Author: stepnn2me

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to Life Of Victory Worship Center of Oxnard, CA as you celebrate 5 years in dedicated ministry!

One open hearted Gentleman, and One lovely loving Lady, came together to publically proclaim their devotion one to another. Surrounded by their families and friends, who came to share in their joy.

May all of your days be filled with double joy, comfort peace and laughter.

In January I embarked on a dress making project that spanned four months and invited who-so-ever-would, to join me. This venture culminated in four sewers creating 31 gorgeous dresses that were lovingly given to the Lira School, and orphanage in Africa. This Dress Project was a labor of love. I even got my face in a tutorial or two!

And this concludes my year in review. When I look back, I must say that my life is truly full. Full of people and experiences that continually challenges and encourages me to enjoy every day to the full. What will you do today?

I love dance in it’s many forms, and the month of April had My Fav and me, at the LPAC (Lancaster Performing Arts Center) enjoying the production, Lord Of The Dance. What an awe filled experience!

March had us ministering an original play for Resurrection Sunday. The original concept was by my sister. I had the awesome privilege to adapt and restructure it for our church. Again one of my favorite parts was our PVC tomb

February we were gearing up for our garden, planning what we wanted to grow and where. This February is similar, except I think we are a bit further along. We also finished our original concept for our solar dehydrator, and it works well. We will be adding some modifications, but could not really be more pleased with it. And though the gophers had their way with our sweet potatoes last year, we have a plan to stop their feeding frenzy.

In the interest of speeding up my reflection of last year, I will be combining the earlier months together.

In July the Sisters In Ministry, an organization I am honored to be a part of going on 4 years now, Celebrated 10 years of fellowship and support, at their annual prayer breakfast. Here is a small sample of what went on.

The month of June, we celebrated mini Grads (kinders) with my Goddaughter and my cousin and Dads at Life Of Victory Worship Center.

If you are in the Oxnard area and looking to worship and fellowship with some wonderful people who will LOVE on you, I highly suggest you visit LOV Worship Center.

Visit http://www.lovusa.org/ for more info on them.

We bid a beautiful family, fair well as they embarked on a new chapter in their lives in May, and FINALLY attended our first Strawberry festival  together.

We love these guys!

I guess this was a month for first as we also saw the Katina’s in concert. They are truly an awesome, anointed group of singers with lives and testimonies to match.

Visit www.thekatinas.com for more info on them

The Annual 2014 KAPPA Ball is quickly approaching! Act now to get your tickets and come photo ready!

Contact your local KAPPA Brother for more details!

Rhetoric, Built-in Book shelf, Juice fast and raw food cleanse that changed everything, and The accidental Co-Op.

Wow was this month jam packed. We again attended a wonder-filled worship-full evening of poetry, prose and exhortation at Rhetoric, and await in great anticipation the 2014 addition. For more information and access to videos of last years poetry go to :  http://www.p4cm.com/

We created one of what will be two custom built-in book shelves YAY! I absolutely love knowing I made the molding that adorns the sides, and the storage we provided to our little home. It awaits it’s finishing paint and crown molding which we decided to add. but other than that. Yep it’s done!

There were things in my body that were out of order, which led me to take charge of my own health and healing. So I decided to begin my healing by going on a fast. What was supposed to be a 7 day all juice cleansing fast, turned into something more. You can read all about what I did in this blog post Here.

Well that fast turned into The Accidental Co-Op. How is that possible? Well while I was juicing ALL  of my “meals” I found the cost to be, um, a bit expensive for the amount of everything I needed to truly be successful. In that I was committed, I knew I needed an alternate food source, and our summer garden was coming to an end and we needed quantity. So we decided to purchase our food in bulk. To make a long story short people began asking what we were up to, recognizing a change in my life, weight, energy, etc.… and wanted to know where we were getting all our food. One thing lead to another, conversations happened, and BAM! Accidental Co-Op.

DISCLAIMER : WE ARE NOT RUNNING A CO-OP AS A BUSINESS. WE BUY FOOD AND SHARE THE COST AND GOODS WITH OUR CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

If you are interested in a co-op, and there are many to choose from may I suggest visiting

http://www.farmplate.com

Type in your zip code and it will give you a host of options for great locally harvested organic food.

I love doing year in review posts. They help me see and note the things I found interesting and important in life. What were you up to last year?

We have been in business for 10 years and we could not be happier. And, to start off the celebration, we have given our website a make over. Check out our new look at

www.photosutreasure.com

Happy Birthday to US!

Sign our Guest Book and tell us what you think!

This year for our anniversary, we decided to stay home and work on a home improvement project. The goal was to take a week and complete the entire outdoor gathering place/gazebo/room, and then to party hardy after it was done. So we invited family and friends to come and fellowship/help/cheer us on. We expected it to be fun, and truly it was. We did not expect record breaking temperatures every single day of the week!

Our “helpers” mostly played in the water, and sat in the shade. And really who could blame them. It was upwards of 115 degrees, and already 95 early in the mornings!

So what I estimated would take about 4 days (um yeah I kind of underestimate sometimes) is now taking months! Honestly though, we are so very humbled that all of you came out from near and far, to participate with us, and help us out of the goodness in your hearts, or maybe curiosity to just see what “they” are up to now. Thank you. We had a blast fellowshipping and dancing in the mud.

We do not have images of everyone who came out (shame on us) as we were trying so hard to do as much as we could before the heat overwhelmed us or the night descended, but we do remember every moment, the borrowed truck, the efficient cob stirring, the loading and unloading of rocks and sand, the digging of trenches, the free granite and wood and barrel and stones and bricks. Just remembering has our hearts full.

Ok so it is still not finished BUT we will resume building as soon as Spring hits, and we exit the record breaking frostiness that is this Winter. From our hearts we say again to everyone who cared enough to lend a hand, a foot, and travel the dirt road to assist us. You ROCK!

AND Our Rocket Mass Heater WORKS!

Fifteen Years and growing stronger everyday. This beautiful couple celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary getting married all over again. Through thick and thin they have carved out a life filled with joy and laughter that they readily share with those around them.

May your days together be multiplied. May your devotion one to another deepen as each moment you share passes. Consider yourself teased.