ok This Is For All You Guys Out There and Girls You Need To Read It Too! its a quote i came across not too long ago and this is what it says: the woman was made of a rib out of the side of adam, not made out of his head to rule over him Nor Out Of His Feet To be Trampled upon By him, But Out Of His Side To Be Equal With Him, Under His Arm To Be Protected, And Near His Heart To be Beloved. -Matthew Henry

ok This Is For All You Guys Out There and Girls You Need To Read It Too! its a quote i came across not too long ago and this is what it says: the woman was made of a rib out of the side of adam, not made out of his head to rule over him Nor Out Of His Feet To be Trampled upon By him, But Out Of His Side To Be Equal With Him, Under His Arm To Be Protected, And Near His Heart To be Beloved. -Matthew Henry

Well since it's been like forever since I've been on this thing, I thought I'd do a little update! Let me start out by saying that God is so amazing!! Last march, I started working at Bath and Bodyworks in one of the malls here in Wichita. I love it there and the ladies I work with are just really sweet. Some of them are really nuts, too! Any way...Through this job I've ministered to some wonderful people, made friends and I get to be "Gayle"! Not "mom" or "honey" or whatever else I am at home. And I get paid for it too! Ok , I know to some of you reading this, It may seem a bit odd but I've been all those other things for sooo long that that's ALL I was...mom, wife, cook, housekeeper, teacher, nurse, laundry attendant, etc...So I am really enjoying getting to be me again! Yes, I'm still the other things too, but I know that God has more for me than just ministering to & caring for my family.

 The holidays were really wonderful!! God knew my desire to REALLY bless my kids this Christmas and starting around October my hours picked up. See, I only work PART time (0-20 hrs. a wk.) and during the holidays I was doing no less than 30 hrs. a week. I was excited when payday would come cuz after I set aside my tithe, I would go shopping for the kids! I didn't forget about my husband either! My kids were so excited Christmas day to finally open their gifts and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them tear into everything!!  God is so faithful.

This past year has been interesting, but I am really excited about what God is going to do for us in 2008 and for me personally as I push into Him!!

Wow...I am shocked. No comments about my last posts! usually someone has something to say about what I'm doing. It's actually quite amusing. Right now, I'm making arrangements to get a friend to church on sunday. I hope all goes well! God is faithful. Even when WE are not.

Blessings!

 Wow, Wednesday was awesome!!! Went to Options again and this time my husband was with me. He shared his testimony with the teens and then we broke down into groups of 4 or 5. I has a group of girls, Cindy had a group of girls, Bryen had a group of guys, and Rob had a group of guys. We just started talking and 2 girls in my group got led to the Lord (one of the 2 I had talked with the 1st time I went) and I prayed with the girls about various things that are going on in their lives. I was so excited! I can't wait to go again, and I was asked by a couple of the girls when I was coming back (and 1 of them told me how long she was going to be there) and I got hugs from a few of them too. I got to share my story with a couple of the girls that weren't there the 1st time I came. I really feel like I am making a difference this time in the lives of these teens. When I was in the ministry before, I wasn't sure of my impact on the teens. I knew they liked me, but I wanted to really get Jesus across to them and since most of the teens I dealt with before were already being raised in the church (with the exception of a few), I didn't think I was having an impact. I know now that I was cuz I've talked to some of them and some of them are still teens that I see almost everyday, and I am still impacting them, but I want to reach the ones who maybe haven't grown up in church. The ones who are hurting, in family situations similar to mine, or just struggling (ok, so maybe that would be quite a few teens...being that age is not easy!!!). But they need to know thqat there IS a God and that He LOVES them for who they are, and sees them as HE created them, and that He has a PLAN and PURPOSE for each one of them!! He desires good things for all His children and I want them to receive God's best because that's what God wants...to give them (and us) His best!

Praise God!!! We got a new vehicle!! It's a '98 Plymouth Grand Voyager. We're excited cuz now the kids aren't cramped anymore, they have rear air, and it has a cd stereo. Little things,I know, But to me and my kids, they are big!! Plus, It gives us the opportunity to transport teens to church that might not have any other way to get there! My husband and I will be getting our minister's license through foursquare soon and that will open even more doors for us to do what God has called us to do. This is very exciting for me since I know that I can have an impact on this generation! There are so many teens out there that are hurting; both inside the church and outside the church and they need to see themselves as God sees them! The negative words spoken over teens has to be reversed! Yes, I am passionate about this. Teens have so much to offer and so many people just brush them off.  They DO matter. To God and to me.  And, even though I may get attacked for what I do, say,  how I live or raise my family,  I am STILL going to press on cuz I know what I am supposed to do and I do it with God's approval.

Fulfilling The Call

~Gayle~

Boy do things change fast! WE aren't going to Ca. unfortunately. We need to save money for a new car! But I am still planning on spending some time with my girls away from everyone else for a few days. We are also discussing the desire to expand our family. This would be the 3rd planned pregnancy. The others were all surprises. Lynnaya was the 1st planned (although I'm sure my ex would argue that one!), Mary was the 2nd.There is also a new door openning for us and we are considering whether or not to walk through it. So much to pray about! But I know that God is in control and will reveal His plan in His time!

Well I figured that since I haven't posted anything for a while I may as well do it now.

I was really sick last thursday, friday, saturday,& really tired sunday. Bryen & I had plans to go out sunday night but I was still recovering. I missed my baby's 5th birthday cuz I was sick and couldn't make him a cake. I felt so bad. So now I have to make it up to him. After his birthday Benjamin decided to announce that he "had to go to school now because I'm five!" He was disappointed to find out that just because he's 5 now it's not quite time for him to go to school yet. He'll start in the fall. Then I won't have anymore babies in the house (*chokes back tears*). All 6 kids will be in school. Hmmm...what to do with my days then? Go back to work? Sit here and spend all day listening to worship music and continue to do the everyday things I do now? I think I prefer the second choice. Then I can be here when they all get home from school. I enjoy being a stay at home mom. I know I don't have a lot of "adult" conversations but I get the privilege of having very close relationships with each of my kids. I get to pour into them things that wouldn't get put into them any other place. They know that mom will be here to unload on at the end of their day and at any time they can come in and have a serious talk about various things.

Well I guess I just answered my own question!

I am now praying for the funds to come in to take my 2 older daughters to Ca. this summer to visit my sis & her family and to go to various places out there. I know that God is faithful and He knows that I need this time with them as much as they need it with me. I'm excited about it.

 Well...I guess this is all for now!

Ok...So my husband is watching Peewee's Big Adventure and I suddenly have a flashback!

It's my old best friend, Jason Vierling, and he's doing the dance to "Tequila"!  Yeah...he'd do random things like that! He used to come up to me and quote the line from 16 Candles "Wot's happenin' hot stuff"...he was a nut. But I loved him to pieces...Now I don't know where he is, but I heard he's married and has kids...I hope he's happy and still enjoys life!