Sorry it's been so long! Our computer crashed for a little bit and well... I've just had other things to do!
Here are a few picture to show you what we've been up to since I last posted...
Pictures from the top down:
1. Snow at Young Life's Woodleaf camp over the WyldLife weekend that we served at as "Head Leaders"
2. New 29th birthday haircut
3. Young Life Club shenanigans
4. Me taking a "stab" at knife throwing
5. Young Life's Winter weekend (Young Life Camp)
6. Matt got a new work truck! (Ford F250 Diesel)
7. Mabel at the dog beach in Santa Cruz
8. Amazing clouds over the pool deck during Swim practice
9. Candles from the lent service at our church
10. Photo of the Pacific Ocean while on a walk with Trinity
11. Puppy Sleepover! (Mabel had a friend, Mr. Darcy, stay over one night!)
12. Walks with Mabel
13. Friends of ours trying to raft down the creek behind our house... silly boys!
14. R.A.W. ("Real Authentic Worship")
15. My chili entry from the Chili Cook off at our Church!
16. Carlyn trying to pack up Mabel and take her to Italy with her!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
long time no see......
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Baby Car-Car
This picture was when we went to sing Christmas carols as a "family" lead by our friend Wendy Estorga at Finn's Coffee in Santa Cruz. (Matt's company, KI Custom Construction Inc. built Finn's!)
I can't believe over the last 7 months I've never blogged about this wonderful girl..........
So, we had a former Young Life kid (and friend) Carlyn Kay Whitaker, living with us from May - Jan. 16th. She was an amazing "housemate" and we enjoyed her company so much this year! Carlyn (or baby Car-Car as we often call her) is amazing woman! She is currently off adventuring in "Italia" at the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence, Italy. We're praying that she has a wonderful time abroad and learns lots at culinary school!
WE MISS YOU MANY TINES BABY CAR-CAR!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes, to everyone reading, I meant to write tines and not times! ;)
is Facebook contact work?
The Young Life website says the following about "contact work"...
Contact work is a simple principle modeled by Christ and "rediscovered" more than 60 years ago when a handful of men and women who were developing Young Life's methods began showing up at games, practices and local hangouts so they could get to know kids. Contact work is about building relationships and earning the trust and friendship of teenagers.
Contact work is also lifestyle, not just a technique. "You are there to care for people for the sake of Christ," says one veteran Young Life staff person. "These relationships are not accidental or coincidental. They are ordained by God."
Jesus spent His earthly ministry looking for and connecting with the lost and hurting. His life set the standard for how we should reach teenagers through the ministry of Young Life — up close and personal. Every leader will have their own techniques for doing contact work based on who they are and what their kids enjoy.
So my question is: if I just spent about a hour on facebook "talking" to 3 different kids, is that contact work?! :)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
9 stress factors
Can you guess which of these stress factors I wasn't closely involved in this year??
- not enough sleep
- trying to do too much
- serious illness or surgery
- new job
- divorce
- moving house
- excessive caffeine
- death of partner, relative, or close friend
- marriage
Sunday, January 4, 2009
one year.
Once upon a time, (actually it was one year ago today) we had a HUGE Winter storm here in Santa Cruz. It just so happened that it was 6 days after we purchased our little cabin in the woods. During the storm a tree fell, not just any tree but a 200-300 foot Douglas Fir with a 4 1/2 foot base... Thankfully, very thankfully, it fell the other direction-- away from our little cabin in the woods and onto some power lines... we went 58 hours with out power (and showers!) but eventually the tree came down safely and was well with the world at 930 Lockhart again! :)
The End
p.s. the stump and logs are still in our yard-- anyone want them?!
