Jovi Katlyn

I have another niece! Been an aunt 5 times... Layla Tana Jovi Frankie & Slevin. I love them all soooo much. She is so cute... saw her at the hospital yesterday and I've been watching the girls since Sunday night.. it's been fun. :) Here's a link for a picture of her:
http://instagram.com/p/SeH9hRyAVA/?intent=comment
...hope that works.....
anyways, thats the latest and greatest. Have an awesome week!

boring.

wellp.. not much new...Janelle's coming home in 20 days! (right?) sooo excited!!! :D We have many plans for when she comes home... Bethany should be having her baby soon.. hopefully. Her doctor's thought about inducing her tomorrow (mon) but they apparently, decided not to, but she will have a dr's appt. tomorrow anyway, so we'll see if she'll go into labor then or not..I hope so...:] I'm ready for another niece. :] Yeah.. my life's been fairly boring of late, so I don't have much else to say... we've been practicing for the annual sunday school christmas program, so next sun is dress rehearsal at the fellowship hall and then I think that next weekend is all of the programs.. yaaay..It is really fun, though. We do 3 performances; 1 for Timber Ridge, 1 for another home for the handicapped, and then 1 for the sunday school. It's fun to talk to the kids and make them laugh along with the residents at the homes for the handicapped. :) So yeah, thats the latest and the greatest! Hope you have a great week!


(I've noticed how terrible my grammar is on here... but I really don't feel like fixing it, unless it really really really REALLY bugs you. then you'll have to tell me. then I'll fix it.)

Indy Outreach!

Got back at 3 today from Indy! It was a blast! Met a lot of new people, and just had fun. We got there a little late, but snuck in for lunch, ate, then we were off for our project. We went to a lady's house who had twins 2 weeks ago and she has 3 other boys, and just needed help catching up with housework and such. So we cleaned, and half of our group went and made her meals and then we all went shopping for them for their christmas presents. So it was fun :) we got back like an hour late for supper, and ate fast and went to the bible study/message in the sanctuary. The guy (terrible, I forgot his name... from Bluffton..) had the sermon on how Jesus, when he gave the disciples the wineglass, it was like He was proposing to them, which was crazy, but then that started the engagement. The engagement we are all in until Christ comes back for us, then the marriage and wedding feast will be held! So whenever we have communion its us remembering when He proposed... when He asked if we would love him, be His, and He ours...he was offering his life so that we could be together. But then he had to leave. He had to die to pay the dowry for us, so that He could pay for our freedom so that we could live with him. His death was the dowry. But now we're in the engagement process, and like normal engagements, you can't be with your fiance all the time. Jesus isn't human for us to be with now, but it's because he's preparing our house so that we will go and live with him. It's all so amazing. You just can't help but sing his praise... and that's exactly what we did. After the message, we went out to a (very very very cold) bonfire and sang. It was marvelous. Then people would tell about the projects they each did.. some went to Christ's pregnancy center CPC and painted their waiting room, I believe.. some went to a mission and took out their old bed bugged mattress bunk beds and replaced them with all steel army bunk beds (up 3 flights of stairs and quite heavy) and had to clean out 3 storage rooms of old moldy stinky spidery couches...yum. Then another group went to 'grandmas' and helped her put on a back bedroom to her trailer (she has her, her daughter & her husband & baby boy & a son? living in a trailer) then another group went a did a carnival day type thing at the church for whatever families wanted to come and have their kids play, aaand oh! the last group who got back quite late went to the jail. They said it was a completely awesome experience (I won't be able to give it justice, at all) but they said the jailers were so on fire and they all SO deeply appreciated them coming.. it was amazing hearing their stories. And I think that's it... I may be missing a project or 2...but yeah.. sooo after that we tried to stay warm and such and went to the homes we were staying in! I stayed at the Mustard's (isnt that the coolest last name ever??) and we talked... ate food... went to bed, cuz church was in the morning! Made it there, went to first service (on proverbs 28 & the beautitudes) and it was good :) then we ate lunch (which was DELICIOUS! we had CHILI!!  like actual CHILI!) it was soooo good. I dont think peoria has ever had chili.....ever.....but yeah.. delish. but then we had to leave after lunch because some of us had to get home for family things.. and yeah :) thats about it! Have a good week!!