Still looking...

Today I got the pictures of my Sister and Kayla sent to The Center For Missing and Exploited Children. They are going to start a media campaign to get the girls faces seen. I have been posting their pictures everywhere I can think to post them.

ON a more personal note ... I've still got a cold and am praying to get better as quickly as possible so that I can keep working to find my sister.
Also I have Church and stuff to be working on...

well I have to pick Elise up from school so I'll post later.

MISSING!

This is my sister Mary and her friend Kayla. They were last seen at a Shell station on the southside of Houston, Texas on Griggs Road. My family is doing everything we can to find these girls.
If ANYONE has seen these girls please contact Houston police at 713-731-5223.

My mother heard from Mary on Saturday night at about midnight. When someone got there to see if they were really there, there was no trace of the girls or the car. The car is supposed to be broken down so we don't know what is going on.
Please continue praying for my Sister and Kayla that if they are playing some sort of "game" they will realize what they are doing to my mother and come home.
Please pray for my mother I have never seen her so distraught! Pray for strength and endurance for I am afraid this will be a long journey.

Thank you and may God Bless You!

Merry Christmas!
Gidgit

Angry but relieved!

My sister has been missing since Thursday. Today I spent the entire day searching for information that would help the police find her. I made at least 100 phone calls. I searched emails and computer files. I cried, I thought and I prayed.
At 11:50 my mother called me to say that my sister who is 17 called my mother telling her that the car is broke down and they had been sleeping in the car.
She was so angry that Mary had not contacted her or anyone else for that matter. We have a sister who lives in Houston so she could have made a local phone call from just about anywhere. Well my mom kept trying to get a phone number for the gas station they are supposed to be at but Mary wouldn't get one for her. When mom told her that she filed a missing persons report Mary got angry. Mom said " I'd rather you be in jail than dead!"
So I am glad that she is okay so far but very angry that she is so much of a jerk that she allowed her family to worry so much!

Okay so now I'm praying for self-control so that when she gets back to Tulsa I don't kill her! :)

MERRY CHIRSTMAS!
GIDGIT

It is the day after

Thanksgiving and my husband is sitting in front of the television watching WWE Smackdown.
I HATE wrestling!! Elise is spending the night at a friends and we could be using this time to be ALONE together!

UUUUUUUUhhhhhhhhGGGGGGGGGGGG!

Okay anyway. Today we put up the Christmas tree and got it all decorated, I don't have a tree skirt yet but I will before too long.
I love Christmas! I know I said that like twenty times before but I can't help it I Do!
I just fed the animals and am sitting here listening to the Dixie Chic's. I guess I'm really bored!
Well From now on you'll see MERRY CHRISTMAS on all my posts! so there it is.
God Bless you and good night.

Happy Turkey Day!

Today is a day when families gather to give thanks for all the blessings God has bestowed upon us. As I posted earlier this week I hosted Thanksgiving this year. It wasn't so bad I had just hoped I'd have more help than I did. Also I have a very small kitchen and more than two people becomes a totally frustrating mess.
In fact I almost lost my composure completely today. I chewed out my kid for no reason. Of course I went outside and appologized, because I know when I'm wrong, and she needs to know it is okay to be humble, and responsible enough to admit your mistakes.

I did a almost all of the baking which I don't mind because I love to creat new things. I actually love to bake, I just hate to do dishes!
I made my pie crust from scratch and I didn't cheat! It was so good, I amazed myself. :)
Okay enough about my food.
Tomorrow it is time to put up the Christmas tree! I am so excited, we will probably take a good portion of the day doing just that so that we can make it look just the way I want it.
I really love Christmas and not for the same reason most people like it. I love it because it is a time when I can tell people of my Saviours love for them. How God sent his son to be born in a stable and sleep with the sheep. How as Jesus grew he fufilled the prophecies in the old Testement. And how at 33 years of age Jesus died on a Cross that was made from a tree in which he created, for the payment of our sins, so that we may enter into the Kingdom of Heaven!

I pray that you had a wonderful-good day today! Weither you were with family or just a group of friends, I pray God has blessed you in some way!

May God Bless you through out the entire Holiday Season!

My friends NEED your prayers!

This is to anyone who has ever had a friend or loved one go HOME to be with Jesus.

I am asking you to pray for my dear friends Mark and Michelle. Mark's mother went home heaven this morning after a hard battle with brain cancer. Please pray for comfort and strength for this greiving family.

Proverbs 15:14 tells us that if we have God's understanding, we can ask Him for the knowledge to overcome every trial and problem we face. God is bigger than our grief, sorrow, pain and every problem that any of us could face. We must never blame Him for our troubles, as the devil is the trouble maker, not our Lord. God is there for us, to help us overcome anything the enemy has done, or is trying to do. God is the one that will rescue us and help us in our hour of need. However, we must not be like the fool who feeds on his folly. This is a person who is continually mouthing his troubles and blaming others, including God, for his circumstances. He feeds on self-pity and rehearses his problems to all who will listen. We must give our heartaches and troubles to God and keep a cheerful attitude no matter what is going on in our lives. We need to remember, "this too, shall pass" as God is eternal and has a good plan for our future.

As Christians, death is the last enemy we face, as we have the assurance that we shall see all of our loved ones who have died in Christ once again. The devil may have snatched them off this earth, but because they belong to God, He snatches them from the devil and takes them home with him. We will be reunited with them. That shall happen when we get to Heaven, or when Christ comes again to this earth and brings them with Him at the resurrection. We are not like those who have no hope. In Christ, our future is full of His promises and we are promised victory over death and the grave!

Also keep lifting up those around you in prayer. God heals broken hearts and through prayer we can see hearts changed!

THANKSGIVING!

