Some pretty girls I know..

It was the perfect weekend to be in Cali Last weekend - College Grads and my girls all grown up and going to Prom (im such a mom, i know).

But I've been doing their hair for years and they just get prettier:






I am about to get in the car to head back to Cali again. But I found a driving buddy this time - thanks Kaleb! California here we come..

back on "the lonliest highway in the west"

Before even getting in the car I was blessed to by the other end of the phone, "We've been talking about you and can't wait for you to come again."

It is exciting to see the progress made in relationships over the 4 trips. From a somewhat awkward getting to know each other to knowing their personalities, inside jokes, nick names and seeing their hearts, hurts and hopes.

This time it was just Rachel and I. Heidi was missed by all the girls (and my food didn't get quite the same attention). We had a late lunch with the girls, spent time enjoying the afternoon, dyed and cut hair and unfortunately had to get on the road so we could get back before midnight.

Sue and Erica had the heart and desire to give to the girls and be part of the team. They put together an amazing basket full of goodies for their feet - flip flops, nail polish, files, pedicure tools and more! One of the girls who is hilarious and animated calls us "Santa Mamas" when we bring gifts. It's hilarious but it is great to see how excited they are to sort through the basket and collect their goodies. It is love in the form of attention for their feet. It was great to tell them about my friends who wanted to be a part of giving to them and loving them because they value them as well.
I am excited to go back soon and spend more time with them. Each time we meet someone new, find out something new about their lives and dreams or just get to know then a little more. Each time I look forward to all of that.

Brothel Basket:


Preparing lunch


Spreading the love:


Sunset to drive home:


long drive ahead but well worth it:

brothel or bust.

I'm running out the door but I am excited to head back to the brothel today.

We're trying something new today. We decided we would come for lunch and hang with the girls through the afternoon.. We did evenings and stayed the night in town because it's four hour drive but nights are busier for them so last time we mentioned this idea and they loved it.

So today we'll show up late afternoon to serve wraps, pasta salad and fruit salad for lunch. I've got two hair color jobs to do and rachel will be treating them to whatever make up they want done. Also, we have a BIG basket from Sue and Erica (from cali) full of flip flops, foot scrub and scrubbers, nail polish, cotton balls and other pampering items. I'm super excited they had the desire and were generous enough to put the basket together and I've been anxious to give it to the girls.

When I called yesterday to ask them if today was a good day to come the response made me super excited. "Oh hi! We were just talking about you. We can't wait for you to come back!" I'm blessed to have an open door to go into this work place/home and spend time with all the staff.

More to come.
Feel free to pray for these ladies :]

life and love and why.

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives"
-William Wallace

Are you truly living? What are your passions, goals, dreams? Are you pursuing them?

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
-Galatians 6:9

"So hey, just let it pour out
And don't let your past
Begin to let you down
Just sing it out
Just let it make sound
And as it will hurt
It will be healed and found"
-Show me everything you've got, The Rocket Summer

tell me something good..

I was inspired by a lunch last week with a new friend in vegas.. her and her husband have been praying and dreaming with only the sky as their limit. sounds cliche but they are a great example of not containing God. God is moving through that and some of it is great and some is hard but they are trusting and continue to dream and pray.

the road is open.

Lake Mead and Hoover Dam

After 5 months of being in Vegas I think it was about time for a trip to the dam and lake. We definitely didn't stay very long. Lakes just aren't the same when it is 103 degrees and you don't have a boat. But, fun nonetheless.

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A few more from roaming miami.

dinner


dainty coffee


Duck tours - miami!


beach!














Theres a sushi samba in miami as well as vegas!


back to vegas!

Exxxotica Miami '09

Last weekend Rachel, Sam and I headed to Miami for the exxxotica porn convention. Since the Vegas porn convention was the first thing I did when I moved here I was excited to head to another one. Plus this time we got hooked up to do make up for all the prop girls who stand/dance around looking sexy.

So we leave for the airport at 4:20 and we end up waiting and waiting and possibly have a canceled flight.. due to button lights not working in the cockpit!


But.. Meal vouchers! $10 each - breakfast time! (still not happy waiting!)


and CPK was a horrible choice (so we were sneaky and got another round of vouchers)


We finally made it on the plane 4 hours late (which means we could have slept a full night instead of just under 4 hours. Oh, airports.
None the less, we made it to the show. I forgot how humid and sweaty florida is!






pre show prayer


ironic?


Time to rock it:












Showing the protestors who is boss:


Great ladies:




It was a good trip. It was nice to be somewhere else and great to spend time supporting the girls and helping them. Miami makes you sweaty, especially if your dancing, so they were grateful for touch ups and time to converse. One girl right away started calling us her savior because she started having a panic attack before her first day of work and we were able to help her calm down when even her husband couldn't. From there on it was a great weekend of time together.

I love the shocked faces when we hand them a bible. I pray they leave and give it a read and know the relationship God desires with them, especially since the protesters state otherwise. I am always surprised at how open people are to take a bible and converse with us about our purpose even though were conversing at a porn show. I imagine I would feel guilty if someone were sharing that with me, but people are often relieved at the message of God's love and it is great to see that as they walk away.

More Miami photos to come.

Mad World

Thoughts?

What better to do on a saturday then drive to the desert and take pictures of the boys and their dirty mustaches for Mustache May?