Patiently Waiting

Motivational Monday, eh? Well that’s a tough one for me today. Today has been one of those days were my situation has beat me down. Feeling trapped and out of control of my life is a tough place to be in. Throughout my life I have always been an independent self-sufficient person, but for the last two years, I have given up control and submitted to someone who truly didn’t deserve the honor. I have been working on re-gaining control and allowing my true self to shine through again. Then a day like today happens and I feel like running away and hiding under a rock.

This chapter of my life is what I would title “patiently waiting”. The tough part is, I’ve been writing this chapters for months now and I feel like I am running around in circles. Waiting for God to reveal his plan. Waiting for the moment when I get to read the ending. I know that once I come out on the other side of the storm, I will look back and laugh. I know that all of this is building me up for bigger and better things. I know that during this time, I am learning so much about myself and what I truly want and need in my life.

In time like this it’s important to trust the word of God. These are a few of the passages that I have been focusing on.

Isaiah 40:31 – Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

Philippians 4:6 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Romans 5:4 – And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 – Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Psalm 130:5 – I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.

A few week ago, I shared with you that I had applied for a position in Children and Family Ministry. Well, I have some good new! I have been selected for an interview! I am very excited to meet with the church and to see their wonderful program. 

Coming Up This Week! 

Slow Cooker Tuesday: Spaghetti Bolognese

Lil Ones Fun Wednesday: Handprint Yak

30-Minute Thursday: Chicken with Peas and Egg Noodles

Forget the Meat Friday: Vegetable Stew with Chocolate

Sweet Saturday: Power Bars

Extras Sunday: Laundry Symbols

Children’s Ministry

Over the past 4 years, I am been working towards a career in Children’s Ministry. Since a young age, I have felt called to serve in this vital ministry. Two years ago I have completed a certificate program for Lay Ministry. I have decided it’s time to continue with my studies and enroll in a second certificate program. I think it will give me the focus and motivation I need to step into the next stage of my life.

I have recently applied for a job as a Children and Family Pastor. While I don’t think I stand a chance based off my lack education and experience, I am still excited at the possibly of starting a new life within a new church and in a new city. The church is exactly what I have been praying for and I would be honored to serve in it. If I don’t receive the position, I am still considering moving to the city in order to raise my daughters in this church. For the first time in a long time I feel hopefully for the future. It has rekindled a passion in me and has redirected my mind to focus on my vision for the future instead of focusing on the past and present. As part of the application I wrote a Philosophy for Children and Family Ministry. It reminded me of what is truly important in my life – serving the Lord. Here it is for you:

Philosophy for Children and Family Ministry

My philosophy for Children and Family Ministry can be easily summed up by Matthew 19:14, Proverbs 22:6 and Deuteronomy 6:7.

I have built my program around the philosophy “Let the children come to me”. I believe that church should be a welcoming and inviting place for children. They should feel as if it is a second home – a place where they can be themselves, make strong friendships, learn about the bible and Christian virtues and develop their gifts and talents. They should be nurtured and supported at all times, while being challenged to grow in their faith and as a person. I believe that parents should be comfortable coming to me to assist them with personal circumstances. I offer my time and support to families during the program as well as outside of church.

I feel it is extremely important for children to build strong roots in their faith. If we “train up a child in the way he should go” they will be secure in their faith as they become adults. They will have developed the skills and virtues they need to become leaders – guiding the next generation in their faith. Families require the same support. Parents should be given the resources and support they need to foster a healthy Christian home, where prayer and bible study become a part of their everyday life.

It is important for the leaders in a church to be strong representatives of Christ. Children are always watching and looking up to us. While it is great to teach by our words, it is our actions that will have the greatest impact on their lives. We need to teach evangelism through our daily lives. We should speak openly about our faith and allow the love of Christ to been seen through our actions. As a parent, I feel that it is important to teach our children the ways of Christ from a young age. We should pray with them and for them and re-insure them of Christ’s love every day –from morning to night.

If we keep these three verses as a priority in ministering to children and families, we will build a welcoming and supportive environment where families can develop and strengthen their faith.

I am anxiously awaiting word from the church and I hope to hear back within the next two weeks.  Any prayers or positive thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Can I pray for you? Is there something happening in your life that you need support for? Please share in the comments and we can pray for you as a community. 

