Thought i would pop on some pics of Tamas time in Thailand. It was such a great experience for him and the rest of the team. A whole different country and investing into a village.
Don't ya just love instagram!!!
This is one of the kids with the softies our Youth designed and made at easterfest.
So it's been almost a month since my last post!!!!
We have been super busy with life. Me writing assignments, kids on school camp and Tama heading off to Thailand!!!! check out the blog to find out what he and the others he went with are up too, it's pretty exciting.
He also got himself a new toy!!! an iphone, and after playing on it i am officially hooked. Thanks to me downloading instagram, hence the pics below, enjoy :)
My handsome husband and now intrepid traveller
Birthday party time, 9 year old yeehhaaawww
A cool shot out the church office window, just cause i could :)
Me and my baby
Me and instagram, my new love (yes yes i realise i am a bit behind the 8 ball this has been round for a while :)
We had an amazing long weekend at easterfest our annual youth event. SO great to see God at work in the young people lives, they came ready and expectant and the Holy Spirit showed up big time, woohoo.
We made the most of the terrible weather the week before and made a mud pit. Tilly our puppy enjoyed it too :)
Our theme was survivor and we even had an exile island!!!!! The most amazing tree hut ever. The guys built it a couple of weeks before. The team who won the challenge for the day got to vote one team to spend the night in it. However it was so awesome everyone wanted to sleep in it.
My Daughter play the keys and sings in the fuel band who led us in the best worship over the weekend. I was a proud mum :)
Today lent finishes for our family!!!!! i am so excited. We as a family chose to do only water for drinks!!!! and boy was it HARD. We also did it for the whole term so although lent does not officially finish until Sunday i think, we are finishing today as it is the last day of term.
Last year we did no tv, and i tell you this has been WAY harder. As we go into Easter, i am reminded of the life giving sacrifice Jesus made and am looking forward to the most significant holiday of our year.....and a nice cup of tea :)
I really encourage you take a look at his. We need to help in any way we can and getting the word out there is an awesome start. My daughter is so passionate about this. She really wants to make a difference and has put links all over facebook. I am so proud of her doing what she can.
So is anyone else doing lent? I have been doing it for about 5 years now, but it is our whole families 2nd year. Its an opportunity to deny yourself something for the 40 days leading up to Easter. A chance to, while you crave and think about what you cannot have, (did chocolate one year!!!) remember the sacrifice Jesus gave at Easter. A chance to grow closer to him.
Last year my husband decided as a family we should all do lent and we should have no tv, which in our house seemed a really difficult reality. And to make it even more difficult we decided to do it for the whole term!!! not just 40 days. At first it was hard, the kids complained.. a lot, but after about a week we had all settled into a new way of life. More time for homework, more reading, earlier nights, more board games. I Loved it.
This year we decided to do the term thing again and do it again as a family. This year the thing we have given up is drinks, all drinks apart from water!!! NO juice, fizzy, tea, coffee, alcohol. The whole shabang!
It's hard!!! I want a glass of coke, i want a latte, i want a hot chocolate on a cold evening. But you know what, it's not as hard as having all your friends turn against you, not as hard as being whipped and spat on, not as hard as having the sins of the world on your shoulders.
