We got up early, had an amazing Bible study on Faith by Danny and Lizzy, and then we headed out for Florence, about 1.25 hours away. We piled into the same van and hit the streets. Did a lot of bargain shopping, wheeling and dealing on prices, ate gelato and pizza, drank cappuccino and espresso, and had an all around amazing day. We went to several piazzas, Ponte Vecchio, and Michaelangelo piazza. We saw the Santa Dominica Church and went…
After leaving at 7 p.m. July 1, at about 10 a.m. July 2 we landed in Roma, Italia! It is amazing here! We connected with Hannah and Gabriel at the airport and drove to get our rental cars. After an “authentic” Italian lunch, we drove to Villa Scopetello, our home for the week. It is an AMAZING place — beautiful orchards of olive trees, flowers everywhere, grapevines, awesome outdoor pool (which Danny & Lizzy jumped right into WITH their clothes…
What an amazing few days we had hiking in Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park in Utah. Bryce is amazing — you can't even imagine ever seeing anything like it and photos can't even capture the beauty. I felt it was like Sedona on steroids (and I LOVE Sedona!). The longer you hiked, the more amazing the canyons and sculpted rocks opened up. I will never forget this place and can't wait to come back! Rappelling was CRAZY AWESOME. I…
We went for a last minute trip to Las Vegas. It was so awesome that Pastors Jeff and Diana Budzinski invited Daniel to share his vision for Compassionate Touch International (http://www.compassionatetouchinternational.org) at their Church. Daniel had a great word for the congregation from Nehemiah and Ezra. It was a moving time at the altar making new commitments. Seeing Jeff and Daniel and Diana all ministering together was powerful. We went to a very sad goodbye dinner for Gary given by…
I love the verbs in Colossians. In the portion of scripture below, there are several things we are to do: 1. KILL evil desires inside you – deaden them; deprive them of power – including inordinate affections (excessive; unrestrained; disorderly passions or desires), covetousness;worthlessness. Have YOU killed those unrestrained or excessive passions and affections inside of you? Have you killed covetousness and cultivated gratitude instead? Have you spent your time and energies in the things of value: your relationship with…
Today started out with my Dentist appointment with the most beautiful, talented amazing Dentist around: Dr. Hannah Bahlhorn!!! Then, ice skating with my precious GREAT niece Maddie! We had so much fun ice skating with Madeline! Even though she couldn't go outside Sunday and ice skate, we made up for it today! She LOVED putting the ice skates on and trying to skate, even though after awhile she said it was “too hard” and wanted to take them off and…
Christa was a little freaked out that she wouldn't make it home in time for the party because we had SO MUCH SNOW and she was coming from working in Southfield! But she made it! And because of her EXTREME organizational skills, the tables were all set and her house all decorated, and everything all set for Brandon's birthday party! We had amazing food, and awesome company. We were sad that more people couldn't come because of the weather, but…
Happy Birthday to my amazing Dad! 83 years old. He is the most amazing person! He delights in his family. He has taught us that there is nothing more important than family — SEMPRE FAMIGLIA! When I took him to lunch, he kept telling me what an amazing wife my Mom is — he loves her so much! It was great to have my wonderful family over to celebrate my Dad!
Started off the morning with another good (but a LITTLE bit later) workout, then went for breakfast. We got together for a Bible study, where Gary shared on loving your enemies from the “be-attitudes”. Beginning in Matthew 5, Gary went through a lot of Scriptures which showed the importance of loving your enemies, and trusting God to handle any problems with people instead of handling them yourself. Afterwards, we all packed up our stuff a little and got things ready…
Woke up early to do Bible study and work out, had breakfast and then met for Bible study (Daniel's turn). Danny spoke on things to leave behind: things to let die in 2010. He stated that we are set apart and sanctified, and there are things we need to DO in 2011, but also things we need to leave behind, and it is important that we seek God for which weights those are. Everyone's name should be safe in our…
