West Coast Conference 2010!!!

WOW!!! WCC was soooo awesome!!! I really went to conference this years seeking God for some answers to questions in my life and it felt like each message preach was an answer to my questions. I think my all time FAVORITE message preached was Bro. Joel Booker's...about fishing...oh man that message was sooooo AWESOME!!! I could totally relate...especially about WELL you guys just GOTTA hear it for yourself...BUT i'll try and sum it up...Bro. Booker told this story about how him and some buddies were out deep sea fishing, and how he wasn't really all that into it and he was feelin tired and he was gettin sea sick, and he was TRYING to not to throw up, but when he saw his friend's lunch floating passed him, his lunch joined his friend's in the sea, and oh man he was soooo sick and he JUST WANTED TO GO HOME...LOL...and all of the sudden he got a tug on his line and the crew members on the boat told him that he had a fish and all of the sudden he said he started feeling a little bit better, cuz even though he didn't really like fishing...HE DID LIKE CATCHING THE FISH...

and he said as he began reeling in that fish, he began to get more and more and more excited...and he said that he began to realize it was no ordinary little fish...it was a 200 pound, 6ft halibut fish and he said when it was all over and he caught that fish he really didn't care or even remember being sick...it just felt awesome to have caught that fish..and then he just related it to how its the SAME way being a fisher of men...you can grow so weary in your spirit, and he talked about the snotty nosed bus kids that break everything and drive everyone CRAZY...lol...and OH man I could sooo RELATE!!! I mean i've been peed on and EVERYTHING before!!! HAHA! ANd sometimes the smell...oh LORD HELP ME...BUT man...when you see one of those kids crying at the alter, getting the Holy Ghost...THAT IS LIKE THE AWESOMEST FEELING IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! AND Bro. Joel Booker is RIGHT...its ADDICTING!!!! 

Well, that was my FAVORITE message...BUT then when Bro. Morton preached his message it was just like WOWOWOWOW!!! He talked about the message being passed from generation to generation...but he just talked about like EVERYTHING!!! He talked about holiness standards and oh man it was SOOOO  AWESOME!!! I was like man I GOTTA go through my hair accessories again...I gotta return an accessory too!!! I mean after being in the Apostolic Standards class at Bible college last semester, I had gotten rid of all my sparkly, glitterly, look-at-me hair accessories...BUT then RIGHT before WCC I bought this like totally, like sparkly, sequin thing and I was like OKAAAY i'm only gonna wear it ONE TIME...LOL...AND I had really planned that, it was for New Year's Eve in Times Square...I was like...I gotta have some bling-bling! for that!!! HAHAHA!!! But, yeah, i'm gonna return it!!! I'm NOT gonna deny that I'm kinda like really drawn to that stuff... but you know what, I DON'T NEED IT!!! I got the Joy of the Holy Ghost sparkling outta me and thats waaaaay better!!! :)

Anywayz, more than Bro. Morton talking about holiness and doctrinal standard's and LOVING this Apostolic, Penecostal message, he talked about not worrying about when the older generation passes is on. He talked about  how there are still men of God that are going to hold true to this message, that aren't going to try and change the standards and Oh man it was just soooooooo GOOD!!! He summed it all up by just saying over and over again, "Everythings gonna be alright! Everythings gonna be alright!" And you know...I just REALLY, REALLY, REALLY needed to hear that!!!

Next I just wanna say THANKS to all the blog readers that came over and said hi to me!!! Some pretty awesome people out there and you all were an encouragment to me!!! Also, SPECIAL THANKS to Sis. Lugo/Loogo (sp?) from Bro. Morton's church, who was sooo kind to me and told me that she has been praying for a husband for me...I was like WOW!!! This sister doesn't even know me and has NEVER met me, BUT she is praying for me...I was OMW!!! That is soooo COOL! And that was the last thought I had when I went to sleep that night, "I might not be meeting any guys while i'm here, BUT... Sis. Lugo is praying for a husband for me!!!"  AND I am soooo glad I got to meet so many people finally...

Me and Angel-soon-to-be-Kendrick

Angel I am sooo glad you came running after me on Friday.

You are such a sweet person and I LOVE your testimony...I read it on your site.

Your gonna be such a pretty bride and maybe one day me you AND Rubigo can all have a HUGE yard sale together...HAHA!!! ;)

Me and FaitherZ!!!

