Well things are wrapping around the summer and have been crazy but we are through the storm, mostly. Here are some pics of the latest storm in the beginning. It got a lot worse but I was not standing out in it to take pics, air to ground lightning, thank you but NO!
Been working on my Masters, second semester down, came out with an A and a B. Thank the Lord for those. Been working a second job part time at a vineyard, Monserrat. It is great to interact with people again! I didnt realize how much of a social person I am.
This is Norton. He is the house cat :D
Had an amazing experience at church on sunday. Been going to this bible study called "New Beginnings" and as an assignment I had to write down all the sins or things I have been ashamed of in the past. You have no idea how dark your past is until you start looking at your past and seeing what things you did because everyone else was, or to make a guy like you, or just because it was easier to sin than to deal with the realness of your faith. I would like to challenge all of you to take 5 minutes or more if possible to sit down and write your life down. You will be surprised. Write it down, put it in an envelope, seal it and pray. Once you have prayed that God forgives you all your sins, those you wrote down and those you didnt, burn the letter. Let it all go and feel your life start.
SO the second part of the story is that same sunday after bible study we went to the service and heard an amazing service about sin and the way that even the smallest splinter would eventually cause the biggest break in your soul. Because I had not burnt mine yet, I asked my friend Leta to accompany me to the alter so that I could give my life back to God and so I took the letter that I wrote to God and God alone and set it on the alter. She prayed for me because I was to busy BALLING! my eyes out. She prayed that God would know my heart and who I am in Him. That he would encourage me to walk in His footprints instead of fighting and pushing to make my own way and I gave it all to Him and made a promise to let it all be in the past. To never open the envelope, to never open those thoughts, and to never let the past bring me back to a place I should have never been in anyway. The things in that letter are not who I am and not who I want to be. Then we burnt it...
I pray that the Lord would touch all of your hearts and that you would feel the love that God has for you. Open your hearts, confess your sins, and let Him do the rest. It is hard, dont get me wrong, to just let it all go but when you do it gets easier and easier to realize the greatness He has planned for you. May God bless you with enough.
Love you all,
Kandi
