tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40846050251215088562024-02-06T19:32:43.610-08:00New Mercies Daily"Through the Lord’s MERCIES we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are NEW EVERY MORNING;
Great is Your faithfulness."
-Lamentations 3:22-23Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-36458646415481590952013-01-25T10:24:00.003-08:002013-01-25T10:24:45.603-08:00Mercy not forgotten Pressed upon my heart...<br />
<a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-mercy.html?m=1">Miss. Mercy</a> STILL needs a home.<br />
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The country she is from does not allow someone who is unmarried (such as me) to adopt.<br />
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So, I'm sharing again today in hopes some will pray for her, give towards her adoption fund, and/or share her story. She is worth it.<br />
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Mercy you will never be forgotten to me.<br />
Praying a family will kiss those cheeks of yours,<br />
hold you tight, and love you so forever.<br />
Praying you will have a home soon.Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-11356464842586076662012-09-18T08:43:00.000-07:002012-09-18T08:52:37.819-07:00God Story- $605.23<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>My apologies for not getting this post up on Friday like I anticipated, but here it is now :) </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>As I type this story, I think of God's faithfulness and pure goodness.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>What an awesome God we serve!</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">On September 5th I was asked by a certain woman how much</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">more money I needed to raise for Haiti. </span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">She told me she was praying for me. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">My answer: exactly $1,200 more.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">On September 11th, I gave her a BIG praise report that I only had half that</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">amount to raise left, only $605.23. </span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">(I actually even posted about it <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/09/almost-there.html">HERE</a></span></span>)</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;"> I thanked her for praying and said</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">He is providing!</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;"> I was in awe of God to read her response back:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;"> She said that my trip to Haiti had been heavily pressed</span><br />
<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;"> upon her heart by the Holy Spirit...</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">and that she was humbled to give the remaining $605.23. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She had been praying to The Lord about how much to give and had </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the answer of $600 and was so overwhelmed, overjoyed, and extremely excited</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">by God's working that she couldn't resist giving the extra $5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She said it's all because of Him and for Him! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">(AMEN. It sure is!)</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On September 12, I wrote this on Facebook: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"<span class="userContent">Today on the 12th (12 days before everything
is due) the additional 1,200 I needed this past week, that dwindled down
to $605.23 yesterday is paid 100% and I am fully funded for
Haiti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /> <br /> Don't you love surprises?! God gives the BEST ones!"</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">This is what I now see on my Managed Missions Account:</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">He has amazed me again and again through the love of many...</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">who's hearts have been moved to give. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="userContent" style="font-size: large;">How can you ever begin to say thank you? </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="userContent">I could never do it all on my own.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="userContent">It takes the whole Church.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="userContent">The whole Body. </span></i></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: x-large;">He provided! </span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: x-large;">From Texas to Australia and all over</span></div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: x-large;">my state of Michigan- He provided!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="userContent">He is Faithful!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="userContent">Thank You God! Thank You! Thank You!</span></b></span></div>
Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-51708014923663084532012-09-13T08:22:00.002-07:002012-09-13T08:22:43.300-07:00WOOOOO WHOOOOO!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">In case you didn't catch it. My last tweet said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"100% funded for Haiti !!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Thank You God, Thank You, Thank You! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is Faithful to provide !!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You read correct - 100% funded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hoot, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Holler, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">maybe even Dance a little :)!!!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and Praise God with me!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned for a God Story about His Faithfulness....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I will be posting it up tomorrow ;)</span></div>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-33797151085876962512012-09-11T11:01:00.002-07:002012-09-11T11:02:09.164-07:00Almost there.<div style="text-align: center;">
God is providing every step of the way. </div>
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Thank You God, Thank You, Thank You! </div>
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$605.23 left to raise for Haiti.</div>
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Almost there.</div>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-73392778156785071102012-09-07T07:57:00.002-07:002012-09-07T07:59:38.403-07:00And the winner is...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After listing all the names with numbers</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>and then</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">having one of those numbers randomly selected...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I have a winner! </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So without further ado...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The winner of the $50 giftcard to Barnes and Noble is: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jessica (my cousin) and her husband, Daniel</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Congrats you guys!!! </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you to everyone who has given, shared, and prayed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And thank you to everyone who has been following and encouraging me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on this journey back to Haiti. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All I can say is: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">God has put some pretty amazing people in my life :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I cannot express how grateful I am for each of you!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please continue in prayer as I raise the remaining support needed.</span> </div>
Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-20892322319518214522012-09-05T05:49:00.003-07:002012-09-05T05:52:35.361-07:00Last Day (!)<div style="text-align: center;">
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The winner for the $50 Barnes and Noble giftcard</div>
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will be drawn this Friday, September 7th.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TODAY </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>is the LAST day </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/08/give-share-enter-to-win.html"><i><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">to enter</span></span></i> </a>(!)</b></span></div>
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Don't miss your chance ;)</div>
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<i>Give, Share, Enter now.</i></div>
Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-64885402154921351912012-08-29T02:18:00.000-07:002012-08-29T02:19:29.073-07:00Give, Share, Enter to Win!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I will be back in Haiti soon!</div>
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7 weeks </div>
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just 7 </div>
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that's it now</div>
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I will be at Well Being Orphanage, helping out there,</div>
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surrounded by children that I have already fallen in love with.</div>
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As well as ministering to a new children's home</div>
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filled with precious little treasures </div>
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called Loving Heart.</div>
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<u><b>Can we say excited?!?!</b></u></div>
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But I need your help desperately!</div>
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My plane tickets have been purchased and all,</div>
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I'm ready to go, but there is one thing...</div>
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I'm still in need of donations!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Here is how you can help me AND enter to win a $50 gift card </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-37" id="en-NKJV-23417"><sup class="versenum">" </sup>Then He said to His disciples, <span class="woj"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-37" id="en-NKJV-23417"><span class="woj">“The harvest truly <i>is</i> plentiful, </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-37" id="en-NKJV-23417"><span class="woj">but the laborers <i>are</i> few.</span> </span><span class="text Matt-9-38" id="en-NKJV-23418"><span class="woj"> </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-38" id="en-NKJV-23418"><span class="woj">Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-38" id="en-NKJV-23418"><span class="woj">to send out laborers into His harvest.”</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="text Matt-9-38" id="en-NKJV-23418"><span class="woj"> <span style="font-size: small;">-Matthew 9:37-38 </span></span></span></b></span></div>
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When I went to Haiti last summer (2011)... I KNEW I would be going back someday.</div>
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I was so moved by the people, the culture... the desperate need! </div>
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God put a love in my heart for the country.</div>
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But the question remained: "When Lord?"<br />
"When could I go back again?"</div>
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I desired His perfect timing. </div>
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I work as a full-time (+) live-in nanny<br />
and realistically it's not easy to go away for a week...</div>
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I also knew I needed to stay in my job.</div>
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It's hard to wait on The Lord sometimes.</div>
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Especially when you "feel" </div>
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ready to jump on a plane and go back to help.</div>
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But I needed to wait on Him. </div>
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Seeds started to be planted in my heart</div>
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and doors of opportunity started to open up</div>
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one. by. one. over this last year...</div>
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confirming His perfect timing for me to go back. </div>
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Last year, September 2011, I read <a href="http://isaiah49.blogspot.com/2011/09/enter-into-his-labor.html"><span style="background-color: #990000; color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b>a blog post</b></span></a></div>
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from then, the Executive Director of the organization <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4084605025121508856" style="background-color: #bf9000; color: #990000;">Visiting Orphans</a></b>,</div>
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Amanda Lawrence <span style="font-size: x-small;">(who is now a full-time, stay-at-home mom, to her handsome son Jordan)</span></div>
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Her post burdened my heart about</div>
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many mission trips being canceled during the Fall season.</div>
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I encourage you to click on the link and read it (awesome post)! </div>
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While reading what she had to say,<br />
this verse she posted struck my heart:</div>
