Monday, March 19, 2007
Revival meetings
We had revival meetings this past weekend.. friday to sunday and it was very awesome. We had William Blackburn as our preacher and he did a mighty work. He preached very hardcore and was very good at what he did. There were many that got saved and many that got thier lives right with God. I could feel the Holy Spirit there and moving through the people of the church.

Friday we started with a southern style BBQ dinner and then worshiped God through songs and heard the Word of God preached to us. He talked about the 10 virgins standing on the outside of a wedding.. waiting and watching for the groom to appear... well 5 of these were wise and 5 foolish... it was great how he incorpareted this. He said that the 5 foolish looked like the other 5.. well dressed.. moral (hence the virgin part) and they had lamps... they had testimonies like every one else but they didn't know God.. they didnt' have the oil in thier lamps to be ready in case the night came.. oh they had the wick to burn down in the lamps but no oil to keep it going. It was an amazing sermon and though I had heard this preached on many times before, never in this way and never in such a thought provoking way either. I got home and looked at my sisters blog and she had devotions about that same story that day.. very cool.

Saterday we had desserts and he preached afterwards, though at the momement I can't really remember much of what it was.. I'll think of it I'm sure after I am done with this... oh well.

Sunday we had breakfast.. eggs, bacon,pancakes,waffles,tortaias,salantro,sausages etc... then he preached over knowing if you are saved.. it was good.. I really liked it.He is a very good preacher and many people got saved and went forward. I was one of them. I had always thought that I was saved when i was 4 but I never really had a change in my life and to be truly saved you have to have a change in your life... a repentant heart... and I dont' think I had ever had a repentant heart till yesterday. So I went and gave everything to God.. and I feel wonderful! I know that just because you sin and have sin in your life doesnt' mean that you are not saved, cause Paul struggled with sin (i do that which i would not and don't do that which i would) and so I know that sin is still a struggle with all believers but if you countine in that sin and don't feel convicted then maybe you are not saved at all.. and that is where i was.. but no longer.

I went to church with an open heart.. telling God that I wanted him to break me and to show me all my sins so that I can get them right with him.. to search my heart and know me.. and then show me what that was so that I can know him more personally.. well God tugged at my heart during the sermon and I asked him to show me that I was saved... and God showed me that I wasn't. I am just glad that I went forward regardless what others may have thought of me.. many thought I had gone forward to help those at the front.. not realizing that I was going forward for myself.

God is wonderful.. I just wanted to share that. I told my best friend Ruthie and she said" What?" and then I said it agian and she said "What?" I was glad to tell her agian and she was excited for me. What a blessing. Now to get baptized... gotta wait till our baptism is ready.. but we finally got one for our church and that is so exciting. God is really working and growing our church its amazing and great!

~Joy~
 
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Moving???
Ok.. so we are not moving yet.. but soon enough. We are looking for a house to move into and have fallen in love with one house, though its a little more then what we are going to be able to get in a loan. I talked to a loan person today and got a range in what we can afford.. so we are going to look for a house between 100,000-120,000 though all the houses in the area that we like and the kinds of houses that we like are alot more then that. Pray that God will give us a perfect house and one that we absolutly love. I would love to be able to get the house that we want but there is no way that they are going to come down 24,000 for us... though we are going to try offering it to see if they will accept it.

We found a really nice realtor who is a christian and is so sweet. I am prayng that God will provide for us.. and we are not going to settle for a house because its a house in our price range.. if we dont' find anything yet.. then we will move to another apartment and then keep looking till we find the one that God wants us in.

I am learning alot of things about credit and about loans and mortgages and things like that.. and I am thinking of askin my grandpa (who is a realtor) for advice. Keep me in your prayers. Today we are going to go visit with our realtor before going to church then afterwards i'm going to bed. I haven't gotten to bed before midnight in the last 3 days and I get up early to go to work. Oh well. Its all good.

God is providing for us and is showing us how wonderful he realy is and we know that God will help us out.

~Joy~
 
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
yeah for friends
I had the honor of seeing my friends online yesterday and got to catch up on some things. I don't usually go on to my IM chats and was pleasently suprised to see my best friend, who is living in Illinois now, and my other good friend, who lives in Wisconsin, online. I got to chat with them for a while and that was a good thing. I am excited as I am going to be able to see them in May for a weekend and get to catch up on things. Its interesting because one of them is married and so its neat that i'm connecting on another level with her and able to ask her adivce and such and the other is single and is so much fun to just hang out with.

Yesterday I got to hang out with my husband and that was fun. He is working on the chruch website and fixing it up to look awesome.. he is doing a great job and I am constinetly amazed at what he is doing.

~Joy~
 
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Thursday, March 01, 2007
Yeah for Thursdays!
Ok.. so this week was slowly creeping by, but Praise to the Lord its Thursday. I have been harboring a pianful tooth, well a socket where the tooth once lived... and now its letting me rest in peace.. which is great. I still have some pain there but its not nearly as bad as before. This week has been a very long one and I am excited that tomarrow is Friday and that I have only today and tomarrow then I can relax and rest for a day.

Monday I didn't go to work because I was feeling sick and hurting and couldn't talk and since my job is to be on the phone all day.. not a good thing. So i stayed home and slept and watch tv and slept and ate and watched tv and slept... hmm it was a great day.

Tuesday I went to work and though it still hurt to talk I was alright for the first half of the day. I then started to hurt and druged myself up on my painkillers and that helped for the last part of the day, though there was a few times that I wanted to cry cause of the pain, but that is alright.. its past and I don't have to worry about that anymore.

Wednesday(yesterday) was a good day. I only hurt about half the time and it wasn't nearly as bad as before and I could even smile slightly. I was fine by the end of the day except that I was very very very tired. I hurt a little cause all that talking will do that to ya, and i was falling asleep on my drive home so I decided that sleep would be indeed what I would do once I got home.

This morning I woke up and was feeling just a little bit discomforted but soooo much better. I would say that I am at 90% right now and that is great! So to me I am so happy that it is Thursday because I am loosing my pain! Also because I weighted myself and I have lost 10 pounds in the last week.. granted I went on a stricktly soft diet, soups and such and haven't really been eating junk food or having soda's so its good that I can start my diet. I am just glad that I had a headstart and so when I can go back to solids that I can start a diet and not have to worry about eating junk food or having things that are not good for me. I am sooo looking forward to having grilled chicken and rice and a baked potatoe... oh yummy.. I can't wait.

Yesterday I got to talk to my sister and that was great.. I love talking to her and miss her alot. I wish my siblings would visit me sometime.. but I know its expensive but it would be fun to have them come visit for a while. I miss them. I miss picking on my brothers and my sisters, and playing games with them and talking with them and hanging out with them and just being with them. Eventually I am hopeing that they will come visit me.. maybe I need to get pregnant for them to get the hint to come see me.. hrm.. *ponders the idea*. No I think i shall wait till me and chris have a house though first, before I start trying to have kids... though if God wants me to have kids before then, than I will be happy with that too!

Ok.. I must get back to work and have fun!

~Joy~
 
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