VISION BELIZE 

“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” Psa- 34:8

When God gives vision, He provides provision. I cannot even remotely come close to explaining the awesomeness of OUR GOD!

This was my third trip to Belize and to simply see the steps that God has taken me through to get me here. He constantly reminds me that as I take one step forward in faith, that He takes me one step further still! He is so good, He is so good to me! God is good and all the time, and all the time God is good!

This Belize journey for me is actually a Belize Destiny in itself. When God places people, places or things upon your heart- these are the kind of things that don’t leave the space they take up because they are imprinted upon your heart as carvings chiseled into stone! They are not of our human understanding but they are the forever things that only God could place there and only God can provide for!

If someone would have told me some years ago that I would have a heart for Belize- It would have went right over my head.. and ironically that is exactly what happened!- Haha.

*(Photo of Pat Fisher and I my last visit to Belize March 2016).

When an awesome woman of God, (Pat Fisher- A Belize missionary) came to visit us at our Indiana Bible college location in 2007- she spoke Belize over me… (Right over my head it went)… that was until 2011 when we were asked to pray about which location we were interested in going on our missions trip; the choices were between Belize and Nicaragua. At first  I chose Nicaragua, but after some time in prayer for Gods choice and assignment for me- God gave me an indescribable vision- and of course it was of beautiful animals. He showed me two distinctive animals; a wild cat and a tropical bird. After such a vision I thought to myself and God- those beautiful animals most likely reside in both countries. Then came the research of the two countries and with that came the pictures of each state bird and wild cat.. and there ya go- the rest is HISTORY; I am Belize!

While on this last trip to Belize as I was in the gift shop of our resort, low and behold the first thing I layed my eyes upon was a key chain with my vision.. Beauty of the land and the animals.. My Belizean Kitty and Birdie!  *(photo above).

God knows my heat- as a matter of fact God formed my heart and chiseled the LOVE for HIS beautiful creation- His nature, His animals and His nations (His people) upon it!

That there was only part one vision… As during my Bible College experience we were assigned to ‘build a church’- we did this assignment in writing and had some visuals to share in 2011, but little did I know that He was actually assigning that I and a team of believers (or shall I say, “Belizers) would physically help ‘build a church’ in Belize in 2014.  Wow.. ‘who’d of thought?’ God is good and all the time, and all the time God is good!!

*(First photo- me attempting to help build the walls of the church in 2014- second photo the wall complete.. taken in 2016).

*(Photo of Bob and I with Pastor Chan 2016).

Then there is the word that God spoke shortly after our trip in 2014..He spoke in His still small voice”mission home” and here we are  in 2016 helping prepare The Charis House for our future missions’ teams and for our Belize family here, The Rumbleys.

*(photo of the front door to the Charis House (mission home/Rumbleys home in Belize.)

*(Photo of some Great men of God- Bob- Ross, Craig & Pastor Robert Palacio.)

I feel like the third time is confirmation and three times is a charm! As my husband sees some of this vision now too, we are awaiting clarity and perfect timing! But the best part of all this is to see some agreement on the horizon.. that not only am I BELIZE, BUT WE ARE BELIZE! 😀

*(photo of Bob and I on the roof top of Charis Bible Institute in Belize.. after we spoke at  Word of Life Church – Thanks to Pastor Simpson and his lovely wife Elswiths invite!  🙂

The next step I’m seeing is God prepare not only a ‘missions home’ but a ‘healing retreat!’Beacuse as I sat restfully refilling, refuling, and refireing in our Belieze resort, I found a peaceful healing I most indefinitely needed.. and I only needed to hear His still small voice call me back to Belize so that I could rest, be still, taste &  see that God is Good! Because God is good & all the time, and all the time God is good! “but of course!”

*(photo of our restful resort- (Best Western/Biltmore Resort) in Belize City Belize.. 2016).

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”- Psa 46:10  

~signing off in my Belize accent, “Jesus Loves You!”

❤ Diana is Belize!  XO  :*

“He must become greater; I must become less.” – John 3:30

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Good Morning Narc-America!

Oops did I say that out loud, (and out loud to me is writing it down) 😉

Well by golly I think I did! I cannot believe that this country is in such desperation that the candidates we are being given to vote are.. ‘lets just say, who they are’ names not needed. How in the world has it come down to this?

Funny how just yesterday I was so determined to clean up my email that I hit delete all.. meaning delete every single email (over 10,000 mind you) incoming, outgoing, drafts and saved.) ALL DELETED! Felt like I pulled a Hillary! Ugh!

