giving birth to eight children.. in ONE pregnancy?! i dunno why this article caught my attention. it's not like it's the first time it's happened. maybe bc i'm getting older.. and it's time to get.. umm married.. yknow. that whole jazz. check out the Q&A on octuplets as well. and how you would possibly raise eight children at once. i think it's pretty insane. each child weighs like 2lbs!!

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well i'm just sitting here @ work, perusing bbc.com. my 2pm class is canceled. my meeting w. my mentor is also canceled. so i'm just at work til 1230pm and then i'm donnne! the koinonia spring retreat is this weekend. i'm super super super pumped. last year was amazing.. but i have great hopes for this year's. this year's theme is based on Romans 12:2 - Do not conform to the patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing, and perfect will.

1. What is the world? Why does Paul say not to conform to it? Where do we fit in?
2. How do you transform your mind? What does true repentance look like?
3. How do you know what God's willl is? Can we trust that it is "good, pleasing, and perfect"?

And the theme itself is To Fit or NOT to Fit? Meaning will we choose to fit in the world where everything seems good.. or will we choose to NOT fit in the world and be separate? I think the retreat tshirt design made by our fabulous janet will make more sense:

I always talk about how I see things in jigsaw puzzles. And that was my vision for this retreat. I see our lives as puzzle pieces. Pieces that make up the world. But to each individual, there is a specific calling and that is the one piece in the center that isn't placed. As followers of Christ we have been called to be separate from the world. But it's still a choice. Will you choose to fit comfortably in the world and be like it.. or will you choose to receive God's calling, transform your mind, and NOT fit in the world? I hope that made sense... O____o

I'm just really really excited.

Please pray for revival, renewed commitments, and a zeal to serve our Lord. And for the weather. It's pretty mad right now with all the snow, but yea. Pray for safety for the speaker (flying in from DC) and for our drivers.

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I'm still memorizing II Corinthians.
Here's the next chunk I'll be memorizing.
Please keep me in check! I'll update sometime soon about my convictions and lessons learned. =)

8We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
II Corinthians 1:8-9

Well, I'm off to reading again! =)