Aug. 8, 2006 - bye! |
Okay...so I've done it again. I'm switching blog hosters, hopefully for the last time. :)
Here's a link:
http://pottersclay110.blogspot.com/
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Jul. 14, 2006 - I'm BACK! |
Well, after a long while away from my blog, I have returned. I spent a week with Ben up at the farm, and he drove me back down...and he didn't leave until Tuesday. It was a truly splendid stay. He was here for a week, and then decided to stay an extra week. In the meantime, his truck started acting up. He left to go home, and around Jacksonville (N. Florida), it started acting up, so he had to come back...I had a hard time being upset about his truck..cause I didn't want him to leave! So, he agreed to house sit for us while we were at our family reuinion, so he could figure out what was up with his truck. So he thought he had it figured out and then it started acting up again...so after we got home, he took it to a shop and they charged him $109 to tell him it wasn't worth fixing. So that was a huge bummer. But he was able to get one part and fix that part himself so it would get him home...so Tuesday, he left. It was such a joy to spend two months with him.  It's been kind of a bummer getting back into the swing of things, but God has been working on me in a couple of areas since he left, and that is always a splendid thing! I've gotten back into my routine of shcool, and I have it planned out...if all goes according to plan, I should indeed finish by the end of December of this year! If I dont miss any shcool between now and when I finish, I'll be done the week of December 11, but since there are a couple of good tours between now and then, I probably will miss some time. And I will likely go up to see Ben, too. But...I'll probably do SOME school while I'm there. Just...less than I would if I was at home. :)
So, that's my update...I'll probably update again soon.
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May. 11, 2006 - It's *pouring* |
So, I'm sitting here at my laptop...it's almost 11 o'clock, and it's absolutely POURING down rain outside. Completely POURING. There's so very much weighing on my heart right now. There's the burden of conviction, for one thing. Praise God for His Spirit, though! He brings conviction, and then gives us the grace to respond to it. Glory to Him!
Currently, though, there is one thought on my mind. That is, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come." I just got done watching a video with my Dad (although I was gone for about half of it cause I was on the phone) called "They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll"...and its contents were shocking to say the least. Some of the teeny-bopper bands I listened to 8 or 10 years ago were spewing wickedness into my head and I hadn't a clue. But, what is our world coming to? 50 years ago, they would only show Elivs Presley from the waist up because of his "provocative" hip movements. Now, supposedly *innocent* music is filled with graphic lyrics (and near pornographic music videos to go along) encouraging fornication, adultery, satan worship, murder, suicide, and so many other terribly wicked things. Look how far we've come in 50 years. Oh, how I long for the day when every knee bows and every tounge confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord! At the same time, though, for the people spewing out satanic wickedness and leading millions upon millions of teenagers to hell, Judgment Day will be a terribly fearful day. They sing their music about wanting to burn in hell, but no more than half a second after they die (or He returns) and stand before ALMIGHTY GOD, and His angels grap them by the scruff of the neck and toss them into Hell, they will WISH they hadn't worshipped Satan. They will long for comfort, and they'll never get it. Probably some of them don't really know what they're saying..they just go with the crowd, trying to be cool...but what they don't know when they sing about rejecting the truth and worshipping Satan...that's EXACTLY what they are doing, and it will lead to their eternal ****ation in the Lake of Fire made for Satan and his angels unless they repent. Towards the end of this video, they talked about abortion. 1/3 of all children conceived today are slaughtered at the hands of abortionists. Nearly half of all teenage girls who get pregnant murder their children. The same school nurse who would get in big trouble for giving an asprin to a minor without her parents' consent can legally help a girl murder her unborn baby with no consequences, besides, of course, another student who is forever burdened by what she did...haunted by the memories...left with no one to comfort her; a student who, unless saved by the grace of God, will probably murder again and again, and her conscience we become hardened...and then there won't be any hope for her soul. Maybe no one to tell her how she can be forgiven and be loved; really loved. Why is that, Christians? WHY won't she hear the truth? How can the church sit around *apathetic* while billions of people pass us EVERY DAY who are heading for the pits of hell? How can the church sit around *apathetic* while 45 MILLION innocent babies are murdered in the name of freedom as the womb, a place created by God for the safety and protection of precious children, blessings from the Lord, until they can survive outside of their Mom, is turned into a human garbage disposal. It breaks my heart. I long for the day when this will be over; when God will do away with this WICKED place we are passing through and make the NEW Heaven and the NEW Earth and believers will spend all of eternity glorifying our LORD, with no more sorrow, no pain, no tears, no longer tainted by the sinfulness that so grips our wretched souls; the day when we with see Christ as He really is. We will look upon His face, and fall at His feet, and worship His name forever. O, what a glorious day.
But for now, in His gracious long-suffering towards the elect (no offense to my dear non-predestinationist friends) He is waiting for His return so that they might ALL come to repentance (2 Peter 2). And while He waits, I pray that I will do His will; that He will use me how He sees fit...and that He won't find me doing nothing when He does return, or calls me home.
It's stopped raining now. The silence is weird. There's just so much to think about...so much to pray about.
"The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few..."
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May. 8, 2006 - My Weekend :) |
So, this weekend was pretty good.
Saturday:
Well, here's the report from the death mill.
"Not called!" did you say?
"Not heard the call," I think you
should say.
Put your ear down to the Bible,
and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out the
fire of sin.
Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized
heart of humanity,
and listen to its pitiful wail for help.
Go stand by the gates of hell,
and hear the damned entreat you
to go to their father's house and
bid their brothers and sisters not to come there.
Then look Christ in the face --
whose mercy you have professed to obey --
and tell Him whether you will join
heart and soul and body and circumstances
in the march to publish His mercy
to the world.
- William Booth, The Salvation
Army
Sanctuary
Update
Saturday, May 7,
2006
Sidewalk Counselors: Paula,
Dave, Larry, Jesse, Meghan, Patte,
Mary Jo, Marian, Alison,
Stacy, Myra, Carolina & Friends
Prayer Warriors: MANY :
)
Paula writes:
Sometimes we face the SADDEST things out there, on
the street.