Lil Miss Meagan Rowell!!!

Soooooo glad we got our picture 2gether this time!!!

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Me with the cRaZy and funny Leah and Yvette

We now have our TRADITION!!! HAHA! :)

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Sheree & Danae, Cheree and Denae!!!

We just thought this was REALLY cool!!! :)

Oh and I just wanna say to Ashlyn and Danae...I met your mom, Sis.DeAro

  and she was SOOOO NICE and REALLY PRETTY!!!!!!

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Me and Chantal!!!

She gave me these AWESOME Sahuaro shades cuz I'm a

ARIZONA HOTTIE!!!

Oooo yeah...this girl KNOWS ME!!! :)

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My mom and our sweet lil gwuapo!!!
(Sooo cool people reconize him and MJ from this blog haha!!!)

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Me and Rubigo Kendrick!!!

She is sooooo PRETTY!!!

We met in the Radisson Ladies room!!! HAHAHA!!!

I'm TELLIN you all...its a GREAT place to make friends

 and to find old friends at ANY Apostolic Conference!!! :)

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The guys REALLY wanted me to take this picture on post in on here sooo everyone could see how "INVOLVED" they were, in the youth night...bahahaha!!!

 Heeeeey I WENT!!! Its 12-30, NEVER BEEN MARRIED, NO KIDS!!!

Thats me BABY! i still have THREE more years!!! I'm going till THE END!!!

HAHAHA! My brother John was like, OR you could just get married...

lol...three years isn't really that far off... its hard to imagine...haha!!!

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Me and my cute, adorable,  rockin cool, little friend from the Glendale church...
Melissa Garcia...she is sooo AWESOME!!!

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Me and my little MJ...dude this girl wasn't even sitting with me and she was all like tellin me which "boys" I should like...she was watching them praying, walking back and forth back and forth...I should like one of them! She is soooo OBSERVANT!!! LOL THANK God she didn't blow any kisses to guys FOR ME this year...hahahahaha!!! LOVE BEING AN AUNT!!! :)

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ITALIAN POWER BABY!!!

Me and Jen Conell!!!

We finally got to meet...and she is just BEAUTIFUL...we actually ended up, without planning it, sitting on the same rwo the last night...here we are together...

Both of us are HALF ITALIAN...

BUT TOGETHER we make a WHOLE!!!

WOOOOOOO!!!!!

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Stephanie and Cheree!!!

Look at them...they are soooo PRETTY!

Soooo glad I got to meet these girls!!!

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Theresa and MJ...AWWWW!!!!

Me and Jose...I LOVE HIM!!!

Me and Sophia...Rockin the hot pink and black!!!

OOOOOooooo yeah!!! :)

I ♥ these girls too!!!

AND I saved the BEST for last!!!

Sis. Kathy and Sis. Bracken!!!

These two ladies are like fellow blog friends that are people that I just kind of look up too!!!

Sis. Braken is a missionary's wife to Taiwan and I just think that ANYONE who is a missionary is an amazing person in the kingdom of God!!! Sis. Kathy, is a faithful member of Bro. White's church that is like involved in EVERYTHING, she is the choir director, her husband is preacher and she is just a VERY, VERY encouraging person to us "older" single girls. Cuz she has been married for like 20 years now, but she didn't get married till she was like 26 or something... and we had TOTALLY been planning on meeting at Youth Alive but it NEVER happened cuz she was like doing soooo much stuff soooo were like we just HAVE to meet at WCC!!! And when we finally did we just hugged and hugged like OLD friends!!! It was funny cuz, my brother came to find me the first night of WCC cuz I was like talkin to people so we finally got ALMOST to the door and my brother is like, okkkaaay there are people calling for you but just IGNORE them!!! Sooo i'm like ummmm...me IGNORE SOMEONE????HAHA!!! Sooo i turn and look and I see two ladies waving to me and i'm like...hmmm...BUT then I realized it was Sis. Kathy and I was like...OH ABE...I GOTTA meet this lady!!! Then when I got over there I found out that it was Sis. Bracken too...so it was a two for one deal and then we were all like OKAAAAY lets see who can post this picture FIRST!!! Sis. Kathy WON!!! LOL!  I LOVE YOU LADIES!!!

