Harry Potter.....Naked?!

NEW YORK - " Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who strips for his new role in London's West End revival of the play "Equus," has ignited a bit of a media firestorm by posing for racy promotional photos for the production. It's a really challenging play, and if I can pull it off — we don't know if I can yet — I hope people will stop and think, 'Maybe he can do something other than Harry,' he said."

-yahoo news

IS it true?? Oh NO, not Harry! Is all of this Mania from some Harry Potter fans justified?!

All of the Harry fans on t.v, outraged and sometimes brought to tears, because "Harry Potter" is not acting like that familiar teenager who wears a stripped scarf and funny glasses?

I think i have found out the answer to all of their questions such as "WHY?" and "HOW COULD HE?"....

ummmm..... It's called ACTING!!!! It does not read "Harry Potter" on his birth certificate. That is only a character he plays... so....

Get over it already.

Letter from Grandma

Got a letter from Grandma the other day!
She writes:

Today I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.
I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus, because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed! I found that lots of people love Jesus!
Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of God! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, go!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!
Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started wavin and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love! There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yell something about a "sunny beach"...
I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. Then I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, and he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign, or something. Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out of the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing...Why, even he was enjoying this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed that the light had changed. So, I waved to all of my brothers and sisters, grinned, and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that I was the only car that got through before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all of the love that we had shared, so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window, and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
Love, Grandma

We aren't... ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHICHARONES!

Philipians 3:12-15

12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
15All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.

CAN I GET AN AMEN!!?! =o )

Camp.

Cold.

17 degrees in the morning.

Over 200 teens.

Long walks up hill.

Hayford hall.

"I wanna 'hear' you jump" lol

Worship.

Hero?

Grafitti contest.

1st place.

Infomercial contest.

1st place.

Gateway!

Gateway Glamours.

Good food.

Alot of cheering.

From the girls. lol

More worship.

Pictures.

God is good.

REAL GOOD.

Flag football.

change that....

'contact' football. lol

Fear Factor.

Snickers?!

Anchovies =o )

L.A Symphony.

Tore it up.

Eucharist.

Together.

As a family.

Wow.

Gateway on stage.

For worship.

Fun.

Leaving =o (

Levi throwing up.

On the side of the road.

Priceless.

God's love+ Family in Christ= Winter Camp 07 Baby!!!

The inner Spritual Battle I was unaware of

I had lunch with my friend Louie on Wednesday. Now, mine and Louie's friendship has been very important to me during the past four years. After all, he has seen me through very hard times in my life, like facing my parents divorce, as well as I helping him thru losing his mom to Breast Cancer. Our relationship has survived all of these struggles and I have never doubted our ability to connect to one another in very special ways

...That was until Wednesday.

We were both driving home from lunch and the subject of partying with some mutual friends came up. I said that I don't really "party" much anymore with that group of people and heard the response I never thought I would hear from Louie...

He told me, "Oh, I forgot, your a RELIGIOUS girl now".

The tone used by him came to me as a shock, and I said "You say that like it is a bad thing."

Silence.

After one of the most awkward moments I have had with him in my life, I asked him "What are you thinking right now?". And there it began.

A conversation about his confusion about why I would believe in A God whom I have never seen, A Jesus who Healed People, Died for My Sins, and Rose from The Dead, A Heaven that I have no proof exists, and a Bible whose pages were written by men, filled our surroundings.
I let him ask his questions and tried my best to answer him but an all too familiar quote sadly proved true...
"It is sometimes easier to share The Word of God with strangers, than those whom we love."

Although I tried to share my Love for God with him, the hurt in his voice became more and more noticeable. Then he showed me the root of where we his doubt started as he said, "I don't believe in God who loves me because I prayed SO hard for him not to take my mom and he did it anyways. What kind of God takes the only parent I had left? Not a God who loves me!"

It all became relevant but a little to late. We had arrived to our destination and our time together had come to an end. I asked if he would come to a "college group" gathering with me, since it is a much more comfortable environment than church, and he said "maybe". I took that answer and said my goodbye. I drove home with tears coming down my face. The friend whom I thought I had known so well was going thru a personal spiritual battle that I was unaware of.

What a reality check.

Sometimes I am so consumed about helping complete strangers that I sometimes over look the ones I love. I pray that Louie will open his eyes and see God's Love and Compassion for him and he would come to know Jesus as his Lord and Savior. I hope to be in Paradise with all of those I love including him...

including him.

It's Baaaaaaaack!

Winter Camp is here once again! It seems so fast! Well, I am excited for one... a lil sad tho that my dance partner Danielle won't be there =o ( But she will be dancing it up, representing for us, in INDIA!!!! whoot whoot! hahaha

I feel really positive with the direction that our Youth Ministry is heading towards. God has Blessed us with Pablo and Sonia who have stepped in and have been great Support for all of us...especially coaches!

And because of God's Guidance, I know that Camp will be as awesome, if not more, than previous camps. I know we will all grow closer, Praising His Name all the while!

Forcast for Saturday when we arrive at camp.... 35 degrees and chance of snow!

Enough said.

CLOCK STRUCK 12 and FINGERS started TYPING!

SO.... 2007 is here..... and I am gonna have to Pay A GRIP for my next cell phone bill with all of the New Years Texts I got this year! lol jk.....

Sprint Baby.... I got unlimited texting! whoo whoo! lol

By the way.... Pablo... good thinkin... I think I too am gonna follow the advice from my previous blog (Nov 14,06) and actually CALL people and cut down on the texting! hahaha

I'm down!.....anyone else care to join?! lol