SO, there is alittle more then five weeks until i leave and can i just say I am so excited. It is so amazing how God answers prayers by presenting friendships from many states away!! I got to see some washington friends about a week or two ago and it was truely a blessing. I am seeing that the fear of not have true friendship is jus that...a fear that has no marit at all. Through the power of the internet many friendships have been established and for that I am truely thankful! I love how GOd sees the needs of his people and then provides a way for those needs to be meet! GOd is coltivating a new love in my heart, I can not wait to see where this leads me in the future.
So i sat down with my mom last night and talked about what all i still need to do before I leave and the amount of time I have left and I realize that I need to clean out my room here. (for the record that is really to rooms due to some stuff that happen in my life) and i only have two weeks to do that...then the thrid week i am going to pre-teen camp! and then one week to pack up clothes and make sure it all fits in my car and then the last weeks comes but that really oes not count because I am in a wedding and then I am going to nac for a few days! SO when I think about it like that there really is not much time left in this whole count down to washington!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
SEVEN WEEKS!!!
WEll tomorrow, or in an hour there will be 7 weeks until my mom and I embark on the journey to Pullman!!
I just got back from gonow's orientation. it was truly an amazing weekend. GOd opened my eyes to being flexible not only in thought but in action too. I also had the privilege of meeting people who have given up their summer to spread the word of GOd around the world. Seeing and talking to the different people just really allowed my heart to find peace with my own trip. you see it hit me about a week ago that this trip is a YEAR...alot can happen in a year. I mean think about college, my junior year so much happened (new friends, pain, healing, happiness, moving, roommate!!, family changes) and to think all that could happen again in washington. This thought scaried me up until about a day ago, when God allowed me to think of the person I was and the person i am becoming and let me tell you, I am truly blessed for this year. My heart and passions have changed my life out looked is so different. and i know that this trip or mission, is not going to be like a fifth year of college but rather a time to grow up and live the life i was called to live and the great thing about GOd is i dont have to wait until July 16 but rather I can start living NOW!!! THat is just so amazing to me, that GOd sees me for who I am and is willing and ready for be to become who He wants me to be. Alot of time people do not displace this kinda of enjoyment in others growing and changing and the fact that GOd encourages it just really makes it all worth it.. I am so in Love this GOd right now and I pray that in the coming months this love and passion continues to grow and reach new heights!!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
What i am praying for!
a. Other-centeredness - The world does not revolve around me.
To remember that I am called to be a servant and to meet the
needs of others.
b. Flexibility - Be cheerful about whatever I am asked to do. Try new things. Have a good attitude!
c. Humility/Teachability - I am a guest and a newcomer. Don’t be
deluded to think that I know what is best in this place of
ministry. Be teachable. Listen.
d. Enthusiasm - Be ready to do what is expected and then some!
Work harder than I’ve ever worked before and I’ll experience
a renewed sense of God’s peace and joy!
These past few weeks God has really shown me himself in many ways. These four things are what GO Now have all of its missionaries praying to be. I revised it to make it more personal for my trip. And these things go hand in hand with an experience i had just the other day.
Last weekend i had the privilege of driving to nac. A drive I have made many times in my college career. But this drive was different, this time I was driving up a hill, and the whole time i was thinking man I can not wait to get to the top of this and see what is on the other side. When i finally reached the top i came to an owe inspiring view of Gods wonderful glory in the world around us. I was meet with the most beautiful sun set i had seen in a while. As i kept driving this view was followed by turns and stops and areas of nothing and then moments of true brilliance of GOds amazing beauty in the world. Then i arrived in Nac.
I tell you this because then I had time to think about what just happen and this segment of time in my journey to nac was like lookinh in the mirror of where I am now and where i will soon be going. Now i am on this upward climb of not knowing whats ahead and learning more about myself and who God is to me and how to convey that to people around me in a way that is not only interesting but will allow them to see their need for God in their life as well. And soon the moment will come when I am no longer on this upward journey but and at the place that God has been preparing me for. When that takes place there are going to be times of twist and turns, moments when I feel like I am at stop and nothing is going on, weeks of sensing there is no end and no time to think and then there will times when God gives me glimpses of just how amazing He really is and in those moments i pray I will look and cherish them.
