tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269230293228415292024-03-13T18:46:43.467-07:00Pancakes and PerseveranceMeeting joy in the everyday.Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-14671109898035445682020-12-14T08:43:00.000-08:002020-12-14T08:43:31.157-08:00Looking Back: The "Why"<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT9soeWLeDrPeaubVpxQM1am9TCTgNB31uR9b6EjiJWNj9mCt5TaA1PhGovQJwcIzK_D5p9OVig68F8Tgzfy6KplTK4Dw62J0eRwEA8LleM430ziivpQ-4Fft7yNWsbdMX42gGZCHBYc/s2048/cherry-laithang-NmPpz1jA_JE-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT9soeWLeDrPeaubVpxQM1am9TCTgNB31uR9b6EjiJWNj9mCt5TaA1PhGovQJwcIzK_D5p9OVig68F8Tgzfy6KplTK4Dw62J0eRwEA8LleM430ziivpQ-4Fft7yNWsbdMX42gGZCHBYc/s320/cherry-laithang-NmPpz1jA_JE-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@laicho?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Cherry Laithang</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/hope?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />"In His kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So, after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation." 1 Peter 5:10 </p><p>As I begin to look back and "debrief" 2020 a bit, I have started to read through my sermon notes and quotes written down from other talks I've listened to. Looking back on even the first quarter of 2020, I have gotten chills reading what God was teaching me, us, even before the Pandemic began. The "why" that is Christ. Alive and living in us. Daily. Eternally. </p><p>I share some of the quotes here as a reminder of this truth.</p><p>"He who has a 'why' to live for can bear almost any 'how.'" "What is the 'why' that is big enough to live for when the 'how' isn't enough anymore?" Robert Hahn</p><p>"Who is your King? Whose Kingdom are you building?" Nathan LaBorie</p><p>"What is the thing you still want from God which is getting in the way of just <i>wanting</i> God?" Hahn</p><p>"When you serve God, you have to be ready to be uncomfortable." Bobby Sickle</p><p>"I've put down my rock, and I'm going through the narrow gate." Hahn</p><p>"Nothing else defines me. You and only you, Jesus." LaBorie</p><p>February sermon resolution: <i><b>I will cut out my need for control and fear from my life.</b></i> (Right before the Pandemic began!)</p><p>"Our experience of how we are as the church will change for a time. We will re-discover our core purpose as a church. Not a building, but the people." (March 15, Ben Trawick)</p><p>April 4: The thief on the cross. His SIN led him to Christ, not his righteousness. </p><p>"Waymaker, promise keeper, that is who you are." (Song: Way Maker, echoed during the Easter 2020 season)</p><p>"Loss of our routines helps us re-evaluate what we do and what needs to be changed. It gives us the opportunity to see God at work through the unexpected." (Tony Sundermaier)</p><p>The pandemic is no surprise to Him. </p><p>(Echoed throughout 2020)</p><p>"Don't pray the problem, pray the promise." Carlos Whitaker</p><p>"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." John Wooden</p><p>"Fatigue fatigue."</p><p>"Gratefulness is not an exchange for truth." (M.O.P.S. speaker)</p><p>"The only one who death bows to, that's the God who walks with you." (Song: <i>Remember</i>)</p><p>"You turn graves into gardens." (Brandon Lake)</p><p>"Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:8</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-75857971062110471172020-07-27T12:59:00.000-07:002020-07-27T12:59:40.723-07:00Worth the Living<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This has been a really odd summer.<br />
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Ok, we can all acknowledge that it's been a really hard year all around.<br />
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#2020...<br />
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I'm a summer person. I read summer novels all year long. I go to the beach as often as I can. I have an ocean background on my desktop. I love the sun, swimming, ice cream, and just about everything summer.<br />
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But this summer has been different. At first, it kind of snuck up on me, due to the time-warp feel that the spring had. (I didn't even have shorts yet for the kids!) But, as we continued into it, our normal activities didn't happen. The usual town events like the Memorial Day celebration, the fireworks display, the opening of the waterpark...the markers we usually look to for summer to begin.<br />
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We haven't been on any trips yet, due to fears over Covid. The family and friends who usually visit all had to cancel. So we are left with plenty of sun, but not too much "summer."<br />
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It's easy in all this to start to let the negative in. Sure, I'm still wearing flip flops, and I have a tan, but it's hard to believe this is the summer we are going to remember in our Christmas card letters.<br />
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Last year, I had a big milestone birthday, and it got me thinking even more about my Bucket List and all of the places that I'd like to go and things I'd like to accomplish before I pass on to Heaven.<br />
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I was excited to get started right away, thinking of each summer as an opportunity to check off another item from my list. Concerts, travel, writing...<br />
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Sadly, the pandemic has stopped a lot of my Bucket List items in their tracks. Even my goal of developing deeper friendships hit a snag, because it's hard to hang out when everything's closed. (I did get to finally see Hamilton, though, thank you Disney+!!)<br />
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Ok, now I know what you are probably thinking... can we just stay in bed for the next 5-12 months or so? I feel ya!<br />
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Since my usual optimistic self has begun to toy around with the negative, I've tried to change my prayers to match. God and I have been through a lot together this spring, but He hasn't left my side. So, right now I'm asking Him for a new way of thinking. I'm asking Him to change my attitude from wanting to fast-forward through the next year to wanting to walk through it, step by step, with Him. Because, if I fast-forwarded through it, I'd miss so much.<br />
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I know I'd miss all of the ministry that God will do this year. All of the opportunities to share His love and reach those who need His comfort and care. I'd miss the chance to lead teens toward Christ and away from anxiety and depression.<br />
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Just because life seems to be on pause, God has not stopped working. Therefore, I need to change my thinking.<br />
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<b>Ephesians 4:23 says to "be made new in the attitude of your minds."</b><br />
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Our mind can shift and change with practice. We can shift away from the negative and towards the positive that only He can bring.<br />
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We can choose to think on things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely and admirable instead of the doom and gloom on the news. (Philippians 4:8)<br />
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The song, "Because He Lives," encourages us to keep up the hard work of faith:<br />
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<i><b>Because He lives, I can face tomorrow</b></i><br />
<i><b>Because He lives, all fear is gone</b></i><br />
<i><b>Because I know He holds the future</b></i><br />
<i><b>And life is worth the living, just because He lives</b></i><br />
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Although I might not cross off a whole lot of items from my Bucket List this year, I can live assured that I know the One who holds my future. Maybe there are things that God will do this year that haven't even occurred to me yet.<br />
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I'm sure there will be! And I want to stick around with Him to find out.<br />
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Let's remember to keep on keeping on, because <b><i>life is worth the living, just because He lives</i></b>...<br />
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<i><b><br /></b></i>Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-51890006880852974632020-07-13T12:11:00.001-07:002020-07-13T12:11:12.356-07:00Fixed on Jesus<div style="text-align: left;">
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Margaret Feinberg so aptly wrote in her book, the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Echo-Margaret-Feinberg/dp/0310274176/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+sacred+echo&qid=1594665802&sr=8-1">Sacred Echo</a>, that when God really wants to get your attention, He doesn't just say something once. "The same idea, theme, impression, or lesson will repeat itself in surprising and unexpected ways until you realize that maybe, just maybe, God is at work." <br />
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That happened to me this past week. God has been teaching me to look upward and to look inward. I've been realizing that I have been so focused on the challenges in my life, that I've been trying to fix them with my own strength. If I just work harder at pleasing people, if I just read more books or look for more ideas to help, things will get better. I do believe these things are helpful and meaningful, but the key is that <i>I'm not the one doing the healing</i>.<br />
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There is One who is greater than I who can do that hard work. I don't have to take on the burdens all on my own. I don't have to make everything better for everyone. Jesus has already done that for us. He's won the victory over the world and even over death itself. <br />
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Then shouldn't I look to Him who is greater? <br />
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The sacred echo brings these texts...<br />
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"Fix your thoughts on Jesus." Ephesians 3:1<br />
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"Fixing our eyes on Jesus." Hebrews 12:2<br />
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I've spent some time in the deep South, and the idea of "fixin' to" comes to mind as I read these passages. "I'm fixin' to go to the beach." "I'm fixin' to make supper." But I don't think that's quite what the scriptures are referring to here. Shannon Geurin says that keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus "simply means that you have such a connection with Him that every part of you aligns with Him. He is the key and you are the lock." <br />
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Every part. Now this can be something I'm <i>fixin' to</i> do. To align every part of myself with God. To fix my thoughts, to fix my eyes, to fix my heart on the One who is true and right and holy and good. <br />
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Fixing.<br />
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"The Greek word "<a href="https://bibleresources.info/what-does-it-mean-to-keep-your-eyes-fixed-on-jesus/">fix</a>" contains the idea of concentrating your gaze; to focus all of your attention on one object." <br />
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We have that choice.<br />
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We can fix our gaze on earthly things. On our problems, our concerns, our frustrations. The crazy life that is 2020...<br />
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Or we can choose to fix our gaze on the author of life. The Creator of peace itself. The one able to calm every storm and walk with us across the waters.<br />
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I admit that I don't know how to do this. <br />
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I do know that the more I pray, the more I read Scripture, the more I talk with Christian friends and meditate on God's word, the more I will gaze in the right direction.<br />
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Maybe that's all we can do, this side of Heaven.<br />
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<b><i>Fix our eyes in the right direction. </i></b>Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-22721971685928331882020-04-22T14:13:00.001-07:002020-04-22T14:13:39.882-07:00Silver Linings Playbook: Quarantine Edition<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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We've reached day 37 of quarantine, and I have to say that when we reach 40 days, I think there should be a badge to prove that we've made it this far.<br />
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Last week was one of the hardest weeks of my life, but still I remain hopeful. Because hope is what carries us through.<br />
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The following "Silver Linings" that have come out of quarantine for me.<br />
(I'd love to hear some of yours in the comments.)<br />
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Coffee. (I'm so glad my church introduced me to coffee before all this started, because it's carrying me just like Jesus is right now.)<br />
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Wifi. (That is all.)<br />
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Online church. (<a href="https://chesapeakechurch.org/online/">https://chesapeakechurch.org/online/</a>)<br />
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Food. (Seriously, I've taken up cooking, which, if you ask my college roommate, she'll laugh and tell you about the pact we had that if I burnt down my first apartment while cooking, I was allowed to move in with her and her newly-wed husband...)<br />
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My husband. (#bestfriend #myrock #mademepizza #brewedgoodcoffee)<br />