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Ummmmmmmmm anything else to say??? Well, I also met a girl named Elena, Elissa, Rebecca and all the girls from the Jones church that I see at Heritage every year, AND HEATHER!!! i met this girl named Heather and EVERYTIME a girl would say hi to me after that I would be like...YOUR HEATHER RIGHT??? and it was NEVER Heather AGAIN!!! LOL! Well all you girls can email me anytime if you want... maryfranceswriting@gmail.com and if I forgot anyone that I met I am sooooooooo SORRRY just slap me up with an email!!!  :) If you ever come to AZ your welcome to stay with me and I'll introduce you to all the guys at my church and the neigboring churches...hahaha!!! ;) ;) ;) we got some AWESOME AZ GUYS!!!! :)

ONE MORE THING...I'm REALLY sorry that I ACCIDENTALLY registered myself @ the minister's table...I HAD NO IDEA I PROMISE!!! I DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT!!! LOL! I was like there, like an hour before prayer on Thursday and I was just lookin at everything and I thought it was just like to get info emailed to you about WCC, I totally DID NOT read the sign above the table!!! Then they kept announcing for ministers to get registered and I was like OMW!!! And I looked and Sho nuff...I had registered myself at the MINISTER'S TABLE...and of course I put MY CHURCH NAME TOO!!! BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Ladies room outreach!!!

We stopped for a break on the way to Cali last week at the Flying J on border of AZ and I saw all this writing I saw in one of the bathroom stall walls!!! TOTALLY made me laugh!!!

"Try Jesus! Jesus Loves you! God Rocks!!!"

I think there is even a Bible scripture in there somewhere!!!

[Preach! PreeeeeeaaCH!!! Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! ]

A unique way of outreach and evangelism I must say!!! HAHAHA! Can you imagine if someone REALLY did get in church from bathroom wall witnessing?!?!?! So, how did you find truth?! Oh it happened in the Flying J ladies room!!! Thank God for those saints that break the law and grafitti!!! LOLOLOL!!!  Heeeeey maybe I shoulda been more spirtiual minded and added Acts 2:38 on there!!!

HAHAHAHA!!! 

Get your witness on!!! ;)

You know your Pentecostal when...

You know your Pentecostal WHEN...

When you go to church four times a week...

Twice on Sunday...

Once Mid-week...

Prayer at the end of the week...

Plus youth services and youth rallys...

THEN....to top it off....

YOU TAKE MORE time off from work...school...
SAVE UP YOUR MONEY...

Travel to another state...

To go on a special vacation of...

MORE CHURCH!!!!

YUP!!! I'm a Pentecostal!!!!
wooooooooooo!!!!

West Coast Conference 2010 was AWESOME!!!

NOTHING like the preaching of God's word to revive your soul!!!

I SOOOOOO needed this!!!

NOTHING LIKE BEING PENTECOSTAL!!!!

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P.S. In the middle of writing this post.. the guy at the front desk of the Sheraton starts talking to me and he is like asking me what i'm doing in Fresno...So i'm like a church conference and he is just like...YOU CAME ALL THE WAY FROM PHOENIX FOR CHURCH????!?!?!!?I'm like YES!!! it was sooo awesome!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!! GONNA GIVE HIM A CHURCH CARD FOR THE FRESNO CHURCH BEFORE I GO TO BED!!!HEEEEEY YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT GOD CAN DO!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!

HAHAHA!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!! I was just talkin to one of my AZ friends, and I'm LIKE so how are things in AZ??? (Yeah i'm gone for like ONE day and I just have to know whats going on there!!! HAHA!!!) So I'm like how are things in AZ??? And my friend is like, good, good...since you left the weather has been REALLY nice...things have REALLY cooled down since you left...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Then they are all like...DON'T COME BACK!!! Stay in Cali, stay in Cali!!! lol! ahaha! My friends know just what I like to hear...Seriousley...the weather WOULD have to change as SOON as we leave for cooler weather...I'm like COME ON!!! HAHA! But who knows...maybe it really IS JUST ME!!! ;)

The Ginty's have arrived!!!!

