My new stuff!

Well, we made it back home.  That felt like one of the quickest trips ever!  We got there early Saturday morning and were back Monday afternoon.  We stayed busy the whole time, too.

I'll write more about our trip and what we did (including lots of pictures) later, but for now I want to show off my new stuff!

Lacey Herring created me some art pieces and gave them to me as a gift.  I gave her an inspirational piece, and she changed it up to fit Justin and myself.  It was a complete surprise.

First, here is the inspiration...

And here is what she made for us...Some close ups...And in our living room....

I love them!  They are very unique.  If you don't already know, the reason that we moved from LA to TX is for Justin to go to ministry school.  We both feel that we are called to missions in some way or another.

These paintings/art pieces have pictures/words/maps/quotes that are all related to missions work around the globe.  She also included some scriptures that are perfect:  "Go and make disciples of all the nations.. baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" Matthew 28:19, and "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you And you will be my witnesses to the ends of the Earth" Acts 1:8.   

 

Also, my other new item is a book.  It's actually not mine, nor is it new... but ya know!  I'm borrowing it from my mom-in-law.Have you read it?  What do you think?  Don't give anything away because I've only read the first chapter so far!  I've heard that it's really good and I'll probably read through it quickly.  We shall see.  I haven't been much of a reader lately.

 

One more new thing...Not the dog.  (He is my in-laws' puppy.  We wish we could have him though.)  I'm talking about my BANGS!  I got my hair cut Saturday morning and went ahead and had her cut me some bangs.  I like them so far.  Ask me again when they start growing out and you may get a different answer.