Your word for the year….

5 Jan

The new year has begun and now  2011 is being set into order. With many talking about new years resolutions, which I personally do not participate in as I never seem to keep up my end of the bargain with all those promises, I felt that I wanted to have a ‘word’ for the year.  I was somewhat inspired after hearing some others doing the same.  With some thought and prayer, I decided that the word for my year would be HOPEFUL.   After contemplating this for a while, I was directed to the words, Faith, Hope and Love. It seems to me that one cannot be had without the other. Hope being the rope that connects faith and love! Hope being deferred makes you very hopeless and that being very hard to operate in faith or love. I have much to be hopeful for this year in dreams, visions, prophecies, seeing my kids and family reach goals and aspirations, brothers and sisters in Christ having a heart towards the Lord like never before….. and just in life as a general. I am grateful that God has already resolved many of theses hopes in His word and knowing that He is the same yesterday and forever, I have great hope and walk being very HOPEFUL in everything.

Have any of you chosen a word for the year, let me know what it is if so….

Prov.13:13

Ecc.4:12

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My pictures from South Africa!

3 Dec

There are lots of pictures in this album but they sure are fun!

Let it snow….

2 Dec

This time of the year is great with Thanksgiving, family and then Christmas just around the corner! After arriving home from a fantastic 21 day trip to South Africa and being back here in the States, I have come to realize how blessed I am to experience two vastly different cultures!  One thing you do learn is to live by the motto, “When in Rome, do as Rome.”  Differences are not back and I must admit I rather enjoy many of the cultural diversities here and in South Africa.  Jet lag was not to bad with only waking up at 4:00 am for about 5 days in a row.  I do know that my body hates me, as a week after arriving home, I left for a 9 hour trip to Wichita with the family, to celebrate Thanksgiving.  It was well worth it as we had some great times with friends and family. The weather was also great but no snow this year so I made up for it with snow on my page!

Thanksgiving dinner at home before we left for Wichita, Ks.

Decorating after lunch, our tradition.

Outside decorations...Joy to the World!

The tree is up!

Michael carving the ham and turkey.

....that was hard work!!

Isaiah enjoyed every minute feeding the dogs!

All good things must come to an end….

21 Nov

It is finished…. my travel blog that is.  Here is the link for you to read about my trip and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Please be patient….

6 Nov

It is very difficult getting on the internet here, yet my travels continue….Blog Update ~ Enjoy!

I promised a travel blog….

28 Oct

I have the amazing opportunity to travel to South Africa to visit with my family for 3 weeks.  I promised a travel blog while jetting around, so here it is….Blog Update Enjoy!

Silly Bands….

23 Sep

The latest craze….I would say. Everywhere I go, I cannot help notice the bunch of neon colored bands on people’s arms. I was puzzled at the obsession but after inquiring about these glowing bands, I came to find out that there was a lot more to them that meets the eye!  After discovering that once these bands are removed from the arm and placed on a surface an amazing shape takes place. Come to find out that there is a whole array of shapes, ranging from animals, figures, super heroes, extra! Well, a giraffe being my favorite animal, I was on a mission to find one. Thanks to my daughter Kristen, who knows all about these bands, being a children’s pastor, managed to retrieve one out of the goodie bag in children’s church! That is when the Lord started speaking to me. Never judge a book by its cover…..I will never look at another silly band as it is but what its image is designed to become!  There is a beautiful image in each one of us, maybe not to the eye immediately but give it space, time and a place to take shape and walla, there it is! There is a scripture that speaks about this, 1 Sam. 16:7b ~ But the LORD said to Samuel, ” For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”  I have been challenge to see people as God sees them, complete in Him, giving Him glory and beautiful in His sight, not what we see on the outward but what we are created in His image to be!  He is the potter and we are the clay and He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Belize mission trip.

18 Sep

This is a great video of a mission trip that David Broderick took to Belize. He is a member of our church and did an awesome job!

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The power of a little yellow flag….

13 Sep

What a game loss ~ Dallas Cowboy Game!  Sad day in the Johnson home.

Mike in Malawi – April 2010

20 Aug

Take a look at the video!

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