Hellooo! I am back!

I am over the flu now...finally! Kirby is well also and back to work. He is busy as a bee! You can't keep a good man down! That's for sure!

We are back with a vengence!

One night after our Sunday night service, one of our youth, Danielle, came up to me and took me by the hands, looked me seriously in the eyes and said, "Sister Colene, please pray for me so that I can lose weight!" It cut me to the heart! Here I am struggling with the same problem! And not only myself but a couple of the other ladies in our church had made the same remark to me about their desire to lose weight also. I gave Danielle a big hug and prayed with her before she left for home with her mother. I could not help but remember how I had felt about my own weight at her age. I would look at the other girls with "normal" twelve year old bodies who were all so thin! Then I would look at me...and think "Where did I come from?" I didn't see anything in the mirror that looked like your typical twelve year old white female. Why did I look so different? My body had already begun to mature and fill out much faster than my friends. I was also taller than the other girls and most of the boys in my class! Plus I was of American Indian heritage which gave me a "different" look than most of the fair haired, fair complexioned, blue eyed girls that I was in school with. I wondered if Danielle had some of these same feelings that I had at that age.

The next day Kirby and I stopped by The Lambs Well, a Christian supply & book store in Warner Robins, GA, to check out some of the gospel CDs and as I entered the store a book caught my eye - 3D Your Whole Life! I was drawn to it! After I inspected the book I realized this was the answer to Danielle's prayer! So I purchased the book and took it straight to church that weekend and showed it to some of the ladies in our Angel WINGS (Women In God's Service) group and asked them what they thought of starting a 3D chapter in our church for those of us who had always struggled with our weight.
They were just as excited as I was so we jumped right in and started meeting on Wednesday nights at 7 pm. One of the ladies donated the money to purchase five books for the first five people who would join in with us on this weight loss and life improvement 12 week course.

I am so excited about the program! I will be keeping you up to the results of our weekly weigh - ins and how much Kirby and I are losing along with what life improvements we have made during the next 12 weeks.

Please keep us in your prayers as we try to improve our life and our health!
God Bless!