Today we met a woman named Tanya who came to the mill with her
mom. Tanya had received results from some medical tests that indicated her
baby was ‘horribly disformed’. She said that her pregnancy was
‘unexpected’ and she had been on medications known to have tragic effects on
developing babies. Tara’s mom relayed the plight of her daughter with
trembling lips. My heart really did break for these people who were only
listening to the ‘worldly wisdom’ that it was much better to euthanize the baby
than to continue the pregnancy. I told her that when I was in nursing
school many years ago I had taken care of a woman who took Accutane for acne and
had gotten pregnant inadvertantly. This young mother had understood that
her baby would be lethally disfigured but she and her spouse opted to do the
harder thing, and continued the pregnancy, birthed the baby and held the child
while it passed away. This baby had no eyes, no nose, no mouth and tiny
‘buds’ where the ears would have been. I told this grandmother-to-be
(this would have been her first grandbaby!), as
awful as it was, this couple had done the right thing by their baby and had
allowed God to take him when He was ready. As a result, these parents were
able to hold and meet their little one, grieve over him and give their baby a
proper buriel after he died. There were no regrets, There was no
guilt. They had handled it with great dignity, even if it was
painful.
Tara's mom nodded. She agreed that it was tragic, but she didn't
believe that her daughter would opt to continue the pregnancy, given the
circumstances.
Dave spent some time with a young man named Carlos who said to us,
“I know what we are doing is wrong. My wife is a full time student and
I don’t have a job and we have a little boy at home. We just can’t afford
another mouth to feed”. Dave continued to reason with him, even
offering to personally help him with his finances even after the baby was born,
but Carlos wouldn’t be swayed. He said, “I will just have to go home
and pray to be forgiven by God”. Dave showed him the scripture in
Hebrews 10:26, “For if we sin willfully after
we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice
for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgement, and fiery indignation
which will devour the adversaries.” Carlos just nodded, looked
away and drove off.
Probably the hardest thing today for me was Tina, a young teenager
of maybe 14 who was brought by her mom, dad and sister. We had many
opportunities to reach out to this family and they never acknowledged us.
The most the teen said was, “Why do they keep talking to me?” and
“Why won’t they shut up?” to her mom. Her mom would look at her
without expression as if to say, ‘this is what you deserve for doing this to
us’. She never defended her daughter nor comforted her...not with word or
action. There was no life or joy in her eyes. The teen looked
bewildered and lost. She wouldn’t be swayed to come to the counselors
although I honestly think her mom wouldn’t have cared one way or another.
We just said over and over, “Mom, Dad....put your arms around your
daughter and stand by her through this pregnancy! Don’t make your baby have to do this thing which
will DEFINE her teenage years! Your presence and company are
consent for this! You are giving consent for the nightmares she will
have every night, for the guilt she will bear, for the horror that she will have
as a memory for the rest of her life!” Nothing penetrated
this family. Not our offers to stand by and support them, not out offers
to help in any way we could or to refer them to an excellent adoption
agency.
Patte
writes:
One of our
Sanctuary missionaries preached outside the abortion clinic this morning
using the "Not My Job" bookmark tract as his inspiration. (It's a very good tract to challenge Christians to share their faith
produced by Living Waters, see http://www.livingwaters.com) Dave talked about how the employee who drove the truck
that made the yellow line right over the top of an opposum couldn't be bothered
doing what was necessary to avoid hitting and killing the poor possum as he
simply made his way across the road. The city driver also
obviously didn't think it was his job to pick up the dead animal before
continuing on his way, leaving the pathetic road kill with a yellow stripe
across its flattened, bloodied back. Dave read from the tract which says:
"If we allow another human being to die when we have the ability to
save them, we are not only morally responsible, but we are guilty of what civil
law calls "depraved indifference". Then Dave went
on to say: "This time it's
not a possum that is in the way, it is a baby." He
explained to the women and men who had come to murder their infants that because
we knew that babies were in jeapordy of harm this morning, we made our way there
the the abortion clinic to do what we could. Dve continued: "But now, what about you? A child is God's way of getting
your attention. This is a wake up call."
It was
very powerful ... especially as we all couldn't help but think of how few
Christians have any concern for all the people who will be murdered by abortion
in their cities. All the Christians who sleep late and refuse to make their way
to the killing place to do what they can to intervene, in Jesus' Name, to rescue
those who are perishing. What we often hear is: "That's not my calling."
Since when does obeying the command of God to rescue those being led away to
slaughter NOT constitute a calling? "Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and
hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, 'Surely we did not know
this,' Does not He who weights the heart consider it? He who keeps your soul,
does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his
deeds?" (Proverbs 24:11-12) If God's eye is on the
sparrow, and His angels do watch over the children (Matt 18:10 ) how
much more is His love and concern directed toward the little ones in the womb
who have no voice?
A dear friend of mine who has been a missionary
witness outside killing places for more years than I have, says: "The need
is the call." Another precious young mother who has recently
joined us in witnessing at the killing place speaks to her friends at church,
urging them to join us in a manifold witness for Christ. When they hem and haw
and make excuses and complain about the early morning witness, or make a
commitment and then simply don't show up, she looks them in the eye and
says: "How many babies are you willing to allow to
die while you do as you please this Saturday morning?"
Tough stuff ...
Matthew Henry's comments on Proverbs
24:11-12 are so inspiring that I felt I should include them here:
A
great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed
innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken
away unjustly, we ought to bestir ourselves all we can to save them. ... Though
the persons be not such as we are under any particular obligation to, we must
help them, out of a general zeal for justice. If any be set upon by force and
violence, and it be in our power to rescue them, we ought to do it. Nay ... it
is our duty, though it be with peril to ourselves, to hasten with help to them
and not forbear to deliver them, not to be slack, or remiss, or indifferent, in
such a case.
