Thanks all around!

Thank you to Jennifer Davis for guiding Kristen and i to the awesome layout website for our blogs...i dont remember if Kristen changed her own, BUT!!! Thanks also to the Amazing Kristen for selecting and setting up for me an awesome background....

and Thank you to the wonderful Pelt familia! Game nights are O SO AMAZING especially with you!

prayer request

well, just wondering if yall could pray with me through this.

i will some how need to make about $1700 or as close to that as i can by the time i go back to school.
plus i need to make enough to cover book costs. i may only need to purchase two books because i should be able to borrow the others from other students.

that is the challenge that i am faced with now, please pray with me that i will rely on God for His provision. i know it will come. but its the patience in waiting for that that tends to get me most of the time.

love you all! Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

busy-ness!

i pulled through the familiar streets of Stafford Va on thursday night around 9:15pm.
From then, its been total craziness but still awesome at the same time. Ten minutes after arriving home i went over to the Marks residence to say hello to my BFF's Kristen and Michele, and their amazing family too!
Friday morning was my first day of work at Blockbuster. then immediately following work i stopped by home really quickly to change and get over to the Davis's house to babysit their amazing children! i absolutely love them! its always great fun and it brings me back to times when i would play war or something like that with my brother with forts and plastic weapons. and you cant forget the awesome Wii playing! the person who decided to mix DDR with Mario is amazing! i was always turned off of DDR because of the kreepy looking anime people in it.
Saturday morning, Second day of work. i still think im getting used to the computer system, but i think ive improved...my managers havnt had to void nearly as much as they had to the first day...
Saturday afternoon, i got of work early so i surprised another family dear to my heart, The Shaw-Scott family! great fun, i missed Momma-S, my lil sis Brit and big bro Phil so much! still cant believe i havent met Elizabeth yet! this must happen soon!
Saturday night i got a call from Jason Pelt, i had been trying to get ahold of the Pelt household all day because Jennifer Davis told me the Garmans were there for the weekend. I was excited when invited to come over for dinner. So awesome to get to dine with BOTH the Pelts AND the Garmans! not to mention, 5 kids that are on my list of most amazing kids ever! almost too much amazingness for one table! didnt end up leaving there til 1:30am due to some game playing (settlers of Catan, need i say more! twas awesome!)
Sunday morning, Church, reuniting with SBC! there are no words, none would suffice! i missed my SBC family so much! lunch at moes with my ppl! then off to quickly finish wrapping gifts and drop of my mom at my Uncles so i could spend a little bit of time with them before i had to go to work (sad stuff, my moms side of the family, they all came over to my uncles house, but alas i missed them by a mere 30minutes...had to go to work...) worked til like 11pm.
monday, work til 5 rushed home got ready and then was off to the Monday Night Bible Study Christmas Party, had great fun, but it was a Burke-family-less evening, meaning Jadey was sick so Josh and her were not there, and Jonathan was not there either, and also Jenna Q was absent due to sickness.....super sadness! i hope to see these amazing ppl soon though! i was exhausted that whole night though...but i still had alot of fun! we went to walmart afterward to continue the hanging out- i used that time to do some christmas shopping...
tuesday i had off, so i slept in, as much as i could, i have been gripped by congestion....my nasal passage kept wakeing me up. when i did finally get up i just sat around and watched movies and cleaned out our hallway closet... i plan on giving my house i DEEP clean before i leave, probably going to be purging alot of junk...especially from our basement, im not a pack rat and im trying to break my parents of this as well! it will be difficult, why you ask... Have you met my mom?
wednesday. woke up and ventured out to finish my christmas shopping, still had nothing for my dad or brother, off to walmart to get tools for pops, then bestbuy for zach then i was so close to Tropical Smoothie...it would have been a sin to pass it up! so i get my favorite smoothie ever the Sunrise Sunset, which coinscidently reminds me of the fiddler on the roof song...hehe love it!
then stopped by the church to say hello to Ms Carol. then back home to wrap gifts, watch movies, and get ready for the candlelight service!
after the service, we went to the Marks for the Christmas Party, i love that family to pieces!
Christmas morning... slept in, Zach had to work at the Firehouse all day today so we are having our Christmas tomorrow when he is with us... i woke up, relaxed and watched christmas movies all morning, then cleaned the Kitchen, then made breakfast with Mom. then cookies. i crashed at like 3 though...my dad gave me meds cause he was annoyed with my blowing my nose....
woke up at 5 and got ready. just got back from taking the cookies to my bro at the Firehouse... its awkward...going to the firehouse...especially with my mom their...there were more firemen there then i thought there would be. but twas nice to get a big hug from Zach and get to see his face and where he loves to work. so dont tell him...but im trying to turn my room into a space he can enjoy to be in since he is here more then i am...even though he is only here like every 2 weeks...but if you have any decorating idea's, let me know...im kinda lost with that sorta thing..