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<span class="text John-4-34" id="en-NKJV-26191"><sup class="versenum"></sup><b><sup>"</sup>Jesus said to them, <span class="woj">“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.</span> </b></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><b><sup class="versenum"> </sup></b><span class="woj"><b>Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and <i>then</i> comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!"</b> -John 4:34-38</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">Fast forward to this past winter,</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I oddly enough kept thinking about sunflowers and sunflower seeds.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I began to write an email to a dear friend about sunflowers and how one must die</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">to itself </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">to produce an even bigger crop the next year.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">The sunflower seeds must be collected (harvested) </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">though </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">at the proper time. </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">My prayer continued: </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">"Lord, please clearly show me when to go back to Haiti." </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">It was like a light bulb went off. </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">What better time to go than the Harvest season?!</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">(I continued to pray... I would need to have a week off </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">at the beginning of the kids school year, would that work out ok? </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">It's a busy time of year to go.</span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">)</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">The very next day, after starting to write that email,</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> I saw Katie Davis (a missionary in Uganda)</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">write <span style="background-color: #e69138; color: #e69138; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.incourage.me/2012/01/a-harvest-of-what-is-yet-to-come.html">this guest post</a> </b></span>about sunflowers.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">While reading it, I was reminded of a favorite verse</span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> of mine</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> that encouraged me going to Haiti the first time:</span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> </span></span><br />
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<b>"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the
ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much
grain."</b> -John 12:24</div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">That day I read her post,</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I KNEW what I needed to do. I had peace about it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I looked on V.O.'s website and saw an October mission trip to Haiti scheduled.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">They had just posted who would be the team leader:</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">It was Melanie, the same person </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">that led the team I was on last summer! </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">She had just agreed to lead another team there! </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I was able to get that week of work approved off.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">Thank You Lord!</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> Quickly after, I announced to my close friends and family</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">that I would be traveling back to Haiti again in October.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">During the spring months, </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I was continually reminded through verses about the Harvest Season.</span></span><br />
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During the<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> summer months, </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">while traveling throughout Michigan, </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I passed more </span></span><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">sunflower fields than I can count. </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">More than I've ever seen in my life. </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">Thank you Lord! </span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">The plane tickets have been purchased!</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">7 weeks and I will be back there again.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I am super excited! </span></span><br />
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">(Oh and about praying for laborers... did I mention this will be</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">V.O.'s largest amount of people going on a trip to Haiti to date?!</span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> All during a Fall month too!) </span></span><br />
<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"><br />Faithful Father!!!</span></span></div>
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<span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">On a funny side note:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I can no longer eat peanut butter due to an allergy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">So last year, when I was in Haiti,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">while everyone ate peanut butter,<br />
</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">I ate <a href="http://www.sunbutter.com/" style="background-color: #7f6000; color: #f9cb9c;">SunButter</a> (made from sunflower seeds) on bread e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text John-4-35" id="en-NKJV-26192"><span class="woj">A quick and easy thing to eat on the mission field for lunch.</span></span></span></div>
Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-6498092945265681132012-08-24T10:10:00.000-07:002012-08-24T11:00:35.775-07:00Introducing...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfxBNtb7hsQ4lt7ReXBo33iP05qRLdQB6IY_w5sjInm8o6UdeddOVDdjk29EmHQ6_7F1Afy3qVUeHQg7r_SBXbRwv7Ukb1r_2YqEna5wjB-AgUWD1LpXTEswMngGSG7IAOfLmWyXC8LwS/s1600/LouLee2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfxBNtb7hsQ4lt7ReXBo33iP05qRLdQB6IY_w5sjInm8o6UdeddOVDdjk29EmHQ6_7F1Afy3qVUeHQg7r_SBXbRwv7Ukb1r_2YqEna5wjB-AgUWD1LpXTEswMngGSG7IAOfLmWyXC8LwS/s400/LouLee2.jpg" width="312" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lee ( that's me ;) with Lou- my guy</td></tr>
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So thankful to God!!!<br />
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Lou and I<br />
started dating at the very beginning of June.<br />
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This summer has been the best one E.V.E.R.<br />
(ever, ever, ever) by far!<br />
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Enjoying summer to the last drop</div>
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... and anticipating a beautiful Fall :) </div>
Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-72897518211674449212012-08-09T10:59:00.001-07:002012-08-14T08:55:15.892-07:00humbled.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8xHE6T5lK82B_JkxfRIxyZpfyb0KoVHiv3X5Aw_Sbo6A_Y61gaXQUbuKJ2IVz4qbXjZYhwrKisseX0ofMlh1FIhmwLvQ3Pnve042Yg7H9LAPVbX7ougCSuk5tKssi3B4raLtxFkio-7M/s1600/haiti1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8xHE6T5lK82B_JkxfRIxyZpfyb0KoVHiv3X5Aw_Sbo6A_Y61gaXQUbuKJ2IVz4qbXjZYhwrKisseX0ofMlh1FIhmwLvQ3Pnve042Yg7H9LAPVbX7ougCSuk5tKssi3B4raLtxFkio-7M/s320/haiti1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken by Karli Rose</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is hard for me to ask for things from people.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It's easier for me to ask for something</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">if it's for someone else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But if it involves me, no way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hold my tongue. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I decide that I need to pull myself up by my bootstraps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and figure it out on my own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It's prideful. It's ugly. It creates a mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But I am humbled by God, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">His Holiness, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">by His mercy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I need God</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and I need help from God's people,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Body of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My first trip to Haiti I didn't ask for help financially. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But this time around</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(and in very recent days too) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">God has shown me:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">not once</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">not twice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">but three times (!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">that I need to ask for help.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">And The Truth:</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That really it's not about me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> It's about giving up myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's about becoming part of the bigger picture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's about people that are hungry and poor in every sense</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">physically and spiritually. <br />
</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's about going out into the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">loving and sharing The Gospel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's about His Kingdom.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">one that will never fade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's about His life in me.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It's about Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But I can't do it without The Body of Christ.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I need help. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So I'm asking. And I'm praying.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">I need to raise a little over $1,500 more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every donation will go towards helping <b><i>many</i></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I will be back in Haiti October 14-21.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you are able to give, would you please give today?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And if you can't give, would you pray?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">truly. i. am. humbled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">UPDATE (08/14/12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've created a PayPal "donate" button on the top</span></div>
<div style="background-color: #8e7cc3; color: yellow;">
<span style="font-size: large;">right hand side of my blog. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: #8e7cc3; color: yellow; font-size: large;">Donations can securely be made through there as well! </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">How to make a tax- deductible donation:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">CLICK HERE: https://www.visitingorphans.org/cgi-bin/donate.cgi</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">THEN when it asks: </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><label>Would you like to preference this donation toward the work of a specific team member or ministry?</label>
CLICK YES and WRITE: Alisha Bellows </span></li>
</ul>
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Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-8543775133401228642012-06-17T18:36:00.001-07:002012-08-10T06:55:23.244-07:00From Above<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnFIvE6yhyphenhyphenBEwUg4ve-_1bJKv94VR2ePALkd3QaVbQvRaZVLZR62aAMwb6FU0Me0aw-0xC-oS5opszCqBO1Jal3KweC_3Sup8sOvyOAR4VN_O5vi2GJuGaNm9Oiv31cnauG8QkzQZ5deT/s1600/yummydessert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnFIvE6yhyphenhyphenBEwUg4ve-_1bJKv94VR2ePALkd3QaVbQvRaZVLZR62aAMwb6FU0Me0aw-0xC-oS5opszCqBO1Jal3KweC_3Sup8sOvyOAR4VN_O5vi2GJuGaNm9Oiv31cnauG8QkzQZ5deT/s400/yummydessert.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dessert my mom made- doesn't it look scrumptious?</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGB8Dzhb0NdhwjqLqqbX8-5OmtaU62e4cBdF_G1kIfEwPKmQsAQy7LQrqLaQ_UWYXgY8-j4uejaxvnZ79FpfNsj2Nm8VY2QvTbt45jzfbS0-xmWz9FI7i2SzoNxD1rRHMDBMGnVM5MkmA/s1600/yummydessert2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGB8Dzhb0NdhwjqLqqbX8-5OmtaU62e4cBdF_G1kIfEwPKmQsAQy7LQrqLaQ_UWYXgY8-j4uejaxvnZ79FpfNsj2Nm8VY2QvTbt45jzfbS0-xmWz9FI7i2SzoNxD1rRHMDBMGnVM5MkmA/s400/yummydessert2.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blueberries... yum!</td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">There has been a beautiful big shift in the season...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> summer is full blown here in Michigan!</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">AND in the best ways!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*90 degree days*</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*early morning sunshine and late, late sunsets*</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">(that take your breath away ;) </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*popsicles*</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*picnics*</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*being by the water*</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*BBQs* </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">*fireworks*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">....SO much...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I am so thankful to The Lord for it all!</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Yes, even the hot weather...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I would take a hot day over a cold one in a heartbeat. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">But really no matter what the season.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">No matter what the weather.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">God is so good. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">His goodness is all around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today was the rainy kind of day, </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">and yet there placed up in the sky</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">was a gorgeous rainbow for me to see.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Reminding me to look for His gifts everywhere </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">because they are good and perfect,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">truly from above. </span></div>
