February 03, 2010
Hanz loves the snow! Here's a quick video of him playing in it. There's more coming this weekend and I'm not sure how I'm feeling about it.
Snow!
Mmm Bop!
January 30, 2010
We went to Market Street last night to celebrate my two friend's birthdays. They had live entertainment...really good acustic music. Well the singer started to sing Hansen's "Mmmm Bop". My best friend, Rachel, knew every word and it was quite entertaining. I thought I'd share it with you.
Enjoy!
Unknown
January 25, 2010
Yesterday on my way home from work I had an overwhelming feeling of excitement come over me. It was an excitement about my unknown future. Just in case you don't know, I'm currently getting my masters degree in public health. Ryan, my husband, recently is unsure of his career and we both have discussed moving out of the area one day. With all these thoughts in my mind, I became excited about not knowing the future. There are many options when I graduate with my masters in public health and I'm unsure as to what route I will take. There is this feeling I have when I'm taking classes for my public health program that makes me feel like something awesome is going to come from this degree. That feeling alone makes me excited about the future. I also get excited about where we will settle and raise a family. I'm a dreamer when it comes to this. I will actually sit and daydream about our future house, kids, and dogs running in the huge fenced in back yard. Regardless, I think we should embrace times of uncertainty and the unknown. It gives us time to dream. I know wholeheartedly that God has a plan for me and Ryan and I'm extremely excited to see where He leads us.
Pray for Haiti's people...especially one near and dear to my heart, Nathia.
January 20, 2010
I'm sure many of you have contributing funds and prayers to Haiti after the devastation of the earthquake. I think it's awesome how people are coming together in this time of need. I do want to ask you all to lift up the only person I know in Haiti but one who really is a blessing in my life. Her name is Nathia Louis who is 16 years old. She is my Compassion child which I've been sponsoring since 2005. She is one of our 2 children we sponsor. We have been sending her money every month and even when the funds get tight, we never think of giving up on her. We know she is blessed by our gifts and that is something Ryan and I will continue to do regardless of our financial situation. She has been sending us letters for the past 4 years now telling us about her life, her interests, her activities, how's she's doing in school, and her relationship with God. It's amazing to connect with a young girl many miles away. She has truly been a blessing to us.
At this point, we are unsure of Nathia's whereabouts. According to Compassion, she lives in the northern part of Haiti which was not very affected by the earthquake. We are praying that she is safe as well as her family. Please pray for Nathia and her family during this time. And overall, continue to pray for Haiti. I can't imagine what that would be like losing all your family members, your home...everything. Please pray for all the mourning citizens of Haiti.
If you ever want to sponsor a child, go to www.compassion.com. It's a great organization and it's only $38 dollars a month.
Thanks so much for your support.
Back at it!
This is me and blogging. I blog for like a month and stop for a few months then I have the urge to start back up. This cycle continues and continues. Well here's my urge to start back up. Hopefully you'll enjoy.
My Husband is Amazing
October 29, 2009
(Warning...sappy moment blog)
That gorgeous blue eyed man on the left is amazing. I don't know if I publicly say this that often but I think my husband is incredible. His heart is amazing. He is intelligent. He is funny. He is compassionate. He is genuine. He even has the gift of gab. I appreciate him for everything he does for me, his family, his friends, and his students. He truly wants to help others and has totally grasp onto one of the main purposes of following Jesus, that we should Love God and Love others. He's on that. He has an incredible love for God, a love that is greater than our love, and then a genuine love for others. He isn't perfect and as his wife, I can assure you that but he is the real deal. He's my best friend.
I love you Ryan Jackson and appreciate all you do.
