Be Glorified

All praise and Glory to our God and King. The Lord sure does provide when one is willing to work hard and get a little dirty.
Last year I accepted the head volleyball coaching position at Kankakee Trinity Academy. The girls have really come a long way to become more of a competitive team. One of the main areas the team is lacking is funding and equipment. I have a vision for this program and when I took over last year I didn't know if this program would ever come close.
Its a small school. The graduating class was 10 this year. Its a private school, so money is tight for almost all families. We do have great parents who live out faithfully giving to the Lord in time, money, and support. And the most important factor is that we all serve a very MIGHTY GOD.
These girls are great. They are some of the most mature young ladies I have ever met. And they really are living to glorify the Lord. It is the desire of their hearts to do and give their best for Him. I have been blessed.
So this year we have decided to do some fund raising. We just did a car wash at Wal-Mart today. I was thinking and anticipating that we wouldn't raise that much money and maybe we would just find some other fund raisers. Well God had a different plan. We earned $450 for our team to purchase some much needed new equipment. And to top it off, Wal-Mart matched those funds!!! May God be Glorified for He provides!!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

We had such a fun and productive week. Joel's brother Josh, his wife Debbie, and son Brennen all came down to visit with us. We had so much fun watching Brennen begin to walk on his own.
It was the perfect week to insulate and drywall the upstairs room. Joel and Josh did most of the work, but they had help from their dad, my dad, and some friends. Next Joel and his dad will be taping and mudding and then texturing the walls ( I hate drywall compound dust and I really hate cleaning it). After that its time for the girls to take over and make it pretty with paint and decorations! Mom that means you need to come up with some ideas!!!!

Not too much is new with the baby...keep watching for posts as there should be some new developments within the next few weeks! I just feel like I am getting a little bit bigger, but not much. I can feel the baby move inside now, which is cool. I wonder what it thinks of its home and what it does all day. I would get bored trapped in that small space. Maybe I did and that is why my mom says I kicked a lot.

Have a good one!

Silence and Solitude

I am reading a book by Charles Swindoll called So You Want To Be Like Christ? Its a great book. And one of the things he addresses in this book is silence and solitude. He emphasizes that if we don't quiet ourselves, our lives, and our minds, then we will not be able to sense God's leading and guiding in our lives. For me I thought I could never really quiet myself, or my mind, but I have been trying to. I have found that it is making a big difference. I haven't heard an audible voice from God, but I definitely feel at peace and rest. Its nice.