Then we have our other narc being taunted as a reasonable candidate.. sadly I must say though that I joked during the last election that I’d vote Trump over Obama.. and sadly I might have – had Trump ran against him, and the election before that I’d gladly have voted Hillary for the same reasoning. Hey, first lady president .. yes, we must vote for that!

I guess what I’m ‘writing down’ ‘saying outloud’ is that I too almost cast a bad, destructive vote due to my selfish desires- wants and needs! And the sad fact that there wasn’t any worthy candidate..sorry, Me bad!

And if I went with the one that was siding with an important issue at hand for me, I’d be voting Trump on his vaccine stance.. and that is not to mandate them.. (lets not get me started there- another blog topic for another day.) I promise myself that I will not vote to ‘get my way’ or to ‘get what i desire’ but I must stay in prayer for the holy spirits lead.

I am so unsettled about this whole voting mess that ‘we the people’ have created. When we think the answer to government is more government, when we actually think our vote matters,when we spout stupid sayings like, “if you don’t vote you have no right to complain” Or ‘it’s our civic duty to vote’: Hell NO its not! It’s our Christian duty to vote in a Godly candidate, one that will put the word of God first and foremost, not vilify our country and our people and surly not put profit before the people.. there are way to many issues at hand that are at stake here, in which is why I am most likely not going to vote, and many that know me well enough KNOW I don’t fall for the BS when it comes to politics. I don’t need the politics of this country to tell me how to live, and what I can and cannot do. Thats what I have the holy spirit for… to detect the bs and avoid it at all cost!

The only reasonable candidate was Rand Paul and he dropped from the race because he hadn’t enough backers.. yup once again follow the money trail. Money is what gets a candidate to the day of voting and a bad vote is a detrimental vote.

Don’t get me wrong if you are not Christian – please feel free to vote as your soul desires, but if you are Christian, you best pray about it and allow God to lead, let us not forget what voting got us in the past.. Barabbas over Jesus and yes God still worked that out in His redemptive plan (John 19:12); however, I surely don’t want God having to use my miss-hapes in His plan. I’d rathen not be a Judas or Pharror- but rather help be part of His original will and intentions- and that is what is best for all involved. Just as His original intentions in the beginning is for all to live in peace and harmony, it is still His No harm holy intention, if we choose to set the carnal aside and simply allow the holy spirit to led and cast or NOT cast our vote.

It is not Christ like to think We must cast a carnal vote simple because everyone says so, sometimes if the choices are all bad, staying out of it and yet still praying for our leaders is what we should do.

God does know the end from the beginning, so remember if we are in the spirit – we can KNOW all things. So please stay in prayer and start with this, “Lord less of me and more of YOU. Search My heart and know my anxious thoughts and lead me in the everlasting way!” -(John 3:30 & 1 Cor 12:31)

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Okay, My political stance is ova.. now I need to share my Lent project. Yup, I celebrate lent. I realize it is a Catholic thing, but for me it is my 40 days of fasting for Jesus, not as works, but as a faithful desire that I choose to set aside for HIM. Its His time to remove what don’t belong and to separate me out from the ill will intentions of the world and groom me, teach me, stretch me, guide me, change me and enlighten me some more! Yup- its all good! 🙂

So I pray to my Christian friends that you too might feel led to fast for Jesus. It’s not meat (the Catholic thing) I give up, that be to simple for a Vegan.. lol… but I will pray and allow God to show me what it is I’m to fast from. He knows all my hearts desires and He knows what it is I need to remove myself from or allow to be removed from me. More time with HIM in prayer and in deed… now that is what I need! 🙂 How about you? – Need some more of JESUS?

Blessings peeps… see you in March.. may the good LORD Bless you and keep you! YES & AMEN,
“‘“The Lord bless you
and keep you;

the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;

the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’ – Num 6:24-26

​~ All my Lenting LOVE, Diana! ❤ xo

Hello peeps, It has been 22 days to be exact since I’ve blogged to you. My website sent me a reminder of this 22 days of silence. So nice of my website to be so efficient and encourage me to write – write- write. For it is what I love, and what I love is to share the thoughts- desires, lessons, dreams, goals and words of whatever it is God places upon my heart.

