Bedtime Thoughts

Wow that Thanksgiving break went by so fast I could hardly call it a break! Saturday night I hung out with the friends who dropped me off from IHOP at my house. My mom welcomed us home with homemade pizza and other delicious things! It was great to just sit down at a table and actually have a meal with people around. Im usually on the go or at my house eating in the kitchen when no one is there. Sunday I joined my mom and we went to Bethany Church in Bloomington, MN which I had attended for the past year while a student at Bethany College of Missions. I saw some of my close friends from last year! Monday I had the opportunity to help out at the King's Banquet which is where many ministries join together to help put on a banquet for the homeless or anyone they find on the streets. It's based off the parable in Luke 14.

I asked those in charge if I could serve by playing piano during the meal, to set the atmosphere. It was really fun because I got to play on the stage of Club 3 Degrees, over the years I have been to many shows there and it was finally my turn to play :) Tuesday I had the opportunity to visit with my awesome godfather over a meal at Olive garden. Following that I went to savers and had a blast looking for christmas gifts all for very low prices! Thank the Lord for thrift stores!

Wednsday I hung out with my sister and Dad down in bloomington! Thursday I had a wonderful thanksgiving meal at my cousins house and even got to skype with my cousine Jacqui who is currently living in Denmark! That night I had one of my friends from college , who is like my big brother, come over to the house and hang out with my mom, sister and I! Friday I had the opportunity to lead worship at an IHOPU Awakening service at my friends ministry called, "Generation Revival". I was nervous because we hardly got to practice but the power of God fell during that meeting and people were set free and healed! Also we were all filled with the Joy of the Lord! The spirit kept moving even past the time the meeting was scheduled to be over! It was quite the late night!

Saturday I joined my mom and Grandma at Olive garden, found a wonderful planner to help me keep my life in order this next semester. I met with my dear friend Emily and her fiance to run through logistics about her wedding this next Saturday. I am organizing a live Jazz band for her reception! After the meeting I had three dear friends come over and help my mom and I make chocolate dipped pretzel rods along with other assorted goodies as a part of my baking buisness down here at IHOP. They were so amazing that they stayed and worked with us till 2am!

Sunday we finally left home in MN and made it back to Kansas City around 8:20pm!

I had such a wonderful time, though I can't say much more because my eyes are so tired because I am almost sleeping!

In my next post I hope to fill you all in about my Ministry trip i recently went on to California!

-Julia

Home again, jiggity jig!

This post has been a long time coming. Due to my schedule at IHOPU these past few weeks ( in California for a ministry trip) I have wanted to write many times but have not found the time to do so. I am finally home for thanksgiving break and it feels wonderful! Our drive up yesterday from Kansas City was fantastically fast!! (We only stopped once in 8hrs). One of my friends surprised his family yesterday telling them over these past months that he would not be able to come home for the thanksgiving break. Imagine their surprise when they found him outside their door :) It was a wonderful thing to see a mom who missed her son scream because she couldn't believe her son was actually before her eyes!

My family knew I was coming, so when my sister finally got home from work last night she dropped everything and ran to greet me. After getting hit in the face by her body we continuedto goof off as we talked with her

boyfriend in Seattle. It was a good time. Upon my arrival with friends to my home my mom made us handmade pizza and brownies! What a wonderful mom I have! It is so great to be home and I can't wait to let you all in on the goings on in my life these past few months!

Keep your eyes peeled...like a banana!! haha seriously though keep watching for more posts!