And They’re Off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully, my teacher’s meeting ended in time for me to say bye to Olivia and her friends as they left for the BETA Convention!! This refrigerator box is going to be open and used as a replica of Olivia’s school locker during the skit!   See the Scripture...

Braces are off and she’s ready to SHINE!

Yesterday Tim took Olivia to the dentist for the big event of letting go of two years of braces!!! No more food getting stuck in the metal!  No more sore gums and tongue! Her first look in the mirror!!    Olivia leaves today for the BETA Convention in Louisville where...

My First Day Back……..

I took a deep breath as I pulled into the parking lot of the school where I teach. Eight weeks of being homebound had torn away a lot of my self-confidence, and the thought of walking into my school carrying a pillow to sit on didn’t help much either. As I...

Giveaway Winners!!!

The Nick Note Giveaway Winners, chosen randomly by Olivia and Evan, are…….. KIM BUSH DANA FRANKS and LISA (lisahs@mrtc.com) Please email me at tammynischan@yahoo.com with a mailing address!  Kim, I think I’ll save some postage and deliver yours! I...

The Bread of Life….

JOHN 6:48-50 I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. Today as we took communion something happened. The bread came by. We took. We ate....

Wilderness Mentalities

Below is a list of the eight wilderness mentalities that Joyce Meyer shares about in her life-changing book, Battlefield of the Mind, in case you want to print them out to place somewhere in your house as a reminder of some negative ways of thinking that can DESTROY...

Battlefield of the Mind

Don’t faint, but I am finally wrapping up this book study TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I read the last four chapters this morning and then realized I had reached the final page of the book, I felt a sense of urgency to share the closing chapters with you and, at the...

Hooray!! A Give-Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s been way too long since I’ve had a give-away !! Since Tim and I both used one of Nick’s cards today as our Valentine to each other, I thought it would be fun to share a few sets with you!If you would like to enter the drawing for a set of Nick...

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Oil played such an important role in Old Testament history.  My daily Bible reading is taking me through the exodus of the Israelites and the setting up of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Over and over again oil is required for purifying of priests and preparation...

Freedom…Do We Really Grasp Its Power?

  (Google Images) Watching the scenes play out in Egypt over the past two weeks has been very moving. It’s been especially moving to watch thousands chant for freedom in Egypt while at the same time reading in Exodus about Pharoah’s refusal to free the...