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Cookie Monster. (Cookie Monster has always been up there on my list, but seriously, these <a href="https://youtu.be/OuSuyZpqTtg">Snack Chats</a> though.)<br />
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Musicals. (The free live-stream of Phantom of the Opera, my favorite musical of all time, on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmPjhKMaXNNeCr1FjuMvag">The Shows Must Go On!</a> literally lifted my spirits.)<br />
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Comedy. ( <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug">SGN</a>, The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA">Daily</a> Social Distancing Show, and random comedians watched on the couch with my husband while laughing the day's stress away. Really, the only way to watch the news right now.)<br />
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Art. (Googling <a href="https://www.bobartlett.com/paintings-/recent/1181">paintings</a> and <a href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne">virtual tours</a>.)<br />
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Free webinars and Facebook Lives. (From just about everyone.)<br />
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Walking. (Seriously, walking. I live for daily doses of the outside world.)<br />
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Snail Mail. (Sending and receiving actual letters again.)<br />
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Zoom Chats. (Video chats with everyone from grandparents to cousins to friends to work colleagues. I miss people. I'm an introvert, but come ON.)<br />
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Disney. (Seriously, can <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/gma/add-disney-magic-kids-bedtime-routine-165710923--abc-news-parenting.html">Minnie Mouse</a> please tell me good night all the time?<br />
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Sunshine. (Daily dose of Vitamin D. #necessary)<br />
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Flowering trees. (These gorgeous creations are seriously keeping me sane right now. Thank you, Redbuds and Cherry Blossoms.)<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/KwX1f2gYKZ4">Music</a>.<br />
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Board <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_(game)">Games</a>.<br />
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Online community. (I've re-connected with every college, group, friend, and association that I've ever been a part of. And watching their free webinars!)<br />
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Hallmark movies. (You may have joked with me in the past about their plot lines, but right now, you are grabbing your tissues and sitting right down with me, because happy endings are all we can handle right now.)<br />
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Family time. (There is A LOT of this, but I'm getting filled up to the brim with "quality time" as my love language. Minus the constant sibling fights...)<br />
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Toilet paper. (I have some left.)<br />
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Scripture. (God's promises of peace, strength and hope are giving me a rock to stand on right now.)<br />
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The goodness of God. (Amen.)<br />
<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-39203510039199824932020-04-01T13:23:00.001-07:002020-04-01T13:23:25.437-07:00Quarantine as Fasting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Lately, I feel a bit like a lot of things in my life have been stripped away. <br />
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I can't go to work in my office. I can't drive my car. I can't take the kids to park to play tennis. I can't see my friends or go to church in person. I haven't seen our youth leaders or the faces of our teens in several weeks. <br />
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I miss good coffee!! I miss movies, chips and salsa, and my co-workers. I miss walking along the boardwalk by the bay. <br />
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The hard part is that I haven't <i>chosen</i> to stop doing these things per se. In many ways, I have, since I want to do my part to help flatten the curve of the Coronavirus Pandemic. I want to help save lives and keep my grandparents from harm. But in other ways, it feels like so many outside forces have taken away our usual way of living, both for the good of humanity and with the challenge that it brings.<br />
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As Americans, we are so used to getting what we want <b><i>right now</i></b>. We can go to almost any store or restaurant within 20 minutes and buy whatever we are craving at that moment. If we can't, then we'll just order it on Amazon.<br />
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The quarantine that I've experienced for the last 16 days has reminded me a lot of fasting. The general definition of fasting is to abstain from food for a period of time as a religious observance. In my years of youth ministry, we've often participated in something called the 30 Hour Famine. We would spend 30 hours without food in order to participate in mission activities and raise money for hunger around the world. The famine always brought up mixed emotions in my mind, because I love food. It's one of my comfort things, and without it, I get a little on edge. <br />
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As it turns out, the famine was one of my favorite events each year. When we gave up food, we noticed that our other senses were heightened. We'd notice the beautiful buds on the trees and the sound of the birds waking us up. We spent extra time in prayer, giving the time to God, and He would always have a lesson for us to learn in it. The fast always felt like a cleansing, a re-set of sorts. <br />
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The quarantine has felt a bit like this. I'm noticing beautiful things that I hadn't taken as much time to notice. The beautiful cherry blossom trees in my neighborhood. The kisses and hugs from my four year old. My husband's cooking up random recipes from things we have in the pantry. The laughter of our family as we play UNO together. (And the inevitable sibling fighting that comes with it!)<br />
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The Bible has many examples of people who fasted for various reasons. Many fasted before or during an important event, in order to turn their minds toward God and make wise decisions. Ezra 8:22-24 is an example where those going into battle prayed and fasted in order to ask for God's protection.<br />
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I love verse 23: <b>"So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer."</b> <br />
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Here, Ezra's group would be traveling without military escort, and the road through the western Persian empire was very dangerous. <br />
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Covid-19 poses many dangers to us as individuals and as a society. We can choose to complain and be unhappy with the gift of each day, no matter how hard it may be, or we can choose a response like Ezra's. We can think of the stripping away of our usual routines as a fast that we will give over to God. We can choose to use this time of fasting from things and busyness and our favorite foods to <i><b>stop</b></i> and <b><i>earnestly pray that our God will take care of us</i></b>. <br />
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<b>God sees us</b> in the midst of all that we are going through, and, as He did with Ezra, He will hear our prayer.<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-13036906341889117552020-03-15T09:25:00.002-07:002020-03-15T09:27:20.450-07:00Who is in Control?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The other day I tried to buy hand sanitizer for an event, and there was none. Anywhere. I searched several stores and then I went online. When I had searched all over the web, I started to get a little panicky. You see, I do not like germs, and the current virus situation has me a bit on edge.<br />
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So many others, too. Fights over toilet paper and bottled water are breaking out.<br />
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I heard the other day that we are all freaking out over a lack of control. We are trying to stock up on basic necessities, because we want to feel like we have some sense of control over the global pandemic. "If I get sick, at least I'll have plenty of toilet paper," you may have thought subconsciously. It's a bit of a #firstworldproblems situation. If you've never been on a mission trip to a 2/3rds world country, then you may not have seen first hand that a majority of the world lives without basic necessities every day. Many don't have clean drinking water. They don't have toilets. They may not have access to or money for food every day. People in my own county cannot always afford food. So, I begin by reminding us to be thankful for how blessed we are. If we have to live a few weeks without toilet paper, we'll figure it out.<br />
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Second, let's remember Who is in control. When we feel out of control, as so many of us do, we can either sink into anxiety, worry, and panic, or we can turn to the Creator of the Universe. We can turn to the One who remains in control when we feel out of it.<br />
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My prayer this week is that God would work redemptively amidst the chaos we are experiencing. As we have seen Him do so many times, God will work good out of the most challenging situations. Will you join me in praying that God will work redemptively through us as we navigate this situation and that we would be open to helping others and doing His work through it all?<br />
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Lastly, let's stay calm. Here are a few ideas to keep your spirits lifted during this stressful time. Comment below with some of your own ideas...<br />
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Pray<br />
Watch a sermon online<br />
Go for a walk (exercise is great for stress!)<br />
Google photos of calm places (my favorite are photos of the ocean)<br />
Listen to music or calming sounds (I love to listen to the sound of rain or thunderstorms on apps)<br />
calm.com (on of my fav go-to sights for a few minutes of calm)<br />
Bake something yummy<br />
Call the older adults in your life (they may be lonely and in need of your voice)<br />
Hug your family and play a game together<br />
Have a neighborhood block party (as long as you stay 6 feet away from each other, haha)<br />
Drink some tea<br />
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As they say..."Keep Calm and Carry On."<br />
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As God says:<br />
<b><i style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">— Philippians 4:6-7</span></b><br />
<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-46366287449741674882020-01-06T13:56:00.003-08:002020-01-06T13:58:41.202-08:00Be Thou My Vision<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The words of the hymn "Be Thou My Vision" rang true to my heart this past Sunday. When I think about this new year, this blank canvas, this blank page...what will it hold? I think back to my first hearing of this song in college. I was substitute teaching in a Christian preschool. During nap time, we would listen to a children's CD of hymns as we rubbed their little backs and soothed them to sleep. I cannot sing this song without thinking of this memory.<br />
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God has given me vision throughout my life. Sometimes it has been by the bright <b>light</b> of the sun, other times the faint trickle of a flashlight before the battery dies. Sometimes <b>His vision</b> came through the wisdom of friends or grandparents, through words on a page or through songs.<br />
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He has been <b>my treasure</b>. Oh my great treasure. I have never been a wealthy person by the world's standards, but I have found true treasure in serving God and His people.<br />
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<b>My victory</b> has already been won. Some days do feel like a fight. A fight with my children, a fight with exhaustion, a fight with my own mind to stay positive. Or a greater spiritual battle. Through it all, I can take confidence in the fact that <b>my victory</b> has already been won by Jesus. Whatever this year may bring, I will have victory through the One who won it for me through His humble serving, dying and rising again on the Cross.<br />
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This year, unlike many others, seems a bit more unknown and at the same time a bit more known. Some big life things have been been revealed this past year, and others remain a walk of faith.<br />
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I give this year, 2020, to the Lord, in whom <b>my Light</b> is found.<br />
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<b>"Heart of my own heart, whate'er befall. Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all." </b>Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-63967129872018076542019-07-03T10:22:00.002-07:002019-07-03T10:22:42.343-07:00Fish, Sunsets and the Creativity of God
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">"Let all that I am
praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed
with honor and majesty." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">~Psalm 104:1 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">This past week I had the
privilege of going on a much-anticipated vacation with several college
friends. For a year, we have planned and dreamed about this week where we
would celebrate our 40th birthdays that will all happen within the year.
