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| This is for Adam Johnson.
:) hello.
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| Well hello ;)
Well, it's 8:00am and I've been up for quite some time. I was supposed to work today and tomorrow at the hospital...but ON MY WAY to work they called and said they were over staffed but they'd be GLAD to let me work 3rd shift. I said yes. I'm an idiot. I've worked 3rd shift the last couple weeks and my body/brain/sleep cycle has been severely confused...oh well, they happen to pay a bit more on 3rd shift. SOOOO I guess the Lord has different plans for Miss Casey today.
I'm just kinda realizing that I'm about to go back to school...this summer has flown - i have NO idea where July went. I didn't want to wish the summer away - seeing as it's my last one ever. (weird thought). I've gotten to play with my sisters a lot - we are very easily entertained =) The Lord has really been working this summer - I'm not really all about going into huge details of my life on xanga, so you can ask me later =) how's that?
So how about everyone getting married? Crystal, Katie and Jo last weekend, Anna and Chelsea this weekend ...Sarah Alexander just called to say she got engaged...wow. =) Weddings are fun, and a reminder of the Lord's faithfulness...this summer the Lord has taught me a LOT about being content. a whole lot. pretty much, God knows exactly what he's doing and my job is to obey and trust that. i tend to overcomplicate things - but that seems pretty simple to me...unless of course I try to do it in my own strength (never works) ;)
welp, i'm off to make some pools sparkle and shine.
p.s. jess balser is here this week to chill w/ me. that makes me smile. =)
oh and - i'm gonna be a printy girl this year. =) def. excited about that! (since i never expxerienced the freshman dorm, i decided to try it out my senior year) ;) | | |
| Hello Friends :) Just a small update here...
Life is good. The 3 weeks of rain have passed...and the sun is back! We're leaving tomorrow for a weekend up at my uncle's in Michigan...he has jet ski's...mmmmm baby. Can't wait to race Elise and totally whip her :) Plus, i'm dyin' to run on the beach...yessss. Haven't been runnin' much b/c of work, so I'm def. lookin' forward to that destressin'/alone time.
Welp, work's goin' well - i'm gettin' good experience...these last couple weeks I've worked nights though - my body is so completely confused! But I've gotten to practice blood draws and that makes me happy. :) The opportunities I've gotten to have with patients and their families have been awesome...so as tiring as a 12-14 hour shift is, it's worth it. Plus, I don't mind the days off afterwards! Remind me next year when i'm a real nurse to be REALLY nice to the students...it makes SUCH A HUGE difference in my day when nurses treat me like a human being instead of a slave...yeah. It's really hard not to complain or talk bad, but I've found that's something that can really set me apart from the other students...it's like gossip central in the nurses station FOR SURE. p.s. for all you nurses, everything is SO different when it's a real person and not a manican! lol.
My sisters are still completely hilarious - imagine living in a house with 5 girls ages 21, 20, 19, 18, and 13 (and the 13 year old acts and looks like she's my age). hehe. yes, life is always exciting - i like them. =)
I love hearing updates from you all - I've been much in prayer for many of you this summer...it's been a great summer, but it'll be good to get back to the Ville ;)
A few verses I'm really lovin' right now...
"But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, "You are my God." My times are in your hands..." Ps. 31:14-15
"All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you." Ps. 38:9
Just a few good reminders for me...I guess I started to get ahead of myself in wondering what I'll be doing this time next year. Kids...we're Seniors. Wow.
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| Hi. My name's Casey...and I always forget to update...
This will be quick, BUT - Elise and I just got back from a trip to NYC w/ the daddio. Ok, so we're deprived Midwesterners and we had nooooooo idea how incredbly SWEEEEET it was! We stayed pretty much on Times Square...went to a Yankee's game, shopped MUCH MUCH MUCH more than I ever have desired to shop (which isn't much anyway), saw The Phantom of the Opera (FRICKIN AMAZZZZZING) Ellis Island, Empire State building, went for a run in Central Park, Little Italy, ate a TON at some pretty sweet restaurants, acted ridiculous in front of lots of people, were obviously tourists walking around w/ our cameras and our neck's tilted upward at all the massive buildings, slept in a "heavenly bed"...very squishy!, hmm...ate more, almost barfed on the Subway, ferry AND airplane....yeah, it was a GREAT time. And now, I am presently exhausted...and not exactly looking forward to workin' at the hospital this week... i like it for the most part once I'm there -and I have INCREDIBLE opp's to witness and be a light..it's just really, really, really tiring...i don't know how those nurses do it.
p.s. i got some sweet shades to do w/ my new bike helmet so now i can KILL the new trails we got....(charlene, i can't wait to ride w/ you soon!) ;)
p.s. #2 Steph Hueni and I were in NYC at the EXACT same time, even returned on the same nite, probably were on the same Subway, and in the same shops...but we didn't know we were there at the same time...i'm pouting hard core. My dear, you must come visit meeee! :)
g'nite friends. | | |
| To be transformed into the image of Christ I must learn his character, love his obedience to the will of the Father, and begin, step by step, to walk the same pathway. For Christ the pathway of obedience began with emptying Himself. I must begin at the same place.
He "made Himself nothing." (Phil 2:7 NEB)
"You must arm yourselves with a temper of mind like His." (l Pt 4:1 NEB)
"If anyone wishes to be a follower of mine, he must leave self behind." (Mt 16:24 NEB)
What does this mean? Is it mere words? How can one leave self behind, make himself nothing? The answer will not come in a vacuum. If a man or woman honestly wishes to be a follower, the opportunity will present itself. Christ will say, "Here is your chance. Now, in this situation, you must make your choice. Will it be self? Or will you choose Me?"
An older missionary said something to Amy Carmichael when she was a young missionary that stayed with her for life. She had spoken of something which was not to her liking. His reply was, "See in it a chance to die."
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