A bunch of nothing

So...I am back in North Carolina doing a bunch of nothing. I am still trying to recooperate from my trip around SC. So here I sit doing well....anything I want. Which is pretty much nothing for right now. I'm reading a wonderful book that I read half of yesterday. Today I have some grocery shopping to do and I have to take my bro to the doctor, but other than that, I'm just resting and going to the gym, which is almost my favorite part of the day. I love leaving knowing I've worked hard and that's the reason my entire shirt and hair is drenched with sweat. I know, it may sound gross, sorry.

There's no place like home, there's no place like home...

Yes, I am finally home!! Hallelujiah, love the Lord! Words cannot express how I feel to be back into familiar with routine: the same bed every night, the same bathroom (so there's no tripping when I get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night), not living out of a suitcase, not having to constantly talk to my mom over the phone, church....everything. It's wonderful. But my adventures on the road were interesting and exciting. I did stop through Anderson last night. I got to see some of the most precious people to me. Jim and Jane Taylor were wonderful and I got to see Matt Tolbert, Karla, Katie, Steph, Matt and Sara, Carrie Shockley, Shannon, Michelle and my lovely sis. Good times were had by all.

God totally blessed my trips around SC and still to this day there has been no one to say "no" to supporting me. EVERYONE I have asked has said "yes" they would love to. God is good. He will provide every last dime of my support and in the perfect timing. Goodness knows I'm doing my part. I'm tired from doing it, but the strong must persevere!!!!

I'm off to pick up the little bro from school, watch out ladies, a handsome man is walking around this earth and his name is Chris Kimbrell:)

Thank you all for your prayers. They were heard and answered.

On the road again...

Well....I'm currently in Summerville. I am exhausted. I had another successful ministry appointment this afternoon. God is sooo good. And I have another appointment tonight. Whew! What a whirlwind. By the end of this trip I will have driven 1000 miles total. That's like driving to Colorado all by myself. Keep praying for rest for me and for God's annointing on my appointments. Thank you all. Love ya.

Still gone

Still gone on my little extravaganza. I have gone through Columbia and am now in Charleston. I have a handfull of new supporters now, thank God! And it has been great to spend time and see so many people that I love, although I am missing home greatly and am anxious to be getting to Colorado. I will leave Monday for Columbia and then Tuesday for Anderson and then back home on Wednesday! Whew! I'm pooped and eager for some stability. Keep the prayers going please. Pray for direction, I'm in need of some right now. I need ears to hear.

On my way

Well...I'm headed out in just a little while. Sara and I are going on together for a little while and we're stopping at Concord to shop and have lunch and then we separating from there. Me on my way to Columbia and she, back to Anderson. I'm then going to Charleston and Aiken for some appointments that I have. Keep me in your prayers and pray for God's annointing and blessings as I travel and share with these people the vision of Kingdom Building Ministries and ask them to join on my team of supporters. Love you all.

All over town!

So...Brittany and I went swimming that afternoon and had a wonderful time. But first I got to spend the morning and lunch with good ol' dad. We had a great time and it was good to sit down and talk with him about life.

Brittany and I went swimming and then shopping and then....drum roll please. To QDOBA for the best burritos on this planet! Are you jealous Amy? I thought about you while eating it. Oh, it was so good. Then off to Lifeway, which was also great fun, but also gut-wrenching. There are so many books I want to buy and read and just can't. I'm trying not to buy anymore books until I've read the ones I have. Then to Barnes & Noble for coffee and downtime. It was soooo great and just a really fun day!

And tomorrow....Sara's coming! I am so absolutely thrilled. No one has a clue how much. So fun!!!!!!!!!

I'm off to do some more reading. I think I'm turning into Amy. Heh! Heh!

Umm...can I go to the bathroom?

So...Kindergarden...very fun!!! They were sooo cute! About every 2 minutes they asked to go to the bathroom, which was annoying/cute. But they were so precious in their little clothes with their pigtails, loose teeth, shoes that light up, and snack packs for lunch. Sooo adorable.

But can I tell you how exhausted I am? I haven't had to get up at 6:00 am since this summer and I haven't really done anything since November. I am pooped. But I didn't have to cook tonight. Tonight was La Fiesta night. Every Thursday is La Fiesta night with the fam. Good eatin'.

Tomorrow it's swim time. Doin' laps for exercise. I have got to find my suit. It's packed somewhere and it's nowhere to be found. Better look harder.

K5

Well...I'm off to my first day of substitute teaching ever in my life. It's K5 so how bad could it be? And...it's only a half day. I am a slight bit nervous, everyone has seen those movies where the kindergardeners are crazy children that put their teacher in the mental institution or something. j/k I think it will be great, but still a little nervous. My mom is thrilled cause I'm working at her school. I'll be right downstairs from her classroom. I'll keep you updated.

Change of Heart

It's amazing how God changes your heart and you don't even realize it until later. It's happened to me recently. About quite a few things actually.

If you read one of my blogs about a month and half ago, I was very anti-marriage. I don't know if those are the right words, but still I wasn't thrilled about the idea of being married and having children and going through the ordinary, mundane life that it seemed to be. But I guess over the past 2 weeks or so God has changed my way of thinking and I didn't even realize it. Just recently have I had an evaluation and had to think on the subject. Changing my thoughts from selfish ones that were about me to ones that concern God and my purpose here. It's not about me and what I think I want, but rather how can I best serve God. That may mean that I can best serve God alongside someone else. It may not, I don't know. But what I do know is that I would be honored to be someone's helper and someone's jewel in their eyes and everything else the Bible talks about a wife is.