I expected it to be fun and relaxing, but what I wasn't anticipating was for
God to blow my mind with His beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">There were several
moments on the trip when I just stood in awe and wonder of God and His
creativity. The first was on the first evening of our cruise, when we
stood on the ship's upper deck and watched the sun set. Granted, I've
seen a lot of sunsets in my life, and many have been beautiful. However,
I've never seen one from the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. The sun began
its decent, and it looked to us like a gigantic yellow and pink beach ball as
it hit the water's edge. I stood there holding my breath until it
disappeared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The second awe moment I
experienced was during a snorkeling adventure. I was the only one who
wanted to snorkel, so I put on all of my gear and jumped into the beautiful,
blue water. Almost immediately, I was surrounded by fish. They
seemed to be coming up and greeting me. As I swam deeper into the reef, I
began to see the creativity of God expand before me. The fish!
There was a black fish with blue glowing dots and a black fish with bright
yellow stripes. I looked on in wonder. And then God really made me
laugh. A fish swam by with leopard looking spots and horn-like skin over
its eyes. I began laughing out loud, which was not the best idea with a
snorkel mask on. A bit later, God made me laugh again as I was looking at
the reef floor. All of a sudden, it began to move. A round shape
had lifted up off of the floor and started moving. It was a fish the
exact color and pattern as the reef. It was just unbelievable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">God really floored me
with His creativity on this trip. My snorkeling adventure proved to me
once again the absolute existence of our creator God. He created these
wildly colorful and funny fish that in many cases no one will ever see. Just
because He could. Because He is just that creative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I know that because this
creative God created you and I that He will continue to work creatively in and
through our lives. He may even do it with a little humor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This has been a really up and down kind of week. I found out on Friday that one of my best friends growing up lost his father to a heart attack on Thursday. This hit me really hard, one because I know how hard it must be for my friend, and two because his family was like my own family. I grew up in a small church in Painted Post, NY, and the moms and dads at the church became like our own moms and dads. I spent a lot of time over at Fran's house during my high school years. My friends Kelly and Nick and I would hang out and eat chips and talk and play board games. Mr. Gasparri would welcome us and joke around with us and treat us like one of his own kids. Mr. and Mrs. Gasparri were another example to me of what Christian parents should be.<br />
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In high school, my friends and I were lucky enough to have lots of loving Christian adults surrounding us. Our youth group was small, and none of our youth leaders had a theological degree or got paid for what they were doing. They just loved hanging out with us and talking with us about God. Our youth leader, Mr. <i>Grace</i> (I mean, really??!), showed us God as he allowed us to ask deep questions and work out our faith as we went through the challenges of growing up. I remember one time when we were all at a youth conference, and he was so tired that he had fallen asleep while we were all in the room jumping up and down, listening to music and talking and singing. We had worn him out! We wore out our youth leaders on many occasions, as our favorite thing to do was have sleepovers at the church. Mrs. Gasparri would join us every time, reading a book as we ran around, eating Pixi Stix and playing games.<br />
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For me, it all began in 3rd grade. My Sunday School teacher, Miss Dew, prayed a prayer with us to accept Jesus into our hearts. I remember very clearly sitting in the tiny chairs with our hands folded, heads bowed, praying the most important prayer of our lives.<br />
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In middle and high school, we were blessed with so many amazing adults, including Mr. Grace, Jill and Tony, Michelle, Pam and Doug, among others. They cared about us, forgave us, and taught us through their lessons of faith and life. Most of the time, we'd just be hanging out at the Gasparri's or the Morehouses' home and we'd get into a deep discussion of faith that they may not have been expecting. They opened up their homes and hearts to us, and reminded us that, along with our own parents, they were there for us.<br />
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When Mr. Gasparri passed away last week, it was sad on many levels. Sad to lose an extended "family" member and sad to think about the fact that four of my friends and I have lost parents already, before our 40th birthdays. One friend has actually lost both of her parents. It doesn't seem right. As I approach 40, it has also added to my "mid-life crisis." I'm realizing that if I died at their ages, I only have about 20 years left to live. If I live to an older age, I've probably lived about half of my life or a little less. This scares me. Not because I've lived a bad life or because I'm scared to die, but because I feel like I have so much more to do here on this earth. I want to share Jesus and live for Him in big ways.<br />
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For now, I'll take a deep, trusting breath. I'll lean in to God, knowing that He knows what He is doing. He put some amazing adults on my path and He will continue walking with me for all my days. Let's be those faithful adults for the teens and children that come across our paths. We may be the only Jesus that they see, so let's make Him known through our love.Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-56665222223296803162019-02-25T12:44:00.001-08:002019-02-25T12:44:34.552-08:00Moses...and me?<br />
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I got a C on my talk. There, I said it.<br />
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I had never gotten a C in my life. I had always been a straight-A student, due to my perfectionistic tendencies and the fact that I simply loved to learn new things. The C threw me, and it shook my self-esteem. I don't think I've ever fully recovered from it. Although, thinking back on it, I probably deserved a C, because it was actually a pretty bad talk.<br />
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The talk was for a youth ministry class in college. We were supposed to give a talk to our class as if they were teenagers. I'd never really given a quote on quote, "talk," to teens before. I'd led a lot of Bible studies, worked with every age group at camp, led songs and small groups for students, began a drama ministry...all of that, but never a full-blown "talk" per se.<br />
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You see, I'm not a speaker. At least that's what I've always been told, and have continually told myself. Others in my class were great speakers. Others became good speakers after many years of speaking to youth and adults. Some even went on to speak at large events, including the Creation music festival. But, not me. Did I give many talks at youth group? Sure. Did I lead lots of Bible studies, definitely. Did I take the Dale Carnegie course and improve my speaking? I did, and I improved a lot.<br />
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However, if you had asked me 20 years ago, or even 5 years ago, if I'd ever be a speaker at a conference, I would have said no. I probably would have laughed in your face and then turned away and ran.<br />
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So did Moses. In The Message version of Exodus 4:10, it says that "Moses raised another objection to God: 'Master, please, I don't talk well. I've never been good with words, neither before nor after you spoke to me. I stutter and stammer.'"<br />
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Well, recently, God asked me to do just that. I have been writing/editing curriculum for preteens through www.fourfivesix.org for the last couple of years, after having worked with preteens for about 11 years. The director emailed me, knowing that their online conference for preteen leaders was coming up. He said, "I was thinking of who to ask to speak, and your name came up."<br />
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My first thought was "No." "Absolutely not. I'm not a good speaker." But, instead of letting my initial reaction take over, I waited. That afternoon, I turned the page in my calendar, and this is what it said:<br />
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I stopped and stared at it. Just a few days before, I had been praying for God to use me in big ways in 2019 and to help me to accomplish great things for His Kingdom. When I read this message, I knew I had to consider speaking at the conference.<br />
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I sat down and wrote out some possible ideas for what I would speak about, and the ideas came pouring out of me. That was when I realized that I had to say yes because I really did have something to say! A couple of weeks later, God confirmed my decision as our pastor talked about living a purposeFULL life. To do this, we needed to do the one thing that God has been asking us to do, but we've been avoiding.<br />
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"Ok, God, I get it!" I thought to myself.<br />
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As I wrote the talks for the two breakout sessions that I would be leading, I realized that I really did have a lot to teach others about the two topics. So, why would I not want to share what I had learned, so that other preteen ministries could benefit from my experiences?<br />
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Well, last week, I did. I spoke at the 2019 Preteen Leaders Conference. Here I am! I took a photo of myself on the screen. Not so I could brag about it later, but to prove to myself that I actually did it! Who'd have thought that I, Alisa Laska, would actually be a conference speaker? It just goes to show, never say never. Especially to God!<br />
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During the conference, God was speaking to me as well. Isaiah 43:19 was our theme verse for the conference: "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." (NIV) Our theme was "What if...?" and we talked about how to think about things in ministry in new or different ways. One of our opening speakers, Ryan Frank, said that we should start by understanding who we are as individuals. To become acutely self-aware about how God has wired you and to be ok with that. Don't compare yourself to others. You bring a special gift to the kids you minister to that is uniquely yours. Embrace and celebrate who you are and how God has wired you to serve him. Another speaker, Jim Wideman, said that we shouldn't ask what others are doing that is working, but instead, we should be wondering, "What is God asking ME to do?"<br />
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I know, as Moses did, that God might not have wired me to be an amazing speaker. I'll never be Billy Graham or Barack Obama. But, I'm ok with that. I've learned from this experience that God wired me to be uniquely me, with passions, gifts, and skills that only I possess. I have experiences in ministry that I can teach others, who will then teach their preteens. I decided to say yes to God, because he can equip us, through the Holy Spirit and His work and power within us, to do anything He asks of us.<br />
