Making Rummaging Possible...

On Saturday FBC Norco was having a rummage sale to raise money for the mad amounts of people heading out into the ends of the earth to tell the good news, the news of the gospel. The amount of money needing to be raised is intense, but there is faith, and willing hearts, and there are also good ideas for fund raising. This rummage sale was one of those good ideas. Setting up for the rummage sale turned out to be quite a task. No one was expecting the large amount of items donated!! It was crazy!!! Everyone kept saying it over and over, "i never imagined we'd get so much stuff!" It really got everyone excited, but as the afternoon wore on, we started realizing how much there was to do!!! Thanks to the work of resourceful and organized people, everything was done and sorted and priced (we even managed to attract some early shoppers while set up was going on) and we had some very brave men holding down the fort through the night protecting our treasure cove. It really was fun working with my very cool church family on such a fun event. It was a lot of work but i'm sure we'll all agree that we are united in hearts and desires to set God on display through the extraordinary and mundane.  Here are some pictures of all the stuff we had to sort through. 

at first, this was incredibly overwhelming!!! so many clothes!!!! but soo cool! 

sure enough, little sorted piles starting popping up.. it was on it's way! 

everyone was trying to organize all the items to make it easier to look through

i thought it looked pretty dang cool!! 

The Lone Roadtripper.

During spring break I drove home to see my family. I only drove because I waited too long to buy a cheap flight. As much as I love to travel, I do not enjoy driving, but my family is sooo worth the drive. So I hopped in the car, armed with a full tank of gas and snacks and my ipod on shuffle and made the dreaded drive. Driving for seven hours alone on the 5 gives you a lot of time to think and sing and find ways of entertaining yourself, safely of course. So after doing my thinking, and always doing my singin, i started snapping random pictures (while i kept my eyes on the road of course) so that I could see what I took when I got home. Here are some that turned out ok... oh and p.s. it was an amazing week at home. Saw some of my friends (shanny! i wanted to see you and brooke!), hung out at home, slept with my dog at the foot of my bed. couldn't have asked for a better spring break.

My survival necessities. 

all alone. no sign of life. just me and the road. 

The beautiful sunset... I really like this one. 

a lot of times... i was bored. just me. da da da. 

I  LOVE cruise control! love. it. 

AHH. almost home!!! yesss! 

i was determined to not stop my shuffle the entire trip. I listened to 146 songs (maybe skipped a few songs). and ended with the ever amazing Diana Krall

Dance crew... again.. still so good!

I had earlier posted about this dance crew that continually blew my mind... and then the video got pulled from you tube. so sad... this is another clip of that same group on the same night as the previous video (which if i ever find again i'll post it) . I like the other one better, but this one is still pretty dang good. Amazing athleticism, incredible how in sync these guys are. My favorite part...watch what the guy sitting indian style does at the end... pretty sure I sat there with my mouth hanging open for a while when i first saw this. (p.s. there are a few "micheal jackson" grab moves in the middle of the video. Just a warning.)

Oh yes. It's finally wednesday! bible study night.

Upon entering the Murray home on a Wednesday night you will encounter a few things; shoes of various sizes and colors at the entrance of the house, maybe some snacks on the coffee table (tonight was birthday cake.. yum!), babies running free giggling and tumbling out newly learned words that in turn make you giggle, and a group of people sitting around thoroughly enjoying each other's company as we examine and learn deeper truths about this phenomenal God that so incredibly grants us undeserved love in the most peculiar of ways. Wednesday nights are one of my favorite nights of the week, right behind Sundays. When I miss it, I really feel the void in my week, especially when I miss it for something as silly as being tired! I was really excited this week because I haven't been to bible study in what feels like an eternity. Tonight was a reminder of how important it is to engage in the pursuit of this extraordinary gift that God offers to man, the gift of reconciliation, the gift of love, faith and hope and how moments like this bible study, this time of accountability and fellowship on Wednesday nights is an important factor to that. I am truly blessed to be involved with such an amazing group, and I very confidently suspect that anyone that is involved with a small group from Norco would feel the same way about their group. On a much more energetic and youthful note, A wonderful element of this small group is having babies around, specifically Jackson and Hannah. These two are a riot and give us LOTS comedic relief throughout the evening. Tonight was particularly funny as Hannah decided to show off her dancing skills. Let me tell you, this little one was born with some rhythm and soul, even though Brett says he has no idea where that came from, I'm pretty sure he's secretly a dancer and has never told anyone... here's a little moment that I caught on video of Hannah putting on a show. And yes, she's on the table.. HAHA!

Dance Crew...so good!

These guys blew me away last week. The only good thing that MTV has to offer.. so cool. my favorite highlights... the headspin on top of the piano that speeds up and slows down in sync with the rest of the guys, the gnarly back bend, and towards the end the back tuck that sails over two guys.. incredible!