Weekend Adventures, Birthdays, Housework and more...

Well..I have almost let a whole week go by without an update...so I thought I would take a few minutes and let you know how the weekend went! I had a wonderful time at each stop of my adventurous weekend. It was like I told Clark, if I could have done each event without the driving in between it would have made it so much better!!! I had such a great time teaching those precious little children how to write Chinese. I was a bit nervous because I haven't ever taught anyone how to write Chinese, but they did an amazing job and I was so proud of them! And then the other 3 events on my schedule went well and I just had a great time! :) At each church, it was just amazing to see how Father wanted each person to be there and to hear what He was doing overseas and allow them to challenged. I love to see how He works!!!

I thought I would give you an update on my "birthday week" as well!! Today is my birthday if anyone out in the blogging world didn't know, but because of the busy lives we lead, I decided that I needed to celebrate it more than one day. So, I began with the cake. I wanted a cookie cake for my birthday. But I knew that I would have to eat it with other people because if Clark and I had a cookie cake with just us, we would eat the WHOLE thing! So, on Tuesday night after Club (our Young Life meeting) we went over to our friend, Donnie's house to join our 24 group. Now, many of you may be asking what is our 24 group? Well, a group of us love to wind down after our club meetings by watching 24, our favorite, most addicting show!! But it doesn't come on until the spring, so we watch old seasons! So, we are on Season 3 (I haven't seen it) and so we watch1-2 episodes a week. So, I chose to have my cake there and celebrate with my 24 friends. (I have pictures, but I left my camera at Donnie's house so I will have to add them later!) Then yesterday, Clark gave me my birthday present! Yay for presents! :) I got an I-pod Nano. I have been wanting on of these, because I thought it would be very useful and practical when we travel back overseas instead of trying to carry all of my Cd's with me. So, I was very excited, it's so cute and a pretty blue!! Then last night, we went to eat Indian food (our favorite place to go when we are celebrating something special!) and then to see a movie. And then today, we went out to eat with the in-laws. I chose Japanese food for the occasion. I am trying to get in each of the Asian countries! :) So, overall my birthday week has been great!!!
I am gearing up for another busy week next week, trying to take a few days to catch up on things. Today I am trying to relax and read a great book that my wonderful friends, Rob and Jenn got me (What is a Healthy Church? By Mark Dever) If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it, it is excellent!!!! And then tomorrow, I will do the housework that is calling my name......