Find THE ROAST...

Mmmmm....I just love, love...

♥LOOOOOOOOOVE COFFEE!!!♥

(And I just can't help but laugh really hard when I saw Starbucks newest promotional!!! If you know ME, really know ME, you will know why I think its soooo funny!!! BUUUUUUT if you really, reallly, REALLLLY know me, then you will REALLLLLY know why I think its soooo FUNNNNY!!! Bahahahaha!!!! ;D)

BLONDE!!! MEDIUM!!! DARK!!!

Find the roast you LOOOOVE the most!!!

(Woot! Woot!;)

Hmmmmm...they are all soooooo GOOOOOD...its HARD to ACTUALLY choose ONE over the other...buuuuuuuuuuut...one of these days...I'll make a FINAL DECISION!!!

 FOR NOW...

I'll just ENJOY THEM ALL!!! ;) ;) ;)

♥Mary Frances :)

GUESS WHO???

Okaaaaaaaaay so there was a bounce house at MJ's adoption party...GUESS who went in??? ;)

THATS RIGHT!!!!!!

ME!!!!

I just could NOT resist and it was soooo much funnn!!! THe kids absolutely LOVVVVED me getting on with them!!! AND my nephew ACTUALLY kept coming and getting me by the hand and bringing me back over!!! HE was like, Aunt Mary, JUMP!!! It was a VERY touching moment in my life!!! :D AnywayZ, I decided THAT...

When I get married I MUST have a bounce house at my reception!!! I willll sooooooo go in and slide down too!!! Wedding dress and EVERYTHING!!! I was tellin my sis...and she was just like lookin at me...and I'm like BUUUUT...I WONDER what guy would EVERRRR be cool with a bounce house at the weddding??? My sis was like, Uh PROBABLEY NO ONE!!! I'm like WHATEVER!!! Wooten WOULD BE!!! My sis is like, yes, AND Wooten is NOT REAL!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!

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I also want a BIG O GHETTO pinata, a pool table, an air hockey table, a photo booth, a candy bar, karioke ANNNNNNNND its going to be a rainbow themed weddding!!! AND instead of throwing rose petals at us...I want multi-colored hearts thrown at us...AND my husband is going to sing to me, "I just call you Mine!!!! Oooo its gonna be the FUNNNNEST, HAPPIEST celebration EVERRRR and YOU ALLL are invited!!! :)))

♥Mary Frances :)

That SPECIAL MOMENT!!!

Okaaaaaaaay soooo remember I told you all a few weeks ago when one of my friends from church got married...and that I experianced one of THE MOST embarrassing moments of my life...weeeelll after I posted that...I REALIZED that there are TWO occasions that supercede by FAR this moment... AHAHAHA...buuuuuuuuuut... allow me to tell you all the UNBELIEVABLE thing that I did two weeks ago...

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Sooooooooo you know THAT MOMENT...that SPECIAL MOMENT...when the bride is walking down the aisle and everyone rises in honor and its like soooo SPECIAL...like everyone is just kind of holding their breath and snapping piccures?! Sooooooooo here I am snappin pictures along with EVERYONE else trying to capture THAT SPECIAL MOMENT!!!

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Soooo the bride is walking down the aisle, getting closer and closer and CLOSER and I'm just snapping away... and she gets closer to me... RIGHT when she is walking by me and I whisper to her, YOU look BEAUTIFUL...

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And RIGHT as I say that...I try to snap ONE MORE PIC AND...my camera goes FLYING out of my hand!!! HITS THE BRIDE!!! And then goes ROLLING across the back of her dress and just LAYING on her train!!!

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I WAS LIKE OMW!!! I definatley made the moment SPECIAL!!!  Of course...it took EVERYTHING in me NOT to break out into HYSTERICAL laughter!!! LOLOL!!! I don't if I actually MADE it!!! OH and yeah...I BROKE the camera too!!! MY SISTER'S camera!!! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

AT LEAST the bride had a good sense of humor about it...she said I made it MEMORABLE!!! I'm Just like WOW Mary!!! WOW!!! SERIOUSLEY...

HOW DOES stuff like that JUST HAPPEN to me!?!?!

♥Mary Frances :)

A glimpse...of MJ's PARTAAAAY!!!

Heeeey Everyone!!!! My neice's adoption party was a HUGE success!!! It was all sooo nice and so many people came to help us celebrate...unfortunatley...My camera DIED...LOL...I keep forgetting to either BRING my camera OR to charge it for all these HUGE events I have been attending...anyways...There will be A LOT more pics cuz my sis-in-law was photographing...BUUUT here is ONE sooo you can see how it looked...YES i'm in it and NOT MJ...LOL!!! What can I say...it died before I could take any of her!!!

