This is a song that the Lord gave me on Tuesday. This really explains what I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving:

I don't deserve Your presence
Yet You desire mine
I don't deserve Your notice
Yet You've seen me throughout time

I don't deserve Your forgiveness
Yet You shed Your blood for me
I don't deserve Your love
Yet You've loved me eternally

Nothing I've done or could ever do
Could make me deserve anything from You
Jesus My Lord and My Savior too
For what I don't deserve, I thank You.

When we were in Alaska I bought a Sourdough starter. I was so excited because I LOVE baking! Well since then I have been researching sourdoughs and starters and all the amazing things you can do. I now have my own starter that I made myself (maybe it will still be around 100 years from now!) and I have the original starter that I made from the batch from Alaska. Plus some in the freezer (you can freeze it! AMAZING). I am waiting for a day when I have time to bake and I will test my latest batch which I think will have a fabulously sour flavor as the yeast is very active.

Sorry, thats all I have to say for now. I need to update about the worship conference (I have pictures) but I'm exhausted right now.

I was interpreting for Juan on Wednesday night and Pastor Pat used the phrase "May the fleas of 1000 camels infest your armpits" Of course everyone was cracking up, including me. I had no idea how to sign it! Juan was looking at me waiting to see what was so funny and I was trying to figure out how to explain fleas!

On a side note Juan is profoundly deaf, he uses no voice at all. It is very rare when you hear a sound coming from him.

Finally I figured out a way to do it. I told him "You know the bugs on a dog that make you scratch? Well 1000 of those from a camel living in your armpit" He instantly put his Bible up to his mouth trying to stop himself from laughing out loud. Even then a small laugh escaped. It was really funny to watch as he tried to be quiet.

Later in the message Pastor Pat was talking about God's care of us being like nursing mothers. I did fine with that. I just said a mom with a baby. But then he started explaining it. How moms eat meat and then give the baby milk. Fine, I signed that mom's eat and it changes to milk for the baby. Then he started explaining the bond that mom's get because the baby is literally attached to them.

You must understand, sign language is all about pictures. You act out stories and explanations.

I looked at Juan and said, "I'm sorry, a guy needs to sign this for you." He laughed again.

I have the honor and blessing of heading to a worship conference in Murietta starting Monday.

For all my family in SoCal, I apologize that I won't get to see you. We are carpooling and the conference begins every day by 7:30 and ends at about 10 each night.

I am so blessed though to be able to go. Things have been very busy here. We have had multiple events happening, sometimes on the same day, so much lately that I had to buy another calendar for the church office. Now we have a 1 year calendar that is the largest I can find (those squares are small even when its several feet by several feet) and a 90 day planner that is normal poster size on the wall. I need them both because the 90 day gives me more room for details while the 1 year allows for more months. Its pretty crazy! So what does this have to do with the worship conference? I am SO looking forward to just doing 1 thing all week! YAY!