Turkey coma!

This is Toby...after too much turkey! ha ha ha! Just kidding, this is an every day event for him...sleeping that is! Nice pose, huh?

Toby and Simon....chillin' on the sofa!

The Adams show up for dessert! :-)

Scott and son, Phineas Adams.

Gabriel Adams...being silly!

Marcie and Phineas.

Scott, enjoying his third meal of the day. :-) Plus dessert.

My dear friends, the Adams', came over for Thanksgiving dessert! What a fun family! We had a houseful on Thanksgiving evening....12 all together! I am blessed beyond words...friends and family together!

Thanksgiving fun!

My friend, Shanna, my mom and dad, enjoying LOTS of food!

Friends Peter, Joshua and Ginny.

Dad, me and mom, while dad carves the turkey!

Hanging out before dinner! Peter, mom and Shanna.

Dad discovered the joy of an electric knife! Thanks HGD for the electric oven!

I am truly blessed! My parents arrived on Wednesday and we've had a great time together so far! We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with friends! All the fixins....wonderful!

Mark's Baptism

The video below is of my new friend and "little brother" Mark, who gave his life to Jesus about 8 weeks ago! It was a sweet baptism...one of about 40 that night! :-)

Mark's Baptism

What a week!

I don't even know where to begin! I could talk about really boring stuff, like the fact that it is 11 p.m. and I am eating cereal before heading off to bed; or that Simon is sitting on the floor next to my feet, waiting for me to give him some attention; or maybe that we had our first dusting of snow this week. But I'd rather talk about how tonight, a man, about age 60, received his hearing in his ear that was deaf, or how a girl sitting next to me, who has been going to physical therapy for months for her back, received prayer and God healed her back completely; or how God broke off depression from another woman.

I guess in the grand scheme of things, both the mundane and the miraculous are worthy of mention!

Needless to say, life is an exciting adventure that seems to grow more exciting by the day!

FREE WEBSTREAM!!!!!!

Hey! I just found out that the webstream is FREEEEEE from 6 p.m. to midnight central standard time EVERY night this week! Go to:

www.ihop.org

and click on live webstream to join us here! MUCH is happening that will be encouraging!

Join us...

Every night this week there will be evening services here at IHOP from 6 p.m. til midnight, central standard time. If you go to www.ihop.org and sign up for the live webstream, you can join in what is going on here. Pretty amazing things! It does cost $10 / month to get the live webcast, but right now, I believe you will be blessed beyond words if you bite the bullet and pay the $10 and tune in, wherever you are in the world!

Something good is happening!

I'm not quite sure what to say. There is a move of the Spirit that is happening here in Kansas City...we pray that God in His mercy continues to pour out His love, healing, mercy, and joy!

Variety is the spice of life!

Yes, on any given Friday or Saturday night, this is the kind of crowd you will see gathering at the EGS (Encountering God Service), from many different nations!

I may have already posted this picture. My former student, Kitti Katona is second from the left. She is here in Parkville, MO getting her Masters at Park University where she is on a full-ride soccer scholarship. Unfortunately, about a month ago, she tore her ACL and just had surgery. :-(

I'm gone many hours of the day, so when I am home, my kitties love to be close to me. This is Toby, chillin' at my feet in the yard. :-)

Here comes Simon...always wanting to be included in the fun!

Part of my internship includes serving. Every Sunday morning from 10-11, I do parking lot duty at church! Don't you LOVE the flourescent vests and walkie talkies!?! We actually have a BLAST during this time, and on most Sunday mornings, we get our choice of coffee or tea from the coffee shop! whooo hoo!!! This duty will be fun in a couple of weeks when the cold weather and snow begins to hit! :-)

As you can see from the pictures above, my life is full and varied! Lots of everything...laughter, tears, smiles, hugs, food, fasting, worship, prayer, the Word, kitties, friends, fun...I'm so blessed!

Please take time....

.....please take time to go read this blog. This is such a picture of true religion, caring for orphans!

http://louxfamilyblog.com/

Home Improvements

This is my new garden plot where, in the spring, I will plant veggies! whoo hoo!

This is one of the "before" shots...that is nasty, soggy, muddy carpet .

This view looks down the side of my house, where a tenant must walk to get to the basement apartment. Not so pretty, and one must wear boots to slosh through the muck!

Ta da!!!! Now there is a beautiful walkway with proper drainage to boot!

Not too shabby, huh? :-)

Some of the joy of homeowning is doing home improvements. This project was recently completed and while I like it, and it is a FAR cry better than what it was like, I want to do more in order to make this even better!

Raking leaves

Sorry, but this will be a pretty boring post. It was a gorgeous day today here in Kansas City! Temps were in the 70s and I was outside all afternoon....raking leaves! Yep, the joys of homeownership. The worst part is that I don't really have any trees in my yard...oh, I have a couple along the back fence, but they are not huge and their leaves are mostly still clinging to the branches. So, the 4 huge leaf bags I filled today are from my neighbors' yards. Hmmm, not fun. Great exercise, and I actually enjoyed it, but I could have spent my time otherwise, that's for sure!

This project of leaf-raking did, however, motivate me to do some other important projects, like work on the perimeter of my home and build it up so that rain water or snow won't seep into the basement, Lord willing. I also finally put the garden hose away for the winter, remembering to empty the water out of it. :-)

Oh, and I have a new walkway...now I didn't do that, but I'm fairly pleased with it. Actually, I'm only 1/2 pleased with it....I need to do some improvements to it. At least the girl renting my basement no longer has to walk across soggy carpet remnants or through mud! Pictures to come!

Told you this would be a boring post....sorry!

A thought to ponder....

God offends the mind to reveal the heart.

More IHOP activities

Corey Stark, director of the Intro internship, asking the questions on Revelation

Whose hand was up first?

Smart team there on the right!

On Fridays, we have a competition between small groups on the book of Revelation. It's very friendly, but I'm amazed at how much people know about this book of the Bible! When my team was up to bat, I couldn't answer any of the questions. Sad.

Loving life!

I just got an email from a former student of mine. We have been emailing a bit in the last month and I have pointed this student to Jesus as the only One who can fill us with His love, answer our questions, give us joy, meaning, salvation, and change our lives! This student has jumped in with both feet and writes that there has been dramatic change in life as a result...and this student is LOVING LIFE! I love God and how He just works so lovingly and patiently in our lives and all we have to do is continually look to Him, trust Him, let Him love on us, pour Himself into us so that our lives are radically changed and His love just oozes out of us, pours through us and blesses others around us! This student has encouraged me sooooooooo much!

Class time

Wednesday, we are in the Justice Prayer Room, a smaller prayer room where worship teams who are training and learning come and lead worship. We have one of our classes there.

We are blessed with amazingly great teachers who LOVE what they are doing!

more friends

We have a GREAT small group that meets on Wednesday evenings! Here are Charlie and Zack hamming it up for the camera!

I am getting my "baby-fill" each day with this precious pumpkin!

New friends

Charlie after his weekly soccer match!

Mark, who just gave his life to Jesus 5 weeks ago and is so in love with the Lord and running HARD after Him! He's like a little brother to me! :-)

Debbie and Ed..........precious couple with 8 children!

Lindsey, who is expecting a baby!!!!

This precious family has 5 kids...their youngest daughter and I have a "bond". :-))))))

Intro is providing me with some new friends! What a joy...especially after having left the best friends in my LIFE in Hungary! I miss you all very much, by the way!