tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51282919976117844932024-02-21T04:51:47.192-08:00The Kieklak Cornerest. 2011Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299780098224584238noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128291997611784493.post-2593183419942396992013-09-02T08:26:00.000-07:002013-09-02T08:26:33.488-07:00The Big Reveal: A New Blog<div style="text-align: left;">
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Hello readers! Sorry I haven't been blogging much this summer. Like I said earlier, I've been working on a pretty big project (along with half a dozen other craft projects that cropped up). Well, the project is finally ready to be revealed - I'm starting up a new blog with one of my close friends, Cara Kramp! </div>
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We spent much of the summer brainstorming post ideas & designing (and redesigning and redesigning) the look of our blog. We launched our site today - go check it out!<br />
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You can visit the <a href="http://thehelpmates.com/?page_id=38" target="_blank">meet page</a> and the <a href="http://thehelpmates.com/?p=422" target="_blank">first post</a> to learn a little about Cara & me and our heart behind the blog. We'll be posting every Monday and Friday at 9 am, so be sure to check back with us!</div>
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I haven't decided yet what this blog will look like now that I'll also be blogging over there, but for now I'm going to leave it up and see what happens. I do know that The Helpmates will take priority over this blog since Cara will be counting on me to post regularly, so don't be surprised if the posting here slows down a lot. I'll be posting there about once a week, so if there's nothing new here, just head over to <a href="http://thehelpmates.com/">thehelpmates.com</a> to check up on me!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299780098224584238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128291997611784493.post-75794504660787520842013-06-21T17:45:00.000-07:002013-06-21T17:45:20.495-07:00summer reading list<div style="text-align: left;">
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Now that summer is here and I've (finally) finished up my undergrad, I've been devouring books like crazy! I love using the <a href="http://www.audible.com/wireless" target="_blank">Audible app</a> to listen to books while I'm driving, cooking, cleaning, & working out. But I also love having the actual book in my hands. So, I usually have two books going at once, one physical book & one audio book.</div>
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Just for fun, I've added my summer reading list to the sidebar of the blog. You can follow along with what I'm reading and get my (extremely short) reviews. Four of the books I'll be reading are part of UBC College Ministry's Table Talk. Every summer, the college staff chooses four books that they consider fairly vital to a Christian's library to take students through. In the past years of Table Talk, I think I've only completed one book (shameful, I know), but this summer I'm hoping to finish all four. You guys can keep me accountable to that!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299780098224584238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128291997611784493.post-8219379639559213882013-06-17T07:40:00.000-07:002013-06-17T07:40:08.656-07:0018 months of marriage - advice from a novice wife<div style="text-align: left;">
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<br />It's wedding season again, & as the invitations pour in, I find myself reflecting on everything that God has taught me over the past 18 months that I've had the privilege of being Steve's wife. I know that I have so much more to learn about marriage - I'm far from being the perfect wife, no matter what Steve tells you - but I thought I'd write out some of the biggest things that I've learned about marriage so far. So, here's my shortlist. Other than #1, it's not in any particular order:<br />
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1. By far the most important thing that I've learned is that <b>love isn't just an emotion</b>. C.S. Lewis puts it this way:<br />
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Love is a conscious choice to sacrifice myself for Steve. Just as God loved the world in such a way that he sacrificed his only Son, I must love Steve in such a way that I am willing to sacrifice my wants & desires for Steve's or for what is best for our marriage as a whole.<br />
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2. <b>Be spontaneous!</b> Don't let your laundry or homework plans keep you from going out to watch a movie or get ice cream. Set up the tent in the living room & spend the night in it. Even if you need to get up early, don't keep yourself from staying up talking to each other deep into the night. Have pillow fights & tickle wars, play hide & seek, read aloud together, and just be yourselves! Revel in the knowledge that you get to live with your best friend.<br />
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3. <b>Learn more & more about each other</b> - ask questions! One of the greatest joys in marriage is getting to know your spouse better than anyone else does. I learn new things about Steve every day, and it fuels my love for him.<br />
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One silly & embarrassing example of this is that just last month I discovered that Steve likes mayonnaise on his sandwiches. I've been making him sandwiches for over a year without a clue, until one day I finally thought to ask him, whoops!<br />
