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It's been awhile..

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:59:39 GMT

Holy cow. It has been forever since I've written on this thing. So much has happened this school year. Let me highlight some of what's been going on. Then I have to go to bed!

Started my senior year of college
Was the PA for another amazing Core group!
We had an amazing Cedar Bend experience
Faced the reality of cancer in a beloved family member.
Got the student leader position for the Mexcio spring break mission trip!
Making plans to student teach in Chicago next fall.
I leave to Africa in May!
And other exciting things ;) !!!!!

Well I don't want to post too many details right now! Hope the semester is ending well for everyone. Exams, final projects, paper, and group presentations seem to be consuming everyone's lives! God Bless!

Monday, October 09, 2006

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:02:45 GMT

I just love the fall season! :)

Here they come!

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:46:41 GMT

The freshman move-in tomorrow! I am stoked to meet my Core group. I have complete trust that the Lord is going to do some big things this school year.

How can I / you show God to those around me/you this year?

Hope and faith...

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:06:42 GMT

Sometimes life can be a silly thing can't it? Latly, I've felt like I am in such a strange time in my life. Like a transition peroid or something. But, I've had this peace and this hope, that it's all under control. Hope for the future. Hope the times of confusion and lack of understanding will past. Hope that the Lord is in control. "Because my HOPE is you YOU..." Psalm 25:23. I think part of faith is having hope. Hope for better times and hope for the times you're going through right now.

Well anyways...on a different note. I am in the process of packing to move back to school this Sunday. I am heading back early for PA training!! I am excited, but it's scary at the same time, because it's my senior year. The sooner school starts, the sooner I have to figure out my life. whew! None the less, I am excited for this year to start, and see what is in store. There is so much to look forward to and have HOPE for! :)

One last note. My mom had surgery this week and was diagonised with coloan cancer. We would appericate prayers for her healing. It is very treatable and she will be okay. It's just a matter of going through the process. It's just hard getting ready to head back to school and find this out. It's all about hope and faith that the Lord has it under control and in His good plans!

Friday, August 18, 2006

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:33:09 GMT

Lately, I have been believing the lies that I am not good enough, that no matter what I do, I will never be "good" in the eyes of God. Because I fall into sin, because I do not always tithe all my money, because I stumble, pick myself up, and start over, because I don't always have the complete faith. It's really been getting to me lately. Until yesterday, when I picked up Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, as was flipping through the pages I've already read, and stumbled upon an area that I stared and wrote next to it "I need to learn this."

I think this is something almost all Christian struggle with at some point in their walk. I would just like to share what Rob Bell wrote in his book, that is changing my perspective.

"Trust that Jesus can repair scarred and broken things. It is trusting that I am loved. That I always have been. That I always will be. I don't have to do anything. I don't have to prove anything or achieve anything or accomplish one more thing. That exactly as I am, I am totally accepted, forgiven, and there is nothing I could ever do to lose this acceptance."

Don't get me wrong, this doesn't justify my sin, or lack of tithing, or doubt, but it helps me define who I am in Christ and who I am to Christ. It shows me that Christ accpects me just as I am, and I do not have to impress Him with anything. How awesome!

Simpson Park Camp

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:19:57 GMT

The end my summer of traveling to different camps, and sereving wherever they needed me, while promoting SAU; I spent the weekend at my camp, Simpson Park. It was strange not being there the entire week, but was a great time to relax and enjoy the company of so many different people. This camp plays such a huge role in my life. I would not be the person I am today, if it were not for the ministry Simpson Park provides. I am so thankful for it.

I am attempting to start a new hobby of photography. I am slowly learning from my brother. During camp we went out and took pictures together. Here is one of the pictures that I look, that is halfway decent. Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:19:57 GMT

"It's interesting how you sometimes have to leave home before you can ask difficult questions, how the questions never come up in the room you grew up in, in the town in which you were born. It's funny how you can't ask difficult questions in a familiar place, how you have to stand back a few feet and see things in a new way before you realize nothing that is happening to you is normal." Donald Miller--Through Painted Deserts

Donald Miller could not have better described how I feel right now. I feel way to comfortable at home. I don't feel challenged. It's like I come home and I just slip back into the way life was when I left, like I never changed. It's a strange, frustrating thing.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:42:43 GMT

Off to the last camp for the summer...! It's a bitter-sweet thing! Then to Simpson Park for the last weekend of MY family camp.

Hope everyone's summers are going wonderfuly!!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:29:08 GMT

Another week of the summer is over and done with. We were at Bayshore Sr. High Camp last week. It was yet another amazing week. God moved in big ways, and many kids were saved and gave their lives back to God. The girls in my cabin were amazing, and were broken throughout the week. This week was a challange for me also...amazng how the people who are viewed as being "the least of the least" can teach me so much and challange me in so many different ways.

Tomorrow morning we are off to Bair Lake Bible Camp. I am ready for the summer to be over. Only two more weeks.

Besides all that camp stuff, there's not much else going on in my life. Hope everyone is having a great summer. God Bless.

Summer sickness...

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:14:06 GMT

Kylie and I just returned from the great state of IN. This week was different for us. We weren't counselors, and just did random jobs around the camp, like washing dishes! It was a good week that taught me how to get out of the way of God's work. It was cool to sit back and watch how God was working in the lives of the campers and counselors. There were a couple of campers that weighed heavy on my heart. Awesome things is one of the girls I was really praying for all week, got saved on Thursday night. He is so good. :)

It was a good week, besides the fact that I am sick and have no energy at all. It makes it hard to have enthusiasm and energy.

Tomorrow we take off for Bayshore Senior High Camp. Pray that the Lord works in the campers lives, and the week is spent drawing closer to Him.