So, I realize that I'm jumping the gun on the Thanksgiving thing, but tomorrow is going to be nut-so, so I wanted to make sure it got done. (I mean... I've been jumping the gun on holiday stuff in general, anyway. I can't list all the Christmas cds that I've already listened to)
1. My family. As crazy as they may be, they always support me and are always there for me.
2. My friends that love me even though I whine and complain and completely embarrass them on a pretty regular basis: namely, Janie (woo, Janet!), Joanna (would NOT survive Hungary without her), and Tiffany (I love our dailies. We should keep that up)
3. My church family. They are amazingggggg. Seriously.
4. Medicine. Which I'm currently loaded on. I'm sick and have been consuming medicine like it's candy. Probably not healthy.
5. Nsync.
6. Christmas.
7. Puppies.
8. Being able to live in Europe.
9. America
10. American troops. Even though I will never get to thank even 1% of them personally, I will never be able to express my gratitude
11. Food
12. Shoes
13. Chocolate
14. Cars
15. The fact that I am blessed every single day no matter how difficult my life seems to be.
I'm so thankful for a God that cares for me and loves me more than I will ever be able to fathom.
I'm really sorry about this post. Like previously mentioned, I'm very out of it with all the medication in my system, but for whatever reason I had to post right NOW. I'll probably read this later with a bit of embarrassment.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
CEOOGPFME/New door
CEOOGPFME- CEO Occassional Gathering of Partners and Friends for Mutual Edification.
This weekend we had a retreat with all of the partners of CEO. We got together for a weekend of prayer, worship, edification, and LOTS of fellowship. It was amazing and SO needed. I can't begin to tell you about how many amazing people we have in our company and just how fantastic it is to just hang out, gain wisdom, and be covered in prayer over and over again. It's equally amazing to be able to share wisdom, what God is doing in your life, as well as cover others in prayer. Corporate worship in English was AMAZING and something that I had truly missed. To be in a room with other believers and sing as loud (or because I lost my voice...whisper) as I want was so refreshing. I was so encouraged from this weekend.
As we speak, I have two men literally shattering my old doorframe to make room for my new door. After I was robbed, it nearly happened again, so I put extra pressure on my school to get me a new door and to get one quickly. So, I'm pleased to say that it it actually happening...as loudly as can be, I might add. My new door has a steal core and rumor has it that robbers just look at this door and walk away because they know there is no chance. I pray that this is one rumor that holds true. I'm very, very, very excited. Prayers have been answered! I'll try to get a picture of it up when it's all said and done.
This weekend we had a retreat with all of the partners of CEO. We got together for a weekend of prayer, worship, edification, and LOTS of fellowship. It was amazing and SO needed. I can't begin to tell you about how many amazing people we have in our company and just how fantastic it is to just hang out, gain wisdom, and be covered in prayer over and over again. It's equally amazing to be able to share wisdom, what God is doing in your life, as well as cover others in prayer. Corporate worship in English was AMAZING and something that I had truly missed. To be in a room with other believers and sing as loud (or because I lost my voice...whisper) as I want was so refreshing. I was so encouraged from this weekend.
As we speak, I have two men literally shattering my old doorframe to make room for my new door. After I was robbed, it nearly happened again, so I put extra pressure on my school to get me a new door and to get one quickly. So, I'm pleased to say that it it actually happening...as loudly as can be, I might add. My new door has a steal core and rumor has it that robbers just look at this door and walk away because they know there is no chance. I pray that this is one rumor that holds true. I'm very, very, very excited. Prayers have been answered! I'll try to get a picture of it up when it's all said and done.
Monday, November 14, 2011
I'm back!
Oh, gosh. Guys, I'm so sorry that I haven't been posting. I was robbed (as most of you know already) and then I couldn't remember any of my information to log in for my blog, but I finally figured it out! Woo! So, this post is going to be a brief and super rough recap of my life for the past few months.
1. I was robbed. $5,000 of stuff taken. They broke into my flat while I was at school and I came home to my flat torn apart with my laptop, SLR camera, over 100 DVDs, external hard drive, ipod, and all of my jewelry gone. :( Nothing's been recovered and it's hard to still come home some days and feel safe. BUT I know that God has me here for a purpose.
