Last night after work, my friend Bree and I drove to Jacksonville. we are staying at her house this weekend, i had to take a class in town today. glad thats over. wasnt bad, but wasnt fun.
Highlight of the day!!! I was able to read Captivating during our breaks. I love that book. Its really speaking to my heart and challenging me to view the Lord and my relationship with Him more seriously.
When i returned, well, i just feel drained today... but didnt want that to damper my day in Jville so we went out for dinner. We went to a place called MiMi's Cafe, SO GOOD!!!! it was delicious and so much food! leftovers are great! Two meals in one!
Weekly Fitness Update:
So i havent weighed myself in awhile, i assumed i was still the same wieght, but nope, lost 9 more pounds!!!!
i woke up every morning last week, except thurday, at 6am for my morning walk/jog. its great fun. i get to see the sunrise every morning and it has just become a great start to the day!
Prayer Request: Pray that in the last two weeks of school i can pull it through strong and get what neeeds to get done, done and done well. Please pray that as it gets closer to the summer, God will really prepare my heart and the hearts of all involved this summer, for me and the staf to be open vessels and that we will have discernment and wisdom about how to teach and understand and communicate with the kids, and for us us to be able to work well together, and lastly for the kids that come to have open hearts and clear understanding of the Lord and what is taught.
Im inspired by paul to say, "I thank God for every rememberance of you" love you all.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Outdoor Spotlight
Friday was GORGEOUS!!! my dorm had a photo shoot which was alot of fun, then my friends and i went fishing. much is to be said about this day of fishing and about this day in general. all in all it was fabulous! Fishing, flowers, friends, music, pictures, ducks, Lake Albert, and the list continues.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Decision Made.
Im staying with Camp Victory. I woke up this morning, and got the call from Keystone. She said my references were awesome, THANK YOU REFERENCES!!! I cant say for sure that she was going to hire me because we did not get that far in the interview before i had to tell her that i had already committed to work for Camp Victory. Next year Im going to MAKE SURE that the forms i fill out are the correct ones, andthat i get them in ASAP. References, can i use you again next year? Im going to get it all in so early that there is no excuse!
BUT as soon as the decision is made, im happy about it. This summer is going to be awesome. I know i wouldnt have been able to turn down Victory, its kinda like Global, once you are in, they have your heart. Its going to be great. I feel that God would bless either choice, and i feel that to break my commitment would not be wise, right, or anything close to the good department. and Keystone is like a bigger scale of Camp Victory, so this summer will be like training for me.
Well, Praying for next year. Excited for this summer. Praying that this is the right decision.
BUT as soon as the decision is made, im happy about it. This summer is going to be awesome. I know i wouldnt have been able to turn down Victory, its kinda like Global, once you are in, they have your heart. Its going to be great. I feel that God would bless either choice, and i feel that to break my commitment would not be wise, right, or anything close to the good department. and Keystone is like a bigger scale of Camp Victory, so this summer will be like training for me.
Well, Praying for next year. Excited for this summer. Praying that this is the right decision.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Close the Door.
ignore all of the post about the phone except the part of me needing your phone numbers, cause i still need those
With every day come a new challenge.
tonights/everyday-after-this-til-i-decide's challenge is trying to figure out God's will for my summer. up until today, it had been figured out. But i recieved a call tonight that makes things difficult.
I applied to 2 camps down here. One in Starke, FL named Camp Keystone. and one in Samson, AL named Camp Victory. Keystone was my first choice. i really wanted that job. Victory, though it was my second choice, i still love that place and have already worked there for two of their weekend retreats and as of the last retreat i worked for them, i was hired for the summer. My problem is that, my thinking, Keystone hadnt called me back, hadnt emailed me returned my emails or anything for a while at that point and so i figured that i hadnt got the job so i accepted Camp Victory's offer.
well, my world is shaken and i dont know what to do. Keystone called me tonight wanting to talk with me about my application. What do I do? What if they hire me? I dont know at this point.
Why can't doors remain closed if they are meant to be closed?
With every day come a new challenge.
tonights/everyday-after-this-til-i-decide's challenge is trying to figure out God's will for my summer. up until today, it had been figured out. But i recieved a call tonight that makes things difficult.
I applied to 2 camps down here. One in Starke, FL named Camp Keystone. and one in Samson, AL named Camp Victory. Keystone was my first choice. i really wanted that job. Victory, though it was my second choice, i still love that place and have already worked there for two of their weekend retreats and as of the last retreat i worked for them, i was hired for the summer. My problem is that, my thinking, Keystone hadnt called me back, hadnt emailed me returned my emails or anything for a while at that point and so i figured that i hadnt got the job so i accepted Camp Victory's offer.
well, my world is shaken and i dont know what to do. Keystone called me tonight wanting to talk with me about my application. What do I do? What if they hire me? I dont know at this point.
