If anyone out there is looking for a great book to read, I HIGHLY recommend What in the World is going on? by Dr. David Jeremiah. He goes in depth into 10 prophetic clues from the Bible and explains how they are coming true in our world today. It's pretty amazing. Sometimes we live in our own little box and never realize what is happening in the world around us. Of course the media is never going to tell us half of what is really going on, but this book does. You may not believe one word of the Bible, but you can't ignore the prophecies that have already come true and the ones that are playing out right before our very eyes. Dr. Jeremiah goes into great detail describing Israel's connection (God help us if we ever turn our back on them), the oil crisis connection, Islam, the Rapture, the anti-Christ and all kinds of other amazing things that were foretold hundreds of years ago. Even if you aren't convinced of the spiritual implications behind the prophecies, you will be enlightened about some serious things that are happening in our world.
I read this part last night and just have to share it with you:
God sounded the warnings loud and clear. They have come through His prophets in the Old Testament, through New Testament writers, and even through Jesus Himself. The firestorm is coming in the form of seven years of tribulation, when no Christian influence will temper the evil that will plunge the earth into a cauldron of misery and devastation. But you can avoid the destruction and be evacuated. You can enter your name on the list of those who will hear the trumpet call of the Rapture by turning to Christ and beginning to live the pure and holy life that characterizes those who will enter heaven. As the apostle John wrote: "But there shall by no means enter it [the heavenly kingdom of God] anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life" (Revelation 21:27)
If your name is not in that book, when the Rapture occurs you will be left behind to experience horrors worse than anything the world has yet seen. I hope you will not wait another day; turn to Jesus Christ now, before it is too late, and become one of those who will hear His call on that great and terrible day.
READ THIS BOOK, you won't regret it, I promise!! :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
2009
Kyle and I are collaborating on this post because God has blessed us, protected us, challenged us, graced us and even humored us so much this year! There are a ton more things we could write on this list, but these are the big ones. We want to write it all down so we can look back years from now and see how far we have come. We want our future children to see and know their heritage in the Lord.
"Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren." - Deuteronomy 4:9
"We must not hide them from their children, but must tell a future generation the praises of the LORD, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed." - Psalm 78:4
In 2009 we celebrated our 1st anniversary and we were able to buy our first house. God protected our jobs in the economic crisis and Kyle even got an unexpected promotion and a raise.
We were able to spend a whole lot of time with family this year. We got to see Kyle's grandparents at the beginning of the year, we spent July 4th in Atlanta with some of Lindsey's family, we celebrated her Dad's 50th birthday, welcomed lots of healthy babies into our family, spent Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach with the Fescoe's, we got to see both sides of our families at Christmas.
God protected our health this year and kept us safe.
We were able to celebrate two amazing miracles: The healing of a hurting cousin and a sweet friend's pregnancy.
2009 was an overall wonderful and happy year for us. We know there are always ups and downs in life and at some point we will find ourselves in a rough season. However, right now we are praising God for a year full of blessings and celebrations!
Happy New Year and we pray that God blesses you and keeps you all safe in 2010!!
We love you all!
Kyle and Lindsey
"Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don't forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don't slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren." - Deuteronomy 4:9
"We must not hide them from their children, but must tell a future generation the praises of the LORD, His might, and the wonderful works He has performed." - Psalm 78:4
In 2009 we celebrated our 1st anniversary and we were able to buy our first house. God protected our jobs in the economic crisis and Kyle even got an unexpected promotion and a raise.
We were able to spend a whole lot of time with family this year. We got to see Kyle's grandparents at the beginning of the year, we spent July 4th in Atlanta with some of Lindsey's family, we celebrated her Dad's 50th birthday, welcomed lots of healthy babies into our family, spent Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach with the Fescoe's, we got to see both sides of our families at Christmas.
God protected our health this year and kept us safe.
We were able to celebrate two amazing miracles: The healing of a hurting cousin and a sweet friend's pregnancy.
2009 was an overall wonderful and happy year for us. We know there are always ups and downs in life and at some point we will find ourselves in a rough season. However, right now we are praising God for a year full of blessings and celebrations!
Happy New Year and we pray that God blesses you and keeps you all safe in 2010!!
We love you all!
Kyle and Lindsey
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Celebrating Christ!!
Not that I don't celebrate the birth of Christ all year, but it's so special to have a day where I can ponder this miracle. God, became man, and died for me so I can live with Him eternally. wow. Pretty spectacular.
