It has been a very event filled day.

Worship and praise were awesome, as they usually are. I really enjoyed the music we sang in church today. A mix of contemporary with older hymns. There is so much music out there!

Music has been a huge part of my life. My step father is an electronic junkie, has a whole set up of stereo equipment in his living room. He has a wide array of vinyl(33 lps), CDs, cassette tapes, and reel to reel. I think I remember he even had 8 track tapes at one time also. He didnt have one genere that he enjoyed, he loved them all. So I would hear alot of different types of music.

In upper elementary school through high school, then college, I was in many choirs. I enjoyed singing the music just as much if not more than listening to the music.

I remember in kindergarten, that I was trying so hard to learn my address and phone number. My mom tried and tried. Memorization was a difficult part of learning for me. Then for some reason my grandma Lapp (my dad's mom) sang our addresses! Set to music I was able to learn where I lived and remember my phone number.

OOOPs...sorry for that rabbit trail...Anyway, church, worship, music.

Pastor Matt allowed me to talk a bit about travelling to nicaragaua and what we would be doing once there. It was nice to be able to do this in front of the group of people I attend church with. Easier because I didn't have to talk to each person individually! Then he had the elders pray over Gary and I. It was good to have that happen.

After service a couple of my lady friends came up to say goodbye and we talked. My one friend Barb S. and I have been friends for a very long time. She had tears in her eyes and she told me to be careful and have a safe trip...have fun...handed me envelope. She is always so good to me. I love her so much! Then one of the ladies I attend Bible study came up and I hugged and reassured her I was gone from study because of the errands I needed to do for the trip and I was well.

I truly feel loved and cared about. My friends really know how to help me recieve those things, and usually at the right time when my spirit, and mind need those things so badly.

After church I went to help pack our supplies for the trip. I brought two boxes with me for the VBS program. We had teacher kits to pack, medical supplies, atheltic equipment, beanie babies, hygiene kits, and a few other things. We got everything into suitcases and weighed. It was so much fun seeing all those items we had collected finally get into a suitcase to go!

I found out...that we have to be at the church on next saturday at 3 a.m.! Yikes! my daughter said you know, I am thinking about not even going to bed. I thought to myself, well I am going to bed and just get up at midnight.

This past week I had reminders that I need to keep Psalm 23 in my mind, know it. Why I am not sure, why I need to, but I have been focusing on it.

Psalm 23

1. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3. he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.