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Saturday, November 29, 2008

WOW

WOW!!! Thanksgiving was awesome!!! I had such a blast! My mom's side of the family came over, along with some of my good friends. There was sooo much food! Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green chili (Pueblo style!!!), corn, pies, and soooo much more!!!! It was a GLORIOUS day of eating!!! I just loved it!!! Spending time with my family and friends, was a great time in my life. I was able to remember all the things I'm so greatful for in my life. The people I have in my life such as my family, my friends, pastor and first lady, church, and my awesome and adorable boyfriend that I can't wait to see on Christmas!!!!

Then Friday, we all set up our Christmas decorations. Set up our WHITE CHRISTMAS TREE!!! I just love it, it's so beautiful, white with red decorations...! Then some friends and family came over and we just celebrated Thanksgiving again, it was fun. Later on we went out SHOPPING...!!!!! WOOHOO!!! I was able to buy my brother's and my awesome boyfriend some of their gifts. Along with a few things for me and my mom. Then I treated my mom, cousins and a friend to Olive Garden. It was pretty good, and I had fun with all of them. I love them all very much!!!

Saturday, was another day of eating...hehe. Then I went to our annual Parade of Lights with my cuz Rich, my family and met up with some friends. It was so COLD...! Lem'me tell ya bout Colorado weather...IT'S FREEZING!!! But we still managed to have some fun. And as of right now, we are at my house hanging out spending some time together and obviously I'm updating this blog. I do have a few pics to post, but ya'll will have to wait until I find my camera so I can upload them...hehe.

Now...time to get all these holiday pounds down...work out and diet time!!! hehe...I hope you all had a great time and a great holiday!!! Can't wait for the next one...CHRISTMAS...!!!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving!!! "Gobble-Gobble"

I just can not wait for this Thanksgiving. Yes, I enjoy the other holidays but Thanksgiving is just seriously one of my favorites!!! This is the one time of year that I really get to enjoy the holiday with the majority of my family. All of my aunts and uncles getting together at my house, along with my cousins and now some coming with their little families they started. My grandma and grandpa coming over. And there are always friends droppin' by to say hello and get some green chili. Yummy! Then the following Friday night, our Youth goes to help the other families eat their left overs, going from house to house starting with salads at the first house, soup at another, appetizers at another, dinner at another and then dessert at the last house where we all stay and party and play games!!! It's gonna be a great but most-likely cold Thanksgiving, but when free food is involved we can't say no to that!

My favorite Thanksgiving foods are, Turkey (woohoo), mashed potatoes, corn and green chili. I'm not big on sweets but pies are always good and me and my friend this year are going to make pies at her house, plus one of my aunts always makes these awesome pies!!!

But besides eating (hehe) my favorite thing to do during this time is to spend it with the people I love and the ones I care most about. This year is just going to be so great! Right before Thanksgiving this year, God put a few special people in my life as new friends and some old friends. Friends for life, that's for sure. This year I get to spend my Thanksgiving with all that was listed in the first paragraph and one of my new friends for sure.

I'm so thankful that God placed my family and my friends in my life. I want to thank each and every one of them so much for just being great and doing all that they can to be by my side and with my family in times of need. Or even when they just had a burden to be a blessing. I'd be lost with out you all. I love you all very much! Thanks for another or for some of you a new and awesome year. I pray that we have many more blessed years together!

Then after Thanksgiving - shopping for CHRISTmas!!! Woohoo!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!! I pray that you have a great one and enjoy the time you have with the people God placed in your life!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

God Answers Our Prayers!!!

I just wanted to thank everyone for all of your prayers for my uncle. I got news today that he got out of surgery at 2:30 a.m...! The doctors got 99% of the cancer and that the 1% they can get with radiation and that he'll be just fine...! PRAISE GOD!!!!! He will be in ICU for the next couple of days but thankfully God heard our prayers and guided the surgeons hands! And above all else, gave my uncle one more chance to make things right with God. Now let's just pray that God soon fills him and the rest of the family with the Holy Ghost!!!

Again, THANK YOU!!!

Prayer Request

Hey ya'll this is just a little prayer request. I tried to post this earlier, but complications with the hospital's wifi wouldn't allow me to access my page to post...ugh...anyway...

