Rain

Dear LORD,

Please bring Rain. It is incredibly dry and is getting warmer every day. We trust you and Love you

In Jesus name i proclaim this

Amen

Hey Old Friend!

Soooo... Since July there have been some pretty awesome changes in my life and 1. i apologize for being a horrible blogger and 2. i dont wanna waste anytime talking about how awful i am as a blogger anymore(We all know this!) so lets dive in shall we?!

My wonderful boyfriend and i have been going strong for 3 months now... Excited, Blessed, Challenged, Joyful, Optimistic and whatever other positive adjective you wanna place there is how i am feeling about our relationship. He is unlike any guy ive ever met. He challenges me and encourages me and cares for me so immensely all the time! I love it, i love him, its awesome and i cant express in words how grateful i am for him in my life. My mom always told me that i should never be someones appetizer. That i deserve to be someones main course. Well, hearing that i was always like "Yea, i know... OK mom..." And since i have been with Brandon i have never felt so appreciated and adored in my life. This guy is incredible and i love sharing life with my best friend! :) He recently moved to Austin(this last sunday) and i have been trying my best to stay positive but it is difficult not seeing my sweet boy everyday. I miss him, but at the same time i am very enthusiastic about our relationship getting stronger and growing deeper in love with him which i know will happen with the distance. I also know that many people have had it much worse, so i am grateful he is just an hour away as opposed to states, countries or continents away. Thank you LORD for that!

Another big thing is that our Foster babies unfortunately had their rights terminated and are now going up for adoption. We are in the process of praying and seeking GODs will for their future. We pray that we will have the opportunity to raise the two girls at least. But i know that GODs plan is way better than mine and i trust completely that whatever he decides my heart will be at peace and i know it will be best for the kids. So if you would join my family and I in prayer as we deal with this it would be greatly appreciated!

I got promoted to a Shift Supervisor at Starbucks, which is both exciting and tiring all at the same time. I love my job, but there is a fine line between living to work and working to live. Lately it seems the line is blurred and all i do is work with little living on the side. I am grateful for this amazing opportunity to grow as a leader, i just Pray i wont get burnt out!

My car got tagged today in my Apartment complex parking lot.. Right in front of my apt. IN broad daylight... That was not fun, but i did get it off by scrubbing it with windex. I hope the paint didnt fade though because of the windex... We will see!

Lastly my Cousin had her baby today. And let me tell you this WOW GOD story... She was born dead. The first 4 minutes she had left my cousins womb she had no pulse and was not breathing. After those heart wrenching 4 minutes her heart started beating and she is now healthy as ever and extremely alert and responsive. My mom told me how they put the baby on my cousins chest immediately after being born and within seconds snatched her away and began working on her. I am amazed at how faithful GOD is and equally ecstatic to see what little Ava's mission on earth is. It must be something fantastic for the LORD to spare her life so willingly. She has an amazing testimony. I am PRAISING THE LORD that she is ok! What a horrible tragedy that would have been. Thank you LORD for life.

Why Jesus?!

I was doing my homework for the Daniel Bible study that i've been doing for the past 10 weeks, and one of the questions today was about why I chose Jesus.

Ive believed in Jesus for a long time. But the reason i am so passionate about him is because he has proved himself Mighty, Faithful, Trustworthy, Loving, Grace-Filled, Merciful, He alone has guarded me and protected me from harm my entire life. The verses in the Bible are true about him. He is Just. He is Love. Jesus is everything to me because he is Real and he alone is the reason i'm still Alive and well!

Plain and Simple. Jesus is real, He's awesome! I am nothing and i have nothing without him.

Royal Family Kids Camp

Just got back last saturday from RFCK! It was soooooo amazing! I am so grateful that i was able to go and spend time with those kids and love on them. I had a great time.

The LORD really showed himself to me in his faithfulness to provide people or advice or rest, you name it! He was there and he was moving. I am so blessed because i was able to connect with a group of girls (some that were returning campers and others who were brand new to the camp) in a way i didn't expect. We had such an amazing bunch of kids. I love Royal Family Kids Camp cause it forces you to open your mind to the ugliness in the world, but it is so beautiful because the LORD uses all of that ugliness and turns it into something incredible! I saw so many kids radically transformed in those 5 days, kids who wouldn't smile to be beaming by the end of the week. Kids who were afraid of everything to being the most daring courageous of all of them.

