Day 169 and Fundraiser at Chick-fil-A

We've blogged about Jen Bacak and Meredith Gilbert and their advocacy of Compassion International before, but it's worthy cause to blog about again. The Lord has been really pressing on Bailey and me the importance of using the blessings He has given us to bless others. This organization and fundraiser allows us do to just that. In a nutshell, this is what the organization is all about:

Compassion International exists as a Christian child advocacy ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enables them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.

Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training.

Today, Compassion helps more than 1 million children in 25 countries.
(http://www.compassion.com/about/aboutus.htm)

Jen started a fundraiser in town called Run for Compassion that is taking place here in College Station on April 10th. In an effort to help these lovely ladies raise money for the event, many of the members of New Life and the community ate dinner Chick-fil-A and turned our receipts, so that part of the profits would go towards the Run. What a fun night of making new friends and hanging out with old ones!

Day 168 and Head Wraps

Friday, March 26, 2010

We wear these head wraps every time we wash our hair. Both were gifts from our grandmothers. I walk into the living room most mornings to find Bailey sitting on the couch reading her Bible with a cup of coffee, wearing her white wrap. She is usually greeted by a groggy "good morning" from me, with my wet hair all bundled up in this handy purple wrap. It was only a matter of time before they made their way into our project. After this picture Bailey asked, "Remember when we used to care about how we looked in these pictures?" Haha I guess it shows how much we've grown to care less about what is on the outside and more about what our hearts look like on the inside. Though I should clarify that I am in no way saying that this photo represents how we are trying to beautify our insides... haha
This is us. Just as we are. :)

Day 167 and Our "Steel Magnolias" Picture

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Dara and Macie came over Thursday to discuss plans for their Aggie Ring party coming up in April. Of course we started talking about wedding details, which somehow led to quoting Steel Magnolias.

Shelby: My culahs are blush and bashful.
M'lynn: Your culahs are pink and pink.

This was us pretending to pose like we were having a Truvy's Beauty Shop conversation. (But we were really laughing at Macie.) During our conversation, we decided that Bailey can be Shelby, I can M'lynn, Macie is Clairee, and Dara is Weezer. Haha just kidding. I don't know how well we fit these characters, but it was a fun picture to take; it has a movie still shot look to it doesn't it?
Love you girls!

Day 166 and Living Hope Lord's Supper

Wednesday, March 24, 2010New Life is a sister church to Living Hope Baptist and New Life Bryan. All three churches met last night to partake in the Lord's Supper as a family of believers, and then listen to testimonies of various people who participated in mission trips over Spring Break. We sat next to our good friend, Michelle in the very crowded sanctuary. Thank you Ashley for taking this picture, next time you'll have to be in it!

Day 165 and Enjoying the New Season

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2: 11-12

These verses are probably taken out of context, but when winter turns to spring and flowers burst from the ground and blossom from the trees, I want to sing and dance, and enjoy the warmth of the new season.

Day 164 and DeFacebooking

Sunday, March 22, 2010 I thought about getting rid of my facebook back in January... but felt that was a bit drastic. A lot of communication goes on in the facebook world and I didn't want to be completely cut off. However, I did log on less and stopped facebook chat altogether. Then Bailey began to hate the "false sense of community" that she was beginning to develop through this social network. School work gets avoided because of this tricky site, and phone calls are dismissed because it's easier to write on a person's wall.
So we decided to do something drastic without completely closing our accounts. We made up passwords for each other so that we can only log in if we ask the other person to type in the password for us. No more mindless hours staring at a screen full of news feeds, status, updates, etc... And guess what? It's freeing, the world moves on without facebook, and it's great!

Day 163 and "Say Yes to the Dress"

Jessie finally made the trip to East Texas to my hometown. This trip had a special purpose....wedding dress shopping, and we meant business. My mom, Abbey, Jessie, and Macie all joined me on my quest for the dress.

We finally found it at Brides and Belles in Tyler and it is beautiful! Jo-Ann (the owner of the store), made it such a wonderful experience as she patiently waited on me. I can't wait until January 8th to actually get to wear it!