Boot Camp Notebook: A 6 week journey through physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation.

After 3 years of working on this notebook here and there, forgetting about it, and being reminded again, it is ready for publishing.  You can purchase here at this link:

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For a couple years, I did martial arts, personal training, and boot camps as a way to bring in extra income for our family. I wanted the women in my boot camps to experience something a little more than just a physical work out. I started developing sheets to give them each day to help them mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well. I love complete transformation! This resulted in a 6 week journey to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation. This notebook was written for all the women who want to live life to their full potential. For the women who desire to be whole and healthy in every area of their life. For the women who want to be their best so that they can inspire others. I hope you enjoy! 


Here are some sample pages:

Running for My Life (and the life of all the girls on the streets)...

"Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!" Luke 1:45

This morning, I woke up from a panic-stricken dream.  At the beginning of my dream, I had to get back to Rwanda; there was a sense of urgency, but I do not know why.  We didn't have the money to send me back; however, I went to the airport anyways.  Somehow, I was able to board a flight with no plane ticket or passport.  The next thing that I know is that I am sitting in a woman's car.  I apparently trusted this woman as there was a calmness about the ride.  She was suppose to be taking me to the airport in Kigali to fly back home.  I told her that I was hoping that I could get back home as I had no ticket or passport.  She passed the airport, and as she was pulling up to a car (and a sense of panic started to rise up in me), she told me that she had some work that she wanted me to do for her cousin.  As I looked over, I saw a man who looked like trouble.  I punched the lady in the face (maybe my TaeKwonDo side coming out :) ), got out of the car, and ran for my life.  Then, I woke up.

The "running for my life" dreams are nothing new.  Although, they used to consist of me continuously running from my Step-father in my dreams.  I haven't had one of those dreams in many years.  They were exhausting as I ran and ran for what seemed like all night long...jumping over fences, hiding out in people's back yards.  However, this morning when I woke up, I didn't have a panic for myself but a panic for the all the girls currently living on the streets of Rwanda who are experiencing this same type of fear as I type.  I imagine that they feel trapped by their situations and circumstances just as I did all those years ago.  The difference was that I had a hope.  I had a promise of hope of a better life, a redeemed life that only Christ can offer. 

There is an urgency in me to get back to Rwanda.  An urgency to pull these girls off the streets and share this hope with them.  An urgency to share with them the love that Jesus has deposited in me.  To share the truth that God is love and that there is no fear in love because perfect love DRIVES OUT fear (1 John 4:16-18).  God's timing is always perfect, and I can rest in knowing that he is working behind the scenes preparing hearts for the work of the village and I Will Stand, Intl.  Please join me praying for all that will need to be done for these girls and pray for their protection right now. 

The Love of God Revealed

                                                                                                           March 9, 2012

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16&17

Standing in my kitchen yesterday, God began to reveal to me how deep his love is for mankind. I think that sometimes the depth and complexity of God can only be revealed through deep pain. My husband has been under severe attack this week. He was terminated at work under false and outlandish accusations. A former employee told him this week that based off of his observations this week that it looks like my husband was set up. As I was dealing with the raw emotion of rage that my husband was plotted against, unjustly accused, and had no chance to defend himself, God reminded me of Christ and that he too was plotted against, falsely accused, beaten, and killed. For our sake, he did not defend himself but instead became a sacrifice for us so that we could once again be reconciled to God. That is love!

A Whole New Life

                                                                                                           January 14, 2012

So much time has passed since the last time I blogged and so much has changed in my life as well. Sitting down to write was once a task that I thought was next to impossible with 3 children who are around me continually and constantly needing my attention. However, I completed my first semester of graduate school a few weeks ago and was amazed that not only was I capable of making the time to write (a requirement of my program,) but I now am actually longing for the next paper that must be written. This desire has led me back to this much neglected blog.

I will work on being more disciplined blogging. I have so much to share and so much glory to give to God for the work that He has done and is doing in our life. I will eventually share our journey from Texas to Colorado, but at the moment, I will save that story for another time. The adventure with God has me longing for another adventure. The adventure over the past 1 1/2 years has created a curiosity in me that continually asks, “God, how far will you allow me to go? How dependent can I really be? How wrapped up in you can I really get?”

Freedom from Everything

                                                                                                         January 14, 2012

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

Are you burdened by a yoke of slavery? Many of us do not even realize that we are. We tend to think that if we are not ruled by alcohol, drugs, etc. that we are fine….at least I did. I have never known the kind of freedom that God has been revealing to me this past year.