Kyle and I spent Christmas Eve and Day with my family. It's becoming a Simmons tradition for my Daddy to cook a standing rib roast for Christmas lunch. And if I have anything to say about it, I think it is a fabulous tradition. He promptly ushered each new guest over to the oven and showed off his hunk of sizzling meat to everyone as they walked in the door that morning. My grandparents and aunt and uncle came over to join us Christmas day. I attempted to make a white chocolate cheese cake for dessert and it turned out perfect. I was so proud of myself, hehe. It was so nice to have everyone together. We played games and ate and ate and ate and ate.... it had to end a little early for us since I had to work very early the next morning but it was such a great day.
Then after I finally got off work on Saturday we headed to Jacksonville to see Kyle's family. It was a treat to get to see John, Diane and Savannah too!!! We did a lot of good eating at the Fescoe's house too. The homemade ravioli and egg plant rollatini were amazing!!! It was a very nice and relaxing time, I'm so glad my work schedule worked out so we could stay a few days.
Kyle is enjoying his last few days off of work. It has been a very nice 2 week break for him. He has done everything on his honey-do list ;)
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Eric(Lesley's boyfriend), Lesley, Leah, Me and Kyle
Kyle and I spent Christmas Eve and Day with my family. It's becoming a Simmons tradition for my Daddy to cook a standing rib roast for Christmas lunch. And if I have anything to say about it, I think it is a fabulous tradition. He promptly ushered each new guest over to the oven and showed off his hunk of sizzling meat to everyone as they walked in the door that morning. My grandparents and aunt and uncle came over to join us Christmas day. I attempted to make a white chocolate cheese cake for dessert and it turned out perfect. I was so proud of myself, hehe. It was so nice to have everyone together. We played games and ate and ate and ate and ate.... it had to end a little early for us since I had to work very early the next morning but it was such a great day.
Then after I finally got off work on Saturday we headed to Jacksonville to see Kyle's family. It was a treat to get to see John, Diane and Savannah too!!! We did a lot of good eating at the Fescoe's house too. The homemade ravioli and egg plant rollatini were amazing!!! It was a very nice and relaxing time, I'm so glad my work schedule worked out so we could stay a few days.
Kyle is enjoying his last few days off of work. It has been a very nice 2 week break for him. He has done everything on his honey-do list ;)
Happy New Year everyone!!!
Eric(Lesley's boyfriend), Lesley, Leah, Me and Kyle
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the year!!
We have been very busy with Christmas activities this past week or so!
We enjoyed our town Christmas parade last Sunday. To be such a small town it was quite a long parade. We decided there are about 100 dance studios around here, good grief, they took up at least half the parade. And my Jazzercise studio was in the parade but I decided not to participate because then you don't get to see the rest of the parade. Maybe next year. ;)
Saturday I went to two family Christmas events. Poor Kyle had to work and missed all the fun. The first visit was with my Grandfather's side of the family. That is a very small crowd, and getting smaller every year. It's actually kinda sad to see them all so sick and feeble. But it was still fun and we had a great BBQ meal, can't go wrong with that!
Then my Mom's side of the family had their Main Event at my aunt's house. The whole family was together for the first time in a long time. I have 15 cousins on that side of the family and all of them were there except three. And the cousins brought all their kids too. So there was almost 40 of us total crammed in the house. I love it!! It's crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way! There were three babies there under a year old so I was in heaven. I just went from one baby to the next, totally being a baby hog. hehe. It was so much fun!!
We have one more Christmas party to attend this Saturday and we are excited about that! The theme is "An International Christmas" so we are all bringing foods from around the world. We have it easy, we are doing Chinese!!
And the baking is starting this week as well!! I have a whole list of goodies to make this year, it's going to be yummy!!
Here are some of my favorite pics:
Mom and Dad
Me, Holly and Nevaeh
Lesley, Leah and Kooper(he was being a good listener during the story)
two sweet girls, Joli and Nevi
We enjoyed our town Christmas parade last Sunday. To be such a small town it was quite a long parade. We decided there are about 100 dance studios around here, good grief, they took up at least half the parade. And my Jazzercise studio was in the parade but I decided not to participate because then you don't get to see the rest of the parade. Maybe next year. ;)
Saturday I went to two family Christmas events. Poor Kyle had to work and missed all the fun. The first visit was with my Grandfather's side of the family. That is a very small crowd, and getting smaller every year. It's actually kinda sad to see them all so sick and feeble. But it was still fun and we had a great BBQ meal, can't go wrong with that!
Then my Mom's side of the family had their Main Event at my aunt's house. The whole family was together for the first time in a long time. I have 15 cousins on that side of the family and all of them were there except three. And the cousins brought all their kids too. So there was almost 40 of us total crammed in the house. I love it!! It's crazy but I wouldn't have it any other way! There were three babies there under a year old so I was in heaven. I just went from one baby to the next, totally being a baby hog. hehe. It was so much fun!!
We have one more Christmas party to attend this Saturday and we are excited about that! The theme is "An International Christmas" so we are all bringing foods from around the world. We have it easy, we are doing Chinese!!
