The boys won their game last night 8-2 and move on to District play this Saturday.
The boys play this Saturday at Bullock Creek at 10:00 against Bay City John Glenn. The winner will play again around 3:00 or 4:00 for District finals against the winner of the Saginaw & Caro game.
Just as an FYI, regionals will be played at Goodrich on Sat, June 7th. Quarterfinals will take place at Flushing on Tues, June 10th. State semi-finals and finals are Friday & Saturday, June 13th & 14th at Battle Creek.
Have a great week. Joslyn
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Can you believe this weather--I think the baseball team is just destined to play in low 60 degree weather. The baseball team plays this evening at 5:00 at Bullock Creek against Bridgeport--be sure to bring your winter gloves and a blanket, it gets really cold just watching the game.
Jason's second round of chemo went fine. He seemed to tolerate it very well. The only thing is that he did get fatigued and felt pretty drained the last couple of days. If that is all that happens, we will sing praises to God because He definitely has His healing hands all over Jason. Thank you for all of your prayers. We continue to be in awe of all you wonderful people. Take care, Joslyn
Jason's second round of chemo went fine. He seemed to tolerate it very well. The only thing is that he did get fatigued and felt pretty drained the last couple of days. If that is all that happens, we will sing praises to God because He definitely has His healing hands all over Jason. Thank you for all of your prayers. We continue to be in awe of all you wonderful people. Take care, Joslyn
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tri Valley Conference Champs!!!!
Hey everyone,
The Creekers pulled out 2 wins against Shepherd earning them the top spot in the conference:) The first game was a nailbiter (the score doesn't really represent how close the game was) I was even jumping out of my seat--it's been a long time since I was that excited about a game (probably back in high school watching my brother's basketball team). Creek was behind 4-2 up until the 6th inning when we scored 2 runs to tie it up. In the 7th inning, the Creek took it to em and scored another 9 runs for a total of 13-4. You can read the write up at http://ourmidland.com/articles/2008/05/21/sports/1108540.txt or read the Midland Daily News on Wednesday.
The second game ended in the 6th inning after the Creek mercied Shepherd 12-2. I just have to say these boys are so much fun to watch and I am looking forward to tournament time. Jason couldn't have a better group to coach than these guys and it's just awesome to see what a fantastic year they are having. This baseball season has been such a blessing in more ways than one. They are now 27-1-1 and will play next Tuesday, May 27th against Bridgeport in pre-districts. The winner will advance to Districts on Saturday, May 31.
Jason gets to celebrate tonight by starting his 2nd round of chemo (Although, I think he'd rather be drinking a beer with some of the dads :) so please keep him in your prayers over the next five days.
Have a great week. Joslyn
The Creekers pulled out 2 wins against Shepherd earning them the top spot in the conference:) The first game was a nailbiter (the score doesn't really represent how close the game was) I was even jumping out of my seat--it's been a long time since I was that excited about a game (probably back in high school watching my brother's basketball team). Creek was behind 4-2 up until the 6th inning when we scored 2 runs to tie it up. In the 7th inning, the Creek took it to em and scored another 9 runs for a total of 13-4. You can read the write up at http://ourmidland.com/articles/2008/05/21/sports/1108540.txt or read the Midland Daily News on Wednesday.
The second game ended in the 6th inning after the Creek mercied Shepherd 12-2. I just have to say these boys are so much fun to watch and I am looking forward to tournament time. Jason couldn't have a better group to coach than these guys and it's just awesome to see what a fantastic year they are having. This baseball season has been such a blessing in more ways than one. They are now 27-1-1 and will play next Tuesday, May 27th against Bridgeport in pre-districts. The winner will advance to Districts on Saturday, May 31.
Jason gets to celebrate tonight by starting his 2nd round of chemo (Although, I think he'd rather be drinking a beer with some of the dads :) so please keep him in your prayers over the next five days.
Have a great week. Joslyn
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rainout
For all of you wondering, you'll have to wait until next Tuesday to find out if the Creek baseball was successful in defeating Shepherd--rainout last night.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
B.C. Baseball is doing fantastic
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Jason is feeling good and has been busy with baseball. They currently are 23-1-1. They will be playing Shepherd tonight--this should be a great game as Shepherd and Bullock Creek are fighting for the number 1 spot in their conference.
Taylor just finished preschool for the year--she is going to be in kindergarden next year. Easton is officially potty trained--yeah! My babies are growing up so fast.