Coming Up This Week!

Slow Cooker Tuesday: Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna

Lil Ones Fun Wednesday: Handprint Xray Fish

30-Minute Thursday: Turkey Cobb Roll-Ups

Forget the Meat Friday: Crash Hot Potatoes

Sweet Saturday: Carrot Cake

Extras Sunday: Square Foot Gardening

Bible Readings: 1 Samuel 10-12, Luke 9:37-62

I am finally back. After a much needed break, I am excited to get back into my daily posts.

Over the past few months, I have taken some (ok, a lot) of time to think about everything that has been happening in my life. I have been on a downward slide for about 2 years and I have been hesitating to make any changes. Why? I really wish I knew! I think I am afraid to make changes because it means officially ending the last chapter of my life. It has been difficult to transition because I am still in the middle of it. Trying to move on from a separation is hard enough, but we are still technically living together (even though he is never here). I keep telling myself that things will get better once he moves out but I can’t continue to use that as an excuse to stay in a funk. I end my days in frustration because yet another day passed by and everything is still blah.

At the beginning of January I set out some goals for myself and in all honestly I have fail to even try. Every day I think about them and I just can’t bring myself to follow through. My mind is just so full of doubt, fear and worry. I am afraid I won’t succeed. I am worried it won’t change anything. I have doubts for what my future will be. I am totally locked in a dark cloud. I know that once I get started I will feel so much better.

Today is the beginning of a new week. I am pledging to get back on track. In addition to my weekly blog line-up, I am going to add a personal goal for the week.

Let get back to it!

Coming Up This Week!!!

Slow Cooker Tuesday: Bean and Spinach Enchiladas

Lil Ones Fun Wednesday: Handprint Walrus

30-Minute Thursday: Skillet Chicken Mac and Cheese

Forget the Meat Friday: Vegan Veggie and Beans Burgers

Sweet Saturday: Sweet and Silky Strawberry Sorbet

Extras Sunday: TV Muscle Toning

Personal Goal: Correct my evening routine. Since starting my daycare, my kids have been going to bed later than usual which means I have been doing my chores later. This week I am going to try to stay on schedule:

• 7:00-7:30 Dinner
• 7:30-8:00 Kids Bath Time and Bedtime
• 8:00-9:00 Chores
• 9:00-9:15 Shower
• 9:15-10:00 Bible Study/Reading (instead of zoning out on my laptop)

Bible Readings: Deuteronomy 30-31, Mark 15:1-25

Over the past three months, I have taken a break from posting in order to focus my energy on starting my new journey as a single, work at home mom. It was extremely important for me to obtain employment that would allow me to still be the mom I want to be. After an exasperating process of starting a home daycare, I feel I have finally found my balance.

Working alone for 13 hours a day with a group toddler has been exhausting and my household duties and hobbies have been simmering on the back burner. As if coming up with daily posts wasn’t challenging enough, I now also have to design daily program plans with music, sensory activities, fine and gross motor activities and crafts, as well as cooking and cleaning for several children. Just thinking about my To Do list makes me tired.

Over the last few weeks, my laptop has been getting some extra attention as I spent hours and hours googling and typing up recipes, program plans and blog schedule. I have a long list of recipes to share.  In the past most of my Lil Ones Fun Wednesdays posts have been suitable for older children, but I now have a collection of toddler activities. I have been exploring No-Bake and gluten-free recipes.

I am pleased to announce that regular posts will resume on Monday March 3rd. Fingers crossed life does’t get too busy and I can keep it up.

Spiritual Goals

Memorizing Verses – I have always struggled with memorizing things. Most days I can’t even remember where I put my glasses or cellphone. I have been saying for a long time that I need to spend more energy focusing on memorizing bible verse or information pertaining to the bible. When I thought about setting a goal for this I was hesitate but then I thought about my work with my church school and how I can use this goal to benefit my program. I know this might sound a bit simple for a 31-year old woman but by teaching my church school a new verse every week, I will be learning them too. My church doesn’t focus on this as a part of our teaching and I think it’s time to change that.

Goals: prepare a memory verse each week and make strips of paper with the verse to hand out to the children. I will teach the children the verse during assembly time and follow up with them the following week. I will be instructing the teachers to review the verse with the children during their lesson. I will also email the parents the verse weekly and encourage them to review the verse at home.

