Friday, January 9, 2009

CrAzY XmaS

CHRISTMAS AT THE HUNTS!!!


CHRISTMAS EVE WITH MY SWEET BOY :)

ME AND KATIE BOO IN OUR NEW PJS

CUTEST BOY EVER..CALEB...
SOOO EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS!

GRANDMAMAMA AND SHARAY OPENING GIFTS

BARRETT CHRISTMAS FUN STAUNTON STYLE...

MY CUTE PARENTS

OUR LIL LIVING ROOM (AND MY CUTE DOG MANDA)



IN THE ARMS OF MY ADORABLE SIS...YEAH!

OPENING STOCKINGS!

MY MOM GOT AN IPOD...AND SHE WAS
THRILLED TO SAY THE LEAST!

RAYBO OPENING HIS PRESENTS FROM MY FAM

MY SIS AND I TRYING ON OUR NEW STUFF! :)








Livin it up


Access Singles Banquet

F*R*I*E*N*D*S


Covenant Mercies Benefit Banquet...
I got sooo excited about going to Africa!

:) 

***Sweet Kate and Char***


A few of our Engagement pictures...






Tuesday, December 23, 2008

COUNTDOWN!!

So....
TWO day until Christmas...
FOURTY-THREE days until I go to Uganda...
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR days until I get married!!!!

Things are so busy....Fun, but busy...
I was reminded this morning of the importance of taking time, even if its just a few spare minutes, to sit at my precious Jesus' feet.

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

A verse that I spotted on the Girl Talk blog is Proverbs 3:6: “In all your ways acknowledge him.” Here's a quote from Charles Bridges’ pertaining to this scripture also found on the Girl Talk blog.

"Take one step at a time, every step under Divine warrant and direction. Ever plan for yourself in simple dependence on God. It is nothing less than self-idolatry to conceive that we can carry on even the ordinary matters of the day without his counsel. He loves to be consulted...Consider no circumstances too clear to need his direction. In all thy ways, small as well as great; in all thy concerns, personal or relative, temporal or eternal, let him be supreme. Who of us has not found the unspeakable 'peace' of bringing to God matters too minute or individual to be entrusted to the most confidential ear?"


I pray that my heart is most importantly focused on Christ during this busy season! What could be more important that sitting at Jesus' feet? May my gaze be captivated by Jesus, more of Jesus!

Friday, December 12, 2008

Woot Woot...I got tagged....

5th folder, 5th picture...
one of my best guy friends that i grew up with, Brian and his wife Jenny, at their rehearsal dinner!  They are such wonderful friends!  So many wonderful memories :)
 Love you Brian and Jenny!


Friday, December 5, 2008

The Hunt Is On... :)

WE"RE ENGAGED!!!
My three best friends from college came to Staunton
and helped get everything set up!  Thanks girls...You're the best!

Off to see the sunrise at my favorite spot in Staunton...


We talked for a while and then we walked around the
bush and this is what I saw :)


This was my sweet outfit...haha!



My friends made tshirts that said: RASH (Ray and Ash) Operation Engagement
The back said: The Hunt is On!

New Family

Sweet Raybo!  I can't wait to spend everyday laughing and growing with you
on our new adventure together!  Whooohooo! :)  It's gonna be CrAzY FUN!
I love you more and more everyday!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET BEST FRIEND :)

Ok, so I just had to laugh at this picture...
This was my "Welcome Ashley" party that the Kee's
had for me when I first moved here last August...and guess
who I'm sitting next to...haha :) The Lord makes me smile! :)
We look so dorky!! haha!

And now...well...I get to hang out with this cutie
all the time! :)

Happy Birthday sweet boy! I am so thankful that the Lord has brought us together!! You are such a gift to me!

I am soooo thankful for you! I am most thankful for the constant way you love the Savior and seek to grow to become more like Him! You continually seek to know my heart and what the Lord is doing in my life...even when I talk your poor ear off! Thank you for being one of my very best friends since I moved here! You bring so much happiness and joy to my life everyday! Thank you for making me laugh so hard that my eyes water and my stomach hurts, for caring for me after hard days at work, for all the thoughtful surprises and super fun dates, for making silly memories, for belting out our favorite songs in that car, for helping with my budget (haha), and for constantly loving me through it all. You are my strong man and there is no one else in the world I would rather be with! I am excited to continue growing together in this season :) I know that Lord has such good things for you in this coming year!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

The Last Great Outpouring

"I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End,"
says the Lord, "who is and who was
and who is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8

"Behold, you stand on the threshold of a new day.  For I have truly great things in store for you.  Yes, you have not power to conceive what I am about to do.  For I will bring to pass a new thing.  You will rejoice exceedingly.  You have heard of the showers, but I say to you: I will send a mighty downpour.  Many have cried out to Me from hungry hearts and have received of my fullness and seen My glory; but I say to you: In the day of the great deluge which is coming, many will come to know the reality of My power who have until now not even dreamed of a thing.
Many who are scoffers and many who are honest doubters will find themselves swept away on the swelling tide of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  For this is the time for the last great outpouring.  This is the day of preparation for the coming of the Lord.  Many shall rejoice together in the Spirit's work who are now at sword's point over doctrinal disputes and barriers of tradition.
But let your heart be encouraged; for a new day is dawning; a day of repentance and a day of gathering for My people.  For they shall not continue to be barricaded and isolated behind walls of prejudice.  I am the Lord, and I will be worshipped in spirit and in truth, and not in the bigotry of sectarianism and narrowness of denominationalism.  The world is waiting for a robust Church to minister to its needs; and how can an ailing, dismembered Body bring healing to a sick and dying world?
Surely  I will pour out My Spirit, and by prophecies, by signs and wonders, by many different types of miracles, and by healings, I will reaffirm the veracity of My Word and bring the message of the Gospel of Redemption to many who would otherwise never give heed.  I am the Alpha and the Omega.  Sand firm in Me.  Never waver.
Be faithful regardless of apparent failures and discouragements for My word shall surely be fulfilled, and your eyes shall see revival in proportions such as never before witnessed in the history of the human race.
Keep your eye on the end of the coarse.  Victory is secured already.  Do not let the hurdles cause you consternation.  Stay in the running.  Truly, I am at your side.  According to each day shall your strength be; and the race is not won by the swift, but the obedient shall receive the prize."  (Come Away My Beloved, 130-131)

Acts 2:17-20
“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
 the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.


Let us not forsake our First love...
 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.  “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’ Revelation 2:1-7

May we be a people on our knees crying out for God's Spirit to be poured out upon His people. We as individuals, the church, families, this nation...are all in desperate need of Jesus today!  He should be our FIRST LOVE, the blazing fire that is burning within each of us even in the midst of the darkness surrounding us.  He is eager to pour out His Spirit afresh on us today!  
Oh Lord, we wait in expectation for you!