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What is God asking YOU to do that you are hesitant to commit to? Say YES to God and you'll be amazed at all that He can accomplish through a willing heart. "See, I am doing a new thing!"<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-9867677173507748202019-01-30T12:44:00.001-08:002019-01-30T12:44:51.281-08:00One Sweet Day: Our Mentor, Pastor Rob<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Today I will continue my series on people who have influenced my life and altered it in some way. Pastor Rob was the pastor at First Baptist Church of Painted Post, NY, during my middle and early high school years. He was a kind man with a caring smile that was unmatched. He taught our 7th & 8th grade Sunday School class, and I can still remember one specific Sunday. He was teaching us a lesson about Paul's travels, and my friends and I were not too interested. We started hitting each other with Bibles and kicking our legs under the table. Pastor Rob was unfazed. He continued with the lesson and shared his love for the Lord with us. As we grew older, he answered all of our questions about the Bible and challenged us to apply it to our lives. He truly cared about us as people and spent time talking to us. He believed in teenagers and was instrumental in having one placed on each of the church boards. He put up with us as we sat in the front pews of the sanctuary, whispering during the sermons. He let us paint the walls and ceilings of our youth room and challenged us each to give a short sermon when we became seniors. <br />
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Pastor Rob taught our Baptism classes. As 8th graders, we talked about the church and all of our tough questions of faith as we ate pizza in the basement. I can still remember walking through the water to him and having him dip me back in the water and bless me with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As my friend Fran, who was also baptized that day, said, "He was a man who exuded faith and was a rock in our lives."<br />
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He was a wonderful young pastor, with children and a loving wife. At age 33, my tenth-grade year, he went in for a minor heart procedure, but by the end of the week, he had passed away. <br />
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We were in shock. Rob had been our pastor, our friend, our mentor, and now he was gone. At age 16, this was my first experience with loss and grief. Our youth group banned together. We gathered in our youth room with our friends and youth leaders. They prayed with us and talked to us, letting us ask the hard questions. The questions of "why." They allowed us the space to be together, to cry and to grieve. As my friend Fran said, "I still remember the day he passed. The youth all sat at the front of the sanctuary and sang every song we could think of, praising God in the midst of a terrible tragedy." This image of my friends and I crying and singing in the sanctuary will be forever burned into my mind. It was a turning point for our youth group. We grew closer to each other as we clung to each other for support. The experience grew my faith as I asked the tough questions. I didn't necessarily receive answers, but I developed a faith that carried me through my grief.<br />
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One measure of solace for me was the song "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. These lyrics brought me comfort:<br />
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<b><i>"And I know you're shining down on me from heaven.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Like so many friends we've lost along the way.</i></b><br />
<b><i>And I know eventually, we'll be together.</i></b><br />
<b><i>One sweet day."</i></b><br />
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I held on to the fact that I would one day see my pastor again in heaven. I'd tell him all about my life and we'd rejoice together in the Lord. <br />
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Rob's life and death shaped us as people and influenced our futures. Due in part to his caring mentorship, two of us went on to go into ministry. Fran says that "His impact on my life is the reason that I went to Eastern Seminary." He went on to become the pastor of a church in upstate N.Y. I went on to youth ministry so that I could pass on that care and mentorship to other teens.<br />
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A few years ago, I was teaching a class on Paul and his writings to adults from our church. I mentioned Rev. Rob as part of my story, and an older woman in faith told me something I will never forget. She said that though it seemed that Rev. Rob's life and ministry had been cut short, Fran and I were continuing on his ministry. When she said those words, I got tears in my eyes. I had never thought of it that way. Symbolically, my friend and I were carrying on the ministry that Rev. Rob had begun in us that day he began teaching us about the ministry journeys of Paul. As 2 Timothy 2:2 states, "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." <br />
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The influence of mentors such as Rev. Rob and Rev. Gloria, who I wrote about last week, cannot be measured in worldly terms, but through exponential growth in the Kingdom of God.<br />
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Thanks, Pastor Rob, for all that you taught me. I'll see you again, "one sweet day."<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-49561214246923502442019-01-23T10:11:00.002-08:002019-01-23T10:11:48.833-08:00Taking A Chance On MeToday I will begin a series of blogs about people who have influenced my faith and life in big ways, in some cases altering the course of it altogether. I decided to start with one person who carried around a can of RAID wherever she went. Let me explain…<br />
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Growing up, Camp Vick, an American Baptist Churches camp in upstate NY was one of the places where I really fell in love with Christ. I attended camp for the first time in 8th grade. I slept in a tent with a wooden floor along with five other girls and a counselor. We talked about what boys we liked and the latest fashions, but by the Friday night campfire, we’d fallen in love with more than just the boys in Cabin 5. Many of us had met our Savior. We kept in touch with our camp friends by writing letters. (Yes, actual handwritten letters! I still keep in touch with many of my camp friends, but we’ve upgraded to Facebook now.) We couldn’t wait to return to camp the next year. We enjoyed paddling canoes around the lake, eating grilled cheese in the dining hall, lying on our backs and looking up at the constellations in the dark summer sky. We loved all of the counselors, including one who I can still picture singing “Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again” at every campfire.<br />
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As we got older, we’d do anything we could just to be at camp for an extra week during the summer. I cleaned bathrooms (By the way, Francis, what’s the string for again?), raked trails, and even volunteered in the kitchen. (And I cannot cook to save my life!) My favorite jobs around camp were by far the ones where I interacted with campers, either as a Leader-In-Training or as a Counselor for a cabin of girls. It was during one such week where I felt God’s call begin to develop in my life as a mere whisper. It happened during Jr High Camp when a boy named Matt asked me for advice about a girl in my cabin. I started to see that teens saw me as a good listener, someone they could trust.<br />
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And then came the Reverend Gloria. A tall, feisty woman from “the big city” of Philadelphia, who’d been called by God to come to the “boonies” of upstate NY to be our Camp Director. At first, we weren’t sure what to think of her. She was different than anyone we’d ever met at camp. She was loud, she was feisty, but boy could she PREACH. She was filled with the Holy Spirit and it oozed out of her everywhere that she went. She turned our heads and our hearts for sure.<br />
Being from the city, the country, where our camp was located, was very different from anything she’d experienced. Before coming to Camp Vick, she’d never seen a cow in real life. This amused those of us who passed several dairy farms on our way to school every day. Every time we were riding in a car with Rev. Gloria and we saw a cow, we had to stop! She’d get out and talk to the cow, perhaps pet it if it was close enough and even sing to it. We laughed every time.<br />
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Although she loved cows, she did not like bugs one ounce. She carried around her can of RAID, spraying it directly at any bug that flew into her vicinity. It became her new perfume. A friend remembers that she even let go of the wheel of her car once and the others in the car had to kill the bug before she would drive any further. Although she hated bugs, another friend remembers that she could clean and fry up a fish like no one else. I guess she did like some parts of country life!<br />
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Although Camp Vick’s location was way out of her comfort zone, she threw herself into ministry there. During morning exercises, she’d run around the soccer field with the campers, saying that if she could do it, they could do it! She threw every ounce of energy she had into running the camp with her own personality and style. And we loved it! She took every challenge in stride, including our donated camp van, which was constantly breaking down. To this day, I still pray the prayer she would pray every time we got in the van: “Dear God, please keep us safe from accidents or incidents as we drive today.”<br />
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What we loved most was her heart for the Lord. Her affection for Him was evident from early morning prayers in the chapel to evening campfires to walks along the trails. What I remember most vividly was how she took our Friday night worship service up about 1,000 notches. At the end of a long and stressful week on staff, she brought us back to the real meaning of what we were doing and encouraged us again with her words. Each Friday, she’d preach the Gospel message and many children and teens would give their lives to the Lord. We’d all symbolically place a lighted candle into a wooden cross and then we’d float it out into the lake. A tradition that still continues at Camp Vick. When I think of camp, this is one of the first images that come to mind as I remember Jesus being so palpable on those warm Friday nights by the lake.<br />
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A couple of years into her tenure as camp director, Rev. Gloria made a decision that would alter the course of my life. She chose me to be the co-program director that summer with another girl my age. She saw something in me as a counselor that I hadn’t yet seen in myself, knowing that I would grow to thrive in that role. She gave me the opportunity to be stretched outside of my comfort zone as a quiet young adult and to be molded into a leader. I learned as 2 Timothy 1:7 instructs, that “the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” God does not usually call people who are already ready for the job. He stretches us and grows us and makes sure it is His glory that is revealed, not our own.<br />
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Rev. Gloria counseled me and taught me and guided me. She also told me jokingly that I should “never hand-write an address on a letter again” due to my bad handwriting. It’s the little things you often remember most about a person.<br />
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Because Rev. Gloria chose me to fulfill such a role, I grew and found gifts I didn’t know that I had. My calling into Youth Ministry began to develop, and as I chose a college, I decided to major in Youth Ministry and English/Writing. I ended up spending fifteen years in professional Youth Ministry. Looking back, it was Camp Vick and the amazing counselors, camp pastors, and directors who influenced my spiritual life as a whole and encouraged me to take that enthusiasm out to the local church and minister to teens. It also helped me to develop life-long Christian friends who I know will always be there for me.<br />
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Camp Vick and Rev. Gloria influenced more than just me. My Co-Program Director that year would go on to later become the director of Camp Vick herself from 2003-2017 and now the director at Camp Cowen, a Baptist Camp in West Virginia. Rev. Gloria encouraged another man to go to college and later seminary and two close friends who were on staff with me later became full-time pastors.<br />
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What I learned from Rev. Gloria is that it’s important to take a chance on someone. Look deep inside of them and see what gifts God may be ready to mold and shape into a beautiful masterpiece in His grand Kingdom plan. You’ll never know until you take that chance.<br />
