Share, Day 1

Well, first of all, THANK YOU for your prayers yesterday! I was beyond thankful that the weather was clear, and I was able to make it to Fort Wayne in a normal commute time...and I got right in and right out with my tests. Still awaiting news of what they may or may not have found, but I'm glad the actual test is behind me. Painless and easy!

After I left the hospital, I headed to work, for the first official day of Share 2015. It's always such a fun time; we have volunteers in and out throughout the week, we have amazing food, and we get to hear such encouraging stories of how God is moving in people's lives. It really is a faith-booster of a week.

For me, the faith boosting started the moment we went on the air yesterday morning. I was en-route to Fort Wayne for my test, and I was kind of nervous. Not about the test itself, but just about being alone and going to a facility I'd not been to before and finding my way and what the results would say....and I had the radio on in my car. For once, I got to put on my listener hat instead of my worker hat, and  it was just such a blessing to hear the prayer offered up at the start of the day and the songs that were so calming and encouraging. A great reminder that THIS is why we do what we do!

I'm not telling you anything here that I don't have permission to say - or that you might not already know if you heard it on air today - but if you didn't know, our Lynne's dad passed away on Sunday morning. She is heartbroken, and I know she'd love your prayers. So we are without her this week and we miss her terribly, though we know she's right where she needs to be. In her absence, I'm sharing the Mid-Morning hour with Ken and Scott this week.

I think Scott may have been listening to the morning guys too much, because he *ahem* picked on me just like they usually do. We're going to have to remedy this. :)

And the rest of the day...I worked in the phone room, taking pledges over the phones!

My friend Dawn was volunteering and grabbed my camera to take pictures of me in action. While I was talking to a listener, I heard Dawn say "HEY! DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH YOUR FACE!!" {Apparently I have a one-track phone face.} So here was my best attempt:

And speaking of Dawn...here she is:

Look who else came to hang out with me in the phone room:

Ah yes! It's Mr. Jim Barron of the morning show! {This was his answer to "say cheese."}

We got to celebrate some milestones throughout the day - including hitting the halfway point of our goal!

Another of my favorite parts of the day was getting to see the family members that dropped by for dinner. It's kind of like a big family reunion!

Three days to go!! Excited for this!