The decorations were ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!! Special thanks to Alyssa Wikins, the inspiration behind all the decorations and her group of helpers!!! I can't wait to PUT THE LEFTOVERS in MY ROOOOOM!!! Okaaaaaay more pics to come SOOON!!! :)

♥Mary Frances :)

AIO NEWS!!!

It Adventure In Odyessey's 25th BIRTHDAY BASH!!!

I sooooooooooo WANNNNA GO!!! I told my sis...AWWW man....to bad we weren't going to Dallas in in June instead of March...and she was like OH WHY??? I'm like CUZ its Adventure in Odyssey's 25th birthday bash celebration!!!! I wish you all coulda seen the LOOK I just got!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!Anyone else really WANNA GO???

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Oh and guess what...A NEW ALBUM!!!

Volume #55 - download coming March 1st

OMW!!! Mr. Whitikar is MIXED BATHING!!! What is this world coming too???? AHAHAHA...Wooten's in there??? Thats IT...I'm jumping in!!! (J/K!) Bahahaha!!!

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****ONE MORE THING!!!

ALSO Adventures in Odyssey is currently putting together an

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 Adventures in Odyssey devotional book I have some good

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ideas...I THINK:  It would be cool if  the devotionals were in

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different categories like they are being written by the different

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main AIO Characters...Whit, Connie, Wooten and

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Eugene!!!!!! ANYWHO, you all know how I LOVE writing

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devotionals sooo WHY NOT suggest me as one of their writers!!!

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TELL THEM about me!!! HOW COOL would it be to have me writing

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Adventures In Odyssey DEVOTIONALS!!! EMAIL THEM AT

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Questions@WhitsEnd.org Also go to Whitsend.org Tell them you

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think MARY GINTY from CLASSIC MARY MOMENTS would be be

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and EXCELLENT writer to join this project!!! AND if they want to

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email ME they can do so at MaryFrancesWriting@gmail.com :))))

♥Mary Frances :)

OMW!!! Awwwww...FINALLY!!!

Awwwwwwww look at him!!! This is soooo adorable!!! Yes lil escape key! Yes! You did it!!! YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!! SERIOUSLEY!!! have you all EVERRR seen a cuter picture than this??? I mean, besides all the ones of ME!!! ;)

♥Mary Frances :)

February Apostolic Beauty!!!

Weeeeellll look at what its time for ONCE AGAIN!!! The APOSTOLIC BEAUTY!!! I can't lie, when I first met this absolutely breathtaking beauty, I had orginally wished she was a guy...you can read about that  HERE!!! But I'm soooo glad that she isn't...cuz she is a WONDERFUL person and I consider it an honor to have her as one of my friends!!! This person was elected by five different people that don't even know each other, at different times, to be the NEXT APOSTOLIC BEAUTY!!!

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Now guys...GET READY....you MAY need to have someone that is CPR certified near by you BECAUSE even the lil boy I take care of...when HE saw this picture below... he let out a lil gasp...

I was like AWWWWWW!!! 

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YES thats right its...BETHANY!!!

Don't deny it guys...

you just GASPED too!!! ;) 

Now the first thing you guys should all know about this blond-haired, brown-eyed beauty, is that Bethany Raquel Wakefield is NOT ....

JUST ANOTHER pretty face!!!

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IF you young men that feel called to the ministry and are looking for and evangelistic type girl, (Which IF you feel called you should be) with a passion to reach the lost...This Mexico-loving missionary daughter just might be the one for YOU!!! Bethany has made her parent's calling to another country, NOT just their calling, BUT her own calling as well!!! I have personally NEVER heard her complain about living in Mexico and neither have any of her other friends. She just takes it all in stride and trusts in the Lord. Even though she loves coming back to the states, she also hates leaving the people there!!! She loves the people there and has dedicated herself to reaching the lost souls of Puebla!!! You can feel her passion and her burden for the lost people there...its NOT just a job, or something to do...she has a BURDEN and she LOVES them!!!

AND for you guys out there, that seem to think that a girl that can sing AND play the piano is a MUST...weeeeeellll GET ready to check that and THEN some off your list cuz this girl can SING!!! Play the piano! Play the SAXAPHONE!!! PLAY THE GUITAR and oh she just happens to CURRENTLY be learning how to play the ACCORDIAN!!! Sooooo uh...yeah...she is deifinately musically inclined!!! The frosting on the cake you could even say!!! ;)

Bethany's passion is young people!!! She is the director of the youth choir at her church and also teaches the  youth class on Sundays and just recently started teaching on the book of Proverbs at her Grandfather's university. Because of her passion for the lost, you will very often find her working the alters and praying with people!!!

And for you guys that are dog lovers...don't worry...you WILL NEVER have to worry about having to get rid of your dog for BETHANY....cuz this chica is a ANIMAL LOVER!!!