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<span class="text Jas-1-17" id="en-NKJV-30284"><b>"Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."-James 1:17</b></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVLSg0S_hH9-nOhPdS4o9jW9Cx8OK-lCBGysqYr-_Ev3W15h39GPzx3vFkExecf6lCZwYl3RVJ90GxHgaEBQpJO8KlP6Vgdho9JX2DnNtDRbdx6yzFmMdYDLpSvWnb0hJZn_MK0SlfQEk/s1600/rainbowinsky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVLSg0S_hH9-nOhPdS4o9jW9Cx8OK-lCBGysqYr-_Ev3W15h39GPzx3vFkExecf6lCZwYl3RVJ90GxHgaEBQpJO8KlP6Vgdho9JX2DnNtDRbdx6yzFmMdYDLpSvWnb0hJZn_MK0SlfQEk/s400/rainbowinsky.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture I took in my neighborhood. Can you see the rainbow?</td></tr>
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<i>"The
rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh
that is on the earth.” -Genesis 9:16</i></div>
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I headed down to the lake today. The water was so peaceful.</div>
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I sat down and opened up my bible.</div>
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<i> thank. you. Lord. </i></div>
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...<b><i> just what I needed to see today</i></b></div>
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Verses 1-3 spoke to my heart <b>BIG</b> time </div>
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<span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-23-1">The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> <i>is</i> my shepherd;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-23-1">I shall not want.</span><span class="text Ps-23-2" id="en-NKJV-14238"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-23-2" id="en-NKJV-14238"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>He makes me to lie down in green pastures;</span><br />
<span class="text Ps-23-2">He leads me beside the still waters.</span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-23-3" id="en-NKJV-14239"><i>He restores my soul</i>;</span><br />
<span class="text Ps-23-3">He leads me in the paths of righteousness</span><br />
<span class="text Ps-23-3">For His name’s sake.</span> </div>
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I took some pictures to remember the moment...</div>
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<i>He restores my soul</i>.</div>
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...yes...</div>
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encouraged, and came out to the yard sale this past Saturday. It was a
big success! The weather was beautiful and I met so many amazing people
in the community- truly, I am so thankful! I will continue to raise money while preparing to go back to Haiti this fall. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> Know that every bit (help, time, donated items, etc.) is dearly appreciated. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!</span></i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>p.s. -I made/laminated bookmarks for anyone to take at the yard sale and I saw this one left on the table with a rainbow of light around the picture. Remember my <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/fun-god-story-7-beautiful-colors.html">7 beautiful colors God Story</a>? I still see those rainbows everywhere and in perfect places... truly as it says below: "To God be the Glory"</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is pictures/video from my first trip to Haiti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Please pause music at the bottom of this page to watch. ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God really changed my heart in a BIG way through this trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And He continues to show me daily that it's not about me. AT ALL.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can't wait to hug up these kids again...</span></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-87889370003120994772012-05-08T07:16:00.000-07:002012-05-08T07:16:33.125-07:00Remembering<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #ffd966;">nothing compares to a relationship with </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"> <span style="color: #76a5af;"> Jesus</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> <span style="color: #bf9000;"> nothing.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">I was watching</span> (<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.jesusfilm.org%20%20%20%20/" style="color: #ea9999;">THIS</a></span>) </div>
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When I paused it, </div>
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was the freeze frame. </div>
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...the faith of a child.</div>
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This is what I want to be like everyday...</div>
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believing Lord, that not only can You,</div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">but You <i>will</i>.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>Faithful.</i></span></div>
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Today I'm remembering these stories...</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://www.newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/god-story-cloud.html" style="color: #ea9999;">The Cloud </a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://www.newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/03/god-story-divine-appointment-part-1.html"> A Divine Appointment (Part 1)</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://www.newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/fun-god-story-7-beautiful-colors.html" style="color: #ea9999;">7 Beautiful Colors </a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://www.newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/god-story-our-miracle-orchestrating-god.html" style="color: #0b5394;">Our Miracle Orchestrating God </a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/god-story-fork-in-road.html"><span style="color: #ea9999;">The Fork in the Road</span></a></u></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><a href="http://www.newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/04/god-story-lilies-of-field.html">Lilies of the Field</a></u></span></div>
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I must<i> trust</i> Him.</div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I must have the </span><i style="color: #ffd966;">faith of a child</i><span style="color: #ffd966;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">I must </span><b style="color: #ffd966;"><i>daily</i></b><u><span style="color: #ffd966;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/03/lay-it-down.html" style="color: #e06666;">Lay it Down</a></span></u><span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span>and </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/push-pray-until-something-happens.html" style="color: #e06666;">P.U.S.H.</a></span></b><span style="color: #ffd966;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></b>on</span></div>
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because He has a purpose for my life.</div>
