three goodies!

happy july 4th friends! Here are my three goodies ALREADY for this morning!

1. i love love love getting up early. this morning i was planning on sleeping in because i had gone to bed late and just thought hey its a holiday ill sleep in til like 8.. ha! anyways i woke up at 5:58 and was totally stoked! i pondered going back to sleep but then my number 2 came in....

2. after arguing with myself about actually getting up or going back to sleep the good side finally won and i decided to get up and go for a walk. i woke the little bogsters up and he was delighted to come with me. i went for a really long, good, fast-paced walk. gave me time to think and pray alot. it was really sweet. i prayed and thanked the lord for my friendships with you all!

3. lucky number tres! after guzzling some water the bogsters and i cozied up in the living room. i got out a devotional book i've been doing called Voices of the Faithful. it's a devotional book for every day of the year from missionaries all over the world... very neato! anyways i just had a really sweet time of reading my bible and praying and listening to God. He taught me some neat things about growth and gave me a metaphor as Himself being a gardener and turning over soil and clearing out the old and the planting of new seeds in our hearts and spirits. i prayed this over zimbabwe too!

LOVE YOU ALL! have a lovely holiday with your familias and hopefully i may see some of you tonight!