memorial day party @ the florens!

our sweet friends the florens hosted a memorial day party at their house and it was super fun! the first 30 minutes were c-r-a-z-y! it started sprinkling...then raining...then pouring down rain! we all ran inside (except the boys who rescued the tents, drinks & food!) but then the sun came out and we got our party on!

the boys in the rain!

me & anna!

chloe girl

libertyfest

we all headed to libertyfest in farmers branch to see the gin blossoms, reo speedwagon & fireworks for memorial day weekend! our sweet friends the stephens & the freedmans joined us too!

chloe & bennett

chloe & bella

lady liberty!

chloe & daddy watching the fireworks!

last day of school!

we LOVED chloe's teachers this year! sad for school to be over...but excited about summer!

being silly!

looking at their end of the year books

chloe & the fabulous ms. julie!

chloe & the fabulous ms. noel!

grapevine main street days

summers here!

a few parties...

chloe was invited to brennan's farm party and caleb & carolines bounce house party! she had a blast celebrating with all her friends!! :)

yee-haw!

petting the animals...

coleman looks soooo excited!

chloe's dance recital

chloe had her first dance recital at the majestic! her little class danced to "singin in the rain" and it was just adorable! i was shocked at how well they did! :0 I had prepared myself to just be happy with her standing on stage and hopefully smiling! but she did great! a huge thank you to grandma, grandpa, melissa & chris who came in from houston to see her!

coloring with her friends while they waited

afterwards with grandma & grandpa

chloe-doing the scary face with mimi & papa

with her super proud mommy & daddy :)

back from southern sudan!

I'm back and I already wish I could go back today and take each one of you with me to experience the amazing humbleness, joy and hope that the people of Southern Sudan exude! I learned so much from their faith. We were able to go everyday and visit a village where a church had just been planted which was called "Rockway". Many of the people in the village were not believers but were very anxious to hear about God and many received Christ while we were there as well as get baptized! One particular person who I will never forget was Michael, a small store owner, who told me that he had been waiting to hear about God and was so glad that we had come to share the good news with him. Over the next few days me and my partner, plus our two amazingly awesome translators were able to disciple Michael & teach him how to use the Evangecube to share the gospel with others at his store. You could truly see the Holy Spirit begin to work in his life. Michael allowed us to stay at his store for hours everyday to share the gospel with everyone who passed by. It was so amazing to see God work in such a big way! Please pray for Michael as he continues to share the gospel with other villagers, begins to attend Rockway Church and begins to find other items to sell at his store besides brew & cigarettes to support his family.

Thank you guys for praying for me as well as praying for my family as I was away!

God is GOOD & so are ya'll!! Here are a few pics and a video!

Untitled from Courtney Christianson on Vimeo.

i'm leaving on a jet plane...

tomorrow for Sudan for TEN DAYS!!!! AHHHHH! I wanted to thank each of you for supporting me and praying for me during this journey! I can't wait to see what God will do in my life and the lives of others! Please be in prayer for safe travel, my family while I am away, any anxiety that I may have, the team I am going with & that God would open my eyes to recognize His divine appointments on this trip and open the hearts of the people that we are able to witness to. I thank each of you so much, this trip never would have been possible without the grace of God and friends and family like you who have supported me & prayed me through this!!

I can't wait to tell you all about it when I get home!

Thank you again!

Courtney

Here is a great video that Prestonwood made about missions in Kajo Keji, Sudan where we are headed!!

http://ow.ly/1Cz4D

spring fest @ stringfellow

sweet girl

chloe & ms. noel

chloe & ally playing the cupcake walk

young love! chloe & crew

hunting for seashells!

fun with crew at the cupcake walk

one happy winner! :)

bluebonnets

easter

hApPy EasTeR!!

"He is not here: for he is risen, as he said."

chloe's job was to help set the table!

she drew art work for the plates...

& helped pick flowers!

easter basket!

so ready to hunt easter eggs!!!!!

mia wants some eggs too!