God could have left Job alone...

enjoying fall

 

Abe, you're 3!

Abraham, 

you are three! 

for your birthday we:

made you sprinkle pancakes with frosting syrup in the morning!

aunty jeni, ellie and hezzy came over later that week and brought cupcakes that ellie made! 

towards the end of the month we had a small dinner party with close friends! your "cake" was chocolate donuts, your favorite! 

favorite toys:
monster trucks, helicopters, airplanes, tractors, diggers, guns, drums

favorite food:
pancakes with peanut butter and syrup! you can eat these every day all day long

favorite movie:
the lorax

favorite tv show:
yo gabba gabba

favorite music artists:
kirk franklin and justin bieber

favorite pretend play:
you are always on missions to "kill a monster" with your guns. you're always hopping a plane or getting on a boat (couches and beds) and you're always rolling on the ground lol!

cute and funny things you say:
oh dear
pwey my back for jejus (lay your hand on my back and pray)
what da heck
oh my gosh
i need to wide the wocket, mom! (i need to ride the rocket)
calm down, welax (relax)
i got an idea!! 
look at my poop poops! mmm, smells good! 
i lo lu (i love you)
where's da sun?! where'd it go?! 
da cwouds give da mountains honi honi (the clouds are kissing the mountains) 
i'm going to da moon! 
jaaaayyyy!
i awesome! 
be strong and brave! 
shoot da gun! get da monsters! 
i spiyer man! (spider man)
cwah here! (come here) 
gimme hug! 
i need a honi honi! (kisses)
i fwee! (i'm three)
my name is abahem
wha happen?

YOU ARE:
-wild!- you roar like a lion all the time! you love to discover and do it with so much excitement!! 
-tender- your heart is sensitive. when there is tension in the air, you sense it. everything in your world has a personality: trees, clouds, mountains, stuffed animals, cups, books, everything. you are also sensitive towards others. 
-strong willed- and i love this about you. this means you are strong minded and have a determined will. whatever you set your mind and heart to in this life, you will see as possible. you will see a way. 
-funny- you're so playful and you say the most hilarious things!! 
-joyful- you sing and dance and love to laugh a LOT! 
-forgiving- mommy and daddy make mistakes over and over again with you and you always forgive us. we say sorry a lot during our parenting. you also forgive others well, like your friends. it takes you a little bit at times, but once you've processed through things, you are good to go! 
-good communicator- you say when you are mad, sad or happy. you always find ways to tell us how you are and what you mean through motions and words

you are also prophetic. mommy and daddy are learning to draw it out of you in the most natural way possible. i guess what we mostly are trying to do is just make space for you to talk to us about things you feel and see. you are a leader, a protector and you fight for others. you are a non-comformist and a warrior. you are bold, a visionary and a kingdom builder. you are a reformer. you are compassionate of others. you are a lover. 

you are the freakin' bees-nees! you're a bad ass! you got a coolness factor wrapped up in innocence! 

you are loved. by many. by mommy, daddy, nanas, papas, titis, uncles, tutus, friends, anyone that meets you and most of all by Papa Daddy! mommy and daddy are so proud of you! 

my love::poem

poem i wrote for jason for our 6 year anniversary:

My Love

How does a flower bloom, my love?

How does it start to grow?

By the light, tenderness and whisper of God

That He so lovingly bestows

How does a tree stand so tall,

Strong and splendid in all its worth?

By the roots that go down deep, my love,

To drink the water from the earth

And the ocean, my love, with all its breakers,

Where does it find its roar?

It’s by the might and strength of his hand

That controls the oceans floor

Our lives are growing and blooming

By tenderness and whispers of truth.

Under the light of God our Father,

I married the love of my youth

Our family, so strong and tall

Come wind, come heat or rain…

Like the tree, our roots go down deep

To drink from his well again and again

And like the mighty ocean

God controls our seasons and tides.

His majesty displayed in the waves,

The stillness, the swell… the deep and the wide…

All from the brilliant mind of God

A dream alive in His heart

And our love was given birth there too

He knew we were better together, than apart

-Mariya Manalli 9/08/2013

testimony from March 20

Jason shared at CIA's chapel today with junior highers and 12 healing miracles happened! He had the kids pray for one another so that they knew they could pray too and God can use them. Not just a "special guest speaker". What a way to start a day at school haha!

husband

My husband is so amazing. Many times I do not wait to see how things pan out and I doubt some of the things he does. What I've come to know about Jason is that he's secure in who he is in The Lord. I always ask if he's nervous when he has to step out and do things that to me require so much courage. And, of course, he's always fine! He approaches everything with a child like faith, totally believing in The Lord. I've been humbled many many times when I think he made the wrong decision and it turns out it ends up being someone's amazing break through. And God works it out that those people tell me before Jason. So then I'm like, "Oh he was totally right!!" I'm thankful for this heart that I get to navigate through life with.

dragons

don't care how anyone tries to justify it, we are made for community. we all need to be in a family. if you are alone, TELL SOMEONE. if you see someone that is alone, REACH OUT TO THEM. the epidemic of today is a people trying to be so self sufficient and needing people less and less, when in reality they are yearning for community but then don't know how to express it. this is called PRIDE. kill that stupid dragon...