My week

Sorry I didn't update this week y'all! I've been really tired this week and was just to plan lazy. But to make up for it I'm posting about all week *and* posting pictures too :-) so enjoy!

Tuesday

John made it safely to Kansas! :-) Ruth, Kathy and I went into town all day and went antique shopping. I bought a birthday present for my sister and a bracelet for me. Then we had lunch, did our errands at wal-mart and then came home. It was a very fun trip!

Ruth's roses with the massa (sp?) in the background

Sunset on Tuesday...don't you love the way the light reflects??

Ruth's roses with the massa in the background at sunset

Massa with the hummingbird feeder

open range with horses

"Go to the ant thou sluggard..."

But watch out cause those are fire ants and they hurt!

Sunset on Tuesday night

And again

And again

Wednesday

Ruth and I painted her living room, we had to paint the ceiling too because they had had a water pipe leak during Christmas and had to re-sheet rock everything. That took all day.

Thursday

....I started working on staining Becky's deck. And then Ruth, Lorena and I left to go to Gallup NM to meet and pick up John. It was a 3 hour trip and slept most of the way there and most of the way back.

Friday

Sunset on Thursday

again

This rock formation was on the way to Gallup, in New Mexico (across the road from the next one) Lorena said that in Navajo the name means "The Heart Says"

And in Navajo this one means "The Blue Heart Speaks"

Horses out on the range

Today I worked on the deck some more but didn't get finished because I ran out of stain. We (John, Ruth, Kathy, Greg and I) where invited to the Beasly's for dinner (a older couple from South Dakota who just moved here recently and goes to the chapel) Tomorrow I'm going to sleep in!! Oh and the youth group comes :-)

Well that's all for tonight!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~

Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

First week!

Well its been a week today since I arrived here in Arizona and I must say that I love it and feel extremely blessed to be here.

Recap of the weekend...Saturday I slept in...late. It wasn't until I took a loooong nap again yesterday that I finally figured out why I'm so tired...Camp of course :-). Anyway on Saturday John when into town all day and Ruth and I hung out here watching movies and being generally lazy. (we watched the newest pride and prejudice and Pollyanna and part of Swiss family Robinson Mama :-) She made an "English breakfast" for us for dinner which we had with a lovely cup of tea. For those of you who are wondering (or still wondering) what English breakfast is it is soft boiled eggs served in the shells, with toast (we put garlic on ours) cut into strips which are called your "solders" :-). You cut off the top of your egg and dip your "solders" into the yolk to eat it, then you use a spoon to scoop out the egg whites which have been cooked solid. So its really like eating a fried egg in the shell but its not fried so its better for you. :-) We had our English breakfast with fruit.

Yesterday we went to church which was an interesting experience for me because the services were half in English and half in Navajo because there are some older Navajos who come that don't speak much English. I really like Navajo. It is a very pretty language. I think it would be fun to learn to speak some :-) After church we had lunch and then were all generally lazy again.

Which brings me to today. I was not lazy at all today. In fact I got quite a bit done. I worked by myself all day today at the house we are working on remodeling because John had to go into town to get supplies for then the youth group arrives on Sunday because he is driving a truck back to Kansas to tomorrow and won't be home until Thursday so if you could be praying for his trip that would be amazing! :-) Also be praying for Ruth and I as we are here getting ready for the youth group's arrival. Oh and please pray for the VBS the youth group will be doing in the evening all of next week. It is held in the houses of the Navajo people around us which is a great outreach to the community here.

Anyway back to what I did today. I painted two walls in the house with a brush because they are textured and the roller wasn't working well enough, I painted a door and its door frame in the kitchen (only one I didn't paint last week because I didn't have the right color), scrubbed down 5 walls of wood paneling, mopped all the laminate flooring, and cleaned 3 large windows that were really really really dirty. So I really gave my arms/shoulders a work out today. But that's ok because tomorrow Ruth, Kathy and I are all going into town for the day. :-) I think we are done with the remodeling in the house now...unless John thinks of one more thing to do which he might. :-)

So to recap the prayer requests...John traveling, Ruth and I here. The youth group coming, and the VBS they will have in the evening all of next week. :-)

Well I've gotta run!

~Because I know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

Going once...going twice...sold!! -or - New Mexico and the Auction

This is on the road out...our "14 mile driveway" :-)

Also on the way out

NEW MEXICO!!! :-) It was kinda strange...as soon as we crossed the state line the dirt became that tanish brown color instead of the red that it is here.

