Ear Wax

I overheard a little girl today say "Eweh! Ear wax tastes gross!" In my mind I said, "Yes it does." My friend then said, "How is it that everybody knows that it tastes gross?"

I thought this was hilarious. So, what do you guys think? Does ear wax taste gross to you?

I've been busy writing lessons for our trip. We leave on Friday and will probably not be posting from then until July 11th. Pray for us.

I love my church

Tonight, I went out to eat with all the staff ladies. We had such a blast. It is so great doing ministry with people you like and with people that like you. There are so many times I want to pinch myself because it seems like a dream. Can a church staff really operate like this? When is the bombshell going to hit?

When Jason first went into the ministry, I had all these ideals of how closeI was going to be with other staff wives. I thought we would get together and share our troubles and triumphs. I thought we would get together and shop or have girl getaways. I was so disappointed for the first few years of our ministry becuase I was disallusioned. However, being at this church and working with these people has helped heal my cynical heart. None of us are perfect and the church still deals with typical church stuff, but we are all on the same page and are all headed in the same direction. We major on the big things and let the little things roll off our backs.

This is such a gift. I know there are few situations like this and I am very thankful for the opportunity to experience life and ministry like this.

No lions, No tigers, and only 2 bears

I woke up this morning with no electricity. No big deal, I thought. I can still get ready but I won't be able to dry my hair. No big deal, right? Little did I know that when you have a well, you don't have water without electricity. So, I drove to Amy's house to get ready.

The Burch girls and I went to the D.C. zoo today. We had a blast. We saw the pandas and some cool primates. However, a lot of the exhibits were closed or the animals were inside and we couldn't see them. It was a little disappointing. The zoo just isn't as cool as it was when you were younger.

Letter Boxing

So I went letter boxing today, however, most of the day I called it "shadow boxing". I'm really not a wordsmith. Anyway, letter boxing has been around for about 150 years and started in England. If you go to letterboxing.org you can find clues to letter boxes that are hidden all over the U.S.

What is a letter box you might ask? Well it is a waterproof box that contains a ruber stamp and a notepad. You post clues on the internet and other people try to find it. When you go searching for a letter box, you need to bring a small notebook, a rubber stamp of your own, and a writing utensil. Once you follow the clues and find a box, you stamp your stamp in their book and their stamp in your book. You sign and date their notepad and tell where you are from. In your book you put the date and where you found their stamp.

I went today with our children's minister, Amy, and her girls. It was a lot of fun.

Let me know if you've heard of this or not. It is pretty cool.

Amy and I also made a cherry pie today. MMMM. It was good. While we were letter boxing we found a cherry tree. (At least we think they were cherries. If we all get sick and die you'll know that they were some other kind of berry.)

Computer Logged

So I've spent most of the day working on lessons for N. Africa. I've been trying to collect pictures that will help me teach idioms. (i.e. Don't cry over spilt milk.; It's raining cats and dogs., etc.) See if you can figure out which idioms these pictures represent.

What did you say?

Lately I've been realizing that I have a knack for singing the wrong words to songs. For example, I was singing along to Mercy Me's "Who am I?" and I found my self singing:

"You hear me when I'm falling,
"You catch me when I'm calling"

Then best one however was today in chuch we were singing a Crowder song (I think) and I sang:
"Praise Him mother hope and skies" instead of "Praise Him under open skies"

I'm so crazy.

Mr. Darcy the Perfect Man????

I think not. I saw the movie Pride and Prejudice tonight. Great movie. However, I don't think that Mr. Darcy is anything compared to Jason Fullen. Jason, "You have bewitched me body and soul." (great line by the way!)

O.K. so I'm getting a little sappy since he's been gone.

Flying Solo

So Jason is on his way to the other side of the world and I am trying to figure out what I'm going to do with a week all to myself. I plan to write lessons for our trip to North Africa where we'll be teaching English. I also plan on going with the Burch girls to the D.C. Zoo. Other than that I hope to read, relax, and do whatever I want.

Summer is here!

It has been a really long year. The move from Texas was much more difficult than I thought it would be. Adjusting to a new school where I had not a single Christian co-worker took a toll on my spiritual life. There were times when I felt I was in a dark cloud and questioned why I even believed what I believed. Spending time with God became necessary instead of hit and miss. I've always heard about being in spiritually dark places geographically, but I have never experienced it before now. It was more difficult than I had imagined it. On the bright side, God was faithful on those gloomy days to send small evidences of Himself. I am so thankful that He is willing to reveal Himself to me again and again.

Now that I am adjusted to this new life, I am loving it. I love the friends that I've made and I love our church. It is such a safe place to be yourself.

Last night, we just got back from vacation. We went camping at Cape Hattaras, NC ( one of the islands off of the coast of NC). It was so much fun combing the beach--to me that's the best part of it. The shells we found at the beach were the biggest I've ever collected. The beach was beautiful during the day, however it rained both nights we were there and water came into our tent. After the 2nd night of rain we decided to find a new camping spot, out of the way of Tropical Storm Alberto (I think that is his name. I know it started with an A--Alfredo, Alberto, ???). We drove all night for 8 hours to find that it was raining there as well. What fun! The sun came out by noon and all was well for the rest of the trip.


I am so excited that school is finished and I have time to read. Right now I'm reading Gold Cord by Amy Carmichael. I also have a reading list of what I hope to have done by the end of the Summer. We'll see what actually gets read.

True Spirituality by Frances Schaeffer
Bruchko by Bruce Olsen
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (still have to buy this one)