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!!!!!!

So far so good

The group

The weather isn't tooo hot, yet, I hear it will get worse.

The girls all get to sleep in air conditioning which is really nice.

I almost had a melt down today after our time with the people at La Siesta, the first church we visited. I had a really bad head ache and was really tired. Also a little anxious about what was for dinner. I really had to lean on God, In my head I was begging to go home on the next plane out, but I managed to pull it together and now all is well.

With the heat I don't really have an appetite, so I was getting myself all worked up. I'm not sure when I changed from a person who could care less about germs to a person who is really terrified of them. It seems that hand washing is optional around here, there for one can get really worked up about such things. Especially considering all of those who got sick last year after eating out on separate occasions. This all was adding to my anxiety. As always everything turned out A-OKAY. Dinner was great and the fellowship was equal. Now we are home playing games and relaxing.

We have a busy day ahead tomorrow. Please pray for divine appointments with those who don't know Jesus. And for courage to speak with the people of Panama, there is a language barrier and that is really intimidating to me.

Grace and Peace from Panama!!!