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4. <b>Your budget is important.</b> Decide on one together & stick to it. We got an awesome excel spreadsheet from my brother-in-law that's helped us a lot in budgeting. Make sure you have common goals for spending, saving, & getting rid of debt.<br />
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5. <b>Husbands need encouragement.</b> It may be an affirmation of his leadership of your family, or something as small as thanking him for taking out the trash, but encourage him often. Your words mean more to him than anyone else's, so keep them positive & uplifting! When you do need to offer less than positive opinions, don't whine or complain. No one needs that, especially not your sweet hubby.<br />
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6. Make spending time together a priority, but <b>keep your friends close</b>, too. Being together is very important, but that doesn't mean that your friends get tossed to the side. Steve has always been great about letting me have girl time whenever I want, & I usually use his guy time as an excuse to try out new recipes for him & his friends.<br />
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You don't want your spouse to be your only relationship, that's not what marriage is about. Also, building a community of married friends is important. Steve & I get together with at least one other couple every week to hang out, and I'm in a young wives Bible study. It's always encouraging to hear from other women about struggles & successes in their marriages - it's such a relief knowing that I'm not the only one having trouble sticking to the grocery budget!<br />
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7. <b>Get a mentor</b> who is older than you & has been married for a few years - a woman who will be real with you & doesn't hesitate to call you out when you're being stupid. My mentor has been so encouraging to me in my walk with Christ & my training as a godly wife. I can get great advice from my mom, my sister, or my friends, but it's different coming from someone who was in my shoes just a few years ago.<br />
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Since Steve is the interim college pastor, we don't get to attend the young married Sunday school class. It's hard for us, since we aren't college students anymore & we don't connect with them in the same way that we do with other couples. So, when I was looking for someone to disciple me, I found another pastor's wife. She's been where I am & is excellent at encouraging me in my service alongside Steve in the college ministry.<br />
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8. Your husband will change & so will you - <b>marriage is dynamic</b>. My husband is a different man than the one I married, but not in a bad way. Being a husband has changed him, taking 12 hours of seminary has changed him, growing in the Lord has changed him, and growing closer to me has changed him. I can see the changes in him better than the ones in myself - like his new love for writing slam poetry, & his seminary studies shifting some of his theological views - but I know that I, too, have changed from the woman he married.<br />
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Don't let that change freak you out. Enjoy the man he was, the man he is, and enjoy watching the Lord mold him into who he'll be next, as he molds you, too!<br />
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So, those are the big things that God has taught me in marriage so far. I hope it's encouraging to some fiancee or newlywed out there!<br />
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On a different note, sorry I haven't been blogging as much recently. I've been working on my last college course (which I finally finished up last week) and I've been working on a secret project that has also taken up some time - hopefully it will be ready to reveal by the end of the summer!</div>
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While Cara was here last weekend, we went shopping at a local thrift store. I got this dress for $4. It's a size 14, which is giant on me. I bought it, along with a white button-up shirt that is my size, so that I could use all of that pretty blue fabric to make something I could wear. </div>
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I pinned the skirt & shirt together & sewed.</div>
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Then added a belt, & voila! A cute dress that's the right size for me. And the best part is, I still have about 3/4 of that dress left, so that's two sewing projects for under $10!</div>
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This is part 4 of my couch slipcover tutorial. Go <a href="http://thekieklakcorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slipcover-tutorial-how-to-make-piping.html" target="_blank">here</a> to start from the beginning. </div>
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Step 1: Measure & Cut the Arm Fronts</h2>
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Cut a rectangle of fabric & pin it to one of the arms. Outline the existing piping in chalk.</div>
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Cut out the arm piece, leaving a little around the edge for seam allowance. </div>
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Use the arm piece as a template to cut out your second arm front piece. The chalk will transfer to the second piece, which is okay because the calk is useful in the next step. It also helps to remind you to make two mirror image arm fronts instead of two that are identical. </div>
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Step Two: Add Piping</h2>
