Well, this Thailand trip begins tommorrow folks. We have a few days of training in Miami before we head out. Our team is stoked! I have barely slept the past few nights! To think that 8 months ago I was praying about where God wants me this summer, and here we are! We will be in Chiang Mai, Chiang Kham, and Phitsanulok. We will be doing a lot of human traffick work, rice planting, English camps, praying in the slums, and just pure awesomeness! Please be praying for the girls in Thailand that their hearts will be opened to recieve Jesus, and pray for my team that we can be obedient and be changed on this trip.
We will sometimes have internet, will try to update when I can!
See ya next month!! :))))))))
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
boom
The past week has just been so much fun. God is really blessing my time left at home with the people I love most. Its really awesome.
"Be still and know that I am God." - Psalm 46:10
Back in April when I was having some anxiety problems about the coming fall and the future, I had this verse everywhere to remind me to be still, be silent, and pray. With all the chaos going on and busyness of summer, I've slipped from this truth and reminder. This morning during some awesome quiet time with God, he reminded me of this. To be still.
If you've never just laid in your bed completely quiet for 11 minutes just listening and resting in Gods presence, I recommend it :)
"Be still and know that I am God." - Psalm 46:10
Back in April when I was having some anxiety problems about the coming fall and the future, I had this verse everywhere to remind me to be still, be silent, and pray. With all the chaos going on and busyness of summer, I've slipped from this truth and reminder. This morning during some awesome quiet time with God, he reminded me of this. To be still.
If you've never just laid in your bed completely quiet for 11 minutes just listening and resting in Gods presence, I recommend it :)
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Lets Enjoy
Okay. Sarah Shiff and I leave for Thailand in a little over 3 weeks. I leave for college in exactly 2 months. My brother is getting married in 4 months. My sister is moving to Haiti next year. What is going on?!!
For now, I'm having the best summer with the best friends and family a girl could ask for. Trying to enjoy naps, evening runs, my bed, and just chill time that would typically be considered boredom. But its not right now, its enjoyment. God is doing a lot of changing in me currently, changing some desires and I've been convicted of a lot of things lately. But his promises are true. always.
I am currently VERY thankful for the girls in these pictures.
For now, I'm having the best summer with the best friends and family a girl could ask for. Trying to enjoy naps, evening runs, my bed, and just chill time that would typically be considered boredom. But its not right now, its enjoyment. God is doing a lot of changing in me currently, changing some desires and I've been convicted of a lot of things lately. But his promises are true. always.
I am currently VERY thankful for the girls in these pictures.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Some Rest
Well, the month of May is just about over. Its been crazy.
Graduation, parties, family, my sister came home from a 9 month trip, and a whole lot of fun.
I got a little over a month of my time left here with my amazing friends, until Sarah Shiff and I leave for Thailand, and then leave for college shortly after that. I cant stop thinking about Thailand. I pray that while I'm there, God will use me, break me, lead me, and show me new things. I pray he will change my heart, and draw me closer to him.
But for now, its just rest. Its resting in him, its resting in my own room that i wont be in for much longer.
“…Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28
Just some of my favorite girls:)
Graduation, parties, family, my sister came home from a 9 month trip, and a whole lot of fun.
I got a little over a month of my time left here with my amazing friends, until Sarah Shiff and I leave for Thailand, and then leave for college shortly after that. I cant stop thinking about Thailand. I pray that while I'm there, God will use me, break me, lead me, and show me new things. I pray he will change my heart, and draw me closer to him.
But for now, its just rest. Its resting in him, its resting in my own room that i wont be in for much longer.
“…Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28
Just some of my favorite girls:)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Some peace
"This is my prayer in the harvest, when favor and providence flow. I know I'm filled to be emptied again. This seed I've received I will sow." - the desert song. so good.
I had orientation in Savannah, Georgia this weekend. All day long, tours and listening to speeches, getting papers. Ya know, boring stuff. I know now God has a lot in store for this next year in Savannah. Anxiety, nerves, excited, scared, so many emotions run through my head when I think about it. I am going to have to be fully dependant on God, probably more than Ive ever had to be. But this is good for me.
My sister comes home in 16 days.
I graduate high school in less than a month.
<3
I had orientation in Savannah, Georgia this weekend. All day long, tours and listening to speeches, getting papers. Ya know, boring stuff. I know now God has a lot in store for this next year in Savannah. Anxiety, nerves, excited, scared, so many emotions run through my head when I think about it. I am going to have to be fully dependant on God, probably more than Ive ever had to be. But this is good for me.
