Your job...

Ok people... we are down to the wire here... and I need your help to pull this off!
Today - I was prepped for my last two gold crowns to be put on July 2nd.

Your Job:
PRAY!

I have 3 possible teeth that at any moment could calm down or flare up resulting in the need for more root canals... Nobody wants that. Especially at the cost they come at. Just in case, my dentist has me holding onto a prescription of penicillin if I should need it in the near future.

In the meantime, the date has been set for braces to start on JULY 7th.

That is Phase I of braces... then I have Phase II and III the following 2 Mondays to put all sort of junk in my mouth including gluing something to the top of my mouth that I'm not too sure about.

So... I'm asking all you who stumble upon this blog,
to please pray for me, my teeth, and the wisdom to know how to get all these bills paid!

I'm sure glad my Abba owns the cattle on a 1,000 hills :-)

*picture does not reflect the teeth of the author

Blowing Dust and My Amazing Lord...

I love that the weather thing on the bottom of my FireFox page says this:

Blowing dust... just to clarify everybody, that is what the weather is today...

Anyways... I just wanted to continue on this random post and share with the world how incredibly amazing the Lord is... If you frequent this blog at all, you know I am dealing with major teeth issues that has resulted in me using all of these every night to tackle the cleansing of my mouth:

And in addition to that, I had hoped to have all my debt payed off by May of this year. Well May is almost over and I am now in deeper debt then I was in the first place. It's been touch and go for awhile
but I have been doing what I can and trusting the Lord.
Sure, it's easy to trust the Lord when everything is great and going your way, but when times are tough, that shows your true colors. And I have honestly had some rough days over these past couple of months.

Over and over again the Lord tells us to "Not Lose Hope".
That is what I have been clinging to although at times
I really did feel like all hope was lost. Friday, I was driving home from Ventura around 6pm. The sun was beginning to set over the ocean, and the coast looked so beautiful. I was suddenly struck with the most amazing, overwhelming sense of peace and control.

I knew - not just with my head, but with my heart and ever fiber of my being - that God was in control. It was as if He was sitting in the seat next to me telling me everything was going to be ok.
It was so beautiful and amazing. I love that the Lord came to me on His time when my heart was ready as I was driving down the 101.

This last weekend the Lord was also ministering to my heart the words of
2 Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us a spirit of Timidity, but of love, power, and discipline."
So often in my life I have identified and been that timid person. I am shy, I hide, I don't like hard things. But that is NOT what the Lord is calling me to do or be. He has given me a Spirit of Love that I might love others. A spirit of Power, that I might be bold in His name. And a Spirit of Discipline, that I might represent Him in all I do and say and be under His control, not the worlds.

Those two things, in and of themselves, were amazing and I was rejoicing in who my Lord is in my life.

And then...

• Monday: I received my economic stimulus check from the IRS
• Tuesday: I was told by an amazing friend and pastor that half the amount of my 5 crowns was being taken care of and paid for
• Wednesday: The Whites told me they were going to give me a raise for watching their kids next year, but that it would be effective immediately!

I am in utter shock and amazement.
To see the hand of the Lord working so tangibly in my life right now is so sweet. PRAISE JESUS!

Expected...

Oh my sweet, loving, little, conniving, 19-year old sister...
She means well.... but all this hype from her about something "unexpected"... well...

My Dad and StepMom came, we had a nice dinner, we walked on the Goleta Pier (where I took this awful picture of the 3 of us!)

... and my Dad gives me 3 things from Nichole:

A Starbuck's card, a Journal, and a box of something called "Monkey Bread"... that's it... that was my sister's big surprise?
She wanted to bless me, which she did, but she could have made it a little less dramatic and stressful to me!

I had a rad and blessed time with my parents. My Dad told me he was proud of me, which was super sweet. And they are going to throw down a little money so Dawn and Tyler don't kick me out of the house for being delinquent with my rent ;-)

Spys and Tooth decay...

We've all had our suspicions that Tyler worked for the government in some capacity...

I mean, does anyone really know what he does, in his office at home all day?

We all think he goes on business trips to San Diego... which is probably just a code name for Fallujah or something ;-)



And now He's getting personal letters from our President? Good thing he's out of town and I intercepted the mail to shed some light on this... hmmm.... is he really in Hawaii right now?

Ok, Tybo... time to fess up... you're plotting to take over the world, aren't you?

And on a completely different note and update to my toothache issue... I went to the dentist today... and I'm pretty much going to owe my first born child to him... you name it, I need it done: cavities (like 50 billion of them), crowns (at least 4), braces... so much for paying of my debt :-(

If anyone has some extra money laying around and you want to donate to my newly started dental fund, let me know....
just kidding :-)

I know the Lord will take care of it, but this sure isn't fun :-(

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