First of all — thank you for reading my blog. With each number on the stat counter — I am humbled that anyone comes here. I know that each number represents a life and each time you visit here — you are taking time out of your lives to do so. I truly hope it is and will continue to be worth your time. I am thankful for you and the community that continues to develop here.<\/p>\n
I want to share with you briefly, a year in a review — the happenings in my life over the last 12 months. Most of which, I am sure you have already read about. Cause lets face it — I post about everything!<\/p>\n
January 2008. . . <\/strong> I began sponsoring a second child from Compassion International<\/a> (compassion.com). Her name is Mediatrix (Med-e-ah-tricks) Nabwire, is 8 years old and from Uganda, Africa. I also began leading a group at my church for women with sexual addiction. I was blessed to walk with women through recovery. Truly humbling.<\/p>\n March 2008. . . <\/strong> I got kidney stones<\/a>!!! I had never in my life experienced that kind of pain. But I survived. The real bummer was that I got the stones the night before I was to leave for my 2nd mission trip to South Africa. Needless to say, my trip was postponed.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: It was requested that I also mention that in March of 2008 I also had an unfortunate accident involving my vomiting in front of my boss… his boss… and his boss’ boss<\/a>. Granted, it happened in the moment my kidney stones hit and for some reason I can’t seem to live it down.<\/em><\/p>\n June 2008. . . <\/strong>I had a baby. No, not really. I did however, buy a Betta Fish<\/a> for my desk at work. His name is Sashimi, which ironically is a form of sushi. Kinda mean, huh?<\/p>\n August 2008. . . <\/strong>I got another tattoo!<\/a> Hebrew for \u201cfaithful\u201d on my left wrist. The decision to get \u201cfaithful\u201d comes from a longtime struggle I\u2019ve had with God and His call for me to remain faithful to Him despite life\u2019s circumstances. This tattoo sits as a reminder of my call to be faithful to Him \u2014 and of His faithfulness to be all I\u2019ll ever need. I also spent about 18 hours a day watching Olympics coverage. Michael Phelps is crazy!<\/p>\n September 2008. . . <\/strong>I was down but not out! Thankfully there was another trip to South Africa planned in the same year and I was able to use the support I had raised previously to go. It was an incredible experience<\/a> and an absolute honor to get to back to this amazing country. We taught HIV\/AIDS prevention and abstinence in a rural school, worked a couple soup kitchens, put on a soccer clinic, built a school and shared the love of Christ with the poor and diseased. On September 29, I started Weight Watchers<\/a> in an effort to change my life! To date, I\u2019ve lost 19.4 pounds!<\/p>\n October 2008. . . <\/strong> I attended Catalyst Conference<\/a> in Atlanta, GA. It was by far the most powerful conference I have ever experienced. From day one of the conference, God was determined to grab my attention and correct some areas in my heart that I had let grow hard and bitter. I am thankful for the opportunity to attend.<\/p>\n November 2008. . . <\/strong> I turned 24 years old and became officially old. :)<\/p>\n December 2008. . . <\/strong> I have formed an online life group\/bible study<\/a>. It takes place on here Wednesdays at 8:30pm (CST). I am really excited about the relationships that will be cultivated as a result! Said goodbye to my pink hair<\/a>. And I also had more babies… two parakeets named Mac and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been an eventful and crazy year. A lot of crazy happened. A lot of heartbreak happened. A lot of good happened too though.<\/p>\n What was your most memorable moments of 2008?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First of all — thank you for reading my blog. With each number on the stat counter — I am humbled that anyone comes here. I know that each number represents a life and each time you visit here — you are taking time out of your lives to do so. 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