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The last two days while exercising, I watched Louie Giglio’s DVDs: Indescribable & How Great is Our God. It is amazing to me to hear about and see the immensity of God’s details in the heavens and on earth. In the heavens how BIG the galaxies are. Also to see the incredible detail he puts into our human body. I am always fascinated with science, and this we just another big WOW when I think of God’s detail even in things that need such specialized microscopes and years of research to find what God has done in only a word and a breath!.
Psalm 8: 1, 3 & 4 says: “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens . . . When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?”
God said the word (in Gen 1) and the heavens and earth were formed. In Genesis 2:7 it says, “the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” So just a word and a breath and things came into being.”
God also created man in such a unique way, with all the fine details (check out Psalm 139 if you haven’t lately). But the one part that I learned about today was the complex protein called “Laminin” that is the protein “glue” of our body, that holds it all in place. Uniquely enough it is in the shape of the cross.
Colossians 1:17 says, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” God uses laminin to hold our bodies together. But it is he himself, and what the cross represents in our lives that holds every part of us together!
Thanks God for being amazing in the heavens and on earth . . . and in me! You are indescribable!
PASSIONALITY with DUZIE . . . Dan & Suzie Potter
PASSIONALITY – We are a PUZZLE PIECE of God’s Heart. Each one of us is different and has our special role and place of spreading God to this world!
John 10:10 Jesus says, “I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL.”
What we are going to do is find 3 words to describe you! Our examples:
Dan’s Passionality: CREATE HOPE through COMMUNICATION
Suzie’s Passionality: INFLUENCE POTENTIAL through CONNECTIONS
#1 MY PERSONALITY Who am I ?
Choose one or two of these words from any of these groups:
GET IT DONE (doer personality):
¨ Create
¨ Lead
¨ Build
¨ Provide
LET’S GO (influencer personality):
¨ Communicate
¨ Connect
¨ Teach
¨ Inspire
YOU’RE IMPORTANT (relater personality):
¨ Serve
¨ Give
¨ Listen
¨ Support
MAKE A PLAN (thinker personality):
¨ Develop
¨ Organize
¨ Think
¨ Focus
#2 MY IMPACT What is my effect on others ?
Choose one or two of these words for this part:
¨ Hope
¨ Peace
¨ Direction
¨ Love
¨ Faith
¨ Growth
¨ Wholeness
¨ Safety
¨ Health
¨ Justice
¨ Solutions
¨ Support
Put it together so far:
#1 MY PERSONALITY __________________
#2 MY IMPACT _____________________
__________________ + __________________
my personality my impact
#3 MY ABILIBITES What am I REALLY good at ?
Make a list of at least 5 things that you are really good at:
1 __________________
2 __________________
3 __________________
4 __________________
5 __________________
Choose 1 or 2 of these for your 3rd word (or use other words from #1 or #2).
YOUR PASSIONALITY STATEMENT
Put it together so far:
#1 MY PERSONALITY __________________
#2 MY IMPACT _____________________
#3 MY ABILITIES _____________________
__________ + __________ + _____________
my personality my impact my abilities
Put it together into a sentence.
(Add a preposition before abilities – usually “through” or “by”.)
Try all the combinations of words that you have come up with to make your PASSIONALITY STATEMENT!
PASSIONALITY now what?
Talk to people you know, and try speaking out your
PASSIONALITY STATEMENT to them!
Live like you are that part of God’s heart for others!
Try to make choices in your life based on living according to how God made you!
Our examples once again:
Dan’s Passionality: CREATE HOPE through COMMUNICATION
Suzie’s Passionality: INFLUENCE POTENTIAL through CONNECTIONS
Your PASSIONALITY STATEMENT:
__________ + __________ + _____________
my personality my impact my abilities
Please let us know what your PASSIONALITY STATEMENT is
and how God is using you as you live it out!
www. DUZIE.com or info@DUZIE.com
TeenStreet in Uruguay has begun for the 8th time. We are excited to be doing the
“HUMAN ~ a quest for connections” theme.
Our program team pictured here is: Darwin, Facundo, Rosie, Giovana, Suzie, Dan, (and in the evenings we are joined by) Natie & Roland.
It is exciting as we have had all of them (except Natie – who daily joined us by skype) for one of our imagiNations trainings. We love our little Uruguay family!
Today is a multitasking day. This morning started out with our United Hospice Servce team meeting (and this photo taken for advertising purposes).
Though I am not working for Hospice these 6 weeks during imagiNations, I still go to the weekly meetings on Thursday mornings, so I can keep up with all the changes that are made.
After the meeting, I joined Dan who was teaching creativity (magic tricks and interaction skills). I stepped in and helped everyone with their ideas of transforming their clothing (from our trip to the thrift stores last week).
They are all at the Jr/High School right now on lunch visits to the teens they have connections with and are mentoring. We meet back for lunch . . . then on to ConneXellence!
Today was SIMPLE communication day, and the day for the imagiNations 2nd talk. They all did very well, and improved from last week. They put a lot of effort into the talks that reflected them and what they find interesting! 
Lisa inspired us that we can dance by discovering our “3 M”s”: Motives, Music, & Moves. She had us all dancing free style & a hip hop she created.
