How have I NOT blogged about being PREGGERS!?!

So really, you would think that I already had a day by day post going of my pregnancy. But I don't. To be honest with you, I kinda forgot about this blog and have been doing soo many other things. 

I have decided to make my own little pregnancy journal on my computer and design everything myself. Then once I am done with each page, i'll print it and add it into a scrapbook. So since I already have all of the memories of the past few weeks of knowing I am pregnant typed up on another computer, I will share all of that with you later. 

As for now, let me just tell you the basics!

- I am due October 28th (My little sister Johanna's Birthday!)

- I am 7 weeks along now.

- Jer and I are absolutely ecstatic about the baby.

- I am getting to go through pregnancy with my absolute best friend, Abbey, who is about 13 weeks ahead of me.

- I think its a girl. :o)

 I will post so much more later!

First night of YL CLUB!!

Hey everyone,

So tonight was our first night of YL CLUB! It was awesome! We had about 85 kids show up to the Popers Barn, many being regular attending club kids but also a handful of new upperclassmen and the first timer freshmen! It was so great to see old faces as well as the new ones!

At club we played a great mixer out on the drive in the rain where two teams had to line up with a partner and the two people in the front have to hold a broom and run it to the end of the line, with all of the other partners have to jump over it! Needless to say, Danea has to buy her mom not only 1 new broom but 2. ;o)

Once upstairs, we sang a few great songs to bring us all together and then went into the famous MOUSE upfront!!!! Remember back to when we were on assignment and my crazy mouse story... Well, I have a little rodent box next to my couch right now with the mouse trying to eat through the box again! I will have anxiety all night over it. I am hoping to keep him alive until morning, to then return him to the pet store... :o) But the game went great and the kids went nuts! Fantastic! 

After the upfront game, we were interrupted by the "Popers Brown Dumpsters" instead of the "Lost Canyon Dumpsters"! The kids loved Jeremy and Zach and had never seen the skit before so it was a lot of fun to see them so excited. 

A few more songs and club ended with a great talk by Scott about what Young Life is all about. We then prayed, hung out for a few minutes and headed to Dions!

A great start to the semester for sure which is so reassuring during these difficult financial times. We know we are made to do this ministry when we are in the midst of all these awesome but lost kids! 

Please keep up the prayers and check back for weekly updates!

LOVE YOU ALL!

*Kayla

Young Life Support

Hey everyone,

So quick update on Young Life's status here on the west side... We are all still struggling financially, but there is hope. The guys have come up with a plan of action and will be sending out letters explaining ways that people can help. Basically what it says and shows is how even $10 a month makes a big difference in our lives and the ministry we are doing. 

A HUGE thing that is being offered is that there is a donor somewhere out of state that is willing to MATCH each donation we get. So if someone decides to donate $10 a month, it becomes $20 a month! Which is awesome! So, if you have been thinking about starting to donate to a non-profit organization or you are wanting to start tithing (this counts as a tithe because it is still going to Gods work) now would be such an amazing time!!! Again, ANY amount helps, and even the smallest or largest amounts will be doubled in these next few months. So please let us know if you or anyone you know is interested!!! 

Young Life truly is an absolutely amazing organization that we feel called to be a part of. We hate having to ask for donations and find people to help to keep Young Life going on the west side. But we do this unpleasant task of asking because we believe in it and we believe that God is working in teens lives here in Albuquerque. We all know how many  lost kids are out there, and we are trying our hardest to reach them.

Thank you so much for your consideration and continued support. Please keep up the prayers! We appreciate them so much.

*Jeremy & Kayla

Since we've been home.. Please keep praying!

So.. Since we have been back it has been a bit hard adjusting from the long month with long days full of spiritual blessings to home with what seems like much shorter days filled with hardship, struggles and loss.

