May18,2008

Hello every body! My name is Leah. Welcome to my blog. Before we get started I would like to share a few things that may help you out, as it has helped me. When I was four years old I was struggling with disobedience toward my Mom and my Dad. And one night my dad was talking with me! And one of his questions really made me stop and think. "Leah do you think you are honoring God when you dishonor your mother and me?" And I said "no." And dad said when you break one of Gods commandment's you have sinned against God. Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death. Death is eternal separation from God. But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then my dad told me "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"The problem is that . . . All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong. This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God. The Bible says “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever. The Bible says “The wages of sin is death.”The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago, God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Jesus is the Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. “God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”Jesus rose from the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father. He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by Me."God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child. "As many as received Him, to them He gave ye power to become children of God, even to them that believe on His name." You can choose to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and come into your life as your Lord and Savior." When I realized Jesus took my sin upon himself and suffered for it, I started to think about it a little. Then I realized how much he must love us to go threw all that pain just for us. When I realized how much God loved me and really did care for me, I started to smile. Dad must of saw the brightness in my eyes because that is when he asked me. "Leah! Would you like to trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?" And I said "YES." And so we prayed together, and I asked God to forgive me for my disobedience and that he would come into my heart and save me. And Jesus forgave me. And that night, God accepted me and I came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. And to this day I praise the Lord for all he has done. (Psalm 100) Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with singing. Acts 4:12 neither is there salvation in any other. For there is none other name under heaven, given among men. Whereby we must be saved.

Sarah!!!! :D

String camp!!!!! :D

Volleying around!

Rachel has more pics on her camera! I know this isn't a lot. :D

Some of you know that my dad is a Chaplin to the Genesee county jail. He goes there every Friday night with a few other Chaplin’s to witness and preach the gospel to the inmates. Last night July 17, 2009 I was able to go with my dad to the jail for my very first time. My mom and sister Charity went along too but have been they have before. This was my very first time. I have often heard my dad talk about the sermons at the jail and it has always sounded good to me; but I have learned, you have to be there to experiance it for yourself. I was so excited that I was finally able to go and a little nervous at that!
I was happy i could go!
It was so amazing how God worked through those people, they were so willing to listen and hear about God and his word.
It was nothing like I was expecting.
God was there, and we all knew it. I mean, this is what church should be like every Sunday; it was soooo good!
I mean right now, you are just reading something I wrote.
I would here stories about some of these times, and the way they sounded to me it was like… WOW! But when I actually went for myself, it was more than just wow, it was Gods blessing for me to be there. I was really encouraged by seeing God in these people.
Next time I get a chance, I would love to go again. And you all can come along if you like, I am positive that you will enjoy it as much or even better than I did.

God bless you all.

Your sister in Christ Jesus
Leah

Happy birthday!!!! :D

Abigail's birthday July 9th and Lemuel's birthday July 10th

Ok!! my true opinions on our fellowship with our friends!!! well!! its all in this movie!!! :P LOL

JK

I enjoy being together in our group!!! we have allot of fun. I thank God for my friends and family! because we enjoy living a life. And we let nothing get in our way with our relationship in Jesus Christ.

Love you all!!

Camping pics

June 19 to 21, 2009. Last weekend we all got together and camped for a short time. And had a blast. It rained the first and second day we were there, but nothing keeps us from having fun. Here are a few pics from the trip.



Ready to play volleyball!! :D

Ryan Wegner

The cool bros :P

Well after we all left for home Sunday, we woke up in the morning feeling very very sore. But every time we come home feeling that way, although we are in pain we think of all the fun we had, playing games, mostly volleyball, and running back and forth to the camping site. Well I’d say being sore is worth the effort, for all the fun we had. Well see you all real soon. And God bless you all