Roland swept us off our feet with whistles, short Uruguayan light blue shorts, and enlarged wallet dress shirt and great smells . . . telling us we should play soccer because of the benefits.
Facundo let us know we could enjoy photography by taking the 3 pictures: 1. Picture of LOOK, 2. Picture of DOCUMENTATION, and 3. PICTURE OF MEMORIES.
Giovana gave the talk that WILL change the rhythm of me in this coming week. She informed us that we all have a “biological clock”, an internal clock called our “Circadian Rhythm”. This rhythm is regulated by daylight. Our nervous system takes the daylight, through our eyes, into our brain, to the pineal gland which secretes melatonin, the sleeping hormone. Basically, if we are able to adjust our EATING and EXERCISE to the natural rhythm of our body, we can enjoy an healthier lifestyle.
So the basics of this cycle (what our body is predisposed to do best) is:
* between the hours of noon and 8pm should be our time to eat (before or after that it should be only fruit or low carbohydrates. That is when we should let our bodies take in and digest food.
* from 8pm to 4am is the time for our bodies to extract the nutrients that we have eaten. It is the sleeping time.
* from 4am to noon is when the body is gathering wastes and preparing for removal. When our bodies are in the right rhythm, we will generally have elimination at the same time daily.
* between 4pm and 6pm is the best time for us to exercise. Our muscles are more flexible, our reaction time is quicker, our blood pressure is lower, and our strength is at it’s peak.
So, I have taken the challenge to try to adjust to the Circadian Rhythm of my body. Let’s see how it goes, Giovana, thanks for the challenge!
Red & White day of Homecoming Week is the biggest and best . . . We were up late last night gathering parts for the costume, trying them all, and rejecting many combinations that just weren’t right. Josiah & I had fun with scissors, trying to get the cuts in exact circles (sort of) and making little “snips” in the surrounding areas. The sock combinations and shorts to go with the main element of the slitted shirt came together nicely. Then the head . . . his favorite red afro wig was not to be found, too much loaning out and no returning. So new options were tried, ending with a knit scull cap, which was the perfect one to go with the socks.
This morning came, and the outfit pieces that were laid out for the night were jumped into. Breakfast was consumed, and the artist painting of the TARGET began. Josiah was cushioned with the sheep skin and blankets laid on the table. Josiah was laid out, so he could hold still. He said it is much better than sitting in a chair. Dan made the beginning outlines / design in white. I painted white “M”s for “Marlette” on his already red fingernails and they were laid to dry on his belly. Then together, we both painted the red (notice I am not in the photos because I am the photographer). I did the red outlines near the white, and Dan filled in the red.
Kyle Mero (dressing up as Leaf Ericson) arrived and put his touches on his Leaf / Viking outfit. Dan & Josiah designed and created his shirt last night for him. He arrived to announce that it is “awesome”. We learned that Christopher Columbus gets a day for his discovery of the USA, where it was actually Leaf Ericson long before who was the original discoverer. So Kyle (who looks much like a hippee today) was celebrating his day. No red on him . . . but that is OK Kyle is an original.
I had to jump out from behind the bush as the two of them were walking to school . . . neither of them could stop for a proper photo of the full outfits. The one here was taken of them walking backwards, so they could get to the school in time to strut their outfits!
As Dan & I stood in the kitchen looking out the window at them entering the High School . . . we commented, “one more homecoming week has come and gone”. Only 3 more of these to go. There probably isn’t any other parents more involved in the preparation for Homecoming as we are. We also love this week. It isn’t only Josiah the TARGET! 
This week our theme for creative journaling is “I BELONG”. It is a part of the Creation Connection with
God :: Others :: Myself :: Nature
On Monday we sat out in Doris Huntoon’s woods and enjoyed God time there. I started this watercolor painting there as I enjoyed the details of God’s creation. I love the way everything is connected. Today I made the final connections to this piece of God’s art expressed in and through me. I added the pen & ink . . . my first time like this. Connecting the different shapes and textures. Thanks God for an awesome creation connection!
Today we are experiencing “conneXellence” interaction. Worship and Magic Tricks were experienced in the morning. Then later we went to the basement with the powerpoint visual to learn & discuss INTERACT. We are trying to discover the things that we can use to interact with people . . . who are we? We are on the search together.
The after lunch part of the day was spent with the 4 of them working out details for their church program at Grace Bible Church on Sunday morning!
Today in Spirit week is “Rock Star Day”. Here is my “Rock Star”. Be sure to notice the bright red tie and fadora hat with the read feather . . . Ooo Laa Laa!
Last night and this morning, I was pulling things out of the archives that might make Josiah look like a “real woman”. The outfit we came up with, I just might try on a date night out with Dan (with a few less bling bling accessories).
As I was painting his fingernails bright red last night, I noticed what a great shape his nails are.
This morning as I was putting on his “smokey eyes” make up and lipstick, his gorgeous features were quite nicely accented. Good he wasn’t a girl, I am glad for my boy.
He headed out early to school, so he could walk the halls in his outfit of the day. Today is bigger and better than the other days . . . what will come tomorrow and Friday? It will be fun.
I love to see Josiah go all out for it . . . totally, holding nothing back!
You go Schmoke!