Weeeeeellll....we're here in Fresno!!! We made it safe and sound!!!! My family is all currently napping in their rooms...i'm of course out in the lobby...BLOGGING and drinkin some FREE coffee...of course!!!! LOL!!! Why nap when you can blog...right?!?!?! HAHAHAHA!!!  Yes, this is what I wore for the whole trip here and am currently still wearin as I write this to you...even with the CRAZY curlers...I just couldn't travel without the flower...haha!!! I saw some some interesting stuff on the drive over...I gotta say... I just LOVE stopping at those ghetto truck stops!!! They sell and you see the most INTERESTING stuff EVER!!! Thank God for the Flying J's and Loves!!!

yUP!!! This is EVERYTHING that I packed!!! Got ALL my clothes and accesories in ONE SMALL suitcase...brought my pink, fluffy poodle blanket and of course MY HUGE FLOWER PURSE!!! :)

We were about an hour into the trip when we got a FLAT!!! Me, T and MJ had just fallen to sleep when this happened!!! Where the Red Fern grows was blaring....Abe was driving and all of the sudden we hear this noise, my mom is like, YOu have a flat! You have a flat! Get over! Get over! T like wakes up and just starts shouting...theres a ditch! Watch out!!! Watch out...there is a ditch!!! And i'm like ummm...no there isn't!!! LOL! It was pretty funny!!! Everyone was like FREAKIN out i'm just like sittin there like...OMW this means i'm gonna have to GET UP and stand on the side of the road while brothers change this tire!!! LOL! THEN we had to try and tell the rest of my fam where we were so they could turn around and find us and we thought this car pulling over was them and my was like OH the boys are here!!! And she rolls down the window and I see my brother John and I'm like thinkin...OH wow...John has a really NICE shirt on!!! It's like a police officer shirt or something..then i'm like...OMW it IS A POLICE OFFICER!!! hahaha!!!! This totally CUTE k9 officer was there...talkin to my mom and offering to help us...He was like SOOOO NICE!!!

wELL...aside from trying not to cry while listening to WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS, the whole trip and just accidentally walkin into the Men's bathroom before writing this post... thats about all my adventures thus far on the trip!!! Can't wait to see what the next few days hold!!! Hope to cya TONIGHT!!! :)

WCC!!!!

OMW!!! I am soooooooooooo EXCITED!!! People!!!! WCC is on WEDNESDAY!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for this conference!!! I didn't get to go last year..CUZ I was going to Maui the next week...LOL...BUT...this year I AM GOING!!! There was soooooooooo many times that our plans almost got changed and i was like awwwwwww MAN!!! But NOPE...it's looking like God has worked it ALL OUT!!! YAAAAY!!! UNFORTUNATELY...I didn't get posts done for this whole week...I will TRY and blog while I am there but if NOT no worries my friends!!! I'll be back by next Monday FOR SURE!!! Heeeeeeeey can't wait to meet Jennifer Conell, Sis. Kathy, Rubigo and Angel, Tiffany Bracken, Heather Kendrick, Heidi... and some others...sorry if I forgot you..Come find me... I WANT TO MEET YOU!!! Look for me by the Abbott's or something!!!!!!!! Also can't wait to see Kendra Thaler, Chantal Bertram, Meaghan Rowell, Ash and Danae and EVERYONE ELSE!!! I am sooooooooooo EXCITED!!!! Oh and btw- my brothers said we are going to Hometown everyday for lunch....MEET US THERE!!! LOL Oh and STARBUCKS before church at night!!! Oh yeah!!!

 Partaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!  

A moment like this...

It was that moment.

"You may kiss your bride," said the minister.

Eagerley the groom lifted her veil.

I watched in delight as he swung her around,

Tipped her back and passionatley kissed his wife.

As he kissed her and KISSED her and KISSED her,

the crowd started cheering.

We stood to our feet clapping

Before I knew it, I was screaming with excitement for my friend.

As the bride and groom walked back down the aisle...

A Moment Like This, began playing over the speakers.

And OH what a moment it was!!!

During the drive home from the wedding, I sent a text out to my friends;

Omw u guys! The kiss was crazy awesome!!! I was like SCREAMING!

Immediately I got a bunch of texts back.

Cool!

Ewww

Awww!!!

How sweet!

GROSS!!!

What happened?

How did he kiss her?

Details please!

Nice.

GAAAAG!!!

But there was one text that was sent to me that really irked me.

I suppose it was something about my pure, uninhibited, excitement of something so simple,

that caused them to know the truth and ask the question they did.

Their text said…

You’ve never been kissed?

