Friday, June 23, 2006
Colorado
On July 7th, I'll be flying out to see my best friend Lindsay Weinholdt in Colorado. I'm SUPER excited. I canNOT wait! It's going to be so much fun. I'll treasure every second of it! I just wanted to let you all know (to anyone that really reads this!) my excitement on this. Yay! Can't wait!
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Much to say...not enough words
Well, I tried to update the other day, but my computer did something funny to erase it. Anyway, I'll update now...although, I'm warning you now, it could be long! I updated a few days ago to talk about God leading in different and new directions. As most of you know, God called me away from BJ and is leading me up to Maranatha in August. I couldn't be happier. I'm truly excited about going to college there. As for the other direction...well, I'm not too sure about that one yet. I work at a summer daycare and have for the past 4 summers. It's wonderful. I love the kids...the atmosphere...the aspect of teaching kids some things they have never been taught before and seeing that light come on in their eyes that they finally get something or that new piece of information has been told to them and they love it. I absolutely love the children I'm around every day (though some of them do get annoying) and wouldn't change it for the world. Yet, I can't help but feel the tug at my heart for something else, something...different. It has been a dream of mine to work at a camp. I love camp. LOVE it. When I worked at my church camp, I was so sad to see the day come that we had to go. I really miss going to the camp my school used to go to the first week of school. I just miss camp altogether. I want to work a summer at camp...at least once. I'm praying God will lead me there. Who knows where? There are some really good ones. Northland is a big one...CoBeAc is really good...Lucerne is another good one (though being all the way in California is a little hard), and then the Wilds is another great one. I'm sure there are several other ones that are out there. I just want it once. I'm praying God will lead me that way...IF it's His will. I would gladly do the summer daycare again. I'm just...burnt out on it. I need a break from it. 4 summers is a pretty long time to keep doing the same thing over and over again. A break would be nice. Hopefully, I'll get one. But, if not...I'll just thank the Lord for a good job that pays.
On another note...I will hopefully get to see my best friend in a couple weeks. I'll be flying out to Colorado to see Lindsay. I can't wait. I haven't seen her since January when I left BJ and I miss her like crazy! I need to see her and talk with her...face to face. I hope God will work it all out. I just need to make sure the days I have free are ok with her family and then the plane ticket! So, just a little bit more and then we'll see. I can't wait. I've never been to Colorado, so it'll be nice to see some of it and be with Lindz. It'll be amazing.
God has been truly amazing. Especially here recently. He's really shown me more about him. Tonight at church, Pastor Kevin Plew preached. He was one of my first high school (ok, so it was really junior high, but it's practically the same!) teachers. I always enjoyed his teaching and when he spoke. Tonight was no exception. He spoke on being separate from the world and how we as Christians need to be in the world but not of the world. It was something I really needed. A message that I had been trying to forget. I was trying to live as close to the world as I could while still being a "Christian." Well, tonight I really got rebuked and am slowly learning about separating myself. It was a great message that I needed. God has also been teaching so much through different things. My devotions, other people that I respect, and just different circumstances He's brought into my life. It's been a trying time...but a time I won't ever take for granted. God's giving me such a passion to serve God in whatever area He's calling me to. More and more I can feel the tug to go elsewhere, besides Anderson, Indiana to serve Him, and I really want to follow Him. I can't wait to see where He does lead me. It'll be interesting...but I'm excited.
This isn't as long as I thought it would be. That's a good thing! My day starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning, so I'm going to bed. Goodnight all!
On another note...I will hopefully get to see my best friend in a couple weeks. I'll be flying out to Colorado to see Lindsay. I can't wait. I haven't seen her since January when I left BJ and I miss her like crazy! I need to see her and talk with her...face to face. I hope God will work it all out. I just need to make sure the days I have free are ok with her family and then the plane ticket! So, just a little bit more and then we'll see. I can't wait. I've never been to Colorado, so it'll be nice to see some of it and be with Lindz. It'll be amazing.
God has been truly amazing. Especially here recently. He's really shown me more about him. Tonight at church, Pastor Kevin Plew preached. He was one of my first high school (ok, so it was really junior high, but it's practically the same!) teachers. I always enjoyed his teaching and when he spoke. Tonight was no exception. He spoke on being separate from the world and how we as Christians need to be in the world but not of the world. It was something I really needed. A message that I had been trying to forget. I was trying to live as close to the world as I could while still being a "Christian." Well, tonight I really got rebuked and am slowly learning about separating myself. It was a great message that I needed. God has also been teaching so much through different things. My devotions, other people that I respect, and just different circumstances He's brought into my life. It's been a trying time...but a time I won't ever take for granted. God's giving me such a passion to serve God in whatever area He's calling me to. More and more I can feel the tug to go elsewhere, besides Anderson, Indiana to serve Him, and I really want to follow Him. I can't wait to see where He does lead me. It'll be interesting...but I'm excited.
