Saturday, January 27, 2007

All About Me

ENFP - "Journalist". Uncanny sense of the motivations of others. Life is an exciting drama. 8.1% of total population.
Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)


My SisterinLaw Vicky posted this personality test on her page (which is listed to the right). I have taken it before and came out very different, but for today, I am a journalist! Go me!

Thursday, January 25, 2007

September Wyoming Adventure

So in keeping with my tradition of not writing about my life until ridiculously after the fact, here are some picture from Emily and My Wyoming trip. We went with my parents to Jackson Hole Wyoming and the Grand Tetons in September.









We had awesome lattes....
















We were rained and snowed upon....


















We saw a bull moose up close and personal... "hey Bullwinkle..."















We hung out with my parents....




















We saw beautiful mountains....














I loved being in the Mountains... which I love so much... with Emily... who I love so much




It was a really fun time. We also visited yellowstone national park. I really enjoyed the trip.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Francis is the cutest...

Ok... here is a picture from the day we got Francis. Hard to believe that she is 3 now.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Peeps... One is a lonely Number.

It is really easy to ignore people what we do not know. In our culture we walk right by thousands of people each week with no intention of getting to know them. They are more like background images to our day than they are living breathing people. The same thing is true in the church; we ignore the people we do not know. They are scary... intimidating... sometimes they seem unworthy... or even unnecessary to us if we already have friends.
One really easy way to communicate value is to listen. When I listen to someone, I communicate that they are significant enough as a person to deserve my attention. If I do not listen then, it communicates that they are not important enough to merit my attention. If I care enough to listen, people will know they matter.
The Bible tells us that people really matter to God. He created them all. He wants them to be loved and accepted, especially in his Church. Even though he is God, he listens to anyone who wants to talk to him about their hopes and fears. His willingness to care and listen demonstrate his love. Likewise, our willingness to listen and care for people also communicates how much we think people are worth. Even when we don’t think about it, how we treat people tells them how valuable we think they are.