The other things that have changed with me realizing it are my preferences for music and entertainment. It has been my prayer for so long that I would love the things of God and hate the things of this world. It is slowly happening, thank God. Instead of thinking, "I should be listening to this or should not be listening to this or should be watching this or should not be watching this." It has become more of what I want and desire and prefer. I prefer Christian music. Not for their great musical sounds and the wonderful music, but rather the meaning, the words, and the purpose behind them. I prefer clean TV. I have seen more than I would like to of trash and filth and bad TV. I'm tired of it. It has affected my life more than I could tell you and so has the music. I look back at the beginning of college and I was so naive. I wish I still were. TV has enlightened me and it's one enlightenment I could have done without. You never know what things and people affect you until it's too late. Who knows where my relationship with Christ could be right now. Who knows. I don't. But it's changing now and I'm thankful and thrilled.

6:30 comes early

This morning I woke up and then woke my little bro up to go to the gym. It was his idea actually. I'm trying to get him into working out and lifting weights so he'll be ready for baseball season. He is a really good baseball player, but he COULD be great! He has the skills and abilities so I'm trying hard to not so much make him do these things, but really get him to enjoy them so that he'll want to carry them with him for a long time.

I digress...

We got up this morning to go and I was startled at the sound of my alarmclock. Because for almost a month now I have not set that beautiful instrument. I just wake up when my little heart is content to. But we went and had a great time. We rode the bike, which about killed Chris. But why does he get to lose more calories than I do just because he's younger? That's not fair at all.

And...support is still going well. I got two new supporters this weekend and...someone from church asked me to call them to come over to share with them. Thank you God for your blessings and your workings in this!!

OH!!!! I got to talk to Ms. Anna Haltiwanger and Ms. Amy Weathers. But not for long! They are both engaged! Anna to a guy she hasn't known all that long and Amy to a guy she's been dating for about 4 years! Two very different engagement stories, but both were wonderful! Okay, seriously, people are dropping off like flies and I know of some others that are coming soon that are going to shock people. Quite exciting really.

Visit from a-town

Yeah, for good friends. My friend, Ruthanne came up for the weekend. It was so good to see her and she brought my hangers, which I was absolutely thrilled to receive. Now I hang up my clothes instead of having them folded on the floor. We had a great time talking and sharing and laughing and shopping. Yes, I went shopping again. I got my favorite jeans from the Gap, Long and Leans. They were on sale and they are NEVER on sale. So I bought them, among other things.

We went and saw "Finding Neverland" last night and it was AMAZING!!! It was sooo good. It is completely clean all the way through and it's a wonderful movie for any age. It's funny and sad and it gets every emotion going. I laughed out loud and cried out loud. I highly recommend this movie!!! It has made me wish I were a writer. I am a journaler, but no one reads that, at least they shouldn't!

Horrible, horrible, horrible

So...I have managed to do the unthinkable. I dropped my brand new laptop on kitchen floor. I was carrying it upstairs this morning with the cord to plug it into the wall. The cord got wrapped around a knob, which threw me back and the computer forward. The weird thing is that I thought to myself, "what if I drop this"? And I did. I got milk all over it too. I cried for like a half hour trying my best fix it. I had to pop the screen back in place and the keyboard. I cleaned the milk off as best I can, but it got into the screen and in the keys. It fell on it's corner so the hinges to open the thing broke off. Jared, if you ever read this, got any advice as to what I should do about the milk? Everything is working okay right now, but milk gets sticky and could eventually screw the thing up. Any words, anyone?

My work here is never done.

So...being at home, I have taken over new responsibillities that I didn't think I'd be doing until, well, I was married and had children of my own. I am now responsible for cooking for our family each night, cleaning the house each day, waking my brother up for school and making sure he does his chores for the day, and carting him around wherever he needs to go. These are not responsibilities that I am hating, I'm actually kind of enjoying them. But I fear that I will run out of recipes soon for dinners.

FYI: the chicken parmesan loaf turned out better this time than last time. It was not as dry and it looked a little better. Hats off to the chef!

No more school.

I was reminded today of quite a few things. Let me explain:

First of which is the fact that I am no longer in school. My sister left NC to head back to college and I did not go with her. It wasn't sad, just weird. I think now it has finally hit me that I am no longer in school. I am considered an adult in the world's eyes and supposed to be a working girl, although I am not yet.

Second, no matter how much you try and reason with people or teach them, they will always remain legalistic and close-minded. Sad.

Third, I was reminded when asked what my New Year's Resolutions were of things that I have made a promise to myself not to do or to do. There weren't resolutions necessarily, but they qualify I guess. Point is, they are very important to me and I want to make the changes.

Fourth, women read into things way too much. We assume and think up crazy ideas that we have no business doing. People, quit putting ideas into my head, you're killing me!

Fifth, I better get my butt in gear quickly with the support raising. My driving companion is on a limited schedule for driving me to Colorado and there is only a short window in which to go. Ahhhh!!!

Sixth, God answers prayers in very mysterious ways.