Hi All! Two updates today, this is the first.
I'm hosting a partylite candle show and if any of you are interested in making a purchase, please let me know.
I have put the link to the product part of their website above.
Love, Tiffani
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
Been Thinking about..... Access
I have gotten out of the habit of blogging regularly, out of the habit of updating y'all on my life, and instead posting occasional one-liners. I will try to do better. Today I will tell you that Life in Greenville is alright. I spent the weekend with a LOT of women. This is quite a change, considering my former vocation which put me in the position of spending a lot of time with men!
On Friday night I helped put together a Softball recruiting and community event. It was a success and we had 6 recruits attend. On Saturday I went to Chicago with Heather and 2 Softball players to watch the football game . On Sunday I hung out with one of my Tuesday Morning girls and we had lunch at Sue's house and then I had a small group for church.
We are reading the Purpose Driven Life this month. I know, my friends back in the city are saying, "you're reading that NOW?" because back home they all read it 3 years ago... well, the pace is different out here and though late, I do think its timely for the church I'm attending.
I've been selected along with 14 other adults and 45 students to participate in a Hurricane Katrina relief trip November 2-6 of this year. I'm looking forward to going down and doing whatever we can to provide assistance in the form of manpower and prayer. I'm also looking forward to the spiritual growth and impact opportunities with the students, and hoping to have a teaching experience for myself as well.
And I've been asked to be the main speaker at an upcoming women's retreat (E-cafe, October 14th-15th) Last spring I gave a workshop on giving up old sin habits and "cleaning out" the mold. This fall I will be speaking 2-3 times (I think) on the topic of "Intimate Interactions with Jesus". I'm looking forward to diving deeper with these women into the love that Jesus has for us - specifically through the portraits of the interactions of the resurrected Jesus with Mary, Thomas and Peter.
Well there are a lot of other things I could tell you right now, but I have to get to McD's so that I can get to Jo's so that I can meet with a gal on-time. :)
With Lots of Love and plenty of Jesus!
Tiffani
On Friday night I helped put together a Softball recruiting and community event. It was a success and we had 6 recruits attend. On Saturday I went to Chicago with Heather and 2 Softball players to watch the football game . On Sunday I hung out with one of my Tuesday Morning girls and we had lunch at Sue's house and then I had a small group for church.
We are reading the Purpose Driven Life this month. I know, my friends back in the city are saying, "you're reading that NOW?" because back home they all read it 3 years ago... well, the pace is different out here and though late, I do think its timely for the church I'm attending.
I've been selected along with 14 other adults and 45 students to participate in a Hurricane Katrina relief trip November 2-6 of this year. I'm looking forward to going down and doing whatever we can to provide assistance in the form of manpower and prayer. I'm also looking forward to the spiritual growth and impact opportunities with the students, and hoping to have a teaching experience for myself as well.
And I've been asked to be the main speaker at an upcoming women's retreat (E-cafe, October 14th-15th) Last spring I gave a workshop on giving up old sin habits and "cleaning out" the mold. This fall I will be speaking 2-3 times (I think) on the topic of "Intimate Interactions with Jesus". I'm looking forward to diving deeper with these women into the love that Jesus has for us - specifically through the portraits of the interactions of the resurrected Jesus with Mary, Thomas and Peter.
Well there are a lot of other things I could tell you right now, but I have to get to McD's so that I can get to Jo's so that I can meet with a gal on-time. :)
With Lots of Love and plenty of Jesus!
Tiffani
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
9/22 update (and don't even mention the flies)
This is just a little bit of what's been going on lately. I never seem to quite catch up with myself enough to force myself to sit down and pen a big update for the blog. But now that I'm in control of my time (as you will see below) maybe that will make the cut one afternoon. In the meantime, here is an update - God bless you!
Tiffani (see p.s. at the bottom, even if you've read the middle)
The Lord has been so active on the campus and I’m grateful for his attention to us. Last week my bible study group read through Romans 2. Following Romans 1 (re: the immoral man) Romans 2 was super convicting (re: the moral man and the religious man). The group really “got” the teaching that nothing we can do or say can bring us righteousness, nor into a saving relationship with God. We ended the study feeling kind of “icky” – which I think is what Paul wants the reader to feel, since at that point he hadn’t gotten to the righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ. And even knowing that we would soon encounter Romans 3:23-24 did not lessen the discomfort.