My sister comes home in 16 days.
I graduate high school in less than a month.
<3
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Current obsessions.
My current obsessions.
Just a few of my current favorites!
Day 18 of this gluten fast. God has given me SO much clarity and peace.
"I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, he who believes in me will never be thirsty." - John 6:35
Friday, April 6, 2012
MOMMY DEAREST!
Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world, Carol :)
LOVE YOU!!!
May this year be your best yet.
Remember... this guy loves you --->
And so does this guy....--->
LOVE YOU!!!
May this year be your best yet.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Fast
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I have been fasting all gluten for 9 days now, I will be going for 4 weeks. I eat a lot of wheat. When I am working out, or playing volleyball, I find myself getting tired faster and feeling a little weaker without much carbs.
Fasting reminds me how hungry I am for God, and how I need more of him. Especially now. Every time I am tempted to eat something with wheat, or I just forget, God reminds me quickly before I am about to fall and I can't help but just pray. My prayer life has definitely been awesome the past 9 days. So pray for me that this can continue, there is so much to pray about in this season of my life.
"No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people." - Isaiah 58:6
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
NYC
okay, so New York City is awesome. Its crazy and hectic and there is just so much going on there. When I see places that big with that many people, it makes me think, wow God is still here, he is so much bigger than this. On St. Patricks Day, there were just thousands walking in the streets that my mother and I had to work our way through them. To think God has a plan for every one of their lives, its beautiful, and we're ALL the same. The drunk middle schoolers at the parade we walked by, the homeless men on the side of the street, the crazy honking taxi drivers, we are ALL the same. God loves us all the same, all our sins are the same.
something to think about :)
"whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it." - James 2:10
"Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven." - Luke 6:36-37
Monday, March 12, 2012
He>Me
Colorado is easily one of my favorite states.
"Oh, what a wonderful God we have! How great are his riches and wisdom and knowledge!" - Romans 11:33
“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him? 23 No one can tell him what to do. No one can say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’ 24 Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise. 25 Everyone has seen these things, but only from a distance.”- Job 36:22
Monday, February 27, 2012
JJ sing to me..
Listening to a lot of JJ Heller tonight, she's one of my favs.
"When my world is shaking, heaven stands. When my heart is breaking, I never leave your hands." Boom.
Lately, I'm having a ton of anxiety about going to school and away this summer. It's no fun. I'm constantly praying about school and what I want to do. Through all of it, I know I am in God's hands, and he has mapped out everything for me.
All and all I have a few things to say:
1. I miss my sister.
2. Volleyball and traveling is life at the moment.
3. Senioritis has officially kicked in.
4. I REALLY miss my sister, did i mention that?
5. i'm craving a night with my friends to do nothing but eat and watch my favorite movies.
6. The Hunger Games move comes out in less then a month.
That is all.
<3
"When my world is shaking, heaven stands. When my heart is breaking, I never leave your hands." Boom.
Lately, I'm having a ton of anxiety about going to school and away this summer. It's no fun. I'm constantly praying about school and what I want to do. Through all of it, I know I am in God's hands, and he has mapped out everything for me.
All and all I have a few things to say:
1. I miss my sister.
2. Volleyball and traveling is life at the moment.
3. Senioritis has officially kicked in.
4. I REALLY miss my sister, did i mention that?
5. i'm craving a night with my friends to do nothing but eat and watch my favorite movies.
6. The Hunger Games move comes out in less then a month.
That is all.
<3
Thursday, February 16, 2012
O happy day
I love the roller coaster of life, for real. Its so fun. We have so many things to be excited for, and to enjoy. I get so excited for little stuff. Trips, family visiting, getting to talk to my sister once a week, events at school. There is so much. But when days are just ordinary, how do we get excited? When its the same busy routine that week, how do you wake up smiling? I read a few weeks ago that, if every morning we woke up and immediately told ourselves "Today, I have a purpose. God has let me wake up from my sleep today, to do something fun and exciting for him," well we would have a much better view about that day.
That's really hard to do on a Monday morning at 6 am correct? But it is so true, and lately, its been working for me. Trying to be excited and joyful, even in the boring/stressful/ordinary days, because so much excitement is coming.
