Wednesday, July 9, 2008

as the sun shines through the clouds...

so it's wednesday and how the week has flown by already!  i'm in longview for the rest of the summer and it has been somewhat of an adjustment.  i've been busy during the days because world changers hit longview on monday!  i started monday with a crew full of past world changers...alumni that is...and began tearing the shingles, tar paper, nails, and drip-edge off of the roof.  it is quite toasty up there, as is to be expected in july in texas, but it is all worth it to be able to improve the living environment for a family and bring the light of christ to their lives.  as of today, all we have left to finish is shingling the front portion of the roof!  as i went on this mission trip in high school, i always enjoyed it because it had to do with improving the community and peoples lives and i enjoy it even more now!  knowing that this is the track that my career path is following, i'm excited and encouraged to walk through the door the lord has provided for me and walk through it with no doubts.  

as i write and conclude, i have three sleepy weenie dogs laying next to me and oh, what a nice life they live!

Monday, June 23, 2008

it's just another monday...

so it's monday...SURPRISE! so if you don't know - the olympic trials have been going on and women's gymnastics was on this weekend! i love gymnastics and it is probably my favorite summer olympic event! i'm just not quite sure how those girls like wearing those leotards all the time...?! eryn (my pseudo-roommate) and i decided that if there olympics for dogs, sophie would be the gold medalist for gymnastics. she has many abilities including the prairie dog, jumping in the air, rolling on her back, doing the splits, and of course...a beautiful smile! and she would be perfect for it because she is short and stocky and those little legs of hers are so powerful! 08.08.08...here comes the olympics!

yesterday was kyle and brandon's birthday and the little shindig we put together was a success! we all enjoyed eating together and having a little sugar afterwards at jenny and cassidy's house!

i'm moving into my apartment this saturday and it is going to be such a relief to finally have a place to settle in to. i've enjoyed staying at different places with different people (or just sophie) but i'm ready to have my bed back and my own furniture, space for all my stuff, and to finally stop living out of bags!

today i got a surprise phone call from my old boss, becky. my mom had told her all the transition i was going through with graduating and the new grad school road, and to my surprise...she went through a very similar situation as a senior as i am going through. it was so refreshing to here that i'm not the only crazy one feeling this way. and that it does take a while in and through experience to understand how possible it is to work and live a life for christ at the same time. i knew there was a reason i always liked her...haha! after a weekend of discomfort, it was so good to here some affirmation about the direction the lord is leading me in! praise the lord!

so i said that i was going to blog on friday...but that didn't quite happen so now i can blog about blogging! i saw alex at common grounds wednesday night and we chatted for a while about life and stuff. i told her that i had just opened a blogging account and that i was excited to use it because all of the posse is using it and girls i know from zeta! she told me she had a blog but hadn't written anything on it...and that she only opened the account so she could read what beegs was blogging about! haha! so we challenged each other to write at least one post each week! so alex...when you read this...here's me challenging you to post your life story for the week! good luck!

one last thing before i exit. i was doing my quite time this morning and the lord was teaching me about how extravagant his love is for me and how he lavishes it upon me all the time. i started getting this overwhelming feeling that i desire to love people in the same manner in which christ loves me! and as these feelings grow stronger, i become nearer to the heart of the father. one thing that i really came away with today was this: how sad, that it is possible to know god but never truly experience god. if i want intimacy with god, i must nurture a grateful heart that glorifies jesus in and through everything. be blessed...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

the beginning of my blogging life...


enter life's journies here:


this experience of blogging i feel is going to be great for me! i already enjoy journaling, so this is another form of that but something that i can share with everyone! the latest with me is...i'm living in waco, finishing up my class, and preparing for grad school. i just registered yesterday...ahhh!...and i'm so excited about my upcoming classes! i know that the lord is really preparing my heart for this next chapter of my life and that becomes more evident each day.


i returned from haiti exactly one week ago and what an amazing experience! i had been praying for this trip for several months and that my heart and mind would be ready for the things the lord was preparing but ohhh the surprises the lord has in store! i met and loved on some of the most tender-hearted girls and the lord really broke my heart for these people. the power of the lord was completely evident and the holy spirit was definitely raining down. prior to the trip, i was walking the bear trail and on two different occasions felt rain drops...with no clouds in the sky! the next day, as we were on our way to dallas, i felt raindrops in the parking lot of fazolis...again with no clouds. it was the strangest thing but all i could do was praise the lord and believe that there would be an explanation to this in the coming days. as we continued on our trip, three more people felt raindrops in places where raindrops can't be...such as the airport and the airplane! when we finally arrived in haiti, the man who runs the girls home said that it had rained the previous day, that being sunday. it rained monday afternoon, tuesday afternoon, wednesday afternoon, thursday afternoon, friday afternoon, and saturday afternoon. i knew that this rain was such a blessing to the people of haiti because this meant that their crops could grow and flourish and provide much needed food. it was more of a struggle for our team to understand because we had come to preach revival and challenge the haitien men, women, and children to desire more of the lord. because of this rain, we were not able to do this. but as i now fully know, the lord has things planned more than we could ever know or imagine, and all planned to bring him all the glory. when we were finally able to worship and meet for church, oh how amazing it was. though we had no idea what they were saying, praying, or singing, it was the most beautiful and heartfelt words. there was not an ounce of pride in that entire building and what a lesson that was to me. they found joy in things i would never think of being great...such as the rain. People were weeping tears of joy because of the rain when all i wanted was an umbrella. it was exactly what they needed and had been praying for and the lord provided. and he didn't just provide once...he provided seven days in a row. this trip opened my eyes to things i had never seen before or experienced before and it has challenged me in the ways i walk in the lord here back in the states. i just continue to pray that the lord gives me a teachable heart and through this, i become more and more open for the experiences he places in front of me. hallelujah...


coming friday: blogging about talking about blogging with alex...