Shooting Gallery

This afternoon, several men from church took time out of their busy schedules to educate the teens & their families on gun safety & set up a shooting gallery so we could shoot!

The men talking before we started.

David waiting! He was so anxious to shoot!

We had to wait a little while for everyone to show up.

Gabe smiling for the camera.

Mr. Young lecturing us on gun safety.

The man in the shorts is Mr. Buis who graciously let us come to his house to shoot.

Hannah shooting.

One of the guys shooting.

Stephanie shooting.

Another guy shooting. Notice that it is raining.

Gabe shooting.

David shooting.

Several of the guys shooting.

More of the guys shooting.

Hubby, Ryan & Antonio looking at the targets through the scope.

More shooting in the rain.

I tried to get a pic of everyone shooting at least once.

The rain was starting to let up.

Micah shooting.

Jessica & David watching the guys hangout on the hammock.

Jamie shooting.

A frog that Lexi, Jessica & Levi caught.

They are so proud of that little frog!

Miss Laura shooting.

Miss Mary shooting.

They younger kids & Jamie getting a turn on the hammock.

Justin, our fearless leader, getting at turn.

Mr. Mike shooting.

A wider view of the shooting area. Only a small group was allowed in the shooting gallery at a time.

Miss Laura shooting again.

More shooting.

Miss Laura was getting good at shooting.

Maxx & Antonio. Just a few seconds before this, they were wrestling.

Some of the men taking a turn before our break.

Jessica, Lexi & Levi watering the frog.

Mr. Hazard giving a great devotional comparing bullets to the words that come out of our mouths!

Waiting while the men reset the guns & set up targets that each shooter would get to take home.

We had a great audience for the shooting.

Round 2 begins.

Each shooter took 6 or more shots.

Then they got to get their targets. Here's David with his.

Jessica & her friend Lexi shooting. Jessica could never figure out how to look through the scope.

Debby shooting! Gotta love her stance!

Jessica got a turn at a gun with a sight. She figured that out quickly.

And she did awesome! Better than a lot of the teens!

Our time ended as the nasty clouds arrived. The radar looked bad but the storms ended up going on either side of us!

 

 

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Trusting & letting go of control!

God tells us again & again to trust in Him, to fear not, to worry not because He loves us & cares for us! But in our human nature, that is so hard! Time & time again, I pick those worries & fears up instead of leaving them at His feet.

I finally figured out why I struggle with trust. It's because I think I know best. I think if I'm in control of it all, then I can work it all out the way I want things to come out. Only 1 thing wrong with this thinking, I'm NOT in control of anything. I think I am, but I'm not.

Sometimes I think I must really be a source of absolute amusement for God. He must sit there just shaking His head at me while trying not to laugh while I'm trying to do everything & be everything to everyone. Much like I get amused when one of my kids try to do an adult task that they clearly have no ability to master.

The longer I live, the more I realize that I have absolutely no control over anything. Only God does! Since He knows all & sees all, I can trust Him to lead me where I need to go.

I share all this so I can tell you about my weekend. We had homeschool conference in Cincy on Thursday through Saturday. 6 hrs on Thursday, 14 hrs on Friday & 9 hrs on Saturday of walking, looking at curriculum, sitting in workshops & being around thousands of people. Follow this up with a very busy Sunday which included Hubby heading off for his first travel assignment in 3 months!

Amazing! That's the only word to describe it! I still hurt, I still was tired & I still had a few moments of total neurological overload. BUT I had such peace & knew God was carrying me through each moment of the weekend. I made it through the conference & even was able to help with a reception at church on Sunday & have kids over to play. I made it through! And I'm not crashing today! I'm sore & tired but not completely crashing!I started to stress over this all last week. But decided that God knew I was in a Fibromyalgia flare-up & knew all the weekend involved. So, I decided to trust Him. I asked my prayer warrior friends & family to pray for me. Then I resolved to trust God & head into the long weekend activities.

I can not find the words to adequately thank God for carrying me through! I'm so thankful to all my faithful prayer warriors for their part in this weekend! What a difference it made!

 

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