Bethany LOVES cooking...ESPECIALLY Mexican food!!! Bethany is VERY clean and HATES dirt!!! She is a hard worker and does not just sit around being lazy!!! She is adventerous, hilarious, an explorer and energetic. She is always up for a challenge or dare. She has this cRaZy desire, that NO one knows WHY, but she would REALLLLLY like to slaughter a chicken...Idk...I personally think maybe she has read Janette Oke's, Love Comes Softly, and really wants to impress some guy with some good FRIED CHICKEN...Wooot! WOOOOT!!! ;)  She also got her dream come true wish...a PIGS HEAD for her bday last year...HOW many girly-girls you know that would EVEN touch that???

People say that what they like best about Bethany is that she NEVER compromises in what she believes in for anyone or anything, she ALWAYS stays true!!! Also, she is REAL!! What you see is what you get!!! She is honest even when it would be easier not to be. She doesn't just say what you WANT to hear...she tells THE TRUTH!!! People say that she is always there to lift people up and be an encourager. One of her friends said that when she was going through a hard time, even in another country Bethany was ALWAYS there for her WHENEVER she needed her. Her friend says that she feels really blessed to have HER HERO as her friend, NOT every person gets to have that!!! (Awwwww) 

Bethany is very connected and close to her family! 

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On of her friends said... "I have to say that what stands out to me is when girls are out there looking for a man & constantly needing a boy to talk to or think about or flirt with...she has completely left it in Gods hands & is not concerned about the "ONE" finding her:) she is going to get a fantastic guy because she is not a flirt or forward...just a Godly lady!!"

A few COOL facts about Bethany...
1. She LOVES Adventere's in Odyssey!!
2. One of her biggest pet peeves is when guys lack chivalry...like holding the door and stuff
3. She has her Mexico Driver's license (Which is harder than you think)
4.. She loves pulling pranks!
5. She really enjoys grocery shopping.
6. One her nicknames is TATER TOT!!!
7. she loves sourpatch kids...especially the watermelon ones
8. She loves to try NEW things!!!
9. She is VERY organized!!!
10. She knows how to do hair

OH and THE  coolest thing about Bethany is even when she is OLD AND GRAY...

she will STILL BE BEAUTIFUL!!! ;)))

Bethany is the kind of girl that will make a guy ACTUALLY forget about his stomach for about a few minutes and instead of asking for Taco Bell...he will be saying...

AHAHAHAHAHA!!! AND one day, some AMAZING, on fire, sold out to Jesus, handsome prince is gonna get down on one knee and say to Bethany, "Bethany, your soooo beautiful, your HOTTER than a Mexican Habenerro pepper scorching in the sun!!! THEN he is gonna pass her this little package...

AND ask her to be his FOREVER HOT SAUCE!!! Woot! Woot!!!

BUT only that special guy that can HANDLE the HEAT!!!! 

Thank you Bethany for all you do, for be our light for Jesus in Mexico, for being a friend and for simply being you! We all love and adore you!!! 

Here is YOUR CROWN!!! 

The very best google images could supply! ;)

I hope you LOOOOOOOOVE it!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Birthday!!!

I just wanna say a special HAPPY 100th birthday

 Arizona!!!

You have been my home since I was three years old....

 and though I have traveled around the states, Hawaii, Maui, Honalulu, Texas, Colorado, New York, California, New Mexico, Mississippi, and across the ocean to another continent, BUUUUT...there is NO OTHER place I would rather live...than RIGHT here with you!!! ♥♥♥ I just wanna say once more...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIZONA!!!

From THE ONE...

That makes you SOOOO HOT!!! ;) ;) ;)

Woooooooooooooooooooot!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

God is STILL...

A Couple of months ago, I think it was right before Christmas, we had this awesome, AMAZIN service. I think I wrote about it on here...But it was just wow!!! God really touched me...I was sooooo incredible!!!

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I mean the choir had been singing and then everyone went wild worshipping and I remember I was dancing in the spirit like crazy and the next thing I know I was slain in the spirit. And I remember when it happend that i had been dancing and then it was at some point it was like it was God that was moving me. And it was soooo AMAZING! At the moment all you can feel is God and the aw of his power...BUT THEN...

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Its over...its MONDAY...and you get back to life...and YOU REALIZE...that you can't live in that moment of glory. I remember before the night was even over I knew that all the problems and all the things in my life were still there...and you start to question...was that REALLY God that touched me? Maybe I just felt excited...maybe Itripped...BUT NO I knew that it was God and it almost made me start to feel down...

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I'm like okaaaaaaaaaay God sooo you touched me...buuuut all my problems are STILL here!!! And I really felt like that was just what God wanted me to know...he wanted me to know that in the middle of  all the chaos...in the middle of EVERYTHING... HE is in control and he has the final say! Right there, in the middle of my problem, God reached down and touched me...slain me in the spirit just so I could be remineded of his awesomeness...

