Memorial Weekend

We kicked off Friday with a cool opportunity to hear about church history & culture in Australia. Bob & Martha met and became very close with Will & Nerida through a church planting coaching network in Atlanta, GA. Will & Nerida are from Australia and have been doing a year residency in America for church planting ideas so they can head back and impact Brisbane in a huge way! The Robbins' had them up for the weekend & they invited the leadership team over to hang out and get to know them. It was really cool hearing about church planting from another point of view...and helped me to realize how much easier we really have it to share Jesus with others, yet we still make excuses. All I gotta say is...Brisbane, get ready!


Saturday we spent the day at the lake with the James' family! Here are my 3 favorite "Griffinisms" of the day, followed by too many pictures:

Griffin: "Emily, can I have a towel?"
Me: "Sure, Griff!" (hand towel from behind/underneath me & place over Griffin's head completely covering him)
Griffin: "This towel smells like poop!"
Me: "It shouldn't smell like poo! It's clean!"
Griffin: "Yeah, but you were sittin on it!"

During this arrangement on the tubes:

Griffin: "Kyle's a weiner!!"
Kyle: "I'm gonna splash you!!"
Griffin: "No I didn't say that! I said 'Kyle's a winner!' Griffin and Ashley suck! Kyle rocks! Griffin and Ashley suck! Kyle rocks!"

After Kyle hit a wave and came down saying "Ohhhhhhh..."
Griffin: "Kyle, did you get your tenders?"











The End:

Prayer

Bob wrapped up our "Backseat Jesus" series with a lesson on prayer last week. He talked about how prayer is not an action....it's a lifestyle. It isn't a set time or a set place. We think we can handle the day in & day out stuff, but in reality God wants our time of prayer to be in our time of action throughout our day.

1 Thessalonians 5:17
Prayer continually.

I still remember the first time someone taught me this lesson while I was at youth camp. It was one of the biggest "AHA" moments I've ever had! It has probably helped me to calm myself & keep my job on several occasions this year! Unfortunately, I tend to still think I can handle a lot of daily things & I am far from mastering the prayer lifestyle. But, one of the things I love about LifePoint & Bob's leadership is that he always gives us an example of how we can apply it to our lives. Bob talked about how we can use everyday things as prompts for us to pray about stuff as we are going through our day. It has been a huge help for me & I highly suggest using them or creating your own!

pillow - rest and peace in God
loufa (sp? you know the washy thingy) - thanks for being continually washed with the grace of God
coffee cup (or any daily thing purchased) - thanks for being blessed to be able to buy stuff
computer - work & that my gifts would be used to change the world
ambulance/firetruck - overall healing in your life
garage door opener - family; making the most of time and having energy & wisdom

One of things I changed was the computer to prompt me to pray for our work with the youth. I added:
school building - my job and using it to change the world
Chi iron - inner beauty; self-confidence

What are some daily life prayer prompt ideas you have??

James' Boys & Dump People

There is something about Dawson asking, "Emily, do you have your mac with you?" that cracks me up. I guess I think he should say computer or something...he's too young to talk so techy. One of Dawson & Griffin's favorite things to do is to take pics on the macs. It is also very enjoyable for me to hear their nonstop giggling. Here are some of our recent takes:






And the scary one:






Also, a former pastor of my hometown is running a marathon on his blog today to raise money for starving families in Honduras. Check it out and help out! We don't think twice about spending $5 on a meal and McDonald's, so surely we can at least give that!

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