What is it with Sundays?

So I will admit I have been spoiled recently by not having to watch money so closely. Now I do budget and stick to it but its been nice to just kinda do what I want when I want. However its funny how God works bc I have enjoyed buying nice things for me as well as others. On Sunday we gave our youth pastors wife a baby shower so I was at the church from 8:25 for regular duties until about 6:45 so needless to say my feet were hurting. As I sat down on the couch Joanna turns to Todd and says Ashley will go with you. I said go where? I am tired. I was out late Saturday night with a very handsome fella and then forgot about time change...which I have never done before. Anyways he said he needed me to go with him to a single moms house and since he is a dude he needs someone to go with him. So I went and that's when GOD started dealing with me. This lady is incredibly smart and has made a nice living for herself and her family however a few months ago something tragic happened and changed their lives forever so she is now single with 6 children to raise. I had heard her story before and thought the situation was sad but when I was standing in her house and putting groceries away and helping Todd check on the heat it all kind of hit home with me. I have the luxury of running into Kroger and grabbing something and then going to a drive thru and ordering whatever and not really thinking about it. But to this lady running in to spend 5 bucks could mean milk in the fridge or trimmings for a meal. Then I decided that the situation really just ticks me off. SO many churches will be helping the homeless this season by getting food, clothing, blankets, etc. but what about the people in your own church. So many people may show up every Sunday with a smile on their face but they could be just 5 dollars short of being homeless. We need to help those who are a part of our church family first! People are good at hiding benevolence this lady to look at you would never know. See she is use to the "high life" so she has nice things but bc of this tragedy she at times struggles to eat and feed her family. I hope this season I remember to continue to help others and remember the true meaning. Thank you God for opening my eyes to those around me who I see every week help me to be a blessing to them and to know that you are always in control.

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday ,and the rest of the week!

I had the honor of taking my Aunt and Uncle to the airport Sunday as they are going to adopt a child from the Ukraine. They already have 3 children but Xhenya (Jimmy) came over on an exchange program and they fell in love with him and decided to adopt. He has lived in an orphanage his whole life. He will be the only adopted person in our family ever, so I think if cool. The crazy thing is that he favors my cousins he will be living with. He has the tan skin, dark hair, and great smile that lights up his whole face. I was only supposed to take them to a church in the area, but half way there they forgot some things and we had to turn around, so I ended up taking them all the way to the airport. I have not gotten to spend alot of time with them recently so it was nice to catch up. We started talking about church and I mentioned that we were getting a new pastor and he was being announced and come to find out they know him. It was the strangest thing, but helped me bc you know sometimes you get away from kind of how you were raised, but still really respect it and its nice to know that a person coming in your family loves and believes in so to say.
Since February of this year our church has been just going through some things. Our former pastor decided to commit adultery and instead of being accountable for his actions decided to skim the truth and resign. Since then he has started a new church trying to cause a church split. Now with that said when I was talking to my Aunt and Uncle they asked who the pastor was and I told them, turns out they knew when this had happened with him just a few years ago. However God is so good, our church is actually growing and people who had quit coming are back in attendance every week. My heart breaks though for those who followed him, some of those people have the greatest hearts and I would hate for them to get hurt and never step in a church again. If you live in Sin all week whether its living with a boyfriend/girlfriend, having sex before marriage, or getting drunk every night and go to church on Sunday and its not only condoned but you feel ZERO conviction I think that is a HUGE problem....just saying. Anyways we are excited about our new pastor I think he will be great ministering to what we have all been through and continue to recover from.
Also since Sunday was Halloween our church had a Boo Bash where we decorated the mansion and had tons of activities going on. We were also having a trunk or treat so we decorated our cars. Has anyone tried to decorate your car before? First off there are like zero costumes for it I guess mainly because you have to drive it. However I wanted mine decorated so I decided to make it into a Hersey Kiss and it was an absolute hit. It took an orange cone and 4 things of Alumin foil but looked great. Boo bash was successful although I did have my doubts about it earlier in the day. However we left there about 10 and it was all in all a busy but great day.
Monday I walked into work and by boss had decided to start putting up Christmas we are in a 1700 sq ft building and from Monday until today we have put up and fully decorated 5 trees and 2 more are waiting for their ornaments to come in. It has been crazy I have worked about open til past close, but our trees look great and we are almost completely ready. I will post pics later so you all can see the trees. In the midst of putting up the trees and decorations we had a customer ask when we would be putting them on sale. I said well they are for sale, she said oh no honey I don’t pay full price for anything. I said well if you check back on Dec 26th you may be in luck. Really, people come on!?!
Well that is my week I know I went more on Sunday than the rest of the week, but decorating trees is not all that exciting when its at work. Now I am going to watch Toy Story 3 with my lil hommees.