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He does, </div>
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and He has one for you too. </div>
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">He alone makes it</span> <i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/03/every-life-is-beautiful.html" style="color: #ea9999;"><b>Beautiful</b></a></span></i>.</div>
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Remember His Faithfulness</div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">(whatever you are going through) </span></div>
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<b>He still is</b></div>
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<b style="color: #ffd966;">and always will be Faithful.</b></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-81779540024929615002012-05-04T10:30:00.000-07:002012-05-04T10:31:10.100-07:00Oh' Haiti, your on my heart!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> The other night,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> I dreamed about being back in Haiti.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then in the last 36 hours, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>again </i>and <i>again</i>. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm excited to go back there this Fall!!! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So, so, so excited!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Does anyone feel called to come with me?</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Happy May</b></i>--- I am back in Michigan!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And will be updating soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for your prayers. I'm healthy and home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And had a wonderful time away too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank You Lord!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm slowly responding to emails now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will respond to <b>each one </b>very soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I haven't forgotten about any of you guys. No way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to say hi this morning...</span></div>
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<br />Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-45464128320283410852012-04-25T16:38:00.001-07:002012-05-02T07:59:08.246-07:00PlanesIt's crazy to think that only a few short years ago I had never been on a plane. Now I've been on more than I can count. Wonderful world of technology, I'm sitting in one now as I write this, headed off to Florida for a work trip. I'm SO READY for the sunshine! I see God's grace on me being sick all this past week, especially during a time when I'm NOT traveling. This past week I've been so sick, but even in the midst of very real trials, He whispers to my heart through His Word. God works even the worst circumstances together for my good (Romans 8:28)- I can be encouraged by this through it all.Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-84133024126684729172012-04-24T05:27:00.002-07:002012-05-02T07:58:19.951-07:00Update: Recuperating<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Lord is good and full or grace---</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">when I'm healthy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and <i>when I'm sick too</i>.</span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">His mercies are still new every morning.</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I talked about the nasty virus </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">my body has been battling these days</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/04/so.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/04/please-pray.html">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it's safe to say now </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that I'm recuperating and doing better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thank you</i> so much for your prayers, <b>THANK YOU!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please continue to pray as I get back into the swing of things</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">after being down for a week with it.</span></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-83439298105115384012012-04-23T12:58:00.002-07:002012-04-23T13:28:04.707-07:00God Story- Lilies of the Field<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last Saturday night I was given an unexpected amount of money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And on Sunday morning, the very next day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was surprised by an unexpected need that had to be met.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The amount of money was <u><b>exactly</b></u> the same </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">to the dollar and cent.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">WOW God!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He met the need <i>before</i> I ever knew there</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">was going to be one the next day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just another reminder of many that... </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">He is Faithful to provide the exact need!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which reminds me of these verses:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Matt-6-28" id="en-NKJV-23311"><sup class="versenum"></sup><span class="woj">“So why do you worry about clothing? <i><b>Consider the lilies of the field</b></i>, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;</span> </span><span class="text Matt-6-29" id="en-NKJV-23312"><span class="woj">and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span> </span><span class="text Matt-6-30" id="en-NKJV-23313"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><span class="woj">Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, <i>will He</i> not much more <i>clothe</i> you, O you of little faith?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Matt-6-31" id="en-NKJV-23314"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><span class="woj">“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’</span></span><span class="text Matt-6-32" id="en-NKJV-23315"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><span class="woj">For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.</span> </span><span class="text Matt-6-33" id="en-NKJV-23316"><span class="woj">But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.</span> </span><span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NKJV-23317"><span class="woj">Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day <i>is</i> its own trouble. <i> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NKJV-23317"><span class="woj"><i>-Matthew 6:28-34</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NKJV-23317"><span class="woj"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">How have you seen His Faithfulness </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-NKJV-23317"><span class="woj"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">in your life lately?</span></b></span></span></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-7413964392533810352012-04-22T06:24:00.001-07:002012-04-22T08:22:01.458-07:00Please prayHi everyone, I'm updating on my phone asking for prayer.