Why can't doors remain closed if they are meant to be closed?
Sunday, April 19, 2009
April 18
Twas a great day. When you wake up early, you have more of the day time which means you can do more! great lil deal isnt it!
Woke up at 8:30. loaded my bike in may car, which, since it had rained, had rusty rain water that definitly splashed me in the face, and headed to Walmart(bike needed a new chain) with my friend Liz. Yep, i didnt really need to bringmy bike but oh well....whats done is done. I got my bike chain, WD-40(amazing stuff) and some flowers and Liz got a fishing pole (only $5, it was a bamboo one, really simple, just a long piece of wood and a string with a bobber and hook. which is all you need for good ole Lake Albert!)
on our way back to graceville we stopped at a farmers market and got some Fruit and veggies (4 bell peppers for $1, mangos were a buck each, kiwi 4/$1, AMAZING!!!)
right before getting back to school, it was Spring Festival in Graceville so we stopped by to see what was there and to support the South East Asia team from our school by getting a burger. There was this lil old man who makes art from pressed flowers and magazine clippings. ill have to post some pics, he was so sweet. he sells the framed work and then he has a ton of 5X7 size pics that he had created as a ministry. most of them are the scene of the crucifiction with the empty tomb somewhere in the pic, then he has others that are Jesus calming the storm. He give those out free as a ministry opportunity. they have scripture written on the back of them. Pretty much amazing!
when we got back to school, our task was to fix my bike. AFTER spraying the gears and everything with WD-40 we began to remove the chain, quickly realizing that 1. we shouldnt have sprayed the WD-40 yet, and 2. we didnt know what we were doing. so we youtube'd how to put a chain on, it was very educational, but it didnt tell us how to remove it. THUS ENTERS THE TOOLS>
we decided to begin removing parts...realizing later that that was and unecessary move...finally I let go of my stubornness and Liz began calling guys to help us. two came over and helped us get the chain off, after much debate, they decided to remove the chain by busting it with a hammer, it was really funny watching this because all we had was this lil girly hammer and they were struggling, they wanted a sledge hammer, twas great.
After they removed the Chain, they but the parts i had take off before, took a minute, they couldnt figure it out, and right about that time, another guy came over to help us but the chain back on.
We then thanked all the boys that helped and after cleaning up the bike of the excess WD we hit the road for a ride to the cemetary. yeah i know, why the heck did i go to a cemetary. Well Liz had been telling me how cool it was and that the grave were mostly just a praise to God with what was written on them, one in particular that had a poem on it. straight up witnessing from the grave. I still think its weird though, but i can see the cool part of it i guess.
after that we loaded up some things we wanted to do and went to the dock. It began with me potting my plants and liz fishing. but potting plants doesnt take so long so i joined her in the fishing effort. pretty soon this family showed up to fish too and their lil boy was so funny. some ducks showed up around where we were and he helped me feed them. then the dad started sharing fishing tips with us cause we werent having any luck. after that, Liz caught one fish and i caught about 6....apparently i know how to fish and didnt even know it....
after fishing for a really really long time,we headed inside to make dinner. Liz and i have Mastered the art of Gormet College Cooking. NO JOKE. once, using only a small grill and a microwave, we made a full course meal of steak, veggies, mac and cheese, and toast. Yesterday, we made stuffed peppers with rotel, rice and beef hot dogs. and speghetti squash with someleftover speghetti sause that i had froze.
it was great.. we had dinner and a movie! and then, on our way back from taking out the trash, we went out to the dock and just sat there staring at the sky and then began to shout out questions to God that were on our hearts.
it was awesome, funny at times, serious at times. Liz joked that if anyone was able to hear our conversations then they had just got a glimpse at our soul's
Woke up at 8:30. loaded my bike in may car, which, since it had rained, had rusty rain water that definitly splashed me in the face, and headed to Walmart(bike needed a new chain) with my friend Liz. Yep, i didnt really need to bringmy bike but oh well....whats done is done. I got my bike chain, WD-40(amazing stuff) and some flowers and Liz got a fishing pole (only $5, it was a bamboo one, really simple, just a long piece of wood and a string with a bobber and hook. which is all you need for good ole Lake Albert!)
on our way back to graceville we stopped at a farmers market and got some Fruit and veggies (4 bell peppers for $1, mangos were a buck each, kiwi 4/$1, AMAZING!!!)
right before getting back to school, it was Spring Festival in Graceville so we stopped by to see what was there and to support the South East Asia team from our school by getting a burger. There was this lil old man who makes art from pressed flowers and magazine clippings. ill have to post some pics, he was so sweet. he sells the framed work and then he has a ton of 5X7 size pics that he had created as a ministry. most of them are the scene of the crucifiction with the empty tomb somewhere in the pic, then he has others that are Jesus calming the storm. He give those out free as a ministry opportunity. they have scripture written on the back of them. Pretty much amazing!