k i think im done.. thats super long...i was bored... my b.

Im HOME!!!

well, technically, at this moment, im at the Davis's and the kids are all in bed...
but i arrived back in Stafford last night at like 9 or 10 pm. Grack let me drive the last half of the trip.

ill blog more later...

today

Packing, Laundry, Cleaning...
these are all things i should be doing...
i leave tuesday morning...
i feel like i have alot of stuff to pack and nowhere to put it all...

defuniak springs and surrounding areas

i went on a little road trip yesterday with a friend to her gandma's house to make cookies. at 9:15 am we left Gracville and arrived back at around 10 or 11 pm.
this is what we passed on our journey there and around the area as we went to a lights display at a lake and some other places.

32 Churches
2 Meth Labs (not kidding about this...its true)
8 deer
1 possum
1 skunk
6 road kill
a playground (about 20 feet from one of the meth labs)
a bar (about 10 feet from one of the churches)
a panda bear made out of tin in the middle of the woods
12 towns (two of which had no names)
one of the two natural lakes that are a perfect circle
ed's (or tasty freeze)- best milkshakes and corn nuggets ever
my dream house. (two story victorian with a wrap around porch on both the first and second levels... BEAUTIFUL!!!)
an old train station(so cute, reminded me of anne of green gables)

that was my day yesterday. quite fun!

in a nut shell...

Today was my last day at work till January.
(im slightly bored right now so im just gonna share with you what the next couple weeks looks like for me...)

Saturday looks promising, i am going with my friend to her grandma's to bake cookies! im quite excited about this!
Sunday, i have to deep clean my room and organize everything. and start my laundry.
Monday i am packing and finishing cleaning.
Tuesday i leave with a friend from Graceville to go to Chatsworth Georgia. i will be at Global til thursday.
Thursday morning i head home (grack said we are leaving at like 5:30 am thursday...that should be fun times!!) should pull in to stafford mid afternoon or early evening...

friday morning i have my first shift at Blockbuster off of 610.
Friday night i get the awesome privelege of watching the seven of the awesomest kids ever!!!then i work at blockbuster saturday morning, sunday night, monday morning (im hopeing i can get as many hours at work as i can, i only am on the schedule for like 2 days aweek right now, im hoping i can just get other peoples hours once i start, its break and im banking on people that want to have time off...)
MONDAY NIGHT is party with the monday night bible study peeps!!! IM SO EXCITED!!!
so i guess i like staying busy.

right now, i am free to babysit:
friday the 26th all day(day after christmas shopping day...),
saturday night the 27th after 6pm,
sunday night the 27th(church in the am!!),
monday the 29th all day,
tuesday the 30th all day,
wednesday night the 31 after 8(midnight parties peeps!!)
thurday the 1st all day,
friday the 2nd after 6pm,
saturday the 3rd so far im free all day. but after this point i dont have my work schedule...but if you get me now for babysitting...this could work.....

i will be home from the 19th of december until around the 12th or 13th of january.

well, i have to get up early to go bake cookies so see you all soon!!!!

One semester down....!!!!

