In the life of Becky

After months of planning and preparation the day that I had been looking forward too was arriving. I had many people behind me and had a lot of people looking forward to the day as well. I did everything in my own will power to get as many people as possible to come and attend the tournament to help out with my childrens program "Soul Fuel" at The Nehemiah Mission. The week before the tournament was one of the hardest weeks I have ever had in Cleveland. I was up very late the past couple nights with two little girls, Katie (10) and Kapa (12), who were scared and had no place to sleep that night. It broke my heart to see such tiny children dealing with such simple thing as sleeping somewhere safe.  Because of laws, it was very difficult to say that they could sleep at the Mission, so I told them I would drive them home in an hour or so to see if anyone was home. I fed them and brought them home. To see a home in such a devastating state was a complete shock that we were in t...

The Journey If I had been able to travel back to my mindset a few years ago, it'd be such a change then it is now. Trying to make sense of where I was going was probably my biggest mistake I think I've ever made. ( I am sure there are more) The saying " We take things for granted" sounds so cliche', I agree it does. But when you really truly grasp that idea that we are NOT guaranteed tomorrow, things change. The biggest thing that this world needs to overcome, next to knowing Jesus, is that we need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves.  I was one of the biggest hypocrites I have ever met. I'd preach to people that life's so beautiful and that we need to live, love, and laugh. But secretly I hated everything about myself, my family, and my life. When everything was going wrong I didn't know how to pick up the pieces, and all I did was complain in the past instead of picking myself up and realizing that I am more than any situation that weighs me d...