New Orleans Girls Trip

This trip started when I won a free night stay at the Hilton St Charles. Not only did we get a free night stay, but they upgraded us to a suite. Yeah, I said "sweet". Shannon got us a fabulous reservation at Commander's Palace. This "palace" was only fitting for 4 princesses. The dinner consisted of excellent food, 7 waiters, and the best company. Let me introduce you to some AMAZING ladies-

Shannon Rasbury was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA. She was named 2007 Elevater of the Year. Shannon impacts the lives of Middle & High School students, Young Professionals as well as the Business World; basically everyone. She works at the Business Report and keeps the infamous Julio Melara in order. She is a huge LSU fan, so you know where to find her this season. http://shannonrasbury.wordpress.com/

Emily Morrow grew up in a very small town in Louisiana but returned only 2 days prior to our girls trip from Peru and a couple of weeks ago from Sydney and in 1 month she’ll be in Italy. You can take the girl out of the country but you can’t keep the girl from going to other countries. (I think that’s how the saying goes.) While in Peru, Emily interviewed the First Lady! WOW! She has stared in several films; her latest was “The Reaping” and will be publishing her own movie and book in the Spring of 2009. http://emilymorrow.wordpress.com/

Elizabeth Demarest was born and raised in Brazil. She has a perfect little boy named “Nathanael” who has big blue eyes. Neither one of his parents have blue eyes, so obviously we know he got them from his Aunt Krissy. Start clearing your schedules, in a few years Elizabeth will be traveling the world and speaking to millions, and I’ll be her Travel/Booking Manager. On Sundays, HPC asks her to do the welcome announcements and 30 seconds later she's having an alter call. My girl can serve it! http://www.aleyandelizabeth.blogspot.com/

What do you get when 4 girls go to New Orleans? Good Times & Lots of Shoes!

My Cambodia Footage

While I was in Cambodia, after the orphanage and festival, we started heading home and spent the night in Phnom Phen. One morning I woke up and said "Lord, I know our intentional mission is over, but please put something in my path today to give You praise." I've always been told "Be careful what you pray for." A group of us went to the Killing Fields, which is a museum depicting the torture the Cambodian people went through during the genocide. On the other side of the fence was a group of kids begging us for money. We told them they had to work for their money. I cashed in a few dollars, just enough for each one of them to have 25 cents (which is a lot over there). We taught them several songs, and I'm so glad I get to share this moment with all of you. This was truly one of the best moments on the trip.

Leadership Training

I'm not a big TV or movie person, but from here on out if someone asks what's my favorite video, I'll direct them to this one. I can't stop watching it!! I can't wait to go to Africa and learn their dance moves.

Oliver Edward Prats

Let me introduce you to Oliver, better yet, he has his own blog that he personally updates -http://www.oliversmiracle.com/. It was so beautiful, on Tuesday I received a text around 3pm that said Oliver would need a 2nd surgery, and the doctor said he would probably be bound to a wheelchair and for us to keep praying for him. At 5pm, I received a 2nd text message that said "Keep the prayers coming, Oliver just moved his legs!" God is so Good!

Oliver's been anxious to come in the world to play. His mom and I went on a retreat earlier this year, and Oliver was inside her belly praising God so much, she had to sit as close to the bathroom as possible.




He doesn't like getting his diaper changed. Could he have a little privacy!

54,000 in 30 Days!!!

Per David Meyer regarding Cambodia, "We touched the lives of well over 160,000 people that we know of; over 54,000 of them accepted Christ. I can think of nothing else that tells the story any better than that. Tens of thousands of lives that will never be the same!! Thank you to all who have prayed and supported this cause in any way. To quote our good friends Delirious?-”This month we all became History Makers!”

30 Days of Hope for Cambodia

The festival came to an end this weekend in Cambodia, and it went out with full force. I'll let Joyce's son David explain.

Wow! What a night! In all my years of missions, I have never experienced what just happened here in Cambodia. Right before Delirious?, Darlene Zschech & Joyce Meyer (my mom) were about to hold an indoor blow out service for about three thousand people, several men from a local government office came and tried to shut the meeting down. They were able to successfully get the power shut off, even though they had no authority to do so. We decided to take the meeting outside. Joyce had to climb the fence just to get into the courtyard and the crowd went crazy. We all proceeded to worship God, led by Darlene Zschech and Martin Smith, and hear words of encouragement from Joyce—all through a bullhorn! God works all things out. He is absolutely sovereign! It was truly a historic moment for the church of Cambodia!

Unfortunately, tonight and tomorrow night has been cancelled. But I can say first hand that the people of Cambodia felt hope and experienced God!

Here is a list of things I learned/experienced on the trip:

1. When someone doesn't speak your language AT ALL, speaking slower doesn't help.

2. The people in Cambodia were so sweet, if you asked them for something, they always say "Yes", but never come back with what you asked for...they only know how to say "Yes".

3. Chris Tomlin is my favorite artist, and at a local church they were singing "How Great Is Our God" in Khmer. That alone was Awesome, but there was a boy about 5 years old at the alter with one hand raised and one hand on his heart singing with his eyes closed. That was definitely a highlight on my trip.

4. Being able to preach before 100 people in a foreign country with help from an interpreter was a great experience. I started and ended my speech in Khmer, which they thought was funny or maybe they couldn't understand me. ??

5. Being able to be a kid with kids. Watch the video.



6. Being used by God when you feel you have nothing left to offer.

7. Seeing a country full of people who are different, yet they worship and praise the same God as we do with just as much passion and conviction...better yet, with more passion.

8. The average income for a family in Cambodia is $400 a month.

9. 1,000 new women and children are forced into prostitution each month; mostly by someone they know (husband, parent, other family member...).

10. When you return home after experiencing something like this, you can't help but evaluate everything in your life. Literally you don't have a choice, your mind automatically does it.

I was going to do a Top 10, but I learned so much.

11. There's still hope for Cambodia!

Olinde and Leach Wedding

One of my best friends, formerly known as Christina Olinde, got married last weekend to a great guy named Christian Leach! Mark came in town to celebrate with us which was very special!

Michelle and Madeline are two beautiful girls I use to babysit when they were babies.