And the baking is starting this week as well!! I have a whole list of goodies to make this year, it's going to be yummy!!
Here are some of my favorite pics:
Mom and Dad
Me, Holly and Nevaeh
Lesley, Leah and Kooper(he was being a good listener during the story)
two sweet girls, Joli and Nevi
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Just a bunch of randomness
- This is day 12 of a really bad head cold for me. I've never had a cold last this long so it's starting to get quite annoying. It's not the flu, it's not a sinus infection, it's just a mean nasty cold. At least I feel fine now, just dealing with the sneezing and runny nose. yuck. I'm one of those people who can be anti-medicine at times and prefer to just suffer through it but I did end up having to take Tylenol Cold this time.
- My work is requiring that all employees get the H1N1 vaccine or else we have to mask our entire shift even if we don't have a patient, from now until MAY. If we get caught without the mask, we lose our job. Not cool. I'm NOT getting the H1N1 nor did I get the regular flu shot. I don't want it. I will mask dang it. I do think it's completely ridiculous (and probably illegal) to force that on us and threaten our jobs, but whatever. I think this H1N1 is getting a little out of control, they are freaking out and it's quite annoying. They are not requiring the regular flu shot, so why require this? really? We are not a hospital, we are an out patient clinic. I'm not pregnant. (sorry if you had your hopes up) I don't have any other health issues that would put me at high risk. Therefore, I'm not getting the shot. I don't care what they say, doctors are half and half on this vaccine. Some say it's totally safe, some are not so sure. It's probably totally safe and all, I'd rather just not risk it. Thanks anyways.
- I accepted another part-time job this week at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Not that I remember it, but I was born at Rex Hospital! :) I will pick up a few hours every week as a PRN MRI tech. I will not start until February but I'm already excited about it. I will be learning a whole lot which is cool. I will have to learn new software first of all, Rex has Phillips MRI equipment and I only know how to operate Siemens and GE. Secondly, I will be learning how to do Breast MRI imaging!!!!! It's a pretty new technology and I'm so super pumped about it! The sad part is that all the breast patients we get will have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. That makes me sad but at the same time, this is such a cool technology and I will be helping them diagnose more specifically and help the doctors plan better and more accurate treatment. Awesome!! I will continue working at my current job, at least for a few more months. My hope is that I can start picking up more hours at the new job and kind of phase out of the current job. It's tiring driving so far to work everyday and I've not been too happy there lately anyway.
- We finally finished painting our dining room!!! We still need curtains and a new light and then I will post pics! :)
- We are going over to some friends' house tomorrow night for a Fondue Party. Anything dipped in chocolate or cheese is yum!!! I'm excited!! And I will be going with some girlfriends to a Tea Room on Saturday morning!! yay!! It'll be good for us to get out and do some fun stuff this weekend!
- I'm so anxious for Thanksgiving to get here, I can hardly stand it!!! I have been telling anyone who will listen about how excited I am about going to Myrtle Beach. Definitely one of the highlights of our year! :)
That's all I have for today... hope you're all having a great week!!
- My work is requiring that all employees get the H1N1 vaccine or else we have to mask our entire shift even if we don't have a patient, from now until MAY. If we get caught without the mask, we lose our job. Not cool. I'm NOT getting the H1N1 nor did I get the regular flu shot. I don't want it. I will mask dang it. I do think it's completely ridiculous (and probably illegal) to force that on us and threaten our jobs, but whatever. I think this H1N1 is getting a little out of control, they are freaking out and it's quite annoying. They are not requiring the regular flu shot, so why require this? really? We are not a hospital, we are an out patient clinic. I'm not pregnant. (sorry if you had your hopes up) I don't have any other health issues that would put me at high risk. Therefore, I'm not getting the shot. I don't care what they say, doctors are half and half on this vaccine. Some say it's totally safe, some are not so sure. It's probably totally safe and all, I'd rather just not risk it. Thanks anyways.
- I accepted another part-time job this week at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Not that I remember it, but I was born at Rex Hospital! :) I will pick up a few hours every week as a PRN MRI tech. I will not start until February but I'm already excited about it. I will be learning a whole lot which is cool. I will have to learn new software first of all, Rex has Phillips MRI equipment and I only know how to operate Siemens and GE. Secondly, I will be learning how to do Breast MRI imaging!!!!! It's a pretty new technology and I'm so super pumped about it! The sad part is that all the breast patients we get will have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. That makes me sad but at the same time, this is such a cool technology and I will be helping them diagnose more specifically and help the doctors plan better and more accurate treatment. Awesome!! I will continue working at my current job, at least for a few more months. My hope is that I can start picking up more hours at the new job and kind of phase out of the current job. It's tiring driving so far to work everyday and I've not been too happy there lately anyway.