Praying and Studying the Bible with My Daughters – Over the past two years our prayer life at home as been almost non-existent. We say brief habitual prayers at dinner and bedtime, when we are faced with a problem or when we are moved by the spirit but it not something we do intentionally or frequently. In the past, my oldest daughter and I would read from her storybook bible every day at bedtime and say a prayer reflecting the stories. Our bedtime prayers weren’t just the generic “Now I lay me down to sleep” as we have been doing lately. Each night was something new and unscripted. I want my daughters to feel confident in praying and in order to do that I have to be a better role model. I worry about saying the right words. God doesn’t need to a polish prayer; he needs a heart-filled one. I use to bless my daughter before sending off to school or daycare but nowadays it’s a quick hug and kiss with me anxiously telling her to hurry up for the bus. Afterwards in a quiet moment my mind drifts to a place of ‘what ifs” mainly what if this was the last time I saw her? What if this is her last memory of me?  My child should never have to feel worried or anxious about anything! She’s 6! We need to put more focus on ending our days with a loving prayer and I need to send her on her way feeling loved and protected.

Goals: use unscripted, heart-filled prayers at meals, bed and before separating. Start using our Little Girls Bible Storybook for Mothers and Daughters.. This bible is so amazing. I was over the moon when we received it as gift, yet we haven’t had a chance to use it. Wait let me rephrase that – we haven’t made an effort to use it. At the end of each story there is a section that encourages you and your daughter to discuss the lesson and open up dialog about hers and your thoughts and feelings.

Praying Using my Bible – Often times my prayer are brief and to be honest I am not even sure I finish them at all because my mind wanders to worrisome thoughts. I feel that I should be focusing more on the Word of God than my own thoughts.

Goals: Identify what my needs are for pray. Look up verses pertaining to the topic. Use the verses  to develop a pray before starting my prayer.

Respecting My Temple – Last week I talked about how I need to be taking better care of myself. Please take a moment to look over my post.

Speaking the Word of God – I have be very self-centred, focusing way too much on what’s happening in my life. I haven’t been reflecting my Christianity. I haven’t been an encouraging sister or a loving friend. I have a fantastic community on Facebook filled with powerful Godly women. They are my rock in this world. I want to return. When they are having a problem, I want to be able to offer support by using scripture rather than just sending a quick pray. I also want to be able to encourage those who are exploring their faith. People often come to me with questions regarding faith and I feel of if I don’t know what to say to them.  Before I was able to speak for hours on faith but now I almost avoid the topic because I feel I haven’t been living a Christian lifestyle.

Goals: Facilitate more conversations about faith.

Serving Others – This is something that has been weighing heavily on my heart. In the past I was active seek out ways to help others. Every day after work I was seek out a homeless person and offer a meal to them. After church in the winter I would spend an hour or two peeling and chopping veggies for the Out of the Cold Program. I would donate bags of clothing or toys. Over the past two years I haven’t been doing any of this. Instead I am sitting at home becoming frustrated with the clutter. After service I am hiding out upstairs in church school giving my daughters lunch.

Goals: Spend 30 minutes to an hour helping with Out of the Cold. I haven’t been helping because it is very hard to focus with my 2 year old. Having her wander around the Great Hall knowing that there are roughly 20 sharp knives haphazardly laying on tables terrifies me! What I haven’t thought about was the opportunity to help organize clothing. The closet (a large room) is conveniently located on the same floor as the church school, right down the hall from where my daughters are eating.  As a bonus, I greatly enjoy the company of the woman who oversees it. Since I focusing on clothing it might also be a good time to drop off some clothing. While the program serves adults, they are associated with other ministries that can use children’s clothing.

How Do You Treat Your Temple?

To be honest with you, I have not been respecting mine very much over this past two years. I haven’t been eating well – or drinking enough water.  I haven’t been sleeping. I haven’t been active. I haven’t been taking care of my hair or skin. In short, I have been doing nothing to glorify God within me. I hate to sound like a cliché with the whole “New Year, New Me” speech, but it is definitely time for me to make some major changes.

