Sleep

I'm tired. I haven't slept the last couple of nights, and i'm heading into a very busy week with at least 2 late nights. Prayer required please.

I currently am sat with a living room full of people who are watching the NFL. There is Mark, Will, Andy, Dan&Jenn, Marriott and me, and we're waiting for Dave.
Not sure if Jenn is enjoying it.

Tomorrow evening I am going to Latimer with Mum, Dad, Sylv and Moni. Hopefully I get to see my friend Richard. Tuesday I have Moni. Wednesday we're all going to Golders Green. Thursday there is HUG in the evening. And Friday I'm out all day with Sylvia.
Sleep is needed.

Tears

Today I have cried alot. Mostly because I spent the day watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition. This season they were honouring heroes. And boy were they heroes.

One lady created a business where she takes photos in the ICU of Preemie babies, some of which didn't survive. I just wish that if anything like that happens to my future kids someone will be willing to do the same thing.

The other reasons is because my friends are leaving. I've already lost one of them before, and am now trying to start again.
Letters will follow. The plan is i'm gonna write one ever 2 weeks. Thats the plan, dunno what I'll say if anything. But guys, know that I love you

Names of Jesus

1: Jesus - Matthew 1:21
• In Jewish tradition the father named his offspring. God was the father
• Means Saviour – He would deliver people from sin
• 600 years before He was born God let Isaiah in on a secret (Isaiah 7:144) Emmanuel means God with us

2: Man – 1 Timothy 2:5
• The Man – the greatest most gentle and most loving friend you can possibly have

3: Light – John 8:12
• In the days of Moses God lit up the sky with a pillar of fire
• He is the pillar of fire leading people of all nations to God
• Light is also associated with freedom
• Jesus, our light, came to win our freedom from the darkness of living without God
• Peter described becoming a Christian as coming ‘out of darkness into his wonderful light’ (1 Peter 2:9) to be in the light is to be in a place of great freedom and joy

4: Way – John 14:6
• God used pillars of cloud and fire to show Moses and the Israelites the way (Deut 1:33)
• Jesus called himself the Way, He was stating that He was the only way to God
• Jesus – Way to God, Way to Life

5: Alpha and Omega – Revelation 1:8
• The Greek alphabet starts with Alpha and ends with Omega, like ours starts with A and ends with Z
• Its saying He is the First and Last
• First because He was there at the beginning of things creating our world and everything in it
• Last because He is in control of all events in the future and will reign with God over a new heaven and earth (Revelation 21, 22)
• He is out ‘A’ because He is with us from the beginning of our lives, even knowing us before we are born (Ps 139:13-16)
• He is our ‘Z’ for if we believe in Him, when we die we shall go to live with Him
• With Him as our A-Z we need never feel lost for He can show us the right way ahead
• A-Z – our past, present and future is in His hands

6: Truth – John 14:6
• Means nothing is concealed
• Carries a label marked 100% genuine
• He is truth
• He is trustworthy, straight and reliable
• A friend who cannot and will not let you down
• Another 5 letter word you can substitute for Jesus – Jesus is Truth, Truth is Jesus – Inseparable
• We can rely on all the Jesus says

7: Gate – John 10: 7
• The only entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven
• You cannot be forgiven and enter the security of God’s family without meeting Him first (Acts 4:12)
• Jesus didn’t say He was one of the ways to God but ‘the gate’
• The sheepfold is not meant to be a holy huddle for Christian mutton heads – verse 9 Jesus says His sheep will go ‘in and out’ into the world and live for Him there

8: Resurrection – John 11:25
• Means to stand up again
• He had power over death
• His promise is that all who believe in Him will live even though they die – when Christians die it is not the end
• He is there to see we ‘stand up again’ in heaven with a new body and eternal life
• Proof – He rose from the dead. Greatest event in world history. Its evidence that He can carry out His promise to give new life to all who believe in Him

9: Bread Of Life – John 6:35
• Bead is the staple diet of alot of people in the world
• In poor areas it is a matter of life and death
• To Moses and the Israelites God delivered ‘bread from heaven’
• 7 times He said He came down from heaven (Verse 33-58) not to fill stomachs but to fill lives

Thanks

I would just like to say thanks for following me Dave.

Anyway, I still need some inspiration as to what to write about. No forget that, I think I might have something... But you will have to wait and see

What to do?

I have no idea what I should do. Do I go to India in January... Or not?

Prayer

Some serious prayer is required if anyone reads this.

Moni hit me about 10 times today, most of it in the space of 10 minutes, and then she bit me on the hand - another full set of teeth.

There was no reason for any of it and so we don't know what to do with her. Sylvia has already said to her if she comtinues she won't live with Mummy anymore and she wouldn't live with me or mum but with some complete stranger. But dunno with that is gonna make a difference.

But if she continues something is gonna happen, and if she bites someone from Crossroads who knows what could happen.

Alaska Update

Hi lovely family,

We are now in Anchorage, Alaska, on solid ground.

Cruise was awesome, saw lots of glaciers, mountains, whales, sea lions and other assorted wild life.

Food was wonderful, there was 1 dining buffet which was open 24 hours a day so you could eat anytime you liked.

We are wandering around Anchorage at a liesurely pace, visited a market and lots of shops.

We set off for home early Tuesday morning, arriving Wednesday lunchtime.

Hope you are having a great time in March.

Lots of love Mum and Dad