Busy, Busy!

This past weekend my family and I went to Lake Texoma for the YL Leader Retreat. We stayed at a cabin and had a great time. We sang songs and shared testimonies and ate smores around a bonfire, planned our semester around the huge island in the kitchen and swam, played with the wakeboard and inflatable, built sandcastles and rode an ATV (I didn't, HA!). It was a great time to bond with our leadership team and get to know everyone's family. The only bummer of the trip was my son fell from a 'kid-sized' zip line and hurt his arm. I think it's just sprained, but he's really nursing it, even during his favorite thing to do, his soccer game yesterday. But they won anyway! Their first academy game together and they won 3 to 0!! YAY! His rec team won too, although we were out of town on Saturday.

Tonight Younglife starts again, with a student leader meeting and girls bible study. I am so excited! MOPS started again last Friday too, and as you know, I'm not one for 'tea parties' (I'll explain some other time), but it was a nice time as well.

This week has YL, soccer (x5), gymnastics, a birthday party and my husband working mucho overtime - so it will be fun, fun!

Here's a verse my son read this morning on the way to school. Afterward he asked, God will never leave me? Even if I'm with the devil? (He means even if he gets lost in the world, does 'bad' things.) It was a great time to share God's love for him, as he has been saved by grace and will forever be a child of God. We talked about how, much like a parent's love, meaning that although we can be disappointed, may even have our hearts broken, that never means our child isn't ours, we could never NOT love our children. He liked hearing that.

Verse to Ponder: Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.