fun and fasting

tink has been coming up with some funny things lately. after finding out that your teeth get wiggly and fall out she has decided that hers are ready to do the same. so she is constantly checking her teeth and telling me they are wiggly, when i tell her that they are not she runs to the bathroom and looks in the mirror to see i there are any missing...which she insists that they are! she is too funny!

she is also way into playing 'high school'...which i believe is priscilla's influence. i am not sure what 'high school' entails, but i will find out!

in other news, we are 3 days away from the end of our fast! (yea!!) my original fasting plan did not quite go as planned. i lasted 2 days on the detox drink...i could not get off of the couch due to a horrible headache. so, i switched to daniel fast and did that until sunday. on sunday, andre and i started daniel fast, but only dinner. thursday i started a 4 day juice/water fast. i am looking forward to eating again!
we are already seeing fruit from our sacrifice and know that god is going to do so much more! i was getting headaches daily, and have not had one in 20 days! and andre has had some jobs come through that we asked specifically for! i know that i will continue to testify all year long.

so i never ceased to be amazed at how helpful god is.
one of my main (daily)prayers is that i would have wisdom to raise my kids. i think i am doing good so far....
lately, i have been asking god to help with beginning to teach alexa about god. so i have gotten all of these great ideas
* a prayer wall...it is so awesome!
* memorizing scripture
* doing devotions
* spontaneous prayer and thanksgiving
* praise!
these categories are broad and there is so much to do with each of them.
i am so excited to see god working in her even at this young age.

kids

so, i always wanted to be a teacher...for as long as i could remember...there was no doubt in my mind that was what i was going to do with my life...fast forward 5 years or so...
before having alexa i was pretty involved in children's church. well that passion (and boy did i have it)kinda got put on the backburner...evenmore so when joss was born. but that was ok for that season.
a few months ago i really felt the lord tellng me that i needed to get back involved. i didn't really have it in me to do, but i did it. then god birthed in me a whole new, fresh vision for what HE wanted to do in our kids.
at home, the lord has really been showing me great, practical ways to teach alexa. it is so awesome to see her esponding and understanding. silly stuff like singing, praising and dancing around the house...but that is not what i was writing about.
i know that in order for our kids to choose god and not need to run to the world they need to have real experiences with him. that is what we want for our children.
so, talking to aother parent at church and telling her about my getting back involved she had a lot to say. she had jsut been at a conference and it was amazing. a little girl at our church (9yrs) had a vision and she shared it church 1 morning and the place was in tears. she shared all about the conerence and so the burning began.
then i watched jesus camp...if you haven't seen it, get it. it is awesome! i was in tears. i just sat there and prayed and asked god to use me to usher in that kind of annointing to our kids. but wait....am i prepared to be challenged? am i prepared to change my whole way of thinking? YES GOD!!!!
we got some great curriculum and teachers. andre and i taught the other week and it was awesome. we are teaching about how to hear god's voice. at the end, we put on some jason upton and prayed over the kids...god was speaking...the holy spirit was definitely praying through us. when we were finished we asked the kids what god spoke and about 5 of them shared. it was awesome!
i am so full of expectation at what god wants to do.
we are to train our children to be part of the army of god...not whimpy christians. we want our kids to be holy ghost kids that turn their generation upside down.
i will keep you posted on all that god does!
i don't know about you...but i am excited!

testifying

so, we have always prayed with and over alexa. as a baby, i she'd have a crying fit we'd speak in tongues and she would chill. she has been in the presence of god (both in utero and post birth) so much! a month or so ago she was really not obeying and it was so frustrating. i asked god what to do and i felt him tell me that 1 i needed to consistently read the bible and pray with her and 2 to write out rules so she knew exactly was expected of her. we did it and her attitude really changed.
leza ( a lady from our church) gave alexa a flag to worship with at church. she loves it and dances all around with mimi. she closes her eyes and yells hallelujah!
i was reading with her yesterday and we were reading about god wanting her heart. she really seemed to 'get it' and said, 'jesus wants my heart, mommy's heart, daddy's heart, jossy's heart'. i told her she was right. we talked about it again when andre got home. so, this morning we were doing our devotions and and she kept saying, 'jesus in my heart' over and over. so i asked her i she wanted to ask jesus in her heart and she said yes. so i explained a few words like forgive, save, etc. she repeated the sinner's prayer and is saved! after we prayed she said, jesus in my heart. so awesome. next we are going to get her filled with the holy spirit. i know that she is little, but i beleive that she made a decision that she wanted jesus....we have created an environment in our home (and lives) that she can understand who jesus is. wait till i post about her prophesying!