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Friday, February 3, 2012

Mike, 23, Houston

He's still single ladies! Posting this again with a few updates. Hope to find him a match!!!

My good friend, and pastor, Mike is always talking about how much he's ready to settle down. He just can't seem to meet the right person. That is why I have decided to enter him in Kelly's Korner: SUYL (with permission of course!)

Mike is 23, working on his masters degree at HBU and a freshman Bible teacher at a private high school. He is also my pastor. You might think we're crazy for having such a youngin lead us, but if you hear his sermons, you'll know exactly where his words are coming from.

The first thing I think about when I think of Mike is his HUGE heart for others:

In the summer, Mike serves at Camp Blessing. Last summer, he spent an entire week with Spencer (pictured). Spencer is non-verbal autistic, but he and Mike have grown very close over the past few years at camp.

Mike loves Jesus, his church, as well as hanging out, playing/watching sports and music. In a lot of ways he is a typical 20 something. He just happens to have a spiritual maturity that you wouldn't believe.
Leave a comment here or email me if you think you might have a good match for my friend.

Jen

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

30 Day Challenge - I'm in!

I read a lot of blogs (admittedly too many). One of my favorites (The Macs) posted a great challenge yesterday and it starts tomorrow! It's a 30 day challenge to spend quiet time with the Lord every day!

My quiet time has always suffered because I hate getting up in the morning. I once convinced myself that it didn't have to be in the morning, but never followed through. (Pretty much proving that it has to be in the morning, before the day starts!)

My plan is to start with 10 minutes each morning for the first week. I will be reading/praying through the Psalms. (Let me know if you have any suggestions!)

I will increase my time by 5 minutes each week. My goal is to be regularly having at least 30 minutes of quiet time each day by July 1st. If you are reading this (all 2 of you :-)), I would love encouragment and/or prayer. I can't wait to see what God does with this challenge!

Thanks!

Jen

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

hobbies

So it has been far too long since my last post! As much as i enjoy reading blogs, I've finally come to the realization that my life is just too busy to be able to post as often as I should. Fellow bloggers: How do you get into the routine of posting regularly?

Excuse me as I pretend that I have followers that will actually read this.

In case any of you are not friends with me on facebook, I've (sort of) recently gotten into baking cakes. I've always loved baking, but I've sort of gone crazy over it. Here are a few of the cakes/projects I have done ~~recently~~ have pictures of:

Monster Cupcakes - Halloween 2010

Super Bowl XLV - Steelers vs. Packers

Super Bowl XLIV - Saints vs. Colts

My Nephew, Jackson's 1st Birthday - March 2011

My niece, Makayla's 5th Birthday - February 2011

My Mom's 50th Birthday - April 2011

A few things I should share about this hobby:

I have learned everything from the Internet and from friends that decorate. I have a DVD sitting at home to watch but I haven't gotten around to watching it.
Cake decorating is only made possible by my awesome hubby. He cleans the kitchen when I'm done (or at the very least helps with the kitchen).
The best thing I've figured out is how to hide my mistakes. Since I have not taken any classes, I'm sure I do things the hard way. But polka dots, zebra stripes, etc are great ways to cover up mistakes!
I am super slow! Even though I bake the cakes at least one day before, it usually takes me anywhere between 4 - 8 hours to complete the decorating. I have been known to forgo any sleep, food, etc until I am completely finished. (obsessed, much?)
Cupcakes are much easier, but can also take up a lot of time.

So that's all for now! I just wanted to share. If I ever get a decent camera, maybe I'll document the entire process (with a disclaimer that my methods are probably not the best way to do things, of course!)

Hope y'all are having a fabulous week! I would love a comment or two if anyone happens to read this.