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so i feel like i’m doing this out of ‘holiday order’ buuuut oh well.
here are the most noteable things in my life in no particular order for 2009:
- went to the beach (alot)
- ran 6.2 miles many times
- first time to ride in an ambulance (not because of the above either)
- drove over the bay bridge (one of the last few)
- drove over the golden gate bridge
- found a way cool app called quadcam from lauren chandler of which I find myself just dying to capture God’s beauty & yet can only show you a glimpse of what i get to see from the air
- prayed and wept for a friend to become prego – she’s due jan 12th
- whitewater rafted with my lg
- two stepped many times -yeppers
- layed on the beach & thought ‘this is where all those magazine pics are taken’
- had a famous football player keynote one of my conferences & he signed something which what my bro is getting for christmas/bday. i can’t wait to see him smile.
- booked a ticket to portland
- saw lives changed at lifechurch.tv
- watched my kids (niece/nephew) grow up a little bit more.
- didn’t mean to, but kinda stalked matt trying to get a job – guess i’ll just enjoy the grape juice instead of serving it. ha!
- hanging out with my two best guys – justin & aaron.
- meeting random people on my trips
- running with angie (& lindz & timberly too)
- coffee dates all around
- girls night with jayci
- watching God develop our lg
- hanging out with the girls of lg
- sunday night dinners
- the wisdom of the dundees
- mexican with gwen
- realizing God has something more
- not owning a dog
- being single
- my parents moving back to the states
- coordinating the best conferences this association has had yet
- sushi in indy
- thursday afternoon ‘staff meetings’ at copelands
- being hugged by my niece & her begging to ride in my car
- a best friend becoming engaged
- 2 bf’s prego’s & marisa had jadeyn
- late nights with brie & cassie
- the rte 66 marathon relay – because i get to say the word marathon & i ran in the same sentence
- friends sharpening friends
- memorial day with nuni and mom
- sushi (and overall lunches) with malorie
- blackberry picking with amy & co
- riding a camel with lillie
- driving with my sunroof back
- singing hosanna at the top of my lungs while gazing at the sunrise on my way to work – just God & me times all around
i may add more later…these are just what were on the forefront. did we connect somewhere? what’s your favorite time together?
chandler
it has been just a busy weekend. my boss asked thursday night if i had any plans & i said i apologize in advance if i come dragging in on Monday. it’s just that time of year. and seriously, i hate missing out on fun.
a couple of noteable highlights: going shopping with some lg friends for the two classes we adopted of under privledged kids. that was more than pretty cool. we get to go see them open the presents on the 19th which makes it even cooler. second, had a great time with a friend at a coffee shop. left there very refreshed and thankful. many more things including shenanigans, dundees, gwen & annie, sunday dinner with friends but i don’t think i’d have enough room.
for those of you that know me, i adore pastor matt chandler from the village church in texas. he preaches the Word. just straight word. he ended up having a brain tumor (yeah, they found out on thanksgiving, geez), had surgery friday & doing well & about half the planet is now awaiting to hear if it was malignant or not and if they got it all. if you think i exagerate on the planet comment check out his blog.
anyway, so chandler last spoke on the sabbath. which honestly, i had always envisioned taking a full day of sitting on my bed reading my bible and praying for 18 hours nonstop. since i enjoy food, fresh air, and people i thought why does God want us to be miserable when we reflect on Him?? so i’ve never really been purposeful in that, if that makes sense?
but matt was like ‘no, obviously you’re wrong’. haha, ok so that was my interpretation. anywho, so he talks about taking a walk – and not for exercise. to really bask in God’s beauty and Him. or have dinner with friends, and this is my favorite, where we ALL go to the store together, we buy food together (unprocessed), we go cook together, we eat together – slowly because we’re enjoying what God’s given us, we hang out and laugh, and we clean up together. and dinner takes many hours because we’re enjoying God’s goodness – together. you can check out the sermon for yourself - just click here.
now this makes sense. enjoying God – taking a full day to put away my iphone, my one-channel on my tv, my dvd’s, my running obsession, and breathing in the place and the people God has for me. i love that He’s made this a commandment. a command to enjoy Him and find rest in that.
