Person in process

"I am a person in process. God is chipping away at the peeling paint in my life, driving nails in where the boards are breaking away, and working hard to make my house what it should be. He is painting deep brushstrokes in my life, but He has a long way to go. "

Carole Mayhall, author of Words That Hurt Words That Heal

I'm reading through this book with some college girls from my church and I have felt convicted after reading each and every chapter. I get a little frustrated though when I forget what I have learned in a couple of days. Yesterday I read the next chapter and came across this quote at the end. It made me feel a little relieved. Don't get me wrong, I still need to work on remembering the things I have learned and applying them to my life, but there are times when God uses those things without me even knowing. I'm so glad that He is at work! And I don't have to grow by my own strength.

It kinda reminds me of a song...

He's still working on me to make me what I ought to be.
It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,
The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be, He's still working on me.

Funny stories

It is so entertaining to work with kids. Sometimes they are just so funny!

This week I subbed in the PreK class on Wednesday. It was a fun day, and the kids were great. In the afternoon I was talking with one of the girls in the class.

This is how it went:

Me: "That is a pretty bracelet. Where did you get it?"

Student: "Um (with a puzzled look), where do you go? VBS? Or UPS?"

It was so hard to control the laughter that was bubbling inside me.

Me: "VBS. UPS is the company that delivers things."

Student: "Oh, yeah."

It was so cute!!!

Conversations with a 2 year old

I'm hanging out with a certain adorable 2 yr. old tonight.

One who happens to be my niece.

She is currently holding my chin so that I will look at her, talking gibberish and finishing with "Ok?"

Hilarious!

I can't answer yes because I have no idea what she is saying. :o)

Just a few minutes ago she was in the other room and I could hear her tearing apart some paper bowls that she had been playing with. I called to her and asked her what she was doing. She ran into the room and asked me to come with her.

"What? Do you want to show me the mess you made?"

Her response was, "Yippidee!" (translation - yes)

We went over there and then she expected me to clean it up! I don't think so kiddo!

I was nice and helped her clean it up.

What can I say, I'm a softy.

What an entertaining evening! I love this kid!

Recently

It has been a while since my last post.

So I thought I would tell you what I have been up to.

Family

Friends

Hawai'i

(Yes I did just write the word Hawai'i! I took a week off of work and went to the beautiful island of Kauai with one of my best friends, her parents and her roommate.)