I'm still sick, with what's believed to be a horrible virus (stomach flu like).
This is the 5th day I've been fighting it.
Unable to keep food or water down.
I'm dehydrated and concerned mainly about that because last year I had acute kidney failure
and was in the hospital for 6 days then.
Please pray I keep enough fluids in my body and recover quickly.
Thank you dear friends!Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-23542849966943333072012-04-20T18:19:00.001-07:002012-04-20T20:28:29.358-07:00First Time Seeing The West Coast (Part 1)<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Last week Wednesday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a little before 4am</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I drove myself to Detroit Metro Airport</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <i> to The <b>West Coast</b> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <i>to visit my friend <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/03/praises-to-jesus.html" style="color: #93c47d;">Dana</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> eeeekkk! :) </i></span></div>
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<b>Here is a <i>glimpse</i> of my trip there:</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesday: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Took early connecting flight and landed in Texas y'all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then hello Reno, Nevada</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Settled in and relaxed for a few hours at Dana's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">then we drove to Virgina City, Nevada</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Had a great day and dinner with Dana's family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And enjoyed the view in their neighborhood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took turns driving to California.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First we had to go into the mountains to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many had to stop and put chains on their tires </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">because of the snow in the mountains</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We quickly went from this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To this (stopping in Sacramento, California): </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we drove to San Francisco, California</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do these houses below look familiar?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I'll give you a clue: they were in the intro to a popular TV show</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the late 80's to early 90's. )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>I've been back in Michigan since Monday</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>One of the boys I nanny for (poor guy) </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>passed along something to me when I got home: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> the stomach flu. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It is as miserable as it sounds. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> My nausea comes and goes. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then comes again.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Headache, chills/fever, dizzy, unable to get up. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yesterday evening I thought I was on the mend. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But I was wrong, last night was rough. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>And today my body is still fighting it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yesterday I wanted to blog, but just physically couldn't.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>That's how bad it was. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hopefully I can catch up on here soon. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Praying... </b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful view- picture I took last Friday in Sausalito, California</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-139-17" id="en-NKJV-16257">How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-17">How great is the sum of them!</span><span class="text Ps-139-18" id="en-NKJV-16258"></span><span class="text Ps-139-18" id="en-NKJV-16258"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-139-18" id="en-NKJV-16258"> If I should count them, they would be <b>more</b> in number</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-139-18" id="en-NKJV-16258"> <i>than the sand</i>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-18">When I awake, I am still with You.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-139-18"> Psalm 139:17-18 </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Ps-139-18">Remember my friend Dana from <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/02/god-story-fork-in-road.html" style="background-color: #b4a7d6; color: #0c343d;">THIS STORY</a>?</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">And from <a href="http://newmerciesdaily.blogspot.com/2012/03/praises-to-jesus.html"><span style="background-color: #b4a7d6; color: #0c343d;">HERE</span></a> too?</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">Well... I've been on the other side of the country</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">this week visiting her (and traveling lots!)</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">We took a road trip from Nevada to California. </span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">These pictures are from yesterday</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">which was my first time seeing The Pacific Ocean.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">God's creations are breathtaking</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-139-18"><span style="font-size: large;">(more pictures to come in the days ahead ;) </span></span></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084605025121508856.post-78163920856759163452012-04-09T06:36:00.003-07:002012-04-20T09:12:28.000-07:00Blessed by 7<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have three beautiful nieces </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> four handsome nephews</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a little over a week now </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">since my sister Rachel's wedding</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And yesterday I kept thinking...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm an aunt to 7 now... WOW! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just love em' all :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am a blessed, blessed, blessed auntie!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a pic I took yesterday </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at the park of the littlest of the bunch...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister Cassie's daughter,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my 15 month old niece, Miss. Charlotte Wren:</span></div>
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<b>I was pushing her on the "big girl" swing, don't you just love that smile?!?!</b></div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281393691116360976noreply@blogger.com2