Happy New Year!!!!!!

I am sooo looking forward to spending 2010 with you ladies!!! God has truly blessed me with your friendship...
ox B

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Merry Christmas!!!

Hi Ladies!!! Merry Christmas to you all...I am missing you all ready and looking forward to the next time we meet...I hope you have a super holiday season and get lots of good things to eat and rest...Sandra I hope you are feeling better...please know you are in our prayers for a speedy recovery!! Remember girls we will be through chapters 21 22 23 24 I am hoping we will all be caught up and on the same page by the time we meet again...well I guess that's about it...looking forward to hearing all of your news when we get together...btw...who wants to bring the snacks for our next meeting???

Talk to you soon...

blessings,

Brandi

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Santa's Secret Shop!!!

As I sat and thought about the day...I realized that we had this event on "reaches" 2 month anniversary...isn't that cool!!!

What an amazing day...God was in every part of this event...I am so honored He chose to use "Reach" to bless these families...looking forward to our next adventure!!!!

Thanks Guys for all your hard work...

B

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monday prayer...

God is in the details...remember nothing catches God by surprise...He knows every detail of our lives...I know we don't always understand His ways, His answers, His motivations...but...we can have faith that He is always shaping us just as we need to be in every aspect of our lives through every circumstance...
Praying for you today...ox B

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Monday Prayer...

I want you girls to know I'm praying for you every Monday...I do this on my blog and my facebook but I want you all to know I'm specifically praying for each of you and this group every Monday...if you have any specific prayer requests you can leave them here or if they are too private you can email them to me...I love you all...B

Here is what I'm praying today:

That God stirs a passion for Himself in us all...that we remember the reason He came...and share Him with others...
ox

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Another Revelation...

Well I'm still on day 19 in purpose driven...at the end on page 151 i love what it says and the truth of it all...and as i read i believe God is unfolding the purpose of "Reach" even more and I love the picture that is being painted...on page 151 it gives the characteristics of biblical fellowship which are:

authenticity: we will share our true feelings

mutuality: encourage each other

sympathy: support each other

mercy: forgive each other

honesty: speak the truth in love

humility: admit our weaknesses

courtesy: respect our differences

confidentiality: not gossip

frequency: make group a priority

this is what this group is all about...isn't that just soooo cool...I love God...and I love our "Reach" community!!

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Purpose Driven Life...

Day 19

This morning as I read Cultivating community takes humility on page 148 I've decided to shift my focus today to Romans 12:16 that says "live in Harmony with each other. Don't try to act important, but enjoy the company of ordinary people and don't think you know it all" (NLT) and Philippians 2:3-4 "Give more honor to others than to yourselves. Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others" (NCV) As I sit and think about living this kind of life style...I wonder how different things would be if even just Christ followers alone lived this way...and then it make me think about how often we leave out these parts of the bible in our life style and I wonder why...I guess because it is sooooo hard to live outside of our own life...I know it is for me...I also love the way this lifestyle lines up with our challenge of the week...do you guys remember what that is? Hold the door open for someone or offer to help carry their grocery's...its in these simple day to day things that we can live these scriptures out...and then as we do it becomes who we are because of Christ inside of us...so I'm focusing on others and seeing how it builds community...wow GREAT challenge from God today...I'll let you know how it goes...

B

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More pictures

Here's a snapshot of some of our other donations just in case you weren't at Penera on Sunday...I thought you might want a sneak peek...
Can you believe it!!!!
Brandi

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Special Delivery!!

YAY!!! I received this package from my friend Andy today!!! Isn't that amazing...she lives in Seattle Washington...she sent lots of great stuff!!! Her friend makes hand painted night lights and she made 12 of them for us for SSS...she sent those along with a bottle of perfume for each mommy and lots of other stuff!!! God is soooo amazing isn't He...

Talk to you guys soon...

Brandi

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Purpose Driven Life....

Hey guys...just wanted to let you know where we are in the book...we will be doing days 19 - 22 to discuss at our meeting on Dec 15...we cut our reading down because we were all having a hard time getting the reading done...and we really wanted to absorb all God has for us I mean that's the point anyway right??? So there you have it...days 19 -22
Love you guys,
Brandi

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I love this group!!

Ladies let me start off by saying...thanks for a great time at Penera!!! I enjoy all of your company so much and always look forward to our time together...sooo lets catch up...sorry it's been so long since I've posted...

Well our Santa's Secret Shop project is coming along beautifully!!! God is ever so faithful and our donation pile is stacking up...I'm excited about the doors He is opening for us and the connections He is giving us with the people in our community...what an amazing journey we are on!!! Our out reach date is set for Sunday Dec 20 at 2:00pm...some of us will need to get to the shelter early to set everything up...I think an hour will be plenty of time if there are enough of us who can be there then...we decided in light of Sarah just getting settled in her new place...Yay Sarah...we should bake our own item the night before the event to bring with us...hope that sounds ok to everyone...I will be setting up a meeting this week too with the ladies at the shelter to kind of fill them in on what our plans are and see if they have any input on the event...I'm looking forward to meeting with them and seeing what some of their specific needs are...I will fill you in on how the meeting goes to keep you in the loop...I think everyone knows but just in case you don't...we are all supposed to bring our donation items with us to our Dec. 15 meeting...that way it will all be in one place and I will have everything to take with me to the event on the 20th...also that will enable us to see all that we have and set the amounts of items everyone will be able to choose per stocking...also don't forget we still need stocking stuffer's for our toddlers and infants also stocking stuffer's for our 1 teenage girl (she is 13)...

Well I guess that's about all for now...remember we wont be meeting this Tuesday...

Blessings

Brandi

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