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Pin your <a href="http://thekieklakcorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/slipcover-tutorial-how-to-make-piping.html" target="_blank">piping</a> onto the arm fronts, raw edges facing outward. Line it up with the chalk as you pin. You may need to cut some small slits along the curved edges like I did.</div>
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Sew on the piping & check the size of the arm front against the arm of the couch. </div>
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Step Three: Finish the Arm Pieces</h2>
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Drape several yards of fabric across the arm of the couch like this:</div>
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Pin it to fit your couch arm & trim it down to size. </div>
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Pin the arm front piece on inside out. </div>
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Since my couch originally had several pleats along the top of the arm, I added some in as I pinned the arm front piece to the rest of the arm. </div>
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Sew, turn right side out, & put it on the arm to check sizing. Make adjustments if needed, & if everything fits fine then repeat for the other arm & move on to the next step. </div>
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Step Four: The Couch Body</h2>
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Put the finished arm pieces on the couch inside out. Drape a large piece of fabric from the top of the back of the couch down to the front edge. </div>
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Here's my recipe for granola bars. Steve loves them, and they're great for snacking on the go! </div>
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You'll need a small sauce pan, a casserole dish, and a mixing bowl.</div>
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<i>Ingredients:</i></div>
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- 2 cups of oats</div>
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- 1 cup rice cereal</div>
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- 1/4 cup each of flax, wheat bran, & wheat germ</div>
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- 1/3 cup honey</div>
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- 1/4 cup applesauce</div>
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- 2/3 cup brown sugar</div>
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- 2/3 cup peanut butter</div>
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- 1 tsp salt</div>
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<i>Optional Peanut Butter Topping:</i></div>
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- 1 bag of peanut butter baking chips</div>
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- 2/3 cup peanut butter</div>
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Combine the oats, rice, flax, wheat bran, & wheat germ in your mixing bowl:</div>
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Set that aside, and combine the rest of the ingredients in a small sauce pan until melted, then stir for about 2 minutes.</div>
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Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients & mix well.</div>
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Spread & press into your casserole dish (I like to line mine with wax paper first for easy removal). And there you go, granola bars!</div>
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I like to take things a step further & add a peanut butter topping to the bars. It adds more peanut butter flavor & helps bind the bars together. Mix a package of peanut butter chips with 2/3 cup peanut butter & melt it on the stove.</div>
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Then spread it on top of the granola mixture & refrigerate for an hour.</div>
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Once it's cooled, cut it into bars.</div>
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Voila, you're ready for snack time!</div>
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Obviously, these aren't gluten free, so they're just for Steve. I'll try to post about my gluten free bars next time I make a batch.</div>
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Nike turns 1 year old today! We tried to take pictures of Nike every week when we got her so that we could see her growing, but after a few months we forgot. Still, you can see her growing, so here are some pictures of her over the past 9 months.</div>
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Here she is on the car ride home from the breeder, & playing with her favorite toy the week we got her. She was 3 months old & about 18 pounds. </div>
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These are from March, when I was keeping Bailey & they became the best of friends:</div>
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And finally, some pictures from my lunch break today, she's now a whopping 60 pounds:</div>
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It's been fun watching her grow & learn over the past 9 months. There have certainly been some rough times, but we have truly enjoyed having Nike in our lives!</div>
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A <a href="http://thekieklakcorner.blogspot.com/2013/04/oh-boy-nephew-4.html">new nephew</a> means nursery crafts! My sister, who is a graphic designer, made these cute owl & fox graphics for me to paint for Levi's nursery. Here are some pictures of my painting process & the finished products. I think they turned out so cute!</div>