Just lettin me know...

People are still people...AND...

HE IS STILL GOD!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Valentine Warning and WISEDUMB!!! ;)

Valentine WARNING!!!

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IF you are buying a girl CHOCOLATES for Valentine's Day
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OR ANY DAY for that matter....
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MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LEAVE THEM IN THE CAR!!!
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BEACAUSE...
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CHOCOLATE DOES MELT!!!!

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ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA!!!!

EVEN if its ONLY FEBRUARY...

AND GUYS...

most girls won't be as cool [Insert Hysterical laughter here!] about this happening to them, as I was about it happening to ME!!!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Oh and ONE more piece of Valentine WisedumB...this is for THE WOMAN or actually I guess THE MEN can take it to... If you don't have a Valentines Date this year don't feel BAD!!! You learn over time that SOMETIMES in life...

NO DATE is ACTUALLY an upgrade...

From previous dates!!! :D

AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!
♥Mary Frances :)

Hope...

I'm sooo happy! We were over at the apartment complex where my Esther lives the other night, and I saw something that put a joyous feeling in my heart. So I knocked on the door to Esther's place and there was no answer. So I yelled out to her, ESTHER!!!!! And no answer!!!!

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Soooo I jiggle on the handle of her door and of COURSE its open....SOOOO I just walk myself RIGHT on in (This is Africa...in Phx...you can just do that! AHAHA!! Weeeellll I walk in  with one hand over my eyes...Remember...this is Africa...in Phx...YOU NEVER KNOW...what you will see!!!! Bahahaaha!) So I walk over to her room and what I see catches my breath...

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She is NOT in her room, but lying on her bed is something she has obviousley been spending sometime with... A black object... a book... BUT not just any book... a book called...THE HOLY BIBLE!!! The Bible my friends...she has been reading THE BIBLE!!! She may not be coming back to church yet...BUUUUUUUUT....God is working!!! I was and still am soooooooooooo HAPPY!!! It was MORE than just the Bible though that I saw laying there...I saw HOPE lying there on her bed!!!

I SAW HOPE!!!!

"I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait,

and in his word do I hope."

(Psalm 130:5) 

♥Mary Frances :)

Answer TO...

THE Question-of-year!!! :)

Okaaaay sooo you may remember in this post HERE where Kim and I asked, THE BIG QUESTION OF THE YEAR... Can a girl tell a guy to raise his standards before they get married and STILL be submitted??? Weeeellll we got A LOT of votes and A LOT of great responses from people!!! I'll share a few with you all...

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Sis McElhaney- said...

Great question! It's actually something Les and I talked about BEFORE we were married. We decided that when it came to convictions, not just standards of a particular church, whoever had the strongest conviction is what we would abide by. And that has worked for the past 20+ years. Let me say this to anyone who is single. When you are praying for your future spouse, pray for their pastor as well. I prayed very specifically, "Lord, he has to be from a good church." They say you don't just marry the guy, you marry his family. I add, you also marry his church family.

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Sis. Allana said...

What I always pray (So...yes I am thinking and praying about it! ;D)...but what I always pray is that God will bring me someone with the same standards. OR Really, I just say "God, you know what my standards and MY personal convictions are. These are things that I feel that YOU have asked of me, so...work it out for me." I really don't think that he would want me to back on something he established in the first place. Again, it is not about who is better then who...it's just something personal between you and God. I would just really pray about it.

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Sis. Jayne said...

I agree with Kim, "Yes! Absolutely!".... I dont think there is any thing wrong with conversing about standards with someone you potentially wish to date. That is something worth talking about at the beginning of a relationship so that at least you know what you are going into... I would hope that you dont wait to the point of almost marriage to enter into this discussion. Personally I think the majority of girls look at this differently then guys do.... us girls tend to go towards guys that hold a higher standard then we do, because they are to be a spiritual leader. I would not what to support my husband; I would want him to support me.... same difference"

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There were a few other comments but OBVIOUSLEY i'm not gonna post them all...there was a few people I talked to personally or girls that emailed me giving their oppinon, but wanting keep it private...buuuut the OVERall oppinions were great!!! I thought that these woman had some great and very wise things to say concerning this topic!!! I really like WHAT Jayne said here..."us girls tend to go towards guys that hold a higher standard then we do, because they are to be a spiritual leader. I would not want to support my husband; I would want him to support me....

same difference"

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I think that for girls things ARE different than with guys, because of the God-given roles of a male and a female. I like how the McElhaney's have done things with them both continually choosing to go with the higher standard of conviction that one or the other has. Cuz I know that when something is preached to me even if I don't really have a conviction about it, if I pray and ask God to NOT just let me be obedient to my pastor, but to also to GIVE ME A PERSONAL CONVICTION!!! AND he always does!!!

