I've Moved My Blog

Hey - my blog has moved to a new site. Here's the address:
www.kristinevans.wordpress.com

**note it's kristin evans, no middle initial.

Resolutions Part 2

How are you doing on New Years Resolutions? I'm doing ok. Well, let's just say I've not ruled any of my resolutions as a failure yet, but I'm not perfect. Here's the update:

1. Read the Bible through in a year - a little behind
2. Increase exercise - jogging and strength training - haven't made it to the gym yet
3. Keep on top of caring for the garden - Yes! Did what I was supposed to do back in November!
4. Focus more on team building - working on communication
5. Plan more healthy meals to eat at home - doing better
6. Increase planning ahead for everything - work, life - updating calendars and USING them
7. Work on finding a place for everything or giving it away - started a bit last Saturday
8. Pray more! - this one's a easy one because the more you pray the more you want to pray

How are your goals going?

Unrest in Kenya

Many of you know that our church has strong ties to Kenya. Our pastors, John and Leslie Siebeling, pastored there before planting The Life Church of Memphis. I went to Kenya with them to visit the church and their pastors, Don and Amy Matheny, back in 1998. With the recent unrest in Kenya, we have all been praying. You hardly see a blurb about it on the nightly news, but it's a pretty big deal and it seems the country is at a tipping point. They need our prayers so this country can continue to be an example of stability in Africa. Read more by clicking on "Kenya" in the right hand column.

New Years Resolutions

So here we are again at the beginning of a new year. Can you believe how quickly last year went?! I can't!! Pastor John gave us a list of seven things he is thankful for from 2007 - so here is my list plus 8 things I'd like to work on for 2008.

Seven Things I'm Thankful For From 2007 (in no particular order)
1. The addition of Cocoa, our little puppy, to our family
2. Greg joining the staff of The Life Church
3. Our first ever Kids Life Summer Camp
4. Incredible trips this year - Australia; Birmingham, AL; Washington DC; Los Angeles, CA; Uganda, Africa
5. The purchase of the shopping center that our church is in
6. All the healthy babies born to friends this year
7. Another year of life, marriage, family and serving God!

Eight Resolutions for 2008
1. Read the Bible through in a year
2. Increase exercise - jogging and strength training
3. Keep on top of caring for the garden
4. Focus more on team building
5. Plan more healthy meals to eat at home
6. Increase planning ahead for everything - work, life
7. Work on finding a place for everything or giving it away
8. Pray more!

Christmas

Greg and I had a great Christmas! We celebrated early with my family at our house, then went to a cabin in the woods near Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. We did this last year and enjoyed it so much we did it again. It's nice because we can also go and see Greg's family and friends in Knoxville. This year, we brought Cocoa, our puppy. He had a great time! We splurged a little more on a nice cabin and hung out there a lot. It was a really great time to relax and unwind.