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Levi Jarrett was born yesterday around noon. Since my sister lives in Houston, we won't get to see him for a while, so pictures will have to tide us over until we do!</div>
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What a cutie! We've always had so much fun with our nephews, so we're excited to add another to the mix!</div>
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Last Saturday my friend Cara was in town for a wedding, so we got several friends together & went to the farmer's market. Here's my good friend Amy, who is getting married in August!</div>
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These three girls are ex-roommates of mine: Stephanie, Amy (again), and Cara!</div>
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I think Stephanie is talking in this picture. The fourth woman here is Sarah Jo, a friend from church. She's due in early June, look at that cute baby bump!</div>
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This past week was spring break here in Fayetteville. My parents & aunt, uncle, & cousins all went on vacation, and Steve went on a mission trip to Boulder, CO. I stayed at my parents' house while they were gone and I kept their dog and my aunt & uncle's dog, Bailey. Bailey and Nike had a lot of fun together all week, and they kept me company at work. I took over 200 pictures of them, so here are a few of the best!</div>
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Bailey's just too cute! She's some sort of lab mix (I think lab & pug), and she's very sweet. Just look at that face!</div>
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This was the last day we had Bailey. These pups were so tired after a long week of play!<br />
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I'm transferring this post and the entire Slipcover Tutorial series over to <a href="http://www.thehelpmates.com/" target="_blank">The Helpmates</a>. Check over there every Friday for a new slipcover post, and click here to go to the <a href="http://thehelpmates.com/?p=808" target="_blank">full piping tutorial</a>. </div>
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These are from a few weeks ago when it snowed and we got off work early. I just rediscovered them when I uploaded my pictures. Nike had a lot of fun trying to catch the snowballs we were throwing at her. Overall, I'd have to say that the snow was a big hit with Nike!</div>
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If you haven't checked them out, go watch some of the <a href="http://www.lizziebennet.com/">Lizzie Bennet Diaries</a>. Over the past year, these video diaries have chronicled a modern version of Jane Austen's classic novel, <i>Pride & Prejudice</i>. Now, I understand that there are already so many different adaptations of this novel that it would take a whole wall of shelves to hold all the books, short stories, and DVDs that this story has inspired. I myself have read, watched, and enjoyed many of these adaptations. But the Lizzie Bennet Diaries project is more than just a fun modern twist on the timeless classic. It's an entirely new storytelling medium. If you like good stories in any medium (books, movies, music, theater, etc.), then this project will certainly catch your eye.</div>
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Not a lot of YouTube videos are as well made as these diaries. They're scripted, directed, edited, and there were auditions for the actors who star in them. A lot of thought has clearly gone into adapting the story for a modern audience with modern problems. Since the main issue in the original work is marring off five daughters because there's no son to inherit their father's estate, that couldn't have been easy. </div>
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The videos are released in real time (when it was Christmas in real life, it also was in the story) and the characters in the story maintain an online presence. Lizzie, Charlotte, Lydia, Darcy, and all the other characters in the story have Twitter accounts and Tumblrs and some even take the time to <a href="http://pinterest.com/LooksByJane/">pin things on Pinterest</a>. That means that in between videos (which are posted on Mondays and Thursdays), the audience can still check in with the storyline by <a href="http://www.lizziebennet.com/a-wedding/">seeing what the characters are saying</a> on Twitter and elsewhere online. The characters will even respond to fan's tweets about their fictional lives. Other websites are also getting into it, like this <a href="http://www.leakynews.com/south-by-sit-down-leakynews-catches-up-with-gigi-darcy-at-sxsw/">fake interview</a> with Gigi Darcy (Georgiana). This keeps the world of the story alive in a way that hasn't been available to us before.</div>
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These are all new, innovative touches that bring the story to life for viewers, but that's not even the most interesting part (from my creative writing point of view, anyway). The most interesting twist is that these video diaries are permanent in the world of the story, so once a character finds out about their existence, they can go back and watch previous episodes. This means that when Darcy is rejected the first time - and finally finds out about Lizzie's videos - he watches them and can see everything she's said about him in her videos up to that point. That's just one example of how the nature of these videos adds dimension to the storyline.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299780098224584238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128291997611784493.post-14980880129875652382013-02-26T13:20:00.000-08:002013-02-26T13:26:18.989-08:00ellen's in the field <div style="text-align: left;">