- We finally finished painting our dining room!!! We still need curtains and a new light and then I will post pics! :)
- We are going over to some friends' house tomorrow night for a Fondue Party. Anything dipped in chocolate or cheese is yum!!! I'm excited!! And I will be going with some girlfriends to a Tea Room on Saturday morning!! yay!! It'll be good for us to get out and do some fun stuff this weekend!
- I'm so anxious for Thanksgiving to get here, I can hardly stand it!!! I have been telling anyone who will listen about how excited I am about going to Myrtle Beach. Definitely one of the highlights of our year! :)
That's all I have for today... hope you're all having a great week!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Celebrations!
We had a lot to celebrate this past weekend!
First of all, it was our last Upward game!! YAY!! It was a long and tiring season, but it was still good to step out and try something new. We are both glad we did it, but are very thankful for a break!
Coach Kyle and Coach Wes
Charger's football team huddle
My precious girls!
cheering at half-time
sitting on our buckets
We also had a great time at the NC State football game on Saturday! Dad F and Chad drove up and we all went to the game. We met up with Courtney and Heidi at halftime too. It's definitely been hard being a Wolfpack fan this season but they really stepped it up and played a great game! They finally got an ACC win against Maryland so it turned out to be an awesome game to go to!
16 days til Thanksgiving!!!
First of all, it was our last Upward game!! YAY!! It was a long and tiring season, but it was still good to step out and try something new. We are both glad we did it, but are very thankful for a break!
Coach Kyle and Coach Wes
Charger's football team huddle
My precious girls!
cheering at half-time
sitting on our buckets
We also had a great time at the NC State football game on Saturday! Dad F and Chad drove up and we all went to the game. We met up with Courtney and Heidi at halftime too. It's definitely been hard being a Wolfpack fan this season but they really stepped it up and played a great game! They finally got an ACC win against Maryland so it turned out to be an awesome game to go to!
16 days til Thanksgiving!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
23 days and counting!
Life still hasn't slowed down much at all for us. This is the last week of Upward and I am so glad it's almost over! It was taken so much of our time the last 3 months. We really need a break and we'll be so happy to sleep in on Saturday mornings again.
I had a really awesome birthday on the 24th! I got lots of special treatment for the whole week. We were actually still celebrating yesterday with my Grandparents who came up to take the whole family out to eat at Olive Garden... they have pumpkin cheesecake right now!!!!! I got lots of cool stuff too, that's what matters, hehe.
This past Saturday was just craziness. It was Parents Day at Upward so I was there first thing in the morning to help put up balloons and decorations in the rain. (Kyle conveniently had to work his Saturday that day) :) The rain eventually went away but it was still kinda miserable being outside the whole day. I was on the football fields from 8am-1pm then I had to walk across the parking lot to the other field where our church was having the Fall Festival. I had to volunteer with that for two more hours. There was over 150 families that came though so it was pretty successful. Then I came home took a shower and hit the coach for all of 10 minutes before I had to get ready for the first batch of trick-or-treaters that came ringing the doorbell. It was only like 5:30pm too, seriously, it's not even close to being dark yet! How annoying, haha. I'm not a big fan of Halloween to start with, so it was extra nice of me to even hand out candy to the 200 people that came by. I really just wanted to eat it all myself but I gave it ALL away, what was I thinking!?!? ;)
Now we are counting down the days until Thanksgiving!!!!!! Whoohoooo!! We are super excited!
I had a really awesome birthday on the 24th! I got lots of special treatment for the whole week. We were actually still celebrating yesterday with my Grandparents who came up to take the whole family out to eat at Olive Garden... they have pumpkin cheesecake right now!!!!! I got lots of cool stuff too, that's what matters, hehe.
This past Saturday was just craziness. It was Parents Day at Upward so I was there first thing in the morning to help put up balloons and decorations in the rain. (Kyle conveniently had to work his Saturday that day) :) The rain eventually went away but it was still kinda miserable being outside the whole day. I was on the football fields from 8am-1pm then I had to walk across the parking lot to the other field where our church was having the Fall Festival. I had to volunteer with that for two more hours. There was over 150 families that came though so it was pretty successful. Then I came home took a shower and hit the coach for all of 10 minutes before I had to get ready for the first batch of trick-or-treaters that came ringing the doorbell. It was only like 5:30pm too, seriously, it's not even close to being dark yet! How annoying, haha. I'm not a big fan of Halloween to start with, so it was extra nice of me to even hand out candy to the 200 people that came by. I really just wanted to eat it all myself but I gave it ALL away, what was I thinking!?!? ;)
Now we are counting down the days until Thanksgiving!!!!!! Whoohoooo!! We are super excited!
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