Small joys

Last week during my Bible Study we were talking about how to apply scripture to our lives and then I just started talking about how we can't apply it if we don't read it. I was giving practical tips on how to read scripture and the girls were taking notes! A few days later one of the girls texted me "i just found this and love it - "Immediately Jesus spoke to them. Have courage. It is I. Don't be afraid." - Matthew 14:27 It made my heart fill with joy that they are reading the Bible more and finding things they like! How glorious.

Also Jacob gave a great talk (from what I hear) to a group of men last Monday night about guarding women's hearts.  Then he met individually with several men and was able to have some great conversations with them about how to be better men and lay their lives down for their future vocations. Wonderful!

And then on Saturday Amy (FOCUS missionary) threw a late Halloween party and a LOT of students came and we just had a great time dancing to Thriller, playing charades, and laughing and having great conversations. It was a great event to win the students over. Our team went as Mario Brothers. I think we looked pretty good!

Mario, Donkey Kong, Princess Peach, Toad, and Luigi!

Off to prepare for Bible Study tonight then make dinner for my husband!

Fulton Sheen Rocks!

So I just can't contain it! I have to share. I keep hearing tidbits about Archbishop Fulton Sheen and how great he is. So I was at the Catholic bookstore and I was looking at the books and didn't want to spend much money but really wanted to read something of his. I picked up the least expensive book and am currently reading "The Divine Romance."  SO good. Anyway I just read this chapter all about how the Church is the new Body of Christ and and the Vicar of Christ etc. He goes on to speak about how the Church doesn't come down on important yet difficult teachings. Just as Christ did not come down when He was suffering on the cross and people said, come down and I will believe. And I quote,

"The divinely suprem emiracle of Christ's whole life and the whole life of the Church 

is that she does not come down......The miracle is to be able to come down, and yet not to 

come down. It is human to come down, but it is divine to hang there."

Can you tell I am excited about this. He just really made some great points. And he said I would not discredit Christ because of the followers who left Him. In the same way I do not discredit the Holy Catholic Church for the mistakes of some of the followers. 

Thank you Fulton Sheen for inspiring my day today! Pray for us!