Since the day we left camp, we knew we would be coming home to the loss of a family friends sweet baby, which was hard for everyone who knows them but especially the family. Early in the week, Jeremy got a bad cold and was pretty exhausted and trying to recover. Once he started getting better, I began to get sick and have come down with Bronchitis. No fun. On top of being physically and emotionally drained from the weeks events, financial strain began to burden our thoughts. Jers tuition will be extremely hard for us to pay for this semester and we are trying to figure out how to make that work... As of next month, Jeremy's salary will be decreasing because of his graduation from the Latino Student Staff program. On top of that, money on the West Side of Albuquerque for Young Life is decreasing by the thousands monthly which affects everyone on staff on this side of towns salary and livelihood. 

Sadly, this strain and uncomfortable position we are all in has brought up the conversation a few times as to whether or not Young Life is where we are supposed to be and if we can survive doing YL, financially. We love YL and see ourselves doing it for the rest of our lives! But it is going to take a lot of prayers to be able to continue on staff much longer.

For right now, I have been looking for other jobs, on top of the one I have, and recently applied for a job at the church... We will see what God does with that.

So, after reading my wonderful little vent-session, I ask you to pray for us, please. YL in general needs prayers for finances. Finances to pay YL salaries, for camperships, for props, for food we need for events and so much more. Pray that God will raise up people willing to donate to YL here on the west side. Not only financially, but time wise also. We need more people on committee willing to help us leaders out and do the back end work and praying for our ministry constantly. Pray for our YL KIDS!!! They are the reason we are doing this and the reason we push through the struggles. Their salvation is so important to us and that is why we want to devote our lives to this ministry. Pray that so many lives are saved this year at club and campaigners and that God is working in each kid that steps through the Poppers barn doors on Wednesday Nights! 

Personally, please pray for Jeremy this year with school. He is so ready to be done with college and is so close, but for some reason it is so hard for him to get into all the classes he needs to get anywhere. He has so much to offer this world in ministry and is ready to get busy doing it full time! 

We thank you guys for supporting us in what we are trying to do! We love you guys!

The Moore Family

Please prayer for our close family friends. They have experienced a loss that none of us can imagine. Their baby girl drowned on Friday and they and their two other kids are having to deal with the heartbreak and pain that comes with this tragic loss. They are one of the nicest most loving families that we know and I am so sad for them to have to be going through this. 

We love you Moore family and will all miss Bailey so much.

Last day at camp...

This has been such an amazing month. The kids in our house were awesome and I got so attached to all of them. I am so sad to know that I won't be able to watch them grow up and be a part of their lives like I have been everyday for the past month. Even sadder than that is that for the younger kids like Tegan, Grayson and Aiden who are a year and younger, they won't remember me. Me being someone who loves them already and wants to see how God works in their little lives and how they will grow up to be beautiful adults. I wish that we all lived close together so that I could continue loving them and hanging out with them. :o( But I am very thankful for the community that I do get to go home with back to Albuquerque! They definitely are my second family back home and I know that this month has brought us all closer than ever. 

As for all the adults who lived in the house, I will miss them all so much! They have made a difference in my life and I will never forget the great conversations and moments of love and laughter we had! God truely worked through each and every one of us this month putting situations and moments to allow us to minister to not only each other but to kids at camp. I am so blessed to have had this experience and opportunity and am excited to do assignment again next summer!

Last week, then home!

Hey Guys, 

So quick update about last weeks group. Out of the 400 hard, rough kids, 107 of them stood up at the end of the week and said that they had accepted Christ into their lives that week! God is good!

Prayer Requests for this last week:

Everyone is absolutely exhausted. ATeam, Work Crew, Summer Staff and Families are all just kinda dragging. Along with the exhaustion has come irritability. PLEASE pray that we could all continue to get along and not fight or argue amongst our house mates and others at camp. We would also really appreciate prayers for patience with everyone out here on assignment as well as with the leaders who seem to be overly demanding and whinny this week. We need energy in order to continue giving this group of kids the best possible week that we can. So please pray for that. 

Jeremy and I are very ready to come home now. We love being out here on assignment with the other families, but we are missing our own lives back home and the routine that we have and are used to. 

THANKS! We love you!