I am asking for prayer for my Uncle Tommy and his family. He, if you don't know yet, has Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cancer - which affects the cells at the surface of the skin. The thing is that it went to his ear that now it's in his brain. He went so long with it untreated thinking it was just an ear ache that it became very dangerous and deadly. In October he had surgery but the doctors were only able to get 52% of the cancer. They were scared to go in any further because the tumor was on the brain wall and they said it's too dangerous so they would continue with radiation and wait until Nov. 10 to try and get the rest. Well, Nov. 10 has come and go, and we were at the hospital all day. And by the time I left which was about 8:30 P.M. he was still in the O.R. He was in surgery way longer than they said which was only to be a 12 hour surgery.

If you don't remember, my aunt Lucille was dying from a kidney failure and was very sick. Well, God allowed my uncle Tommy to be a match and he donated his kidney to my aunt. To this day my aunt is still alive and doing well for all that she's been through. But now it's my uncle and again he is going through another major operation.

He was stable when we left and the last surgeon was working on him. We are still in need of prayer for him and the family. Especially for his salvation above anything else. This seems to have been a wake up call as my mom and I have been able to see an open door and witness to him and he's actually listening. So please help us pray that my uncle and aunt and their sons/families see the miracle power of our God, Jesus and that their hearts be open to God and they receive the Holy Ghost...!

Thanks again, and I will continue to keep you posted with the progress.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Richie

Richard I just want to take a moment to talk about the greatest and the best lil' buddy!!! I've known this lil' guy (not so little anymore) since the day he was born. He is like my brother. He and his mother are very good and close friends. I've had the honor to watch him grow into what God wants him to be. Watch as God's plan unfolds right before our very eyes. He is a very talented young man (watch out girls - his big sister is watchin'!). He plays the organ and piano like nobody I know. He sings and plays with annointing and gives God his all while doing it. He's a natural and not only is he musically talent. But he's a good kid, that loves God with all his heart. I'm proud to call Richie my "puffness". He's probably gonna kill me for saying that. But I'm very proud of him. I love this boy like he's my brother. We are all very proud of you Richie and can't wait to see the rest of God's blessings fall into your life. And you become stronger in Him each day and follow God's plan for your life. We love ya bubba!!!
Your big sis/"cousin" hehe...Roc







Tuesday, November 4, 2008

VOTE VOTE VOTE

Okay, so I was really flippin' out last night and today because I thought I wasn't gonna be able to vote since I moved. But lucky me, in a strange way, I didn't register in California, so since right now during Voting, I am in Colorado, I was able to vote...! Since I am registered here to vote!!!

To be honest, I wasn't going to vote, and I think that's a big reason as to why I didn't register in California. I know, I know, shame on me. But this election just had me going through so many emotions. Especially with me and my heritage, being half African-American, being female and my Christian morals. No, I wasn't going to vote for Obama. At first, it was seriously a thought, until he opened his mouth and did and didn't do things (pledge to the flag). But thank God that he did and didn't do some of those. Myself and all of America saw truly who this guy is and what he's all about. Then McCain, I know I'm probably going to offend people either way, but I am not really impressed with him as well. So even talking to my friends and family, I let them know I wasn't voting this year. That to me it didn't matter. You probably think I didn't do my research, in fact I did and that's why I wasn't really impressed. Plus, I have seen so many people that I love just be obsessed with this and it seemed that this seemed to take over their lives. Seriously, not joking. Some friends from church, instead of talking about God and other positive things or whatever, all that could come out of their mouths were politics and Obama and McCain. Even the little kids. Everyone has found it in their mind that Obama is the anti-Christ. Okay, maybe so, but like I was talking with a friend from my church and he helped me out a little by saying..."He may be the anti-Christ, he may not, but the Bible does say that we would not know who he is"...I sat there and looked at him and wasn't so sure about it. I know he is not a great man and I'm by all means am not trying to defend him. ButI was just so sick over it. That even with family, we couldn't go out to eat or even have a good little conversation without it coming up and people again fighting. There was nothing ever really bad said about McCain except that he was just like Bush. But whatever, that didn't get to me. Not as much as Obama because he was just taking up so much time from my friends and family, I really wanted him out of our lives!!!

If anything I was more impressed with Sarah Palin over anyone. So she is one reason as to why I started changing my mind as of last night which was Tuesday, Nov. 3...!

So this is what I did...

