pinkhairedgirl.net (her real name is crystal) and i have been friends for about five years or so now. and, every year for the last three years, we’ve upheld a tradition of body modification (tattoos, piercings, etc.)
this year was no different. she flew down to okc, we made an appointment…and this is what happened. (and seriously…could my freeze frame be any more awkward?)
after you watch, click here for more information.
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30 responses to “the tattoo adventure [unexpected!]”
Unexpected, yes, but very cool that you responded the way you did!
Donating now. Thanks.
Anne & @pinkhaired girl – thanks for your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and the reminder about how much ‘ridiculous irony’ we can let slip into our decision making. P.S. – Hope that’s the cover for MCD because it looks better than the ones I remember us voting on. Congrats!
Way to go! You ladies are setting a great example for us.
Anne, are you very familiar with World Vision? We support a child through their organization, but I am very impressed with what I have seen from Compassion through your site. Are there any significant differences between the two organizations, as far as you or any of your readers know?
Thanks.
but where’s the pink hair, girl? who’s john otjen?
so many unanswered questions
way to go giving your tattoos up for the little ones.
Anne,
I have been to Haiti and visited an orphanage that WAS shut down so great job helping these kids out.
BA
:) Good choice.
Nothing against tattoos… just… good choice.
Good for you. There’s a right time for everything and there’s nothing wrong with a good tattoo but making an eternal difference can speak so much louder than a little ink. Thanks for sharing.
Brad Ruggles // http://www.bradruggles.com
hey anne,
thanks for helping us out with this. we’re excited to see what people are going to do to help these missionaries out. blessings…
VERY COOL! We just canceled an expensive dinner we were supposed to go to this week … just didn’t feel right when they are struggling to feed 60 kids and we would spend $200 on dinner for two.
Thanks for the great words and thanks for helping out the Rescue Center and all the kids there …. there are two there that I’m especially fond of!!!!
PS – I’m aaron’s wife if you didn’t figure that one out. :)
Very cool
the point of a tattoo is to leave a mark. you guys certainly left a mark!
awesome!
WOW! Not what I expected at all. Very cool girls, very cool!
Great, now I feel guilty about mt tatoo!
You girls are awesome.
Hey that is pretty awesome.. restepct (in the words of ali g) i am not sure how i feel generally about tatoos but all the same it was a great random act of kindness that God Prompted…
Tim West http://www.trcwest.com/blog/
LOVE it!!! That was so great! I was very excited after watching your presentation. It’s awesome to see people listening to the Holy Spirit and obeying! So cool.
You Go Girls!
Anne- did you say Tattoos are silly? Yikes! Tattoos on the ribs are silly because they hurt so much. You must have mis-spoke…:-)
Now – what is silly is a $60 a month Starbucks habit. That was Silly and Stupid for me. That’s what me & my hubs gave up, except I know he’s stealing money from my change jar at times.
With our new found change my son now has a “brother” that I was never willing to give him!
Man – I love to hear people talk about giving. My preacher just did another sermon on giving yesterday. He didn’t even ask for money for the church!
Awesome.
Way to go you two! Does that mean I have to put my new bicycle on hold now? Seriously, I have a daughter who heads to Romania in about 3 weeks with her singles group. She will be short about $100 as of this writing. Hmmm wonder where she will get the rest? Like I said…Way to go you two!
Good choice btw.
Why is it that, whenever I think you could not get ANY more cooler, you always one up my expectations?
Totally loved your speech, Anne! I’m proud of
you precious ladies!!!!! Yay!!!!
Pretty cool. A really tough decision but probably a really easy one too.
So cool. My 7 yr. old daughter, Zoe, and I just had a great conversation about your choice to obey God! Thanks for sharing.
Wow! That’s really living out what you believe. It’s one thing to have great thoughts on a blog or in a book, it’s a total other thing to live those words. Thank you.
Darn, I thought I was going to get a tattoo story. :)
Reminds me of Jesus’ discussion of the tradition of sabbath. Glad you postponed your tradition to do good.
you girls are awesome!!!
First time I hear Anne’s voice. Is it just me or Anne’s ‘accent’ (or way of talking or whatever you want to call it) could pass more as a Californian rather than Oklahoman?(is that what you guys call yourself)
Any accent-ologist in the house?
awesome! awsome, awesome, awesome! after a long day of raising funds for a local family in need, that was awesome to see!! you ladies rock!
This was a huge encouragement! Thank you, Anne and Crystal
Awe-some!