This is the time of year when we sit down and ponder on what we have to be thankful for. Most people use it as a time to look back on the past year and see what "things" they have to be thankful for.
I see it as a time to look at what spiritual gifts I have to be thankful for. I am thankful to God for giving me the gift of Hospitality. I love to be a hostess. I love making people feel welcome weither it be in my home or in our Sunday School class at church.

I am thankful for my husband. God blessed me with a wonderful man who loves me as Christ loved the Chruch. He Blessed me with a family that is supportive and loving and willing to be a shoulder to cry on, or a rock to lean on. God also blessed me with a daughter who even though she is going through her own issues is trying to live her life for Christ.

I am thankful for our pastor and his lovely wife, whom will be leaving soon to follow God's will for their lives but our prayers are with them and we hope to continue to grow a wonderful friendship with them .
I am thankful for our church! I felt so blessed that God saw fit to bring us here and allow us to get so totally involved with this church. We have been welcomed and given the chance to serve Jesus in diffrent areas of ministry.
This Thanksgiving what is it that God has done for you that you are thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving all and May God Bless you!

~Gidgit~

Today.....

It is beginning to look alot more like winter! I really like winter, not as much as I like fall but I do like it. I love the smell of the crisp air and the falling snow.

We went to get more things from my grandparents old house today. It took us about 3 hours and I am in some pain after all the trudging on my sore ankle.

We are going to rest for a bit and then we have to go to my mothers and unload her things.

wooohooo! loads of fun!

Elise is Home!

Elise came home from the hospital yesterday. We are glad to have her home and she is excited to be home as well.
Today we skipped school so that she could adjust back to her schedule.
I got her up just a little later than normal because we stayed up late. We have been caring for the girls and we cleaned the front porch off like Ernie wanted.
We are about to make the girls lunch and get the living room cleaned up and the dinning room as well. I will have to cook dinner later and I don't want the table all cluttered up with junk.

Well I need to make lunch so I'll post later.

Things....

I thank you all for your prayers. We are doing well, I am much better this time because I didn't have to be the one to put her in the hospital. Last night when I went to visit her things seemed okay. She isn't better but she is kind of trying. She still won't look me in the eye, so I'm almost positive she's keeping something from me. She doesn't call me mom any more but at this point, I guess I don't really care as long as she get's her head on straight.

She is still overly concerned with the boy... she insists that she won't call him very often, but I know better. She has decided that he's in love with her and that she want's love from a "boyfriend" type more than from a father. I don't think she is listening, because all she want's to talk about is him, saying I hope he doesn't think it is his fault I'm here.
I was like how on earth do you think a guy, that you have only been dating for 2 weeks, and only known for 2 months , is going to think he caused you to be in the hospital?

But teenage girls try anything to get attention. I'm sure if the games don't stop she will end up back in there with in the next few months.

I feel like this is where the demon of decption is coming in.... She is trying to decive and manipulate us and I can see right through her.

Once Again Your Prayers Are Needed!

Please pray for our Elise. She is back in the hospital. This time since she is an adult we are kind of in the dark about what is going on. Please pray that she will get the treatment she needs. That the Depression will go away!

 

Also pray that I will be able to handle the long days and the short visitation times. I can only Visit her from 7:30 to 8: 30pm. So that kind of limits me to night driving which is not always really easy for me.

I am really concerned with her spiritual well being, she seems to me to be possessed by a demon. I know that may sound crazy but I know what the bible says and I know that it is possible. I ask you to pray for deliverence for Elise.

 

Thank you for your prayers!

 

 Gidgit

The Dog Show

Yesterday our pastor and his wife were gone, and his brother filled in. Greg did a great job, but we missed Shane! We had a guest teacher in our Sunday School Class and it was nice. I was glad that everyone welcomed him by participating. Things went quite smoothly for our first Sunday after joining, and being involved, to have a responsibility like making sure the attendance records were taken care of, and making people feel welcome even though we had a guest.

After Church we had a Veterans recoginiton luncheon wich went rather well also.

Ernie and I brought my mom home with us and mom and I went with M&M to the AKC dog show. I loved it! I love dogs and I was happy to find some of my favorite breeds as well as some I don't really like. But it is fun to do things like that especailly when it is FREE!!
After the dog show we droped off my mom and took Mr.M's daughter to meet her mother. Then M&M and I came to my house to see if Erine wanted to come with us to eat dinner. Well he didn't but I went and we went to Tally's. A great little dinner where the food is good and the prices are GREAT! When 3 people can eat for $28, with an appitizer you know you've got a good deal!

So any way today, I started cleaning the dirtiest room in the house,(my office! Suprise, suprise :) ). then I got side tracked by the girls and now instead of blogging I need to be cleaning the living room before Ernie get's home from work.

Okay I must go blog ya later!

How Hard Is It...

To say yes mam and no mam? To RESPECT those who are taking care of all your needs? I will never understand why it is that when a teenager gets to be around 16 they forget to be respectful, and think that they can run things better than their parents?

I will never understand why I of all people don't deserve to be respected like my grandmother is! I was raised by her and I am fair in my discipline. I mean this kid has barely gotten in trouble for anything. We have only one other time grounded her and this time was much worse because she really deserved it. Then she managed to take advantage of Ernie being nice a couple of times, and spent more time on the phone than she was supposed to. I feel like we are being played against each other to a point. She refuses to talk to Ernie and then when I get so mad at her I want to scream, she makes me out to be the bad guy, and he falls for it every time! I can not stand the fact that she kisses up to him and mouths me. I am the one who spends the most time with her and I try to give her, her space and whatever else... but I am the one who gets treated like crap!

Just like my sister..... she treats my mom so very disrespectfully, that I just want to punch her. I sware if she had gotten any closer to me I would have hit her today.
I apparently need therapy, because I am dealing with some major anger issues. I have got to find someone to talk to...