MERRY CHRISTMAS
amanda

Alyssa and I decided to take a family photo :-) If you're brave enough you can check out our other Christmas pictures.

So only a few more days till I come home, so much of me can't wait, but part of me wants to just stay here... I suppose it's because change scares me. But God is bigger than all of my wonderings.

So trying to get motivated to study has been difficult, when all I want to do is spend time with my friends. I have five finals between monday and tuesday and I am not looking forward to them... I guess I should jump on the studying band wagon, considering my grades like being where they are and I don't want to ruin all I've worked for. Only a couple more days of lack of sleep... I can't wait to be in my own bed tuesday night!

love you all :-)

"When You lead me to the valley of vision
I can see You in the heights
And though my humbling wouldn’t be my decision
It’s here Your glory shines so bright
So let me learn that the cross precedes the crown
To be low is to be high
That the valley’s where You make me more like Christ

Let me find Your grace in the valley
Let me find Your life in my death
Let me find Your joy in my sorrow
Your wealth in my need
That You’re near with every breath
In the valley

In the daytime there are stars in the heavens
But they only shine at night
And the deeper that I go into darkness
The more I see their radiant light
So let me learn that my losses are my gain
To be broken is to heal
That the valley’s where Your power is revealed"

~Sovreign Grace Music

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Our pretty Much amazing gingerbread house
amanda
The Process.....


The Final Product...


So 8 hours later, sticky fingers, and an upset stomach from licking my fingers ;-) It's done and it's being entered into a contest tomorrow. Although it took away a lot of time from homework it was a great stress reliever and genuinley fun. In other news for BBC life I'm going to be the dorm vice president for next semester :-) I'm so excited and it will be a good way to be involved especially with my much lighter schedule of 17 credits.
As the semester comes to a close I look back once again and am amazed at how fast time is flying. Although I have no motivation to study for finals, or do any homework, I think I'm gonna try and be good and do some for a couple of hours now. I have so much to look forward to I might be going to NYC next saturday (yay! plans are coming together when I thought they wouldn't) I also might be going to see the trans-siberian orchestra when I'm home :-) I'm also hoping to work at the school while I'm home as well. So break is 12 days away and counting. That blows my mind.
God has been teaching me so much, and I praise him for giving me a joyful attitude and for giving me the strength to make it through my year and a half so far at BBC even when I thought I couldn't make it. And that's exactly true... I can't make it, but with God's strength I can.
I have learned so much about focuing on Truth instead of feelings, and of course all that fun stuff like election. I am going to miss it here a lot. I have such amazing friends who I sometimes wonder what I will do without them. God has certainly blessed me with so much. Once again because of circumstances I begin to think about how short our lives are and how every day counts. I want to live life with that attitude everyday, because If I were to die tonight I want to tell God honestly that I lived my life the best I could for Him today.
I have no idea what God has in store... I've decided that none of us do, even those who seem so put together. All I know is I'm feeling myself become more and more ready and more prepared for what God has in store for my life.
Prayer Requests:
1) My roomate's financial state- provision so she can come back next semester and graduate
2) My finals- that I would have the motivation to study like I should
3) My heart- that I would above all constantly be seeking purity in my actions and in all of my relationships, and that I would glorify God in all that I do.
4) That I would be seeking God's will and not my own, that I will trust Him with my future.

Miss you all :-) But I promise I am having too much fun. There isn't a day that goes by though when you don't cross my mind and I wish I was home, I especially miss the joyful services leading up to Christmas. Lord willing I will experience that with you all next year.
Give Christ your all and enjoy life where you are. I know that's not always easy, I myself feel so often that I am looking ahead and yet on the other end of the spectrum shrinking back out of fear and looking back. But I have found that living the here and now brings the most joy, peace, and brings the most glory to God. Praise God for growing me, I've definetley grown up a lot since I first came to BBC, I just pray that I would continue to mold into the woman God has me to be.
Merry soon to be Christmas :-)
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