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Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-88043992279290513442019-01-17T12:26:00.001-08:002019-01-17T12:35:05.863-08:00Small Things With Great Love: Remembering Chris<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Randall recently said on "This Is Us" that sometimes it feels harder to be a good man than a great man. We all want to do something great with our lives. The past two and a half years, I've struggled with what to do with the second half of my life, knowing that I want to do something great with it. Sometimes, the hard part, the best part really, is what we do with our every day, walking around life. As Mother Teresa once said, "Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." My friend Chris did just that.<br />
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Some lucky people live to be 100, and then there are others who only live for a few minutes or days, or in the case of my friend Chris, only 20 years. Having been in youth ministry for 15 years, I always loved the celebration moments. The graduations, the birthday parties, and now the weddings and births of babies. The deaths are the ones that absolutely break my heart. This is the third young person from my time in ministry to pass away. It has left me breathless with grief, but also helped me to remember what life is all about.<br />
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Adopted at less than a year from Russia, Chris came to the United States, where he was fiercely loved by his parents and his church family. He lived what some may consider a regular childhood, swimming on the team at the local pool, camping with the Scouts, going on adventures and mission trips with our church. He died his hair blue or orange depending on the week. He had a sweet smile and made everyone around him laugh at the little things in life. He had a beautiful spirit about him, one that cared about the people some may not usually care about. He loved to sing to the elderly, eat lunch with the outcasts, and most of all, to rescue hurt, sick, or dying animals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris smiling on our Club 456 Winter Trip.</td></tr>
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We never knew what animal Chris would rescue next, from mice to cats to birds to dogs. Sometimes he would even bring them with him to church, as he had just found them on the way there. "Look what I found!" he'd exclaim and then proceed to tell us how he'd help to fix whatever was ailing that particular animal. One of my favorite Club 456 meetings was the time I asked Chris to come and lead us in a project to help rescue animals. He brought his knowledge and his passion to the group.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris leading a Club 456 project for rescued animals.</td></tr>
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He himself had been "rescued" from a life unknown. He would go on to rescue many other creatures. As an accident-prone young man, like these animals he helped, Chris got hurt many times, suffering broken bones and concussions. He also had an odd allergy to blue die which prevented him from eating regular old marshmallows. One sweet youth leader found some he was able to eat and all was right with the world.<br />
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Chris had his share of struggles, griefs and pain. There was a lot he went through in his high school years that many of us never knew about. But, as I look back on the years when I knew him best, I will always remember him as a sweet adventurer. One who looked for the broken and hurting, to help put them back together again. He may not have had time to do something huge with his life, but in his twenty years, he truly did "small things with great love."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting and singing to the elderly on a Club 456 Mission Trip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buying food for the hungry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bowling with the elderly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Talking with a man from church on the CROP Walk for Hunger.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making blankets for shelter pets.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing messy games at Club 456.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting food during the 30 Hour Famine.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Christopher Thurman</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>September 30, 1999 - January 7, 2019</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>May our adventures together always be remembered.</i></b></span></td></tr>
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-41726017112839033132019-01-03T12:54:00.001-08:002019-01-03T12:54:50.284-08:00Rocking Baby Jesus<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This year the Christmas season seemed to take me down rather than build me up. December was a tough month for many reasons. On top of the usual wrapping presents, stamping Christmas cards, attending parties craziness, we had some added challenges. A close relative had emergency surgery, I had two different versions of the flu, and my children experienced this flu in the form of a tummy bug after a birthday party. <br />
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I tried to focus on the meaning of the season, I really did. I read my Advent devotional. I listened to Christmas music. I put up manger scenes around my house. However, it just seemed a little harder this year to focus on its meaning.<br />
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The other day, however, I walked into my daughter's room and asked what she was doing. My sweet three-year-old had her head bowed, her eyes gazing down at a little baby doll, which she was cradling in her arms. "I'm rocking baby Jesus," she replied. <br />
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The beauty of this moment stopped me in my tracks. I stood there gazing at her for a few moments, taking it in. <br />
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Rocking baby Jesus. The meaning of Christmas hit me once again. Jesus came down in human flesh. As a babe. Not some perfect, never-crying infant, but as a real, live baby. One who screamed at his birth and wiggled around in his mother's arms. One who needed milk and comfort and love. <br />
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A baby who needed to be rocked.<br />
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What beauty there is in a God who willingly chooses to come down from Heaven to become a little baby. A God who makes himself vulnerable and allows himself to be dressed and fed and taken care of by his new, young mother. <br />
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A baby who needs to be rocked.<br />
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As the long, cold days of January stretch on, may we keep this babe in our arms. May we remember to rock him close and gaze down at his beauty. The beauty of Emmanuel, God with us.<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-75565891571361065102018-12-19T12:56:00.002-08:002018-12-19T12:56:56.659-08:00A Hallmark(ish) Christmas<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I'll admit it, I love Hallmark movies. From the weekend after Halloween to New Year's Day, I watch them. I don't watch them 24/7, because, you know, I do have a life, but I like to watch the new premieres they have on the weekends. I like them because they put you in the Christmas spirit. They show beautiful towns and Christmas traditions, families, carols and most of all, love.<br />
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My husband has tried to put a damper on my Hallmark movie watching ever since he saw a comedian talking about them. He points out that they all have the same plotline. That they don't want women to work and they all focus on a single woman needing to find a man by Christmas. While I get where the comedian is coming from, I don't think the jokes are completely true.<br />
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The premise of most of the movies is that we work too much instead of focusing on what is truly important in life, family and love. Yes, they all do end with someone falling in love and a kiss in the last few minutes of the show, but who doesn't like a happy ending? In life, there don't seem to be that many happy endings, so sometimes you just want to curl up with some hot chocolate, a Christmas cookie and a warm blanket and watch a heartwarming movie about love.<br />
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Genesis 2:18 tells us that "It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him." I always thought of this verse in the context of marriage, but I recently heard someone say that we are never really alone. We are not alone, because we have the love of God right by our side. For many, he does give a marriage partner as a helper, and to others, he gives the gift of good friends, family and church companions. God never leaves us completely alone, because he is a God of love. There have been times in my life where I have felt completely and desperately alone, but it was then that I looked to the promises of God, knowing that he was there even when I couldn't feel him. It was also in those times that he brought me the comfort of friends and the love that only he could provide.<br />
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Wherever you are in life right now, know that it doesn't matter if your life looks like a Hallmark movie. If your house doesn't look like a Pinterest board, you haven't baked any cookies, you haven't shopped for all those gifts and you haven't found that right person to kiss by midnight, it's ok. Because you are completely and utterly loved by God. The Creator and Sustainer of the universe, who came down to earth as a tiny babe, so that we could wrap our arms around him and hold him as a child. Come and see this love that God has sent for <i>you</i> in the manger this Christmas.<br />
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<b><i>"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." </i></b><br />
~Hamilton Wright Mable<br />
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Let's go out and spread that love and light to a world that desperately needs it.<br />
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Merry Christmas from Pancakes and Perseverance!<br />
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Peace and Love to you,<br />
<i>Alisa Laska</i><br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-48333234356819452652018-11-26T07:58:00.002-08:002018-11-26T07:59:05.418-08:00Jealous Of The Thankful<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Thanksgiving morning I found myself lying on the driveway underneath the bumper of my car. The temperature was 12 degrees and I was holding a heat gun and a hammer. Inside, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was starting, and I wasn't feeling very thankful.<br />
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Let's back up a little. This Fall has not been kind to my car. In the last month and a half, I have had a rock hit my windshield, causing a dent in my line of sight, a flat tire and then, out of nowhere, as I was driving along the road to preschool, a huge branch dropped off of a tree at the exact second that my car drove past it, smashing my windshield and denting my hood.<br />
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But life wasn't done with my car...fast forward to Thanksgiving Day and the popping out of a dent in my bumper. You know how people nickname their cars? Well, my car's new nickname is "Job." No, not the pronunciation of the word similar to what you go to 9-5, Monday through Friday. No, the nickname of Biblical proportions. As I said, Fall, life, or something else has had it out for my car.<br />
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In the midst of this craziness, enter November. Each November, a number of my friends take up the lovely practice of posting each day on Facebook something that they are thankful for. It's a beautiful devotion that I have done myself a couple of times. It's a reminder to think each day about what God had done in our lives and to be reminded of all of the many, many things we have to be thankful for. This year I decided not to do it. For one, I was just busy this year taking care of my car problems and dealing with life in general. But, last year as I was writing about all the many things I was thankful for, I tried to look at it from an outsider's perspective. I realized that it almost felt like bragging. Look at me and all these wonderful things I have to be thankful for. Someone reading it might be single and be sad that they aren't married. Someone struggling with infertility may be frustrated seeing my thankful posts about my kids. I realized that it might be hard for someone to look at what I'm thankful for and wish they had some of those things.<br />