I just looked at it, then sent a text back.

Uh,NO!

The text back said…

Wow! Sorry for you.

What? WHAT? WHAT?

Say WHAT NOW?!

This person felt sorry for me because I had NEVER been kissed.

WHY would they feel sorry for me?

My mind goes back to my early teenage years.

At 13 I had made up my mind.

As soon as I was old enough I was going to kiss boys.

Not just A boy, but LOTS of boys.

I figured I might as well kiss as many boys as possible before I got married.

Thankfully, God began working on me concerning the matter.

I heard about these twin sister’s that made a promise to their dad and God,

Their first kiss would be on their wedding day at the alter.

THAT IS SOOOOOOO DUMB!!! I thought.

There was NOTHING wrong with kissing.

The bible did not say there was ANYTHING wrong with kissing.

Jacob kissed Rachel, before they were married.

Isaac kissed Rebekah, before they were married.

It was NOT a sin.

But through my pastor’s preaching and books I would read, I began to think about it.

It may NOT be a sin, but a kiss was precious and sacred.

A kiss was something that was special and should not be taken lightly.

But could I do it?!

I mean what if some day when I was off on my own, a really, really handsome man wanted to kiss me?! What if he was sooo, SO, sooo, SOOO cute I just couldn’t say no?!

But then again, what if I kissed that handsome man, then married someone else?

I would have kissed a man that wasn’t my husband.

And when he married, I would have kissed another woman’s husband.

I continued thinking the matter through.

By my sweet sixteen party, I had made up my mind.

I was going to wait.

I told God that if He would help me, I would save my first kiss for my wedding day, at the alter.

I figured, with such a noble decision...

God would shine His favor down on me...

and I would not have to wait very long.

Here I am, ten years later,

NEVER been kissed!!!

I look one more time at the sorry-for-me text.

I roll my eyes, the send a text back.

Actually, I’m proud!

Truly, I am proud of this.

It's not like cute guys have just been running around...

trying to kiss me for the past ten years!!! ;)

But I could have...

It is easy to want to kiss someone and then kiss them.
It is a lot harder to want to kiss someone and then NOT kiss them.

Perhaps being unkissed makes me seem naïve and innocent.
Unexperienced. Ametur.

Ignorant. Childish.

GoOoOoOoOoD!!!

I also have NO regrets!!!

I get one more text.

Ok. Be proud of that sister.

I text back…

I am! :)

Don't feel sorry for me.

I don't care what anyone else is or isn't doingI've made up my mind.

I’m waiting for my wedding day...

For that ONE special kiss.
I'll be saying...

I CAN'T believe it's happening to me

Because some people wait a life time… For a MOMENT like this!!!

♥Mary♥

Something to REMEMBER!!!

THATS RIGHT!!!!

AND don't you EVER forget it!!!

PROOF!!!

I AM PROOF THAT...

One size, does NOT fit ALL!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I am the reason they make one size fits MOST!!! :D

AND the answer is...

Okaaaaaaaaaaay here is THE answer to the below post!!!! Soooo I totally just copy/pasted what Landon's answer was onto here!!! Sorrrrrry it took soooooooo LONG to get it up today!!! It's been a cRaZy busy weekend!!!

In Genesis 4:13-14, shortly after he killed his brother Abel, “Cain said to the LORD, ‘My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.’” Who exactly was Cain afraid of? The only people the book of Genesis had mentioned to this point are Adam and Eve (Cain’s parents) and Abel (who was now dead). Who would possibly be a threat to Cain?

It is important to recognize that Cain and Abel were both full-grown adults at the time that Cain killed Abel. Both Cain and Abel were farmers, who tended to their own lands and flocks (Genesis 4:2-4). The Bible does not tell us how old Cain and Abel were, but they very likely could have been in their 30’s or 40’s. The Bible does not specifically mention Adam and Eve having any children between Abel and Seth (Genesis 4:25). However, it is highly unlikely that the two most perfect human beings in the history of the world, Adam and Eve, would not have any children over several decades. Adam and Eve had many children after Seth (Genesis 5:4), so why would they not also have had other children between Abel and Seth? The Bible does not say that Seth was Adam and Eve’s first child, or even first son, after Abel was killed. Rather, it states that Seth was born as a “replacement” for Abel. Genesis chapter 5 traces the genealogy of Seth. Prior to his death, Abel was likely the “chosen” son that would eventually produce the Messiah (Genesis 3:15). It is in this sense that Seth “replaced” Abel.