Thou wilt say, "Behold, we knew it not; we
were not aware of the imminency of the danger the person was in ... else we
would have helped him.’’ It is easy to make such an excuse as this,
sufficient to avoid the censures of men, for perhaps they cannot disprove us
when we say, We knew it not, or, We forgot; and the temptation to tell a
lie for the excusing of a fault is very strong when we know that it is
impossible to be disproved ... It is not so easy with such excuses to evade the
judgment of God. ...
This is a good reason why we should be tender
of the lives of others, and do all we can to preserve them, because our lives
have been precious in the sight of God and He has graciously kept them. He knows
and considers whether the excuse we make be true or no, whether it was because
we did not know it or whether the true reason was not because we did not love
our neighbour as we ought, but were selfish, and regardless both of God and man.
Let this serve to silence all our frivolous pleas, by which we think to stop the
mouth of conscience when it charges us with the omission of plain duty: Does not
He that ponders the heart consider it? He will judge us accordingly.
I urge you saints, in the Name of the One who "makes
alive" (I Sam 2:6), the One who knows us BEFORE He forms us in the
womb (Jeremiah 1:5), there is a place where babies are killed
in your city. Make haste to bring the gospel of life there. If you've read and
believed the Ten Commandments, you are already prepared and equipped to share
the gospel. Pray and believe and GO!
The Sixth
commandment is all that you need 
So, that was the mill. After leaving the mill, we went to go out witnessing with the folks from church. It's such a blessing to be around them. Let's see...I went out with Mom and a lady named Miriam, who I'm "training." It breaks my heart, to meet people who are so hard and so quick to reject the gospel. What a fearful thing it will be to stand before God on judgment day!
The sermon on Sunday at church really ties into this whole thing; it was about the parable of the weeds in Matthew 13. The symbolism seriously brings tears to my eyes. There are all these "tares" in our world who ARE GOING TO BE REAPED one of these days. and they will be reaped and "bundled up" and cast into the firey furnace will they will spend an eternity burning in the flames of hell, deafened by the shrieks of those around them who are crying out in pain, and NOTHING will take their pain away. NOTHING will stop their suffering. They won't have ONE DROP OF WATER to cool their tounges. They will just burn, and burn, and weep, and whail, and gnash their teeth, and suffer and sufer and suffer. One of the symbols for hell that Pastor Dave referenced during his sermon is in Revelation 9. It talks about the Angels of God REAPING the "ripe grapes" (heathens) and tossing them into a wine vat. The image you get is of Jesus Christ STOMPING them under His feet. It goes on to say that blood will pour from the vat and the blood will be as high as a horse's bridle, and will pour out 184 miles. This is what the lost will face. This is WHAT THEY WILL FEEL for ETERNITY! Not merely a year, or 10,000 years...or even 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years...longer. INFINITELY longer. It truly pains me that the "church" is SO apathetic. These people are going to spend eternity suffering in the Lake of Fire made for Satan and his deamons and all those who dont REPENT AND BELIEVE, and instead of Christians TAKING THE GOSPEL to the world, they sit around on their lazy rears warming pews and going to church retreats. The Great Commission is FAR MORE than a great SUGGESTION! It's a comman of God, and if you are not a fisher of men, you are simply NOT a follower of Jesus Christ.
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May. 5, 2006 - I Love my life! |
Life is truly such a blessing, when one is a child of the King, no? I love it! Crazy enough, I'm even enjoying school right now. God has been working on my heart and breaking and remolding me a lot in the past days, and it's painful...but the end result is amazing.
"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and ye have seen the end of the Lord; the the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy." ~James 5:11
That is one of the scriptures I memorized today. I started on my new Bible curriculum. It's called "The Faithfulness of God" (it's their 11th grade Bible Curriculum) and it's published by Christian Light Publications...they're mennonite. While I don't agree with them on everything, this curriculum is thoroughly enjoyable. I have to memorize numerous verses each day, and it's just...so faith-strengthening to read for a couple of hours about how faithful our LORD is!! It's hard to believe that I'll soon be done with high school! With next week being my last week at Smith...I only have to finish about 5 credits and I'll be done. I ordered my last science curriculum *ever* yesterday. It's the Advanced Biology course from Apologia. It's pretty much an anatomy course, though. Each "module" is about a different body system. It actually looks rather interesting. I'm going to start it as soon as it comes, hoping to do about a chapter a week (that would be working really hard though). Over the summer, I'm doing this Bible course, the science, an English (also from CLP) and US History (ABeka). After that, all I'll have left is American Government/Economics (which I'm getting from ABeka also) and an English credit (I don't know where I'm getting English from yet...I'll decide after summer)! I should truly not have a problem finishing by December. Then...on to bigger and better things 
Today has been truly splendid thus far. I got up at 5 and talked to Ben  After that, I fixed breakfast and lunch for Mom, and had some breakfast myself. 
Then, I made the notecards with the scriptures I have to memorize for Bible class. I typed them in a pretty font and taped them onto cards. :) After I made the note cards, I did section 1 of the CLP Bible course (which took almost 2 hours!), and read part of Revelation for Smith Prep. Then, I listened to my beloved Pastor Dave preach on the radio, and did some laundry.  (isn't that smiley SO cute? aww)
After I did the laundry, I ran (I'm making progress too! Woohoo!) while listening to John MacArthur. His sermon was about women's roles in the church and whatnot...very good. You can go to www.gty.org and hear it, if you're interested.
Now that I'm done with this, I'm going to get cleaned up, do more laundry, and finish school for today! Hopefully, I'll talk to Ben some and vacuum the house too.
Ta-Ta for now, Beloveds!!
><>Mary Jo
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May. 4, 2006 - So, it has been a while |
It's been since this past Saturday that I blogged, and that was not truly an update, but rather a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" for my dearly beloved friend, and sister in Christ, Lauren. So here is an update:
Saturday was an interesting day. We went to the abortion mill first thing in the morning, arriving at about 6:30 (which is later than we should arrive. Oh, dear). So, anyway, there was one save this particular morning, so PRAISE GOD for that!!! :) It is the height of wonderfulness when a mother leaves that place of death still pregnant, and wanting to save the life of her precious, precious baby. There are some issues that need to be worked through as we walk her through her pregnancy.