Here are a few of the things I would like to work on:

Sleep: Most nights after the kids are in bed, I sit down with my laptop and zone out as scroll through Facebook, clicking on too many pointless links – often just silly photos or videos. I come across plenty of educational and spiritual material too but since I am read it late at night, not much of the info is being retained. Before I know it, several hours have passed by and it is now well past midnight and I have accomplished nothing but ensure I am going to have a rotten, grumpy morning. My 2 year old still wakes up at least once during the night which means I rarely get more than 3 hours of consecutive sleep. No wonder I have zero motivation to do anything! I am depressed and I have zero appetite. I am clumsy. I can’t think straight and forget things. I am super lazy – even getting up to use the bathroom seems like a torturous chore! Now that I have started a home daycare, getting proper rest is even more important. It is so difficult to maintain patience and to have enough energy to keep a group of busy tots entertained for 12 hours a day. There is also more cooking, dishes, cleaning and laundry. I spent at least 5 hours a week preparing lesson plans, activities and crafts. It’s hard to be creative when all I can think about is my pillow and blankie.

Bottom Line: Nothing else is going to improve if I don’t get more rest.

Goals:  10pm bedtime. No computer or TV after 9:30. Bath/shower to help relax. 15-30 minutes reading.

Diet: My typical day starts off with a strong coffee first thing in the morning – before I have any water or food. I don’t even want to think about the damage I am doing to my stomach and organs! Around 10 or 11, my tummy gives a little rumble. Often times my go-to items are from the bread category – bagels or pitas, grilled cheese or PB&J sandwiches. As the day goes on, I nibble on toddler scraps. Before I know it it’s 5:00 and time to start dinner. Dinner is my best meal of the day – well it’s my only ACTUAL meal.  During my late night zoning out, I indulge in munchies – usually air-popped popcorn or raw nuts in large, unhealthy qualities.

Bottom Line:  I eat zero fruit (unless it’s blended in a smoothie), very little protein and iron throughout the day and I pack in about 1000 calories or more after 6 pm. Bad, bad, bad!

Goals: Eat breakfast first thing in the morning before having coffee, snack at 9:30, lunch at 11:30, snack at 3:30, dinner at 6:30, snack at 9:00 – in other words, I’ll be following the same meal plan as my daycare. Snacks should be at least one serving of fruit each. Breakfast should be something warm, different every day and including dairy and fruit. Lunch should have one protein source and once veggie serving. Since I haven’t been eating throughout the day, dinner is usually a very large meal. I would like to cut the serving size in half.

Water: Often times I sit down to dinner and suddenly I can’t seem to get enough water. Then I think about my day and realize I haven’t had a drop all day aside from what was used to make coffee. This has been an ongoing problem ever since I became a SAHM. When I was working as a receptionist, I drank buckets of water. Every hour or so, I was refilling my 700ml bottle. Nowadays, I’m lucky to finish 1 bottle a day when I should be drinking at least 4 bottles. For a while I was setting alarms on phone for every 3 hours. When the alarm went off, I downed whatever was left – often times it was the whole bottle.  It worked for a while, but after a few months I started ignoring the alarms. They started to annoy me and I would quickly turn them off and continue with whatever I was doing. By the end of the day I am super irritable. Every noise makes me want to snap.  Once I get a few glasses of water in me, it’s all rosy again.

Bottom Line: Staying hydrated will improve my appetite and mood.

Goal: One bottle of water with each meal plus half a bottle in between meals.