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However, it ultimately has to do with a man's heart towards the things of God. Like WHAT man, that has a heart right with God wouldn't want his wife to live by her God-given convictions...like if she has a conviction about Christmas trees and her husband is like, ABSOLUTELY NOT, I'm putting my foot down and WE WILL have a Christmas tree...okaaaaaay thats JUST WEIRD!!! AHAHAHA!!! But still a Christmas tree is only once a year...it wouldn't really effect your everyday life...buuut there are other things...that are in your everyday life...I just couldn't everrr compromise on sleeve length or any standards of holiness...or EVEN the Christmas tree...LOL! I JUST COULDN'T DO IT!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

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weeelll I think the ULTIMATE thing that everyone was decide was...it JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION and that we should ALWAYS be PRAYING about it!!! PRAY! PRAY! PRAY! PRAY!!! Because ultimately, I don't believe that it would be proper for a girl to tell a guy to raise his standards, BECAUSE of God's roles for men and woman...sooo while it is ok for a guy to tell a girl, probabley, more than likely, and I'm sure there are exceptions etc...but on a whole i don't think it would work because of SUBMISSION!!! Soooo you know what that REALLLLY means???

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IT MEANS THAT...The MEN...have waaaaaaay more options for findin a spouse than us ladies!!! AHAHAHAHA!!! This is sooooo the truth!!! LOL! Buuuut don't feel down, God's gonna work it all out!!! :) The thing that I remember Sis. Ikerd telling us girls...Btw- if you don't know who she is, Sis. Ikerd was a missionary's wife to Africa for 28 years...AMAZING WOMAN OF GOD!!!

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SOOOOO...We were all just sittin around floor chattin and Sis. Ikerd was in a chair above us and she starts talkin to us...she said...Girls, the MOST important decision you'll ever make is WHO YOU MARRY! It will effect your WHOLE life!!! It will effect your ministry and your calling in life. She said that she almost felt it was a bigger decision for a woman than it was for a man...BECAUSE of the God-given roles between a male and a female. She said because WOMAN have to submit so therefore she should be VERY careful who she marries...because as a Godly woman he will be the one that leads her throughout her life.

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Also, she said that because the woman was made to be a man's helpmeet, her role in life as Godly wife is be her husband's helper. So whatever she feels in life, that her calling is, after she gets married, her calling in life is WHATEVER her husband's calling is! Therefore, if a single woman feels called to do missions work overseas or in another country and after she gets married, if her husband doesn't share that same calling with her, then that is NO LONGER her calling.

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Not to say that a woman can't have a calling, just that her husband's calling comes first over hers...LOL Like if she feels called to be involved in the youth ministry and her husband is the Sunday School director, she can still help with the youth, BUUUUT her first calling is to be the Sunday School Director's wife and to help him with THAT!!!

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Soooo anyways, I just think that when you think about it like that, it would be really, hard to be submissive and be a helpmeet to someone that had totally different beliefs and convictions...and stuff...UNLESS...you felt like it was YOUR CALLING in life..TO HELP HIM GET CONVICTIONS!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Go to the link below to view the poll results....I think the overall vote was PRAY!!! PRAY FOR YOUR FUTURE SPOUSE!!! A new question will be posted up SOOON! :)

Can a girl tell a guy to raise his standards for marriage???

Lockin him up!!!

Sooooo the other day MJ and one of her friends from church was over and they were playing together and I was watching them. Now we have a rule at our house, when MJ has a friend over they are not allowed to shut or lock the doors for the bedroom. Just cause we like to keep everything monitored etc...etc..

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So I hear MJ and her friend playing in her room and I know they are playing with the baby dolls and then I hear them out in the hallway and then I hear MJ say, "OK! Now shut the door and LOCK IT!!!" I figure its just one of her baby dolls getting in trouble for being "bad" but I figure I better just check in on them.

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I'm like okaaaaaaay...HOLD UP....what's going on girls?!?!?! Why is THE DOOR being SHUT and LOCKED??? So Mary Jo comes out and she is like, "Weeeeeellll... we are playing house AND..." I'm like, "YES! ANNNNNND???? AND WHAT???"

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She is like, "AND...long dramatic...ANNNNNND MY HUSBAND, wasn't listening to me!!!" I was like "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT???" My mouth was aghast...just hanging open...I just stared at her...SHOCKED!!! I was like, "Soooo you LOCKED HIM IN THE ROOM???" She was just nonchalantley like, YES! I was telling him what to do and he wouldn't listen to me...SOOOO I LOCKED HIM IN THE ROOM!!!"

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AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OMW!!! I just busted up LAUGHING!!! I was like ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I can NOT wait till she starts hearing about SUBMISSION!!! Woot! Woot!!! LOLOL!!! Oh man, I really, really, really hope that COLLEGE OF APOSTOLIC MINISTRIES, in GLENDALE ARIZONA, is STILL teaching LADIES OF LEGACY in like 7 years,

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BECAUSE....

