So I'm finally home after a crazy summer.
Africa was amazing. And I just got back from being a counselor at BBC for their Teen Leadership Conference. It's so cool to see how God can use someone like me even though I feel so inadequate most of the time.
Some lessons I learned:
~Putting yourself out there and doing crazy things isn't such a bad thing afterall
~My joy needs to come from the gospel and I need to remind myself of what Jesus did for me every morning, because it sure gives you a whole new and much more joyful perspective for the day
~I made a commitment to pray for six unsaved people that I am really burdened for everyday
~ That I really hope I have some amazing "poor stories" to tell someday(if you wanna hear a great message click on my TLC 2007 link in my "frequented websites" section and then click on audio and video and listen to Dwight Peterson's Wednesday Night Message)
~ I don't know the bible even close to as much as I should. I realize more and more how I struggle with both retaining/memorizing information so I want to work harder at knowing my bible better.
So as you can see God was really doing a lot. And it was so cool to see what he did within the hearts of the 21 girls I had over the two weeks! God is so good :-) And I praise Him for wanting to use me even though I feel so undeserving.
Prayer Requests:
~I have a job interview thursday at 11:15 for a job that I really want so pray that it all works out. I would be a full time 1-1 and get to work with special needs kids. I would be out a lot earlier than most jobs everyday, have all the school breaks off so I could help with andrew, and have summers off :-) hehe...
~My best friend is soon to be Mrs. Jared Gordon and I am so excited. Pray that it doesn't rain Saturday as the ceremony is outside. I love Alyssa so much, she is my best friend and I'm so glad God put her in my life two years ago.
So I'm looking forward to the rest of the summer. I'm not going to lie I am stinking nervous to see what God has in store for me next, but I'm getting more excited about it. Knowing I will hopefully have a job lined up soon, that I have tons of friends who are dying to spend some time with me and are glad that I'm not going back to school, girls nights with alyssa at their new apartment. So I guess that even though I'm nervous about this next chapter in my life, I know God has it all planned out. He knows where I will be working, and what my crazy schedule will look like. I'm so glad He has it all planned, because my life would be in absolute shambles right now if I did it myself. One of my good friends really made me look at my life differently last night, he asked me where I put my happiness and my attention, and I think on that note that my life is going to be looking a whole lot different. I really pray it will anyways
Africa was amazing. And I just got back from being a counselor at BBC for their Teen Leadership Conference. It's so cool to see how God can use someone like me even though I feel so inadequate most of the time.
Some lessons I learned:
~Putting yourself out there and doing crazy things isn't such a bad thing afterall
~My joy needs to come from the gospel and I need to remind myself of what Jesus did for me every morning, because it sure gives you a whole new and much more joyful perspective for the day
~I made a commitment to pray for six unsaved people that I am really burdened for everyday
~ That I really hope I have some amazing "poor stories" to tell someday(if you wanna hear a great message click on my TLC 2007 link in my "frequented websites" section and then click on audio and video and listen to Dwight Peterson's Wednesday Night Message)
~ I don't know the bible even close to as much as I should. I realize more and more how I struggle with both retaining/memorizing information so I want to work harder at knowing my bible better.
So as you can see God was really doing a lot. And it was so cool to see what he did within the hearts of the 21 girls I had over the two weeks! God is so good :-) And I praise Him for wanting to use me even though I feel so undeserving.
Prayer Requests:
~I have a job interview thursday at 11:15 for a job that I really want so pray that it all works out. I would be a full time 1-1 and get to work with special needs kids. I would be out a lot earlier than most jobs everyday, have all the school breaks off so I could help with andrew, and have summers off :-) hehe...
~My best friend is soon to be Mrs. Jared Gordon and I am so excited. Pray that it doesn't rain Saturday as the ceremony is outside. I love Alyssa so much, she is my best friend and I'm so glad God put her in my life two years ago.
So I'm looking forward to the rest of the summer. I'm not going to lie I am stinking nervous to see what God has in store for me next, but I'm getting more excited about it. Knowing I will hopefully have a job lined up soon, that I have tons of friends who are dying to spend some time with me and are glad that I'm not going back to school, girls nights with alyssa at their new apartment. So I guess that even though I'm nervous about this next chapter in my life, I know God has it all planned out. He knows where I will be working, and what my crazy schedule will look like. I'm so glad He has it all planned, because my life would be in absolute shambles right now if I did it myself. One of my good friends really made me look at my life differently last night, he asked me where I put my happiness and my attention, and I think on that note that my life is going to be looking a whole lot different. I really pray it will anyways
love you all, thanks for sharing this journey with me. On that note I will end with some lyrics from a fun song we did at TLC.
"OH!!! Happy Day, Happy Day! You washed my sin away. and OH! Happy Day, Happy Day, i'll never be the same. Forever I am changed."
~Tim Hughes
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praying for your job interview! woo-hoo!!
Love ~G