Exercise: Man oh man, have I become lazy. And I do mean L-A-Z-Y! I do nothing all day aside from what has to be done.  I usually spend my days sitting on the floor playing with the kids or doing other basic mommy jobs. 4:00 rolls around and suddenly everything has to get done. That is usually when my kids are the most “needy”. “Veggiesaurus” needs help with homework. “Shadow” insists on being held or follows me around like a shadow. Plus dishes and dinner prep. Now that I am running a daycare, I am following a schedule that keeps me busy, but I am still not doing anything active. Yes, I suppose I am burning a few extra calories nowadays but I am not doing anything to strengthen my muscles, heart or lungs. Once upon a time I was a gym rat. I could spend hours in there. I haven’t been to the gym since June and I am still paying for a membership! Now that I don’t have someone here to watch my girls while I go to the gym, it’s really time to cancel the membership.  I use to walk a lot – like 2-4 hours a day, 3-5 days a week. I LOVE walking and hiking! It is my happy place. I haven’t had a good walk in over a month 😦 I have free weights, an elliptical, yoga mat, exercise ball, lots of videos and printed workout plans. I have everything I need right here aside from motivation. You would think that full length mirror in my bedroom would be all the encouragement I need, but it’s super easy to just not look at it at all. Every time I have to run for a bus, I am ashamed with how long it takes for me to catch my breath. Yesterday I pushed the stroller up a slushy, snowy hill. I thought my heart was going to explode by the time I got to the top and I had to stop for a few minutes before continuing home. My house has a lot of stairs – 7 levels with about 10 or more stairs in-between each. Heaven forbid if I have to go from the basement to my upstairs bathroom on the highest level – My legs are jello! I am 31 with the cardio-vascular fitness of an over-weight, 90 year old smoker! Well, maybe I am not that bad, but compared to my personal standards, I might as well be. I want to be able to run around and play actively with the kids without feeling like an old lady. I want to be able to sit down in jeans without worrying about my “mommy pouch” (seriously, my youngest it TWO, I can’t use that as an excuse forever!) But most importantly, I want to set a better example for my daughters. Too many times, I have made “fat” comments or insulted myself. I want them growing up with positive images, not a consist fear of being chunky and feeling like crap about themselves.

Bottom Line: Improved self-esteem will improve my outlook. I’ll eat and sleep better. I’ll be a better role-model. I’ll be able to play more. I’ll be doing something I enjoy, just for me – a time out from being care-giver 24/7.

Goals: 20-30 minutes strength training while the kids nap. 20-30 minutes on the elliptical in the evening while watching something on TV instead of just sitting there. Stretch every 1 hour. No more negative talk!

Personal Care: Now this might not seem that important for a fairly modest person like myself, but it actually means a lot. I miss the days when I would occasionally get a mani-pedi or a massage. It wasn’t about looking better but about having an hour where someone did something for me. Sometimes I feel like a give and give but never receive. Being pampered for an hour once every month or two makes such a difference! A part of me would love to “force” myself to spend extra money on these things, but in reality I would probably just become very guilty and anxious about it. That’s doesn’t mean I can’t do it for myself at home. It is incredibly easy to take 30 minutes to soak your feet and paint your nails so why haven’t I been doing it? Remember I said I was lazy? I just don’t have the mental energy to get it done. Over the past two years, my hair has become thin and weak. I am afraid to comb it because seeing all the fallen hair makes me want to cry. I know this probably due to poor diet and stress. My skin is dull and rough because I can’t be bothered to snap on some coconut oil after my shower. So lazy! My eyes show the many sleepless nights. When I look at myself in the mirror and honestly think “no wonder I am single!” I am not into cosmetics or bold nail polish or dying my hair. I like to keep things as natural looking as possible. I am not looking to make myself prettier by secular standards, but just to restore my body to its natural beauty.

Bottom Line: If I am not going to take time to appreciate my body, no one else will. I am not trying to sound vain, but you got to remember I hope to meet someone special someday. While I am sure Mr. Right will be able to look passed these flaws, I feel that it will say that I don’t care enough about myself to take care of myself. How can I be trusted to take care of him and his needs if I am not caring for myself?

Goals: Apply coconut oil after shower or bath. Regularly apply coconut or almond oil to my hands, especially after washing dishes. Mini mani-pedi once every week or two. Detox bath weekly. Do one hair treatment a month. Monthly massage – the true “spoil myself” luxury item since I can’t do that myself.

The main reason why I decided to write this out and post it publicly is for accountability. I am really hoping someone out there reads this and will poke at me for time to time to make sure I am staying on track. I know one day I will come back to this post and I am hoping I will just shake my head at how lazy and foolish I am at the point in my life.  I need to make myself healthier in order to make my life in general healthier. I am looking to make this a year of personal and spiritual growth. Step One is identifying the things I need to change and making an effort to improve. Next week I will be sharing my spiritual goals for 2014.

What goals are you working on this year? Feel free to share in the comments. We can work together and encourage one another.

New Year

With the new year just around the corner, I felt this was a good opportunity to talk about some of the things that have been happening in my life and my goals for 2014.

