i need your help!

i have raised $85 towards my goal of $200 for the march for babies NEXT SUNDAY! please consider donating -in any amount- via the link on my blog. one day, ALL babies will be born healthy!!!

i never made it to a good friday service today. my sister's church didn't offer one, and when i asked the secretary for any recommendations of churches in the area that did offer one, she said she didn't have that information. AND my niece and nephew had a half day of school today! on good friday?! so wrong.

i love Christmas, but Good Friday and Easter are what our faith is all about. the birth of Jesus is great, but without his crucifixion and resurrection, we wouldn't have our faith, and the relationship with our Heavenly Father that we have. every year i am more and more moved at the thought of Jesus hanging on the cross for me. it is something that i am unable to express my gratitude for in words... praise God for the sacrifice of his son!

today was spent shopping with mom, my sister and my 3 year old niece, natalya. we took a nap this afternoon, and ran to the store to get ingredients to make homemade pizza! so yummy! tonight i played uno! with my niece, becca.

off to try to sleep... this time difference has me all messed up! i'm trying my best to stay on east coast time... but... so far it's not going so well.

i'll leave you with a picture of natalya. here's the gorgeous face i woke up to this morning:

unredeemed

if you haven't already, you need to go to angie smith's blog. tomorrow she will mark the 1 year anniversary of giving birth to her daughter, audrey caroline, who only lived for about an hour outside the womb. she has used her blog to share audrey's story, and she has been such an incredible example of a woman after God's own heart for not only myself, but hundreds of thousands of people.

angie's husband todd sings for the group selah, and they have an album coming out soon. for 3 days only (and now probably just for today and tomorrow) they have the song "unredeemed" available for listening on angie's blog. i encourage you to go listen. (make sure you mute the music at the bottom of her blog page.) just a few lines in i felt the tears fall from my eyes. the song is amazing.

it's holy week, and i'll be posting some thoughts later in the week (i hope - lots to do before leaving thursday!)

be blessed!