What you've all been waiting for!

Introducing, Abigail Kaitlin Harms!







She was born Sunday, June 24th at 7:51 p.m. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 8 oz. with a length of 20 inches! After talking to the new parents, we know that Abigail is a night owl. She loves to sleep during the day and cry during the night. She also hates the cold. Good thing she was born in Kansas City in the summer time.

A New Addition

I am pleased to announce that "Abigail Harms" was born earlier today. My (Misty's) brother and his wife have had their first baby. I don't know all the details yet, and I won't have pictures until they get home from the hospital tomorrow, but I know all the family, Mommy, Daddy, and baby are doing well. Aparently, labour went pretty well and it didn't last too aweful long. So....seriously PRAISE the Lord. The family is expanding. I'll post some pics as soon as I get them.

Internship Graduation

Last night we graduated the 3rd group of interns from the Revive Internship of the Tauranga House of Prayer. It was a good time of celebration. Here are a couple of pictures from last night.

A Changing of the Guard

I would like to say that I love old people. They have lived such full lives and really are treasure troves of knowledge. At my part time job, I often work with "mature clients" and they always leave me with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I don't know what it is about them, but there is something that takes you another place when you talk to them.

This week I have been facinated by the coverage of Ruth Graham's death. It is amazing how much coverage one woman going to be with Jesus gets. The publicity is all good too, which is amazing. Each one of the articles I have read off CNN.com, has brought tears to my eyes. I guess it is hearing the call of eternity, and knowing that Ruth Graham lived her life well. She is one of the those people that Jesus has said "well done good and faithful servant" to.

Throughout the reading, both Josh and I have both felt that Ruth's death marks a changing in the guard. It's time for the next generation to take their positions as leaders in the body of Christ. Does anyone else feel the same thing?

Josh is Home...and so is Dave

After a stint in Fiji (which felt like forever to me), Josh is back home with me! Yea! Yes indeed, tonight I fought through the 5 o'clock traffic across town (which seemed especially bad tonight) to my hubby. I must say it is nice to see him again, especially considering he took me out for a romantic dinner. Josh is extremly tired.

Josh had a great time in Fiji. He was extremly busy traveling with our production manager, speaking in churches, meeting with Executive committees, and meeting with our IWT Fiji staff. The campaign is not that far away now...just two and a half months, so things are runnign on a whole new level.

On to other notes, Dave has also just returned from America. He actually got to spend 24 hours with my Mom and Dad, which is really cool. This means I got to hear the latest from Texas and that I have my wedding photo albums back too! So, if any of you havn't seen them and want to, let me know. Also, I did manage to get the spagetti stain out of the curtain, thanks to a little product called "Friend". So all you stain fighting Mom's......take note.

Drama at the Cole House

Okay...so this is what happens when you have kids, I am SO not ready!

With Dave and Josh both overseas, Sue and I have been busy keeping things running in the two house holds. Obviously, Sue has a lot more going on than me with all the kids after school activities...so I have been helping her out. Tonight I picked up Debs from ballet and brought her home.

All was going great, we were talking about Cirque de Soliel and her next ballet recital. Anyway, then I cooked some chicken spaghetti (which was pretty good for a first time attempt). I then served up a plate for Debs, with "just a little" broccoli. As Debs headed toward the table suddenly, disaster struck. One step, two step, three step, spaghetti on the carpet and curtains.

I mean what do you do? I didn't freak out, so Josh would have been proud, but it just threw me for a spin. I can handle carpet stains, I have carpet cleaner....but curtain stains. Yikes! And the curtains don't belong to us either. They belong to the landlord. Anyway, it was a dramatic scene and I guess it still is. Presently the curtains are soaking in a tub of cold water. It is still to be seen if the spagetti sauce will come out. However, Sue dropped of some cleaner for me to try....so you can imagine what I'll be doing the next hour.

Something a bit different

Last night I did something a bit different, and went out with the team from the Urban Lounge. One of our designers is leaving the company to go back to school, and it was her going away dinner. I have to admit I wasn’t that excited about going coming out of a full day going for it at THOP and with IWT, However, Kathyrn (the designer) is an awesome person, and Josh was away, and I didn’t have anything other commitments on, so I went. It turned out to be a great time too! The people I work with at the Urban Lounge are just really cool, creative, people.

When you sit down to dinner with people, you really get to know them; and when you get to know them, well that is when the love of God can break into their lives. I don’t want to sound too churchy about it, but I love how the love of God can open up doors to share Him. The general view of God is so warped these days. People don’t understand that his greatest desire is “to have us with him where He is (John 17:24)” But if you love on them, I really believe they will eventually get it. Living a life of love is a great way to live too, so ultimately you loose nothing (1 Corinthians 13:1).

I don’t mean to complain…but will someone agree with me on this.

An interesting and annoying thing seems to happen every time Josh goes to Fiji (for those of you that know this, sorry to repeat it). To be exact, it has happened every month for the last 6 months now. It seems that right about 12 hours after Josh has stepped onto Fijian soil, my email account goes down in a very particular way. I can receive emails, but can not send them out no matter what I do, or who I call to try to fix it.

As you can imagine, this is a very annoying thing to try to work with when you are trying get things done for your husband who needs to communicate with you via email….and when you want to connect with loved ones in America! The area of communications is a stronghold in Fiji, so it does not surprise us that we go under this type of spiritual attack when Josh is there, but it is still a pain. Josh and I have learned to laugh at it, but now I want the warfare called off. I’m tired of these games, it’s time to get back to business!

Will you guys pray with me on this? Some things “can only come out by prayer and fasting” Mathew 29:9. God is bigger than this.

Josh in Fiji and Misty in New Zealand

Josh landed safely in Fiji yesterday afternoon, and besides being kept awake all night by barking dogs, is doing well. Today Josh and Matt, our lighting and sound technician from Australia, are traveling around the Westerns Region of Fiji working out the technical side of the tour. Logistics in Fiji are “interesting” to say the least, so please keep them in your prayers. They need to have quick minds to plan and strategize.

Back in New Zealand, I am finally beginning to breathe a bit. With sending Josh off yesterday morning, heading to a day of work at the Urban Lounge (where I was trained in about a million different marketing things, including web design), and then going straight to our THOP leadership meeting in the evening, I was a busy girl. Things are really happening with the development of the missions base in Tauranga, and we want to ask you guys to pray with us for the release of property. God, who loves to surprise us, is advancing things.