So, who was Cain afraid of? Cain was afraid of his own brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces, who were already born and would be capable of seeking revenge. The fact that Cain had a wife (Genesis 4:17) is a further evidence that Adam and Eve had other children after Cain and Abel, but before Seth.

Soooo basically, to make the long story short it was HIS FAMILY he was scared of!!! Anywayz, yeah some of you submitted some pretty HILARIOUS answers but a lot of you guessed RIGHT!!! GOOOD JOB!!! :) I LOVE this kind of stuff like, "Answers in Genesis with Ken Ham!!! HAHAHA! I LOVE that dude!!! He is sooo BRILLIANT!!! I sooooooo wanna go see that Creation Museum!!! Heeeeey anyone wanna take a wild guess as to WHO Cain's wife was???? Bahahahahaha!!! :D

Bible Challenge Time!!!

Bible Quiz..
Genesis 4:14... Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me. Who was Cain afraid of taking his life? Was Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel not the first 4 people on this Earth? Who were these people whom Cain feared and where did they come from?

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I thought this question was SOOO cool!!! Really makes you think!!! I got this question from Landon Cash and basically got the right answer...YAAAAY ME! Go Mary! Go Mary!!! WOOOO!!! LOL!!! So what do you guys think??? Leave your answer to the question on the comments or email me and then tomorrow I'll post what Landon said was the right answer!!! I'll post everyone that guessed the RIGHT answer, WITH the answer!!!

CAN YOU TAKE THE CHALLENGE?!?! ;) What do you think???

Who did Cain FEAR would take his life?!?!?!

AMEN!!!!

http://classicmarymoments.blogspot.com/2010/09/im-kind-of-girl-that.html

THATS RIGHT!!!!

READ IT HERE!!!!

You know that ONE person...

You know that ONE person, that when the church starts singing, "I'm so glad I'm a part, OF the family of God...AND the song leader tells everyone in the church go around and greet each other, and so everyone does. Then there is ALWAYS that ONE PERSON that is still OUT hugging people while the church has already moved onto the next song...you know that ONE person??? WELL...

THATS ME!!!

Just can't help it...and if your my sista...

Don't EVEN put out your hand out for me to shake...

I'm ITALIAN...I GIVE HUGS!!!

Thats why they call me, Mar Bear!!! :)

ME!!!

This is COOOOL!!! My friend does these so I told him to make one that represents me and this is what he came up with...ahahaahaha!!! LOVE IT!!! TOTALLY ME!!! :)

FIVE YEARS!!!

This past month of October marked a HUGE milestone in my life!!! Ever since I was 13 years old it has been my ultimate desire to be used by God. When I was 13 I started singing the song at church, "IF you can use anything Lord, you can use me" and that song basically became my theme song in life...To be used by God. One day I'm going to write up a whole article about how it all unfolded, but for right now, I just wanna say that it was five years ago in October that I felt like God REALLY began to use me...It was when God led me to the African people.

I remember sitting in a journalism meeting for the college news paper at Paradise Valley Community college. I had so much on my mind. In the middle of crisis, bombarded with an overload of classes to keep my mind occupied, poor grades and there I sat, Inspirational Editor of the Puma Press/Lynx and NOT feeling the LEAST bit inspired. Our instructor started talking to us about what we were going to do to help out come the holiday season. Normally, each club at the college would adopt a family for the holidays and bring them food and presents. My teacher thought that it would be nice if we did something different this year. She knew about an African Refugee community located in the Palomino Square area of Phoenix. She thought that it would be nice if we went and did a Christmas party there... the students in my class just stared at her....she said that these African kids were sooo sweet...they would run over and give you hugs...the student's continued their blank stares...This was THE SQUARE... THE GHETTO... NO ONE WAS interested in volunteering over there...EXCEPT ME!!! I WANTED to meet these kids!!!

