Honduras 2007

Well it is that time of year again when I make my way down south...way down to central America...to the country of Honduras.

So I will be out of pocket for about 12 days, but you can email me...here is how

On the right side of this blog there is a section labeled "Blogs I read"
One is titled Terry Reeves-Torch Missions
Click on it and it will pull up the Torch Blog.
On the blog there will be a link: Email us
Click on it and you can email me, BUT remember this....whatever you email will be seen by others than just me. The "Web Master" will print out the emails and then hand them to us.
Sometimes the Internet connection is shotty (hello Honduras) so.....

The Torch Blog will have updates and pictures about what we have done and such.
See ya when I get back.

50 Things

I want to give a shout out to Dinah Pigg who tagged me to write 50 things about myself. THANKS!!



1. I am 28 yrs old and am a Physical Therapist

2. I drive 40 miles to work

3. I have 2 cats, 2 dogs a horse and a bunch of cows.

4. I love mixed nuts!

5. I was born in Memphis, Tn. My mother ate a Big Max on the way and had to have me natural.

6. I love to read books. All genres but I love books about history. My favorite book ever is Redeeming Love by: Francine Rivers. I even have it on my IPod.

7. I love shoes!! I could go naked and just wear shoes.

8. I don't like to eat green things...except dill pickles or spinach dip.

9. I played softball in high school(out field) and in college (3rd).

10. I am a UT VOLS fan through and through.

11. I've lived in TX, Ark, FL and NY. TN too of course.

12. I am a HUGE Judds fan!

13. I love to travel and see new places. My goal is to one day fill up my passport.

14. I have one sister who lives in Seattle.

15. My favorite ice cream is Mint Choch. Chip, but my favorite dessert is Pecan Pie.

16. I love to be up early in the morning, but I hate the process of waking up.

17. One summer I worked as a cook at our church camp and had to crack then cook 300 eggs.

18. I have a love/hate relationship with flying.

19. My boss tells me I have a hypersensitive olfactory system. I am the only one at work who has to wear a face mask when going out in the plant so that I won't vomit from the smell.

20. I am leaving in 3 days to go to Honduras!!!! It will be my 4th yr to go and I am VERY excited!!!


21. I LOVE chocolate milkshakes from Penny Hill in Union City, TN.

22. I attended 4 undergraduate schools and 1 post grad school....so I know everybody from everywhere.


23. My mom used to make me be in pageants.

24. I am named after my mother's twin. (Jane)

25. Both of my parents are twins.


26. My favorite movie of all time is the Fox and the Hound..."Todd your my best friend"

27. My favorite TV show EVER is Gilmore Girls!!...and I want to live in Stars Hollow.

28. I cannot stand it when people pop their gum. It makes me want to poke my eyes out.

29. I hate running.

30. I have had music lessons for piano, trombone and guitar.

31. I can do a mean jazz hand! Thank you Fine Arts Warehouse.

32. I am a scuba diver...Scuba Steve! Night diving freaks me out a little bit..ok a lot of bit.

33. I love snow!!!


34. I like to give my animals really long names.....Tiffany Catherine Rosley Palmer.

35. I love movie theatre popcorn.


36. My sister and I used to make mud pies and put them on top of the dog house to dry.

37. My friend Cindy and I once dug out a stream of water coming through the levee out of the cow pond to make a bigger stream so we could slide down it......in February....when we where in high school.


38: I hate feet. I have to psych myself up to touch them at work...but I put on gloves.

39. I had a cadaver in anatomy with breast implants.

40. I love to get muddy!

41. I like to change my hair color...brown, blond, whatever.

42. My favorite Halloween costume I had growing up was Snow white. I looked cute!

43. My favorite season is fall. I love the changing of the leaves and the crisp air.

44. My favorite baseball team is the Atlanta Braves. Chop..Chop.

45. I have a REALLY sensitive gag reflex. I once threw up because I got like a drop of muddy water in my mouth. Ask Cindy about it.

46. I went to 2 NKOTB concerts, and would go again if they ever reunited. "You got the right stuff!"

47. I like to do laundry, but I HATE to put it away. I prefer my closet to be color coordinated and shoes in order according to style, but it never stays that way.