AMEN!!! HALLELUJAH!

it still shocks me that i am even here, in Florida, in college. i cant even fully comprehend that i have just completed my first semester of COLLEGE!!!! i really never thought i had a chance with college or even imagined i could ever go to school. But the cool thing is that God knew i could, and His plans are perfect and He provides for all needs, that is one thing i have learned this semester.
here are a few other random things that i have learned or that sum up my semester.
1. God knows everything.
2. the christian bubble, its hard to come out of when not prepared.
3. Friends are a great thing to have.
4. being away from home for long periods of time is very humbling.
5. no matter how much you have enjoyed a semester, it is still good at times to see it come to an end.
6. starting out strong isnt as important as finishing strong.
7. life back home, it goes on with out you.
8. balance in life, its something that is slightly difficult to accomplish
9. communication is extremely key in having a roommate
10. its a blessing to have a job.
11. Raman noodles....cant stand them
12. late night talks with friends are so awesome (i think there is a certain hour of the night where your guard just goes completly down and you are just you...makes for great conversation)
13. waffle house and sonics is an important part of BCF life
14. hair dyeing, thats how we roll in NAPE-TOWN (thats what we call our dorm, its really Napier)
15. Preview Day is the bomb, best chapel music, best food(gotta put ur best foot forward...!), classes are 95% going to be canceled or extremely shortened.
16. Leah, Ashton, Elizabeth, April = good times!!
17. relationships here move like 10x faster then anywhere else. i think this could be good, and bad...(they dont call us Bridal College of Florida for no reason...!!!)
18. bike rides into town, pretty much amazing, allthough, my chain is acting funny...i should get that fixed before i fall in a ditch
19. IT GETS COLD IN FLORIDA!?!???????? When did this happen!!???!! yeah, DEFINITELY found that out!!!
20. i figured out that when i am bored or super annoyed i clean, which i guess can be beneficial...

i have truly enjoyed this semester. and have no doubt that this is where im supposed to be. but i am so more then excited to return to Stafford. even if only for a short time. I think i am prepared for all the changes that have happened in the last 8 months. its going to be different...very different. cant wait to see yall!

Story Time with Becky

once upon a time, i was leaving for Jacksonville for a week, and as i was minutes from getting in the car i realized that my debit card and liscense were no longer anywhere to be found. though inconveinenced,i did not fear that i would not find them.
However, when i returned to school, i searched all through my dorm, in my laundry, under my bed, in the trash, in my friends car, in other rooms, in everything. neither card nor liscense was found. i begin to fear that i would have to go through the hideous process of canceling the card and calling the dmv...not my favorite thing in the world to do(plus, my drivers liscense pic is pretty decent!)...i also had to call my dad and tell him of my perdicament...that was fun!
well, in an effort to straighten up my room and make it livable, i began to sort my laundry. as i pulled out my grey global hoodie, i felt something hard, plastic-ish, rectangular, and small.
i GASPED and said to my self "can it be?! Hath my long lost object come back to me!!!!!"
i pulled out the two cards and Jumped for joy! twas a fun moment! i did my victory dance and took off down the hall to share my joy with my friends!. once i had settled down i called my dad and let him know that all hope had not been lost!

the day ends with a joyous discovery!!! i shall sleep better tonight!

the end

"If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small." Proverbs 24:10
This stuck me when i first read it, and then since then it has popped in my mind from time to time. particularly when im faced with temptation.
I have noticed that i am fine and everything is great when life peachy, but began to wonder if my strength is false. if i am faced with adversity, be it any form, spiritual, phyical, metaphoric, historic...i dont know. if any adversity at all comes in my way, Have i prepared for battle? do i trust God enough to get me through whatever it is, will i give in?
I have alot of growing still to go through. i dont believe that growth is something that is ever completely attainable, i think its a lifetime thing. but i would like to say that there willl come a time when if i am faced with adversity, that i will be able to stand firm in the Lord and what i a believe about Him. That His strength will be my strength in those times and i will Overcome all through Him.

"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galations 6:9

"For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised." Hebrews 10:36

as good ole Mr. Mac Powel would say, "there is light at the end of this tunnel, shining bright at the end of the tunnel for me!" ....or something like that....

-When i burst out from this Christian bubble, i want to be able to stand firm, well grounded in my faith and relationship with Christ. That my life will cry out at all times that I am HIS daughter, and that HE is my Life.