Bilancich

4.0

mbilancich — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:36:29 +0000

I’m so glad that God doesn’t follow our plans!! I would have never guessed or dreamed, that months before my 30th birthday that I would be in College. Yes that’s right as of June 2010 I’m going back to college. God has given me the opportunity to go back to school. I just finished my first summer semester with a A in math (yes that means a 4.0, now if I can just do that for 5 more years), and I’m loving ever minute of it!! I would have never thought that I would be back in school, working towards a degree in computer science. My goal (not my plan, because we know that only Gods plans really work) is to transfer to Texas A&M in a couple of years to finish my degree in Computer Science. Someone asked me not too long ago what my plan was after I graduated from college, and I had to just laugh! I don’t have any plans I have goals and a Heavenly Father leading me though this life. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not an easy road but it is so much fun following Him and seeing all the neat things He has planned for me. There are lots of rocks in the road, for example I expected a job and was in two weeks working hard and really enjoying it. Then all of a sudden it was gone, a hurtful exit. From that, God taught me to stop and look at the whole picture, that a true honest mistake can still cause hurt and pain to innocent people. His plan isn’t easy, but oh how much fun it is to see what He has in store for me next. For now I’m enjoying my 4.0 and life in the passenger seat, so put your feet up and let God drive (you won’t regret it)!!

My Future

mbilancich — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:22:23 +0000

I have seen into my future and I would like to share with you, a look into your past and for some your future! I present to you the Mom Song

In a Moment

mbilancich — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:36:05 +0000

I know that I haven’t updated you all in a while. So I wanted to share something that happened today. What a day! (a quick back story/update: In Dec 09 the week of Christmas I got bronchitis/pneumonia. It took me almost a full month to heal and really get back on my feet, and then last Thursday I started to feel sick again. I have been on antibiotics for 5 days now and I’m still not quite up to par.) February 2, 2010 started at 7:30am this morning and I knew it wouldn’t end until almost 11:30pm. I had three interviews today and a class. After finishing the last interview at 3:15pm, I headed to HFBC for the Beth Moore class that starts at 6:30pm (since I was already in that direction). Once I got to the church, I sat down in the main area and took my first deep breath of the day. I felt my sick & tired body saying to me NO go home!! There was a part of me that couldn’t believe I was even thinking it, so to distract myself from the body aches and pains I pulled out my Beth Moore homework book and started to work on it. However, I felt my mind trying to convince my heart and God, into me going home. Then out of nowhere this sweet hand touched my arm and I heard a sweet loving voice say “Thank you! I’m so proud of you for doing your homework, I know it’s hard.” She then kissed my forehead. I turned to look to see who this lady was, and it was Beth Moore. I barely saw her, because God was using her to tell me “I know that it’s hard, but you are here for me to teach you something and it’s not about your comfort.” I love how in a sweet moment God can touch our lives and show us a side of Him He knows we need. I needed a touch of comfort from Him and He gave it to me at just the right moment. Oh how He loves us with a love like no other and meets us where we are!

8 years ago

mbilancich — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:03:19 +0000

On November 11, 2002 I walked into Mirage Outdoor Lighting for my first day of work. I remember being scared out of my mind and couldn’t even imagine 8 years later. I know this was going to be a big job (since all of the files were in trash bags and there was no computer program set up). I worked hard and 4 years later was blessed to bring the company into my home. That was another 4 year blessing. I was so thankful for the blessing God has given me, however, God had a new plan for me. So on October 9th 2009 I packed up my office and said Goodbye to Mirage Outdoor Lighting. God has something Great out there for me. I look forward to another 8 years somewhere else. Thanks Mirage for a GREAT 8 years!!!

New Chapter

mbilancich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:41:45 +0000

Oh where to begin???? I could start from the beginning but I think that would take too long and I don’t know that I could type that much. As most of you know, almost three years ago God called Donnie and I to a ministry called CARES. We were so excited and couldn’t wait to start. We worked hard, planned, built relationships, and laid seeds all over our community (Matthew 13 3-9). About a year ago, I started to notice that the organization was leaning too much to the business side of things. I also saw this when I was younger, during a church spilt, people started only looking at the numbers and not the people. “The organization” is a business selling a product, and if you can’t get enough people to buy this product you are out! Salvation isn’t a product you can push on people. It’s a life decision and it’s not our responsibility to force people to choose salvation. Its our responsibility to share the information. I truly believe that when you stop loving on, caring about people and start telling everyone to turn or burn, that is when you start pushing people away from the Lord and giving them a bad taste in their mouth. You can’t force people to excited Christ, you can only love on them as Christ does and tell them about his love and let the Lord work in their heart. The “organization” is only interested in the numbers not the people anymore. We stayed in the “organization” for our residents, neither one of us could stand the thought of leaving them; they where who we were doing this for. Then in April we got a new manager on property and I thought she would be a nice new manager and we could really do some great things. I was wrong; she had no communication or management skills whatsoever. I would call and ask her questions, run ideas by her and she wouldn’t give me an answer or make a decision to save her life. The only thing she would say to me is let me talk to my boss, (I wasn’t asking for your bosses opinion, I was asking for yours. She never had an opinion. She always had to ask her boss first). She still wouldn’t tell me anything. Then one day out of nowhere we got a call saying we were fired as a team, and we had 30 days to get out. The shock was overwhelming, I couldn’t believe it! It turned out that she was going to our ‘organization’ manager and complaining about us, and no one had said a word to us. We had already asked the “organization” for ideas to help get our property manager to communicate with us and no one at the “organization” would communicate with us. I now know that there isn’t anything I could have done to make her happy, she is just an unhappy person who can’t communicate with people or make a decision. So we decided that this new “organization” program wasn’t what we signed up for three years ago. So Donnie and I have left the program and are getting ready to start a new chapter in our lives. God has given us a peace that he has something bigger and better in store for us. I think right now He is just letting us rest and get back to our normal lives. Donnie and I look forward with open minds and hearts to what God has in store for us. We will miss our residents, we made some great connections and friends, and we hope that the seeds that we laid grow. We also hope that we made some kind of difference here. I pray that we helped change lives while we were here. I know that for me this is a hard thing to say goodbye to, only because of the residents. I know that I have a lot of anger to work through. I’m angry with “the organization” program for the way that they treat their Teams. Its hurts my heart to see a Christian organization turn toward a business and forget about the true reason we are here. So I’m praying and working through the anger and the sadness of seeing an organization turn into something else. I have peace knowing that God is in control and that is how it should be.

