HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM!!!!

Today is Tom's 39th birthday!! We are so blessed to have him as a Daddy, husband, best friend and spiritual leader of our home. Sometimes he's quiet, but sometimes he is a riot! He makes us laugh - he keeps us protected - he makes us laugh - he encourages us to do our best - he makes us laugh - he loves us even when we may not be so lovable. We thank God for him everyday!!

Happy Labor Day, MeMa!! Thank you to MeMa and PaPa for raising a wonderful man that we are blessed to call - Daddy!

Tom and the kids at MeMa & PaPa's for a birthday celebration that we had a couple of weeks ago (because of Tom's work schedule).

Happy 39th Birthday, Tom!!!! We love you bunches!!!!

30-Hour Famine

The Youth Group that Wooten goes to on Wednesday nights at First Free Will Baptist Church is participating in the 30-Hour Famine again this year. You can read the post from last year here.

This is an amazing opportunity to raise awareness about hunger in our world. Last year's statistics were that 26,000 children under the age of 5 die each day from preventable causes (hunger, poverty and disease). This year's statistics are down to 25,000 a day. That is still 25,000 too many.

For more information about the 30-Hour Famine go to http://www.30hourfamine.org/.

As we have seen from the coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, there are people in need. We can help - first and foremost by praying! The prayer of a righteous man avails much. As I explained to my children - as big and bad as the earthquake was - God is bigger!! No situation is too big for Him! We have heard some of the miraculous stories let us not forget Who is in control.

Faith Keeps Woman Safe in Attempted Robbery

Click on the title below to read the story and see the video - truly AWESOME!
Faith Keeps Woman Safe in Attempted Robbery

Silver Ring Thing

What is the Silver Ring Thing read more here. The youth group at our church is taking part in this curriculum. It has opened up conversations in our home. So many people are scared to have "the talk" with their children, but (as stated in the video the parents of the youth saw today) if we don't tell them someone else will. I want my children to know the truth - God's truth about sex. We are an open family - we have told the kids if they have any questions they can ask us.

Purity is something they have heard about before - thank you, Jonas Brothers. The Jonas Brothers have been very open and honest about wearing their purity rings and what it means to them. They were picked on in the media for their stand for purity. What is up with our society? Making fun of teens who have decided to save themselves until marriage.

Here are some statistics from Next Equipping Parents to Lead... Inspiring a Generation to Wait (a parent resource from Silver Ring Thing). These statistics are "based on a national research and analysis report published in 2005 by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

• Nearly half of all high school students (9th through 12th grade) are sexually active
• Approximately one-third of young women get pregnant before age 20.
• Around 10 percent of girls and boys have sex before turning 14.
• Eighteen percent of high school boys and 11 percent of high school girls have had four or more sexual partners by the time they graduate.
• Approximately one in four sexually active teens contracts an STD every year.
• An estimated half of all new HIV infections occur in people under the age of 25.
• Nearly one in four high school students claim they feel pressured to have sex.
• One in four teen report that they "did something sexually they did not really want to do" as a result of feeling pressured.
• One in ten high school students reveal they have been forced to have sex against their will at some point."

Pretty alarming - right? What if these teens had parents, family members and church youth leaders that were willing to talk to them about purity instead of contraception? We can not bury our heads in the sand or turn a deaf ear -

I thank God for our head youth leader, Pamela, the other youth leaders and our church body who are helping and supporting us and our children along this journey of purity. Thank you to our families for praying for Wooten and the youth group.

Happy Birthday, Mama!

Today is my mama's birthday (Elvis was born on this day also). We will be celebrating tomorrow night with a family dinner complete with cake and ice cream (what really makes it complete is the fact that Nana will be with her three children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, five grandchildren and her honey).
Happy Birthday, Mama! (Mama & Mr. Bobby - Christmas at Aunt Vicky and Uncle Paul's house)

He won't relent

Be sure to pause the music on my playlist (on the left hand side) before you listen to the video below. We sang this song at church Sunday night.

I get glory bumps every time I hear it (glory bumps not chill or goose bumps.) What are glory bumps you may ask? Mrs. Ethel (a sweet, Jesus loving, spiritual mother from church) would correct anybody if they said something spiritual gave them goose bumps. She said they are glory bumps.

You have had them before - you may have called them the wrong thing, but I'm sure you have experienced them. You hear a song, see a worship dance, hear a word of confirmation, a sermon and you feel chills go through you and there they are the bumps. Your spirit has been touched by God's truth - His Glory. Your spirit is so overcome with His Glory that your physical body can not contain it.
Take notice the next time they appear....

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Kim Walker and Chris Quilala - You won't relent
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