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In January, one of my best friends left to do mission work in a remote jungle area in Suriname. A few weeks ago, she flew from there to Oaxaca, Mexico, where she will continue serving as a missionary with Hands On for the rest of the semester. I'm so proud of her for taking this leap of faith and boldly going out with the gospel. </div>
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You can find her blog, titled "<i><a href="http://imsignificantlyinsignificant.blogspot.com/">Significantly Insignificant</a></i>", on my "Blogs I Love" feed on the side of this page, which will update every time she posts. I encourage you to read about what God is teaching her and the ways she is being used to bless the people she's serving. Please join me in praying for God to continue to keep her safe and grow her relationships with her team mates as they settle into life in Oaxaca. </div>
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Two weeks ago (I know, I'm so behind on blogging!) Steve and I drove up to Louisville, KY for the Resolute missions conference at SBTS. This was our second trip to Louisville together and we definitely fell more in love with it than ever. We stayed with our friends Matt and Cara Kramp (Cara is my old roommate and we were each other's bridesmaids, so we're really close friends). They moved to the area in November, and they live over the border in New Albany, IN. Since Steve is the interim college pastor at UBC, we don't have a lot of time to spend with other married couples, so it was really nice getting to spend a few days with Matt and Cara. </div>
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Here's the sweet care package that they put together for us: </div>
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Below is the river that separates Kentucky from Indiana, which we crossed every time we went to the seminary. I caught the sunset on the first night of the conference. The curved building in the foreground is the KFC Yum! Center, where Steve and I went for the T4G conference when I was a freshman and he was a sophmore. We had met before that conference, but it was there that we first became friends.</div>
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The sunset provided perfect lighting to snap some pictures of the beautiful buildings at Southern.</div>
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Here's the chapel on campus, which is where the conference took place. </div>
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Albert Mohler, president of SBTS, was one of the speakers at the conference, along with John Piper and Russell Moore. The conference got both of us fired up for missions and excited about living overseas in the future. </div>
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I got to go to a breakout session taught by Catherine Pratt, the wife of the dean of Southern's Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. When we did our campus visit last summer, we got to sit down with Zane Pratt and learn about his family's 20 years on the mission field in Central Asia. </div>
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It was really neat getting to meet his wife and listen to her wisdom and experience about about women's roles on the mission field and the unique opportunities that women have in Muslim homes. One of her encouragements was to read biographies of women who were on the mission field. I just ordered a book of missionary biographies that she recommended (<i>From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya</i> by Ruth Tucker) and I'm excited to start reading it! She also had a lot of insightful things to say about what to expect on the mission field and the importance of learning and enjoying the culture that you're in and not complaining about difficulties and differences. </div>
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There was a Q&A time between John Piper and Al Mohler. It was interesting and beneficial listening to these godly men answer questions about missions. The biggest takeaway for me was that knowing the Word of God is the most important thing for a missionary, more than experience and theological training. </div>
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Charlie Hall led worship for us, which Steve and I both really enjoyed. </div>
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...then she seemed like she'd had enough, so I stopped. Sorry, Cara!</div>
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They even had these special SBTS water bottles:</div>
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Anyway, the trip was amazing and it made Steve and I even more excited about moving there next summer (2014), which is our plan right now. I can't wait until the next time that we're able to visit Matt and Cara, and I'm looking forward to living close to them again once we move there! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299780098224584238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128291997611784493.post-53549203928494895082013-02-23T17:11:00.001-08:002013-05-03T12:44:55.347-07:00swiffer duster refills<div style="text-align: left;">
I'm in the middle of making a slipcover for our couch. I've been working all week just to get one couch cushion done, so I needed a little break. I decided to sew something easy and confidence-boosting this morning before getting back to the slipcover. I found <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56270051/swiffer-washable-hand-duster-refill-set">these</a> a while ago on Pinterest, and I had some fleece leftover from making something this fall, so I made one! These duster refills are really easy to make and always useful, so I figured I'd put my tutorial on here in case anyone else is interested. </div>
