Has it REALLY been that long? I was invited to DeColores Weekend #98 in 2005. It seems like it was just last year! I would like to go again, but I know it was so hard on my family with me gone for an entire Thursday eve to Sunday night. I have such fantastic memories of DeColores!

DeColores en Cristo (the many colors of Christ) is a means to strengthen and renew the faith people look for in life with Jesus Christ. Often called a "short course in Christianity", DeColores intends to instill the desire, and provide the tools for greater activity in Christian churches and enable sharing life experiences with Christians and non-Christians. The Cursillo method began in Spain in the 1940s and moved to the United States in the 1950s.

At the time I had been focusing a lot on the Lord and the weekend fit right in with my life. If I were to go now I know it would affect me more than I could handle. I am trying my best to life my life for the Lord now but I am surrounded by opposition and as everyone knows that makes life very difficult. I have slipped up more than once over the past year especially. I am tired of asking Jesus for forgiveness for failing Him the same way again and again. But I keep trying...

My best consolation is that the end is near. I can't listen to the news or read it online any more without feeling more and more strongly that we are getting closer to the time of Jesus' return. The Tsunamis, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters are enough! But then you add to that the war in Iraq, the wars everywhere in the world and just the condition of our country right now and you can see how close we are getting. Right here where I live there has been flooding, tornados and earthquakes. All are signs according to Mt 24:6-8, Luke 21:11 and more. Unfortunately, I think it's going to get a LOT worse...