WOW! Please join me in rejoicing with my precious friends!!!

1 Chronicles 16:31

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

Please read the following e-mail I received!!!

Date: Oct 19, 2006 12:31 AM

Subject: XO

Dear Friends and Family,

I hope you are all doing well. Thank you so much for your thoughts and your many prayers over these months.

We received great news today from Danny's doctor. After days of waiting to see if he would need to do another round of chemotherapy, Dr. Marcus said he is finished! Dan will now be tested and checked regularly to be sure he has been completely cured.

We would appreciate your prayers for him during this time, for complete healing and for direction as he "moves" back into normal life. Thank you!

We all leave Thursday for L.A. for my sister Jody's Memorial Service on Friday. I miss my sister, but I find that I am mostly joyful and excited that she is more alive than ever, with The Lord! I am praising and thanking God for Heaven every day!

"and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35:10

Much Love to you All,

Annie and Family

I love that song My God Reigns...(especially when Stephen Bailey leads it at our church)

There's nowhere else that I'd rather be

Than dancing with You as You sing over me

There's nothing else that I'd rather do

Lord, than to worship You

So, rejoice, be glad, rejoice, O my soul

For the Lord, your God

He reigns forevermore

I rejoice, for my God reigns

So rejoice, be glad, your Father and your friend

Is the Lord, your God

Whose rule will never end

I rejoice, for my God reigns

My God reigns

And I dance the dance of praise

My God reigns

With a shout I will proclaim

My God reigns

And I worship without shame

My God reigns

And I will rejoice

For my God reigns

Thank you, wonderful friends!!

From the Power Of A praying Parent

Your children are YOURS and not the DEVIL"S,
and you can make a case for them before the throne of God.
YOU have the power AND the authority. SATAN DOESN'T.
Rebuke his lies by the power invested in you
through Jesus Christ your Savior,
who IS Lord over everything in your life,
including your children.

A quote from The Power of a Praying Parent

The draw of the flesh and the devil's plans are a lot stonger than we'd like to think. In a moment of weakness, such as is possible for all of us, we can end up doing something we never thought we would. Only the power of God, through prayer, can make a difference.

Thank you for praying for my dear friend Annie. Here is an update.

Date: Oct 2, 2006 1:18 PM

Hello Friends and Family,

Many of you may have already heard that my beautiful sister Jody is now in the presence of the Lord. I can only imagine how wonderful & glorious it is,being WITH the ONE who made her, her Creator. Jody passed away very peacefully on Saturday just after 4:00.

Her final hours here on earth, were filled with precious time with her family, God's Word, and constant love from her husband Scott and best friend Logan. Also, Scott spent time reading to Jody all of the inspired,worshipful lyrics to the many many songs Jody has written. What a gift!

My brothers and sister along with a few of mom's friends with gathertogether this afternoon to tell her about Jody.

Today Dan has begun another round of chemo. Hopefully his last.

Our whole family covets your prayers during this difficult time. Thank you!

OXOXOX,

Annie and Family



Date: Oct 3, 2006 1:58 AM

Thank you ALL for your prayers and kind email responses to me.

My mother Judy, now knows that Jody is with her Lord. God filled the afternoon with His great mercy, grace and peace. After my two brothers and sister privately told mom about Jody, she was then surrounded by close friends and family that gathered to comfort her.

This was God's perfect time.

We prayed, sang, and grieved together. Mom and I continued these things upto bedtime. She was so grateful to be surrounded in this way and is very peaceful.

I believe God allowed my mother to experience this loss because HE wanted to show us ALL, His very very powerful love in a time of deep grief.

"They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Isaiah 35:10

Much Love and thanks to you all, XOOX

Annie and Family

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I can not find words adequate enough to describe the love I have for this family! Your prayers for them have been a wonderful blessing to me because of the gift it has been to them! Please continue to lift Danny up in prayers as well.

