Bowling Fun

Bubba's Spikey Hair

Apology

I know I have been very bad at updating this lately and for that I am sorry! I will try and do better!

Things have been crazy busy around here.

Last weekend found us at the lake ALL weekend. It was wonderful. We had our church camping trip and Baptism. Matt baptized 11 people. It was wonderful to be apart of each of these people's lives as they followed the Lord in this step of obedience. I once again did not have my camera so I do not have any pictures. I hope to post some if I can get my hands on any of them. We had a great time just sitting back and relaxing. Matt wowed us once again with his wonderful Dutch Oven cooking. He spoiled us ALL! I decided to try and act younger then I really am and hang out with the kids. I came home all bruised up from tubing. It was fun though and I wouldn't change a thing. Although I am having a harder and harder time pulling myself up onto the tube if I get thrown off. Brian dumped me once and it was too hard to get back on so I held on for dear life the rest of the time. It was a TOTAL BLAST!!!

The beginning of the week found us in softball tournaments. We ALMOST won on Monday night we played a WONDERFUL game and it was so much fun. Then Tuesday we played again in Wauneta and had a great game there as well but again we lost. We officially ended the season with no WINS at all but I would say we are definetly not LOOSERS! We had a winning season with relationships being built and just the fellowship that we had and the fun that it was. So Lighthouse Softball team. I love you and thanks for the MEMORIES!!! This goes out to the Missouri Lighthouse team members as well! :-) We love you and have great memories there as well!

Matt has had a very SLOW week with work and that has kind of been stressful. Please pray for his work situation. On Friday he drummed up a job to Greely so we jumped in with Matt on Thursday night and headed on the road with him. I was mad because he had turned down a job in Lincoln but I got over it and we had a good time being together!

Last week we also had 13 ROCK bands come to Imperial and we put on that concert. It was wonderful but my body once again said you have to slow down you are getting OLD. I DON'T like this and it is hard to swallow. I still FEEL YOUNG but my body is telling me different.

Last night we went to a birthday party for Steph and we played volleyball and my body is hurting again......UGGGGH!!!! Please someone tell me I am NOT getting old!!! HA HAAA!!! For those of you who know me I like people to speak the truth so don't tell me that I will accept the hard cold facts and at some point decide to act my age. Just not sure when that will be????

Love you guys!!!

FREE CONCERT

Aleena and Dustin called the other night and wanted to know if they could bring their tour through Imperial. 2 days from the call! Wow! Well we jumped on board and starting this afternoon we will have 13 bands here performing in Imperial. We are excited to see God move and trust for Him to bring the people out!

This is a FREE concert at Wellington Gym in Imperial! Come out and join us. TODAY THURSDAY from 3-10pm! From 6-7pm you can get a Hamburger or Hot Dog, a bag of chips, and a drink for $2. These bands are unashamedly Jesus Freaks and the gospel message will be clearly expressed! Pray that God's kingdom is furthered tonight!!

Come out and support EleVate and Pilot for Kite and the 11 other bands coming with them. Also, Nick Talbot will be playing!!!

Kindred Spirit

The Memories!!!!
Ally cookies are the best! When we get to Missouri you better have some ready for us Ally!
Cole, I would say Matt and Austyn deserve paybacks from you!
The Buffington boys at the Haxtun Concert!
I will so miss Ally in nursery and kids church! Ally has such a servant's heart! Thank you Ally and I love you and miss you!

It is not very often in life that you come across people that you just click with! That kindred spirit that just knows what to say, when to say it, how to say it etc. The Buffinton Family has been that to the DuPeire Family. They have been the neatest encourgement to us. Whether it was a needed word or a hug or some action that just brought about shock to all those around which brought laughter at just the right moment! We love the Buffington family and we will miss you dearly! We hold on to the scripture that says I know the plans I have for you says the Lord plans of good and not of evil (this can be questionable.....I have wondered how can a uhaul truck NOT be evil. everything about a uhaul truck is EVIL but I can't question God) plans to give you a future and a hope. We know that the Buffington family is moving on and following God's will in their lives. We are thankful for their hearts of obedience. We are thankful for their examples. We look forward to see how God is going to use them in other's lives in MO and we will glad to be apart as we watch God's Kingdom furthered because of their obedience!

So Buffington's keep following God! Keep trusting Him when it doesn't make any sense! Keep taking those steps of faith one step at a time! Walk by faith and NOT BY SIGHT!!!

We will miss you dearly but you are not getting rid of us that easy! Our friendship and relationship has only just begun!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for being Jesus with skin on!!! We are so grateful!!!!!!!!! We love you so much and just can't express it!

Bubba's Baby Chick

Well Bubba came out of the chicken coup crying today. His baby chick died. The other chickens killed it and it was so sad! The joys of living on a farm can sometime be really tough. We borrowed and incubator and are going to try and hatch some eggs on our own. We will keep you posted!