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Here's what you'll need:</div>
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If you don't have the rotary cutter and quilting ruler, don't worry! Scissors work just as well. The tea is optional.</div>
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Once I had the width I wanted, I cut four 8 inch long rectangles. </div>
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I took one and traced where I would need to sew with chalk. </div>
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Then I cut an inch off the bottom so that the handle can slide in a little farther, since that's how the disposable dusters work. </div>
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Lay the top piece on top of the second piece, pin, and sew.</div>
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I didn't cut the thread until I was done, I just turned the fabric and back-stitched in the middle section. </div>
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It fits! (Actually, I was having problems with it falling off the handle so later on I made the openings about half as wide.)</div>
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Then I pinned the other two pieces to the bottom and sewed down the middle. </div>
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Top view:</div>
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Bottom view:</div>
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I rounded out the top corners and started clipping the fleece into strips. </div>
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The top two rows couldn't be clipped as far as the bottom two, so I turned it over and clipped the bottom in a little farther. </div>
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Ta-da!</div>
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I was asked to bring food to the college ministry's Super Bowl party last week. I knew that there wouldn't really be any desserts there that I could eat, so I decided to bring one. I found <a href="http://willowbirdbaking.com/2012/02/09/red-velvet-cheesecake-stuffed-cake-balls/">this recipe</a> online for cheesecake filled cake balls, so naturally I had to make some (with gluten free cake mix)!</div>
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This post is about a month late, sorry! I haven't had as much time to blog as I would have liked. At the beginning of January, Steve and I went to Atlanta, GA with about 35 college students for the Passion Conference. Every year, Louie Giglio heads up this conference that brings tens of thousands of college students together to worship and learn from amazing teachers like Beth Moore and John Piper. When I was a freshman, I went to Passion 2010, and there were about 20,000 college students in Atlanta. Neither of us went the next year because we were on a mission trip to Africa, but Steve and I went to Passion 2012 with the church last year right after we got married. There were about 40,000 students. This year we managed to almost fill up the Georgia Dome with over 60,000 students. </div>
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This year at Passion they promoted something called End It Movement. The goal of this movement is to raise awareness about the continuing existence of human trafficking. Twenty-seven million people in the world are trapped in human trafficking, being exploited for labor and sex. </div>
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Beth Moore gave a in-depth talk about the Last Supper. I love listening to Beth, since she always gets way deeper into scripture than I could on my own. Her talk at Passion 2012 was my favorite. I highly recommend that you watch it if you can find it online. </div>
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Below is one of the "Freedom Centers" where Passion volunteers collected donations to not only raise awareness about human trafficking, but also prevent, rescue, and restore those currently trapped in slavery. </div>
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On the last night they brought in Lecrae, who put on an awesome show with the 116 Clique.</div>
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After Lecrae, John Piper preached about preparing ourselves for suffering in this world, and enduring that suffering by looking forward to the reward that we have in heaven. It was a good reminder that you're not always going to be surrounded by Christians like we were at Passion, and that we need to have our hope rooted in Christ if we're going to persevere to the end. </div>
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Overall, the Passion Conference is a little too showy and flashy for my taste, but it does have a few things going for it. They're always good at raising awareness and funds (over 3 million this year) for causes that we as Christians should be very concerned about. I'm glad that they have focused specifically on human trafficking over the past two conferences. It gives a continuity to the conference as a whole that wasn't there in 2010 when they had several different causes for students to support. </div>
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Human trafficking is an issue that Christians cannot be silent about. We need to be the ones at the forefront of the freedom movement, because the millions of people trapped in slavery need to be set free not only from their captors, but also from the sin that enslaves them. Only when they recognize Christ as their savior can they truly be set free. Passion supports organizations like A21 Campaign, International Justice Mission, Not For Sale, and several others that are intent on spreading the gospel as they rescue and restore people from earthly slavery. </div>
