We're Moving

Change is in the air and the site for this blog is going to change also!

I will no longer be updating this blog but heres the address to the new one!

breathelifeintostone.wordpress.com

Look forward to seeing you there :)

Vikki

Why I love my little brother.

Sometimes I like to share little things in my life that make me laugh. Meet my little brother George. He's 16 and my Dad recently told me this story.

My brother works in a small local shop near our house. My Dad picked him up one day and noticed that he had an apple tart with him (my Dad's favorite dessert). Anyway, my brother got in the car and he said to my Dad "Dad... what would you say if I saved a life?". My Dad, unsure of what George was TRULY asking, asked again what my brother meant. George merely repeated the question "Dad, what would you say if I saved a life?". Dad then replied saying "well I'd be proud of you, thats a great thing to spare something from death". Then my brother let loose what this all meant. George explained how a man had come into the shop that day telling George how he was going to shoot his dog since it was no good. This is when my brother told my Dad "so... his dog is arriving at 12 o'clock tomorrow...here's an apple tart".

SO we welcome Bailey the cocker spaniel and labrador mix to our family!!!!

You never know whats going to happen next in our household. I am incredibly blessed.

We keep the Streets Safe.

God blessed me a bunch with these people. They taught me so much, and I was so encouraged to work alongside people with such a ministry mindset. 

They were also the best fun ever. Team VATA lived up to their name at Redneck night. 

My team thought they were hilarious. "We <3 her leprechaun people"

Camp fun.

 At our first camp we would play water kickball everyday with the campers. The first day it was super hot and we got popsicles as a snack, so it was pretty beautiful.

We did the same thing the next day. It was not so hot, so not so beautiful. Cold water, popsicles and paddling pools...

The next week our campers were faculty at a Junior high camp... they remade this picture... note the shirts.

LOVE.

Long Time No See

This summer I got to travel with these three amazing people that you see above which I now consider as some of my best friends. I learned so so much. I watched God work on a daily basis, transforming kids lives. I got to talk about the school I love all summer. And I learned so much about myself too. I would write a blog post about this summer but it would be far too long for you to care and the words would never do it justice. You'll probably hear some stories randomly through the next year. But there are things which I have taken from this summer which will travel into how I live and want to live post-summer.

1. Love, and love genuinely. Love speaks where sometimes words can't.
2. Calm yourself, things happen. All you can do is make sure you do everything in joy and with confidence in Christ.
3. Be intentional, with people, conversations, activities etc You never have any idea where roads lead, where the ripple effect goes or how many dominos you can knock down in one push.
4. Believe in yourself. If you don't, how do you expect anyone else to?
5. Be disciplined. Discipline develops focus and drive.
6. That whole trying to do it yourself thing? Yea... it wont work. You need God and you need people.
7. Be centered in prayer. It changes things.
8. Remember that the battle is the Lords and that your first priority is being a kingdom worker. Its about Him and the glorification of His name. Him first, others second, you last.
9. Do things which make you come alive and inspire you. The world needs people who are passionate.
10. Life is short, make it a masterpiece if nothing else. Be making the stories to tell the kids.

So thats probably not what you wanted. But after summer I am ready to get stuck into life again. Im back with more passion and drive than I have ever had before. And right now Im more concerned with what my next adventure is, what next blog post to write, book to read, person to meet. I really hope to take you on a crazy journey with me over this time.

Lets see where He leads,

Vikki x