February | 2010 | a bushel and a peck

Posted on February 28, 2010 by ktperdue

cinnamon swirl bread and morning light.

i got the recipe from this blog and i had a lot of fun making it.

making bread is very therapeutic and it takes a lot of patience.

something i need to practice.

poor scott can attest to that.

the recipe makes two loaves so we shared with the insalacos!

it was great for toasted for breakfast.

you should definitely make it!

big bertha. i think it weighed a pound.

this afternoon i was doing laundry, walking back and forth down this hallway from our bedroom. cleaning our house and folding clothes. all the boring stuff, but i looked up at one point and noticed how pretty the light was coming in through this window and so i snapped a photo. our house gets great lighting during the day and in the early morning and i don’t always stop and look, so today i did.

also, we are only two weeks away from the gate river run in jacksonville!

today we ran 7 miles so we are coming close to our goal.

but my body is hurting now. ugh. is there a way to prevent post run pain? help.

Posted on February 26, 2010 by ktperdue

jesus.

this picture seems to describe a trend of emotions and beliefs of students at FSU that i’ve been talking to lately. this month we deemed february “february focus” and focused on evangelism on campus. not the in your face believe it or go to hell kind of evangelism, but the tell me your opinion i’m listening and i care kind of evangelism. the jesus kind, i think. he did it gently and not so gently at times, but he is gentle. i’ve had at least thirty to forty spiritually focused conversations this month with people i didn’t know and i learned several things. i’ve shared my faith before, many times, overseas and here. i believe what i am saying with every fiber of my being, it sustains me and it is full of grace, so why don’t i share it more often and without fear or “obligation?” well, honestly, sometimes i don’t care about others. i have my schedule, my agenda and my time. i don’t want to always include others in all of that. i want to keep to myself and get my things done. but i am learning that God loves and is pursuing all people and he is always, always working ahead of me. and more importantly, he doesn’t need me.

i talked to a girl named blake, she had a very scientific view of God and creation but she was searching. she even told me that. she wanted to know truth.

she asked me about the bomb dig of all questions, can you guess?

what do i think about homosexuality?

another girl asked me…

you think jesus is the only way?

i do, and i pray i never say otherwise.

what about the people who never hear, or the innocent in africa?

all great questions.

some i know how to answer, some i don’t.

but in the midst of it i am praying like a crazy person.

do you know how many false truths are being spoken all over campus, let alone the world?

it can be overwhelming and sometimes i am really scared when i approach people because what if i don’t know the answer to their questions?

i am so, so very thankful that he is bigger than my lack of knowledge or fear.

whether he decides to use me or not, he is relentless when it comes to knowing his children.

it’s about jesus, his sacrifice on the cross for mine and your sin.

a personal relationship with him where he grows you and you grow towards him.

it’s admitting you’re sinful and without him you have no hope.

his grace is sufficient for you.

sin doesn’t go away, but neither does his forgiveness.

hard things will come, but joy comes in the morning.

it’s a lifetime of growth and turning from sin and becoming more like him.

this is what i get to share when i approach people on campus.

awkard? sure sometimes. worth it though. always.

i pray that everything else that isn’t this, is forgotten and wiped away.

Posted on February 21, 2010 by ktperdue

50 years.

this weekend we celebrated my mom’s parents 50th wedding anniversary. my grandparents are still so in love after many, many obstacles they had to overcome. the first being that they were only 16 and 17 when they were married, and no one was really in favor of this, except for them

When my great-grandmother found out they were planning on getting married, she called ahead to the justice of the peace and told them to refuse marrying them! my grandmother worked at simmons mattress company and my grandfather was a barber. shortly after they got married they became pregnant with my mom and had NO money. i think sometimes scott and i are poor, but they were definitely poor. for mom’s first christmas they had $1.00 to spend on a gift for her so they bought her a teddy bear. their story is really incredible and very romantic. here are some pictures of the party!