Christopher Laurie

Today Christopher Laurie was killed in a car crash. His father is Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA (a Calvary Chapel affiliate). He was only 33, and left behind a young daughter and a wife who is expecting another baby girl in the fall. I never met Christopher, but I have a connection with Calvary Chapel. My family starting attending a Calvary Chapel affiliate church in OR when I was 17. After high school, I went to Calvary Chapel Bible College in southern CA, where I heard Pastor Greg speak on several occasions, and visited his church a number of times as well. My husband and I were married at the Calvary Chapel we attended in OR. When we go to OR to visit, we always make a point to visit friends and attend church there.

Every year Greg shares the gospel message with thousands of people at the Harvest Crusades. This year, there are 3 - CA, PA, and NY. The CA event is in just a few weeks, August 15-17, at Angel Stadium.

I am grieving for the Laurie family, and praying the God of all comfort will comfort them and pour His healing balm on their souls.

Tagged!

My friend AMG tagged me to list 7 songs that are shaping my summer. I am hard-pressed to think of 7, but here goes...

• "Holy God" by Brian Doerksen
  
• "Great Big God" from a Vineyard Music worship cd for kids
• ---these two are played over and over, by request from SIG - he says "big God" or "holy", and how can we resist?
  
• Rascall Flatts - whichever song of theirs is playing on the radio
  
• Steven Curtis Chapman - I love his song Cinderella, and am clueless about what other current stuff he has out, but I've been a long time fan and he never disappoints!
• Fernando Ortega - everything he sings is golden
• "I Saw God Today" by George Strait
• "Love is a Beautiful Thing" by Phil Vassar

Yes, without apologies, I am a country music fan!

I tag Monique. :)

Watering the Flowers

Thanks to SIG and his love of the outdoors, my plants are getting watered quite well these days! Last night, he went back and forth from the water hose to our plants, stopping to dump the water on the sidewalk along the way. Occasionally he would make it all the way to the plants with his bucket of water.

He's so proud he can carry the water bucket down the sidewalk

Watering the purple spinner we got in Oregon
and the Gerbera daisy (that has yet to bloom this year...sigh)

Tonight, we figured out a better way to water the plants - we filled up the big watering can, brought it to our apt, then I filled up SIG's little can and let him pour it out:

(Funny note: I just walked outside to find it overcast and raining...go figure!)