A Very Different Kind of Post

Today's post is about Life's challenges. Trying to get things right,
we sometimes cause a bigger mess. Scrapping is a great way
to ease the stress and gain a time of reflection. :) I did that this weekend with several "challenges" at MLAS.

Challenges, Challenges!
A Gourmet Scrap (Recipe Challenge) at MLAS:

3 generations of little girls, Grandma, Mom and me. Guess which one is me- leave your email in the shout box- if you are right, you get a free QP from my new (shhhh!) kit...

I am really missing Honduras, and with recent events* the nation is heavy on my heart. It is a place we once called home- a beautiful land of humble and quiet people. [From our friends and former colleagues in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, the president, Zelaya, wanted rights to an additional term as President, which is a violation of the constitution. The General opposed it, and a coup ensued. *
Here are a few photos of Saturday's events:
To some there, Zelaya is popular because of his poverty background and not necessarily his administrative skills. That seems to be a pattern in world politics this year. He is a friend of Venenzuela's president Hugo Chavez, as seen here in the photo. Chavez was actually supplying the voting machines for the vote on an additional term.
At any rate,
our adopted daughter Cassie is there- You can read her story here-
and many friends-
we pray for the peace of Tegucigalpa,
and may they remain free
from even greater Communist influence. ]To end on a happy note:

Credits: Rebecca_psp kits
Tulippping
Whimsical Garden
Tom Boy, consecutively.

I taught Joe Jonas

I was looking at my photos for several layouts, and saw these- of Joseph (JOE) Jonas in my Kindergarten class. I thought it would be fun to share them with ya'll. Sometimes we think our lives are not significant, or unique. Then something happens like your former student writes you, or becomes an international heartthrob. Our own son was in class with Nick Jonas, our daughter sang in the Children's Choir with Kevin Jr., and we were friends with the parents, Kevin and Denise until they moved to NJ and we to the Carolinas. Small world, huh? Really, they are just normal people with talented kids. I am thankful to have been given the chance to touch this boy's life.

More Teddy day, and graduation rehearsal.
Joseph (JOE) was so nervous, but a good singer
at that early age...
A FREE kit at Rebecca's Scrapping Silliness called
For the Birds
Go to her blog for the FREEBIE!
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Have you found him yet? Look at the stars and notes!

I pray that Joseph guards his heart and doesn't comprimise for anything.
I hope he is a light in a dark place; salt in the world.
Carol Marion's Mandy's Joy supplied this layout.

This one is for HIM.
I get so caught up in my scrapping, and learning new things, and in honesty, trying to escape from some of the stress of the situation my family has been forced to endure. Persecution is not familiar to most American Christians, but it does exist ,even here.
This photo reminds me that even though things seem so delicate and fragile, that in His hands, I and my family are safe. Ahhhhh, we can breathe, even rest. . .
Credits: I used Rebecca PSP's Stark kit. I love it, it stretches me!

Sometimes Your Soul Must be told to dance!