tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76466442011-12-15T16:28:57.918-06:00A girls minister with red hair who just writes about every day life and thinks it's great if her ramblings connect with you to give you some hope in this crazy world.Amy-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227851184649502960noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646644.post-49499467589648650032011-03-01T22:09:00.005-06:002011-03-01T22:35:38.058-06:00

That's right! Darrel and I are getting to build our own home. Well not personally. In fact, the idea of Darrel and I building a home or anything with a hammer is as possible as you knowing what kind of geeky tech podcasts we listen to on date nights. (Merlin Mann, TechCrunch, TWIT tv...in case you are ever curious) We never thought this would be possible, but we count it a blessing that we are

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I have been journeying with Karla Worley and some other women at our church for a 6 week series over lunch that gives people tools and questions to help them study the bible for themselves. It's Hermeneutics! It's a great refresher course for those of you that have been to seminary and a must for those who have never been taught how to read the bible for yourself. To help those of us who want

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Can't believe that these girls are old enough to graduate. I remember when I first took on their lifegroup in 8th grade.They were loud, giggly, wiggly, sweet girls. We were lucky if we got one spiritual nugget into their lives at the end of an hour because we chased so many rabbits. We initiated the SLUG rule. Someone had given me this weird plastic SLUG toy so whoever had the SLUG got to talk

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Yesterday started early with bootcamp and then a nice breakfast with a friend at Franklin Merc. I took a prayer retreat day yesterday and did a lot of praying and thinking as I took in a lot of beautiful scenery.Sometimes for me the best thing for me to do is just shut up---and not hear myself speak. That was what I did the majority of yesterday. Just needed a day to "Be still and know that He

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I am excited to announce that we are releasing BETA invitations to join the social network for girlsminister.com. The social network is being housed at www.mygirlsministry.com. Head on over and log in...once you are registered, we will contact you with a BETA invitation if you are pass the inspection:).

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Because Girlsministry is more than just pink and tiaras---JOIN THE CONVERSATION that is going on at www.girlsminister.com.The Girlsminister.com team is excited to announce that the new girlsminister resource and conversation blog has begun. Girlsminister.com seeks to shape the conversation of how to minister to girls by being an opensource community. What is most exciting

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Today Darrel and I tried out a new to us restaurant that I have been hearing about. It's called The Pfunky Griddle. We are officially adding it to our list of places we like to eat. Love it. It has a griddle-in the-middle of each table. The owner seated us and was super sweet to tell us her faves and then after we were done it started raining so hard. We had already paid but the owner told us we

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Click here for the easterprayerexperience documentToday was a unique morning with our students at Brentwood Baptist. Because it was spring break, we didn't know how many students would show up so we did some different things since we knew we would have a smaller group. We started out with a video from the skit guys which was awesome. It is a great video that takes you through some of the moments

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Today in the cafe I had an awesome time of fellowshipping with Jackie, Carol, and Joey…while the girls had the turkey chili combo. It was delicious but immediately upon getting into my bloodstream I became uncontrollably sleepy. I couldn’t handle it. i wanted to crawl under every table and just nap. It was later when I explained this need, that Jackie and Carol both agreed that they felt the

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A good article on transitioning from Highschool to college.I have had the distinct pleasure of not only being a Girls Minister for the past 6 years, but of also journeying with a group of about 15 teenaged girls for the past 6 years. I have been blessed to know them and now they are Seniors. I have 7 official Wednesday nights left with them and I’m floundering in all that I want to talk with

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You know how you have dates and numbers forever entrenched in your memory…like my very first phone number was 217-546-5926. I will never forget it no matter how much I try. My first ID # was 194460. and I never forget Tammy Shim’s birthday because I think she brainwashed me in 6th grade to always remember February 18th is her day:)But for some reason all day today I couldn’t remember why March

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Yesterday my pastor friend shared some news with me about the recent decline in adults being baptized in North America. He said the decline was not really an indication that people had stopped sharing their story of redemption with people but that records indicate it is directly linked with birthrates dropping in the church. I drove home yesterday thinking about you church. I drove home

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Girls at Snowball doing ZUMBA

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So this past weekend we had so many girls come to Snowball. With adults and students we easily reached 175-180. But the thing that was most successful about Snowball was the fact that girls between the grades of 6-12 were getting to know each other and learning about what Godly friendship looks like. We had the theme of L.Y.L.A.S this year which if used to be all the rage when I was growing up.

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www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-teen-domestic-violence-20-feb20,0,1424689.story chicagotribune.com BATTERED: Examining domestic violence Many teens blame Rihanna, say dating violence normal 1 in 10 teens suffer abuse in romantic relationships, and many think it's often justified

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We are now in Miami to say sianara '08 and Hola '09.Thumbs up to miami for the 78 degree weather.

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"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." Matthew 11:28-30 MSG

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We are seeing some amazing animals. I saw my first bearcat! That's my college mascot.

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San diego/del mar at Americana cafe!Darrel gets a little sad when his amazing breakfast is over.

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Yay for good times at panninkin coffee!

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As the fog has moved away from my brain and jet-lag has begun to pass...I have had many thoughts that I have processed and still many more that I am processing.  HERE ARE JUST A FEW THOUGHTS I HAVE HAD:1. I have developed an addiction to oranges.  I'm not sure where it came from but the 1st Thursday I was in Asia, I reached for a bowl of cute lil oranges and I haven't stopped since. In fact, it

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My mom just left Nashville on her way to her home in Illinois. We've spent the last 2 weeks together out of the country. I love my mom a lot. She is awesome. She let me take her out of the country for the first time in her life. She was stretched way outside of her comfort zone the last 2 weeks but I am so proud of her.  We slept on trains, we rode bicycle taxis, we rode water taxis, we got in

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After about a 20 hour nap...I'm finally back to the states. We left Bangkok at 1:35am headed for Seoul and the Red protesters started their Monday with protests to make clear that they were not happy about this whole new prime minister voting thing. I just think they were sad to see us leave...:)But some of you had wondered if we were caught up in any protests. Nope. Mom and I are safe at home

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Mom, Bonita, and I arrived in Bangkok last night at midnight. I have had a wonderful experience and look forward to sharing stories of my first week in Asia with you in person. Due to being in a restricted access country, I am unfortunately unable to share stories, pictures, and details on this blog, facebook or any web posting. Thailand is the country I am now in and we are having a great

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