Month: October 2008

Testing things out

I’ve installed a new wordpress plugin called “wp-o-matic” it allows me to share an item from Google Reader, share a quick note about why I found an article interesting enough to share, then posts it to my blog.  It seems to have a few quirks to it, so bare with me if something odd happens and you see strange articles that look like their written by me, but are not.  🙂

Update: The even cooler thing that this little plugin lets me do is “merge” any web feeed out there (such as my photo blog on blogger) into this site, now it’s as simple as sending my mobile posts straight to blogger as I use to and they are posted on here within 30 min – so much better than the hokey, half baked, almost never worked work arounds I tried before.

My Baby, Emma

Shared by TravisM

My wife, Alexis, posted some pictures of Emma from our trip, she did amazingly well during our two week trip, she probably got more sleep and rest than any of us and didn’t complain either!




My baby is cutier than your baby. Period.

Neglect

I have so neglected this blog since preparing for the trip, being on the trip, and attempting to re-enter post-trip.  I have a lot going on in my mind, so I have a lot to write, but I have been pretty tired and not-motivated to write.  I’ve got to get back on a normal schedule and include some time to write!

Being real

A while back I wrote about how much I loathe the fund raising process, the ups and downs, the stress, and everything else that goes along with something based on faith.  Still, I have a philosophy about my Christian walk that I believe is important, and it’s being real.  While it may have a whiny tone, it may be jaded at times, I find it freeing to express myself (without slandering, hurting, or otherwise giving bad connotations about others), my doubts, my concerns, my opinions, and in this I find blessing from God.  I find that my relationship is something based communication and love, not just “knowledge”, pat answers, and “should haves”.

I believe too that because of this, this creates a relationship with God that I feel is real.  I am always aware of his voice, because I’m always telling him things, and hearing back how (at times) rediculous I am in my rantings.  Yet, it’s always a fatherly kind of thing (and sometimes motherly, in fact).

So what’s the result of all this?  Amazing trust, and a God who never fails to build my faith in Him.  Over the past 24 hours we have recieved four donations to our trip (which we leave on Saturday for) totaling, get this, $1,950!  I know it’s because I keep putting my faith where it belongs, even though my mind doubts, God knows our weaknesses, and He knows our stregnths, and he works in both!  Amen?  YES.