Thirsty

"I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
I stretched out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched
land."
Psalm 143: 5-6

Happy Balumtine'th Day

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU!!! Hope you feel so very loved today!

click here for a very funny video by Dave Barnes.

Haiti Update: Many hands

There is a Haitian proverb that is translated, "With many hands, the load is not heavy."



Officially 4 weeks from today, we will be leaving for Haiti. God has been so faithful and since I sent out support letters 2 weeks ago, I have already raised $1355.00, and a lot more in prayers!!!!!! Wow, I am blown away at the generosity of my family and friends, and the desire to send me on the mission God has called me to. I am so grateful!

Also, we just got an update on what they need at the Rescue Center and clinic:

large safety pins
contact paper
index cards
hard candy
arts/crafta for the boys school
boys underwear (2T-and up)
girls underwear (2T- and up)
baby shampoo
baby lotion
hair pomade
barretts
spray bottle (like to put bleach water in to spray stuff down)
cheap plastic table cloths
rechargeable flashlights
rechargeable batteries
wind up flash lights

So there are the needs. We will be packing this stuff to take with us on the trip. If you have any of this stuff lying around, or can get a box together it will bless them in SO many ways!!! The dollar store is a great place to get lots of this stuff. If you live out of town and want to help, you can send a box to me, or money/gift card and I can get it here.





How can you resist those sweet faces?

Love you all and ask for your continued prayers over the next month!!!!

I love you more than...

To continue the Valentine's week, I wanted to share this site. I love you more than blank started as a blog, but now they have a whole site with hundreds of ways people compare their love. They are so fun to read and you can even submit your own. Here are a few that I thought were cute...


and just for fun...

Beth + Caroline = BFF

I often find myself adoring celebrities and telling myself that if I knew them, we would totally be best friends. I have thought that about Beth Moore for a while now, big hair, southern drawl and all. I was browsing another blog recently and came across Beth's very own blog. You think I am a stalker? Fine, but how else am I going to get to know her?

Anyway, she blogged most recently about a trip to El Paso and a new pair of Lucchese cowboy boots that she received as a gift. After reading this quote, I am POSITIVE we would be BFF.

"They were the exact ones I would have chosen off a shelf: a rich brown which is my signature color (hello, Shelby) as much as I wish it were blush and bashful." -BM

That is a reference to my all time favorite, seen it a million times, can quote every line movie, Steel Magnolias. If you haven't seen it, I am so sorry. You'll laugh hysterically, cry hysterically, and want to time travel back to 1989 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. So if you don't have plans for Valentine's Day (only 4 days!!!!!) you should grab some girlfriends, a couple bottles of wine and a big box of tissues.

Drew, Dave and then some...

Last night I spontaneously decided to go to the Drew Holcomb and Dave Barnes concert at Stubbs. I really wanted to go and couldn't drag anyone with me, so I went by myself knowing that I would find someone I know there. It was really fun and I got to meet Ellie (Drew's precious wife that sings with him) and told her that I am friends with The Fontenots, I felt really cool. Here are some not great, but you get the picture, pictures I took on my phone. If you don't know them you should!




I also found out this morning that I got an interview for the job I applied for! Really excited, and it's next Friday so I already bought my plane tickets and I'm just going to make a really fun weekend of it with my parents! I'd love your prayers.

Tomorrow I am taking care of 3 patients, a little nervous but it should be fine. I just took 2 benadryl, so I'm going to crawl in bed, spend some time with Beth and Jesus and I should be in a coma in appx. 35-45 minutes. I love that alarm clock at 4:45 :)

Love y'all!

DTR

A common phrase that is often thrown around at the point when two people have been spending a considerable amount of time together (or just texting) and on at least one end of the relationship, there are feelings. It can get sort of messy defining exactly what the relationship is. So have no fear my friends, Hallmark has done all the labeling for you.



I was shopping for Valentine's, and came across these. So when you aren't sure what to tell people (or yourself), just make a sweep down the card aisle and maybe you'll find your relationship.

I also got this fun present from my best married friends The Fontenots. It is going to be really hard to wait a whole week to open it, but if I don't Caro told me that Cupid will arrow my eyes out. Ouch.



This weekend has been really restful, and as I am sitting at my desk looking at the calendar of the next few weeks, I am going to need it. I shopped yesterday afternoon and thought about making some plans to see a movie, but as I sat down with my pizza, spinach salad and a glass of wine, the Notebook had just started on Oxygen. Needless to say, those were my plans. This week shouldn't be too bad, and my parents will be here next weekend so I am planning to stay with them at the Lake. Happy Sunday!