The Narrow Road

This weekend I had the chance to go back to College Station and play in a volleyball tournament with some old friends. It was a great experience, although every part of my body is sore...even my hands. Our team had a lot of fun playing together and just enjoying the game again.

I have always been blessed by a God that could take my love and passion for a sport and continue to make it a part of my life, even now. I went from being the girl in the gym running around playing while my older sisters played the game, to the girl who finally became old enough to play! Later I was a hard core athlete making volleyball my life, so much so that my grades and other areas of my life began to fall behind. Good thing I have such an amazing mom who stepped in and set me straight. I will never forget the list she helped me make so I could keep my priorities in order: God, Family, School, Volleyball... When I got to college, volleyball became a job, and a goal that pushed me to be successful in the classroom, on the court and in every day life! After having all of that experience and it being such a big part of my life, it was hard to move on and leave it behing...good thing God had other plans for me.

I always told myself that I was going to be a teacher first and if it happened to work out for me to coach as well, then I would...it did! Once again God had bigger plans for me than I had for myself. All of that to say, I have come a long way from where I was in college, and I am so thankful to have a God that continues to love me and open doors for me to continue to do the things I love. It may be in a different way than before, but it is the right way for now. I may never be a hard core volleyball player again, but I can still touch others lives through the game.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad the road that leads to distruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14

I am glad I found the narrow road, and I hope you do too...

Put Some Pants On...

...that is what my neighbor told me when i went out this morning in a sweatshirt, shorts and my galoshes to take pictures of the snow. It is beautiful outside, I feel like I am in Colorado!! I did end up with a couple of branches down in the yard, and one that barely missed the house! Now that I have had a little time to enjoy the snow, I will be headed south for warmer weather...

This weekend I will be in College Station to play in a Valentine's Classic Volleyball Tournament!! Look for an update of that and how I am feeling after the fact. In the mean time here are some pictured of the snow...

Today was a pretty uneventful day at work, but I was able to take a few pictures of the snow. The one at the top is of our courtyard at school...very pretty!! I was also able to take my 7th period volleyball class out for a snowball fight and to build a snowman...

ITS A NEW SEASON

For those of you reading my blog for Haiti updates, I have a pretty big one today...

As previously mentioned, things in Haiti change by the minute. After much prayer, planning, and fundraising it seems that our trip will be postponed until further notice. After the earthquake occurred, and we saw an opportunity to go and serve, we were given the go ahead. Last night we received an e-mail from our missionary contacts advising us not to come at this time. They were hoping that the city would be further along in restoration than it currently is. They are still waiting for someone to step in and retrieve bodies that are still left among the rubble. With the rainy season approaching disease is starting to spread and there is a predicted outbreak that will be pretty bad if they do not get things cleaned up. Already local people are having to wear masks just to walk down the street. With these conditions, it is becoming very unsafe for travelers. They are hoping that things will be better by summer time.

As for our team, we are still praying and planning; waiting for the time when we are encouraged to come! For us, this is a new season... We know that things will be prepared perfectly in Gods timing and now we are being called to wait and prepare ourselves spiritually until that time comes. Please continue to pray for us and send words of encouragement, as we all know it is hard to sit and wait when we are ready and willing to go now!