it was a crazy week at work. sometimes i wonder why i still work there.
the best part about it is this: we have two cake decorators & one of them is a Christian. We talk about the Lord all the time. the other decorator is Guatemalan. i don't know what she believes but she requested to listen to Kari Jobe's, No Sweeter Name in Spanish. so we listened to it at least three times yesterday at work on the other decorator's iphone. how wonderful is that?!

it made my week after all the crazy things that happened. the Lord is good.

i started to clean & organize my room today and i came across some notes from a Song of Solomon study i was apart of in college. Here is one thing i wrote down:

"Quit negotiating when you are in God's presence, let Him like you."

it was so good to read that this morning. those words are not mine. i could not get those words out of my head all day today. "let Him like you." i am replacing the word "like" with the word "love."

"Quit negotiating when you are in God's presence, let Him love you."

Let Him love on you. i don't know how many times i do not allow Him to love on me. usually pray for myself or for others & not rest in His presence. i have to remind myself to just relax in His presence. it so good to be rest & feel His peace when i do that.

a challenge to those who read this. relax in His presence, enjoy His presence during your quiet/devotion time, allow His peace to flow through you. it's a wonderful feeling i promise.

i am challenging myself since i don't get to take the advantage to be myself when i can.

good night friends. i pray blessings & wonderful dreams to you all.

5 seconds

here are some of the kids dancing to the song of the week by Canton Jones.

another month gone

so once again it has been another month since i have updated. so here it goes:

the youth & i went to Texas, June 26-July 3.
we had a great time.
15 teenage girls & 1 female leader (me).5 teenage boys & 2 male leaders (Jason & Bo).
needless to say, we were never bored & i had my hands full.

first, we drove to Paris, TX first & ministered at Pathway International Church of God. Paris is a small town with some crazy road signs that tell you which ramp to exit onto. (i don't have a picture of that unfortunately).
the second thing we did was go to Arlington to see the Rangers play. i am now a fan :D
it was my first major league baseball game & i loved it! i actually payed attention. here are two pictures: first one is Josh Hamilton (he really loves the Lord & he's cute) & the second one is most of the Rangers stadium.after the game, i got to see one of my oldest friends. we have known each since we were one or two. she moved to Dallas ten years ago & we got to catch up! i loved it! she actually saved a few of us by picking us up from the game. all of us didn't make the trolly that takes us back to the hotel where we were staying.
the next day we got to tour downtown Dallas by riding the Dart train. We got to see the street were JFK got shot & the window where the sniper was standing. it's kind of morbid but really cool. we then proceeded to eat lunch at the spaghetti warehouse (which was super cheap). then off to shop at a mall in Dallas. it was the coolest mall i have ever been to! it basically had everything from Urban & Anthro to Dior & Juicy Couture. (i got me a fossil watch).

after our fun in Dallas, we made our way to Weatherford for the Texas COG youth camp. it was an adventure to get there, & to texas, with our GPS. we finally got settled in & had a "come to Jesus meeting" as a group. we prayed & confessed to each other & worshiped til 1am. it was wonderful because we all needed to lay thins down to the Lord before we could minister to the campers.

the camp was fun! i loved seeing my kids unite as one & see how the campers would watch them to either follow in their footsteps or not.
there were 150 kids at the camp.
with our team there ministering:
26 got saved
106 rededicated
51 got healed emotionally/physically
35 got called into the ministry
38 were filled with the Holy Spirit
I pray these kids continue their walk with the Lord & submit to Him alone.

the trip overall was fun & hard for me. I had to be in charge of the girls & the boys since i help with the dramas. we also had all of the girls, including me, in one room with one bathroom and one outlet. let's just say that was really hard for some of the girls. i had to be mean at times b/c they would not listen but what can i say... they are teenagers.

i am glad i am back home to normalcy.

this week consisted of:
work (my first open to close)
seeing HS friends
seeing toy story 3 & eclipse
hanging out with my HS girls

i'm pooped!!!
have a wonderful night.