when we got back to school, our task was to fix my bike. AFTER spraying the gears and everything with WD-40 we began to remove the chain, quickly realizing that 1. we shouldnt have sprayed the WD-40 yet, and 2. we didnt know what we were doing. so we youtube'd how to put a chain on, it was very educational, but it didnt tell us how to remove it. THUS ENTERS THE TOOLS>
we decided to begin removing parts...realizing later that that was and unecessary move...finally I let go of my stubornness and Liz began calling guys to help us. two came over and helped us get the chain off, after much debate, they decided to remove the chain by busting it with a hammer, it was really funny watching this because all we had was this lil girly hammer and they were struggling, they wanted a sledge hammer, twas great.
After they removed the Chain, they but the parts i had take off before, took a minute, they couldnt figure it out, and right about that time, another guy came over to help us but the chain back on.
We then thanked all the boys that helped and after cleaning up the bike of the excess WD we hit the road for a ride to the cemetary. yeah i know, why the heck did i go to a cemetary. Well Liz had been telling me how cool it was and that the grave were mostly just a praise to God with what was written on them, one in particular that had a poem on it. straight up witnessing from the grave. I still think its weird though, but i can see the cool part of it i guess.
after that we loaded up some things we wanted to do and went to the dock. It began with me potting my plants and liz fishing. but potting plants doesnt take so long so i joined her in the fishing effort. pretty soon this family showed up to fish too and their lil boy was so funny. some ducks showed up around where we were and he helped me feed them. then the dad started sharing fishing tips with us cause we werent having any luck. after that, Liz caught one fish and i caught about 6....apparently i know how to fish and didnt even know it....
after fishing for a really really long time,we headed inside to make dinner. Liz and i have Mastered the art of Gormet College Cooking. NO JOKE. once, using only a small grill and a microwave, we made a full course meal of steak, veggies, mac and cheese, and toast. Yesterday, we made stuffed peppers with rotel, rice and beef hot dogs. and speghetti squash with someleftover speghetti sause that i had froze.
it was great.. we had dinner and a movie! and then, on our way back from taking out the trash, we went out to the dock and just sat there staring at the sky and then began to shout out questions to God that were on our hearts.
it was awesome, funny at times, serious at times. Liz joked that if anyone was able to hear our conversations then they had just got a glimpse at our soul's
Thursday, April 16, 2009
New goal
i would really like to know how much water you are supposed to drink a day... ithink ima google it.
and did you know that it is possible to drown yourself if you drink too much! thats crazy!
Go ahead and feel free to keep me accountable for this. I have a new Goal. I want to be able to wake up early every morning and exercise. So, my "pact" to, myself i guess, is 6am every morning, im going to get out of bed, slip on my shoes, and hit the road for a nice brisk wake-up walk.
and did you know that it is possible to drown yourself if you drink too much! thats crazy!
Go ahead and feel free to keep me accountable for this. I have a new Goal. I want to be able to wake up early every morning and exercise. So, my "pact" to, myself i guess, is 6am every morning, im going to get out of bed, slip on my shoes, and hit the road for a nice brisk wake-up walk.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Words from the wise anyone?
My dear friends who are wiser then me and have already learned life's awesome little-big lessons. I have a question for you...
How did you guard your heart when you first started to like or be attracted to the men in your life that are now your husbands? (I'm asking specifically about that relationship because its obviously been the one that stuck!)
you know, when they started flirting with you (or were you the one that initiated it?), what was your reaction at first? how did that flow into a relationship? how did that flow from a friendship to a serious deal? Did you ever feel inadequate or undeserving of the guy, or kinda feel ashamed that you even liked them because you couldnt see them as "the one"? if that last part about being ashamed is true, was it because they were a goof ball or was it cause they were immature, or not spiritually where you would have hoped they would be?
please impart your wisdom on me! i beg of you!!!
i know...random...but thats me.
How did you guard your heart when you first started to like or be attracted to the men in your life that are now your husbands? (I'm asking specifically about that relationship because its obviously been the one that stuck!)
you know, when they started flirting with you (or were you the one that initiated it?), what was your reaction at first? how did that flow into a relationship? how did that flow from a friendship to a serious deal? Did you ever feel inadequate or undeserving of the guy, or kinda feel ashamed that you even liked them because you couldnt see them as "the one"? if that last part about being ashamed is true, was it because they were a goof ball or was it cause they were immature, or not spiritually where you would have hoped they would be?
please impart your wisdom on me! i beg of you!!!
i know...random...but thats me.
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