Monday, January 19, 2009

Rewind

It's been a while since I've written... Partly because I've been so busy and partly because sometimes I don't know what to write... Neither are very good excuses. Anyways, it has been a pretty eventful month so say the least. I'm going to try and give a run down of everything that happened...




House sitting/Baby sitting- Since my last post, December 1st, the number of baby sitting and house sitting opportunities that I've had as been unreal. It's crazy to think that in the month of December and even now, in to January, I've only slept at my house about twelve nights. And I've babysat a coypus amount. It's really crazy. But in the end, a true blessing. If it weren't for these opportunities I definitely wouldn't be taking classes this semester, going to the Winter Retreat, or driving my car. And I'm very thankful for the relationships that have fromed, and strengthened, because of those experiences.



Work/School- I finished up my semester and managed to only have to take one exam, my math exam. I was really stressed about that particular exam because; I'm horrible at math, I'm not a good test taker, and if I don't pass the exam I have to take the class for the third time. Thankfully, with a great deal of studying, prayer and the much needed help of my very cute tutor/boy friend I passed my exam with an 90! Which gave me an A in the class! And was the last A that I needed to have straight A's! Work has been crazy as well. I was to work most of the break, so that was good. I've started a new semester already too. I already feel over whelmed. I'm looking forwarded to being done with this semester because by then, I'll have most of my general education classes completed.



Ecuador- After praying and thinking about it a lot, I decided to apply through the IMB to be a summer missionary. I applied mid-December. It was a pretty long process and in depth, but finally last week, I found out that I had been accepted! I'm really excited and a little scared too. I think this opportunity will really stretch me. I've been to Ecuador twice before but those trip were completely different. For the most part I was surrounded, or at least near other "North Americana's" (People in South America consider themselves to be "Americans" too and can get offended if we only refer to ourselves as "Americana's.") And I stayed for a much shorter time. This will be a intense trip and one that will really challenge me. I'm really ecstatic to see what the Lord has to teach me in this endeavor!


ALIVE/Pipeline/Bible Study/Church- I don't even know where to begin with this, but I feel I should mention it because it's such they are such a staple in my life. The last few weeks I feel that JJ and PT have really been turning up the heat. PT's 3G series has really hit hard in some areas of my life as well as in the lives of people around me. It's been really cool to see, hear, and to put into play the setting of goals for this up coming year (I hope to post those up soon.)


Spiritual Warfare- I feel that there has been a lot of spiritual warfare swirling around me lately. And unfortunately they've been hitting me in areas where it really hurts. Thankfully though things like this are an opportunity learn valuable lesions and to grow closer to the Lord. I'm trying to keep that mentality despite the severity of some of these issues.


The next month- I'm really excited about what God is doing right now. There are a lot of really troubling things that are happening... But God is good, and His love endures! (I've been reading that line a lot.) And as mewithoutYou would put it... "The smoke isn't half as bad as God is good." I'm holding on to that.


And I think I'll stop there for now. Until next time...

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