Let's see...this week has been relatively good. I'm struggling in some areas of my walk with God right now, but He is faithful and is working through them with me (well, really, FOR me) every step of the way. It is so good to be His child. I've been reading (and am going to continue reading once I'm done with this entry) "The Holiness of God" by RC Sproul...truly an excellent book. I highly recommend it.
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I've been thinking a lot lately about how my life has changed in the past year. It's amazing what God has done...seriously. A year ago was about the time Ben and I started talking, after having seen eachother twice. At that time, I was still in public school, and I was college-bound (my Dad said I needed to have at least a Master's degree, BEFORE I got married). After much prayer, God has completely changed my life, and I am SO thankful. Ben is courting me now, I'm homeschooled, and I'm not going to college! :) It's pretty amazing.
Another something that is truly amazing...this coming Wednesday (May 10) is my last time in a classroom for school (besides the classes I'm taking through my church). *gasp* The only required education I have left will be from home, and then I'll be DONE!
So, now I'm off to get some things done. I need to work on school and do laundry, and run, too. Hope everyone is well :)
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Apr. 28, 2006 - So this is life! |
God is really working on me right now...I love it! He is cultivating in me patience and contentment, more than I have ever really had before. It's so great to know that He is in complete control of every small detail (and all the biggies too!) of my life. He is teaching me to be content just waiting on His timing, and doing what I can to serve Him where I am...it's almost as though I was waiting for life to start...when, truly, it already has!! This chapter of my life likely won't last a whole lot longer, and I need to use these months ahead of me to serve God in every way I can, and to continue in developinga more intimate relationship with Him. I know this probably all sounds so terribly basic...but you know how you know things...and then they just...click (picture this: a light bulb turning on over my head)! He is using situations to really strengthen my faith, and I am just SO happy.
I was just thinking...and I was reminded of this song we sang at my old youth group. It's called "Learning to Need You"...obviously, we need God, but there's a certain reliance on Him that He has to teach us, and it is cultivated over time.
I’d forgotten just how sweet your mercies are Lord
I’d forgotten just how sweet your mercies are Lord,
Could you remind me?
You’ve been faithful in my weakness,
Father, your love
Overwhelms my soul, I’m learning to need you.
I cry out your name
I am in need of your mercy, Jesus
Despite my pride and my shame,
I’m learning to need you...
Anyway, this week has been REALLY good! Dad and I had a long, good talk on Friday night, and he pointed out some areas that I need to change. It was thoroughly convicting, and this week has just been so good. Like I said...God is just working on me!! I love life, yano? I think next week, I'm going to take some days off school. I'm supposed to be on my "mental health break" from school right now, but I've been doing school every day this week. Soooo...yeah. A couple days off will be good. I think I'm going to be pretty much done for today. Cause I just have to work on some stuff for Bible college...and that almost doesn't count as homework cause...it's cool. 
Hope everyone is well!
><>Mary Jo
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Apr. 21, 2006 - :) |
So, today has gotten a lot better since this morning. *satisfied sigh* It's been really relaxing. And, I already shipped the new phone back and am getting a refund! Which makes me happy. I got to talk to Ben for a long time, too...which was a treat. He doesn't go off to work on Fridays, so we chatted for at least a couple hours. He's so sweet. I've just been missing him terribly lately, so it was nice to just talk.
I also worked on Apologetics for a long while, which was interesting, as always. Yay! Oh...and I talked to Pastor Dave for about 40 minutes. He's really great...I love him. :) I called to ask him a question...and I never got around to asking him! Whoops! Ha...Oh, well. I'll see him tomorrow, and again Sunday. So, I'll just ask him then.
I think I'm gonna go be productive now.
Ta-ta for now!
A very happy girl,
Mary Jo
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Apr. 21, 2006 - No One Else Knows |
My world is closing in
On the inside
But I’m not showing it
When all I am is crying out
I hold it in and fake a smile
Still I’m broken
I’m broken
Only one can understand
And only one can hold the hand
Of the broken
Of the broken
When no one else knows how I feel
Your love for me is proven real
When no one else cares where I’ve been
You run to me with outstretched hands
And You hold me in your arms
Again
I need no explanation of why me
I just need confirmation
Only You could understand the emptiness inside my head
I am falling
I am falling
I’m falling down upon my knees
To find the one who gives me peace
I am flying
Lord I am flying
When no one else knows how I feel
Your love for me is proven real
When no one else cares where I’ve been
You run to me with outstretched hands
And You hold me in Your arms
Again
I have come to you in search of faith
Cause I can’t see beyond this place
Oh You are God and I am man
So I’ll leave it in Your hands Artist: Building 429,
CD: Space Inbetween Us
Song: No One Else Knows
It's so perfect for me, right now...When stuff is going on that no one else would understand...I can run into the arms of my Beautiful Savior...and He'll hold me there.
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Apr. 21, 2006 - Blah! |
So, I had a really bad night last night...couldn't sleep. My alarm didn't go off this morning, so I missed talking to Ben. And then I realized my phone works again. I turned it on to get the number to call Ben at (he's got a different cell) on his way to the mill...and it works. So...thats good, I think...if I can get the $50 I had to pay back from the insurance company. I'll ask my Mom or Dad to call later. Blaaaaah. *feels stupid* The woman at the verizon store said it wouldn't work again...but alas...
MJ
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Apr. 20, 2006 - Strange-ness |
So, my day got pretty bizarre yesterday after Mom and I left the house to go to the women's fellowship for church.
On the way there...
We were driving along minding our merry little business, talking and whatnot. We got stuck riding behind a public school bus and we look up..and lo and behold...a bum! The kids in the bus were mooning us!  *gasps* Mom was infuriated, and I was terribly embarassed. Mom was flipping out...she wrote the bus number down, and was following the bus (so she could tell the driver...Mom is a school teacher, BTW), and we stopped at a stop light and next to us was a state trooper...so she rolled down her window, and he rolled down his and she told him...he followed the bus and pulled it over and went on the bus. *gasp again* So, Mom pulled over so she could go on the bus and point out the kid. Yikes, though...