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Oddly enough, the reverse happened to <i><b>me</b></i> this year. As I was going through my car problems and child-raising issues and hubby-working-all-the-time challenges, I began to read the thankfulness posts of my friends and acquaintances. I found myself wishing I was thankful for those things too. The kids with wonderful grades, the date nights, the kids who invited Jesus into their hearts at 18 months, the time and money to travel the world. That green-eyed monster reared its ugly head. So much so that I actually considered emailing some of the Facebookers and pointing out that their posts might be inadvertently hurting other people who aren't able to be thankful for those things this year.<br />
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In that moment, I had to stop and check myself. I was about to complain as Job did in chapter 10 verse one, "I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul." I realized that if I did, in fact, give voice to my complaints that I would be allowing that jealousy to poison my soul and leave it full of bitterness. I realize that it wasn't really the Facebook posters' problem, it was my own. My own insecurities about my parenting, my frustrations with my children and their reading levels and behaviors and the comparison of them to other kids. My anger about my car problems, my busyness, and the crazy level that was rising in my life had contributed to this jealousy and came to a head on Thanksgiving morning as I lay under the bumper of my car.<br />
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Ephesians 4:31 urges me to get rid of this bitterness. All bitterness. This has been a struggle for me in several areas, and I am learning to release it to God because it's too heavy to carry around. I don't need it in my life. When I need to hear things, God speaks them to me. Today, Hebrews 12:28 reminds me that "We are receiving a kingdom that can't be shaken. So let us be thankful. Then we can worship God in a way that pleases him. Let us worship him with deep respect and wonder." (NIRV)<br />
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Let us be thankful. This is not a command but an invitation. Thankfulness is a state of being, a state of mind in which we switch our brains from what we want, what we wish were the case, what we are jealous and sad about, to that which is bigger than ourselves. No matter how much the Enemy tries to mess with us and literally throw rocks at our cars, it doesn't matter, because we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Nothing we do, nothing that happens to us on a daily basis, can shake the Kingdom of God. For this reason, let's remember to "give thanks in all circumstances" as 1 Thessalonians 5:18 reminds us. In all circumstances, God is still God and his Kingdom is firm and steadfast.<br />
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If we do these things, if we live thankful lives, then we can worship God with the right frame of mind. We can worship God with deep respect and wonder. The only right way to do it. God is worthy of all of our respect and honor, just because he's God. Not because we are having a great day, our kids are doing well and we got a great parking spot at work. No. Because <i><b>He's God</b></i>. Because he's God, we have to look at him through eyes of wonder. We may not understand what in the world is going on in our lives right now, but we can know that the God of Wonder is walking with us through it and he's calling us to a deeper understanding of himself.<br />
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The Message version of Hebrews 12 goes on to say that God is not an innocent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn. He won't quit until it's all cleansed. Today I've been reminded that God needs to torch the jealousy in my life and replace it with a deep sense of awe and wonder.<br />
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What in you needs to be cleansed and healed in order to draw on the infinite wonder and majesty that is God?<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-6215999380911891062018-10-28T07:03:00.004-07:002018-10-28T07:03:41.546-07:00Fall<br />
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Fall is brilliant in the coming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">A chill dances on the breeze<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-87709731168974402142018-10-17T12:57:00.000-07:002018-10-17T12:57:02.844-07:00You Had Me At KayakI met my husband in South Carolina. We spent most of our courtship dodging alligators and ducking snakes falling out of trees. <br />
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Let me explain...<br />
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I won't go into how exactly we met. (I'll leave that for another memoir blog!) But, I will say that about a month after we met, my husband bought me a kayak. I have to say that I freaked out a little bit at first. I mean, this was a huge gift for someone whom he had really just met and had only been talking to for about two months or so. I wondered what I should do? I finally decided to accept the kayak and then if we happened to break up, as many relationships do, I would simply give him back the kayak. Sounds good, right? Well, we never broke up.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLus0k7-9wqaWstU4JoXjc5vKHaiY9Z72WIH6kqqr59bOPAOxNoTHEnyhawwmmLytt-uORlcnnGM46IrEVXu5uZG4nBlwDpufUTTNbcR0r2j5ofRQ8i1-C8rirD4vXL9TtfpEamIwork/s1600/IMG_9334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLus0k7-9wqaWstU4JoXjc5vKHaiY9Z72WIH6kqqr59bOPAOxNoTHEnyhawwmmLytt-uORlcnnGM46IrEVXu5uZG4nBlwDpufUTTNbcR0r2j5ofRQ8i1-C8rirD4vXL9TtfpEamIwork/s320/IMG_9334.JPG" width="320" /></a>Turns out, he had me at kayak. (Or so he likes to brag!) Here is a picture of our two kayaks. Mine is the blue one at the top. South Carolina was a gorgeous place to live. The winters were a little boring, but we were lucky to have met in the springtime when the world was at our fingertips as far as outdoor activities go. We could walk the boardwalk, hang out at the beach, go for a motorcycle ride or do what we liked best at the time, go kayaking on one of the rivers. <br />
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It turned out that kayaking was the most relaxing things I had ever done. Amidst the exhausting demands of ministry (I was a full-time youth director at the time), I needed an outlet to unwind. We would paddle around, exploring the low country of the Carolinas. We would time the tides just right so we'd never have to paddle upstream against the tide. (Smart hubby!) <br />
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It was beautiful! The trees in the background with Spanish Moss hanging low, the old Southern plantation homes along the river to gaze at as we paddled. My blood pressure dropped a few points each time we pushed off. <br />
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We did have our fair share of funny incidents. Including the times when we'd see a small alligator pop up out of the water, or just see his eyes gazing at us. (Supposedly, according to hubby, they are scared of kayaks due to the Native American boating traditions. I don't know if he made that up to make me feel better or not!) A time or two, we also had to dodge a snake falling out of a tree. Needless to say, I never got out to do some swimming in the water! I also dropped hubby's sunglasses into the creek at one point, which I thought were a cheap pair. He told me later that they were his new designer-brand glasses. (Oh, young love!) <br />
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Kayaking turned out to be what I liked to call my "Three Hour Vacation." I have always wanted to have that inscribed on the side of my kayak. It's the most relaxing three hours I can think of. The inscription reminds me of one of my favorite things to do near water--check out the boat names. I've seen some funny ones over the years, including a gigantic boat in Annapolis named the "Minerella" with a literal helicopter on the top, aptly named the "Glass Slipper." I've seen many named after women or places or funny sayings. Doing a Google search, I found these beauties: <br />
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She Got The House</div>
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Seas The Day</div>
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Taco The Town</div>
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My Other Boat Is Also A Boat</div>
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FahrFrumWurken</div>
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Bacon In The Sun</div>
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Knot For Sail</div>
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Liquid Asset</div>
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Row Vs. Wade</div>
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Many of these could tell their own story if we let them. My favorite that I saw recently is below. Life's A Journey. Whether we're courting our future husband or just on a three-hour vacation, it's important to take time out from life to rest, relax and enjoy someone's company on a sea-battical. Just bacon in the sun...<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-82687597511724505712018-10-15T07:20:00.000-07:002018-10-15T07:22:27.177-07:00In need of editing for your project, proposal, paper or grant? <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-73050837300595627982018-10-11T12:22:00.001-07:002018-10-11T12:23:03.414-07:00Bullying<br />
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This Summer I was a reader for Jonathan's new book, and I wanted to pass along the information about it because it is an excellent book on the topic. He uses his own experiences as well as his many years ministering to youth and parents to craft a well-written book that speaks to so many hurting teens and children and those who seek to help them. Check out the rest of the blog for info on the book and how to order it. Let's do our part to stop bullying in its tracks.<br />
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Parents and teachers would love to help hurting kids, but the truth is they don’t know how.<br />
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Why? The reason is quite simple: bullying has completely transformed in less than a decade.<br />
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Today bullying has no boundaries. When the bell rings, kids might leave their school campus, but they can never escape the other world, a world where mockers and intimidators thrive. Ironically, they carry a gateway to that world right in their pockets, because they see that world as an avenue of escape… but in reality, it’s putting them in bondage.<br />
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In The Bullying Breakthrough (Shiloh Run Press, November 2018) author and youth culture expert Jonathan McKee provides real-world help for parents, teachers, and youth leaders who often feel ill-equipped to deal with today’s bullying culture.<br />
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Social researcher Shaunti Feldhahn claims this is “Jonathan’s most important book so far,” describing it as “an essential guide to preventing and stopping bullying behaviors.”<br />
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With chapters including, Digital Hurt, The Escape Key, Meet the Principal, Real-World Solutions, and more, McKee shares his personal story of pain and offers a sobering glimpse into the rapidly changing world of the bullied. With more than 20 years of experience working with teens and studying youth culture, McKee provides helpful ways to connect with kids, open doors of dialogue, and give kids the encouragement they need and the validation they’re searching for. . .too often in all the wrong places. Parents and youth leaders—anyone who interacts with kids—truly need this book.<br />
