this was taken after we were forced to eat our body weight in pizza by the cruel dictator of all you can eat food, captian CiCi's 

ok these next few pictures go back to the reformation celebration sensation. It was a while ago (oct.31) but they were too good to pass up! 

Woodards are off to see the wizard 

Mark and thersea, nathan and laviticus  

k woodard and one of the lollypop guild 

megan, shawn, and charity 

here is a better picture of our putt-putt trip 

These are our friends Phil and Erin. That bulge in Erin's stomach area is Phillip thee 2nd. He is out now and very cute. 

erin, phil, chad, erika. On thurs. nights we hang out eat cookies, and play cards. 

not of the world

Please post your comments on the subject.
I was fellowshipping with a friend and he was telling me about a book he has been reading. It is about a Christian who lives in a Muslim country and one of the misconceptions she encountered, was that most Muslims think everyone in the west is a Christian. She said anything the Muslims see in soap opera’s, makes them think, that must be how Christians act. Now my questions are these, how can Christians distance themselves from this? How beneficial is it that Americans push to have the government identified with Christ? I know these questions apply more towards the large group and not as much to individuals because I am talking about how Christians are seen as a whole in other countries. The other part that got me thinking about this was the news stories about people pushing to have the government calling a Christmas tree a holiday tree instead. For example:

Bush's "Holiday Card

Also while ago another group of people wanted to take the “one nation under God” out of the pledge to the American flag. I am not sure I made sense, but anyway, your thoughts…

quick update

I have tons of pictures I have to put on here. I don’t know why I can’t find the 15 minutes to do it. Updates are: my two classes are almost done(I am working towards getting my teaching credential), Juan and Debbie are coming down this weekend(Sweet!) we have a bag of cinnamon pine cones that make our house smell good but that is all the Christmas stuff we have up right now. We are getting ready to go back to Cali next friday. We finished up a foster parent class and got our home inspected but we are still not sure if it is big enough. In our meetings they told some of the saddest stories, it is really hard to believe that people could treat their children so badly. We don’t really know what God has in store for us in the child department. We, in many ways don’t feel ready and don’t want to lose the freedoms that we have now but we know that children are a blessing from God, and we are excited about them how ever they might come (adoption, foster kids, naturally). Most people kind of take it for granted the ability to have children (we did) but it really is God who opens and closes the womb.