My prayer is that this drive that I made about 10 times year, but this time was more then just a drive will me to take the time now to make every moment that I am away in Washington, ones that When the stop comes i can look back and say WOW look at what all God has done! God also reminded me that now is the time to prepare for this journey, what I do now is what I will be there, i am not just going to snap and change into this other person. So I choose and chose now to embark on the journey of becoming someone worthy of sharing the gospel with the people that God allows me to, i step forward now in order that each step will allow me to look more like Christ and less like me.
I ask that you pray that those 4 items will become me and that i will become who Gos desires me to me for this trip ahead.
To remember that I am called to be a servant and to meet the
needs of others.
b. Flexibility - Be cheerful about whatever I am asked to do. Try new things. Have a good attitude!
c. Humility/Teachability - I am a guest and a newcomer. Don’t be
deluded to think that I know what is best in this place of
ministry. Be teachable. Listen.
d. Enthusiasm - Be ready to do what is expected and then some!
Work harder than I’ve ever worked before and I’ll experience
a renewed sense of God’s peace and joy!
These past few weeks God has really shown me himself in many ways. These four things are what GO Now have all of its missionaries praying to be. I revised it to make it more personal for my trip. And these things go hand in hand with an experience i had just the other day.
Last weekend i had the privilege of driving to nac. A drive I have made many times in my college career. But this drive was different, this time I was driving up a hill, and the whole time i was thinking man I can not wait to get to the top of this and see what is on the other side. When i finally reached the top i came to an owe inspiring view of Gods wonderful glory in the world around us. I was meet with the most beautiful sun set i had seen in a while. As i kept driving this view was followed by turns and stops and areas of nothing and then moments of true brilliance of GOds amazing beauty in the world. Then i arrived in Nac.
I tell you this because then I had time to think about what just happen and this segment of time in my journey to nac was like lookinh in the mirror of where I am now and where i will soon be going. Now i am on this upward climb of not knowing whats ahead and learning more about myself and who God is to me and how to convey that to people around me in a way that is not only interesting but will allow them to see their need for God in their life as well. And soon the moment will come when I am no longer on this upward journey but and at the place that God has been preparing me for. When that takes place there are going to be times of twist and turns, moments when I feel like I am at stop and nothing is going on, weeks of sensing there is no end and no time to think and then there will times when God gives me glimpses of just how amazing He really is and in those moments i pray I will look and cherish them.
My prayer is that this drive that I made about 10 times year, but this time was more then just a drive will me to take the time now to make every moment that I am away in Washington, ones that When the stop comes i can look back and say WOW look at what all God has done! God also reminded me that now is the time to prepare for this journey, what I do now is what I will be there, i am not just going to snap and change into this other person. So I choose and chose now to embark on the journey of becoming someone worthy of sharing the gospel with the people that God allows me to, i step forward now in order that each step will allow me to look more like Christ and less like me.
I ask that you pray that those 4 items will become me and that i will become who Gos desires me to me for this trip ahead.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Just an update
Just so you know, i recently found out that i will have my own apartment while i spend my year in Pullman. I was really scared of this at first, but now God has reveled a new out look on this.
1. I will have my own place!!
2. I can have people over whenev
3. A place to retreat and get away
These three are great reasons for this blessing!!
Also me and my mom are pretty sure that we will be leaving dallas on the 16th of july and hopefully arriving to pullman on that following saturday!!! ANd dont worry We will keep yall posted the whole way.
7 more days of student teaching!!!!
1. I will have my own place!!
2. I can have people over whenev
3. A place to retreat and get away
These three are great reasons for this blessing!!
Also me and my mom are pretty sure that we will be leaving dallas on the 16th of july and hopefully arriving to pullman on that following saturday!!! ANd dont worry We will keep yall posted the whole way.
7 more days of student teaching!!!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Spring break came to an end!
I love spring break and this one was no different. I took my sister to horse camp, hung out with my mom, talked with my dad and then slept, and I enjoyed all of it. I found myself realizing just how blessed I am to have a family like mine. My parents are truly a blessing to my life and helped me to grow and become who I am today. Also this Easter my sister was baptised, which was amazing in and of itself but also because I was baptised on Easter Sunday many years ago. Overall spring break was truly a great time of treasuring those that God gave me for a life time.
