The book, Flight of the Angels, that was written by my hubby and his dad is free on the Kindle today through Sunday, March 10th. So, go get your copy!

Here’s the description:

Far from Earth, far from home, Captain Dex D’Felco leads the “Angels,” a renegade Navy fighter squadron on the run from their own government. Their crime? Clinging to their faith in a dystopian society that has outlawed all forms of religious expression.

Meanwhile, Darik Mason, an ambitious junior executive, uncovers a dark conspiracy within his own corporation. His search for the truth sets him on a collision course with the Angels, pitting both sides in an epic battle with the fate of thousands of Believers hanging in the balance.

In this first book in their Christian Sci-fi series Flight of the Angels, co-authors Allan and Aaron Reini introduce a dark, gritty universe where evil men plot destruction and heroes, while flawed, sacrifice everything to defend the defenseless.

Click here to get the book free today through this weekend on Amazon.

Enjoy, friends!

– Jill

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I’m proud to announce the book that my hubby, Reinman, and his dad, Colonel Havoc, wrote is finally here to buy! Woohoo! You can get it on Amazon through this link. You can get it either for your Kindle (or Kindle Apps), or a printed version that will be shipped to your house. We are so excited!

Here’s the description:

Far from Earth, far from home, Captain Dex D’Felco leads the “Angels,” a renegade Navy fighter squadron on the run from their own government. Their crime? Clinging to their faith in a dystopian society that has outlawed all forms of religious expression.

Meanwhile, Darik Mason, an ambitious junior executive, uncovers a dark conspiracy within his own corporation. His search for the truth sets him on a collision course with the Angels, pitting both sides in an epic battle with the fate of thousands of Believers hanging in the balance.

In this first book in their Christian Sci-fi series Flight of the Angels, co-authors Allan and Aaron Reini introduce a dark, gritty universe where evil men plot destruction and heroes, while flawed, sacrifice everything to defend the defenseless.

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– Jill

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I’ve been reading this book, Unglued, for awhile now, and I feel like God is really teaching me some important things through it, like:

• that I won’t always be who I am now. I will change. I will get better. (I love thinking this, especially when I find myself annoyed or angry at the kids for no reason. I want to be better than this.)
• to be honest and open in my friendships. To love my friends wherever they’re at. No one is perfect. And that sometimes it’s okay to let friendships go.
• to think on lovely, pure, good, right, and excellent things. I really need to retrain my thoughts. This is a biggy.
• to not always assume someone is thinking negative things about me. I think it’s easy to have a thought and run with it, which isn’t good especially if those thoughts are negative.
• lastly, freedom to follow God’s call on our life no matter what other people think.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. Today we’re leaving town, and on our way to a wedding. I am so excited to just relax with our family for a few days, and to just be.

– Jill

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It’s amazing how much time you have on your hands once you give up TV. We got rid of cable a while ago, and the only thing I missed was watching endless hours of The Food Network. And who needs to be doing that? Especially when you have kids running around, laundry to do, a house to keep clean, dishes to be done, and since I love to do it: lots and lots of baking.

We haven’t actually given up TV. It’s more like, “Oh, we only get ABC, and the only thing on is The Bachelorette.” And we really could care less about that show. (Two years ago though I could have told you who was The Bachelorette or The Bachelor, all the names of the contestants.. and on and on and on.) I’m glad to be done with it. And Reinman high fives me here.

So, my point. No TV. What does one do? Reinman’s been really busy with class stuff, I’ve been busy with some other stuff, so basically I’ve been reading books. Lots and lots of book. And, boy, has it been wonderful. God’s been taking me on a journey. In fact, you know what’s crazy? Reinman and I were at Target tonight, and I happened to find a really cute dress that was on-sale for $10. I threw it in the cart, and then thought, “This is definitely something I don’t need. Even though it’s only $10 put it back.” So, I did. If that isn’t a miracle, I don’t know what is! (Yes, yes.. there’s actual legit miracles out there like manna falling from the sky, gold teeth, and all that. I would love to see it all! Believe me.)

No TV=more God time. More prayer time. More blogging time, apparently. All these things I write, and it’s like I have to get something off my chest. Definitely different. And I wouldn’t be writing any of this if it’s wasn’t for God speaking to me through those books.

