His calling when He showed me Jackson that day in the doctor's office. He knew what was going to happen and He knew that as everything happened I would come home...to Him that is. And thats exactly what I did.

God has placed me with an amazing group that I can already see will be a huge blessing in my life. The women of this group I can surely learn alot from. I'm so excited to see and participate with what God is doing. What an AWESOME God I serve.

Remember the fallen, Pray for the fighting, Be Thankful for them all!

On this Memorial Day, and always...Remember them, Pray for them, Make time for them!




Always Remember Them!

Thank-you to those who Rest In Peace for our freedom.

Fire up the BBQ, & Take a moment to remember...

NEVER FORGOTTEN!

Pray & Post

My sister-in-law Kandy and I are committed to praying for Russ as he goes through his deployment. Kandy made this cute little pic to post on sites/blogs....feel free to snag this, pray, post all or some of these options!!

Praying you through

My cousin Russell is now officially deployed to Afghanistan. I'm so very proud of him and love him dearly. May God be with our boys and girls home and around the world as they serve our country. I'm so thankful for each and every one of them and as we approach Memorial Day weekend, make sure you take some time out of the BBQ's and fun to pay tribute to those that have paid the price for our freedom and those continuing to pay the sacrafice being away from home so that we can enjoy our BBQs, Sun, and long weekend.

God Bless Our Servicemen & Women
REMEMBER THEM, THANK THEM, MAKE TIME FOR THEM!

Its hard to believe a full year has gone by...

It was a year ago that I walked into the office I worked in at DDEAMC and found out that my MEDBOARD officer had FINALLY called. I was going home. It's hard to believe that I've been back home for an entire year. And even harder to believe that my Army career ended just 1 year ago. It doesn't seem that long ago. It seems like just yesterday! I miss my DDEAMC Chaplain team, I miss my brothers and sisters in the Army, I miss the Army lifestyle.



But life is great...today its also hard to believe that my nephew is turning 2! Thats right its official...Jackson has officially entered his Wonderful 2's!!!! I love you lil man!!

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them."~Desmond Tutu

Last night I got the honor of going and seeing my cousin Diana play soccer! What a blast!! My uncle Chuck even made a few big signs that said "D Rocks" and "Go #3" Unfortunately her team lost by 2 but it was a great game and her team really worked hard considering they only had 1 substitute and the other team had a bench full!
Great Job Hawks!! Here's some shots of Diana playing!





Thursday night game night this past week was also Addison's Welcoming Party!! She made her debut at our weekly game night and was all snuggled in with cousin Kati for a good chunk of the card playing time and snuggled up with me during dinner! Then she got hungry and went up for feeding with mommy who was resting! After that she was wide awake and ready to socialize...lol as we were all getting ready to leave! hehe Here's a few shots of Addison snuggled up with Kati and then checking out daddy when she was wide awake!

I'm a NEW Auntie!!!!