my hearts on fire

this last week i found my self in Washington Iowa back at the most amazing and powerful youth conference that i have ever been to. "OUR TIME" ya know. it was amazing, and i could post pictures of some of the fun things. but thats not whats in my heart. i want to tell you about the amazing work that God did in my life.

i dont even know where to begin. and i dont feel like i have or know that words that would describe, or paint the faintest picture of Gods prodigious works. He challenged me to remember and KEEP the charge that I as a Christian have been given. the Charge to hold high standards, the charge to protect and stand up for the truth. the charge to do my part in pulling people out of the fire.

God spoke so much.... convicted and challenged my heart. i could talk about each message for hours. but to sum it up.... God set my heart on fire. I am not here to serve my self... i want to burn and burn and burn for Jesus Christ!!! and i pray that nothing i do will pour water on that fire. who cares what people think about us! sure this world may think that us crazy bible thumpers aint worth a hoot... but God cares. God is TOTALLY worth living for! He thought we were to die for! why cant we stand up for Him? ya know... if we care more about what this world thinks... thank what God thinks.... if we would rather be friends with this world... then SHAME. i want everything i do to be for God!

carrying the Cross of Christ... the cross of commitment is heavy, but we cant just lay it down! Jesus carried it for us! but we have to be totally commited to serving Christ. we need to NEVER let the Sword... the word of God drop from our hands. God wants us to use us... but if were sitting in the dirty dish water of the world... he wont.

I Challenge you.

dont sit on a bench and live your life! goodness sakes jump up with me, and lets do something for Christ. doesnt have to be something BIG. but God says that if were faithful over very little... he will make us will make us ruler over 10 cities! (Luke 19:17) I want to get to heaven and throw crowns, and jewels, and precious stones down at my Saviors feet.... not wood hay and stubble, or ashes.

dont be afraid to speak the name of Jesus. to some its a cuss word, but to US!!! its the POWER OF GOD!!!!!!!! we have been given SOOOO much! and how much are we doing for God? there's individuals in Africa that have absolutely NOTHING and yet they are doing stuff for God. we need to set aside some of the things that pull us away from Christ and just follow him!!

its OUR time to do OUR part for OUR generation

My Pretty Pony

My First Turkey Hunt

my first turkey hunt. March/April 2007

beep.. beep...beep the alarm screamed. tanner came into my bedroom and shook my shoulders. "get up! GET UP!!" slowly I pulled the world into focus. ... what the heck was i doing at 4:30 AM??? oh yeah ...my first turkey hunt!!! I jumped out of bed and was hit with a steely force of cold air. burr!!! I threw on several layers of clothes and bounded down the stairs in 3 steps. now wide awake we start getting ready. a check list ran through my mind that was as long as if I was getting ready to go to a horse show! sweatshirts, wool socks, mugs of coffee, and hot coco, hats, hand warmers, coveralls, shot guns, decoys, calls, permits, we load it all into the old red suburban and cranked’er up. a few nights earlier we seen some turkeys roosting in a grove of trees, so we drive to that area, park the suburban about a 1/2 mile away. loaded down with all sorts of "gear" we walk into the grassy meadow. It was still completely dark but as best as could be done we set up an arrangement of decoys and walked 20 yards off to a few trees. Tanner went and sat about 5-10 yds away from me and I seated my self and tried to get as comfortable as I could sitting at the base of a tree. wide awake I started into the lessening darkness. ever so slowly light seeped into the world. and that is when it got interesting. since we walked in when it was completely dark I had no clue as to what my surroundings looked like. As I started to make out faint outlines of the landscape my mind quickly assessed my position. there was a little ridge about 5 feet in front of me. And something was moving… im positive something was crawling in front of me… stark fear grabbed me… I held my breath and watched… I was sure I had seen the back of a mountain lion pass through the grass… the wind rustled the tall brush, and sent chills down my back. My mind started imagining all sorts of crazy wild things. But I calmed my self down, and told myself to rationalize the situation.. It was just my imagination right???……..I hope!
“deep breaths Lakota” I kept reminding myself! I shifted my thinking towards the big tom I was hoping to get. As it got lighter I was able to make out 3 turkeys not far away! I was so excited! But a minute later embarrassment bombarded my excitement… those were our decoys. Man how stupid can I get? I made a mental note NOT to tell tanner about my “embarrassing moment” he would be sure to laugh his head off. And well… I definitely didn’t want to be the laughing stock for the next week!

Higher and higher the son rose into the beautiful crisp morning. And no sign of any turkeys. Finally tanner got up and it was time to pack up and head out. I was quite disappointed that I didn’t return with a long beard, spurs and fan of a big ol tom. But it had been… very interesting to say in the least! So definitely worth it in the end.

And that is the story of my very first turkey hunt.

today im going out turkey hunting again with Brandon and Taylor. really hope i get one! (2 days ago i about hit several of them with the truck and trailer!!! lol)

Bare With Me

FYI im working on setting up a photography. and so how i want to organize it... i first have to post the pictures on here and then link them over to there. so forgive me for all the posts of pictures! but yeah! ya gotta do, whatcha gotta do ey?? thanks!

pictures of kiddos!

Mountain Lion Close To Home

Several Days ago, Brandon and I took our horses out on a ride. we took a different route than normal, and after about 3 miles we decided to turn off the road and go through a field. we followed a creek, and tree line about half a mile or so off the road. and we came to a corner where 2 tree lines met. i seen something strange up in a tree so i road my horse closer to get a look. what i seen shocked me. it was a deer carcas that had been drug up into the tree and eaten. as my gaze droped... i seen many more carcases riped up and strewn around. along with shreaded deer hides, and other small animals. It was extreemly creepy. Brandon and I got the shivers and the goose bumps at the same time so we decided to pick up a canter and just get out of there. When we got back, my dad confirmed our conclusions. it was definitly where a mountain lion feasted. F.R.E.A.K.Y!!!!!!!!!!!! well... i decided i needed to get some pictures of the crime scene so we saddle up early in the morning and road down there again. this time on the way down there i found something else. cat terds. yep. so anyway i started getting pictures of everything. (i had my long lens on so i didnt have to get off sapphy.. but brandon got of grace and took the camera up a little ridge to get some other pictures. so im sitting on sapphire holding graces reins watching brandon... when all the sudden the horses jerk their heads up and look behind me. my stomach knotted up and i whiped my head around in time to catch a glimps of a mountain lion disapearing into some bushes. needless to say i started screeming at brandon, threw the reins to him and we high tailed it outta there. didnt even rein the horses in untill we were about 2 miles away! WOW. so thats the newest news around the pehrson place. heres some of the pictures that i got. oh one more thing i forgot to add. so ya seen the 2 keep out signs? well there were several others all over there. but theres a frequently used pickup trail back to the area. and did i mention that theres speratic trail camera boxes? yeah so our conclusion is that the game and parks is probably protecting them out there. :/ (because a couple of the signs had game and parks symbols on them) the game and parks probably picks up hit deer and stuff and dumps them out there. idk. but yeah :s kinda spooky! cant wait till i can open carry legally! just a few more days!!