Tam and Brent are good friends of ours. Actually, “friends” isn’t really the best word to describe our relationship with them. They’re more like FAMILY.

For as long as we’ve known them, we’ve known their bed is rubbish. It wasn’t the greatest quality bed to begin with but they had been sleeping on it for way to long.

Long story short, Brian came up with the idea to get them a new one. We couldn’t afford it by ourselves so we called in backup. We contacted a handful of our mutual friends and within 48 hours, enough money had come in not only for the new high-quality bed (that Diane, David and I found at a “ALL-MUST-GO” liquidation sale) but for bedding, new pillows as well.

Thank you, David & Diane, Gitz, Laura & Stephen, Joshua & Ryanne, Nicole, Mark and Cathi, Alece and Crystal for helping Brian and me make this happen. We love you, family!

You can read Tam’s post about it HERE as well.

What was the last gift you were really proud of giving out?

Here’s a preemptive “sorry”.

what words to you say strangely?

In these photos, you’ll see Brian, Brent, Tam, Alece, Chance, Paxton and me. Most of these photos were taken by Brent… or Chance. I’m not sure which on which though.

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… and talking
… and talking
… and talking.

Oh, Brent.

Anyway… tonight, Tam, Kota, Brian and I were looking through my videos and found this. We were laughing so hard we thought we’d share it with you.

Enjoy!

Oh yes… and in the duration of this video… Brent DID fart.

TWICE.

And that  was just in the video. I can NOT count how many times that man has let loose this weekend.

Help us, Lord.

Brian and I had some pretty amazing house guests.  Crystal, Brent and Tam (along with Kass & Kota) stayed with us over the weekend.  The original reason was for vacation, down-time and friend-time… but once the news hit, this weekend became something VERY different.

Our amazing house guests became our pillars.  They listened, they encouraged, they comforted, the supported, they spoke God’s truth, they LOVED, they babysat, they made us laugh and most importantly, they PRAYED.  Crystal even extended her stay to help us move this weekend.  You couldn’t ask for better friends.

What’s MOST crazy is that everyone in our house this weekend – we met through the blogosphere!

Here we all are (plus Tyler) on the waterfront today.

And here’s a couple of just Tammy, Crystal & me.

Yes… Tam knew about her teeth.  That was a good laugh there!  And yes, that’s Kota in the back trying to get in the pic.

Here are some more of my favorite pictures from this weekend. They were taken by all of us from our iPhones, so some are blurry… mostly from us laughing:

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What did YOU do this weekend?

Most of me is still in shock about Scott, and though time feels like it’s standing still… it’s not and we have to continue moving… so we do.

As most of you know… the better part of this week has been mostly due to the Hodge Lodge and Crystal being here.  Crystal was our speaker – her sermon title: “Women Don’t Look At Porn”.  You can hear it HERE.

I also had Brent, Tammy and Kass help in leading worship with me.  Best part of my weekend was worshiping with my good friends.

Our Sunday Setlist:

1. You’ll Come – Brooke Fraser
2. Meet With Me – Lamont Hiebert
3. How Great Is Our God – Chris Tomlin
4. By Your Side – Tenth Avenue North (special sung by Brent & Kass)
5. Healer – Mike Gugliamucci
6. Nothing But The Blood – Hymn-Matt Redman Version
7. Lead Me To The Cross – Brooke Fraser

Brent and Kass sang “By Your Side” to wrap up Crystal’s talk… and it was so perfect!

The service went really well.  We didn’t hide that we were all emotionally raw from this weekends devastating news.  We were real about it… which is what made the service so great.  It was obvious that all we wanted to do was worship in our hurt.  God is good… even in times like these when we don’t understand what He’s doing behind the curtain.

My sister, Helen, wrote me an email this morning.  Here’s a quote from it:

“When difficult, seemingly pointless things happen, we have the tendency to forget that God is there.  Furthermore, we sometimes believe that Jesus is the enemy — responsible for the pain we are experiencing.  I’m not saying this as a self-fulfilling prophecy, but these are particularly volatile times when Satan attempts to shake our faith and what we know.  It’s always best to beware of that, and to constantly fill one another with Truth.”

So much wisdom from my baby sister.

Please keep covering the Resnick Family in prayer.

How was YOUR Memorial Day Sunday?