So, my thought was what am I going to do once all the Fall shows start? We have like 10 shows that we watch, that we love. Reinman’s idea: Saturdays can be TV Show Day. Like 13 hours of mindlessly watching TV. Sounds really, really wonderful actually.

Or maybe we’ll get rid of some shows. Not sure which ones though. That’s a tough call.

Okay. Nevermind. After making this beautiful collage I love my shows and want to watch them all. Right now.

The End.

– Jill

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A while ago I read the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. And what a read it was. It talks about being thankful, thanking God for everything, all the time. And also a dare to live fully right where you are.

This is something I definitely need to remember. Among the chaos of my life (a lot of this is my doing– I always need to be busy. I could go on and on, so I will leave this for another day), it’s not easy to be thankful. This book was a reminder for me to slow down, look at all the beautiful things that surround me:

- the way my kids laugh when they dance
- the way it smells outside when it rains
- sitting on porch at night playing cribbage with my hubby while the kids are (hopefully) asleep
- the way the baby imitates her sisters by saying, “Ouch, ouch, ooouch!” while I brush her hair

When things get crazy, and they will, I need to gently remind myself to slow down, look at all the blessings in my life, and breathe.

– Jill

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I mean, seriously. Once again I’m finding myself struck by 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess.

I find myself asking the questions:

Am I taking care of the poor?

The orphans?

What about the widows? And the homeless?

My answer would have to be no.

I am taking care of myself. And, of course, my family. I even help out at church when need be. But more than that? Probably not.

And I find that extremely sad.

So I prayed and asked God how can I help more people? What can I do? Selfishly, I’m hoping he’ll drop someone on my doorstep. I don’t want to have to go anywhere. (And really I’d love not to have to do anything.)

The next day, after I prayed that prayer, I saw a guy coming door-to-door saying that he was starting a lawn business and wondering if we needed our lawns mowed for cash. My initial thought, was no, we don’t need our lawn mowed. I said that and he moved onto the next house.

Then I started to think was this a guy that needed help? As he walked to our neighbors pushing his lawn mower and carrying his can of gasoline, I thought maybe I could help him. But then the thoughts (excuses) started:

• I didn’t have any cash to pay him.
• He would come back all the time, always wanting more money.
• I have kids around. Do I want them exposed to this guy?
• Blah, blah, blah…

Reinman was sitting on the porch, and I was like, “I feel like I should maybe help this guy. What can I do?” He proceeded to give me a list of almost the exact same reasons why we shouldn’t as listed above. That made me feel a little bit better, but not really.

So, I chased the guy down, and gave him a bottled water. I asked him if he needed anything (I have a ton of stuff stocked up like toothbrushes, pasta, things like that.) I was so prepared to give him anything. He said he only needed money because times are so tough on him. I agreed with him, and then walked back home.

I know the water isn’t much (kind of pathetic really…) but I hope it’s the start of something.

I hope I don’t sound like I’m preaching or judgmental. These are just thoughts running through my head of what I need to do, what I need to pray more about. Basically it all comes down to this: I want to be more like Jesus.

1 John 3:17-18 “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”

Matthew 25:35 “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.”

– Jill

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So, I’ve been reading this book, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, for about a week now, and it’s really shaking things up. If you haven’t heard about it (and I didn’t until last week) this is what it’s about:

“7 is the true story of how Jen (along with her husband and her children to varying degrees) took seven months, identified seven areas of excess, and made seven simple choices to fight back against the modern-day diseases of greed, materialism, and overindulgence. In the spirit of a fast, they pursued a deeply reduced life in order to find a greatly increased God.”

The book has been speaking to me, challenging me (or I should say the Holy Spirit has been) with how I’m living. Basically, for me, it comes down to this. We have too much stuff. Clothes. Toys. Money (I know this is true, even though I think I might be crazy). And when we have too much stuff, there’s not a lot of room left for God to move.

And I find the more stuff I have, the more stuff I want. Blah.

I’m not even halfway done with the book yet.

This book is great, yet kind of crazy, in a good way, of course.

Just a small snippet of what I’ve been reading, and thinking. Thank you for indulging me.

– the Jilb

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