Okay- with all that said – our vaca was OK.. let’s just say it was definitely an adventure in the wild-er -ness! 19 of us were all shacked up in our sweet little cabin- and if I could have spent some time all alone to my writing I may have accomplished something; however all I accomplished was an anxiety attack and EMF sensitivity pain! My body knew that they must have had a smart meter on the premises-(research the subject if you feel led)- onward with my words of this blog.. 😉

It became painfully apparent to me that I was not going to get my first draft of my book accomplished by the deadline of Feb 1st. After OUR vacation I promised myself that I would dedicate at least 3- 4 hour days to such the task.. I had editors.. and most things in place, but as my husband seems to enjoy his winters unemployed or on a sporadic work schedule.. I realize that there was going to be absolutely NO co-operation or reciprocation with my request for some quiet alone writing time. This has always been a struggle in our marriage. For some unbeknown reason- extroverts and introverts cannot come to a happy medium.. not in our case anyway.. the STRUGGLE IS REAL! There was also an issue with this upcoming book being a memoir (meaning my memories of events). It came to my realization that since others are involved in my story telling, and life adventures that perception may vary; however God has a plan with this memoir and it needs to be honest, raw and transparent for it to be what it needs to be for others – and those others are unknown – but are the reason I have stayed obedient to open myself up and write this story.  I can’t keep mutilating it, dumbing it down, nor sugar coating any of it…

There are moments of arrogance, intimidation, abuse, pain and suffering.. and all in all I can see God use every moment to build me up into who I am today; if growth is stunted somewhere than God is not being heard. There are lessons to be learned, pain to be felt, misery to be obvious, and yet victory is its end! YES and AMEN!

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.- Rom 8:28

Although the jist of this book was finished in May of 2011 – I realize that we do not get a ‘do-over’; therefore, I need to take my precious time with this one- and through God it will get done in perfect timing. When all involved are ready (matured and ready for Godly correction and growth)-and my time and space is available to better focus on it. 🙂

So what next? Well I put ‘this’ book launch on hold- till I feel completely satisfied with the structure of this book. I will know when God is happy with all the contents and words for He is my true editor and publisher because He is the author and finisher of my faith- and until then I will keep tweaking it!

However, I have not quit- I still have a great editing and publishing team (just as soon as I set up my complete CreateSpace account – It will be more intimate.) I do intend to write other short but sweet books that aim at Holistic health and lifestyle changes to help build my Health Ministry.

Topics include: (per request and encouragement.)

~Becoming Vegan (An enlightenment of why I became vegan?)
~Organic Baby (why we aim for organic and holistic medicine for our children now.)
~Healing the More Excellent Way- (My holy mountian vision to healing through no harm.) ~Daniel Fast: our call into the plant based lifestyle in honor of my Step Father, Daniel.

~and so much more. 🙂

Remember peeps, in life sometimes we simply do NOT get a ‘do-over’ so get it right the first time, through patience and long-suffering Gods will be done!

AND ALL SAID, “YES & AMEN!”

All My moving foward LOVE, Diana ❤ xo

                                 (Our Cabin in the Wilderness).

Today as I sit “cat-alone” in my  home, I ponder the beauty of life, love, and the preciousness of living in the moment. As my family is off on our ‘so called family vacation’ I opted out.. sort of..

As my extroverted husband could  not contain inviting a flock of peeps, our family vacation turned into a ‘community vacation.’ I kid you not – as I seen him off I counted the peeps… 8 girls, 5 boys ranging in ages 2-23…

We rented a cabin in the Wilderness: (Wisconsin Dells Cabin resort) and they are all enjoying the fruits or our labors; however, I am enjoying some get back to me & God time…

I tried my darndest to hype myself up and pack – I must of stared at my empty suitcase for hours two days straight knowing darn well I was not going to go.. My introverted, empathetic self just couldn’t do it.

I am on a constant healing journey with my adrenal glands (Adrenal Exhaustion)- I must  nourish my spirit constantly or else I am an empty vessel running on fumes. (FYI: An empathist is someone that feels everything that surrounds them; the people, the nature, the emotions the circumstance.) I knew that although the beauty around me would fill me, the energy of all there would also fill me, and as my shield/ yellow bubble might pop considering the energy and emotions of 13 youths and one Bob– Well my intuition spoke in volumes to me, and enlightened me to the frightful outcome that can occur. 😉

I also knew that the responsibilities and promises I’ve made to myself and to my book launching process would be ignored and not accomplished if I let December get away from me..

