YOU are stronger.

Hello friendsies :)

SO the past week of my life was completely consumed with Crusader Knights. No complaints, it was absolutely worth every minute. :) I cannot even put into words how absolutely amazing it was, and it just warms my heart everytime i think about it. just beautiful :)

I keep saying Thursday was the best night I've had in college, but I feel like I've said that a lot lately. Needless to say, life is good :)

Everyone keeps saying "aren't you glad you get some of your life back now?".. welp, Stunt Night practices started tonight, and I'm directing the Jr. Class.. therefore life=not back. :)

God is really working in my life and teaching me how to follow Him, and His plan instead of asking Him to accept and bless my plans. He's also teaching me to rely on Him for things as simple as my basic needs, like housing for next year (the dreaded housing process is next week).

It's tough to fully let go and let God do work in my life, but He is stronger, SO much stronger.

I borrowed the Jeff Johnson CD from Jen, and I have listened to it non-stop. Obsessed. and BEYOND glad that Jeff Johnson is coming to lead worship at UMHB's Revival this year! :)

I'm just simply loving life right now, through its busyness and its struggles, somehow I have found peace and joy, and its wonderful.

it's cold outside.

yep, Today is Wednesday.. and class is cancelled. UMHB is like in this funky stage of cancelling class on Wednesdays.. (totes not their fault).

but anyways, I have a story for you.

I got up at 6:15 this morning, like normal, got ready for class, had breakfast and Jesus time, scraped the ice off my car in the 19 degree weather, and went to class at Raye-Allen Elementary, which usually takes about 10-15 minutes. At this point, the roads were fine, but I had a feeling they'd get worse. While I was giving on of my first graders a math benchmark test, another intern came in the room and said her teacher told her to get home. Therefore, my teacher kicked me out cause she wanted me safe. The walk to our cars was comical, we all kept slipping in the parking lot. We all scraped the ice off of our cars, sliding in the process, and as I was about to leave, I noticed all the precip that landed on my windsheild while I was scraping my classmates' cars, froze.. so I had to rescrape mine. So in the process of getting out of the car, I slipped on the ice, and fell.. hard. I twisted my ankle, it hurts, but its part of life.. and as clumsy as I am, I'm used to it. So after that embarrassing moment, I had to drive back...which is the point of my story.

I texted a few friends before I left Raye-Allen, so someone knew I was on the roads in case anything happened. I love the support I have from the people at UMHB. No one EVER neglects a prayer request and I'm so thankful for that. I'm especially thankful for those who prayed for me and the rest of my classmates this morning. I am always amazed by God's power. :) The drive took me at least 30 minutes. It was the scariest drive I've ever made, my tires were slipping everywhere, and I saw flipped and wrecked cars around me, but I knew I had God's protection over me. I made it back safely and got to take a nap, somewhat. But I got up to call work to see if I still needed to come in.. I do, unfortunately, so there was no point in going back to sleep. I'm a little nervie about going to work, but I'll be okay.. God is good.

Monday night, these really cool guys came to UMHB to show their documentary called "Beware of Christians." They did something awesome a few summers ago and are showing the world. It was incredible! If you go to UMHB and didn't get to go, I bought their dvd, so we can watch it sometime! but if you don't go to UMHB, I encourage you to watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-5Yjy6UAA

It's the trailer for their movie. You can book them to come to an event for you or order their movie online at www.bewareofchristians.com
It's worth your time, I promise!

Stay warm people!

happy life :)

So this week was anything but normal, to say the least..

My drive home on Sunday was alright, til "I Hope You Dance" came on the radio, and I started crying like a little baby.. Idk what it was, I never cry in songs.. I guess just realizing how much I'm chasing my dream and how God has worked everything out in my favor kinda got to me. I'm growing up so fast, and it scares the crud outta me.

Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal, besides the fact that i had 8 hours of sleep, TOTAL between sunday and monday nights. 13 total if you add Tuesday night.. welcome to my life.

Wednesday, there were rolling blackouts all over TX.. made for a real whacky Wednesday, UMHB cancelled class, after I already finished my class, but such is life. The rest of the night was chick flick night with the roomies, and it was wonderful. :)

Yesterday was a good day at work :) (The picture is me and little Savannah, she reminds me of the beauty of life, everyday.) Me and the kiddos did a "snow dance" because we wanted it to snow realllyyy bad! and lo and behold, Last night, it SNOWED! :)

Jill and Ben and I went to the basketball game, watched the guys annihilate HPU, then drove to walmart.. in my Mazda. I've never driven in snow before until last night, and I have to say I'm SOO proud of myself. :) We were greeted back at campus by a huge group of friends in the parking lot of the apartment complex, so we parked and joined in on the snow day riot! It was quite possibly one of my favorite times I've had here at umhb. There are a few (okay, a lot of) things in this world that make me turn 5 again, snow is definitely one of them.

Today, we all woke up around noon, since UMHB cancelled school and I didn't have to work, and Jill, Audrey, and I went to lunch and Hobby Lobby. I have so much fun with them! Now, we're catchin up on cleaning and jammin' out to some fun music :) Life has been so wonderful lately, I love my roomies SO much :)

God is doing HUGE things in my life, and I'm so so sooo thankful for that. I've finally let go, and I'm letting Him take care of me. It's amazing. SO MUCH JOY