I have got THE #1 STUDENT... 

 needing to take that class!!!

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BahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAhahaha!!!She LOCKED HIM IN THE ROOM YOU GUYS!!! Her HUSBAND, wasn't listening to her ...so she LOCKED HIM IN THE ROOM!!!!!! OMW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

MJ's story!!!

FINISHED THE ENDING TO MJ'S ADOPTION STORY!!! I'm just like, SLIGHTLY excited about it!!! LOL! OMW!!! Its sooooo AWESOME!!! Not gonna even lie, me and God did a good job!!! Okaaaaaaaay it was totally ALL GOD!!! I honestly had NO idea how I was gonna end it up until yesturday right before church, I'm tellin you all...I had NO idea how to end it...and I told my sis and she was like, "Can't you JUST END IT??? I'm like uhhh..NOOOOOOOO!!! It MUST have THE PERFECTEST, AWESOMEST ending everrrr!!! Because for ONE THING, every story I write HAS to have a breathtaking ending, AND  TWO, this was about MY SIS AND MY NEICE...NOOOOOOOOO I could NOOOOT JUST END IT!!! LOLOL!!! And I just could NOT figure it out which is pretty shockin for me cuz I usually NEVERRR have writer's block and soooo I kept praying and praying about it...LIKE LORD YOU HAVE GOT TO HELP ME!!! And he did...OF COURSE...like duh...As if he wouldn't!!! And it was like 30 minutes before church and it all just CLICKED!!! I was like OMW!!! OMW!!!! OMW!!! I was like SCREAMING and my sis was like OH what are you gonna do??? AND being the ANNOYINGLY AWESOME lil sis that I am...plus the spirit of Jac came over me...I said...CAN'T TELL YOU...You'll find out!!!!!! :))) AnywayZ, I just really, really, REALLLLY wanna THANK GOD for helpin me with the ending!!! I think he was just holding back on me so that I would go to him for help and soooo he could once again remind me THAT...

♥Mary Frances :)

Proof!!!

Have you ever wanted or felt the need to prove yourself to someone? I sure have!!! If you have ever been accused of something that you felt was NOT true, there is something inside of you that wants to prove the accuser wrong!!! 

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Sometime ago, Someone that I know very well, found themselves in this place in life. They were being accused of something that they knew in their heart, without a doubt was NOT true. They were very upset about the whole situation and didn't know what they should. Even though I believed this person, I wasn't really sure what they could do to change their situation. All they could do was say it was NOT true, however, it was just their word against the words of other individuals. In the end, without any proof or evidence, it would just be people taking sides or showing their loyalty to one person over the other.

So I was praying about the situation and I was praying for the person and I was thinkin about this person later on and I was thinkin about how much people love this person. And I heard a person from the world talking about this person and they were talkin about how that was what THEY considered a true Christian and how they wanted to go to church because of this person and I was just thinkin about it and thinkin about it and God gave me a scripture...it just flashed through my mind!!!

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And I was like, okaaaay HOW does this relate? And I was like, AHA!!! This scripture is HOW this person can prove themselves!!! I was sooooo EXCITED! I ran to the phone, called them. I'm like, You wanna prove yourself? you wanna prove your innocence? They were like, Uh YEAH!!! I'm like weeeelll HERE IS HOW YOU CAN DO IT!!!

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"Ye shall know them by their fruit..." (Matthew 7:16) They were just like...Whaaaat??? Aparently, they had been lookin for an ACTUAL plan of action revealing EVIDENCE that proved their innocence... HAHAHA!!! I'm like thats how you can prove yourself! The Bible says that we will be KNOWN by our FRUIT!!! I'm like, you have a good reputation...people know you and love you and not just in the church but by people in the world. I'm like, if you want to prove yourself, just keeping doing what is RIGHT!!!

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Just keep livin right! Just keep reading God's word! Just keep on praying! Just keep on being a witness! Just keep on bringing people to church! Just keep on loving lost souls! Just keep on teaching Bible studies! Just keep on singing! Just keep on worshipping!!!  Just keep on KEEPING ON!!! Because...

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BECAUSE...If you continue to bear GOOD FRUIT it is GOING TO PROVE yourself!!! "A good tree CANNOT bring forth evil fruit..."(if your heart is right with God, you are NOT EVEN ABLE  to bring forth bad fruit.) (Matthew 7:18)  I'm like I know this that may not be what you are wanting to hear right now...but I'm tellin you that it WILL WORK!!! 

