One year ago today, my precious Grandmother passed away. I cannot believe it has been an entire year. One year ago from Saturday was my Grandmother and Graham's Grandfather's funerals. Yes, in the same day. That morning we had Graham's PaPaw's funeral, which Graham did, and that afternoon was Grandmother's funeral. Definitely one of the hardest and most emotional days of my life thus far....if not THE most. I wrote a card to my mom this morning saying this same thing, but I woke up this morning with these lyrics in my head:
"When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, we'll sing and shout the victory!"
What comfort and JOY these words have brought to me today. To think that my sweet Grandmother and Graham's PaPaw are in their eternal home with Christ...that they are in constant worship at the feet of our Father...that they are experiencing eterninty where there is no pain, no sorrow, no worries, no sadness...that they are with Christ! Praise God that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us...to become sin for us...so that we might have eternal life with Him. Hallelujuah, what a Savior!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Help Haiti...
I am in the process of putting together another blog post of pictures from our Christmas break and our time at Passion 2010, but this is much more important.
As I'm sure you have already heard, an earthquake hit Haiti yesterday causing immense amounts of damage, and costing many their lives. Haiti is the most poverty-stricken area in the Western Hemisphere. Not that any country needs to be hit with a natural disaster, but if there was ever a country that had absolutely no resources to survive a disaster to this scale, it is Haiti.
To view some pictures of the aftermath, click on the link below:
Earthquake hits Haiti
Compassion International, who is heavily involved in Haiti, has set up a Disaster Relief Fund to provide the following items for families effected by the earthquake:
As I'm sure you have already heard, an earthquake hit Haiti yesterday causing immense amounts of damage, and costing many their lives. Haiti is the most poverty-stricken area in the Western Hemisphere. Not that any country needs to be hit with a natural disaster, but if there was ever a country that had absolutely no resources to survive a disaster to this scale, it is Haiti.
To view some pictures of the aftermath, click on the link below:
Earthquake hits Haiti
Compassion International, who is heavily involved in Haiti, has set up a Disaster Relief Fund to provide the following items for families effected by the earthquake:
- Food and clean water
- Temporary shelter
- Basic sanitation and personal hygiene items
- Medical attention and preventative health care
- Family reunification and/or counseling
Sunday, January 10, 2010
White Christmas...
For the first time in my life I had a WHITE Christmas! It was absolutely beautiful!!!
Graham and I spent Christmas in Oklahoma this year. We headed up there on the 23rd, and luckily we did because a blizzard hit on the 24th! I have never seen so much snow before! I love snow. Snow and fireworks. Both fascinate me. The fireworks were a random insert just then, but I always lump them into the "Things That Fascinate Me" category. Anyways... it was a wonderful Christmas! This was my first Christmas away from home - except for one in Mexico, but Mom was with me then - so officially, this was the first. I was a little emotional, to say the least, but once I got there I was A-Okay :) Well..except for when Graham got stuck on Christmas Eve. That story to come soon...
I should warn you before you read this...I got a camera for Christmas. Like a real camera. I am SO excited and cannot wait to learn more about photography! I have had so much fun with it so far...especially in OK with the snow...so get ready for lots of pictures on the horizon....
Okay, so Christmas Eve...the blizzard begins. Because of this, I could not go outside and therefore took a picture of just about EVERYTHING in Graham's mom's house. No, seriously. Everything...
It was a wonderful day...but ended with, well, tears. Ha. Graham and Mike (his stepdad) braved the snow to take Car Car home and..well..got stuck. Due to the fact that half of Oklahoma City was also stuck on the roads in the snow, no tow trucks were able to make it out that night, resulting in a slumber party...that's Graham, Mike and Car Car in her apartment, at her retirement home. Funny thought now...not so much then. So after calling my parents and crying to them...missing them so much at this point...Graham finally called (his phone had been lost in the snow) and we read the Christmas story from Luke 2 together. He promised he'd find a way back on Christmas morning, and sure enough, he did! ...after hitching a ride with a stranger at the retirement home. Seriously. That is the only time I will not care that my husband is practically hitch-hiking! Christmas day turned out to be absolutely wonderful, though. It was a beautiful day and an incredible celebration of the gift of Jesus Christ.
We were able to spend lots of time with Graham's dad and stepmom, as well, which was wonderful! I was afraid we were not going to get to see them on Christmas day, but it all worked out for us to make it over to their home that afternoon!
The rest of our time in Oklahoma was spent going back and forth between family and friends - loving every second of it! It was a wonderful week!
Graham and I spent Christmas in Oklahoma this year. We headed up there on the 23rd, and luckily we did because a blizzard hit on the 24th! I have never seen so much snow before! I love snow. Snow and fireworks. Both fascinate me. The fireworks were a random insert just then, but I always lump them into the "Things That Fascinate Me" category. Anyways... it was a wonderful Christmas! This was my first Christmas away from home - except for one in Mexico, but Mom was with me then - so officially, this was the first. I was a little emotional, to say the least, but once I got there I was A-Okay :) Well..except for when Graham got stuck on Christmas Eve. That story to come soon...
I should warn you before you read this...I got a camera for Christmas. Like a real camera. I am SO excited and cannot wait to learn more about photography! I have had so much fun with it so far...especially in OK with the snow...so get ready for lots of pictures on the horizon....
Okay, so Christmas Eve...the blizzard begins. Because of this, I could not go outside and therefore took a picture of just about EVERYTHING in Graham's mom's house. No, seriously. Everything...
It was a wonderful day...but ended with, well, tears. Ha. Graham and Mike (his stepdad) braved the snow to take Car Car home and..well..got stuck. Due to the fact that half of Oklahoma City was also stuck on the roads in the snow, no tow trucks were able to make it out that night, resulting in a slumber party...that's Graham, Mike and Car Car in her apartment, at her retirement home. Funny thought now...not so much then. So after calling my parents and crying to them...missing them so much at this point...Graham finally called (his phone had been lost in the snow) and we read the Christmas story from Luke 2 together. He promised he'd find a way back on Christmas morning, and sure enough, he did! ...after hitching a ride with a stranger at the retirement home. Seriously. That is the only time I will not care that my husband is practically hitch-hiking! Christmas day turned out to be absolutely wonderful, though. It was a beautiful day and an incredible celebration of the gift of Jesus Christ.
We were able to spend lots of time with Graham's dad and stepmom, as well, which was wonderful! I was afraid we were not going to get to see them on Christmas day, but it all worked out for us to make it over to their home that afternoon!
The rest of our time in Oklahoma was spent going back and forth between family and friends - loving every second of it! It was a wonderful week!
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