happy wednesday.

my best buddy is in town.

we went to lunch.

then we bought bff rings made of recycled phone wire.

yes... we are still just kids.  :)

 

then we painted with Maci. i'm selling this. 

so hit me up if you want it.

 

xo xo xo.

my dear friend Avry...

i just skyped my lovely friend from Southeast Asia.

i miss that side of the world.

i miss this face.

 

xo.

best monday ever.

 

 

best buds.

i just spent the past weekend with my 3 bestest friends.

we're talking... they'll be the girls next to me when i get married.

we haven't all 4 been together in YEARS. like 7 years??

& you know, i hope it isn't so, but it could be several years until we're all together again. 

heck, it might be my wedding day that we will all be together again. haha...

i am so thankful for my time with them. i know the Lord blessed me with this weekend, i'm sad to see it come to an end, but i'm also so encouraged. 

we will all 4 be in different countries this summer. that's crazy. 

growing up, i never would have imagined that, but we all love & follow Jesus. 

& we all know that it can be a huge adventure at times. :) 

i am really going to miss them. but i'm so blessed to know that i have 3 girls out there that are praying for me daily & telling people about jesus, too. blessed to have 3 people that are great examples of radical disciples; girls that love our God & will do whatever it takes to take His Gospel to the ends of the earth- to those that need to know Him.

i am blessed.

thank you, Lord. You must really love me.

3 march 2011

i've had this song on repeat ALL day long... 

i went to lunch with some friends today.

then blair, kindall & i took some photos...

then we drove to the lake and listened to music (see vid above:)) (i slept.)

& then church tonight with the lovely women from church.
ps- today makes 1 month until i leave.

i enjoyed life today.

& i enjoy knowing Jesus.

i am blessed.

xo

march 1st.

i like the first day of the month.

today i
rode my bike,
washed my car,
ran to the bank,
ate a subway sandwhich,
went by the church,
caught a great sale at pacsun,
talked with my best friend on the phone,
ate dinner with the family,
ordered some much needed new toms,
& that's about it.

as of today, i owe $297 for my ywam trip!
praise the Lord. still amazed by his faithfulness...

wow.wow.wow

i feel like i'm caught in this really awesome whirlwind right now & i can't catch up to write about it, but it's still great! i am learning so much. i'll try to catch you up just a little bit.

so a couple of weeks ago, i was getting really discouraged with this whole ywam stuff... the money just wasn't coming & it just seemed like i was trying my hardest to prepare & it just wasn't happening. my parent's had even asked me what my plans would be if i didn't raise the money & had to stay here... it was extremely frustrating, considering the fact that i know God has placed this whole thing before me & gone before me the whole way. even in my frustration i started preparing myself that ywam wasn't going to happen in april. 

that was 2 weeks ago. 

i remember sitting in my car, crying to my sister, just telling her that i was trying my best to be obedient to the Lord, but it was just so difficult. 
it wasn't fun. it was a war. & it was hard. 
but can i tell you, that day, i committed to stick it out in spite of difficulty. 
something i've learned is that when following jesus, 
there will be times where it isn't easy. 
sometimes when you follow jesus, you go through hard times because of it. 
sometimes where god leads you is just plain HARD. 
sometimes following jesus involves tears & questions & times of not understanding what's going on. 
but just because things get hard, it doesn't mean that it isn't right. it doesn't mean that you did the wrong thing. sometimes you are right in the center of his will. this is a lesson i've learned recently. learning to follow him even when it isn't easy. 
it's called f a i t h .  it's called trusting Him. 
    it just so happened, around that time i was reading through the story of David & in 1 samuel. God had already anointed David to be future king. he was god's chosen one. & in chapter 22, David is in a cave & on the run to save his life. 
i can't imagine this. he knew god had chosen him, but i bet he never imagined he'd be all alone in a cave because of it. 
BUT, just because he was in this really rough place, it didn't mean that god hadn't called David or had abandoned him. he was doing the right thing, it's just that god had lead him to a difficult experience. this is exactly what i was learning...

   so the day after the whole crying-in-the-car incident, & a full weekend of some really intense prayers, conversations & time with the lord, just begging for him to work a miracle... the day after all of this, i got a text saying someone had just donated a huge chunk of my funds. i was so stunned & amazed & thankful that i went & immediately counted everything up & it turned out to be almost half of my tuition. crazy stuff! god is insane, & i truly believe he multiplies his provision sometimes. :) the day after that, i got my tax return. & a ton of other random things. 
god is absolutely real! 
i am such a small minded human being. 
so thankful that His power is made perfect in my weakness.

so thankful that i have nothing of my own to boast about. absolutely nothing. it's all what He has done. i've just had to trust him in faith- & i know that He gave me the faith i do have. even that i cannot claim on my own. 

He is faithful. to every promise. He has never failed me.

i am so enjoying this journey with Him.

praise be to God.