Changes...

I am going to MERGE my two blogs at the beginning of 2012 =) I am really excited about FINALLY getting this done... =) PLUS I will be posting EVERY DAY... mostly pix  =)

I am going to post a pic a day... an Inspiration...

AND I hope to weave in there Daily Happenings in my (our) life...

WITH tons of pix all the time!! (can you tell I LOVE pix?? )  HAHA!!

BUT, I am struggling what to call it...  I want the blog to Inspire, Challenge, and Desire us to be more Christ like...

So... any ideas??

Here are a few I  thought of...

Inspired Daily
Daily Live
Seeing... Daily...

I can't think what for each LETTER  =) HAHA
L -
I -
F -
E -

Merry Christmas

Technology...

:) Chuck got me the iPhone 4s for my Christmas gift... I am so excited!!! And now comes the hard part for me.... Syncing it... :( maybe I have too many apps... But Chuck is tapping each ONE to upload it onto my phone! He loves me :). And I just LOVE him... He cares and wants it working for me!!

Ellani today

Fun day shopping with the grand kids...

Day 3 - Israel

Part one...

I am not a writer... but write from my heart using my pix.

This day...

I was so EXCITED to be heading to Nazareth... seeing sites along the way. AND having Comedian Nazareth with us... well... WE LAUGHED all the way thru Israel!!

We started our trip with what Sharon said is their equivalent to our donuts =) I was so excited!!  She pulls it out of the bag and says...   here is the "ka-ka"  -  yes...   that is what she said!!  - OH MY GOODNESS! We started laughing so HARD!  AND there it began - we had "ka-ka" EVERYDAY!  To me it tasted more like a soft pretzel - but it was round like a donut =) 

We were on our way...

First stop - Tel Megiddo (Valley of Jezreel) My FIRST historic place to visit! 

I walked up the path and was in AWE of all I was seeing... I wanted to just stop and take pix of EVERYTHING! The ancient ruins... and knowing that people lived and worked there... layer upon layer... WOW! Here are a few pix up on the top... and then of the Valley where the Battle of Armageddon will happen... 

Where they stored the food... they went down one side and up the other!

Nazareth went over to the trees to get pix of the dates! They were so BEAUTIFUL!! I just LOVE the colors all around IN the desert!

the stables... 

The water ways... 

WAY WAY down...

I loved getting to see all the ruins and trees... and BLUE skies...

Next we were off to Caesarea Maritime...

AND on the way... we recognized McDonald's! HAHA!

The Theater...  this is still used today... it was BEAUTIFUL!

Nazareth... ON STAGE =) where he belongs!

The view from the stage...

UNDER the theater... one of the dressing rooms! I LOVED this!!

I HAD to get in the shot =)

The view BEHIND the theater... ON the Mediterranean Sea!

Then on over on the right... to the BEAUTIFUL palace area... on the right is where the chariot races were... 

The pool... it was HUGE!

CATCH!! =)

Mike getting water from the Mediterranean Sea... I HAD to ask if it was salt water! I did not remember my geography!! It is SALT water =)

AND me... with the sea...

Nazareth and Lisa acting out the story of the woman at the well =)

AND the walk to the other side... 

It was here... at this moment that my camera BROKE! It quit focusing and I did NOT know if any pix were being recorded... the LCD screen and menu buttons QUIT working =(

I was so HEART SICK... I had planned to get GREAT pix with all the memories to have with me forever... but, that was NOT going to happen... at least that was my attitude at THAT moment!  I prayed so hard... and held back my tears... and STOPPED... for a moment...

I realized in that moment... that I was still alive... NO one was hurt...

and that it was my camera that DIED! 

I did mourn for a moment... KNOWING God knew my heart.

I changed my attitude very QUICKLY because if I didn't I would MISS out on ISRAEL!

I wanted to SEE where Jesus walked... and lived... and not miss a moment!

so... I changed my heart and chose JOY in my crisis!

I am so GLAD I DID!

In writing this I thought I only had 3 real HEART moments with GOD... but I now realize there were more... because THIS one I did not count... but now I see...

It was the FIRST!

I got to put this verse INTO ACTION!

James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds...

PICS are DONE!

WOW!  I don't know when I have ever had such a difficult time posting pix on here! I have done many weddings and NEVER had an issue... Weddings had 4000 pix! This Israel trip had maybe 3000 in different cameras!!  It should have been way faster...  HAHA!!

NOW that they are all online... at Pamee's Place - I am PRAYING that the next few blogs of my days will go easy!!

I am heading to start right now on DAY 3 - it was a VERY GOD moment day for me!!  =)

I NEED to be THANKFUL! =)

A few things today...

FIRST... the Identity Conference today at our church - Crossroads - was so INSPIRING!  Next year YOU MUST GO!  It will challenge YOU to be the man or woman GOD created YOU to be and to do SOMETHING about it! =) I was inspired last year... and this year was even BETTER! Next year... will be WOW! I just KNOW it!! 

I LOVED listening to Dale Partridge talk on KNOWING the WHY we work =) AND I loved David Jay... =) He is a photographer too... and I have LOVED and PRAYED for him for many years... he has a special place in my heart... like a son I never knew  =) BECAUSE he loves Jesus! =) THEN... listening to Tim Sanders - I think I cried all the way thru his talk!! His STORIES touched my heart to want to do MORE! The words are still resounding...  "the way you overcome adversity is by generosity" and the way to spell love is GIVE =)  WOW! and WOW again! 

Rick Warren came and really challenged ALL of us to KNOW what God has given us "what is in my hand" ... and DO something! I am ready to go change the WORLD!! =) I HOPE they taped it! AND Chuck and I got our photo with HIM!!  HE really is WONDERFUL!! 

[side note here - I have been trying for 15 minutes to upload the pic of US with Rick Warren - HAHA!  It will NOT load... and the link won't work... =( - but... I STILL NEED to be thankful! Right???!!]

Natalya and the Generate band lead us in worship... it was AWESOME! AND another young man - Propaganda - made me STOP and listen to what he was saying... WOW!

I was a bit STAR struck all day... and in AWE that I got to hear ALL of them in ONE day! =)

THEN... I am still working on my BLOG of my trip to Israel... I just needed PIX from Lisa's camera - since my camera BROKE on the 3rd day! So I worked on them and finished... and thought they were uploading today while I was at the conference - but only 7 uploaded ALL DAY! HAHA!  I still NEED to be thankful that I can BLOG my trip!!  I HOPE that I can upload 1600 pix by tomorrow... but it isn't looking like that will happen =(  I still NEED to be THANKFUL!!! Right???!!

DAY 3 of the trip is coming soon... it was the first of the tears flowing for me! GOD is so AMAZING!! 

I am posting this with NO pix... SORRY!  I cannot get ANY of them to post!!  HAHA!! I am THANKFUL still!!  =)

Part 2 of DAY 2...

Once a month the home for the boys throws a BIRTHDAY BASH for all of the birthdays that month... we were so LUCKY to get to be there for the BIG BIRTHDAY BASH!!  All the boys PLUS the kids that are sponsored all come to the party =) I LOVED getting to watch the excitement of the kids when opening their presents and getting cake!!  EVEN blowing out the candles was sooooo FUN!!! Here are a few pix of the party!

What a FUN party =)

After the party we walked the streets of Ramallah again...  

I LOVED seeing the boys playing...  

THEN... we came to Stars and Bucks =)  It was so FUN!!

I had the milk and honey... YUM!!

This was such an AMAZING day... and I felt so BLESSED that I got to be there!