Is it really already Sunday?  This week has flown by.  I didn’t do a Sunday night summary last week, so I’ll begin with last Sunday:

***Unbelievable day at Elevation.  That whole day probably deserves a post in and of itself, but my highlights are the baptisms and attending the live recording of the worship team’s second cd. I’ve never witnessed a group of baptisms and I found that it was very emotional for me.  Three of the volunteers in Quest got baptized - Christine, Jacque and Katie – so it made it personal to see three friends get dunked!  I was even moved by some of the strangers.  You could see their excitement…their tears…their history.  All being cleansed in that moment.  This story and this story were especially emotional for me.  I guess because they involve children – and c’mon, is there really a dry eye when a daddy gets to baptize his own little girl?  Now that I get the importance of being baptized, I will cherish the day that my children decide to take that step of obedience in their walk with Christ.   Congratulations to all of the baptizees last week! 

***Momtourage on Monday.  What a lovely group of ladies I get to spend every other Monday with.  I laughed very hard, thought very deep and have already changed some things about myself.  My husband doesn’t know all of the Momtourage ladies, but he’s already very grateful for them!  An added bonus was dinner with Jess before Momtourage!  Milligan College …really?!?  Who would have ever thunk it?!? 

***Tuesday was devoted to a string of EKidz meetings.  Another group of wonderful people!  And a wonderful ministry area, too.  I have found a passion in working with the preschoolers at church ~ another added bonus for me is that I have made some beautiful friendships with people that share that same passion.

***Wednesday – Friday were somewhat uneventful.  Sophie has fallen passionately in love with The Little Mermaid.  She will, at any request, stop what she is doing and sing you The Little Mermaid song if you ask her.  She is also passionately in love with her new tutu.  She wears it everywhere.  I’m shocked we got her out the door for church this morning without it on!  So. Dang. Cute.   Whit is at a stage where he wants to know how to spell everything.  How do you spell stop?  How do you spell word?  How do you spell dinosaur?  How do you spell Tyrannosaurus Rex?  I love to stretch his mind and help him learn things..but the thing is…my brain doesn’t have a spell check.  And although I’m very anal about spelling words correctly, sometimes you just can’t spell Tyrannosaurus Rex without a spell check!

***Saturday I hired Whit and Sophie’s first babysitter.  We have alot of family in town – as well as friends with children that will watch our kids without us having to pay them.  (Grandparents will do it anytime and we can return the favor to friends!)  Kemp and I overlapped some plans and we needed someone to watch the kids for about 2 hours.  So…I called “my cousin” Paige to see if her daughter, Jessi, was available.  She was!  She came over.  The kids loved her.  I think she loved the kids.  So….now we have someone we can call on a regular basis if needed!  Neat historical chain:  Paige used to babysit Kemp when he was little.  Jessi was a flower girl at our wedding.  Now she’s babysitting our kids.  Neat, huh?!?

***The reason I needed to be away on Saturday was for AMPLIFY.  Great day.  Once again, with a group of great people.  Elevation’s Family Pastor, Phillip McCart did a phenomenal job speaking to all of the Family Ministry’s volunteers.  Phillip’s passion for his ministry is so palpable – I don’t think there was an untouched heart in the room.  Way to go, Team Orange!

***Which brings us back to Sunday – today.  Another great day at Elevation!  I missed the sermon, which I will catch on the Internet, but the volunteer push last week granted us with six new volunteers in Quest at Butler!!  Three for the 1st worship experience – three for the second.  I’m thrilled, to say the least.  Beautiful weather today.  Leftover Elliot’s BBQ for lunch.  Excellent company and baked ziti at small group tonight.  Overall, an  exceptional week.  God is good.