Kristin McLendon

Kristin McLendon: November 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

IT'S HAPPENING!

We kick off in less than 30 minutes and we've had over 700 people sign up for our conference! Please pray for Cory and I as we give leadership this weekend! Thank you!!!!


Here's our minute and a half promo video for the conference. Take a second to watch! All the clips are from this past Summer Camp, so it's really cool to watch!

Thank you for being such awesome prayer warriors!!!


There's a video on here. Click here if you can't see it.

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posted by Kristin @ November 20, 2009 1 Comments

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Maddie!



From the snowy evening in November that we went to pick her out, to the day before Christmas Eve, we brought her into our family...it has been a wild roller coaster of a ride with our dear Maddie Rae! And today she turns ONE! Can you believe it!

And here she is today--officially one. I'm pretty sure she's sticking out her tongue on purpose. Maddie has been named the dog with the most personality! :) Which well, fits nicely into our family :)


And well, I think this is how she really felt about us trying to make her a birthday "princess"

For her birthday, she got a day at the "spa" where she got her nails "done" and a massage (aka, bath). She wasn't thrilled about that birthday present--it was more for our benefit. But she did love this one....which she is still enjoying at this current moment:


And well here's a short video, because well, we thought it would be fun....and um, I think the pneumonia has gotten to me...I turned the camera the wrong way--so for now the video is shot vertically--I'll go ahead and post, but when Robert get's home I'll have him look at it and tell me if there is a way to rotate it! Thanks for putting up with me and well letting us share our Maddie's birthday with you! :)

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posted by Kristin @ November 15, 2009 4 Comments

Thursday, November 12, 2009

River's Rockstar Birthday Party

Enjoy a quick slideshow with a few pictures from River's Rockstar Birthday Party last month!


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Sunday, November 8, 2009

November Continued



Last Sunday I wrote a post asking you what you were doing with your November and told you that the next day I would tell you about mine. Well, that next day turned into a week. Sorry about that. I have this little thing in my left lung they call pneumonia. It knocked me off my little 5 and a half feet.

So, what was I saying? Right, about November. Are you guys doing anything special? It seems to be the month for challenges; either that or we're all just getting in shape for new year resolutions. There's "No Shave November" that I convinced my husband not to partake of since he was in the current job market. There is the "101 things in 1001 days" that our dear Amelialaunched on November 1st (you should go check it out here). And if you recall last November I joined the "Blog Every Day For A Month." I'm sure there are a ton of other "challenges" out there that y'all are partaking in, but those are just the ones that came across my radar for November.

Out of the above mentioned there was only one that I considered for longer than a few seconds (sorry for those of you that are not shaving for November and well, I think the 101 things is something I'll do eventually, just not now). I did ponder the blog everyday for November. My first reaction was, I haven't been blogging lately, maybe this is what I need. Then my second reaction was, I don't want to burn myself out. My final conclusion was, as you can tell, I think I'll pass.

And here's my reasoning. Since about August I've been in a let's call it a "season." Really can't explain it or put any words to it, but my reasoning for not blogging was the same reason I passed on a bible study earlier this fall. Now why would the Lord not want me to do a bible study? It was one I've been wanting to do, so why not? The final answer was simplicity. No pressure. And what followed was a few months of just needing the "no pressure." I decided to read a few other books instead, but there was no pressure of homework and I'm pretty sure if there was I probably would have cracked. Bible studies are good. Homework and accountability is good. But there are seasons for everything.

I'm still kinda in that same place. So when the challenge came whether or not to blog everyday, I simply said, no, I'll pass. No seems to be a new word in my vocabulary. One Robert has been trying to teach me for years, but one I'm learning how to use more often now adays. Therefore, instead of blogging daily during the month of November, I've decided to read the book of John. I shared the story with my kids last Sunday as I challenged them to do the same. I told them about a young woman the Lord brought into my life my first year of knowing Him (at the age of 21), by the name of Kristi Kay. When I first came to know Him, I knew nothing about Him. Kristi Kay suggested we read the book of John together that year and over the course of that year and through her discipleship I learned who Jesus is. I learned of His personalities and I learned to hear His heartbeat. I owe a lot to Kristi Kay and her wisdom. She taught me about my Beloved.

Now, here we are 8 years later and I've decided to read the book all the way through again. I think it parallels nicely with what our Body at RiverStone is doing with the Random Acts of Kindness. I want to do random acts of kindness at all times because that's what Jesus did. That's who He is. He is love.

And the picture on the top of this blog...it's the necklace my dear husband gave me in September. It was suppose to be a birthday present, but he felt I needed it early for my "season." The necklace is known as the "Be Still Necklace" (by Lisa Leonard) and I wear it daily to remind me to Be Still. There is no pressure. I can say no. I can go a week without blogging. I can sit still. I can tuck away with my Beloved Jesus and rest awhile....and that's okay.

posted by Kristin @ November 08, 2009 2 Comments

Friday, November 6, 2009

Meet My Kids

For my friends and family back home, here are a couple of faces for you of the kids lives the Lord has allowed me to be apart of. Oh, may we all be stirred by the passion in their hearts!


*There is a video in this post. If you can't see it in your email or reader, click here.
**Our blog is cutting off the right hand side of the blog. For the original video click here.

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posted by Kristin @ November 06, 2009 0 Comments

Stuffication

If you are in the area tomorrow (Saturday) you should stop by RiverStone Church, 2005 Stilesboro Road, Kennesaw, from 9-1pm....for a garage sale!!! It's gonna be great and it's a direct result of this sermon. If you get a chance, you should listen....and go to the garage sale!


(There is a sermon posted here-if you can't see it, click here)

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

What are you doing with your November?

I'll tell you more about mine tomorrow, because at the ripe old age of 30, my bedtime is promptly 11pm! But I wanted to share with you what our Body is doing for the month of November....so I ask you, what are you doing for the month of November?


Click Here For The November Blog!

{Once you click the link above, be sure to watch the video for the explanation-it's 4 minutes. We all have 4 minutes right?}

See you tomorrow! :)

posted by Kristin @ November 01, 2009 0 Comments