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Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Bullying Breakthrough; The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices; The Guy's Guide to God, Girls, and the Phone in Your Pocket, and the new fiction book, Bystander about a school shooting on a high school campus. He has over 20 years youth ministry experience and speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for parents on his website <a href="http://thesource4parents.com/">TheSource4Parents.com</a>. And for youth workers on his other website <a href="https://thesource4ym.com/">https://thesource4ym.com/</a>Jonathan along with his wife, Lori, and their three kids live in California. <br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-64429192052273852052018-10-03T09:05:00.001-07:002018-10-03T09:07:14.556-07:00Coffee Person<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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A friend of mine said one day recently, "I don't know how parents of toddlers can get through the day without multiple cups of coffee." I wholeheartedly agreed.<br />
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For most of my life, I would have smiled and went on with the day, not really agreeing but wishing I did. You see, I never used to like coffee. Shocking, right? The tase of it made me think of sour beans and the caffeine made me shake and kept me up at night. Coffee was just not my friend. However, I always wished that I liked it, since coffee is such a part of our culture. Everyone drinks it, everyone talks about it, there are so many flavors and coffee shops and special cups and, well, you get the picture.<br />
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And then I had kids.<br />
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It wasn't until my second child had turned two that coffee turned around for me. She still doesn't really like to sleep through the night. She'll have nightmares or random cries or make noise or whatever it is that wakes me in the middle of the night. Sometimes multiple times. Don't even get me started on the nights she is sick or getting sick and she wakes up literally six or more times...<br />
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Another contribution to my newly-found interest in coffee is this place: <a href="https://lobbycoffee.org/" target="_blank">The Lobby Coffee Bar</a><br />
I love it. I've spent many days here writing, editing, emailing or just hanging out with the hubby. Located at Chesapeake Church, The Lobby supports local mission work to end hunger and also mission work in Honduras. Who wouldn't love to go somewhere where the profits help others?<br />
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Coffee snuck up on me, but now it's a full-blown thing. I can't get through my work days without it and other days I'm just tired. Also, it's Autumn and the Pumpkin Spice and Brown Sugar Lattes are out, so, there is that.<br />
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Coffee, you have corrupted me, what can I say? Anyone want to meet up for a cup?<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-87213324680344521652018-09-26T12:07:00.002-07:002018-09-26T12:10:30.699-07:00Tired in the waiting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Those of you who know me well know that I've been going through a mid-life crisis of sorts. (No, I haven't gone out and bought a red sports car...yet...) After a season of ministry, I am in a season of waiting, wondering, dreaming and praying about what I will do next for my career. I haven't just been sitting around. I have been momming, writing, editing, teaching and serving. I am loving all of these experiences, and I can see God working in all of them. These "mini-callings" are shaping me and growing me for my next career, I am sure.<br />
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But, I can't help the wanting-to-know. I am patient, but only for so long, and then I just wish that God would spell it out for me. Like, if he'd hire a sky-writer and write it across the sky, that would be good enough for me. :) I keep having these moments where I think I've figured it out, along with the many reasons God has asked me to wait. I feel like it will be a huge "aha" moment where I will know why God chose that path for me. But, maybe it won't be. It's hard to tell. Those couple of false starts recently have caused me to realize that sometimes God just calls us to wait. Not only to wait, but to be content in the waiting. To pray for contentment if we don't have it, and to rest in knowing that he has it all in his timing.<br />
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This week, two verses popped up in my life about this topic. As Margaret Feinberg so aptly put it, this is the "sacred echo," when God repeats something in several ways or places in our lives. The first was this verse from the Message version of Romans 8:26-28,<br />
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<i>"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail of our lives of love for God is worked into something good." </i><br />
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I love the part where we get tired in the waiting and God's spirit is right alongside of us, helping us along. He knows our wordless sighs, our aches and groans, and turns them into prayers. How many times have we come before God not even knowing what to say? We lay our hearts out before him and the Spirit prays for us. The spirit <i>keeps us present before God</i>.<br />
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The last line captivates me, knowing that <i>every detail</i> of my life of love for God is worked into something good. I may not be doing something huge for him at the moment, but every little detail of my life is something he can use for His glory. How amazing is that?<br />
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The other echo came during a leadership class at church last night. Our pastor reminded us that we just need to keep going while we are waiting. Waiting is not a passive thing, where we get to just lie down on the job. No. We can do as the Psalmist wrote in chapter five, verse three:<br />
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<i>"In the morning, You hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly." </i><br />
<i><br /></i> I will choose to wait expectantly. I will pray and wait and dream big dreams for God. And in the waiting, I will move and act and serve and be and do.<br />
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I am tired in the waiting, but I will wait expectantly, Lord, with palms outstretched and the eyes of my heart wide open.<br />
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<br />Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-61308035531684532892018-08-18T11:35:00.002-07:002018-08-18T11:36:20.140-07:00Tips For Air Travel With Kids (And Grownups!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the second part in my series on traveling with kids (see car travel tips from Part One, here: <a href="http://www.pancakesandperseverance.com/2018/07/surviving-road-trip-with-kids_29.html" target="_blank">Road Trips With Kids</a>, I enlisted the help of my sister-in-law, who has had a LOT of experience traveling with kids all over the world for this guest post. Enjoy!<br />
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Garmarjoba. Bula. Salam. I’m Alisa’s sister-in-law, Deb….and due to my husband’s job we live overseas. We have lived in the Republic of Georgia, Fiji, and have recently arrived in Qatar (hence my array of greetings). As you might imagine, we have done our fair share of air travel with kids….so that is why I am doing a guest post here! (If you are interested in reading about our adventures, check out my blog here: <a href="https://blog.debandrichard.com/" target="_blank">Next Stop...the World!</a> ). We just changed our duty station this summer, so I’m a little behind on all of our adventures! Due to our transition this year, we’ve had to take a lot of flights since March! We’ve had 9 flight itineraries to keep track of. Of those, only two were round-trip and two were international (one across the Pacific and one across the Atlantic)…..so, needless to say, we’ve racked up some frequent flier miles in the last few months….so enough of the intro, here are my tips for air travel for kids:<br />
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1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ALWAYS carry extra clothes in your carry-on. I really try to minimize the amount of stuff in our carry-ons but after having to spend a fortune on a t-shirt for myself after someone was an infant and I just couldn’t handle smelling like throw-up for another flight...I learned my lesson! For the kids, I always pack a complete outfit plus a spare set of underwear. For myself, just an extra shirt (I can deal with wet pants if a drink gets spilled on them….kids have less patience). My husband likes to tempt fate. I use a packing cube to really compact the clothes and keep them contained at the bottom of a backpack so they are not really a burden and just available if needed.<br />
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2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Airplanes, once airborne, are COLD!! In the US, carriers do not give out blankets any longer (even for transcontinental red-eye flights, as we sadly discovered...at least they don’t if you end up flying back in steerage like we do). So even in the hot summer, I’ll pack a sweatshirt and warm socks for my younger child and myself (my teen is in charge of his own carry-on now…I remind him, but if he opts not to pack anything….not my problem). </div>
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3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Snacks! I know this was on the car road trip list - common theme here! Though, if flying internationally, check importation restrictions. For example, when we were flying into Fiji/Australia/New Zealand we could not bring any food items that contained cheese, whey protein, honey, meat, or fresh fruits/veggies from the US. So, if we brought those snacks we had to have them consumed before disembarking from the plane (and all our bags, including carry-ons, were x-rayed before leaving the airport to verify we didn’t leave the airport with any of these items). </div>
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5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meals – staying on the topic of food. If you are flying internationally, you have the option to select special meals in advance. Being a vegetarian, I have learned it is best to request the vegetarian meal. While there is typically a vegetarian option, sometimes they are out of that option by the time they get to your seat. Most airlines will offer a kids’ meal (typically the adult meal but with fewer sauces and more treats). Flying internationally, sometimes the meal is what kids from that nation will enjoy…not always chicken nuggets. If you have picky eaters like we do, we have learned that you can never go wrong with the fruit meal….who doesn’t like fresh fruit? My only caveat to all of this is that if your flight leaves late at night I would skip the meal request. When we have flights that leave after 7 pm, we won’t request the special meals for the kids. Special meals are delivered before general meal service (added bonus), but with late flights, the kids typically put on their eye masks, hunker down, and fall asleep. With special meals, you are obliged to take them and will be woken up and given them. So then you have a meal tray to deal with and a potentially fussy-trying-to-get-to sleep child….not fun (not that I’m speaking from experience or anything…lol).</div>
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7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As I mentioned in the first point, I try to keep items in our carry-ons to a minimum. Less stuff in the carry-on keeps it lighter so the kids can carry it themselves, plus it is small enough to stow at their feet. I’ve tried packing books, games, toys, etc….and they all go untouched. The only thing the kids really want to use is their iDevices (and if available – watch in-flight movies)….so sometimes on an 11-hour flight it is worth it to choose your battles….and this is not one worth fighting! Unlimited screen time it is….so it’s a treat! We pack everyone’s iDevice, CHARGER, adaptors (if needed), and a small notebook and pen/pencil. (Our notebook is 5x7 size). The notebook provides so many options of games….hangman and tic-tac-toe are our go-to’s. Though you can also draw pictures, make a bucket list of what to do when you get to your destination, etc.</div>