I went on the internet and did some more in depth research. First I looked up the meaning of their names. I was very impressed with Sarah Palin's if anything. Her name means Princess (Sarah) Famous Warrior (Louise). McCain and Biden had similar ones where their names had to do with God, which was cool, but I wasn't impressed, not just yet. Until I looked up Obama's first and middle name...wow! I was, I don't even know what to say about it. But his name means Blessed (Barack) but here is what I also found loving history and theology remembered something, "In Hebrew, Beresheit/Genesis 12:3 literally reads: “Ve’nivrechu bekah kol mishpachot ha-adamah.” “I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you and in you all the nations of the earth shall be mixed! The Hebrew word translated in most translations as “blessed”, is the Hebrew word “ve’nivrechu.” “ve-Nivrechu” appears only three times in the Tanak at Beresheit 12:3, 18:18 and 28:14 and all three times it speaks of how Avraham will affect the nations of the earth. This word can also mean “mixed” or “grafted” as much as it connotes blessing. This is important when one understands the greater plan of Yahweh to fulfill His promise to Avraham and his descendants to, yes, certainly “bless” the nations but also in “how” He would do that blessing: via “grafting” or “mixing” of his seed into all the nations." -now is that scary??? The way they (the Yahweh's and some Israeli's) see this...and now we have a scary "Barak" in our midst...! Anyway on to his middle name - Handsome One or doer of good deads; a descendent of the Prophet(Hussein)...but it was very odd and scary! Blessed...? A descendent of the Prophet...? Wow, so I decided to take it a step further and I searched his background along with McCains...McCain is a pretty good guy, for the most part. Nothing that jumped out at me. But Obama's...uh...yeah. I always heard and read the emails about him, but because I was just so sick of hearing about him I just didn't bother to really look into it. But he is still part of the 3rd largest terrorist tribe, the Luo Tribe. Which is in Uganda as well. The reason why I said that is because most of us know Bishop John and Sis. Sarah Wyaberie from Uganda, Africa. Well, he and his wife just came to our church in Colorado and stayed here for some time. Well, they were telling us that Uganda is praying for the United States that we do NOT get Obama as a President. That they know all about him and even more than what they are letting us know. They were telling us some stuff about him and the tribe. Now come one people. These are people from a 3rd world country and they have heard and know very well who he is. And the stuff they were telling us blew our minds! Then I saw where he likes to take "vacations and work" well, their main practice of religion is Muslim, Hindu's and focus strongly on magic...Indonesia. If you don't believe me, look it up. Wikipedia will tell ya. He's buddies with Palestine leaders...yikes! So then I looked into his family's history and it's not matching up. And it says that this is where he BELIEVES his ancestors are from and who they are...but more research shows there is no relation. And his family, look into his mom's side. His dad's side is pretty much out there, but his mother's side is kinda like a made up story. Some truths but many false things. It's really scary. So I decided that I was going to vote. I knew if I did vote from the beginning who I'd vote for, but still wanted to know as much as I could about all of them.

You may ask, Well, if you already knew who you'd vote for, then why would you not vote and do so much research? Well, I'll explain. I didn't like either candidate. At first Obama yes, I did like and McCain I did like equally. So I was up for either one. I don't vote for my party just because it's my party. Nor do I vote because I am half African or because I'm female. But I vote based on morals. Morals that God gave us. Abortion, Same sex marriage, partial birth abortion, human cloning, curriculum that promotes homosexuality..? Serious...? I know people in their right mind are not going to vote for these or people who supports these! Come on America - WAKE UP!!! If the people in Africa can see, why can't we? If he is the anti-Christ, then we know that the end is truly near, especially if he does get elected into office. Like I said, I'm not voting based on race, sex or party but did vote based on God's Word and morals. Hopefully you did and do the same thing.

I know God's hand is in this, He had to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah he may and most likely will do that to America if we (as a nation) sway that way of immorality. He will save those of us who keep ourselves true to Him and His Word. But we this comes into, we need to open our eyes and try and get as many friends, family and people we don't even know to see who the TRUE GOD is and always has and will be. We need to witness harder than ever if Obama is in office. But please lets all try and make a difference and vote...our votes do count, even if it's just statistics it'll show how many of us have morals.

I'm glad God did open my eyes while they were blinded...even though I wasn't gonna vote for Obama...but for me to see for myself the way things really are and for me to get out there and vote for what's right. This may eventually affect my children and other friends and family down the road, maybe even myself now. So if not for you, think of others.