<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:53:38.175-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Ordinary" adventures</title><subtitle type='html'>I want to serve God in a BIG way! Do you? Start looking at "where" you are... There are some ordinary adventures in your life that God will use...

Tell me about them...

Whose first?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-5997256716714822499</id><published>2009-02-22T16:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T16:35:30.461-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/SaHvQ-wMUXI/AAAAAAAAC6c/6EiYOuw8Sfo/s1600-h/ripple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305784911021232498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 146px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/SaHvQ-wMUXI/AAAAAAAAC6c/6EiYOuw8Sfo/s200/ripple.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/SaHuwznLsOI/AAAAAAAAC6U/evmzz8odPdE/s1600-h/thnkn.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;That's my point...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/1600/5064017.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;That's just it...It's not ordinary life... It's actually very exciting... I mean think, I have people coming in and out of my life, not to mention my house, lol all day everyday...Being here right now affects someone, some where... I see how God has allowed me to impact lives... not taking any credit, I am humbled...How does one affect many? &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/1600/Safari%20and%20Massai%20032.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another thought... life is exciting, I don't mean things happening all the time, crazy, busy exciting, I mean living for a God who's all powerful, all knowing and all loving exciting...Why think about the future only, where are we RIGHT NOW?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-5997256716714822499?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/5997256716714822499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=5997256716714822499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/5997256716714822499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/5997256716714822499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2009/02/thats-my-point.html' title=''/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/SaHvQ-wMUXI/AAAAAAAAC6c/6EiYOuw8Sfo/s72-c/ripple.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-6711512893263039346</id><published>2007-01-08T16:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-08T16:32:04.161-08:00</updated><title type='text'>new friends???</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLiVpOx-eI/AAAAAAAAAAc/OV5yfPFmJ8k/s1600-h/powershotcamera1204006+090.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017821796317133282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="99" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLiVpOx-eI/AAAAAAAAAAc/OV5yfPFmJ8k/s200/powershotcamera1204006+090.jpg" width="121" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;I have to be honest the idea of finding new friends, it doesn't scare me, it just makes me feel tired... not because I don't want people in my life (those of you who know me know better than that) but more because I have soooo many awesome friends &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017821452719749586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="91" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLiBpOx-dI/AAAAAAAAAAU/mp-NWBoTZWU/s200/powershotcamera1204006+122.jpg" width="124" border="0" /&gt;that God has given me and I am comfortable with that... So you can pray for me there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but there not around or I'm not around them soooo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I know that God wants me to connect with people because that is what He is about! I am feeling the desire to build relationships with my neighbors and community. It's kind of small right now (4 houses on our street) but I know that God has us here for a purpose and I AM excited to see that unfold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Africa seems so far away, but when the phone rings and it's Jill! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLhlZOx-cI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iPfIWXVnBLw/s1600-h/powershotcamera1204006+121.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017820967388445122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 105px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" height="138" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLhlZOx-cI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iPfIWXVnBLw/s320/powershotcamera1204006+121.jpg" width="203" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love those kids so much! They are going to be great men of God and who knows maybe they will be working right beside us some day!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-6711512893263039346?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/6711512893263039346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=6711512893263039346' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/6711512893263039346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/6711512893263039346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-friends.html' title='new friends???'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zpGjFJNcteE/RaLiVpOx-eI/AAAAAAAAAAc/OV5yfPFmJ8k/s72-c/powershotcamera1204006+090.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-116607695589823200</id><published>2006-12-13T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T22:15:55.910-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Im POSTING....</title><content type='html'>Ok I know everyone is on myspace and im completely behind the times. (and it's killing me) but i thought it might be good to update this blog anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did it we moved to AZ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wow i have waited a long time for this... i miss my people...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 69px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="85" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1620/1195/200/510480/IMG_1739.jpg" width="133" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;knowing how to find places...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my house...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not the cold... &lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="106" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1620/1195/200/546009/cd2%20092.jpg" width="133" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but its been a good couple of weeks and i know we are where God wants us...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i still talk to my people...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and im with more of my people...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what is this my people thing? i really need to use myspace this thing takes to long...&lt;br /&gt;im tired good night!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-116607695589823200?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/116607695589823200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=116607695589823200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/116607695589823200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/116607695589823200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2006/12/im-posting.html' title='Im POSTING....'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-114676207106850673</id><published>2006-05-04T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-04T10:08:26.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'>He's a strong one...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/1600/DSC_0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" height="146" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/320/DSC_0011.jpg" width="269" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well yesterday I had the adventure of bringing Cole to the doctors...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All was well until...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to give him a shot...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OH BOY!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me just say that Cole is not easily held down. The determination of this kid is tremendous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but thru this I was able to take away a lesson, some bruises too, but the lesson was about feeding this determination and his strong spirit. He needs a foundation and a sword and this kid is going somewhere...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God has given him a strong spirit for what He has for him... He may be small, but he's full of the power of God...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-114676207106850673?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/114676207106850673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=114676207106850673' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114676207106850673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114676207106850673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2006/05/hes-strong-one.html' title='He&apos;s a strong one...'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-114460914125638856</id><published>2006-04-09T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T12:10:06.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>That's my point...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/1600/5064017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/320/5064017.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's just it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not ordinary life... It's actually very exciting... I mean think, I have people coming in and out of my life, not to mention my house, lol all day everyday...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being here right now affects someone, some where... I see how God has allowed me to impact lives... not taking any credit, I am humbled...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does one affect many? &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/1600/Safari%20and%20Massai%20032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1620/1195/200/Safari%20and%20Massai%20032.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thought... life is exciting, I don't mean things happening all the time, crazy, busy exciting, I mean living for a God who's all powerful, all knowing and all loving exciting...&lt;br /&gt;Why think about the future only, where are we RIGHT NOW?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-114460914125638856?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/114460914125638856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=114460914125638856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114460914125638856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114460914125638856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2006/04/thats-my-point.html' title='That&apos;s my point...'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24604223.post-114312913285776927</id><published>2006-03-23T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T07:52:12.870-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What adventures have you had lately?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24604223-114312913285776927?l=ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/feeds/114312913285776927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24604223&amp;postID=114312913285776927' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114312913285776927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24604223/posts/default/114312913285776927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ordinaryadventuresoflife.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-adventures-have-you-had-lately.html' title='What adventures have you had lately?'/><author><name>Christine Fooks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17844045943162974672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos15.flickr.com/21331920_835299c67c_s.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