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8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>If you get stuck with a long layover en-route to your destination (13-hour layover survivor here!), lounges are wonderful! Some credit cards give you free entry (they have high fees though…boo!). I have a priority club membership for $49 year where you can get access to lounges worldwide. It then costs $27 per person for entry (for myself and up to 3 guests). Note: members may be free depending on which plan you sign up for. If you travel a lot then you may want to upgrade to a membership that includes 10 free entries a year. If you would like to get 10% off the cost of membership (disclaimer….I earn a free guest entry), then send me a message via the contact form on <i>my</i> blog <a href="https://blog.debandrichard.com/" target="_blank">Next Stop...the World!</a> and I’ll send you a referral!!! Talk about win-win!! You’ll want to check before you fly though, because some clubs limit the number of guests/or don’t allow kids, but most major airports have multiple participating lounges so if you have a long layover you can just find a different lounge that will work. What is so wonderful about hanging out in a lounge vs walking the halls of the airport? It is so much quieter than the airport…no constant PA announcements. They have free food and drinks (well I guess not free since you paid the entry fee). The unlimited food and drinks are typically healthier than the fast food options that are available out and about in the airport and some beer and wine is typically included. The seats include comfy, den-like furniture with more charging stations nearby. There are bathrooms scattered through-out (and since entry is controlled I feel comfortable leaving the kids to run to the restroom or letting them go alone if I happen to be flying alone with the kids). Speaking of the restrooms, you can check in advance, some of the lounges will have showers (with towels, shampoo, soap)…before or after a really long flight it is nice to freshen up….it always makes you feel much better to get some of that airplane/airport grunge off. </div>
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9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Miles & Points. Everyone in our family has frequent flier accounts with all the American carriers (most international carriers have code shares and the American carrier will give you miles for your trip). It is always worth signing up for an airline’s frequent flier program – it is free and worst case scenario, your miles expire…best case you take a free trip! In fact, on one of our trips this summer we all flew to St.Louis on one airline on miles and flew back to Charleston on a different airline but also on miles! Simply entering frequent flier numbers when traveling helps make trips to visit family (or just be tourists) much more affordable! You can also pre-enter your passport info (and TSA precheck/trusted traveler info) to your profiles – just another way to make check-in go smoother! The best way to earn more miles quickly is by signing up for an airline’s credit card. They typically have sign-up mile bonuses (50K miles is pretty typical) as well as other benefits like one free checked bag, and, as of this writing, United’s card will even give you a $100 credit when you sign up for TSA precheck/Global Entry. Somewhat related, once you get off that airplane and make it to your destination you might need a place to stay! Some hotel groups have credit cards where you earn points towards nights at hotels. Our favorite card is the IHG card. They have domestic and international locations at a variety of price points (we try to pick places with free breakfast….and then eat a big enough breakfast to skip lunch). You also get one free night per year, and opportunities to earn bonus points with promotions they offer all the time. I can think of several trips we have taken where lodging was ‘paid for’ with points! If you sign up with this link: <a href="https://www.referyourchasecard.com/251/ZFPP25L6Q7" target="_blank">https://www.referyourchasecard.com/251/ZFPP25L6Q7</a> then we both benefit – you get 80,000 Bonus Points after you reach the initial spending requirement and I get 10,000 points for everyone who discovers the wonderfulness of the IHG card!!! In addition, with both types of cards, with your regular purchases, you also earn miles or points towards future trips/stays!</div>
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Well…..I think those are my major tips for flying with kids. There are of course hundreds of tips about travel (my favorite travel pillow - Trtl – hands down)…but, just like parenting, in the end, you just have to do what works for you and your family! Thanks again for the chance to contribute to your traveling with kids series! Now to motivate everyone to book a trip somewhere….here’s a beautiful Fijian sunset photo!</div>
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I recently took on the challenge of driving my two children, two and six, to upstate New York by myself. I generally don’t like to do this. I usually enlist the help of a grandparent or friend, or wait until my husband is available to go along. This time, however, no one was available. I was really nervous about the 5 ½ hour drive, but I really wanted to attend my Grandma’s 90th birthday celebration. So, we set out on the trip. I brought the usual snacks, books, toys and Etch A Sketches. We did several stops and even had their favorite foods, hamburgers and chicken nuggets. It went a little better than anticipated, but there was one hour where they were fighting so badly and grabbing each other across the seats and screaming. I had had enough and was at my wits end. Finally, I put in a CD of children’s music. Magically, they began to calm and sing along. I had peace and quiet for those 20 + songs at least. Whew.<br />
When I pulled in to my destination, I breathed a sigh of relief. I had survived the trip. Just barely, but we did. After this experience, I decided to enlist the help of my mom’s group for some road trip ideas. (MOPS/Moms Next at Grace Brethren Church, check us out this Fall!) Nothing is better for ideas than other moms who are in the trenches! Steal and enjoy these ideas from mommas who know how to road trip with kids and please post your own ideas in the comments so we can continue the conversation. Look for the next blog in this series coming soon from my sister-in-law who travels all the time with her kids. Happy summer! Alisa<br />
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•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Audio books have really cut down on the amount of time spent on the tablet.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Puzzles and brain teasers really kept our kids entertained.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rubix cubes<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Etch A Sketch<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>US map: when you see a license plate from a state, mark it off on your map.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A cooler full of sandwiches and drinks. Lots of snacks!<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bring a travel potty for emergencies. (Especially for those potty training kiddos!)<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Travel Aquadoodle or books from Target with the water pens.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Color Wonder sets.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>An unusual amount of snacks, but not too much water. (Less potty breaks!)<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Usborne sticker books, car bingo games, Target $1 spot for new little trinkets, notebooks and activity pads. Bring out a new option every few hours.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For long trips, make a chain link where each child gets to rip off a link every hour. (They loved the times when they fell asleep and woke up and got to rip off two or three links all at once.)<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Melissa and Doug Scratch Art activity pads.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Travel bingo game.<br />
•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Plan stops where there is a Chik Fil A if possible. Playtime and good food (and great service!) make getting back in the car so much easier. (As long as it’s not a Sunday!)<br />
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•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Leave the kids at home…lol.Alisa Laskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07797642403165556987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2026923029322841529.post-53084549714094349952018-07-23T05:10:00.000-07:002018-07-23T05:10:18.151-07:00The Patience of a Rice Krispie Treat<div style="text-align: center;">
How's your summer been going? I have to admit I have a harder time writing blogs during the summer time. I sit down to write, and then my kids demand a juice box, a movie started, or more likely, my daughter will shout "I have to go potty!!!" (We are in the thick of potty training, friends, and it ain't pretty...) At the moment, one tiny human is watching the <i>Wheels on the Bus</i> movie and the other is blessedly still asleep, so here goes...</div>
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It's been a rainy couple of days here and the kids are getting a bit antsy. After a fun week of staycation with my sister and family visiting, we were used to gorgeous sunny days, boat rides, water park trips, and Six Flags adventures. Now, it's three thunderstorms a day. I do love watching thunderstorms, but my kids do not. So, yesterday, we decided to embark on a cooking project. I have planned a couple of these for rainy days such as these. I'm trying to be one of those really cool, prepared moms. I haven't gone as far as Pinterest, but we do have some notecards in a box for "sunny days" and "rainy days" with ideas my son and I have written on them. We picked "cooking project" and decided to make rice krispie treats. It seemed like a fun and easy task. The iconic dessert/snack that people have made for years. Wow, was I wrong...</div>
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It turns out that making rice krispie treats requires the patience of a saint. Step one: Melt butter at low heat in a saucepan. That took about ten minutes. Step two: Melt several cups of mini marshmallows in the pan. This was supposed to be quick, but literally took about 30 minutes (the entire start to finish time the recipe claimed!) </div>
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Eventually, thirty minutes later, it began to melt, and I stirred constantly. My son had long since lost interest. His contribution (during his sister's nap) was to add some secret ingredients. He went with sprinkles (a child after my own heart!) and M&M's:</div>
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Making this concoction really tested my patience. I learned long ago never to pray for patience or God will test you on it. (Thank you, Gloria, one of my college roommates, for that advice!) But, I must have accidentally said a little prayer, because I was getting a test of patience that I wasn't expecting. The waiting reminded me of the last year or so of my life, as I've been waiting on God. It takes a lot of time. It takes patience. And it's often messy. As I've figuratively "waited for the marshmallows to melt," there have been times when I've gotten frustrated and wondered if I was doing the right thing. Just like our cooking project, God doesn't want us to sit around, waiting for things to happen. He wants us to keep busy in the waiting. Serving him, praying, talking with trusted friends, and being open to his presence and work in our lives.</div>
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A few times during this process, I was tempted just to give up and go to the store for some boxed rice krispie treats. (So much easier!) But, I had already gotten this far, so I persevered. In life, it's easy to give up and go the easy way. But, if we persevere, God's plan is so much better. As I took a bite of my rice krispie treat (after eating all of the food on my plate, of course!) I was amazed by how good the homemade one tasted. I had waited and waited, and the work had paid off. (The sprinkles didn't hurt, either...)</div>
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Persevere during this rainy week! Make some sprinkle-M&M-krispie treats, go bowling, paint, read, do whatever makes you happy as you wait for the sun to return. Share your rainy day ideas in the comments!</div>
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