So on that note, as were many of the women in the group, I was convicted of a few issues; primarily unforgiveness, bitterness and anger toward a few people and situations, as well as some general lack of discipline (to put it lightly). What sad days were Tuesday and Wednesday as I struggled with this conviction. Thankfully Thursday came and I realized that I needed to pray specifically about unforgiveness (which meant praying through rejection and anger as well) and as I spoke with one of my friends and mentors in the morning and she called me onto the carpet for my lack of discipline. At that point I was truly ready with Paul to say, “What a wretched person I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” and then to proclaim with him, “Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord.” as I encountered freedom through action and prayer.
All that being said, I am now in better control of my time (vs. not making good choices and so running out of time to do the necessary things) and am also in renewed spirits and standing with God. (The key here, I think, is that I’m not in renewed standing because of my repentance, but because of his forgiveness through Jesus!) I am making better choices with my time – I have had a devotional time almost every morning, am getting up close to the right time and making good bedtime choices. I’m also organizing my afternoon time (which I have a lot of to use) better than I had been. Today I begin to incorporate a regular workout back into my schedule and not allow myself to duck out – since I have it on my calendar and can see that I have plenty of time to do it. My fault has been in many ways that I was satisfying my flesh (hanging out with people, watching TV, etc) rather than doing what I need to do to be a balanced follower of God (reading the word, sleeping, exercising, etc).
p.s.
Here are things that I WANT to like because they are elements of God's creation, but which I struggle to enjoy: Flies and Mosquitos. For a few reasons. Flies are ALL OVER the fitness center (less now, but for two weeks we were swatting 15-30 a day...). The ones that are still alive here now are fat and slow. They practically swim in front of my face making loud buzzing noises as I try to work. I don't want to kill them, but at the same time, argh - they carry disease and are annoying. And so I do. Mosquitos.... the bane of my existence, and I'm not even exaggerating. They are killers in the sense that if I go outside without bug spray (again, a little less this week, but still a problem).... they find me. And they show no mercy. The other day I was bitten IN MY HOUSE - MY HOUSE I say, while I was eating dinner. The problem here is that I don't notice them when they are biting, and I don't see them when I'm outside so I don't even stand a chance. If I believed in Karma I would believe that the m-bites (which usually welt into a good 1/2 inch circle with radiating redness) are payback for the fly murders.
Thankfully I don't. :)
Love, TR
Tiffani (see p.s. at the bottom, even if you've read the middle)
The Lord has been so active on the campus and I’m grateful for his attention to us. Last week my bible study group read through Romans 2. Following Romans 1 (re: the immoral man) Romans 2 was super convicting (re: the moral man and the religious man). The group really “got” the teaching that nothing we can do or say can bring us righteousness, nor into a saving relationship with God. We ended the study feeling kind of “icky” – which I think is what Paul wants the reader to feel, since at that point he hadn’t gotten to the righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ. And even knowing that we would soon encounter Romans 3:23-24 did not lessen the discomfort.
So on that note, as were many of the women in the group, I was convicted of a few issues; primarily unforgiveness, bitterness and anger toward a few people and situations, as well as some general lack of discipline (to put it lightly). What sad days were Tuesday and Wednesday as I struggled with this conviction. Thankfully Thursday came and I realized that I needed to pray specifically about unforgiveness (which meant praying through rejection and anger as well) and as I spoke with one of my friends and mentors in the morning and she called me onto the carpet for my lack of discipline. At that point I was truly ready with Paul to say, “What a wretched person I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” and then to proclaim with him, “Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord.” as I encountered freedom through action and prayer.
All that being said, I am now in better control of my time (vs. not making good choices and so running out of time to do the necessary things) and am also in renewed spirits and standing with God. (The key here, I think, is that I’m not in renewed standing because of my repentance, but because of his forgiveness through Jesus!) I am making better choices with my time – I have had a devotional time almost every morning, am getting up close to the right time and making good bedtime choices. I’m also organizing my afternoon time (which I have a lot of to use) better than I had been. Today I begin to incorporate a regular workout back into my schedule and not allow myself to duck out – since I have it on my calendar and can see that I have plenty of time to do it. My fault has been in many ways that I was satisfying my flesh (hanging out with people, watching TV, etc) rather than doing what I need to do to be a balanced follower of God (reading the word, sleeping, exercising, etc).
p.s.