Rock formation in New Mexico

Flower shopping!! :-)

My antique light blue blown glass pitcher that I paid all of $12.50 for :-)

Hand painted glasses that came in the box that I paid $2.50 for

Glasses, a set of 8 by Georges Breands (?) that also came in my box

The set of 8 antique pink glasses that I bought the box for

Again

So today was tons of fun!! :-) This morning I finished up the little bit that was left of the trim working in the trailer we are remodeling and then John, Ruth, Lorena and I went into town for the afternoon. We did our shopping and then headed to the auction. It was amazing. I have caught Auctionitus!! I was amazed at the good deals I got on things. The blown glass pitcher I got is worth anywhere from $30 and upwards and I only paid $12.50 for it just to give you an idea of how good the deals were. As for the glasses I got 20 glasses for $2.50 and I haven't looked up how much they are worth yet. It was SO much fun!

Um...lets see...oh the first youth group comes from Oregon a week from Sunday. That should be fun :-)

Well I'm tired so I'll go for tonight.

~Because I Know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

Thursday

Hey everyone!!

Sorry I didn't update last night I was tired. So here's my update for the last two days! :-)

Yesterday I spent the whole day stripping old wallpaper off of wood paneling. Needless to say that is a very very tedious job but it looks great now :-) Yesterday night Lorena invited us all over for dinner and then we sat out on her porch and talked. It was really fun! Lorena has offered to take me to Four Corners sometime soon. :-)

I really think the Lord is telling me to work on my patience because today I painted trim aaaalllll daaaay. I repainted all the trim around the windows, doorways, and closets in the house we are remodeling. And it looks like I'll be stripping more wallpaper tomorrow :-)


So Daddy you'd be really proud of me! I wouldn't have been able to do the trim with out your expert teaching. :-)

I've been working by myself pretty much all week but that's OK with me because the jobs I've had the last couple of days have needed a lot of concentration on my part. The first youth group comes the week after next and I'm looking forward to that.

I've met a few of the people here, met a couple of the younger people (closer to my age) but haven't really got a chance to talk to them. There is a girl, a christian, who is a sophomore in High School named Shannon who will be my "companion" as John put it in a couple of weeks. I haven't met her yet but I'm stoked about it.

I'm super excited about tomorrow. We are going to go into town sometime tomorrow afternoon and then tomorrow evening we are going to go to an auction! That will be a lot of fun.

Well I've gotta run!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

First Day and Pictures!! :-)

This is the view from the Bloom's house
again
Mrs. Bloom's flowers
Full moon, the view, and a rose trellis
and again

First Flight out of MCI to Denver
Second flight on the turbo-prop plane
I was wondering...are these missile silos?
Pretty River



Yes there was still snow on the mountains!! :-)



*editor's note: yes I know the pictures are in the wrong order but I don't feel like changing it*

Well today was amazing!! :-) The weather is so nice!! It got up to 100 today but it didn't feel hot because there is no humidity. I helped sort clothes and school supplies for the mission, then I helped rip up carpet and lay new carpet in one of the trailers. I also scrubbed down the kitchen and started taking down wall paper. Everyone here is so nice and I feel completely comfortable.

I really like it here. The landscape is so amazing. Tomorrow we are supposed to go on a walk after dinner and I am really looking forward to it. It is so different then what I'm used too and I really like it. I am blown away by the difference the Lord created in just the space between Indiana and Arizona.

Well its getting late and I'd better run!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~

Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

ARRIVED!!!

Hey y'all!!

Just a quick update. I have arrived!! My flight to Denver was completely full, it also arrived late so I had to rush from gate 24 all the way down the concourse to gate 64 but I made it in time :-) My second flight was on a turbo-prop plane and it was quite fun! There was a bit of turbulance but nothing major. The view on that flight was amazing. I have some pictures from both flights but its late and I'm pretty tired because I'm not used to the time change here yet so they will have to wait for another day. :-)

The land here is so beautiful. It reminds me more and more what an amazing God I have. I haven't seen much of the landscape here yet because it was dark when we got here but the outlines of the buttes and hills in the light of the almost full moon was breath taking in its own way.

Well I guess that is all for now. I will update again soon!

Take care y'all!!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.sunshine.girl@gmail.com

First update!

Hey y'all!

Many of y'all know that I'm going to Immanuel Mission for the summer to help out. I can't believe that I'm heading out in three days (monday)!! I've very excited and can't wait to see how the Lord works everything out this summer.

I know this is a very short blog but I just got back to Kansas City after a week at Sooner Bible Camp and I have quite a bit to do to get ready and I want to spend time as I can with my family before I leave. I will update again once I get out there!

~Because I Know Christ Lives~
Jenny

arizona.susnhine.girl@gmail.com