Heaven Fest

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I have tried several times all day to download this slide show to here and it just won't take it! SO WEIRD!!! So check this slide show out!

This weekend we went to Heaven Fest in Brighton, CO. It was an AMAZING time!
Heaven Fest is a one day christian music festival. There was 70 bands on 7 stages through out the day. Jeremy Camp was the highlight for me. We used to do summer camps with Jeremy Camp and when he went into a worship time it was like we were at camp all over again. It was AMAZING! The main event and HEADLINER band was Jesus Christ. They turned all the lights out except for a cross on stage and they began to blow shofar horns and kept inviting Jesus to come and reign in that place. It gives me the chills just writing about it. It was amazing. We went in to a time of worship, reading straight from God's Word, and prayer amd repentance. It was so amazing as the Holy Spirit came upon that place and ministered to people and accomplished His work for that day!

It was the best brithday present ever. We went just the four of us and we had such a great time. The boys did fall asleep towards the end of the night! It was great day and we enjoyed our time together.

Baby Chick

Bubba went out this morning to do his chores and he came running back inside. There was a baby chick born last night! YEAH! We have 2 mom's setting on eggs and so far one has hatched! YEAH!!!

Kenosis

Kenosis was amazing. I am awaiting to get some pictures to post. I didn't have my camera all weekend. It was a great time and it was neat to see God move! I was so thankful to be apart of it!

Kenosis Effect

Chek out www.kenosiseffect.com We have 5 more days until Kenosis Effect 2008. We are very busy trying to get all the final details to come together!


· Kenosis Effect begins FRIDAY evening with a VIP Party (This is for TEENS ages Junior High-College Age) FREE FOOD AND DRINKS ALL NIGHT LONG!!!
· Kenosis continues on Saturday with a Volleyball Tournament during the day. There is a $20 charge for this. Volleyball Registrations MUST be in by the beginning of next week. Please print off a volleyball registration form from the website www.kenosiseffect.com and let us know if you are putting a team together so that we know if we are going to have enough teams! PLEASE email me or Jordon@kenosiseffect.com if you are planning on putting a team together. REMEMBER there is a $200 CASH prize for the FIRST PLACE team! There is a $20 registration for each team.
· Kenosis Effect Concert begins on Saturday Evening. We are excited to have the Talbot Brothers and their band One World Saved and Farewell Down, Me In Motion and EleVate. It will be a FUN night! This is FREE and OPEN TO ALL AGES!!!!!
· Kenosis Effect Community Church Service. Sunday Morning at the fairgrounds. Join us as Farewell Down leads us in worship and Jesse Morales brings us a message from God’s Word.

We are so excited about this event. We are now in our 3rd year of Kenosis and we are praising God for another opportunity to see HIM work and move. We pray that God is honored and glorigifed in the ENTIRE weekend and that HIS kingdom is furthered!


We invite you to come and join us this weekend!! It will be a great time because this is God's event and He will there and He will doing BIG things!!!

Swimming Fun

Well I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures but we had a church swimming party at the Wauneta pool. We rented the pool out for a few hours and had a great time together! The moms and the kids all had a great time playing on the playground equipment. It was so much fun! Wauneta has the greatest playground ever. Then we had a bbq and got good and full before we went swimming! We had a blast swimming. They have 2 diving boards and a slide so it was ton of fun. It was fun watching the boys. We left that night going WOW, our boys are NOT babies anymore. There was years that we were confined to the shallow end but not anymore. The boys are doing flips off the boards and just are "FUN" to hang out with and participate with. The guys had a mean game of rugby going on at one point and it got fairly vicious!
After the pool part we went and sang Happy Birthday to Paige and had birthday cake. Then we played sand volleyball. It was a fun night and was cut off when the mosquito man came by spraying for mosquitos! Oh well all good times must come to an end!

Check out my Slide Show!

Kristy's Girls

Since I don't have any girls of my own I have to adopt them. This is Kristy and Darci
Josie, Paige, Kristy, and Darci
Kristy and Josie
Paige, Kristy, and Josie

L N L Racing

We were able to watch Llyod Meeske race on Friday night. The boys always get so excited when they get to see him race. We went down to the pits afterwards and Lynette was such a great tour guide. She let each of the boys get in the car and get all belted in and suited up ready to drive. They loved it!!!!!! Then she took us on top of the trailer where she watches and videotapes the races. We have such a great time visitng with Llyod and Lynette. We found out that we are not the only ones who NEVER sleep. We keep about the same late night schedules as they do! LOL!!!! :-) Thanks Llyod and Lynette....you guys are SO AWESOME!!!!

Monster Trucks

Bubba in front of one of the monster trucks!
Matt checking out the monster truck.
Austyn and his friend Anthony
King Krunch
and Matador

We took the boys to see Monster Trucks in Holyoke on Fourth of July. The show was kind of disappointing since the last time we saw them was in Phoenix and the show there was huge.