1 Week into Medifast

Today marks my One week on Medifast.

I have lost 16lbs since I started a week ago. I am so excited and just in awe because I know the Lord is helping me and he has answered my weight loss prayers! I do not expect my weight to drop like this every week BUT I do expect me to do everything I can to keep it coming off at a steady pace!
I cant say how excited I am! Stay tuned for more updates!

Kubarikiwa

"Blessings on You"

I always want to live in the shadow of His Cross, under the flow of His precious blood!

Happy Easter to my friends!

My God is Not Dead, He is Alive!

Tornado Sirens

So if you don't know what this is, its a tornado siren.... And this is sort of what it looks like here in our little town of Manila. I honestly cannot remember a siren like this when I lived in "Tornado Alley, TN" lol... But here where it is so flat you can see for miles, Its the Souths way of telling us "Its a coming!"

So on Tuesday here it goes. Chris had his first night back to work and here Gigi and I were all alone. The wind was so .... so bad. I'm not hysterical when it comes to storms but I do not like them when my family isn't around. I had been watching the news (as per my husbands request lol) and I had already gotten ready for bed and taken all my meds and thought I would stay put. I had an invitation to go to the church but at that time, it was too dangerous to drive in. So... I had an idea I was going to put a blanket and pillow in my already small laundry room/pantry and close the doors instead of the bathtub (which is on an outside wall) .... okay so everyone had already gotten me super scared because of the tornado that like almost wiped out Manila 10 years ago.... (ahem thank Jesus I didn't know this while considering my husbands marriage proposal.... It would have been a long distance marriage for sure!... lol)

Well I was laying in the bed all covered up when through the wind I heard them... the tornado sirens... the erieness of them that breaks through the night and causes people to do things. Well I instantly jumped up with my blanket, Bible, water and cell phone... calling after the cat as I was heading for the laundry room... at that point I didn't care if she was coming with me or not. (if you have a cat you will understand). I wedged myself between the wall and washer and sat waiting to hear something. As I sat there I had a couple people txting me telling me it was 10 min .... 5 mins.... and right there in Manila. As I was sitting there Gigi found me and climbed on my lap (which I was super shocked!)  and I put the blanket over my head (just in case) I sat there for about 15 mins while the Elec flickered on and off and the sirens stayed on. About that time a thought popped into my head ~ of all the storms (spiritually) I have encountered and the sirens that blew so loud before they came!
 I began to thank Jesus for the sirens in my life throughout my teenage, young adult, and even now years. I'm so thankful for a Mother and Father that brought me up in the church!! I would not trade it for anything! I'm thankful that my mother made me go and pray at a young age! I'm thankful for the spiritual discernment that she had when I was younger. (How I miss that now! Such a rock that is no longer living for the Lord like she used too)  I'm thankful for my Pastor and His Wife that I grew up under, that taught me, prayed for me, encouraged me, molded me into someone that would stand for the truth even when I felt that No one my age was. I'm thankful for the times I had to say no to something offered to me because I feared God! I'm thankful for the jobs and friends that I had to let go because it had no room in my life as a christian. I am especially thankful for the parents and church that did not believe nor allow their young people to date or hang out with people who did not go to church while I was growing up. For the times I had to decline a date with a gorgeous guy because he didn't believe like I did. I'm thankful for the many nights that my mom and dad, granny (elder pastors wife and my BFF grandmother), pastor and wife, visiting evangelist, etc... that would sound the alarm in my life so I could take cover and survive the storm! Thank you Jesus for the Sirens in my life! Keep them going please!

Kubarikiwa

"Blessings on You"

Curly Girl Design

You guys soooooooo need to check out this blog and also their store! Im so in love with all things Curly Girl!!! http://curlygirldesign.com/blog
Let me now what you all think!

Kubarikiwa

"Blessings on You"

Good Morning Beautifuls!



Hello!!! Good Morning Beautifuls!

I have been listening to KLove today and they are talking about How Beautiful we are to Jesus!

So Here I am to remind you all! You are beautiful in Jesus' eyes! He created YOU! He Loves YOU! and He Wants YOU! ~ to Love Him back and Serve Him with all of your heart! :) 

If you were the only person in this world, He still would have wrapped Himself in flesh and came down here just so He could take those stripes, carry that cruel cross to calvary and die for YOU! ~ So you could know the Refreshing of Repentance, and the Washing of the Water in Jesus' name, and His Sweet Annointing sweeping through your very being by the Infilling of the Holy Ghost! 

 You are worth it and He thinks you Are Beautiful!

Are you living so that others can see Jesus in you?

Okay so it has been awhile since I have been here ~

                                                                 I hope all my beautiful peeps ------->

                                                                                               

    

Have had a wonderful Christmas and A super awesome start to a Brand New Year living and working for sweet Jesus!

 What are some things that you are daily working on this year?

I have started to read the Bible through again, I usually do this every couple of years, and I have picked this year to start afresh again. It is taken me a little longer because I am going through two different versions, The Amplified and The KJV :)

Also you could say that today 1/11/11 is the First Day of the Rest of My life :) Tonight will be my first Seminar for Weight Loss Surgery. Chris and I have been praying about it most of December when I went to the Dr. and I talked with My Pastor and I feel like Jesus is impressing me in this direction, I went a couple years ago for a different kind of weight loss procedure but we all know that The Lord's timing is EVERYTHING! This will get me in the process of having the surgery done. I am excited, but also very nervous! I know He has me (everything about me!) So Here's to a wonderful exciting new me! :)

Also I have one more exciting thing ~ Chris and I cruise in 68 days!!! WOOO HOOO!!!!

Until Next Next time! ~

Kubarikiwa

"Blessings on You"