Finding out that my Doctor was switching practices was a big bummer. I felt an emotional attachment to her on a number of levels. Not the least of these being I hadn’t shared Christ’s love with her yet. This led me to my typical best course of action: I wrote her a letter. I thanked her for numerous personal things, and went on to tell her how God loved her. Since I am apart of a fantastic church body, Reston…
Lately Chuck and I have attended conferences, camps, or heard speakers that have frankly made me feel like the worst Christian ever. I was literally sitting at a conference where I was told to get out my cell phone immediately and call an unsaved friend right then and there and share the gospel with them. Excuse me? Now please hear my heart, I WANT TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS WITH PEOPLE. Yes, I do! Especially with friends that I…
Chuck reminded me last night that today is my 5 year blog anniversary. It’s rather humbling to have a 5 year blog anniversary of a blog entitled “Full of Joy” on a day when I feel not-so-full-of-joy. I want to be. I want to have a joyful heart. I want to choose joy in the midst of sorry because I know my hope is in Jesus. My Savior. Now is the time when I’m supposed to be joyous in the…
Grief is a tricky beast. I’m not sure I even want to try to describe it, but I’m sitting here typing so there must be something inside this writer’s soul that needs to work it’s way out. Is describing grief like mixing oil and water? Because oil and water can not be mixed. A few weeks ago, my personal D-day actually, I was at a Pot Luck. Chuck and I had been pretty excited about it. I was in the…
The sickie ickies have taken over my body. Chuck and I went on a 4 day, very loooooooooong and exhausting teen retreat over a week ago, and I haven’t been the same since. The cool news is, I went skiing for the very first time! A few of the girls and I took a lesson together and really had an awesome experience. For those of you familiar with good ‘ol NEPA, we went to Elk Mountain. Elk is particularly special…
Chuck is the best at making me feel super special on my birthday. He wraps gifts so beautifully! Almost makes me not want to open them. Almost. This picture was taken the morning of my birthday, right before we left for church. I loved that he picked out this wrapping paper with the coordinating gift bag. The pattern was just adorable. Plus, it matched the coat he got me for Christmas. =) Having a birthday on a Sunday is interesting,…
When we (Dan, Mom, Renate, Chuck and I) pulled into the Dubbe’s driveway, I all of the sudden felt this nervous excitement. I told everybody as I climbed out of the back seat, “Geez, I don’t know why I’M nervous!” When we walked in the front door, there began the trail of pink rose petals. That pretty much confirmed my suspicions, but you never know. I stopped by the little girls room (AFTER I took my shoes off, of course 😉…
Can anyone guess what the mystery night turned out to be?! P.S. Your guess doesn’t count if you already know the mystery! =)
During our second week in Germany, Chuck’s 2nd to youngest brother Tim asked if the whole family could leave the house on Wednesday night. We all, of course, had our suspicions but upon interrogating Timmy, he wouldn’t crack. So on that particular night we all trooped out of the house, except for Jamie who was allowed to stay in her cage. Dan, Mom, Chuck, Renate and I all piled into the car and went to visit Bad Kissingen. This is…