So, then we were a few minutes late to fellowship, but...ah, well.
So later last night, after I got home, I was talking to that beau of mine, Ben, and I was out by the pool. I was telling an animated story about the disgusting HUGE ORANGE HAIRY BUG that was on my yesterday with BIG RED EYEBALLS. Oh.my.word. It was really scary.  I could've died! (not really). But anyway, I was telling him about it, and I guess I got a little overly animated...and I dropped my phone in the water.  Soooo...as it sunk to the bottom of the pool, I was trying to figure out what to do...and so I dove in the pool in my long denim skirt and shirt...andI got it. But it was too late. :( My phone is dead. Sooo...I called the Verizon store today and it turns out it was insured! woohoo! So, I'm getting a new one in the mail free of charge. *phew* And the other good news is that it still turns on, so I didn't lose all my numbers and stuff. *sigh of relief*
SO anyway...that's that! Off to do some school!
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Apr. 19, 2006 - Class Today |
So, today I went to Smith Prep (for those of you who didn't know, I go to a school for homeschoolers once a week, called Smith Prep. My class is made up of 19 girls). It was interesting indeed. Our first class is Bible, and we discussed 1 and 2 Peter. In our discussion of 2 Peter, something very strange and bizarre was introduced.
2 Peter 2:1-9:
1 BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in ****able heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their ****ation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement;
5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly:
7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds);
9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgement to be punished.
So, obviously the point of this passage is that as God delivered Noah and Lot from the wicked, so He will deliver us! Glory to His name! This is not the strange part, though. Take one more look at verse 4: For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement;
At first glance, one might think these are demons...but! demons are not in hell yet, so it has to be other angels. This can be understood perhaps more clearly when we check out a couple other scriptures. Genesis 6:1-4
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and they bare children to them, the same because mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
I think the key phrase here is "sons of God" (in verses 2 and 4). In the entire Bible, this particular phrase is used only to speak of angelic beings (see Job 1:6)...thus the likely conclusion is that the "sons of God" spoken of here are angels. Weird, huh? Here is one more passage to furthur explain it: Jude 6-7
6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, and set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
These angels left Heaven (their first estate)...and according to verse 7 where it says "IN LIKE MANNER"...they sinned, like those in Sodom and Gomorrha. Pretty strange stuff, eh? eep! That's not all we talked about in Bible though. We talked about God's promise in 2 Peter 3, to return and get us...and something occured to me. In verse 9...it says He longsuffering to us-ward...the reason He has yet to return is because of His great longsuffering...so that all of His elect might come to repentance!!! Again, glory to His name!!
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Apr. 17, 2006 - Resurrection Sunday :) |
What a joy it is to be in the Lord's House with the Lord's people on His day! Yesterday was so splendid. The sermons was more or less an apologetics lesson about the reality of Christ's Resurrection, but he still exegeted Matthew 28. It was really interesting. I love my pastor, yano? It was nice to be back at Cornerstone...I have been out of town the past two Sundays. So it was just really nice. After church, we went to the house of my Dad's college friend, Kevin (and his wife and son) and there were some other folks there, too. My Dad has been trying to lead Kevin to Christ for years, to no avail. Kevin was at church yesterday, though, so we got to talk to him some. He and I made an agreement. He said he'd read anything I gave him to read (one of his objections is creation vs. evolution) on creationism, if I'd agree to talk about it after he read it. So, I'm now on the search for the perfect book. I called Pastor Dave last night to ask him about it and he gave me some book titles, and it ended up being a conversation that lasted almost an hour. I really do just love him. We talked about *everything*...it was really great. He's a wonderful man and his heart for God is so refreshing. He's a one of a kind pastor, that's for sure. After I talked to him, I called Ben back (who had been trying to call me during my conversation with Pastor Dave--SORRY BEN!!!  ) and we talked for an hour and a half or so. I miss him so much... It'll be a while before I get to see him again, too. *sigh* It's so hard being away from someone you care so much about. It's hard to believe it's been on a week since I've seen him (not even! It'll be a week later tonight). It feels like *forever*.
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Apr. 15, 2006 - Arkansas Ministry Tour (April 3-7, 2006) |
April 3, 2006
I woke up this morning at 5:15 after a fairly comfortable night’s sleep on the stage of the sanctuary at Shady Grove (Baptist) Church in Van Buren Arkansas. After readying myself for the day, I went out to the van with Ben and Jesse and did my reading. After breakfast and some time of fellowshipping we set off (it was about 6:25-ish). We drove about an hour and arrived at Fayetteville Women’s Center, the local abortuary. They were killing this morning. As usual, we lined both sides of the street for hundreds of feet with gruesome aborted baby signs. Ben stood on the street corner street preaching, for his first time. He did an excellent job. He was pretty nervous at first, but after not too long, he got used to it. I accompanied him with a sign, and Lauren passed out lit until the cop stopped that distribution (because of some blasted ordinance). It was uneventful, for the most part. There was one incident when a woman stood up in her car and leaned out the window screaming about how sick we were. We also got a couple of fingers and a few people were in agreement with us as well. All in all, a fairly good stop. I haven’t heard many stories from the people who sidewalk counseled; I’ll put some on here if there was anything interesting.