I remember going to prayer meeting at my church that week and I told my pastor, who was Bishop Abbott at that time, I was like there are these African kids...blah, blah, blah...I think they would come to church!!! And Bro. Abbott was just like, "well, it sounds good to me, bring em!" I was just like uh, okaaaaaaaay...like that was NOT the response I was expecting...I mean, I remember I had been HOPING that he would help me figure out a way to get them to church!!! BUT HE DIDN'T!!! I was like, uh ok!!! But I was thinking.... HOW in the world am I going to get all these kids to church?!?! We did NOT have a church van at the time or NOTHING!!! I remember thinking...HOW CAN I BRING THEM???? i'm just like a single girl, without a vehicle...in fact... I DON'T EVEN HAVE A LISCENSE!!!! But you know... when you have a desire to do something for God...HE MAKES A WAY!!!

For five years now, those kids have been coming to our church. Many have been filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus name. Some have made commitments and turned away from God...BUT still the truth has been placed into their hearts!!! I talked to a girl tonight, who's not living right..OH but let me tell you something...SHE KNOWS what is!!!! Soooo much has happened in the past five years!!! I remember the first time the Holy Ghost fell on these kids, it was in  Janelle's Wednesday night Bible class and I was her helper, it was THE MOST AMAZING experience!!! I could tell you story after story after story about these kids...make you laugh AND cry!!!

I still remember thinking, How can I do this??? HOW can I bring these kids to church???  I'm just a single girl, without a car or a liscense??? WELL they've been coming for FIVE years now, and I gotta say, NOT MUCH as changed for me...HAHAHAHAHA!!! Although I do got a liscense, I STILL DON'T have a car, and I am for sure still SINGLE!!! BUT I guess those aren't really requirements for God to use you...BECAUSE...God has made a way!!!!

BUT one thing I really want to tell you all, is that in the past FIVE YEARS, I have NEVER ONCE, driven a vehicle over to pick up these kids!!! It has ALWAYS been other people!!! Of course, I have always gone with people and helped them, BUT it has NEVER been me that has driven over to that apartment complex!!! I wanna say a special thanks to ALL the people at my church that helped me with these kids!!! My big sis Theresa, Jacqui, My mom, my brothers, Joe, John, Abe, Sam and Janelle, Jonathon Wickline, Sis. Susan!!! Thank you Bishop Abbott for donating your mini van at one point to pick them up!!! THANK YOU LPC for getting a church van!!!! You guys will never know how much it means to me that you have all picked up the burden!!! I know that God gave me this burden and desire...BUT it is you all that have made it become a reality!!!

Sometimes, we bring these little kids to church and we may think, IS there REALLY a point in bringing a 2-year-old to church??? BUT two year olds GROW UP!!! I remember at Sis. Combs funeral, Bro. Jeremy Eaton, youth pastor of the church in Casa Grande, got up and said that growing up, he was JUST a Sunday School kid. He got picked up on the bus and sometimes he wouldn't want to come, BUT Sis. Combs just kept after him!!! That stuck out to me SOOOO much!!! We can't give up!!! We just don't know what God is going to do!!! I have a dream and a desire and i'm just waiting on God... I KNOW HE HAS A PLAN!!!

Five years!!! Five years!!! Five years!!! Five years!!! Five years!!!

FIVE YEARS!!! FIVE YEARS!!!

Who's ready for ANOTHER FIVE????

Yes, I VOTED!!!

Well...i'm NOT a very political person...thats just the way I am!!! AND everyone ALWAYS says, well if you don't vote YOU can't complain about what's going on...and I gotta say, WHEN have you guys EVER heard me complain about politics??? i usually don't even know ENOUGH to complain about anything going on...usually I find out whats going on by listening to OTHERS complain...LOL!!! (Mac and Gaydos!!! HAHA) I'm just like okaaay mom, who's PRO LIFE and AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE??? K, thanks!!! Thats who i'll vote for!!! I'm not Republican or Democrat, I'm registered as INDEPENDENT!!! I did NOT vote for Obama!!!!!!!!! BUT I also didn't think that Sarah Palin was MS. Wonderful either...however I still voted for that party because their world view was the closest to mine...HOWEVER..I personally thought that as a CHRISTIAN, following the BIBLE, it would be a little DIFFICULT, as Vice President of the United States, for Sarah Palin to be SUBMISSIVE and obedient to her OWN husband!!! AND I personally thought that she also should have found it MORE important, to STAY HOME (Her husband had a GOOD job as an engineer)with her children, ESPECIALLY her baby with special needs, than to be vice president of this country...I KNOW I stand ALONE with this off the wall point of view...BUT...Do YOU KNOW how many times I have taken College of Apostolice Ministries, LADIES OF LEGACY CLASS??? HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Its IN ME BABY!!!