It was hard to say goodbye with the knowledge that i wont see most of them again. But i am confident that the LORD has them in his mighty hand. That he is watching over them and that they will be more than okay.

I cant wait til next year :)

PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE!!!!!

Monday night i over charged my bank account. I had 7 dollars to my name, an Empty gas tank, am not getting paid until friday, and was -$5.20 in debt. Sooooo i was freaking out. Not only because i was not sure how i was going to clean all my pools tuesday with no gas, not sure how i was going to eat food cause my apartment is lacking in the food category, and had NO idea how i was going to pay the overdraft fees that Chase bank charges when you go into the negatives...

As you can imaging Tuesday morning for me was incredibly stressful! I was a little concerned. Of course i knew that the LORD has always provided for me and that this time wouldnt be any different. But i did not see a light for some reason. I was so distracted by my circumstances. Then, the LORD began to do the miraculous. My mom out of no where told me to take the truck to go clean pools, my hope began to rise up. I go to the bank and deposit the 7 dollars i have into my account. Then my amazing room-mate Amber pays me for our cable bill... Another 42 bucks... I deposit that an hour later. After I cleaned pools, I got back to the parentals casa and my mom goes through her pantry and starts throwing food at me. My hope is raising even more. Now i am just started to get excited. In the back of my mind there was still a little concern because of the overdraft fees and i was praying all day that those deposits went in my account fast enough to void them. Anywho, i am praying and trusting because at this point my eyes were now focused on the Creator(where they should have been the entire time). I check my account online and i am no longer in the negatives... I am so grateful at this point. But am waiting until Wednesday(today) to check again for the over draft charges...

WELL WELL WELL!!!! Let me tell you... I checked my Bank account today and the list of activity on my account was changed... the charge to my card that took me into the negatives on my account said that it happened AFTER i had deposited that money in my account. So it no longer had ANY record of me being in the negatives. Instead it looks like i was actually responsible and took care of my funds before the fact.

I CANT STOP SMILING!!!!!! GOD IS SO GOOD! The LORD is so faithful to provide. He is worthy of so much praise. I am so encouraged, especially cause there is a lot going on in my world right now. My faith is on an ultimate high right now, i know without a shadow of a doubt that the LORD is faithful, he IS with me, he IS in control, I do NOT need to be concerned at all!

EAT IT SATAN! You will NOT steal my Joy! :) WOOP!

OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!!!!!

It may sound like something so little, But this was not chance, this was My GOD watching out for me and protecting me and providing for me and proving to me that he is so much bigger and better than all my doubt! Oh forgive me LORD for doubting you. You are so Awesome! :)

I had to share. I hope you are blessed and encouraged. Wherever you are whatever youre going through He is LORD! He is in Control! :) He's got your back! Yep, My GOD is awesome!!!

20

Well... I got there. I am 2 decades old now! I knew i needed to blog about my birthday and me getting so old :) But i wanted to take some time to reflect on the past year and share everything that i learned or realizations i came to. Obviously i cant tell you everything i learned cause that would take FOREVERRR but i will share some of the big things :)

1. GOD is for me, he will always love and fight for me no matter how stupid i am. This is one of the biggest things that i learned from GOD during my time with him.

2. GOD is faithful to provide. He proves this to me everyday.

3. Living on your own is expensive

4. Its important to swallow your pride and accept help when you really need the help.

5. I always knew i was pretty independent. But i have really seen growth in me as a person just by supporting myself, the LORD has really used it for good to help me become a stronger person.

6. Having time to yourself is important, to much alone time can be a hinderance.

7. Follow your heart

8. Staying positive is contagious, and people love the positive!

9. Be QUICK to listen, SLOW to respond in anger

10. Think before you speak... Words hurt.

Ill leave it at 10 for now! :)

Oh and my birthday present... I got a plane ticket to go see Terra in North Dakota!! :) I am beyond excited. I cant wait to go visit my second family!

Get Lifted

So i know these guys, they are pretty skilled! I think they should make it not only because they are pretty cool people, but they are in it for the right reasons. They are called Get Lifted. Watch their newest music video, the link is below :)

http://vimeo.com/24525803