My Friday

Today was a wonderful day! I woke up this morning with this sense of... ahhhh....no work... just time to be me. I was so thankful to God for today. Later my friend Shannon came over and asked if I wanted to go to this christian book wholesale store in Buchanan. Since I had never heard of it before I was thinking that I would just take her to get what she wanted and come home. Well, I was in for a big $200 day! I ended up buying some pretty challenging books but also found some neat buys for my little nephew. Here's the official list after two trips to the store. And by the way, all these books were at wholesale prices which means, most were at least 50% off if not much more. What a blessing!

1. 10 volumn set of The Bible Stories in spanish for Elijah
2. 5 volumn set of Mis amigos de la Biblia for Elijah
3. NKJV Audio Bible on CD
4. 3 spanish music CDs
5. Wild At Heart by John Eldridge
6. Sex and the Single Guy by Joe Knable
7. Choosing Forgiveness by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
8. Get Out of that Pit by Beth Moore
9. You Have What It Takes by John Eldridge
10. The Bondage Breaker study guide
11. Strongs Exhaustive Concordance

These are some of the books.

So after getting home and unpacking all my books, I just felt so excited to have these new books to read. If any of you have questions about this store, let me know. It's awesome and the books are brand new and cheap compared to the ABC and other Christian bookstores. Have a wonderful Sabbath and remember that God is so true to His word. There is no doubt in my mind that He cares for me and longs to develop a greater work in my life and also in yours.

7:52 a.m.

At 7:52, August 28, 2007 I turned 29 years old. Praise God for His faithfulness to bringing me new life every morning.

" As you enter upon a new year, let it be with an earnest resolve to have your course onward and upward. Let your life be more elevated than it has hither been. Make it your aim not to seek your own interest and pleasure, but to advance the cause of your Redeemer... Aim to honor God in everything, always and everywhere...Educate your mind to love the Bible...and, above all, the hour when the soul communes with God... A new year of your life now commences. A new page is turned in the book of the recording angel. What will be the record upon its pages?"

This was a challenging paragraph that I found in one of my birthday cards. I want the recording angel to be able to write victory down in my book. I'm so thankful for God who is always helping us to live more for His glory. That is the only light we will carry with us into heaven... His glory... His character. Let's pray for more of Jesus, earnestly seeking Him.

At least I didn't have to blowout 29 individual candles.

Michael and Micheal.

Tunisia and Adrianne
Lynette and I
It's so fun to bat the air. jj ....I had never had a pinata at my birthday before. Everything was so fun!
Elizabeth taking a swing at the cute little butterfly!

The lovely donkey with no tail. Poor thing... no one ever pinned it correctly either.

My job security was on the rise with the suckers from the pinata. Thank you to all my friends who made me feel so special on my birthday!

I Love Northern Michigan!

This picture speaks for itself. It was so great to spend time with Heidi.

Heidi and I. By the way, this beautiful lake is Lake Michigan!

My wonderful sister Heidi looking so cute and pregnant!

After visiting my sister I headed to the Pine River with some friends. This is my car at it's best. We spent the weekend in the Manistee National Forest. This meant that we had no running water or bathrooms. The roads are "seasonal" and the "campsites" are free.

Our lovely house for the weekend!

Church where it was meant to be. Tunisia led Sabbath School and Michael gave the sermon.

Walking and Talking! It was such a blessing to be spending Sabbath out in nature. After our church service we headed out for a quick hike before making lunch.

Watch out for the person with the bigger knife!

Homemade pasta sauce for Sabbath lunch. It was gourmet for rustic camping.

The Campers!

Tunisia and Renee on our Sabbath hike along the river.

The guys made a super hot fire for roasting hogdogs on Sat. night. It was a good thing that there was a little bit of a drizzle so we didn't start the forest on fire. Earlier that day the fire alert was at "very high"....according to the yogy bear sign.

Roadside dining. On the way home we ended up eating on the side of the road. It was so funny to be sitting on the edge of the road, around our camp table, eating hotdogs.

McNulty News

Joelle's bouquet! It was comprised of 24 roses and several stephanotus blossoms.
We traveled all the way to Battle Creek to pick up the flowers.
Picking out the flowers at Horrocks Farm Market.
While Pieter drove, I made the bows for the corsages.
Pieter driving to pick up the flowers.
My mom did a great job coordinating the wedding.
The beautiful flowers that decorated the chapel.
Joelle and Mindy, the maid of honor
Autumn and I
Pieter and I.
Dr. and Mrs. Norman McNulty
The wedding party. It was so wonderful to be apart of Joelle and Norman's day. It was a truly spiritual day, highlighting God's providence in our lives.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN

On a blistering hot day many, I mean 31 years ago came the announcement of Christian's birth. YEAH! Christian, I'm so glad you are my brother. I left the in-law part off on purpose. I've always wanted an older brother. So enjoy your birthday. It's God's gift of life to you.



Hey Mi Vida wants to invite the rest of our readers to visit Christianheidi.blogspot.com and wish Christian a happy birthday! Oh and don't forget to bug them to post a new blog.

ASI and Ladybugs

ASI Convention 2007. This year was the 60th year anniversary of ASI. It was truly an inspiration to be here where so many people are happy to be doing God's work. My favorite of the sermons was by Randy Skeete. He shared about how much we need to exemplify Christ's character. This is will bring about His coming.
" When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own." COL69
Julie and I had a wonderful time wandering around the booths and being blessed through the messages.
" The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is the revelation of His character of love. The children of God are to manifest His glory. In their own life and character they are to reveal what the grace of God has done for them." COL 416 Ladybugs really have nothing to do with me showing God's character but their quiet trust and busy lifestyle teach me that I need to quietly trust and busy myself for Jesus...showing the graces of His character.