http://alyssaavant.com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:42:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I"ve been speaking with Proverbs 31 Ministries for a few months now about contributing devotions to their website for the Next Generation, girls ages 12-17. They have a site here and I am published there today with my devotion, "Dare to be Different".Share This http://alyssaavant.com/2008/04/my-first-p31-devotion/ Yes, It is true God still works miracles in our lives, even if they are sometimes small we should not see  them as insignificant, but rather be thankful for them.  Yesterday, as I was preparing for my upcoming Christian Charm School Workshop in Tupelo this weekend I realized that my ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/03/god-still-works-miracles/ I have so much to look forward to in the next few months. It is all very exciting.  I can't believe how fast this year is passing by.  Last weekend we celebrated my baby girl's first birthday.  Now, I am looking forward to speaking at First Baptist Church, Tupelo, MS ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/03/looking-forward-to/ As a WAHM, I have struggled with the issue of making enough money.  I am finally at a point where my income is where I want it to be.  I feel truly blessed for that.  Some of the reason that I had not made this money sooner is because I ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/03/earning-your-pay/ I finally was blessed to have someone record me speaking. At my last event Mala Burns, the event coordinator used her video camera to make an awesome video of the event. I received it in the mail today and I used clips from it to create a via ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/03/see-me-in-action/ Last night, I went to my monthly Tomgirls meeting. Tomgirls (Together on Mission) is a group of girls in my church who are all around the same age and have children the same age. We are considered a division of WMU (Women's Missionary Union) and work together to ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/03/showing-your-passion/ Just going to let anyone who is interested know that I have decided to keep my mommy blog over at Life from my Laptop.  I missed blogging there and want to focus on spiritual things here on this blog so I will be blogging about everyday life, my kids, etc. ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/02/keeping-my-mommy-blog/ I have been sooo productive today that I'm wondering, "Is it really Monday?" In fact I even was productive over the weekend, which was odd. I have so far since Saturday, written one of my speeches for this Saturday's upcoming Beauty by Design Event, produced this week's podcast, ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/02/is-it-really-monday/ Wow! I've never been so happy to see Friday.  I have been sick for over 2 weeks now and just when I thought I might be better, no way, it'd come back.  But finally yesterday I went to see the Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor, got some meds and nose ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/02/tgif/ Yes, today the ultrasound confirmed that our family will grow in testosterone in July. I am having boy #2. My son is soooo happy. He had said from the time we told him he was having another baby brother or sister that it was a boy baby because ... http://alyssaavant.com/2008/02/its-a-boy/