The Abortionist at FWC
A Picture of the death mill. (from L to R: Silas Grace, Evangeline Grace, Rachel Snow)
Once leaving FWC, we headed to University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. It was a fairly good stop. We started off distributing lit. and gospel tracts for about an hour. They went pretty quickly. I tried to talk to some people, but none talked for long. At least they took tracts, though. The excitement all came when the signs came out. They always attract lots of attention. I didn’t have any incredibly deep conversations with people, though from what I heard, the others did. The only ones who really stopped and talked were a couple who were far less than pleased that we were there. They started off by asking me if any of “those kids” (the younger Murches and Greens) were my children…I have no children (one of these days, though, Lord willing—and if I do, they’ll be just as brain-washed as those kids *large grin*), nor do I think I look even close to being old enough to have a child even Josiah’s age (he’s 8…I’m 16). But they proceeded to flip out about the signs. It was all “f***ing this” and “f***ing that.” He was even “f***ing about to bawl.” (Such a compassionate guy, no?) There were a lot of the usual things people say, as well. “Get a job!” “PRO CHOICE!” “Do something worthwhile!” There were also a couple of people who encouraged us. It’s always nice to know there are other people living in the knowledge of the Truth in this wicked world we live in. My heart breaks when I go to these campuses, though…sodomites, proud fornicators, immodestly clothed (at least 99% of them, if not more) girls…all just being brainwashed by our wicked, God-hating government to be wicked God-haters…They’re so oblivious to their lost state. It’s just…so sad. It’s my prayer that God will use our public witness today to change hearts, grant repentance, and save some.
More tomorrow…we’re on the way to the Grace’s home now.
April 4, 2006
The first stop of the day consisted of two different high schools that were fairly close to each other. We got out the signs right away and passed out lots of anti-abortion lit. and Repentance Tracts. The Murches, Mr. Grace, and I went to one school. We were pretty close to the school at first, but then a school official came up to me and told me to get off the school property because they were closing gates. So, we stepped to the other side of the street and kept “doing our thing.” The students there were fairly bold. They were pretty polite as well. They came up to ask for lit. and ask questions and such. When a large group was gathered outside the school, Ben preached the gospel for a while.
The Truth Truck near the two high schools. The guy there with the sign is Daniel *insert last name here* (www.tstg.com)
After we left there, we went to University of Central Arkansas. We arrived and took out the signs right away and also started handing out tracts. We were in, what we thought was, the free speech zone. It wasn’t long though before the officers were shoving us into a 50 foot area around a chapel, which actually turned out to be the free speech area. It was rather ridiculous. Our constitutional rights are only protected in a 50 foot circle in one place on campus. I have a feeling it’s most likely a rule that’s not evenly enforced. We stayed for a while, but things were pretty slow, so we left for a lunch break and then came back. Upon returning, things were far busier than they were the first time. The first memorable conversation I had was with an atheist girl who was trying to make us feel stupid because she was in college and we weren’t. It didn’t really work. She was talking about how she “just knew” our sign was of a full-term baby. It’s of a 21-week pre-born (I’ll post a copy of it). She didn’t talk for too long when her friend came over with the same sort of babble. She didn’t stick around for long. After those two left, we walked over to a conversation Mr. Rockie was having with a very heavy-set bisexual girl (I didn’t learn that she was bisexual until after our conversation) trying to debate the validity of scripture. The conclusion she came to was that we believed only Christians had the capacity to try and be good people, which is true, to an extent…because without the Holy Spirit it’s impossible to be “good” and not only that, but outside of Christ, you have no desire to be “good.” So, I confirmed this (not as eloquently as I wish I had, though *sigh*). She walked away in a huff saying it was the “most closed-minded bull-s*** she had ever heard. Once she left, another friend of hers who had been listening walked over. He was far more “open” then she was, and I actually got to use the stuff I’ve learned so far in my 2 weeks of college-level apologetics on him, which was cool. He didn’t seem convinced at the end, but he did agree to read the Repentance Tract and we charged him to read the Bible for himself, as well. Once he left, I began tracting and doing good person tests on a couple of people. The first guy I went to do a good person test with went all the way through the law with me, admitting he was a lying, thieving, adulterer and a murderer at heart. He said, though, that God would judge him innocent because, “He knows my heart.” I told him the Bible says the heart is exceedingly wicked and then he turned to a girl and turned back to me and said, “Man, she’s really cute. Op…I just lusted. I better go.” Yikes. It was a bit awkward. He took a Repentance Tract, though, so hopefully God will draw him to repentance and a saving knowledge of Himself. The next girl I talked to was a really sweet young lady named Katie. I gave her a tract and went through the law with her and she admitted right away to being a lying, thieving, adulteress and a murderer at heart. She also agreed that if she were to die right then, she would spend eternity in hell, and asked to know how to escape the wrath of God. I got the opportunity to go through the Repentance Tract with her and she seemed genuinely repentant…it is my prayer that she will repent and bear much fruit. The next memorable conversation I had was with a guy named Matt. I went through the good person test with him and when I told him he had just admitted he was a lying, thieving, adulterer and murderer at heart, he said he disagreed that he was a murderer. I told him that he wasn’t just disagreeing with me, but rather that he was disagreeing with Almighty God Himself. He looked shocked and asked for the scripture reference. We talked for a bit longer and he left, thanking me for talking to him. The next conversation I had was with a girl named Jamie. She seemed to be a Christian and we talked for a pretty long time. She had lots of questions. I learned for her that she’ll be in Orlando working at Disney from August to January. She gave me her e-mail address, so hopefully she’ll be able to come to Cornerstone while she’s there. She said she wanted to. The last girl I really talked to was a pretty young black girl. I got to go through the good person test with her and she admitted she would go to hell. She didn’t have time to stay and listen to the solution, but she got a repentance tract. It is my prayer that all those who received tracts today and also those who heard the gospel will be touched by the Father, and that if it’s His will, He might save some.
Billy Joe Grace preaching 'Repent and Believe!'
