Oct 31, 2008

Not for the Religous

Happy Halloween!
Ok so beware, if you are a religous person this blog is not for you!
Not that this blog any offensive content, in my opinion, but people are so easily offended and I dont want to hear it.
I warned you so you choose.......  :) 
I know some religous people hate Halloween, though I do not agree with the "darker" things that happen tonight. I do LOVE to see all the kids in their costumes running around having fun. Since we do not have children YET, we rarely participate in dressing up unless we sponsor an event at the church but this year we did not have a fall fest so no costume for me BUT, Scott has a costume contest one branch against another so, we dressed him up.

Last night we had the honor of participating in Nichole and Jeffs b-day celebration for her 9 yr old son, Elias (she is such a great mom), Elias went house to house on a treasure hunt and at each house he had to do obstacles and at each house was a cake so he could be sung happy birthday and blow out candles with friends and family who love him. Everyone was able to share his special day. Here is our video for his challenges:

Last night we also worked on scott's costume for work. When he left this morning he wasn't completely dressed but here is a pic of his head area. 

We dressed him up like he had his head chopped off and was carrying it on a platter. We rigged a backpack to hold the clothes up so he is about 7 ft' tall... I post a pic of him in the entire costume tomorrow!

Oct 30, 2008

Throw it off!

Last Night I had the privilege of sharing the Word at youth church and as I sought the Lord on what to share, I was lead to Heb 12:1-3 as the base text. The more time I spent thinking and praying about this short portion of scripture the more vivid and alive it became- the Lord revealed so much to me through it. At XYC last night I used the example of a marathon and then I used this video as an example of passion, endurance, discipline...but when it all comes down to it, God is all about seeing his children succeed! etc. etc. etc. : I LOVE this video.
You may have already seen it but, I wanted to share this with you anyway as it is ssooooo encouraging in soooo many ways! 





Have a wonderfully blessed day!
-missa