Date: Oct 8, 2006 9:16 AM
For Daniel:
He's getting very tired of all this chemo routine. He went out yesterday for a couple hours to visit the music store and it totally wiped him out. His tumor marker numbers have been in the normal range for a few weeks, but one of them was rising slightly and the doctor is talking about a 4th round of chemo which we hope isn't the case. Pray for healing too.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

HIP HIP HOORAY!! Three cheers for Whataburger! I am proud of and thankful for that business! Yesterday I worked up at Laura's school helping to make football mums. I got there at 10:30 ish and stayed till 3:15 then after feeding the fam I headed back up there about 7:40 ish. I stayed till 11pm. I was sooo thirsty and wishing I had snagged one of those water bottles before I left.

Anywhoooo...On the way home I saw Whataburger and thought I will just pull in real quick and grab a rootbeer. AWWWH refreshing... Well, it took actually a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I wasn't bothered. I was kind of in a daze so tired..

Then after I got my drink...signed over my kidney to the drive thru worker(as Joel swears I do...)I was driving on through when in their window I saw in HUGE BOLD letters these words:

ONE NATION
UNDER GOD
INDIVISIBLE

I said to Joel on the phone, I don't mind if I have to wait 2 hours in line for a rootbeer(which by the way after I ordered, I saw it was Bargs..the only rootbeer with caffeine :( awwh man! BUMMER!) it is worth it because they are boldly proud of our nation being under God!!!

Please stop in one today and support their support!!!

Have a Blessed day Blog world and celebrate His power!!!

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being,sustaining all things by His powerful word.

Hebrews 1:3

Quick Coffee Bean update...

WOW! I have almost reached my goal of 100 pounds of coffee beans sold for our troops!!! I've sold 85 1/2!!! Thank you to all who have helped me so far! Those of you who gave me money, I wrote a note on the bag of beans saying: Thank you for your sacrifice, we are praying for you! Love, (your name here) Lake Cities Church Of Christ--Trophy Club, Tx
ooohh...so, make sure you pray for them :) Plus I entered your name in the drawing for the "Aroma solo coffee machine."


This week is the last week to buy them for our troops(well, for us to send them anyway) You can certainly still buy them anytime, and send them anytime!

I also wanted to let you know, that EVERYTIME you do purchase a bag of beans you help us raise funds to build schools and hospitals for our farmers who grow beans for Starbucks!

I was just soooo blessed to find that out! I'm not sure if I told you...but Starbucks DOES NOT believe in sweat shops and stuff!!! They truly do care about the farmers and their daily lives!

So, just know that EVERYTIME you buy beans...you bless our wonderful farmers and their sweet sweet families!

I pray you guys have a blessed week living boldly for our Lord! He is sooo Awesome! I pray the enemy to be bound up...You would not fall prey to believing his lies of anything less of our Faithful Warrior! Be brave and take heart that HE is the one who stands ahead of us...VICTORIOUS!!

An excerpt from "The Power Of A Praying Parent" Calendar

The joy of the Lord is rich and deep and causes anyone who walks in it to be likewise. That's because joy doesn't have anything to do with happy circumstances; it has to do with looking into the face of God and knowing He's all we'll ever need.



Psalm 16:11
You will show me the path of life:
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

I pray we desire this to be true in our lives.

A quote added to, from "Turn" by Max Lucado

We see satan poised to claim victory. We feel something near despair as we watch cancer/diseases ravage bodies, marriages torn apart, drugs and disrespect dominating lives, loved ones walking aimlessly,our nation make wrong turn after wrong turn, wrong move after wrong move etc...


But in the darkest moment God whispers,


I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
HE HASN'T WON YET."



The Lord will hear your crying, and He will comfort you. When He hears you, he will help you"
Isaiah 30:19 NCV


"pray without ceasing"
1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB

It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35

Wow! If you click onto the site below, you will help an underprivileged woman get a free mamogram! This is so cool. The cost to you will be a few moments of your time. Won't you Please take a few minutes to bless someone today.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

This will truly fill your heart. It is very bittersweet!