2. Speaking of being here for a purpose...I got to witness to one of my classes for oer 20 minutes at the end of last week. Oh gosh, it was so amazing. And scary. When there are 12 teenagers staring at you and hanging on your every word, it's a little unnerving. They were asking hard questions too. "Why do people suffer?" "If you say that God love everyone, why does bad stuff happen?" I tried to answer to the best of my ability, but I let them know that I wasn't a scholar and that some of my answers were possibly wrong, but it was just what I felt. When the bell rang, none of them moved. They were all so interested. Some even stayed after class to ask questions and keep talking. Definitely an answer to my question that has been running through my mind for a week or two, "God, why AM i here?"
3. Went to Spain for a week! I got some super cheap tickets and headed there for a week with two American friends for our fall break. It was fantastic. It was sort of a whirlwind tour, but I loved it. We got to see both Barcelona and Madrid. I think I'm a fan of Barcelona a bit more, but Madrid was super awesome too. La Sagrada Familia is so awesome. If you don't know what it is...look it up- it's well worth it.
4. God is working in my life- big time. I've NEVER been so spiritually stretched or challenged in my entire life. Honestly. I'm learning something new everyday. God is breaking me everyday. I've been broken before, but never in such a big way and so often. It's really humbling. But even through this, God is carrying me and giving me the strength to sustain me day by day. He's even molding and changing my concept of what being broken means. What grace means. What loves means. It's honestly the most awesome thing ever, but honestly and truly SO hard. There are days when I just want to cry. There are days when all I do is cry. But if this is what it takes to be more godly and for God to bring me closer to him- bring it on.
I love you all. For all of the people that support me and pray for me- thank you. You are a bigbigbigbig part of this journey and I'm pretty sure that your prayers are the only reasons I make it through some days.
I'm back in the blogging game! I promise that I'll be more on top of it now (and save my log in information!)
1. I was robbed. $5,000 of stuff taken. They broke into my flat while I was at school and I came home to my flat torn apart with my laptop, SLR camera, over 100 DVDs, external hard drive, ipod, and all of my jewelry gone. :( Nothing's been recovered and it's hard to still come home some days and feel safe. BUT I know that God has me here for a purpose.
2. Speaking of being here for a purpose...I got to witness to one of my classes for oer 20 minutes at the end of last week. Oh gosh, it was so amazing. And scary. When there are 12 teenagers staring at you and hanging on your every word, it's a little unnerving. They were asking hard questions too. "Why do people suffer?" "If you say that God love everyone, why does bad stuff happen?" I tried to answer to the best of my ability, but I let them know that I wasn't a scholar and that some of my answers were possibly wrong, but it was just what I felt. When the bell rang, none of them moved. They were all so interested. Some even stayed after class to ask questions and keep talking. Definitely an answer to my question that has been running through my mind for a week or two, "God, why AM i here?"
3. Went to Spain for a week! I got some super cheap tickets and headed there for a week with two American friends for our fall break. It was fantastic. It was sort of a whirlwind tour, but I loved it. We got to see both Barcelona and Madrid. I think I'm a fan of Barcelona a bit more, but Madrid was super awesome too. La Sagrada Familia is so awesome. If you don't know what it is...look it up- it's well worth it.
4. God is working in my life- big time. I've NEVER been so spiritually stretched or challenged in my entire life. Honestly. I'm learning something new everyday. God is breaking me everyday. I've been broken before, but never in such a big way and so often. It's really humbling. But even through this, God is carrying me and giving me the strength to sustain me day by day. He's even molding and changing my concept of what being broken means. What grace means. What loves means. It's honestly the most awesome thing ever, but honestly and truly SO hard. There are days when I just want to cry. There are days when all I do is cry. But if this is what it takes to be more godly and for God to bring me closer to him- bring it on.
I love you all. For all of the people that support me and pray for me- thank you. You are a bigbigbigbig part of this journey and I'm pretty sure that your prayers are the only reasons I make it through some days.
I'm back in the blogging game! I promise that I'll be more on top of it now (and save my log in information!)
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