Here are things that I WANT to like because they are elements of God's creation, but which I struggle to enjoy: Flies and Mosquitos. For a few reasons. Flies are ALL OVER the fitness center (less now, but for two weeks we were swatting 15-30 a day...). The ones that are still alive here now are fat and slow. They practically swim in front of my face making loud buzzing noises as I try to work. I don't want to kill them, but at the same time, argh - they carry disease and are annoying. And so I do. Mosquitos.... the bane of my existence, and I'm not even exaggerating. They are killers in the sense that if I go outside without bug spray (again, a little less this week, but still a problem).... they find me. And they show no mercy. The other day I was bitten IN MY HOUSE - MY HOUSE I say, while I was eating dinner. The problem here is that I don't notice them when they are biting, and I don't see them when I'm outside so I don't even stand a chance. If I believed in Karma I would believe that the m-bites (which usually welt into a good 1/2 inch circle with radiating redness) are payback for the fly murders.
Thankfully I don't. :)
Love, TR
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Blogger Spam
I'm sad because SPAM has found a place on the Blog's of my friends. And recently.... on mine.
For those of you who are blogger.com bloggers, I thought you would like to know that you can avoid this unwanted spam that goes into your blog as a "comment" and then also gets emailed to you (if you have your comments email to you that is).
Go to "Settings" at the top of your page on the daskboard and select "Comments" - then go down about 1/3 of the page and you'll see something like, "Show word verification...." and it has a "yes" and "no" select button.
Select "yes" and then update.
Your commenters now have to enter a word verification (like when you order tickets from ticketmaster, etc) before they can comment - to prove they are a real person and not a blanket spammer.
Hope this helps you!
Love, Tiffani
For those of you who are blogger.com bloggers, I thought you would like to know that you can avoid this unwanted spam that goes into your blog as a "comment" and then also gets emailed to you (if you have your comments email to you that is).
Go to "Settings" at the top of your page on the daskboard and select "Comments" - then go down about 1/3 of the page and you'll see something like, "Show word verification...." and it has a "yes" and "no" select button.
Select "yes" and then update.
Your commenters now have to enter a word verification (like when you order tickets from ticketmaster, etc) before they can comment - to prove they are a real person and not a blanket spammer.
Hope this helps you!
Love, Tiffani
Monday, September 12, 2005
Updated.
http://www.greenville.edu/staff/triggers/index.shtml
I updated my staff webpage today. I changed my title and my "duties", and I added a "fun facts" page as well as my philosophy of ministry.
Enjoy.
I'm done recruiting for the night (for softball) and am looking forward to going home and prepping for my bible study tomorrow on Romans 2. I love those girls.
I love you, too.
Tiffani
I updated my staff webpage today. I changed my title and my "duties", and I added a "fun facts" page as well as my philosophy of ministry.
Enjoy.
I'm done recruiting for the night (for softball) and am looking forward to going home and prepping for my bible study tomorrow on Romans 2. I love those girls.
I love you, too.
Tiffani
Monday, September 05, 2005
T-dot.
Here's TJ Gaylord (#87) giving us the "Villa Verde" sign..... I love his mohawk.
TJ lives with Jared and Derek Robinson (D-Rob) at the "Villa" - which happens to be across the street from Donna (who works with me here at the Fitness Center).
:) Tiffani
Friday, September 02, 2005
Elijah - "the ladies man" - Walker
Seriously, this kid loves blondes. For those of you who don't remember what I look like... I am not a blonde. And don't get me wrong, he and I like each other a lot. I can even get him to smile at me most days. But not yesterday. Yesterday we were taking media guide photos with the staff and Elijah was in one. He was not so happy to be in pictures for most of them. But in the end Beth said, "Let's get one of him in his cute sweater" and so we decided to give it a try. As I went to snap the shot, he was fussy and nothing I or Joel (also a brunette) could do would make him happy. So I said, "Laura, we need a blonde! Stat!" and Laura comes over and says - in her best lovely blonde voice (I'm not making this up here), "Hey, baby!" - and this is the face he makes.
This kid is going to be a lady-killer when he grows up.
Have a great day.
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