The following link is from my friend Annie Lapoint's brother-in-law's blog about his precious wife Jody.(Annie's sister) His blog site is: (http://streetcalledstraight.com/blog/)
Please take some time to read his entire blog! I even encourage you to print the whole thing off, staple it like a booklet and read it throughout the day, week, just make a little time here and there. I promise you will be blessed! But at least for right now read this article from one of his postings. (March 10th) Read the link of (my favorite version!)It is both heart wrenching and soothing. Very convicting! Will you add them to your prayer list please. Thank you for your time. In His is name, Kim Q.


Friday, March 10, 2006

An article that has become our creed as well!

We were immediately blessed by this article by John Piper.

However, the article was much simpler when John Piper wrote it. DGM added some great material to it, but I found the original much more accessible and inspiring. Here is the way DGM published it originally - my favorite version!

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY COFFEE FOR OUR TROOPS

1. They are unselfishly serving our country...That means for you and me.

2. So you can go to Starbucks and sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffee with a friend and not have to worry about someone walking up with a backpack on and blowing you up.

3. The whole "word and deed" thing...

4. They took a poll and the troops said they wanted Starbucks coffee sent to them...It reminds them of home. You can even write a note of encouragement on the bag and bless their day!

5.The caffeine will keep them awake and alert which is a good thing when being shot at daily.

6. Because Thursday thirteen rhymes with caffeine.

7. Because $10 is not a lot when it comes to thanking young men and women who risk their lives for our country.

8.Because if Jesus did the parable of the woman at the well today, He might have asked for a Iced Venti Carmel Macchiato instead of water...Not really cause we all know it was about living water.(something to sooth your soul!) (coffee soothes your nerves)

9. A lot of people think Starbucks is anti -troops. That is not true! Please let us show you. They are doing this drive because they want to partner with the community and support the troops.

10. Believe it or not missionaries in Africa told us that they drink warm drinks there to help cool them off. Hey we've experience some heat here, so you know they are experiencing some major heat there...Let's help cool our troops!

11. The troops could share it with the locals, thus opening a whole new market for Starbucks and usually when meetings take place at Starbucks it helps to create a friendly environment Aren't we all in favor of that!?

12. For every bag of coffee you buy (whether it's for you or the troops)you get to enter your name in a drawing to win a cool Barista Aroma Solo machine! (ie: 5 bags of coffee= 5 times your name goes into the drawing hat.)

13. Because you can help me reach my goal..I committed to sell 100 bags of coffee, if I don't reach it, then I might have to buy what I didn't get sold which I'm pretty sure Joel will not be too fired up about, since then my working would become in vain... You have to go into the Trophy Club Starbucks and tell them you are buying coffee in my name, or you can send me the money and I can fill out your entry form for you. I've done this for about ten people already, or you can actually call in and pay for it over the phone using your credit card, and have them write what you want on the bag...pretty painless. The phone # is 682.831.0258

Remember I only get credit if you say my name. Thank you guys for helping the troops and me! I love you and I am super appreciative of your time, care and money!

you can comment and let me know you did it if you want to. That would be a neat way of tracking it. But definitely let me know by phone that you did so I can help them keep track of my goal being completed.

My Word Cloud by snapshirts.com

Thank you Paige and Kelly and so on and so on...This is cool!

My daughter Laura and I are taking an amazing journey, and we'd like to invite you to join us. Thousands of women and men are going to walk 60 miles over the course of three days to raise money for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund.

We've formed Team Quile in honor of our mom/grandmother Catherine Seale, family friend Barbara Vice and our friend Ann Moss’s sister, Brenda. All three of these beautiful vibrant women have not only survived breast cancer, but are stronger than ever before! Laura and I have a passionate desire to help others fight this battle! Remember, “others” could become you, or us, or someone we love. Together, we hope to raise the expected amount of $4,400 for the cause. Due to the high level of commitment this program demands, we will be unable to walk if all of our funds are not collected. We want to invite as many friends as we can to join Team Quile by walking with us, praying with us, cheering us on at the different stations and financially supporting us. We believe there is strength in numbers!