No More Taco!!!!

mbilancich — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:55:42 +0000

I can tell you all that today is a Great day!! Over 8 years ago when Donnie and I moved to Houston we stored our stuff until we got settled her in Houston. When I went to the storage to get our stuff and move into our apartment, I found that Donnie had taken our King size mattress and folded it in half and stored it for 6 months. When we untied it looked like a taco and it took us 3 months to get it to lay flat. So years later Donnie and I finally have been able to replace the taco with a nice mattress. So here is a look at the taco before it went out the door!!

See the waves in the matters

Much Better!!!

Updates

mbilancich — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:33:38 +0000

Some of you may or may not have noticed that I haven’t been really on the ball with my blog. Well, that’s because I haven’t even been myself lately. Please know that this isn’t easy to say or admit. I have, and am, battling depression for a while now. I think I started getting a little depressed a couple of years ago, but in the past year since I lost Joy; I have really had a hard time. About a week ago I noticed it was bad. I’m taking the first step and I am admitting to myself that I’m battling depression. I have good days (like today) and I have bad days. I know that this isn’t going to just go away, everyday is a battle. I’m working hard to really get through this without medication; I know that God can heal me. With a lot of hard work and prayer I can beat this!! So please keep me in your prayers.

Also Donnie and I are still trying to have a baby. So far no pregnancies yet. We are on hold with medications right now due to no health insurance. We were looking at getting private insurance, but it looks like that’s not going to be a good choice right now with my health and trying to have a baby.

Donnie is still looking for a job, he has a couple of things that look good, but we are still waiting for one of them to call back. Please keep him in your prayers. He is working so hard and trying to find a job, and taking care of me. I have to take a moment a say thank you to my husband. He is a God sent!! When I finally was able to sit down and tell him (and myself) that I was depressed, he stepped up no questions asked. He is working very hard to help me on my bad days. He is there for me everyday. I praise the Lord for blessing me with such a wonderful and loving husband. So please keep him in your prayers.

Reeses is doing well also, she is keeping all the bugs out and making sure that the bed is kept safe while we are away. She is still having ear problem here and there.

I would like to thank all of you for your love and support, as Donnie and I are patiently waiting to have a baby. Thank you all for just being there for us in this time in our lives. I have enjoyed sharing this time with you all. God bless you all.

**Worship like your only in His presence, Sing like no one is listening, Dance like no one is looking, and Love like you have never been hurt before!

This Video is from the movie Fireproof. God has used this movie is so many ways in Donnie and I marriage. God gave me the strength to tell Donnie about my depression. I believe that God is going to use this movie as a tool to change marriages!

A New Me!!!

mbilancich — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:32:49 +0000

On Friday I was in need of some me time. I got the idea to go get my hair cut. I felt like I was back in High school, where Vickie and I would just up and go get our hair cut (always dramatic cuts). Of course it was always spur of the moment. So lets just say I gave my mom many a heart attacks over the years with the hair cuts and coloring (Thank you Lord that there was only one orange hair mistake). I know what you’re thinking, and yes I learned from my mom to be kind and give my husband some warning. So here is my new hair do…….

Baby Life

mbilancich — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:18:05 +0000

Donnie, I and Resses got a taste of life with a baby this week. A friend of ours called me on Monday morning to tell me that they both had food poisoning, need to see if I would pick up their daughter and take care of her for a couple of days. So I did and what a ride. As some of you may or may not know, I was a nanny for 7 years. So it didn’t faze me at all. I went into mommy mode, however for Donnie and Resses it was a little different. The two of them still are recovering from the last two nights. Donnie can’t stand the crying and picked on little bit and Resses did all she could to avoid her!! So here are a couple of snap shots of our taste of life with a baby.

Freedom

mbilancich — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:42:57 +0000

I was getting ready for bed last night and all of a sudden I heard this voice on the radio start to tell a story. I found myself unable to move, as I stood in awe of the story being told. It made me stop and thank the Lord for all the blessings that he has given me & my family this year. I hope that you will take a moment and stop what you’re doing and listen for a sweet little lesson for the holiday season. For you and for me, we sometimes forget those that we can’t see.

**Warning: Tissues are necessary!!!!