Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Still Sick!!!

I'm so bummed that I had to cancel "Reach" tonight. I'm still so sick and after working today I just didn't have the energy to have the meeting tonight. Sorry ladies. However we are taking a vote on where everyone wants to go for "Girls Day Out" (more like a couple of hours)this Sunday. Penera or Figaro's??? Post a comment or Text me!!!
Love you all
B

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Morning Group...

Well, I didn't get to go to the morning group this morning because I'm S.I.C.K. ugh...but it's a good thing, not that I'm sick, but that I didn't go...I forgot all about having to go to Colton's Walk Through The American Revolution performance at school this morning...wow it was long and I was miserable but what's a mom to do...Hope you girls had a great time this morning...missed you I will post where we are going for "Girls Day Out" this weekend after the evening meeting tomorrow...I'll be looking forward to seeing you.
Brandi

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Our next adventure and Josie...





I LOVE LOVE LOVE this woman...I consider it an honor to call her friend...I love looking through her eyes to see life...she inspires me to be me...she is adventurous, funny, beautiful...she is a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter a dancer, a loyal friend who loves her God...She continues to press on toward the goal through her questions, concerns, passions, and desires...I could go on and on...
Josie is heading up our next "Reach" adventure...during this trip to Mexico that you see above. God stirred up her passion that has always existed for the people there. Like God does he has placed an overwhelming desire to do "something" inside of Josie that just wont let her go...and so...she brought her thoughts and heart to our group and in true Josie fashion with her words and her tears of passion we all felt the tug of our God pulling us in to see His vision through Josie's expression...as she spoke God began to unfold a plan that was undeniably His...by the end of the conversation we had a trip planned for summer, 4 solid connections and a place to stay...we are planning our trip for July and everything is still falling into place...it looks like we will be reaching out to an orphanage so far and who know what other doors will be opened...HOW EXCITING...every time this happens I never cease to be so incredibly honored that he would choose me to do His work and to serve next to you incredible ladies...
Love you all,
Brandi

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Sorry!!!

Oh girls!! So sorry...I'm finally catching up with my life...Alright so where are we? As you know God is always up to amazing things!! First a little in house biz...Our Tuesday morning group is now meeting on Monday mornings!! This happened because of my NEW job, which I'm loving and is a complete fit for me...God has definitely worked out the details!! Our girls were able to switch our day without a problem and so we are officially moved to Monday mornings same time same Bat channel...9:00am-10:30am! I will fill out the calendar this weekend I promise!! I will also write more this weekend about where God is taking this group. It's EXCITING stuff! He just never stops blowing my mind!!!
Love you so much,
Brandi
BTW: if you are reading this and not apart of our group yet...we would love to have you!! Join any time! We meet at Sarah's house for the morning group and my house for the Tuesday evening group!! Join the adventure...call email or shoot us a comment and we will contact you asap...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Thank God it's Tuesday!

The day started out like any other day. It wasn't light yet when the alarm went off, but even without the incessant beeping there was no going back to sleep. The small one was already up and begging for a cup of milk. How is she so chipper first thing in the morning!?!

I gulped coffee and tried to see through the haze of sleep - remembering all at once that it was Tuesday! The day my beloved friends come over to pray, laugh, cry and of course drink lovely tea and simply be with one another.

Oh - by the way...this is Sarah. I apologize to all that it has been so long since I came on here. I do keep up with reading it. I have little as far as an excuse - first children were sick for a long long time and then I am embarrassed to admit...but I forgot the password and had to beg Brandi for it.

But I am here! We had a lovely REACH meeting this morning. We felt God was leading us away from discussing the book for the week and we were able to just sit and talk about our struggles as moms and minister to one another that way. It is amazing the peace that can come from knowing we are not alone in all this; from knowing that none of us can do this without God's help and to simply pray for one another. Of course, perhaps we were not so off topic as we thought. We have been learning about our assignment, our shape - what God has created us to be and do. How amazing that we have the chance to be God's tools in helping to hone our own kids to fulfill his purpose. I feel so very blessed that I get to watch while God creates in my children the passion and desire and the specific and VERY individual personality traits they will need for their own ministry someday. It truly takes my breath away.

Thank you God, for the work you are doing in me as an individual, as a child of God and as a parent to fulfill the purpose you created me for. I pray that you will continue to do your work in me and in my kids. Thank you so much that I get to be a participant in helping to shape these amazing gifts you gave me. I pray for my sisters, that you will bless tonight's meeting and continue to work in the women there. Thank you for Brandi and all she has done to further this ministry. We love you! In all things - Amen

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Monday Prayer...

I'm praying for you ladies today...if you have any specific needs you want prayer for please let me know...Love you...B

I am so thankful that God is a God of second chances...that when you give your life to Him there is always hope...it is not possible for our lives to be hopeless...I know I am living proof of that...I have made terrible mistakes in my life...I think the biggest lie I believed when I wasn't fallowing after Christ was that I would never see hope again...but truth prevailed my God STOMPED out the lies and filled my life with hope and turned my ashes into beauty...and guess what...we will never deserve it He gives it to us freely because He paid the price...Thank you God for loving me in spite of my self...remembering where you have brought me from and feeling so thankful for my life that You have given me...

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Friday, January 8, 2010

Jan 5th meetings

Hey girls...we had great meetings this past Tuesday...in the morning group we talked about chapter 23 "How we Grow" from The Purpose Driven Life book...mostly sharing with each other what we are doing in our lives to grow spiritually...what a great conversation girls and one I really needed to be a part of...we also talked about making a fresh commitment to read our book...we talked about this in the evening group as well...we confessed to each other that we really have not been giving it the priority it needs to have as a foundation to grow in this group... and helping us to get focused on the things that God is wanting us to learn to help shape this group into what He wants it to be...we had a great conversation in the evening group about this and I really believe God was in the middle of it...sooo yes I had to confess and make a fresh commitment my self...we also talked about keeping some type of journal/record of what we are learning individually as we read so we can discuss those things on the days and nights we meet...we are going through chapters 25,26,27,28 to discuss at our next meeting on Jan. 19 I'm really looking forward to hearing how God is speaking to you through this book and I'm praying for you guys...
Love
B

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