(From L to R: Lauren Murch, not sure, Billy Joe Grace, Sam Murch, Patience Yoder--I think, Evan Murch)
April 5, 2006
This day we got up a bit before 5 o’clock and got ready to go. We headed to Little Rock Central High School. Upon arriving we waited until the buses started getting there to set up. We figured they would try to shut us down, so we waited as long as possible. It was a rainy morning, so we waited in the van. When the time came, we headed to the front with late term dead baby signs and literature. As soon as we set up, school officials and police officers came out and made a stink. They were applying all these unconstitutional ordinances to us. They said we couldn’t have more than 10 people within fifty feet of each other, as well as some other rather bogus sorts of things. Mr. Grace did what he could to appease them without compromise and we kept going. I was standing in the front of the school, right in the middle with one of the late-term baby heads that’s being held up by forcepts (I’ll probably post a picture of that too). As I was standing there, I could hear officials trying to shut us down. They started pulling the buses in a different place so they didn’t pass by us in the front (Praise God, though! Mrs. Beckman was in the place they were pulling the buses and they didn’t see her, so she got lit. to ALL those students *big grin* God is so good0. I saw Mr. Grace walk by with a bit of a down face, and I got to thinking about it all and my heart broke. These school officials, namely the principal, were doing everything in their power to keep their students from the Truth. They failed, but, they will still have to answer to Almighty God one day…how fierce their punishment will be—keeping thousands of young people from the truth of the wickedness of abortion, and the awesome Gospel of Jesus Christ. It wasn’t long before Mr. Grace started preaching from just near where I was standing. When the school officials heard him, one headed over right away, very unhappy. He kept telling them that if we wanted to demonstrate it was fine (thanks, Mister. I’m pretty sure the constitution gives us that right, thanks) and, “but if you’re going to holler and yell at my students, there will be trouble.” Of course, he couldn’t legally stop it. Once he was gone, Michael Marcavage preached some more. He preached the gospel, and spoke against the wickedness of this nation regarding abortion, fornication, etc and also against the wickedness of their principal and administrators. It was good. Some students listened and hopefully took what he was saying to heart. Next, a woman drove by and rebuked us for having the signs there and I talked to her for a while and she said that she worked for Planned Parenthood and, “abortion isn’t murder. It’s medical and it’s between a woman and her doctor.” I replied telling her abortion IS murder and it’s wicked and it’s a sin before Almighty God. She drove off angry, only to walk by minutes later and tell me, “I’m so sorry your parents make you do this.” The irony of it is…for one, I was there without my parents and for another, Dad wasn’t thrilled about me going on this tour for a few reasons but allowed me to anyway. Soon after that, we began packing it up. When we were almost to the vans, a young guy from the school newspaper stopped us to ask some questions. He was a fairly quiet kid, missing one arm, but still fully capable. After he asked his questions, we had the opportunity to share the gospel with him. He was Roman Catholic and while he didn’t respond to it then, it was a seed planted, and Lord willing, it could be harvested one day.
Outside of the high school. I was standing about where this picture was taken. The guy in the poncho is Michael Marcavage (www.repentamerica.com) dealing with the police. The one inthe long shorts to Michael's right is Billy Joe Grace.
Upon leaving the high school, we noticed before long that we were being followed by two cars. They even followed us to the parking lot we used for the next stop, which was University of Arkansas Little Rock. When we got to the parking lot we went inside a Burger King to use the bathroom and get some snacks and such. When we came out, Mr. Penner said he needed to run by a car parts store to get two lights for the Truth Truck, so Ben drove him and I went along. We finally found one a couple of miles down the road, and when we pulled in we noticed we were still being followed. We lost the person, though…for a while, anyway. Some of the boys walked over to the other car that had been following us and gave the man in it a tract. Soon after, we headed over to the university. We had a permit for this day, so there was an area reserved specifically for us. Not too long after we got there, it started raining, which was a bit of a pain. We pressed on, though, passing out a fair amount of lit despite the rain. I had a couple of interesting conversations. One was with a bizarre young man. He was supposedly Roman Catholic. I took him through the law and he admitted to viewing porn regularly, thus admitting he’s a fornicator. I talked to him about repenting and he said, “Who says I haven’t already?” This particular conversation was sort of fruitless, but it was good. He got a tract and heard the whole gospel. After him, I talked to some of the Brothers for a while about a myriad of doctrinal topics. After a while of that, I felt sort of bad for not talking to the few folks who were walking past, so I got back to work, so to speak. The first girl I talked to after starting back was Miriam. It was a divine appointment. *smile* I took her through the law, and her first reaction (when I asked her if she’d told a lie before) was, “Yes but I don’t think that makes me a bad person.” But when I went through it all and she had admitted to being a lying, thieving, adulteress and murderer at heart, her demeanor changed. She confessed that she believed if she died right then, she’d spend eternity burning in the Lake of Fire. I had the wonderful opportunity to take her word by word through the repentance tract. It is my prayer that she truly will come to repentance and before an unashamed follower of Jesus Christ. The last conversation I had at this stop was with a woman of larger proportions who appeared to work at the college. I gave her a tract and then took her through the law. She admitted to everything, including that she was guilty before God and would go to hell. I asked her if she’d like to know the solution to this problem, she got angry and informed me that she had a church home and stormed off. Right about that time, we wrapped things up and headed back to the parking lot. The cars that had followed us were at the college and they were back at the parking lot when we got there. It was a little alarming, but it turned out they were undercover cops. Ha…wow.
Our last stop of the day was an intersection in Conway, where Mr. Grace lives. We set up with signs and preaching, and literature. Right away, a man who worked in one of the stores came out to tell me to move, so that was a bit troublesome. I wasn’t sure how to handle it so Ben and I traded spaces and the guy came out and yelled at him. Ben moved. Lauren was doing lit, on our side, and Jesse was preaching. After a while, Lauren got tired, so I did lit. for the next bit until this guy stopped me to ask about what we were doing and such. I talked to him for a while and then he had to go back inside to work. I got to share the gospel with him and gave him a tract…hopefully, he will come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. A lot of people flipped out about the literature and signs. Mostly the usual arguments…”My children are seeing this!” and “PROCHOICE!” (good argument, eh? *shakes head*). After that stop, we headed home for the day. I am so grateful for the opportunities God gave me, and the others, to defend the faith and grow us in Himself through it, and it is my prayer that hearts were changed. We likely won’t know the fruit of our labor on this side of eternity.
This is Jesse Murch preaching at the intersection. I was down the sidewalk a ways, in the direction he's facing.