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The majority of the speakers that they put in front of us are biblically sound and encourage students to endure in suffering, speak out against injustice, be a part of the local church, and persevere in the knowledge that we are saved by grace through faith alone, it is not our doing but Christ's. </div>
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Over my years at this conference, there have been a few speakers that have fallen short of preaching the gospel faithfully, or have preached a good word at Passion but haven't reflected biblical principles in their ministries. This is certainly a dangerous reality, since many students might assume that if these speakers were chosen for Passion, they are guaranteed to say absolute truth. I am lucky enough to be part of a church that has taught me over and over again to check what I hear from <b>any </b>speaker against the infallible word of scripture. Passion has always been a good exercise for me in this way, and every year it has sparked good conversations among our group. It's a reminder to us all that no speaker or pastor is perfect.</div>
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One of the best things about Passion is the community groups. They divide the students up into groups of a few thousand and then from there they get into groups of 8-10. Students meet with their groups about 6 times throughout the conference to talk about the speakers, what Passion is teaching them, how to apply what they're learning to their lives, go through scripture together, and talk about their struggles. This year I heard from almost all of the girls we took that their groups were fantastic. Students opened up to one another about hard issues and often found that they had a lot of struggles in common. Our group definitely gets the most out of the conference through the community groups, and I know of people who are still in contact with friends that they met at their community group years ago. </div>
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I think I've rambled enough now, you get the point. Passion may not be for everyone, and it does have its downfalls, but we must remember that no conference is going to be perfect. Passion does a good job with a lot of things, and every year we bring back students fired up for the Lord, ready to make an impact on the U of A campus for Christ. I think this is probably our last year to go to the conference (me and Steve, I don't know about the church). We're definitely okay with that, but we are glad that we went because God used it to bless us with good teaching and stronger relationships within our college ministry.</div>
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When I started working at the BCM, they had just replaced all the windows in one of their ministry houses, so I got three of the old windows to craft with! We moved right after I got them and they've been behind a pile in my craft room ever since, but I was on an organizing kick a few weeks ago and I rediscovered them. I decided to use Krylon looking glass spray and <a href="http://www.17apart.com/2012/05/how-to-diy-antiqued-mercury-mirror.html">this tutorial</a> to turn two of them into mirrored windows. </div>
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This past Friday was my birthday - the big 22! I had a great time celebrating. Steve took me out to lunch and got me a treat at Starbucks (what a sweetie). Friday night my mommy cooked us dinner and Matthew, Elizabeth, and little Will were there, too!</div>
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She even made me some <i>delicious </i>gluten-free cupcakes with Nutella frosting.<br />
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He had his first bottle that night, which he took very well. They had to travel to Tyler, TX the next day for a funeral and wanted to make sure he could take the bottle before they left.<br />
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What I really wanted to do for my birthday was go hiking, so on Saturday we went with my parents to Hobbs State Park. We brought Nike along, and she had a great time. The weather couldn't have been more perfect.</div>
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And the celebration didn't stop there! Steve gave me these adorable soup bowls:<br />
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And this Monday (MLKJ day) my friend Amy took me out for Chinese food at a place in Springdale that was very helpful about their gluten-free options. Then we went to see Pitch Perfect at the Springdale theater, which turned out to be a pretty good movie. I also got to craft this weekend, but you'll hear more about that later. </div>
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So many great things have happened in the past year, I can't wait to see what God will bring my way this year!</div>
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I ran across this crockpot breakfast recipe (http://lilyandbliss.com/2013/01/two-crock-pot-recipes-overnight-cinnamon-apple-oatmeal-and-kielbasa-sauerkraut/) a few weeks ago and decided to give it a try. It turned out so delicious!</div>
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It was so nice to wake up to a hot, sweet-smelling breakfast ready to eat! I think I'll set the crockpot to "keep warm" next time, though, since it got a little burned.<br />
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