An Update

 Thursday was a pretty good day for me!  I love good days! :)  I had my second official meeting for LIVE for Christ (for those of you who don't know, that is my discipleship group.  LIVE stands for Living In Victorious Excellence.)!  It went SO well!  As I mentioned here, we had 7 girls last meeting consisting of 5 members and 2 visitors.  On Thursday, however, those 2 visitors became members and we had 2 more visitors for a total of 9 girls!  Now, I know I can't get wrapped up in the number, because it is certainly NOT about the number.  It is about planting seeds.  At this meeting, I planted the seeds of honoring your parents.  But, I have to say that the number does encourage the leader. :)  God is SO good though, and all of the credit goes to Him for the smooth-going meeting!  The girls greatly enjoyed the game planned by my sister and they also enthusiastically enjoyed the songs we sang: The Crayon Box Song, The Love of Jesus, and All in All.  It was so beautiful hearing them sing!

 On Friday, I spent some time with a friend and we made some cards.  That was fun!  

 Saturday we got up early (8am after a late night is early) and went to church to run through our Christmas pageant: The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever.  I am Narrator 1. :)  It'll be fun to see how far we come along!  It was a little difficult reading, though, as the scripts hadn't come in yet, so we were all sharing with 2 other people (sometimes more) and craning our necks to see what we needed to read.  Then we left for my grandpa's house.  We got there too late to wash windows as planned, but we watched a movie -- a good substitute. :)  

 Sunday.  For 5 hours, I washed windows.  Now, I had fun, don't get me wrong, but we were in a hurry and there were a LOT of windows to wash so I was wiped out afterwards.  Then we drove to my great-uncle's 90th birthday party.  If you have a family member who was in World War II, ask him for some stories.  Uncle Donnie's are great -- he's an awesome story teller!  

 Today, I started studying for my next CLEP test: Introductory Psychology.  While I know this study will bring up some unbiblical points, I also know that it will be very interesting to study and I know that the Holy Spirit will help me determine what is right and wrong.  I'm excited for this test!  Hopefully, I'll only need 3-4 weeks to study for this one. :)

Thankful for....

61. an amazing discipleship group meeting

62. Christmas pageants

63. time with extended family

64. 90th birthday celebrations

65. fun times with good friends

66. budget making :)

67. Skype chats

68. making homemade pizza without failing (yes, you read that correctly)
69. God's guidance
70. lazy days :)

 Have an amazing week!

 Sierra