Lauren's Journals in Portugal

Lauren's Journals in Portugal

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

november//december || END OF YEAR REFLECTIONS




To you,
Thank you! I can't thank you enough for participating with me in God's great work!
Thank you for your prayers with my ministry, I have indeed felt them! I thank you for your support- God is using you to get His possible done-- Thanks.
 
Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.
                                                                        
1 Chronicles 29:12-14



Sunday, December 1, 2013

November Update >> a time to give thanks



This is the time for breaks- students go home for the holidays.
please remember the travelers across the country in you prayers...

I am going home in a week from today for my brothers wedding and to be home for Christmas.
When a break draws near, i think you can all agree with me, we tend to loose focus.

I ask that you pray specifically that i stay plugged into my ministry = )







November is the month of thankfulness.

some aspects of our life need to be remembered more often than once in a month, a year, or sometimes a life time...
we tend to quickly forget to give thanks.

how often to you think of Christ and the cross?


---> does the cross still impact your life like it did 
on the day that you accepted Christ as your Savior?
1 corinthians 11:23-26

Thank you all for taking a moment to share in my life-- to take a bit of your busy time to read and to pray for my ministry.
Thank you!

Thank you for your continued support---



Monday, November 18, 2013

P31 -- girls night


P31 
is a just girls night- starts at 7:00 P.M. (mind you!)
and goes to 5:00 A.M
it's quite a rocking time! sessions and group times, with games and amazingly cool prizes! (like a iPad!)
followed by a variety of activities-
a bouncy house, make-up room, hair room, bracelet making (i was in charge of this activity), Wii, movie with popcorn and candy, photo booth with fun props, letter craft (cover your initial with a fun textured yarn)...
fun all night long!!







First time ever to have Chinese take out!






A few of my campers came to P31! 
it was super fun to hang out with them for the night--




learning to finger knit! = )






the next morning....



Tuesday, November 12, 2013

In The Adirondacks || a short visit


Dropping Leah of at the train station--


 Going home for the week to share her ministry with her church.


Beautiful sunset in the city
...................................................

A few days later, i headed off to New York-->

Helping clean up the church


Brianna (my maintenance girl)
she took my place as S.R.A. of maintenance, and she rocks at it! 


jocelyn





























D.K. and Mariah


Joe







     B. G. and Rico









Working maintenance!

Amy's note....
Big Day Today



.Roomies.




you are beautiful, my sweet sweet friend...


peeking under the curtain at the first year class = )


Silly friends... feeding the decoy ducks--

Scooter buddies



Micah, my Ohio friend and one the best 
Admissions Counselor's that Word of Life can have!





On my way back to Canada.
love the snow--!
you are welcome anytime beautiful snow...

have a safe and blessed Christmas 
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Friday, November 1, 2013

OCTOBER \\ reflection


let's reflect--
God is so faithful!!
Even when it seems that we have fallen short of a blessing...
His way is so perfect- and sometimes it is just disguised behind the low digits that we expect Him to bring to a hundred percent...
In our human minds, 
                 we are so quick to say that God slacked on His end--
When, let's be honest with ourselves!
That is His way of showing us
HE IS GOD!
His way is perfect!

Deuteronomy 32:4
“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.

Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

--->We have to do our part!
                               let us be faithful!



Thank you for your prayers and support!
Every bit is counted for glory! May God be lifted high and Mighty, and the Gospel declared!
I ask that you continue to remember me in your prayers, 
                        since our struggle is not against flesh
               and blood, but against principalities, against powers, 
                    against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
                       against spiritual wickedness in high places 
                                                           (Ephesians 6:12).
And I thank my God for each one of you! Philemon 1:4!

 Please continue to check out my blog regularly, I try to post often- but sometimes the next week is upon us and gone before we blink!