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You can TRY telling people all day long, that you are a good person. That your heart is right. That you LOVE God and they may or may not believe you. Its like, ME...I can tell all ya all reading my blog that I'm such a wonderful, awesome, FUNNN person to be around and you may or may NOT believe me, buuuuut, WHEN YOU ACTUALLLLLY hang out with me in for REALZ, you WILL KNOW, just how wonderfully awesome I truely AM!!! ;) Its the same way with proving yourself...people will truely KNOW for themselves, by YOUR FRUIT!!!

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Furthermore, I would like to add in that if you believe someone's heart is NOT right, this SAME scripture will prove that person's true self . "...NEITHER, can a CORRUPT tree bring forth GOOD fruit." (Matthew 7:18) Sometimes you can just feel something in your spirit that just doesn't seem right about a person and you can't seem to actually place your finger on what it is...but there is just SOMETHING and you know deep down inside...If a person's heart is NOT right, you don't need to set out to find evidence to try and prove that you are RIGHT about this person...if their heart is NOT right just leave it in God's hands, BECAUSE, the evidence will be shown in the fruit that they produce!!! 

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It is in our human nature to desire to prove oneself. Yet, their are times when we have NOTHING to show...no visible evidence. It may seem HOPELESS...However, we need to learn to wait on God, to trust in him, let him  hand out the proof and reveal the truth. It may be hard to do buuuuut it WILL work!!! Its IN THE BIBLE and the Bible is the absolute truth, it is the word of God and it is  NOT going to fail you.

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."(Matthew 7:20)

♥Mary Frances :)

First TIME!!!

Sooooo we ALL know HOW IMPORTANT IT IS that we...

READ OUR BIBLE!!!

Weeeeellll I feel like I acomplished something pretty AMAZING at the beginning of this year...Bible reading!!! For the first time everrrr...in my whole entire life...I can HONESTLY say that I have NOW OFFICIALLY read my Bible ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!! From Genesis thru Revelations...

 NOT in one year...it took FOUR YEARS!!! HAHAHAHA!!! BUT who cares...

 I DID IT!!!

I remember all my life growing up Bishop Abbott would always tell us this story about a man that was brought to court for something like wanting to use the Bible as a text book in school. He felt like he needed to defend God's word and was willing to go to court over it.

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Weeeeelll when he was in the court and sworn under oath to tell the truth...THE WHOLE TRUTH...and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH...The judge asked him, sir, you obviousley love this book, but let me ask you a question, have you EVERRR actually read this book from cover to cover? And the man who was a Christian, and had sworn to tell the TRUTH had to be honest and answer with a NO!!! The judge then said to the man, How can I take your side seriousley then, if you have NEVER even read the book you are trying to defend all the way through???

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Oooooo MAN that story has ALWAYS stuck with me...and yeah...it took about 21 years to ACTUALLY take the story to heart and acomplish this BUUUUT it did work!!! When I was 24 years old I was like I HAVE GOT TO READ THE BIBLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!! AND so at some point that year I started and then at some point I was traveling SOMEWHERE and began to fall behind and before I knew it was soooo far behind I was like MAN, once again there is NO WAY I am going to be able to catch up and READ MY BIBLE THROUGH IN A YEAR!!!

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Then I thought, you know what, who cares if I don't get it done in a year, I'm just gonna keep going from where I left off!!! AND thats what I have done!!! AND here I am, four years later, the beginning of 2012, at age 28, on the airplane from Honalulu to Manila...FINALLLLLY completely read my Bible ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!! I was sooooo HAPPPPPY!!! I told my mom and she started cheering for me right there on the plane!!!

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This year my goal is to just get through the New tesament...basically I just read about three pages a day...I sit there with my pen and highlighter and anything I like I mark and stuff!!! If you don't think you can read the Bible through in a year then don't...THE MAIN THING is that you ACTUALLY READ GOD'S WORD and absorb it in your heart!!! If you have NEVER read your Bible all the way through...DO IT!!! It feels sooooo awesome to know that you have!!! Genesis to Revelations...

THIS GIRL HAS DONE IT!!!

Woot!!! Woot!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Bouquet Catch Advice...

Okaaaaaaaay soooooo...

Guess who DIDN'T catch the bouquet

 at Brandon and Shannon's wedding this past Friday???

YES, that would be ME!!!

HAHAHAHA!!! Sooooo later on I was talking to my youth pastor and he was like, "What's up Mar Dog? And I was like, Duuuuude SAM DOG!!! (cuz thats our nicknames an his wife is Janellie Bean) I'm like, Duuuuuuuuude SAM DOG!!! Did you see me NOT get the bouquet again??? I'm like it didn't even get thrown ANYWHERE near me!!! I didn't even have a chance!!! An you know what??? At that VERY MOMENT...my youth pastor gave me some very INCREDIBLE words of advice!!! I thank God that I was blessed with such wisdom and guidance in my life!!! He said...

