Raising Support

I am SO blessed! As I sent off support letters to raise money for the upcoming Brazil trip, I was hesitant. Most of the people I didn't know and the ones I did know have felt the impact of the economy just as much as the rest of us. But, trusting in God, I sent the letters forth and boy has God delivered.

The first deadline for our support raising is this Sunday. Thanks to so many generous people, I have reached this goal :) Thank you all. Now I have the tickets to get to Brazil...only $1,300 more to go!

closure

Closure is hard. It's the end of something. The bigger the thing, the harder to let go. But, I've realized that for so long that I've never closed some books in my life, in hopes that one day the story might go on, only to realize that I'm not allowing myself to enjoy the things around me now. My sister likes to say that I'm driving and only looking into my rearview mirror.

I guess I worry about forgetting. Forgetting the good times. the bad times. the words spoken. the events that took place. But, by not letting go, I'm not living. I'm constantly comparing things to my past. to what could be. to what might be. Too many happy-ending movies I suppose.

Sometimes things end. I should appreciate the memories I have. Enjoy the things I'm living in, and look forward to what's to come.

Letting go...a lot harder then I assumed it would be.

more art

there are some other paintings I've done, I'm nowhere near where I want to be, but I am a lot farther than when I started out. Keep an eye out for a new website coming soon, where I will be putting up my artwork and if you're interested you can buy the things :)

creativity

Here are two things I've created (below each is a description).



So, I have a friend that asked me to paint her a piece with multiple canvases...she also stated she liked squares and modern art. Out of nowhere, this image pops into my head and I love the way it came out....now I know that I am able to do modern art...thanks for the challenge.



My pastor did a series called beautiful, which also was done by Perry Noble (who I tend to follow online as well)...and it is such an inspiring series for women. It just confronts a lot of the lies about how people should be in order to be called beautiful and then addressed what the Bible says in regards to the subject. The girls in my bible study went through magazines and tore out things that they feel like the world is telling them about being beautiful.