Off to Africa......

My laptop is down to it's last strings....haven't been able to download any pictures. Competed in two events in July...got my 5k PR...mini vacation to Palm Springs...OC Mud Run...Krista's sister, Sarah, got married...July was a great and busy month.
And tomorrow morning Brandon and I leave for Africa. A week in Kenya and a week in Uganda. Excited, anxious, just a few of the words flying around in my head. I have been praying for an open heart, guidance, good health, and no lost baggage...lol. I am looking forward to getting to know the people of Africa and sharing the Good News and just loving on them. So please pray for us and I will be back in 2 weeks with some stories and pictures.

Krista's Wedding

Happy One Week Krista and Drew!
Here are some pictures...I still haven't been able to post my pics...but thank you Debbee, Emily, and Heather for yours. :)
The celebration started at the rehearsal...when you heard over and over about what wonderful people Drew and Krista were. And over and over...seriously, two of the best people you will ever meet. I told Drew that we have been praying for him for years and years....and God provided. The wedding was beautiful...we all wore fun and funky colored shoes (including the bride) and we had bright fun flowers, and the stage was set so perfectly with eclectic put together trees made by a sexy man I like to call B2. There was great food in the park and fun dancing with goofy hats and glasses. The Three Musketeers sang and danced to Richard Marx's "Right Here Waiting" and new friends were made while dancing to "Boom, Boom". Thank you Krista and Drew for falling in love and making this world a better place because of who you are and the love you share with others.
In no order at all...some of my favorite pictures of the day...

My Memory of Michael Jackson

Living in Southern California we see the traffic...we see the craziness...we see our dollars being spent on the circus that is surrounding the Memorial of Michael Jackson. Is it a little crazy?...yes...BUT as I read and listen I am a little saddened by our response. I have heard more bad jokes and whining about MJ and the bad press that follows him. Yes, I agree he was a little strange...all the surgeries, the trials, and the crazy names for his kids...Blanket, really? However, as a Christian I can't see why any of that matters. When I die....I pray, for my childrens sake, that you don't talk about how I got a divorce, how I had sex out of marriage and produced a child from that, I ask that you don't talk about how I was a liar, how I hurt people. If anything, I pray that you remember that I was one of God's children too. And so I will remember that MJ brought people together with this wonderful song....how he made a difference in people's life's, how he wrote songs that brought up real stuff, and that the same God that loves and died for me loves and died for MJ also.

Wedding!

Tomorrow is the big day....and I am sooo excited! It is a day I have been looking forward to since.. forever. One of my BFF's...1/3rd of the Three Musketeers is getting married! I have really been thinking about what she has been in my life...and I have realized that she is a HUGE part of why I am me. She is one of those people who helps you be a better person. I have made some pretty big mistakes and bad decisions but being around her or even listening to her wisdom I knew I could always come back...I knew that even through all of those bad choices she still loved me and through her I could see that God still loved me. It is true what they say....your best friends love you even when they know the real you. So I hope to have some amazing pictures next week of the wedding!