We hope you will join Team Quile.

My web page link is:

http://www.the3day.org/dallas06/isaiah4110

LauraÂ’s web page link is: http://www.the3day.org/dallas06/psalm27_1

Love,

Kim and Laura

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

If you would like to participate in walking please register, @ www.The3Day.org or call (800) 996-3DAY.

Please be in prayer for the Paul family as they wait for testing on their new little baby boy Tanner. I'm not exactly sure on the proper name of the diagnosis, but it most definitely involves his precious little heart! Remember...that is our Lord's dwelling place!
We love you Paul's! You are precious to us!


He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your sheild and buckler. You shall not be afraid. Psalm 91:4-5

Hi everybody! I just wanted to share this AMAZING e-mail from my friend Annie. You will be blessed as you read how active and living and powerful our LORD is. It literally brought chills to not just my body, but I really believe into my bones! I am soooo blessed to have the honor of seeing and experiencing these throughout my whole life! It never ceases to amaze me. Not from lack of believing...just always in awe of the refreshment of His powerful power!

Kim, Did you get these last 2 emails about my sister?? Jody almost died on
Wed. night. XOOXOX, Annie

Dear Friends,

Late Wednesday night My sister Mia and I drove down to LA to where my sister
Jody is in ICU. I have just returned tonight, Friday to get back to Daniel&
the rest of my family. There were complications and Jody is now on a
respirator and her body is gradually shutting down. By Thursday night we
were sure it was near the end of her life here on earth.

This morning brought us some hope & joy as she became alert and through a
"spelling game" she communicated (through her husband) all her love to her
family & friends. She said "she WANTS to be here!" She was peaceful and pain
free and even gave her Dr a thumbs up when he adjusted her ventilator. Then
her kidneys began working again, and a few other things that had taken a
turn for the worst started getting better.

The Drs and nurses were taken back by these changes!

We know things can go either way, but these wonderful events today gave us
hope after a long day and night of deep grieving. "Lord, This world could
REALLY use a great modern-day miracle! Let is be my sisters healing!"

Danny is beginning to feel badly tonight from the effects of chemotherapy
and my heart is aching for him and my sister.

It's comforting for me to be able to write this to all of you and know
people will pray for us. Thank you so much.

I love you all, In Christ,

Annie

"Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD." Psalms 31:24





Oh I hope you're not all sick of my emails!

But I must TELL you what God is doing As of tonight...

My sister Jody is off the respirator and breathing on her own! She is off of
the heart fluid tube and all sedation! Her vitals are stable and her kidneys
and liver are on the rebound! I just heard that she has eaten and loved it!
My sister Jody is talking up a storm and praising God for His grace and
mercy! The DrsArere telling her she will be out of ICU soon and in a regular
room!

She remembers very little of this weeks terrible events and when hearing she
was very near death she said..... "REALLY???!!"

Though they say, "Jody is not out of the woods" What can I say??

"Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits ‹
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed
like the eagle¹s." Psalms 103:1-5

God has heard your prayers!

OXOXOX,

Annie and Family

No, this isn't a pic from the Bible Building at ACU. This is a huge world balloon from our dinner around the world with the Home Builders!

Here are a few pic's from a FABULOUS evening! Thank you Joel and Emily for the photo shoot.It was such a blessing to eat, fellowship, share stories and pray together. May God continue to build these homes with an unshakable foundation!



P.S. if you click on my title, you will see the world globe at ACU

Thirteen things I contemplated today...

