Emily's Life - Welcome to the Adventure

I just typed the world's longest post about Relay on my sister's blog... and I can't redo it here. :) Please, please take a look there!!! :)

http://serrylee.blogspot.com/2009/07/relay-for-life.html

Our Relay for Life team, The Brainiacs, are doing two online/catalog sales to help raise money to END cancer.

15% of all sales raised from these two parties will go directly to The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

Please - "come" to the party, order something, invite all your friends. We're about saving lives here. This is pretty fast turnaround time, though - I'm trying to close by Thursday evening!!

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ENTERTAINING AT HOME
(Formerly Taste of Home Entertaining)
EAH is like Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma -- at Target prices!!!
Check out a catalog here: https://emilyhill.eahweb.com/Catalog/Spring2009/
If you're in the Thurston County area, let me know if you want a real catalog - I'll get it to you!

If you like deals, check out the Sale-a-Bration! http://www.entertainingathome.com/commonAssets/docs/2009/MonthlySpecials/June09Sale.pdf

For June customer specials, see: http://secure.entertainingathome.com/privateAssetsCBC/docs/2009/Monthly%20Specials/Jun09Specials.pdf Don't you LOVE the mini dip sets?!?

To order, call or email Emily with the info. I'll either get your credit/debit card information or a check from you. I'll also give you shipping rates and tax (8.5%).

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SCENTSY
It's like a candle, but better! No flame means no fire!
Head to this website: www.scentsy.com/KellyDawn
Click My Events on the bottom right
Find The Brainiacs event on the calendar - click it and choose Shop for Event!
Check out the different warmers and scents... MMMMM! :)
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THANK YOU! Please ask ANY questions - and invite all your friends!!!!



If you would like to donate directly to our team, please visit our team website at: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/brainiacs

Guess what? Serry's officially in REMISSION. I am SO excited.

See her blog here: www.serrylee.blogspot.com

Please go donate to Relay for Life, too. The goal of The American Cancer Society (who does Relay for Life) is to ERADICATE CANCER. Will you help END it? http://main.acsevents.org/goto/emilyshill

"God always answers prayers.
Sometimes He says 'YES.'
Sometimes He says 'No.'

Most of the time He says, ' Are you CRAZY?!? I've got something way better!'"

I found this on my friend Ruhiyyih's blog. Perhaps I'm the only one who doesn't know this song (I mean, it IS Hillsong), but she described it well... she said that the song "has been rocking my world as I put one foot in front of the other." Well spoken, Ru.

Listen and have your world rocked, too.

Just a quick post on here. I want to wish you all the best this Easter. I just got back from church (I go to the Connexion service (saturday nights) at Faith Assembly of Lacey--join me!) and have been reminded again and again how POWERFUL and AMAZING Jesus' life, death, and LIFE AGAIN are.

Praise You King of Kings! You are risen, INDEED!

Sunday night I went to an event at my church called Small Group Link. At the Link, small groups and small group leaders are able to share about their groups, allowing people looking for a small group to find a home--somewhere they feel connected to... either for a few weeks or many years. It's an excellent idea (in my opinion) and wish more people took advantage of it. I have never needed a small group as much as I have needed mine while dealing with Serry's cancer.

While we're there, we answer 4 different questions at our tables... some silly, some pretty serious. The last question of the night really struck me--mostly because, for the first time in my life, I didn't have an immediate answer for it. I can't remember the exact wording, but basically it asked, "What area of your life do you want God to help you grow in spiritually this year?"

Normally, I'd have an answer (or five!) right at the tip of my tongue. But Sunday? Nothing. One of my small group members laughed and said, "If you make it through this cancer business surviving and keeping faith, you've grown right there!"

It disturbed me, though... No goals? Nothing I'm working on? Pushing for? Even as I started typing this, I felt discouraged... how can I not have something specific I'm growing in spiritually?? But you know what? I think Clara may have had something right in her comment. See... last January, as you know, I started reading my Bible every day. Today is day 460-something of reading. What God began to teach me and how he grew me last winter, spring, and summer, has pulled me through this past fall and winter, and now into spring. Simplicity of faith is making me stronger. I hurt daily more than I could ever have imagined. But daily I read stories of miracles, of faith, of failure. Tradition, change, love. Stories that encourage, stories that make me weep. Stories of TRUTH.

The TRUTH of God's love and faithfulness to us is so unimaginable... and so simple. Daily. In every breath, in every blink, in every laugh and tear... It is. HE IS. He is the I AM. This hasn't changed, and it never will.

I still don't have a specific answer to the question. But I'm comfortable with that. I AM is holding me tightly and securely and HE is growing me how He wants me to grow.