As a side note, I am feeling much better this week. I have been able to concentrate on other things and have a much more positive attitude about things. I definitely like myself a lot more when I am on the happy side and I know others feel the same way:)
Take care and God bless your week. Joslyn
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. Jason is feeling good and has been busy with baseball. They currently are 23-1-1. They will be playing Shepherd tonight--this should be a great game as Shepherd and Bullock Creek are fighting for the number 1 spot in their conference.
Taylor just finished preschool for the year--she is going to be in kindergarden next year. Easton is officially potty trained--yeah! My babies are growing up so fast.
As a side note, I am feeling much better this week. I have been able to concentrate on other things and have a much more positive attitude about things. I definitely like myself a lot more when I am on the happy side and I know others feel the same way:)
Take care and God bless your week. Joslyn
Saturday, May 10, 2008
I tell you--everywhere I go, everything I see and everything I hear seems to have cancer involved. I can't get away from it and it is driving me crazy. I don't know if it's always been this way or if I am just that much more aware of it now that Jason has it. My heart absolutely breaks for Leslie and Tyson right now--they know that God is with them and that He has the ultimate plan for Leslie, however, that knowledge doesn't make it any easier to deal with the fact that she has an uncurable disease that is attacking her body right now. I have been praying for those two over the course of the last two days and I ask our Lord to give them His peace-the only true peace that is beyond our comprehension. Please keep this family in your prayers as they begin the process of beating the cancer once again.
As you all can imagine, my mind has been racing the last couple of days. Often asking myself "when is the rain going to start pouring over us again" Jason is feeling good right now and I can't imagine having to hear the words "it's growing or it's moved to other areas". I know that I should not be thinking this way, but honestly, it is very hard for me not to. His cancer is still there and they can't remove it. My only hope is in God providing that awesome miracle of completely taking the tumor away with no way of explaining it--I do pray for this miracle but I also try to remember maybe that is not how God wants to be glorified in this. He has a plan and I know this--it's just really hard not knowing what His plan is. I have never been very good at waiting for things and this is no different for me. I need your prayers. Please ask our Lord for Him to take this worry away from me, to help me not dwell on the negatives but to see the magnificent blessings that he has given to me, and to give me the patience that I need to be able to wait for God's timing and not my timing. Thank you my friends. Joslyn
As you all can imagine, my mind has been racing the last couple of days. Often asking myself "when is the rain going to start pouring over us again" Jason is feeling good right now and I can't imagine having to hear the words "it's growing or it's moved to other areas". I know that I should not be thinking this way, but honestly, it is very hard for me not to. His cancer is still there and they can't remove it. My only hope is in God providing that awesome miracle of completely taking the tumor away with no way of explaining it--I do pray for this miracle but I also try to remember maybe that is not how God wants to be glorified in this. He has a plan and I know this--it's just really hard not knowing what His plan is. I have never been very good at waiting for things and this is no different for me. I need your prayers. Please ask our Lord for Him to take this worry away from me, to help me not dwell on the negatives but to see the magnificent blessings that he has given to me, and to give me the patience that I need to be able to wait for God's timing and not my timing. Thank you my friends. Joslyn
Friday, May 9, 2008
Immediate prayers needed for a friend
Hello all,
I ask that all of you that have been supporting my husband in his journey with cancer through prayer to also add another person to your prayer list. The doctors have discovered that cancer has moved from Leslie Aschliman's brain to her lungs. I am attaching the link to Tyson's, her husband, myspace page http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=85585957 with the latest entry that details the information known at this time.
Thank you all in advance for your prayers.
With Love,
Joslyn
I ask that all of you that have been supporting my husband in his journey with cancer through prayer to also add another person to your prayer list. The doctors have discovered that cancer has moved from Leslie Aschliman's brain to her lungs. I am attaching the link to Tyson's, her husband, myspace page http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=85585957 with the latest entry that details the information known at this time.
Thank you all in advance for your prayers.
With Love,
Joslyn
Saturday, May 3, 2008
My story
God has been placing on my heart to share my God story with you. Everyone that has received Christ into their lives and have asked Him to be a part of their lives has a God story. Some people have known God their entire lives, others only minutes. Often, I have found that people are scared or embarrassed to share their story with others because they believe they don't have a "good" God story or believe that others will find it boring or won't have an impact on them. However, I have learned that everyone has a story to share and you shouldn't worry about what others will gain from the story because God will have the people take from the story what they are supposed to take from it. The only thing that we are supposed to do is be prepared to share our story when the opportunity arises. What better way to witness for Christ than in your own personal journey. I learned this while preparing for my first mission trip to Haiti last summer (during that mission trip I also began to pray out loud in front of others for my very first time--I tell you it is still not easy to pray in front of others, however, it gets easier for me each time I do it).