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You don't need that bouquet Mary!!! I was like, I don't??? He's like NO WAAAAY!!!! I'm like oh yeah, THATS RIGHT!!! (I guess I don't!;) He's like, "Mary, what colors were in that bouquet anyways?" I'm like, I don't know, I think just red and white!" He's like, red and white? So there wasn't any black in it? I'm like NOPE, just red and white!!! He's like, SEE...

 NO BLACK?!?!

 YOU DON'T NEED THAT BOUQUET!!!



I was like, Ooooo thats RIGHT!!! I feel the ANNOINTING RIGHT NOW!!! Preach to me youth pastor!!!

PREEEEEAAAAACH!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

What men like...

OMW! I just read Kendra Thaler's hair testimony!!! You have gotta to go check it out!!! I think this is ALSO a testimony to single girls as to WHAT men like!!! My favorite part:

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"I remember the day that I met my husband. I even remember what I was wearing. (smile) It was the spring of 2008. I thought I was cute with my weave and jet black hair. But you know what, he didn't compliment me then. He didn't compliment me when my weave was curled. He didn't compliment me in... my designer jeans and stilettos. 
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The very first compliment my husband gave me was when...

I was in an orange and plaid dress, with an orange sweater, my hair in its natural state all pinned up, no make up and my glasses. He told me he loved the way I was dressed and he loved my hair when it was natural. I was shocked. Here was a super cute white boy, who was the captain on the track team, the fastest sprinter at the school, mr popularity, who I had an immediate crush on when I saw him- and he liked me NATURAL?! 
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You better believe it girls. Because when you get right down to it. Men like the real you. All real. If he loves you, he will want the real you." (Kendra Thaler)

  Read the whole story HERE

♥Mary Frances :)

Someday!!!

IN JESUS BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS NAME!!!

CLAIM IT!!! :)))

♥Mary Frances :)

EMARRASSSED!!!

OMW...I seriousley had the world's most embarrassin moment tonight at the wedding...I can't believe I did what I did...WOW!!! OMW! OMW! OMW!!!

honestly...I havent been THIS embarrassed since my grape juice went flying out of my hands, over the balcony, splatterin ALL OVER THE FLOOR, during the most SERIOUS part of communion!!! (Back in the day when the church was rentin from the community center) I mean don't get me wrong...I have been embarrassed PLENTY of times since then...just NOT ...

THIS EMBARRASSED!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Maybe...just MAYBE!!!

Soooo all ya all out there that are single or everrrr have been single for AWHILE...well you all know how it is. Sometimes you can't help but feel slightley discouraged as to WHY your still single. MOST OF THE TIME...i'm NOT...Cuz I know that i'm ABSOLUTELY AMAZIN and pretty much the best catch everrr...buuuuuuut sometimes, OCCASIONALLY, I am just like EVERYONE ELSE, and I get to feelin a little discouraged!!! I mean, you have a crush on someone and then they end up going for SOMEONE ELSE and your like WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT'S wrong with me???

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Sooooo when this happens, I have my own little way of bringing my spirits back up...AND I would like to share it with you all to use...When I'm feeling down about my singleness...I just smile and look at my wonderful, beautiful, drop-dead gorgous self in the mirror and I think...

Maybe, JUST MAYBE...

There REALLLLLY is NO ONE...

GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!!:)

♥Mary Frances :)

You know the bathroom is BAD when...

Soooo we're at the airport in Bohol, heading back to Manila, the main island in the Philippines and we're just there chillin with my cousins waiting for our plane. Now you gotta understand that this is a LITTLE one building airport that is EXTREMELY crowded with people EVERYWHERE!!!

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So my cousin Barbara was like, I'll be right back, I'm just gonna use the restroom. So she goes downstairs and is back upstairs again in like less than a minute!!! I was like WOW!!! That was really FAST!!! She was like weeeeellll there was No water! No Tp! and of course NO SEAT!!!! sooo I think i'm just gonna wait to go on the airplane...AHAHAHAHA!!!

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I'm like okaaaaaay normally when your at an airport everyone is always like OH, let use the restroom BEFORE I get on the plane!!! AND we all try to AVOID as much as possilbe using airplane restrooms!!! Soooo thats when you KNOW a bathroom is BAD...
When you say...

NO Seats...Marriage council WiseDUMB!!!

Weeeelll...being the WISE person that I am...I am about to give some MORE Mary WiseDUMB for your marriage...LISTEN UP MEN!!! ;) (The last Marriage Wisdumb was for the ladies...read HERE!!!)Okaaaaaaaaay so I gotta start off by tellin you all this LOVELY fact that I discovered on my recent travels...

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SOOOOO...Idk WHY...but for some reason, NONE of the toilets in the public restrooms have TOILET seats in the Philippines!!! I'm just like DUUUUUDE...

WHAT happened to THE SEATS???

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Now your probabley wondering HOW this is going to bring ANY sort of Marriage council to ANYONE??? Weeeellll...