This isn't as long as I thought it would be. That's a good thing! My day starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning, so I'm going to bed. Goodnight all!
Sunday, June 04, 2006
A Challenge
It's been a little while since I've updated here. Sorry friends. I've been busy getting started with work and getting ready for my sister coming home. She's flying from Philadelphia right now to Chicago and my dad will pick her up in Merriville. I'm excited for her to be home. The first week of work went very well. The kids we had are great. And this week, we'll even get a few new ones. As I previously mentioned Quentin Blount...I will talk about him again. Friday night I closed at work. I stayed until 5:30 when Quentin's Mom's...someone came to pick him up. But, I had a good 20 minutes alone with Quentin. He tried to worm his way into treats, but I couldn't give him any since he had been bad. But, I did give him a piggy-back ride around the school. He really enjoyed that. I did too. I really love him. He's honestly so rotten, but, he's captured my heart. I have been praising the Lord all week for giving me a love for children. I only hope that one day, I may influence some children to live their lives for God.
I really want to teach Kindergarten. It was because of my Kindergarten (and 1st grade) teacher that I wanted to go into teaching. Yes, I knew at that young of an age that I wanted to be a teacher. And I still can't imagine doing anything else. I work with 1st-3rd graders this month in Jr. Church at my church and it's the best. The kids are so well behaved and they have a thirst for hearing God's word preached to them on their level. It's wonderful to see God working in children at that age. Every time I'm around kids, I can't help but thank Him for this desire and gift He has given me. I love it!
Well, enough about that. Some of you that read this may or may not know that I used to listen to CC and even some country music. Now, I don't want to get into any sort of discussion...especially on one of these things, but I did want to share what God did in my life. I was thinking about music and how it really is a big part of my life. I realized that I was...well, addicted to CCM. I couldn't go anywhere without having the radio on or a CD in or something. I was then challenged to go one week without listening to anything except Christian...true Christian music. Things that I've gotten from BJ or people when they came and visited my church. I was challenged to see what it would do to my walk with Christ. I had said that it doesn't matter what music you listen to, as long as your walk with God was right. So, I figured it wouldn't be a big deal. I didn't think anything would change. I earnestly prayed that God would change my heart. And I wasn't even a day into my challenge before I honestly felt a huge difference in my walk with God. I've gotten rid of any CCM or country CDs I owned and now, have a deeper, more personal walk with God. I can't describe the feelings other than complete joy and happiness...not to mention the feeling of a burden being lifted off of my shoulders. God has since shown me other things in my life that I needed to change. I never thought I could be so eager to change for God...but I am.
I challenge you to earnestly pray for God to show you anything wrong in your life. Whether it's in the area of music or not...it doesn't matter. We always need to be changing to be more like Christ. Let Him truly work in your life to change you. He wants to. Let Him.
I want to mention again that I don't want to start a big discussion on music or anything. I wanted to share what God had done in me. What He chooses to do with this, is His plan.
"Break up my fallow ground..."
I really want to teach Kindergarten. It was because of my Kindergarten (and 1st grade) teacher that I wanted to go into teaching. Yes, I knew at that young of an age that I wanted to be a teacher. And I still can't imagine doing anything else. I work with 1st-3rd graders this month in Jr. Church at my church and it's the best. The kids are so well behaved and they have a thirst for hearing God's word preached to them on their level. It's wonderful to see God working in children at that age. Every time I'm around kids, I can't help but thank Him for this desire and gift He has given me. I love it!
Well, enough about that. Some of you that read this may or may not know that I used to listen to CC and even some country music. Now, I don't want to get into any sort of discussion...especially on one of these things, but I did want to share what God did in my life. I was thinking about music and how it really is a big part of my life. I realized that I was...well, addicted to CCM. I couldn't go anywhere without having the radio on or a CD in or something. I was then challenged to go one week without listening to anything except Christian...true Christian music. Things that I've gotten from BJ or people when they came and visited my church. I was challenged to see what it would do to my walk with Christ. I had said that it doesn't matter what music you listen to, as long as your walk with God was right. So, I figured it wouldn't be a big deal. I didn't think anything would change. I earnestly prayed that God would change my heart. And I wasn't even a day into my challenge before I honestly felt a huge difference in my walk with God. I've gotten rid of any CCM or country CDs I owned and now, have a deeper, more personal walk with God. I can't describe the feelings other than complete joy and happiness...not to mention the feeling of a burden being lifted off of my shoulders. God has since shown me other things in my life that I needed to change. I never thought I could be so eager to change for God...but I am.
I challenge you to earnestly pray for God to show you anything wrong in your life. Whether it's in the area of music or not...it doesn't matter. We always need to be changing to be more like Christ. Let Him truly work in your life to change you. He wants to. Let Him.
I want to mention again that I don't want to start a big discussion on music or anything. I wanted to share what God had done in me. What He chooses to do with this, is His plan.
"Break up my fallow ground..."
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