Many of you know me personally, however, many of you may not know that I have not been a Christian all of my life. As a matter of fact, I have just recently began a true relationship with God. I did ask Christ to come into my life when I was a little girl sitting on my grandfather's lap, but I didn't truly know the full magnitude of what I had asked for until the last few years. In the last few years, I finally realized that my life was not complete--there was something missing and I desperately needed that "something" to be filled. That something was a relationship with God--not just a knowledge of God and or even knowing that I was saved but an actual relationship. I don't classify myself as a new or infant Christian and I don't classify myself as a mature Christian either. I consider myself a young Christian that is learning daily what it means to have God in my life and to be in relationship with him.
I don't recall a specific moment when I said "I want God to be a part of my life." It finally seemed to happen over the course of a few years. God has been working on me all my life (things that I thought were coincidents I now know were God-incidents) but I just started taking notice of Him. You see, I have always felt an empty place in my heart and no matter what I did--it would not fill up. Although, in the last couple of years, I have noticed that that empty place doesn't feel as big anymore and that has everything to do with me seeking my relationship with God. I expect that as I continue to seek God's will in my life that that void will continue getting smaller until there is no void. I truly believe all people have this void and the only thing that will fill the void is God. I have also started to recognize that when I start feeling that void again, I have usually been away from God (meaning I haven't been to church in a couple of weeks or I haven't been in my bible). It's like being out of touch with your best friend for awhile. You feel disconnected or ackward for a moment with her but as soon as you pick up the phone or have a cup of coffee together , it feels like second nature--you just have to get back in touch.
Speaking of church, I remember myself asking a number of times "why do people go to church every Sunday? You can be a Christian and not to go to church." I have thought in the past that people that went to church were hypocrites (not all of them)--only going to church for the "show" or to say that they go to church. I still believe that one can be a Christian and not go to church, however, I have found why one would go to church weekly--this world is so unbelievably hard to live in and at church you are able to gather with other Christians that are battling the same things throughout the week that you are. The reason for church is to be filled up with God's word and to be equipped to live out God's will throughout the week. Church is like the pep rally for the big game--except the game of life is constant. You never get a break from it and one definitely needs to have that pep rally if you ever want to survive the game. I get excited to go to church every week (who would have ever thought that I would be saying that!). If I miss a service, I really feel it throughout the week--I just don't as equipped to handle the week ahead. I have to admit, I think that it was very important that I found a church that really feels like home because not all churches have made me feel that way. I found a church that makes me feel comfortable, it fits my style and it allows me to really feel the presence of the Lord when I am there, and when I walk through the doors to go home, I feel like I am prepared for the week ahead.
So, how did I start my relationship with God? Simple, I jumped in with both feet--I found a church where I felt comfortable, I joined the women's bible study group (where I have met some of the most amazing women of God that are now my friends), I started to pray and I started reading the bible. I also followed God's call to go on a mission trip to Haiti. Basically, I finally chose to begin that relationship with God that He had been calling me towards for quite some time now. I finally decided that I would have "complete trust"(which happens to be one of the definitions of faith) in God. Many times I have to ask God to help me with my unbelief--I want to have complete belief and sometimes that only comes from God.
I want to make a side note about the bible study--I know what many of you may be thinking because I know I sure felt like this--I was completely scared to go to bible study because I didn't know the first thing about the bible, I definitely didn't pray out loud and I was never going to fit into that group because they know so much about God. Please trust me when I say--there are many others in that bible study that feel the exact same way that you do--they don't know everything, they don't know the first thing about the bible and they don't pray out loud, but they are just seeking the same thing that you are--to have a relationship with God! Yes, there are a few mature Christians in the bible study, but they are there to help guide us young Christians.
Please remember, the strength and courage that you see and hear from me throughout this trying time comes from only one and that is God. You see, I ask God on a daily basis to give me the strength and the trust that I need to make it through the day.
So my purpose in writing this entry--to share my story and hoping I may reach one more person for Jesus Christ.
May God bless your day! Joslyn
Many of you know me personally, however, many of you may not know that I have not been a Christian all of my life. As a matter of fact, I have just recently began a true relationship with God. I did ask Christ to come into my life when I was a little girl sitting on my grandfather's lap, but I didn't truly know the full magnitude of what I had asked for until the last few years. In the last few years, I finally realized that my life was not complete--there was something missing and I desperately needed that "something" to be filled. That something was a relationship with God--not just a knowledge of God and or even knowing that I was saved but an actual relationship. I don't classify myself as a new or infant Christian and I don't classify myself as a mature Christian either. I consider myself a young Christian that is learning daily what it means to have God in my life and to be in relationship with him.