April 6, 2006
On Thursday, our first stop of the day was a death mill in Little Rock, Arkansas. We set up with signs all around the area and there were people calling out right by the entrance. I was on the street corner with Ben with a really large 8 week unborn (alive! *smile* sooo cute). According to Lauren, who was by the entrance, about 8 women went in. Apparently there were two turn-arounds. Glory to God! The stop was full of fellowship since we were mostly all holding signs, so I went over to another sign for a while to listen to a debate. I turned around a little later to see a car pulled over by Ben and Sam, so I ran over. I heard Ben said, “Women don’t have two heads, do they,” in response to the woman in the car. As soon as I walked up, Bible in hand, she looked at me and said, “OH I get it. You’re Bible Thumpers.” We all just…nodded. She went in on me right away. “Sweet heart, have you ever been raped?” “No.” “Oh, good.” Then she talked a bit more and said, “Well I hope you—“ and Ben cut her off and said, “I think you should stop talking.” She gave him a smug look and turned back to me. “Sweetheart, I hope you get raped by a big black man or a man with AIDS.” I said, “I certainly hope I don’t, but if I do and I get pregnant, I’ll not have the baby slaughtered.” “Oh. Well. Good for you.” She then went off about how her children were going to see the signs. Well, one problem of many with that argument is that her children weren’t there. There were two empty car seats. She and Ben had an exchange in words and she sped of down the street, screaming, “GO TO HELL,” before she left. She was back before long, as she had just driven to the end of the street to turn around. When she got to our corner, there was a really cute old man taking video of what we were doing. He was the country type…overalls, a trucker hat, no teeth, etc. The woman flipped out because his truck was in her way. She started honking really loud over and over. He turned and began video taping her fit. He smiled and waved. Before too much longer he drove away, and she sped off, followed shortly after by a police officer who pulled the old man over for blocking traffic. Until he got stopped, I thought that bit was rather comical. After that, though, I learned that the woman was sobbing…which broke my heart (hopefully, it was a Godly sorrow and will lead to repentance), and caused me to wonder how many children she’s murdered.
This is Ben and I (I'm the arm on the right that's sticking out with the white shirt). The sign we're holding (obviously) is an 8-week live unborn sign. So precious. The signs are in line towards the mill. It's the roof sticking out over the wooden fence.
Not too much later, we packed up and went to Wendy’s for a bit to eat. After hanging out there for a little while, we headed to an overpass over an interstate where we set up signs. That whole stop was pretty much just a time of fellowship, since we just stood up our signs for the traffic to see. It was good, though. There was quite a bit of reaction from below, and apparently we were on the news with the signs. The only bad reactions was from a cop who flipped us off, which they simply aren’t supposed to do. After that, we headed back to the Grace’s for an evening of fellowship and resting up for the final day of the tour.
This is us lined up on the overpass with (mostly) dead baby signs. There was a life one or two on the other side, though.
April 6, 2006
We got up at 5 on Friday morning, planning to leave at 10 ‘til 6. For whatever reason, we didn’t start our 90 minute drive until 6:20, instead. By the time we arrived at the our intended stop, a public high school, classes had just started. There were plenty of tardy students who we got to give lit. though. The cops gave us a terribly hard time at this stop. The Truth Truck almost got a ticket for no reason, but Mike Marcavage threatened them with a federal lawsuit. That stop was a flop, for the most part, so we headed to our second stop of the day which was University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. We dispersed in small groups of two (plus a little kid). Our plan was to do lit and then bring in signs. The campus just wasn’t all that busy though. To make matters worse, it was not long before the administrators stopped us. Before too long, we were told to do what our consciences led us to do—we got back to passing out lit! A bit went out, but the stop wasn’t as good as we had hoped. May the Lord bless those who read the lit and saw the signs and draw them to repentance. Once we left UOAPB we went and got abite to eat and then headed back to the high school. Half of us, though, went to another school for “troubled” students. There were about 20 students in that school, and they all got lit. It wasn’t all that eventful of a stop either. And then…the tour was over.
Some ladies from the area joined us a UofA PB. :)
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Apr. 15, 2006 - Another Day at OWC |
So today was my first day at the mill in about 6 weeks. I've been out and around in other states and such. It was sad to be back, but it was still nice to see all the regulars...Patte, Gina, Jesse, Paula and everyone else! They were all there. It was an interesting morning. Twenty women or so were there to kill...heartbreaking. However, there was one save, so glory to God for that girl's boldness. Her mother desperately wanted the baby dead...but the girl stood up to her Mom and left the place of death!!! The others all killed, though. There were about 10 or 12 protestants there and a LOT of Catholics. The bishop of this dioce (sp?) came today...so a bunch of people came because he was going to be there. Dad preached a lot, which was cool. Paula's husband also preached quite a bit. Everyone there heard the gospel. May God bless the preaching of His Holy Word! After ministry time, we all went out to breakfast together and had a very nice time of fellowship. It was really nice. Later today, I'll be posting my journal from the tour (I think I'll just post it in its entirety on here).
I have a lot to catch up on today...need to work on Spanish...and do some Bible college work...and maybe some Smith Prep work. I also need a nap, and I definitely need to talk to Ben a bunch more, too.
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Apr. 15, 2006 - My New Blog... |
It has been brought to my attention that xanga has questionable content in its ads at times...so I've officially switched to this cleaner blog. I don't have time for much of an update now but...I just wanted to post an entry. I'll introduce myself...
I'm Mary Jo. I'm homeschooled and officially in 10th grade, meaning I'm 16 (my parents are fine with me blogging here...since I have their permission does it matter that I'm not 18?). I'll be finishing up my schooling this coming December. I live in Florida...but my heart is elsewhere  I'm being courted by the most wonderful guy in the world, Ben Murch. He's the best. I'm not much of a city girl, but in the city I shall remain for the time-being. I've been a Christian since I was 13, and my relationship with God is everything to me. I fall so far short of the servant He deserves...but He continues to draw me to Himself, anyway. Pro-life gospel ministry is one of my greatest passions. Ben's on the phone now...so I'm gonna cut this short!
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