Last Thursday, my daughter, Alyssa , turned 16. The night before, I hijacked her blog, Life of Faith . I made some changes to her blog’s template (Doesn’t her blog look sweet ?), wrote a birthday post on her blog listing 16 reasons why I think she is such a sweet and special daughter, and asked relatives and friends to leave comments for her. She was very pleasantly surprised! On Friday, Alyssa’s close friends came to have a sleepover at our home. My sister in law (Alyssa’s aunt) also stayed overnight with us. We watched Pride and Prejudice (the short version). We laughed so much…you would think it’s a comedy, not a drama . On Saturday, more relatives came to attend her Sweet Sixteen Party. Games we played included: Sweet Target (shooting a target using a potato gun (shoots out potato pellets)…aiming for #16 or a combination of numbers added up to 16 within 3 attempts), Sweet Soak (relay game…the first person of each team walked...
"I am the Vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5) It is our desire to always abide in JESUS CHRIST, our Lord and Savior, and to bear much fruit...hence "Fruitbearers." "The fruit of the Spirit is LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, and SELF-CONTROL. Against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23