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slowmotion and confusion

questions..

Can you hate where you are and still be in God's will??  If you do something right but for the wrong reasons isn't it supposed to turn out for good? What if it dosnt? What do u do if you realize that you are not in God's will but can't get out???  But what if you are right where God wants you...

Give ear to my prayer, O God;
Give heed to me and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and am surly distracted,
becasue of the pressure of the wicked;
for they bring down trouble upon me.
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
My heat is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror has overwehlmed me.
i said, "oh that i had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Behold i would wander far away.
i would lodge in the wilderness.
i would hasten to my place of refuge
from the stormy and the tempest.

dear xanga....

i quit you forever...thanks...

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My life has been so busy and crazy latley...2nd year has been rough but God has been teaching me so much over these past 6 months.  My missions trip to hungary is coming up and i can't wait! I have almost all my money raised for this trip...just need about anoth $260 more.  2 weekends ago i got to go to jerzy and see my best friend britt. and some other jerzy friends Which was absolutly amazing!!!

                                                   Marcello, Kurt, and Frank          Me and britt

The next weekend i went with my amazing roomate megan and her boyfriend Aaron to meg's house in PA.  The plan was to stay there for a weekend..but..thatnks to the grace of God and much not-expected snow, we were able to stay there for a whole week!  It was such a much needed break!  I got to cousel the weekend that i got back from pa, and it was such an amazing week. My girls were so much fun and so well behaved.   I also got to spend about 7 hours one-on-one with one of my campers in the health center, which was really cool becuase we got to talk about alot of stuff in her life and such. 

Collegians are getting ready to go down to Florida!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait! This summer i will also be working as an STC supervisor  in Florida! I cannot wait to be able to get into the lives of the girls for 8 weeks straight!  God has been so good and gracious to me .  I have seen God work in so many ways in my life.  There have been times in my life this quarter that i didn't know how i was gonna make it through the rest of the year and suddenly what felt like overnight my opinon about the situation would change.  There was absolutly no other explination but to say that God changed my heart.  It really bring to life the verse that says, you can do all things through God who strengthens you.  God will not give you anything more than what you can handle WITH HIS HELP.  So when He does throw a situation in your path that He wants you to grow from, when you have realized and become humble at that fact, then and only then will he take that situation and turn it around for good and totally take care of it for you.  Not only will you
1. grow from the situation,
2. See how amazingly God handeled the situation for you,
3. Be humbled becuase of it,
but its 4 that amazes me the most,
4. FIND JOY FROM IT. 
I think that is what scares me the most.  The fact that I look at a situation that the normal person will be angry and bitter about but I see joy in it.  That is truly and nonexplanably a God moment. 
Please continue to pray for me and my family as we go through some things together.  Its tough being spread out all across the east coast but once again I know that with God all things are possible.  Some verses that I have recently taken to heart are:                                    Psalm 37 

3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
       dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

 4 Delight yourself in the LORD
       and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 5 Commit your way to the LORD;
       trust in him and he will do this:

 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
       the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
       do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
       when they carry out their wicked schemes.

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My best friend back in NJ's brother is in the Army National Guard....He has been in Iraq for the past year...he was due to return home this march but they just found out that his term was extended another 5 months.  He will now miss his wedding as well as other special family events....Becuase of this, His father(the Pastor of my old church back in NJ) has been able to write several articles and be on the news about this situation.  He has been able to helo bring comfort to other suffering families by using God's word. Here is one article that was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  It's long but good....please pray for mike and his family.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/16477528.htm