1. Truth is found in a variety of ways
2. Words used well are beautiful
3. The number of stories is endless
4. Creativity comes in many forms
5. A simple phrase can paint a whole scene
6. A simple phrase can give deep insight into a person/character
7. No country or culture has a monopoly on beauty, creativity or truth
8. I love starting new stories
I’m sure there is more but those are just things off the top of my head. I could fill many blogs if I went into detail on each book I’ve read and what has spoken to me and what I’ve gotten out of them…some other day.
What are you reading? what are you learning?
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! Ps139:17-18 (Taken with instagram)
Love my girls! @brookchalfant @KylieRae_ @Addyson_Brook & twitter-less Belle (Taken with instagram)
Sing it - God is so good… #wishtherewasahalofilter (Taken with instagram)
We took a little road trip to St Louis last weekend, a little 15 hour jaunt. We’ve been sponsoring Emily, a girl from Uganda, thru Watoto these past 5 or so years and she is finally on the choir tour of the States. They came as close as western Illinois so we had to go meet her.
Let me just say, a 15 hour car ride was well worth meeting this sweet girl. She grabbed Brook and would not let go. she kept hugging her and had to sit right next to her when we sat down to talk and get to know each other. He smile is so beautiful and though her English is a bit broken, we had a great chat with her.
Watoto had the run of the service in the evening and the overall theme was that we are not forgotten, God is aware of everyone and their situation. Yeah, this is a truth we all like to sing with Mr Houghton here in the States, but it takes on a new meaning when explained by Ugandan children who were left orphans by war or disease. When a 8 year old girl is responsible for her younger siblings and how they get food and shelter, it’s a bit more meaningful to know that God is intimately aware of all they go thru.
What Watoto and Gary & Marilyn Skinner are doing in Uganda and now South Sudan and soon other nations in Africa is nothing short of a miracle. To take in widows and orphans and child soldiers and give them hope and health and Jesus and food and shelter and a future is amazing. it was so amazing to hear these little ones who’ve been thru hell have vision and hope to give back to Uganda and Africa and see themselves as the generation of change.
The trip itself was a classic Chalfant road trip - fires in western VA, crazy laughs and jokes, music, rain, stiff backs, weird rest stops - all in a days travel.
we did get to go up in the St Louis Arch, eat a concrete custard shake at Ted Drewes on Rt 66, shop at a vintage record store, take a riverboat cruise up the Mighty Mississip, see the Wizard of Oz characters standing out on a street corner, watch mindless cable shows on bridesmaids, listen to Ad & Elle’s STL rap and come up with goofy nicknames for all sorts of things.
Bottom Line:
check out www.watoto.com and sponsor a child
enjoy time with your family
do something you’ve never done before
or go somewhere you’ve never been before
live and know God is watching & aware & closer than a brother
where’s you next road trip to?
Yay my pedal board came. A bit sparse now, anyone have a volume pedal & delay they’d like to get rid of? (Taken with instagram)
THIS! Best k-cup I’ve had! #coffee #goodmorning (Taken with instagram)
Press, pour, drink, repeat… #coffee #cupofwonderful (Taken with instagram)
I’m putting the Super in this Tuesday! (Taken with instagram)
Yeah, that’s MY side… (Taken with instagram)
I am loved by my girls! (Taken with instagram)
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So far this year i’ve read Grimms Fairy Tales, Frankenstein, The Jungle and The Scarlett Letter. Quite a combination. I’m getting ready to start The Man in the Iron Mask to bring a bit of swashbuckling adventure into my morbid list.
What are you reading?
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (Taken with instagram)
I wiped her out playing outside on a beautiful day (Taken with instagram)