<3
"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24
That's really hard to do on a Monday morning at 6 am correct? But it is so true, and lately, its been working for me. Trying to be excited and joyful, even in the boring/stressful/ordinary days, because so much excitement is coming.
<3
"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24
Friday, February 3, 2012
How he loves
February. The month of love :)
I feel like we can find love in sooo many ways these days. In books, in movies, in a simple hug, in a text, in doing a favor, in giving a compliment, in quality time with someone, there is so much. Nothing I can think of compares to God's love. Oh my goodness, not even close! Its so powerful, and the reason we are even able to give a little bit of love is because of him.
"We love, because God loved us first."
The bible says we should "love one another with brotherly affection." So that's what we need to do, that's my goal for this month. To just LOVE. Even if its in the simplest ways.
Lets make this month all about love. Loving others, and loving God.
<3
I feel like we can find love in sooo many ways these days. In books, in movies, in a simple hug, in a text, in doing a favor, in giving a compliment, in quality time with someone, there is so much. Nothing I can think of compares to God's love. Oh my goodness, not even close! Its so powerful, and the reason we are even able to give a little bit of love is because of him.
"We love, because God loved us first."
The bible says we should "love one another with brotherly affection." So that's what we need to do, that's my goal for this month. To just LOVE. Even if its in the simplest ways.
Lets make this month all about love. Loving others, and loving God.
<3
Friday, January 27, 2012
Fear
I read tonight that fear is an indicator of what we must do!
"Resistance is experienced as fear, the degree of fear equates the strength of resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that the enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no resistance."
Wow, beautiful. Were called to live the desires of our heart, Karl Barth says "We say we believe we will die but we don't really believe it." We live like this life will just last forever. We complain and hope that one day things will be different, that they will be better. We plan on doing the desires of our hearts later, when the timing is better. The truth is, timing will never be perfect. We must DO. DO the desires of your heart, to glorify God. There's something radical about people who give up so much just to gain so much more, its because they longed for it. They have a passion for it, whatever it may be.
One of my favorite quotes is "For he is no fool who gives away what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." Thats a slap of truth.
Lets all be who we want to be, start mapping out what our desires are and act on them, lets do it soon. We won't live forever.
<3
"Resistance is experienced as fear, the degree of fear equates the strength of resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that the enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no resistance."
Wow, beautiful. Were called to live the desires of our heart, Karl Barth says "We say we believe we will die but we don't really believe it." We live like this life will just last forever. We complain and hope that one day things will be different, that they will be better. We plan on doing the desires of our hearts later, when the timing is better. The truth is, timing will never be perfect. We must DO. DO the desires of your heart, to glorify God. There's something radical about people who give up so much just to gain so much more, its because they longed for it. They have a passion for it, whatever it may be.
One of my favorite quotes is "For he is no fool who gives away what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." Thats a slap of truth.
Lets all be who we want to be, start mapping out what our desires are and act on them, lets do it soon. We won't live forever.
<3
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
& Let it begin
I am going to Thailand this summer.
I love saying that, it just sounds so unreal to me. I can't wait to finally just GO. This adventure is finally beginning! The fundraising, the prayer, the reading, the preparing. I sent out my letters yesterday, and am starting fundraisers now. Please be praying that peoples hearts will be full to give! I know God will provide the $4,000 I need. Maybe even more, with God, who even knows!?!
Anybody know any Thai? Teach me!
I love saying that, it just sounds so unreal to me. I can't wait to finally just GO. This adventure is finally beginning! The fundraising, the prayer, the reading, the preparing. I sent out my letters yesterday, and am starting fundraisers now. Please be praying that peoples hearts will be full to give! I know God will provide the $4,000 I need. Maybe even more, with God, who even knows!?!
Anybody know any Thai? Teach me!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Slow like a turtle
Learned a lot this week. Prayed a lot this week. Battled with myself a lot this week, but it ended up being a great one. God comes through with everything doesnt he?
SUCH a good and convicting verse that I need to be reminded with more is James 1:19
"Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
Amen. Happy New Year!
Oh, and I miss my sister. Alot this week. I keep replaying the day we said bye at the airport, pretty sad stuff. She's doing amazing things though, and that is something to be joyful about.
SUCH a good and convicting verse that I need to be reminded with more is James 1:19
"Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger."
Amen. Happy New Year!
Oh, and I miss my sister. Alot this week. I keep replaying the day we said bye at the airport, pretty sad stuff. She's doing amazing things though, and that is something to be joyful about.
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