MOPSTalk Zone 22 ~ Eastern PA and NJ: The Daily Adventure...of Laundry

CONVENTION UPDATE

Ta da! A Convention announcement!
We just signed the papers and we thank you for your prayers as we worked on moving, well, a whole lotta details in just a few days.

Drum roll #1: The Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, FL (Orlando area) was able to welcome us (in the midst of many conventions needing to move).

Drum roll #2: We're able to keep the registration fees the same, so some of you might decide to come early or stay late, and enjoy the Orlando amenities with your friends (or family).

And thanks for all the great ideas of cities! You helped our future dreaming. 'Twould be fun!
And again, it will be great because of Who we'll be with: "Where(ver) two or three (thousand) are gathered in my name, there am I with them." (Mt. 18:20, our year's theme verse with my additions).

Naomi Cramer Overton

Convention Details:
The MOPS International Convention will be at the Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee, FL (Orlando area). Dates will be the same, August 5-7, 2010. Speakers and artists will be the same great lineup — Julie Barnhill, Margaret Feinberg, Donald Miller, Naomi Cramer Overton, Shelly Radic, Go Fish, Mandisa, The Katinas and Richie McDonald.

Convention registration will re-open on Monday, May 17.
The early bird registration deadline will be extended to June 7.
We are working with the Gaylord Opryland for an official letter we can provide to anyone who has already purchased airline tickets to use with airlines to avoid rebooking fees. This letter should assist you in rebooking airline tickets — it will be posted online at www.MOPS.org/convention.
We continue to pray for families and businesses affected by the flooding and we have sent MOPS materials to local MOPS leaders who are distributing supplies in the Nashville area.

MOPS International Convention 2010

August 5-7, 2010
Gaylord Palms, Orlando FL

Check back often for more information!

Your MOPS International Convention Checklist:

Register for Convention (re-opens May 17)
Reserve a room at the hotel (register first!)
Schedule shuttle transportation

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Daily Adventure...of Laundry

I'm doing laundry today. At least seven loads of it. (I'm sensing you're either empathizing with me, or panicking that you haven't yet done your own laundry.)

Well, I don't like doing laundry, and I really don't know anyone else who does. There may be one of you out there who does, but you would never publicly admit it, because people like me would think you've been inhaling way too many noxious cleaning product fumes.

I think I've come to a realization, though. I believe God gave us laundry to give us a glimpse, inadequate though it may be, of the concept of eternity. Think about it...you don't really know when laundry began for you, and it's never going to end!

Seriously, though, as I was putting my load of delicate darks into the dryer a few minutes ago, and thought about how much I dislike this monotonous routine, something new came over me. The overwhelming desire to thank God for loving me enough to give me the gift of laundry.

Before you call the people with the white jackets on me, let me share what God just revealed to me.

Here's a list of ways I can be thankful to God for my laundry:
1) Clothes - We have them.
2) My husband and kids - They wear the clothes.
3) Washer and dryer - I have both. They're in my house, so I don't have to go to a laundromat to wash and dry our clothes.
4) Dirt and stains - This means my family is playing, eating, exercising and enjoying life.
5) Laundry detergent, Spray 'N' Wash, bleach, dryer sheets - I can afford to buy all of these things used to clean and "de-static" our clothes.
6) My body - I have a healthy, strong body that enables me to sort, move, pre-treat, load, unload, fold, hang and put away the laundry.
7) Time - I get to be a stay-at-home mom, which gives me plenty of time to do the laundry.

I could probably think of many more things related to laundry that I could thank God for, but soon I'll have to go tend to my "lights".

What, in your daily adventure, can you thank God for? Add them to my post so we can all join in praise and thanksgiving to our God, who alone is worthy to receive it.

And maybe, the next time you consider how wide and long and high and deep is the pile of dirty laundry in your home, you'll also consider how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ for you, sister.