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I love my Young Life girls!!!



Nicole and I (still YL):



The South Gwinnett YL family:


Dustin, PJ, Me, Rachael, Cat

I LOVE Easter baptisms...maybe 'cause I got baptised on Easter seven years ago (seven!?) or maybe 'cause it's such a beautiful time to align ourselves with what Jesus did.

Ryan about to get his 'junk dunked' (to quote Douglas Cox):



Sweet Emma getting dunked by her daddy...such a sweet moment!



Buddy speaking from the baptismal:



The EMPTY cross on the stage yesterday...what a beautiful sight!

Perfection

I don't know that I've ever taken an online quiz that labeled me quite as perfectly as this one...and I take pride in my Baltimore-ness.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia   Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
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Read This and Pray!

Friends!

I’m going back to Peru! It’s been three years since the last time I was there in April of 2005. It is such a blessing to me that so many people who were a part of my team then are still a part of my life now. And, I am so thankful for the amazing people the Lord has brought into my life in the last three years! I love you all so much!

This trip is completely different from anything I’ve done before. This June (June 13-23), I’ll be translating for doctors, nurses and dentists on a medical/dental trip in Talavera, Peru. We will be working with local Peruvians as well as Quechua Indians.

I desperately need your prayers for a few things about this trip. First, my Spanish. I don’t know a whole lot of medical words in Spanish. I am committed, though, to spending the next three months working on that area of the language. Pray for the hearts of the people we will be working with. Pray that as they see our desire to help them physically, they will know it comes from what Jesus has done for us and that we long for them to know Him too. Lastly, pray for the finances of the trip. My portion is $1750, which covers airfare, housing, food and project expenses. I know that the God who called me to this team is the same God who owns the cattle on a thousand hills - and the hills they stand on - and that He will provide the money. Pray that those the Lord calls to give financially toward the trip will follow His lead. I ask you, too, to pray about the Lord’s leading in this area for you, also. If He has called you to give, make checks payable to Grace Fellowship Church, write “Hetherington Peru 0806” in the memo line and mail it to me.

Thank you so much for your prayers. I know from so many past trips that there are moments, hours and complete days where your prayers are felt physically. I know I said it before, but I do love and appreciate you so much!

Lawrenson Update

Hey, friends! A while back I posted this.

Watch this amazing video for an update.

Gwyneth was born 15+ weeks prematurely. Because both she and Tricia (her momma) are so susceptible to infection, this is the first time Tricia has been able to hold her little girl. Gwyneth will be 2 months old on the 8th and she's doing remarkably well...I don't think she's had any major complications. Tricia is still waiting for her new lungs, but she's on the list and ready to go...they could get the call at, literally, any moment.

Pray for them!

Just because we all need to be reminded...

You are not defined by anything that happened to you or anything you ahve done. You are defined by who you are in Christ. You are God's beloved child. He has seen any wrong done to you, and He will uphold your cause. Beth Moore

You are a child of God.
You are clean.
You are forgiven.
You are redeemed.

You are an arrow in the quiver of the warrior with the most perfect aim. (Psalm 127.3-4)

You are dearly loved.

More Pics from my Trip

The Misadventures of In Sane Kids

Last summer when my folks were getting ready to move to St. Kitts, my 5-year-old sister, Ruthie, ask a lot of questions. The great part about it was that she didn't understand the name of this great place so she'd say things like, "When we're in Sane Kids will we..." So, when my family moved here and purchased a boat the only appropriate name for the vessel was In Sane Kids.

I got here Thursday night. Yesterday, we went out on the boat. We went snorkeling and saw some pretty incredible fish and sea urchins. It was great. I fell off the roof of this:



It's a dive platform in a cove for the scuba divers. My brother and his friends climb onto the roof and jump off...they love it. I climbed up there with my brother. As I was about to jump, I slipped and fell. Fortunately (read: praise God!), I didn't hit anything but the water. I did, however, manage to jack myself in the nose...I think I was trying to hold my nose, but I ended up punching myself. I have a pretty sizable bruise on my leg from hitting the water...and I jacked up my shoulder...not really sure how that happened, but it's a result of the fall.

We went back out in the boat today with some friends of my family. Dale is the mom and she runs the school my brothers go to. Regina and Ashton are her kids. We, pretty much, did the same stuff today just with more people. After the snorkeling and jumping, we went tubing and Daniel rode the wakeboard. This is him on his wakeboard:



Daniel was in the water with Ashton giving him tips on how to ride the wakeboard when the engine started making some weird (read: really not good) noises so we decided just to head back to the marina and call it a day. On the way back to the marina, the engine quit entirely. Well, not entirely...the transmission gave out. We were stuck, literally, on a boat in the Caribbean ocean. The most comical part of the experience was that, from where we were, we could see our house. We were, probably, a mile out from the coast. Oh, did I mention that a couple weeks ago the VHF radio (the communication tool for just such an occasion) was stolen off the boat a couple weeks ago? Yeah, we were stuck. Fortunately (also read: praise God!) my dad has made friends with this Irish guy, Seamus, at the marina. He called Seamus, who was not far from the marina. (At this point, I must say, nothing on this island is far from anything else on the island...it doesn't take more than 10 minutes to get anywhere, from anywhere.) Seamus was not far from the marina so he and his buddy, Bob, went straight there and grabbed Wayne (I have another story about Wayne, ask later) and came straight out on Seamus' boat, the Flying Lady. Wayne works at the marina...he's amazing with boats. They came out and towed us back into the marina.

So, that was our adventure for the day. :) It was fun...I definitely got some sun today.

Tomorrow morning, my mom and I are flying to St. Martin until Tuesday. We plan to eat a lot of French food, buy jewelry and get some more sun. :)