Got My Ticket!

I'm sorry I haven't posted much of anything about my return to Zimbabwe. I didn't know any details or how long it was going to be before I got my ticket. But I just bought the ticket today. YAY!!! :) I don't want to give out the specific dates for safety sake, but I'll be flying mid-August.

Can I just tell you... I am super excited!!!! Not only am I going back, but the travel time back to Zim is less than 20 hours... quite significantly less than the 38 hours it took me to get there the first time! woohoooooo....

I am still in Connecticut visiting my family and working from here... gotta love a mobile job! I will be traveling to Washington DC next week for some business meetings and I'll even have a little time to do some site seeing. I am in awe of how much the Lord loves me. I LOVE HIM SOOOOOO!!!!!!!

This is all of us together.



Here's a quick testimony: My older sister was talking to my mom's best friend and the Lord started showing her some things to share with my mom's friend. So, a few days later, my sister asks me to confirm the Word she gave. I didn't know anything at all what my sister had said. I prayed and closed my eyes... I almost always 'see' when my eyes are closed. I had a vision, very detailed and intricate. I shared the whole thing with my sister and she just started laughing. The vision described exactly what my sister had already told my mom's friend. So, I shared it with my mom's friend and it gave her the confirmation she was looking for. Yet again... God IS SO COOL! Are you looking for confirmation for something? Ask a friend to pray and don't tell them what it's about... I bet you they will hear the Lord and give you the confirmation you are looking for! Email me your testimonies!

Howie

When I was 15 my parents had another baby. Howard Dennis Waldron III was born on December 20, 1995. He is one of the biggest joys in my life and he always will be. I have loved every minute of watching him grow up into a young man and I am SO proud of him!

Had I gotten away with it, I would have tried to take a picture of Howie the other day with his shorts pulled up like Steve Urkel. It definitely looked uncomfortable, but it made us all laugh... We told him he looked like Urkel when he did it and one of my nieces (she's 8) said, "Who is Urkel?" AND I knew I had reached that point... Remember when you were a kid and your mom would tell you such and such about that old TV show and then laugh and you had no idea what was so funny...? well... i had this sudden realization that 'it had happened... ' I had somehow reached the other side and we all laughed again.

Even though my brother can be silly and pretend he's Urkel like most 14 year old boys can be sometimes, he has a kind heart and loves to love other people. I love him with all my heart!!!! He is growing up into a strong and handsome young man, with a great calling and destiny on his life.

I love you Howie!!!!!!

A visit in Vermont

I wrote this blog a few days ago and I didn't post it because I was trying to get a picture of me and my dad... but that will have to wait. I'll post a picture of my Dad and I appreciate all of you who have been praying for my family!

As I got into the car on Saturday night, my sister whispered to me, “You have lost your mind.” At the time, it seemed like a perfectly rational decision to go to Vermont with my Dad. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary to me. I didn’t know why she didn’t want to come … But all of a sudden I had the realization of my decision hit me and I wasn’t sure if I should go.

So, my Dad, my brother and I jump in the car and off we go. We’re well on our way into the drive and my Dad starts telling me about this church that him and his wife have been going to. It’s been a really busy summer for him and he says he hasn’t been in like 2 months, but he says that he really likes it. If I could do one of those really cool sound effects that they do on tv, I would make that sudden screeching of the brake noise right HERE… Let me back up … you have to understand that this is not normal for my Dad to be talking about church. I have never been to church with my Dad, nor have I had his approval to go. I even had to wait until I was 18 years old to be baptized because he didn’t approve. So, he says he likes it??? What??? MY father… going to church… and liking it??? Wow, I could hardly believe what my ears were hearing.

We wake up Sunday morning and we all go to church together. He was disappointed that there was a guest speaker because he likes the pastor so much that he wanted me to hear him preach. I didn’t know what to quite think of the whole situation, but my Dad is hearing the Word of the Lord by his own choice. This is the first time I have ever gone to church with my Dad. I think he may have gone to see me in a play or something like 25 years ago…

I am still praying: Lord, that my Dad would walk in the fullness of your love, that he would know you and love you with all his heart. Amen.

Don’t give up on praying for your unsaved family members. If my dad, who has not gone to church his entire life and who wouldn’t even let me baptized, is starting to seek relationship with God, then I KNOW the Lord can work a miracle in your family too. I stand with you in agreement that your family and friends will come to know the love of the Father too!

Here is a picture of the beautiful scenery that I saw in Vermont on a hike. That's my Dad at the bottom.






These is me and my little bro Howie. (And yes, I did hike in this dress... ) :)