I don't recall a specific moment when I said "I want God to be a part of my life." It finally seemed to happen over the course of a few years. God has been working on me all my life (things that I thought were coincidents I now know were God-incidents) but I just started taking notice of Him. You see, I have always felt an empty place in my heart and no matter what I did--it would not fill up. Although, in the last couple of years, I have noticed that that empty place doesn't feel as big anymore and that has everything to do with me seeking my relationship with God. I expect that as I continue to seek God's will in my life that that void will continue getting smaller until there is no void. I truly believe all people have this void and the only thing that will fill the void is God. I have also started to recognize that when I start feeling that void again, I have usually been away from God (meaning I haven't been to church in a couple of weeks or I haven't been in my bible). It's like being out of touch with your best friend for awhile. You feel disconnected or ackward for a moment with her but as soon as you pick up the phone or have a cup of coffee together , it feels like second nature--you just have to get back in touch.
Speaking of church, I remember myself asking a number of times "why do people go to church every Sunday? You can be a Christian and not to go to church." I have thought in the past that people that went to church were hypocrites (not all of them)--only going to church for the "show" or to say that they go to church. I still believe that one can be a Christian and not go to church, however, I have found why one would go to church weekly--this world is so unbelievably hard to live in and at church you are able to gather with other Christians that are battling the same things throughout the week that you are. The reason for church is to be filled up with God's word and to be equipped to live out God's will throughout the week. Church is like the pep rally for the big game--except the game of life is constant. You never get a break from it and one definitely needs to have that pep rally if you ever want to survive the game. I get excited to go to church every week (who would have ever thought that I would be saying that!). If I miss a service, I really feel it throughout the week--I just don't as equipped to handle the week ahead. I have to admit, I think that it was very important that I found a church that really feels like home because not all churches have made me feel that way. I found a church that makes me feel comfortable, it fits my style and it allows me to really feel the presence of the Lord when I am there, and when I walk through the doors to go home, I feel like I am prepared for the week ahead.
So, how did I start my relationship with God? Simple, I jumped in with both feet--I found a church where I felt comfortable, I joined the women's bible study group (where I have met some of the most amazing women of God that are now my friends), I started to pray and I started reading the bible. I also followed God's call to go on a mission trip to Haiti. Basically, I finally chose to begin that relationship with God that He had been calling me towards for quite some time now. I finally decided that I would have "complete trust"(which happens to be one of the definitions of faith) in God. Many times I have to ask God to help me with my unbelief--I want to have complete belief and sometimes that only comes from God.
I want to make a side note about the bible study--I know what many of you may be thinking because I know I sure felt like this--I was completely scared to go to bible study because I didn't know the first thing about the bible, I definitely didn't pray out loud and I was never going to fit into that group because they know so much about God. Please trust me when I say--there are many others in that bible study that feel the exact same way that you do--they don't know everything, they don't know the first thing about the bible and they don't pray out loud, but they are just seeking the same thing that you are--to have a relationship with God! Yes, there are a few mature Christians in the bible study, but they are there to help guide us young Christians.
Please remember, the strength and courage that you see and hear from me throughout this trying time comes from only one and that is God. You see, I ask God on a daily basis to give me the strength and the trust that I need to make it through the day.
So my purpose in writing this entry--to share my story and hoping I may reach one more person for Jesus Christ.
May God bless your day! Joslyn
Our computer is now working
Oh, I tell you--the joys of the computer! They are so nice to have but a real pain when something goes wrong on them. Our hard drive crashed and we had to reinstall everything meaning we lost all of our data from before. I guess that will teach us to back up our computer.
Jason is doing great. He has felt much better this week. As some of you know, he was having some symptoms early last week and after talking with the doctors, he needed to go back on the steroid because he still has a lot of swelling which was causing the symptoms. Since he started the steroid, the symptoms have dimenished and he looks a ton better.
The baseball team is doing fantastic. They are 14-1-1 and are playing in the Dow Invitational today. They play Nouvell this morning and it should be a good game. I am a little disappointed that I won't be there to watch as I have to work today.
I trust that you are all doing well. Have a blessed day! Joslyn
Jason is doing great. He has felt much better this week. As some of you know, he was having some symptoms early last week and after talking with the doctors, he needed to go back on the steroid because he still has a lot of swelling which was causing the symptoms. Since he started the steroid, the symptoms have dimenished and he looks a ton better.
The baseball team is doing fantastic. They are 14-1-1 and are playing in the Dow Invitational today. They play Nouvell this morning and it should be a good game. I am a little disappointed that I won't be there to watch as I have to work today.
I trust that you are all doing well. Have a blessed day! Joslyn
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