48. My cat sleeps with me...sometimes on my head.

49. Growing up my favorite color was blue, but now it changes from time to time...don't really have one now.

50. I retired my real estate license this year.


This was hard for me to do....It took multiple blogging sessions.

I now tag Cindy, the Jeremys', Leslie, Mark and Mary, and Amanda (just send an email out)

Top Ten

Ok, so my life has been threatened if I did not get this list out soon so here it is.......

The 13 Things That You Need to Bring to the Dominican Republic at the Melia Tropical All-Inclusive Resort

13. Compass: In order to find north while your trying to read the chalk board sized map of the
resort.



12. English/Spanish dictionary: Cause playing charades doesn't cut it.



11. Forehead light: Cause its creepy dark after the sun sets.


10. Closed toe shoes for men and heels for the women in order to eat at the Al-a-carte
restaurants: "Senors, No shoes no eat!"

9. Body Reflector Vest: So yo ass don't get run over by the golf carts after dark cause its creepy
dark.


8. SPF 80: Anything less and the sun laughs at you.


7. Dr. Schouls shoe cushion inserts: Its a long way from your room to the Al-A-Carte
restaurants in heels.


6. TWO brands of Deoderant: Some don't work in the Dominican heat...Say NO to BO!


5. A watch set to the eastern time zone: To make sure your on time for your reservation at the
Japanese Al-A -Carte restaurant... "Senoritas, 10 minutes late, NO EAT!"

4. Pepto and/or Imodium: Need I say more?

3. 100% Deet: Anything less and the mosquitoes laugh in your face....as they are biting you.

2. Body Powder: One Word....Chaffing

1. Ankle braces: For when you twist your ankles walking in heels on the cobblestone walkway
from your room back to the Al-A-Carte restruant in the creepy darkness and
have to leap out of the way of a speeding golf cart that didn't see you cause you
didn't have a reflector vest on.

Next time: What All-Inclusive means

Give me Jesus

It is Sunday afternoon and I am waiting for one of my loads of laundry to finish so that I can put in another load before I head to the Y to do some last minute fat burn before I head off to the the blue waters of the Caribbean.

As I am sitting here I thought I would share a little about my experience at church this morning. Mike, our senior minister, is on vacation and Jerry gave the message this morning. He was actually using John 15 as his vision, but I tend to scan the passages before and after when my attention span is walking toward the door. I noticed that I had previously underlined some passages in John 14. I would like to share this with you. John 14: 15-18 (in red letters), "If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask my Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever---the Spirit of truth. The World cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."

My thoughts: I absolutely love this verse. I am so relieved that God has given us the Holy spirit to be with us ALL the time. I am grateful that he watches out for us as we cannot do it ourselves, even when we think we can. I know that I need him in my life constantly to protect me and to open my eyes to the truth. I know I can get wrapped up in what the world offers, but I know that I have nothing without God and his love for me. At the end of the day my desire and my hope is that all I will desire and depend on is him.

Bebo Norman speaks it perfectly:

Take these hands and lift them up,
For I have not the strength to praise you near enough,
See I have nothing, I have nothing without you.

Take my voice and pour it out,
Let it sing the songs of mercy that I have found.
For I have nothing, I have nothing without you.

And all my soul needs is all your love to cover me
So all the world will see that I have nothing without you.

Take my body and build it up
Let it be broken as an offering of love.
For I have nothing, I have nothing without you.

All my soul needs is all you love to cover me
So all the world will see that I have nothing without you.
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my mind and all my strength that I can find.

Take my time here on this earth and let it glorify all that you are worth,
I have nothing I have nothing without you.

Also, Jeremy Camp's rendition of "Give me Jesus":

In the morning when I rise (x3) Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, give me Jesus. You can have all this world just give me Jesus.

When I am alone (x3) Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, give me Jesus. You can have all this world, just give me Jesus.

When I come to die (x3) Give me Jesus.

Give me Jesus, give Jesus. You can have all the world, just give me Jesus.