It's summer time!

I wanted to share with you guys some stuff that I've done to kick off my summer and some cool stuff I've been reading about, and from grow group.

1--My friend Tina Merrigan is now Tina Commins! She was married on May 16th, and I am so happy for her and Dave.

Tina has been part of a group of girls I call, "the gal pals." Sabrina, Stacy, Suzy, Tina and myself have been an accountability group for the past 5 or so years. Lately we haven't been meeting, which I miss, but we have still kept in touch with each other.


2--I just got back from my trip with Gerald. It was really fun to spend that time with him and I'm looking forward to his trip to Utah at the end of June.

These two pictures are from Wrightsville beach and the military ball (don't you just love my dress?! I do). If you want to see more pictures you can check out my facebook.




3--I just started a Rob Bell book called, "Jesus wants to save Christians: A manifesto for the church in exile." I'm only in chapter 3 but I have really enjoyed those 3 chapters :) So far it's been about the history of the nation of Israel. Their time in Egypt, how God delivered them, the Ten Commandments (my favorite part. It was a new way to look at the ten commandments), the covenant between God and the Israelites, King Solomon and the building of the temple, and the prophesy for the new covenant (Jesus).

The book has also helped my connect things to what our grow group has been studying in Hebrews. The thing I have learned the most is that Jesus is better and superior than anything, and that he is all we need. The book and grow group have shown that Jesus was the perfect sacrifice, and more importantly, has shown me WHY he was the perfect sacrifice.
It has been really cool and I'll keep you guys posted on what else I learn.

Well, that's my update. Thanks for reading.