Prayer Request

Hi, guys! Will you please pray for my cousin, Lila's grandma? She's having an open heart surgery today. My family and I are really worried about it.

Here is the e-mail my cousin Lila sent me last night...

Hey. I was just wanting to let you know that my grandma is having a major surgery tomorrow. It is an open heart surgery and the surgery its self will take at least 5 hours! There are many risks and everyone is nervous and praying for her. The reason for the surgery is she has an aneurysm. It is in one of her heart valves. They are going to remove the valve and replace it with a pig valve. (Apparently pigs have the same size heart as humans.) She will be in the hospital for I think about a week or so until she is allowed to go home. (If everything goes smoothly) She will not be able to do anything for at least a month, including driving, cooking, and for a little while, standing and walking. I am really worried, along with the rest of my family. Every night in my prayers I ask God for a successful surgery and a successful recovery. I pray that nothing will go wrong and that she will feel ok by Christmas. Please pray for my grandma! She needs all the prayers she can get.

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Please keep her and my family in your prayers.

Thank you

Katie ♥

This and That...

Hi! :D

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Mark 6:41-42

41 And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

42 They all ate and were satisfied,

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Steven Curtis Chapman "Live Out Loud"...



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Isn't she just cute?
I found that video looking for something else. I've seen her on a few things, but I never knew she was a Christian. But she seems so adorable! :)

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Sorry, for the randomness of it all, but I hope you have a great evening! :)

Katie ♥

Happy Birthday, Dad!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Today's Daddy's birthday!

Isn't it wrong to be sick on your birthday? Well, Dad is! :( So pray for him. Thanks!

Happy B-day Dad! :)



Katie ♥

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! :)

Just a glimpse of how Halloween first began -

Halloween was first established by the Celts, people from Ireland and Britain. They decided to have a festival on October 31st, but it was entirely different from the Halloween we know today.

Celts

The Celts and their priests, the Druids, celebrated Samhain, a festival that marked the eve of the Celtic New Year, which began November 1st. They thought that during Samhain the wall separating the dead from the living was at it's thinnest, and that the evening of October 31st, evil spirits and souls of the dead would come through that "wall" where they would visit their used-to-be homes. They believed the souls and spirits would hurt the living, kill crops, steal babies, and kill live stock.

They believed that on this night, they would be able to communicate to the spirits. The Devil would usually be feared, but on this night, he seemed to be welcomed.


Druids

Druids were charged with appeasing the goblins and preventing harm to people. Huge Samhain bonfires were set to guide the spirits. Sacrifices - sometimes even human - were performed to assure a good year.

It's believed that, like many pagan cultures around the world, the Celts left food out for the spirits, hoping that a "treat" would prevent an evil "trick".

Hundreds of years later, the descendants of the Celts continued to observe the Samhain festival and would dress up as evil spirits going from house to house demanding food in exchange for the spirits leaving the house and the people there unharmed. Some carved demon faces in hollow turnips and lit them with candles.

When Christianity began to spread through Europe in the third and fourth centuries, the pagan temples were torn down, but the pagan worship never completely disappeared, and the Samhain festival continued to be celebrated.

Belief in spirits may have gone down, but the festival was still being celebrated - especially by children. Mostly in Ireland, children dressed as spirits going from house to house demanding a treat if they didn't get a treat they would perform a trick. Which is how the name "trick-or-treat" began.

In the 700s Churches decided to combat this festival by replacing it with a celebration of the Lord of Life - Jesus. Instead of honoring evil spirits, the church chose to honor the saints - or hallowed ones - who had lived godly lives. So November 1st, the day after Halloween, was All Saints Day. But, the pagan festival still continued.


Today, Halloween is much different. We've modernized it to pretty much a night for children to get some candy and have fun, but, still, in some areas, witchcraft and sorcery are still practiced. But, to children, it's simply just a fun night.

To some Christians, they may think it's bad to celebrate Halloween, and to some extent, I agree. We can still do some things, but we just have to remember how it started. :)


I hope you guys have a great night! :)

And if anybody reading this is going trick-or-treating tonight, please remember to be careful! :)

Katie ♥

P.S. If you guys want to know more about Halloween or how it first began please let me know because I have a lot more information about it. :)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Happy Birthday, Mom! :D


I love you so much, Mom! This is for you...

Adorable, right? :)

For her birthday I got her just a few little things. Some shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hair bands, ginger bread candle, a chocolate bar, a picture thing saying Happy Birthday, and, of course, a card! :)

At lunch today, Dad came with a cake and ice cream for Mom and the rest of the students. :) He also brought a Happy Birthday balloon and a poster that said "Happy Birthday Mom!" that I made! :)

I hope you have an awesome beyond awesome birthday, Mom! :D



Katie ♥

A frog telephones a Psychic Hotline and is told,

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Hope you guys have an awesome weekend! :)

Katie ♥

Never Let Go

No matter what's up, no matter what you're going through, big or small, if it's important to you, it's important to God. Let Him help you. Reach up to Him. Hold His hands and let Him lead you. We all want to be in charge and stuff, but sometimes we just have to let God handle things, and put it into His Hands. Let Him deal with your problems.

And remember it's all going to be OK in the end. Because in the end, it'll all be worth it. We will get to spend eternity in the most wonderful place we could ever imagine! And the best part is, is that we'll get to spend it with the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls - GOD!

Just because we're Christians doesn't mean our lives are going to be perfect. Sometimes I think we forget that. But we always have to remember that God gave you this life, He can change it in the blink of an eye. Just keep in mind that God's with you, and, most importantly, NEVER LET GO!!!




Katie ♥