Those who are close to me know that a few months ago, I ended my relationship with my daughters’ father. These past two years have been a very difficult struggle and it was altering me for the worst instead of bettering me as a person and mother. It filled me will depression, anxiety, fear and anger. I haven’t been eating, sleeping or exercising. I haven’t been praying or studying my bible. I have isolated myself in order to protect my friends from my darkness. September marked the 2-Year anniversary of us moving in with each. I thought about the past two years and all my failed attempts to help our relationship. A relationship will always fail if only one person is putting in the work necessary to work through issues and differences. If one person refuses to change, things will always get worst the other person.  That was not the type of relationship I was willing to commit to any more. I wanted more and my partner wasn’t willing to give it to me. It was a difficult decision but in the end I knew it was the best decision for all of us. No one in this house was truly happy. My 6-year had become very withdrawn, my tot was very emotional and attached, I was depressed and very angry and he turned to alcohol and the company of another person. The more I envisioned the future I wanted, the more depressed I became because I knew it wouldn’t be possible with the current situation. I decided to reclaim my life and return to the person I was 3 years ago before we decided to give things yet another try.

Over the past 4 months, I have been focusing on rebuilding my life in order to live independently. It’s been a struggle but over the past few weeks, the silver lining has begun to peek through. After learning that returning to work would take a very long time due to childcare restrictions, I decided to pursue a long-time dream of mine and open my own home daycare. I spent the summer researching the legalities and procedures for opening a home daycare, developing program plans and menus for 6 months in advance, wrote a Parent Handbook and policies and prayed as much as I could for God to lead me through this process. Throughout September, I spent about 4-6 hours a day walking around taping up flyer or hung out at playgrounds, libraries and drop-in centre meeting parents and handing out business cards. In the evenings, I spent my time developing a website. As October and November passed with only a few crank calls from some teens, I began to feel very discouraged and started to question if this was what God wanted me to do with my life. Was it really the best decision for my family?

Just as I started to give up hope, the phone rang with my first client! I was thrilled to welcome a little boy into our home. He is adorable and only a few weeks older than my daughter. Seeing them together kind of makes me wish I had twins. His parents passed my information on to another family and next week we will be welcoming another little guy into the program.

I have always enjoyed the toddler years. It’s one of my favorite developmental stages for children. Each and every day they say or do something new and seeing how excited and happy they get lifts my heart and soul. Circle and Music Time has softened my stony heart and silenced my negative thoughts. Craft Time has rekindled my creative spark. Story Time has allowed me to take a time out from worrying and cuddle with some cuties. Free Play has given me a reason to play like child again.

While the days may be long and loud and with plenty of toddler wars, it has given me new life and it is slowly melting away the darkness that has been clouding my heart and mind over these past two years. I have felt more alive in these last 3 weeks. My anxiety and fear are dissolving. I am beginning to see a future for my family that still allows me to be in my home and available for daughters.

Throughout 2014, I will be sharing my journey with you. As I work through the emotions that have been building up inside of me my posts might seem negative, but expressing these things are all a part of the healing process. Even though the words might be negative, my intent is to express them with a positive attitude. I will be learning from these things and I want to share that with you.

I hope 2014 will be a journey that leads me to more loving relationships with myself, my children and who knows, maybe a love. Those who know me well know I have a strong desire to serve a husband and my family. I am hope one day (soon!) to be the woman who deserves the man of dreams.

Coming Up This Week!!!

Slow Cooker Tuesday: Chicken and Brown Rice

Lil Ones Fun Wednesday: Handprint Calendar

30-Minute Thursday: Cheese Steak Pockets

Forget the Meat Friday: Garden Vegetable Frittata

Sweet Saturday: No-Bake PB and Chocolate Cookies

Extras Sunday: 5-Step Smoothies

Bible Readings: 2 Kings 17-18, John 3:19-36

Coming Up This Week:

Slow Cooker Tuesday: Tangy Pork Roast

Lil Ones Fun Wednesday: Handprint Spider

30-Minute Thursday: Vegetarian “Rajas” Pizza

Forget the Meat Friday: Hummus Recipes

Sweet Saturday: White Chocolate Holiday Bark

Extras Sunday: Green Smoothie

Bible Readings: 1 Kings 21-22, Luke 23:26-56