Today has been a pretty amazing day off... it was much needed. I pretty much hung out with a 6 year old all day, but it was amazing none the less!
My host family for the summer during my internship have 2 incredible children, Sydney and Connor. I play with these kids and spend time with them EVERY chance I get. Today I spent primarily with Sydney.
Sydney came into my room around lunch time jumping up and down because she just found out she didn't have to go to camp today and now she could spend the entire day with me!! We went swimming at the pool, but it began thundering 20 minutes after we got there.
We left and came home and begin playing "house" until dinner time. I had a blast playing with the baby dolls, the play kitchen, and all the other fun little girl stuff!
Today was also special because it marks the beginning of "Tiffany is eating healthy and losing weight now"...haha! I say that often, but hopefully this time it will really stick and make a difference! I have less than a year left for that special day with Josh to look my absolute best... I've gotta get to work!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Welcome Back...
It's been a while since I've blogged here... deepest apologies.
Initially my intentions were to use this as way to de-stress myself/vent/let it all out. Now with an increase of people wanting to know if I have a blog, I've decided to try and maintain this thing on a more normal basis.
So here's to a more normal blogging schedule? Can I say that?!
A little update since last time I was on here:
I finished my junior year at Central Bible College
My boyfriend, Josh, got ordained in May
I BECAME A LICENSED MINISTER OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD...that means I'm a reverend now... Reverend Tiffany Williams...wow, weird, lol.
I'm finishing up my internship at Allison Park Church in Allison Park Church, PA.
I finally got a new car...a VW Passatt... it's beautiful! I've literally been waiting for 10 years :)
I have less than a year left until that special day ;) It'll be the best day of my lif
Initially my intentions were to use this as way to de-stress myself/vent/let it all out. Now with an increase of people wanting to know if I have a blog, I've decided to try and maintain this thing on a more normal basis.
So here's to a more normal blogging schedule? Can I say that?!
A little update since last time I was on here:
I finished my junior year at Central Bible College
My boyfriend, Josh, got ordained in May
I BECAME A LICENSED MINISTER OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD...that means I'm a reverend now... Reverend Tiffany Williams...wow, weird, lol.
I'm finishing up my internship at Allison Park Church in Allison Park Church, PA.
I finally got a new car...a VW Passatt... it's beautiful! I've literally been waiting for 10 years :)
I have less than a year left until that special day ;) It'll be the best day of my lif
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Out of the Box Kinna Guy
Exactly two Weeks from today I'll set off on one of the most amazing adventures/trips/experiences in my life.
Mardi Gras 2008.
Before you go all judgmental old school on me...just give it a chance.
Central Bible College, my school, is taking a team of 30some students to do outreach ministry at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. We are working with Evangelist Wayne Northrup, and the organization Answering the Cries Outreach. We are aware that this is something that many of us have never experienced, but yet are thrilled at the tremendous challenge set before us.
These people are our own age...college students just like us. Yet they'll be drinking and participating in sexual activities almost 24/7. We however are going to simply be their friends. Talk with them. Let them know we care about their lives.
I have faced immense opposition about this trip from family, friends, even others here at CBC... but no matter what, SOMEONE HAS TO GO. These people need God to intervene in their lives just as bad as the little african babies in orphanages in Africa.
We send missionaries out around the world to "reach the lost". We ordain and license pastors to pastor great churches in America to reach the lost. But when someone thinks outside the box of Traditional Ministry, many christians flip. Mardi Gras participants deserve to have someone sent to them too. It might as well be me. I'm nothing more than those missionaries sent to Africa, Asia, England, Brazil, Honduras, or Sri Lanka...and they are nothing more than me. We are all sinners who were once caught up in the world. We were deep in sin too... but God sent someone to us in the midst of our sin.
God is sending a group of people to these sinners who are deep in sin. There's a correlation there...but many christians fail to see it that way. It's out of their box, out of their comfort zone, and not according to tradition.
"God is an out of the box kinna guy". That's my new saying. He has to be out of the box in order to have the ability to have such vast relationships with such a vast array of people (i.e. every person on the face of the earth). His method of ministry was out of the box. We went to the sinners...where they were at. He meant them right where they were, no matter what.
So here's to a great week at Mardi Gras... being "christ-like" or "like-Christ"... out of the box.
He's out of the box...to be like him... we are out of the box.
Mardi Gras 2008.
Before you go all judgmental old school on me...just give it a chance.
Central Bible College, my school, is taking a team of 30some students to do outreach ministry at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. We are working with Evangelist Wayne Northrup, and the organization Answering the Cries Outreach. We are aware that this is something that many of us have never experienced, but yet are thrilled at the tremendous challenge set before us.
These people are our own age...college students just like us. Yet they'll be drinking and participating in sexual activities almost 24/7. We however are going to simply be their friends. Talk with them. Let them know we care about their lives.
I have faced immense opposition about this trip from family, friends, even others here at CBC... but no matter what, SOMEONE HAS TO GO. These people need God to intervene in their lives just as bad as the little african babies in orphanages in Africa.
We send missionaries out around the world to "reach the lost". We ordain and license pastors to pastor great churches in America to reach the lost. But when someone thinks outside the box of Traditional Ministry, many christians flip. Mardi Gras participants deserve to have someone sent to them too. It might as well be me. I'm nothing more than those missionaries sent to Africa, Asia, England, Brazil, Honduras, or Sri Lanka...and they are nothing more than me. We are all sinners who were once caught up in the world. We were deep in sin too... but God sent someone to us in the midst of our sin.
God is sending a group of people to these sinners who are deep in sin. There's a correlation there...but many christians fail to see it that way. It's out of their box, out of their comfort zone, and not according to tradition.
"God is an out of the box kinna guy". That's my new saying. He has to be out of the box in order to have the ability to have such vast relationships with such a vast array of people (i.e. every person on the face of the earth). His method of ministry was out of the box. We went to the sinners...where they were at. He meant them right where they were, no matter what.
So here's to a great week at Mardi Gras... being "christ-like" or "like-Christ"... out of the box.
He's out of the box...to be like him... we are out of the box.
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