With all that being said...YES...I did VOTE!!! LOL! I know that it is a right, especially as a woman to be able to do this!!! I HONESTLY had NO idea that this was a BIG election!!! So I walked around the rest of the day with this sticker on my forhead AND I got soooo many compliments ON IT!!! Bahahahahaha!!! We were shopping at Frys and people were like complimenting me left and right...It was FUNNY!!! My sis was like, OKAAAAY...how do you manage to get compliments on stuff like that?!?! I'm like, OH yeah, thats me, ROCKIN a sticker in the middle of my head!!! Actually, my real reason for wearing it there is because I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone...

1. Let everyone know I had done my duty!!!

2. Get rid of my unibrow!!! HAHAHA!!!

(Heeey its FREE and I know Dave Ramsey would be proud of me!!! ;) ;) ;)

Guess where these turkeys are from????

Where do you think they live???

ARIZONA!!!!

Yup, thats right, these turkeys have GOTTA be Arizona Hotties...

Cuz I think this is the ONLY state where it is STILL actually possible to get a sun tan!!!

HAHAHAHA!!! Gotta love AZ!!! :)

Warning the post contains major...BRAGGING!!!!

I KNOW this is TOTALLY going to seem like I'm bragging...BUT thats only because...

I AM!!!!!

Check out my adorable nephew Jose Gwuapo!!!

He came this year to our church's annual Holy Ghost party as Peter!!!

With Mommy and Daddy!!!

Waving his little boat paddle!!!

Here is his little net of fishies and his license plate!!!

His mom is SOOO talented with his costume!!!!!!

Isnt' he adorable!!!?!??!?!?!

Just go!!!

We had some AWESOME church tonight!!! Bro. Vic Votaw, missionary to Asia preached at our church tonight and we had an awesome move of God. His presence was sooooo strong as we all prayed and wept at the alter. BUT even cooler than Bro. Votaw being a missionary to Asia, this is the man was the pastor in NYC when our family got into the church. This is the man that prayed my parent's through to the Holy Ghost and the man that baptized them in JESUS NAME!!! He came into our home in NY and taught my parent's the truth. My mom always tells us kids about when she finally recieved revelation of one God, it was like veil was lifted off of her eyes, and when she told Bro. Votaw, she said he was soooo excited, he said, lets tear down all your pictures of the pope and throw them in the street and stomp on them!!! HAHAHAHA!!! LOL!!! Bro. Votaw is just CRAZY like that!!!

So tonight when he was preaching, he started out by talking about his ministry and he said that he was from St. Louis Missouri, and that his pastor had always had a burden for NYC and asked for him to go there and start a church and he was a pastor there for 7 years but he has spent the last 18 years as a missionary to Asia. And you know, I was thinking about how he has done all this AMAZING stuff for the kingdom God. He has preached all over the US, China, Taiwan, the Philipines, Vietnam and many more Asian countries. He preaches in underground churches in communism countries. He converted a man on death row in prison to Christ and 3 hours before that man died he baptized him in Jesus name. He prayed the first man in Vietnam to kill and americn soldier through to the Holy Ghost and Baptized him in Jesus name. He has converted trinitartin preachers all over to the Oneness doctrine...

BUT ABOVE all else...I thank God that I TOO am ONE OF THOSE souls he reached out too...he gave 7 years of his life to New York City!!! I thank God that he answered the call!!! It wasn't until his 6th & final year as pastor there, that our family came into church...we were there for 9 months before we came to AZ and then right after that the Votaws left NYC for the mission fields of Asia. And here my family is...24 years later...I THANK God that someone had a burden for NYC!!!

Where would I be if someone hadn't answered the call??? You just NEVER KNOW what God can do!!! You just NEVER know what the outcome of one person you reach out to will be!!! You just NEVER know who is waiting for you to bring them the gospel. You may think that you have been trying for so long, BUT it wasn't until his 6th year of ministry to NY that our family came in. Just keep on keepin on!!! Something great is about to happen. You may think, WHY is God telling me to go there??? JUST GO!!! There might be a Ginty family that is waiting to hear the truth!!!

 Go! Go! Go! GO! GO! GO!!!