I bought this stuff 5 months ago to make a quilt for a new born baby. Well It didn't go as planned and I just finished it this week. I did have fun putting it together. And it was fun quilting it with my sewing machine. A few things I learned, I need to work on straight lines, patients and perseverance. I guess one positive thing is this quilt is covered in prayer!!!

And here is the finished product!! TaDa!! But have no fear, I have started to cut the next one out and this time hopefully my lines will be straighter. I am not going to give up, not yet at least!!

Well I hope everyone is enjoying the heat!! Stay cool!!

Grace and peace!!!

Summer is flying by

I can not believe there is only one week left in July. Where did the month go??

So, we spent the last week at NTS camp in Houghton New York with 400 high school and middle school kids. And let me tell you God was there. It is so encouraging to see so many kids on fire for the Savior. This is the future of our youth group.

These are two of the six that where in my group. I can't wait to see them grow over the next year. These kids will be the leaders of our future, and I'm glad they love Jesus!!And this is my friend "Camaro". And he wore this suit with a heat index of 105 on this day. In the sun I think it was more like 120. None the less he rocks for blue S A!!!

And this is the watermelon eating competition.
It was a great week and I am glad to be home to enjoy the end of summer.

Grace and peace, I hope you are having a great summer!!! We sure are!!!

Where to start? Boy this trip has been really cool. 3 young people came to have the Lord as their savior on Sunday night. After a busy Sunday, with church 3 times, we made it home.

We wanted to hear what was on their mind. After several surface answers they dug deep. Lexi asked if there were any walls that people still had in place. The tears came flowing and the walls came crumbling.

It was such a great experience to watch them open their hearts to one another. Now I hope they will bring this home with them.

Monday, Independence day, was our free day. We went to a national park of sorts that had a hiking trail through the rain forest. It was really cool to see the bamboo growing in it's natural habitat and not in a vase in someones house. Then off for a tasty lunch. We sat under a covered porch with an amazing breeze that was flowing through.

For lunch I tried octopus, it was a little chewy but the taste was garlicky, that's what it was cooked in.

We stopped at the grocery store to get stuff for dinner. Food is really expensive here. A 1.5 liter of pop is $1.50. We decided on tacos with beans and rice. There was no lettuce to be found so it was just meat and cheese for the taco. It tasted really good and everyone was really happy.

We had free time last night and the kids found the way to the porch and started to worship. It was a sound from Heaven above. There is nothing like worship with this group.

Well time to get ready for the day.

Grace and peace from Panama!!!!!!