Amen!

I just wanted to post and say how much God has been doing in my life lately. Im just learning alot about myself and Gods leading. Hes leading me to places and away from places, and I want to follow. Im curious to know where hes taking me on this journey. I just have a heart to gain more understanding from him, and to learn more and more of where he desires for me to be. My eyes have been opened to see past all the bad things that have happened recently, and to see the bigger picture in which Gods leading me elsewhere. I just long for more, and desire to see where I may end up. I want to be stronger and more apt to see with His eyes, and to see his plan in all things.
Im at a good place in life today.... For some reason today, God has given me an astounding peace that HES GOT IT UNDER CONTROL, and I feel so care free and trusting in that.
Gods Good!

Wow I havent been on here in forever!

Happy late Easter to everyone! It was different for me this year to not eat with my mom and meme at Easter. But it was nice to eat with Daniels family. We had a good time just hanging out. Last week my work had our Annual Fundraising Banquet. That was stressful. I didnt realize how much details people werent telling me about me being in charge of things. I walked in that night and was swarmed with people telling me what to do, that I needed to fix stuff, asking for help. Wow, it was exhausting and overwhelming! Im so glad its over. It definitely made me see the bigger picture of our organization, and I felt for once since Ive been there that Im a part of such a bigger picture than I see. It was just experiencing the whole night and seeing my work influence others. It was cool. Next big deal, we will be having our walkathon October 10th. So be ready for me to hit you up in sponsoring me to walk for our center!

This weekend we have our Youth Explosion at the Church. Those of you that read this that know youth around Cushing or the Stillwater area, point them our way! Its going to be cool. Curt, the Chi ALpha Pastor is speaking. And the Chi Alpha Band is playing. Its gonna be awesome. I hope we bring in alot of kids from Cushing High School. I hadnt really realized how much school has changed since I graduated until the other day. The kids were talking about gangs, drugs, drinking, girls pregnant...... ALL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Yeah, some of that stuff went on when I was in HS, but not middle school! It just seems to get lower and lower ages. It blows my mind. Anyways, be praying that God moves and it goes awesome.

Oh yeah, and can you imagine, Daniel and I will be married for a year May 24th. 10 days and 1 month away! So weird!

my life lately...

Wow, I think I underestimated youth ministry. Im tired. Wore out. Exhausted. We have not been home earlier than 10pm every night for the past 2 or 3 weeks. On the 13th we had a Worth the Wait Lock-In, and then the next day we had the Valentines Banquet. Yeah, Back to Back. I dont know what I was thinking. Never in my life will I do that again! I went on no sleep already on the 13th, then staying up all night, and then the banquet. Lets just say I had a few mental breakdowns during that day. Nothing was working out, everything was a disaster. We didnt have enough steak and chicken for the dinner, the charcoal went out and wasnt working, in 1 hour we had only cooked 10 steaks and it was time for the dinner to start. But luckily, thank you God, I was able to get ahold of Daniels grandparents and they brought the propane grill... It took 45 minutes and we got 20 steaks and 15 chickens cooked! Thank the Lord. It all came together. It actually turned out really well... by the grace of God. Everyone says it was the best they had ever been too... and also to my benefit, for some reason a ton of people did not pay attention to announcements and thought that it started at 7p, so the food being late wasnt a big deal either. :)

Cookie Lee Consultant

Well I just thought I would let you guys know, I am now a jewelry consultant. The brand is called Cookie Lee, its actually really cute jewelry. I like alot of it!!! Which is no good, because Im going to spend all my profit on it! Haha. Well I just thought I would let you know if you would like to book a show there are a variety of added bonuses for those who host a party, and you can also just order from me and arent required to attend the show. Here is a link to look at the catalog, let me know if there is anything your interested in ordering or hosting a show!
http://www.cookielee.biz/esuite/home/vickeythornton

Youth Pastor Daniel

Well, after much waiting, Daniel is now officially the youth pastor at our church. We have taken this on, and God is really blessing out youth group. We have seen alot of new faces just in the last couple weeks. We have alot of events coming up, Worth the Wait Lockin, a Valetines Banquet for couples (if anyone is interested in coming let me know), Girls Retreat, and many fundraisers for youth camp. So be prepared for postings of fundraisers, seeing if anyone is interested.
But I am thankful we are now finally official.... Gods really doing alot in us and the youth group. I think its good for many of them to finally have someone they can call their youth pastor. Its pretty much been 3 years since they have had one. There was one for a short period of about 5months in there, but he didnt work out. Justkeep us in your prayers, me especially... have any of you guys ever pictured me, a PREACHERS WIFE? I said crap the other day in the microphone, and I was like Oh Lord, what have you done by putting me here?? Im just not your typical pastors wife, I lack the etiquette and class I guess you could say? Im not perfect, and have a lot of flaws. Gods going to have to do a major work with cleaning me up for good presentation, haha.

A little sad today......

I dont know why, but today Im feeling a baby bit sad. Its weird how life changes. How aftr marriage some things just arent the same. Your friends slowly drift away... their lives slowly dont include you. They slowly move on, and need you less and less. It would be easier if I knew I just completely hadnt reached out to them and tried to continue hanging out and being friends, but its harder when you realize theyve peaced you out because they dont have what you do. That they have peaced you out simply because they dont understand marriage bc they are still single. Because they dont like being the third wheel, or simply because they have single friends to hangout with. How can something that simple define a friendship? How can something as easy as not being so dern egocentric and focusing on their own insecurities because they are still single completely change a friendship?? Yeah, maybe on my end there are some differences because I cant just up and go to their house at 3 am like before... but I am still the friend I used to be. The more and more as our marriage goes on, I realize how much of a friend I have in Daniel. Hes there for me, has fun with me, makes me smile, is there for me when Im sad... Thats a friend. And apparently is all I can really count on these days... Marriage does change things, is shows you the friends you really have.


(Sorry if this seems cranky, Im just sick of my marriage being the blame for the change in friendships when its really deeper than that)

Posted by Full Gospel Youth at 1:24 PM

I love my new job!!!!

So my first week has gone really well! I love it there.... its been kinda slow bc no one knows exactly what I am suppose to be doing to train me (the girl who was there before me was suppose to but she hasnt come back???) So Im learning little bits at a time... But I love it none the less, each day I realize even more all the reasons God has me there. I see a future at this place and have a feeling God has me there to be a big part! This is totally my heart and something God has called me to do.
So continue to pray, that I finally have daily tasks that I will be busy with :)