I have a Feb. 1st deadline to have my first draft into the editors.. and I can’t allow that pressure to squish me.  I  also realize that I do need a bit of a vaca; however, to me a trip to the dells with 13 lovely splendid creatures frolicking about is not my vision or idea of a vacation.. but to Bob it’s perfect.. as the extrovert feeds from the energy of others, in which is why He has so much of it… and why I have none. LOL

So as I’m also the deep thinking,  introspective, humble enough to wait for wisdom- and not go on my own Wis’dumb’ type of peep.. after two days of prayer and discernment.. God allowed my lil’ heart to understand that I needed a ‘sabbatical’ moment with HIM! He kept me home .. but He also placed upon my heart that My family is also a HUGE part of Me; and memories must be made.. so to the wilderness I shall go – two days after they go and prepare a way for me! 😉 Good plan God! 😀

I love when God balances me out, He encourages me to be me.. I am not a ashamed to say I’m a empathetic introvert.. (are those just words/titles?)- no– they are a way to explain traits and gifts about me.. just as the hubby is a energetic extrovert.. these  words/titles explain us..  The hubby that “Feeds” on outer-surrounding energy of  place, time, people and circumstance and the wife that internally “Feels” the surrounding energy of place, time, people and circumstance and therefore must allow quiet inner peace spiritual alone time with God to clear/clean her out and fill her up!!

So after spending all morning in praise and worship.. singing and dancing and praying and listening and resting in the LORD, I feel refilled, replenished and rebalanced once again.. and I still have another whole 24 hours to do so.. then off to the Wilderness I go to enjoy a  bit of the ‘fruits of our labors’ and I guess the tribe of 13 shall be mine for a few days and memories we shall make.

And there’s always a back up plan of sending them all off to the waterparks with Bob as I hibernate in our beautiful cabin in the Wilderness and introvert a bit there.- who knows maybe I’ll write about it! – Ya think? – “But of course”. 😉

~Signing off with a Good bye December- 2015 and HELLO 2016..

~All my Empathetic-Introverted LOVE to all my PEEPS! ❤ Diana xo

*(photo courtesy of Ann Dreixler.. our cabin in the wilderness-*note the cooler on the counter- Bob’s word of advice, “Never leave home without it!).  😉

“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been calledaccording to his purpose.” – Rom 8:28

Okay, by sharing all my lives adventures I tend to put a lot of pressure on myself. I tend to share all my hopes, dreams, desires and adventures with the world don’t I? Or at least to my Facebook and health coaching clients.

I figure if I don’t put myself out there and speak out what it is I desire or shall I say , God places upon my heart, then I feel it probably won’t be accomplished.

I usually start with speaking it out, as this book I am working on ( actually have been working on for many years) deals with speaking out truths, standing on truths and overcoming obstacles, tragedies, trials and temptations. My main temptation is to quit! And let me tell you I quit on a daily basis, heck I quit on a moment to moment basis.. as a matter of fact I quit on myself and this book 16 times already today and it’s not even lunch time yet.

Another issue my book deals with is some of my main trials and tribulation.. Depression, Insecurity, and plain old complaining! And whelp, I seem to be right there many times a day.

I ponder if I should re-titile my book from “Bum to Done”… Bummer mood to I’m done mood to get er done mode. 😉

HELP me LORD- HELP ME!!

I am truly blessed with a great team that is helping me find my way, giving me perfect guidance through the book publishing process – I have a sweet accountability partner, (whom is writing a cook book as her Dream book in this launch).. I’m so proud of her. She – herself is also an IIN Alumni – so needless to say she is like a sister to me! 🙂

Now if I could  just simply stop fretting the simple stuff.. haha.. like the last module that spoke on how a memoir – self help book ought to take in account  the voice and mood of the book- AKA- (the therapy sounding messages- and the other people involved in the book).. this about deleted my whole book and means my book ( which was pretty much finished in 2011-12).. only needed tweaking- so I thought. 😦

It seems that I will practically need to rewrite the WHOLE darn book from scratch and with this it all seems to lose it meaning it had for me some years ago–re-reading it and tweaking it has only brought back my forced to close memories that this book healed me of.

Writing this book brought me through so much healing, growing and changing and simply made me who I am today; hence the title, “Becoming Me-While Losing You.” It was simply to be a book of my journey from loss to loss and through it all I was able to grow, over come and become the true me I was intended to be.. and let me just say, I’ve learned that this growing process is such a forever task.. Maturity is a beautiful thing!

So I guess I am  just simply going to let the turmoil within me settle down and realize that even if this book doesn’t get published once again- it’s only for His Glory that I even bother to share my testimonies with anyone! For He is Good and nothing else matters anyways!

I am going to chill in the moment and realize it takes guts to even write anyting down- so to that it will be what it will be! 🙂

I wish to sign off with a reminder of the season we are in.. A thankful season- I pray that even in times such as the times we are in at this very moment that everyone remember to be THANKFUL & GRACIOUS unto our neighbors, and yes even those we consider foreign to us.

Give thanks to the Lord!!

Hope all have a GREAT HAPPY THANKS-LIVING!!

ALL MY LOVE AND THANKS, ❤ DIANA XO