risk to annoy

while i'm emailing, facebooking, texting, chatting, calling and twittering with college students..it made me think.. do we pursue folks with the same intensity that Jesus pursued/ pursues us? i know we are not all initiators, and its hard for some to pursue without getting a response or being pursued ourselves.. but we should strive to be little jesus's to quote frost.. and live like him right?

its risky to pursue.. you may annoy... you may be misunderstood.. you may be rejected... yeah.. but jesus left the 99 to reach the one.. and was rejected by many.. and annoyed folks.. and was misunderstood..

do i wish my phone rang more? sure.. but that doesn't keep me from passionately pursuing folks- to help connect them to Christ, his community, and his calling on their lives.. dead people dont pick up the phone... but neither do christ followers...

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Now I can blog through email. Wow

Heather Lodovico
College Director
www.hcbcut.com

... if we ever leave a legacy, let it be that we loved eachother well...

I'm blogging through text on my iPhone... Wow

my dog is named shiner

yes after the beer... i love the new york yankees, the new york football giants, and the uconn huskies.. my father raised me right.

i know jesus.. somedays better than others

my big ole italian family lived in bristol and avon ct. i have over 80 cousins... im a new englander.. a yankee..

7 of the top ten least religious states are in new england... makes me sad

im on my second round of px90..

i got saved in college.. in virgina.. james madison university.. go dukes.. college students were meing missional there before the word was cool.. wish i had thought of that word.. id be rich.. if i had a million dollars..

i consider myself reformed..

i think i/ we can learn from anyone.. any church.. any author, pastor, book, sacred and secular. i used to be an arogant, ignorant son of a gun.. god's been and continues to work on me..

jury is still out on twitter.. blogging.. the south..

the red sox suck... its sad cause i really like the city of boston..

ive lived in bristol conn, garden city new york; harrisonburg, virginia; vienna, va; fort myers, fl; and now austin, tx; i dont think im done yet.

i have 5 tatoos- a turtle, soccerball, design by mandy latz, the word His in hebrew and the uconn huskies logo.. i have my next 5 picked out.

i have worked as a grocery bagger and checker- go walbaum foodmart, park and rec supervisor, data entry clerk, fast food worker, sports manager , factory temp work, waitress, para church staffer- intervarsity and FCA, church intern- mclean bible church, high school coach, little gym manager, chilis training team- opening 5 new chilis, elem. and jr. high PE teacher, athletic director, middle school coach, college ministry director, associate college director, and now connections director- at hcbcut

im used to and built to handle many tasks at once

i am a super lion.. or a DS...

i think the s.h.a.p.e book is gold to the believer. everyone should go through it and apply it to their lives

i connect people to jesus, his people, and his specific calling on their lives

im good at it.. like spooky good...

i spend way too much money.. help

this semester has been hard.. like very hard

i am very flawed

i dont trust people.. my heart hurts from folks ive let in and have bolted

i love my family.. and live too far from them.. it makes my head and heart hurt.

i have a thorn in my flesh..

i own a jeep..

diet coke is awesome. so are mudslides, cheese burgers, cliff bars, the p90x recovery drink, peanut butter and wheat thins..

random thoughts....

here's a peak inside my brain...

-i leave for oklahoma in 12 hours.. to help train over 70 folks to reach kids.. and whoever else stumbles into camp.. with the gospel

- missional summer project starts next week.. i wont be there.. thats ok

- staff retreat happens when i come back.. i hope ill be mentally, emotionally and spiritually present

- i miss my dog already

-its amazing the village god has creadted in my 570 sq feet

- wish i lived closer to my family.. and that thought about getting closer to them is growing

- diet coke.. yes

- yankees.. yes

- kieth tooleys words today were much needed

- i dont trust anyone.. bummer

- i spend way to much money

- being a woman in full time ministry is hard sometimes

- my dog is awesome

- i am very flawed

oceans 11... hlods 11.. i like that..

george clooney had a team of 11 to make off with all that money.. i just read a book that talks about 11 indispensable relationships you can't be without.. i've bought in to it..

we all know about the importance of a paul.. someone pouring into you.. but i think we put too much on that one person.. to be all things to us..

god has given us the spirit.. different personalities..different giftings.. this book tells of 11 relationships that will help us grow.. based of 11 people in the bible.. the author calls them withnesses.. god's dream team for us to travel this journey with us..

so who you taking with you? "Here is life's best buddy system".. chew on it a bit..

who's your nathan: you need an editor

who's your jonathan: you need a true friend

who's your jethro: you need a butt- kicker

who's your timothy: you need a heir

who's your barnabas: you need an encourager

who's your peter/paul: you need a yoda

who's your deborah: you need a back- coverer

who's your zacchaeus: you need a reject

who's your rhoda: you need a 'little one'

who are your VIP's: you need a lydia and a lazarus

where's your jerusalem: you need a place

the invisible 12th: holy spirit on 3 :)

who you got in your corner... who you asking how goes it with your soul?

woeful

funny title for my first blog eh? this word.. woeful.. was in a hymn we sang this morning.. fairest lord jesus.. which is a great song.. but my mind got suck on this word.. woeful...

whoahful.. i understand that :).. but woeful.. as i tried to wrap my mind around it.. it seemed to capture my heart.. both words...

why woeful?
-two of my dear friends have left.. one to tenn.. one to morocco.. (i seem a bit dramatic dont i? well, you don't know my heart.. or the whole story.. ok maybe i am dramatic.. )
-i miss my family, and new england
- my sin sucks..
- the campus doesnt know jesus..

why whoahful? ha thats easy..
- im going to concert of praise- to celebrate with 8 other hcbc churches of gods faithfulness
- im his..enough said
- we're goin to reach the campus..
- two of my timothys are back..or on route
- i got final four tickets for the 4th straight year

there is more.. for both.. but as i sit next to my dog.. i know god is big.. and has my heart.. and if i go back to that hymn.. and read the other verses.. woe will turn to whoah.. holy spirit on 3.