That Crazy Pentecostal Girl

Its the week after Christmas and I'm full of stories! This has truly been one the best Christmas ' ever. God is really working in my family's life. Like any family we are not perfect by any means. I've stated before my intermediate family is not really in church any longer, but I can honestly say they still love God. They have a funny way of showing it, but nevertheless I'm still convinced they do. Especially after this Christmas. Saturday my Grandma took us older grandchildren shopping, my two sisters my cousin Megan and I. On this little trip my cousin opened up about how hard life is now. See, she recently moved out and is living a life she knows she shouldn't be and now she is starting to regret some decisions and is wanting to make something of her life, which got us on a great conversation about how bringing God back in her life would help that and I really think it gave her hope! Christmas was Sunday. The Tuesday after we had a family dinner, every...

So a couple weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to go on an all expense paid, home missions trip to Colorado! Sounds intriguing, right? ....So, I said yes! The week before I was dreading it. Going to Colorado sounded like fun, but going with the people that was going...not so much! But I think it was God's will for me to go because I tried making other plans and they fell through. So, here I am in Greeley, Colorado! We came in Wednesday night really late and the family was automatically warm and welcoming, which made me feel more comfortable. Thursday night church was scheduled. I was teaching Sunday school. We did puppets and taught our lesson on "God is Bigger"! Friday we helped set up for their daughters graduation and that night we had another service! Johnnie preached on "We are people of the Name" ....Good stuff! Saturday we helped with the graduation, which wasn't a big deal at all, but they were so grateful. That night they found out I could sing and p...