New Little Brothers

I just got two new little brothers in Christ (as did some of you). Some of you and myself are now spiritually related to Jonathan and Jacob. It was really neat! I got to lead them in their first prayer and answer all their questions and then pray for them some more. I love my study hall! Best class ever!

Please pray for them now as they are starting out on their journey with Jesus. Pray for strength, for discernment of God's voice, and that they would really clearly feel God's love and support and continue on with him. Pray that they would long to follow God more than they would want to sin. Pray that God makes these ones stick and keeps them forever.

One of them (Jonathan) really feels like he's supposed to talk to his parents about God now. So pray for him as he continues to spread the Gospel. Pray especially for him when he talks to his Dad, because he said that God really wants him to talk to his Dad, and he's nervous about it.

Yay! The kingdom increases!

Two Blackbelts

Yes, my husband is now the proud owner of not just a black belt in Karate, but also one in jujitsu. After only one more semester of training than me he has his black belt and I (very rightfully) am still only in possession of a white one. It's really fun to have a husband who is smarter at some things than I am! I love seeing him succeed. To misquote Jane Austen, "I knew that he could not be so beautiful for nothing!"

Spiritual Discipline: Humility

I just started the unit that I'm incorporating Spiritual Disciplines to in my Childhood Development class. I was talking about the Spiritual Discipline of Gratitude, but I experienced humility - I ended up crying when I was talking about how God used the breast-cancer scare in my life. Really odd - I used to would have been embarrassed about crying in public, but it was right... it was the right response and it was honest and earnest and I think that God used my crying and truthfulness to speak to the kids. I cried when I talked about how I realized, in the middle of being scared that I had cancer, that God was using me in the waiting room and that he was allowing me to be there and go through this because he loved _those_ women too - not just me, and how great God was for not loving just me, but loving all of us. I'm really looking forward to introducing these kids to the different disciplines, and looking forward to doing them more myself. It's a really neat time!