I was on my schools "homework" site, this place where my teachers can post assignments for the class to take part in. The weekly journal asked us about this time in our student teaching and how it was going and now that it is coming to an end what we thought of it overall. One of my classmates posted this quote
"You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
As sat reading this quote I thought to myself, "am i going to miss this, is this something I will someday want back" and as I thought I was reminded that Yes there will be times when I look back on life and go man college was great, or I wish I had taken the time to realize just how good that experience was...but at the same time I know that God leads us into new chapters while closing the door to the previous one just finished. I found that sometimes God slams doors and sometimes I feel as though some are left partly open. However, I know that this door, this closure to college comes like a sweeping breezes, gently enough to close the door, but not hard enough for me to feel the pain that can sometimes come with the moving on, or starting of a new chapter. College was a great time---I meet amazing people, made great memories (making doughnuts, interning, cars, my first apartment, my first "Job", the bsm, going over seas), was lead to the thrown of Christ my some amazing people (the choir at first, the people that came by the CLC and many others). I know that so much of who I am today is because of who God placed in my life over these past four years. I also know that the chapter ahead is one filled with dreams I have not even dreamed yet, people I have prayed for but have never meet, relationships that are truly God centered, places I did not even know where real. So in my life and maybe even in yours there come a time when doors close and i think "Man I am going to miss this, I wish this lasted longer" but then be reminded of the fact that while a new time is coming so is God, our protection. He protected me during many hard times, and through all the great ones and I know that His same protection is going to Washington with me and will continue to be there all the days of my life.
A chapter of encouragement, a few verse that let us in on just how great of a protector our GREAT GOD is------Psalm 121
I was on my schools "homework" site, this place where my teachers can post assignments for the class to take part in. The weekly journal asked us about this time in our student teaching and how it was going and now that it is coming to an end what we thought of it overall. One of my classmates posted this quote
"You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this"
As sat reading this quote I thought to myself, "am i going to miss this, is this something I will someday want back" and as I thought I was reminded that Yes there will be times when I look back on life and go man college was great, or I wish I had taken the time to realize just how good that experience was...but at the same time I know that God leads us into new chapters while closing the door to the previous one just finished. I found that sometimes God slams doors and sometimes I feel as though some are left partly open. However, I know that this door, this closure to college comes like a sweeping breezes, gently enough to close the door, but not hard enough for me to feel the pain that can sometimes come with the moving on, or starting of a new chapter. College was a great time---I meet amazing people, made great memories (making doughnuts, interning, cars, my first apartment, my first "Job", the bsm, going over seas), was lead to the thrown of Christ my some amazing people (the choir at first, the people that came by the CLC and many others). I know that so much of who I am today is because of who God placed in my life over these past four years. I also know that the chapter ahead is one filled with dreams I have not even dreamed yet, people I have prayed for but have never meet, relationships that are truly God centered, places I did not even know where real. So in my life and maybe even in yours there come a time when doors close and i think "Man I am going to miss this, I wish this lasted longer" but then be reminded of the fact that while a new time is coming so is God, our protection. He protected me during many hard times, and through all the great ones and I know that His same protection is going to Washington with me and will continue to be there all the days of my life.
A chapter of encouragement, a few verse that let us in on just how great of a protector our GREAT GOD is------Psalm 121
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Four Months
SO it hit me this week that in four months from now i will be in washington!!!! WOW!
I have 14 more days with the kindos that school, which really means that i have two weeks of teaching and four days of observing other classes. I am so excited, in a going to miss them but ready to move on kinda of way....
If you read this please be in prayer for me, I applied for a job yesterday and i really am in need of a job for this summer and so it would be nice....i will keep yall posted!!
My sister is getting baptisted tomorrow!!! God is sooo amazing!
I have 14 more days with the kindos that school, which really means that i have two weeks of teaching and four days of observing other classes. I am so excited, in a going to miss them but ready to move on kinda of way....
If you read this please be in prayer for me, I applied for a job yesterday and i really am in need of a job for this summer and so it would be nice....i will keep yall posted!!
My sister is getting baptisted tomorrow!!! God is sooo amazing!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Three MORE weeks!!!
SO i only have three more weeks, till the end of my student teaching!!!! I have truely enjoyed this time together with my teacher and the kids. It was a completly different environment then any of the past times i have spent in class. My teacher has been great i really have learnded alot. But saying that i am now starting to count down!!! i have 22 days of school time left!!!!
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