I’ll be in Mexico from tonight until Sunday the second of the year.
Y.U.G.O. Ministries has a Mexicali base of operations and a team of about 24 of us will be down in that area doing children’s (VBS), women’s and sports ministries in a little village.
I’m quite looking forward to this!
Pics later, that’s all for now.
So tonight I finally made it over to Irvine for the Friday night Atomic Swing at the Atomic Ballroom! I missed this Wednesday’s night over at Tia Juana’s in Irvine, but tonight I finally realized just how little I actually know and a bit of how much I have to learn…
For instance, I remember learning eight years ago that the basic steps were Step, Step, Rock-Step; Step, Step, Rock-Step… However, I was corrected twice tonight (the first time she didn’t actually tell me that I had it wrong; rather, she just showed me what she was doing), the steps are: start with the Rock-Step, Triple-Step, Triple-Step; Rock-Step, Triple-Step, Triple-Step… It’s the same three-step beat, but I was taking it (and teaching it!) over-simplified for the last few years…oops! The simple steps work great in faster songs, but not in the slower ones. The next dance I want to learn is the Lindy Hop, which looks simple enough, but I couldn’t quite pick it up tonight.
Any-who, in other news, keep posted for a new category and a few new posts in the near future: Random Rantings and some things that have been on my mind lately…
I’m off to bed, and in the morning I get to make Tiramisu for about 72 people! More fun, food, dancing, and prancing.
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Take a few minutes. If you don’t have that long to sit, set othter things aside, read, and meditate a bit, I suggest you pass this blog up and find someone else’s this time around.
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Psalm 32, NIV
32:1 Of David. A maskil.
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Selah
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”–and you forgave the guilt of my sin.
Selah
6 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found;
surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.
7 You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you and watch over you.
9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.
10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.
11 Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!
Oh, LORD, that we would all find this kind of joy in your salvation!
Help me see you when everything is dark, and to hold tight when I can’t feel you.
Teach me what it truly means to rejoice! Break through the callous that I allow in my life that separates me from you and help me to be open with you.
Amen.