pray for our missions trip!!!!

Welllll, Derick and the rest of the crew headed out this morning for Jamaica! My wife and I will leave in the am! Please keep us in you prayers this week. We are hoping to see God do something awesome in our lives this week!!!! we are looking forward to meeting some new friends and for God moving in a powerful way!!! I love you and will see you in yasm Sunday! Grace and Peace!

what are you talking about?

Ephesians 4:29 (KJV) 29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

The words that we say are so powerful...The book of James compares them to a small rudder controlling a large ship or a small jocky controlling a large horse by a small bit. The tongue displays where I am headed,it can destroy what I have and who I am. It speaks what is in ones heart. Those words affect those around us. They can destroy or build. They bring change ,or, they can bring pain. They can show love or display hate. They can uplift or tear down. one question: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!

i see so many wrestling with who they are! many stoop to saying things or to having thoughts like...."i wish i looked like them." or "i wish i had what they have." many spend so much of life abusing themselves. beating themselves and others up because they are not comfortable with who God has made them and created them to be. Understand that GOD MADE YOU! YOU ARE SPECIAL! YOU ARE SOMEBODY! you will never be able to accept and love others and live an abundant life until you get comfortable with who you are! you will not be able to accept others until you accept yourself. It is OK to be different! God loves you and wants to use you! i hope you will consider this today! stop trying to please men...spend time with Jesus...He accepts and loves you for who you are! He is saying to you all today.."I created you in my image! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!"

a new yasm outreach opportunity

God has been working on us as a community to begin to be more aware about what is going on in our world around us. God has led Kristin, Ashley, and Derrick to start a drive to provide, food, warmth, and salvation to the areas homeless. For the next month we will be collecting the following items:

Personal hygiene items:
toothpaste
toothbrush
mouthwash
soap
shampoo
wet ones or baby wipes
hand sanitizer
deodorant
tissues

Food Items:
non perishable foods that dont need to be cooked
canned items should have a pop top so they dont need a can opener

Some examples, but not limited to:
Fruit cups
pudding cups
vienna sausages
chef boardi ravioli
spaghetti O's
Tuna fish
granola bars
nuts
drinks

Also it is our goal to put a Bible in every bag! We hope you will help, every thing that comes in will be a blessing to someone! Peace.