1. When John enlists in the Airforce, where will his boot camp be.

2. Where will he be stationed?

3. Will we be able to visit him often, or him us?

4. I am thankful that God has blessed my husband with a gift of rescuing.

5. How amazingly strong are the parents I saw today @ Cooks Hospital while helping with an incredible auction that Starbucks hosted for them today. They wearily love and serve their child through whatever illness, operation, accident, etc...their precious one(s) Yes, some had more than one child admitted in the hospital.

6. That was a really cool auction! The kiddos got to have 100.00 in play money to purchase real items! starbucks does a huge toy drive and then divides the goods into three separate distribution times at Cooks. ( a partner program between Cooks and Starbucks)

7. My heart was filled with joy that Laura and Emily was excited to go help!

8. Tonight driving home from Barnes and Noble, I decided to wait and go to Walmart tomorrow after work. I wanted to hurry and get home, get Emily to bed, make banana bread and get to bed early(well, before 1am anyways!) Since I have to work 4:45 am-11:15am. Anyways it just struck me that while I desired to get home and all that...at any moment, things could dramatically change. I could be killed or (maybe) worse yet, be tragically altered permantly the rest of my life. Life is just that unpredictable. And then I hoped desperately that whenever it is my time, I would leave behind an uncontainable amount of confidence of my love in my loved ones(family and friends)lives that would be based on God's love! WHEW! That was a long one!

9. I wish I could get one of those back braces to help me sit up straight!

10. I hope all our little first timers at school are having an OUTSTANDING experience!!
( Matthew F, Patrick, Matthew P, Jeb, I hope I didn't forget anyone!)

11. I am sad and happy for my friend Carolyn. She will not be moving here. infact Laurie her daughter already found a home they like in Cali and will be moving next month. :( & :)

12. I wonder if the boy that was driving sorta wreckless then cussed at me and Carla Black this morning is going through a troubling time, Like his mom maybe battling cancer or something. maybe he just doesn't feel the amazing love of God... I prayed for him, even though he shook me up and caused me to be all jittery. Plus I rebuked him, but I'm not sure he actually heard me..he already started rolling up his window...

13. When will Jesus come back? I wish everybody would accept Him as their Savior. I am ready for internal joy to be eternal!

(#14...why in the world would the spell check thingy offer fermented--promenade--ferment--or Vermont to replace permantly?)

Happy One Year Anniversary

One year ago this very night God moved us to Trophy Club. This very time a year ago I was laughing and talking with Ron, Lou, and Rhonda Cullum! Thank you for opening your home to us crazy strangers! We are blessed people!

I threatened to come over to their house tonight and sleep over for an anniversary celebration...guess what they said...COME ON! The room is already for you! I love those zany madly in love with God people!

Anyways....It is a joy to celebrate one year with all of you at Lake Cities! Thank you God for prompting our hearts to come here! We are in AWE of your blessings! It's pure craziness this journey of life we are on!

God's word truly does breathe life into us!

I just wanted to share today what was on my prayer calendar:

The best way to improve speech is to improve the heart, "for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (Matthew 12:34). A heart filled with the Holy spirit and the truth of the Word of God will produce godly speech that brings life to the speaker as well as the listener. This is where our point of prayer should begin.


I have been feeling a little discouraged lately. While I haven't been speaking a lot of words of discouragement,(mostly because I try to live by "if you can't say something nice , don't say anything at all" my heart is still heavy, and so even unspoken words can be deadly to the soul when we (I)allow it to live in my heart.

I want to live in the joy, that we are where God has brought us, and all where we have been was where God had wanted us. The enemy wants me to be sad and dwell on the fact that my kiddos and I don't have core friendships that have been nurtured and strengthened from childhood through now. So many of my friends have such amazing friendships that have been developed from a very early time, and growing stronger everyday.

I have just been feeling like a failure to my children. My heart hurts for them as they talk about their friend's..friends. I just keep picturing that little child who's parents are the only one not at the Christmas play watching them in their special part.

This little reminder impacted me big today! I don't want my speech (or thinking) to control me to be discouraged! I want to boldly defy the enemy any victory over me!