i am going...

to THAILAND!!!

who would have thought? the Lord has sent me to africa and to mexico and to other various places in the states. but thailand? wow, that was never ever within my line of vision before. but it seems so far that this is what God wants.
i still have a lot of support to raise. once i write my support letter i will post it on here so that you all may read it and consider praying for or giving to this trip. i will be gone for four weeks in june with about twenty other people from my school.

my daddy bought me a travel book with information about thailand for christmas and i cannot seem to stop reading it. oh boy... i cannot wait to see what is in store!!!!

i am home for christmas break now and having a wonderful time with my parents and my family and my friends from high school and church. i have been working a ton at old navy too...35 hours this week...9 hours christmas eve. 9 hours both days after christmas. i am thankful for this job because it is a way in which the Lord provides for me monetarily...but it can be crazy sometimes!

i guess that is it....struggling in some areas but we all do.

i will try to update more often!!!

oh yeah, GO BUCKS!

it has been a while.

no matter what high school you go to. no matter how much you achieve when you are younger.
nothing can prepare you for what college will be like.
don't get me wrong, i LOVE cedarville. and i love the atmosphere. i love everything about it. and at this point, i know it is where the Lord wants me. but it is so difficult.

the amount of work that is involved is absolutely insane. life is a lot more stressful and a lot more independence is involved. i mean i guess those things are good.
i have definitely grown a lot since the middle of august.

i have also realized that i completely and utterly miss my friends from high school. i had such a tight knit group of friends. amy. liz. rob. kyle. julie. amanda. lara. kevin. mark. james. pat. joel. angie. and the list could go on and on...
i have met awesome people at cedarville and i have made friends. but it's nothing like the old times.

i guess i just need to be patient and wait on the Lord.

[if any of my friends from cedarville are reading this. i truly do love you all. i am just going through some difficulties personally with all of this. it is nothing against you, at all!] :)

and i really miss my friends from church. i do get to see them every once in a while. but it's not how it normally was.

oh well...my life is changing a lot. and i am changing a lot. hopefully for the better. i am definitely trying.

next semester i am going to have 19nineteen19 credits. holycow. i think i might die. right now i have sixteen16sixteen. and i am stressed with just that. i know that i will be able to persevere and get through it. but it will be rough.
my classes next semester will be:
biochemistry. with a 2 hour lab.
statistics.
general psychology.
composition.
provider of nursing care one. 2 hour lecture with a 2 hour lab.
spiritual formation.

ohboy.

i will lift up mine eyes to the hills.
from whence cometh my help.
my help cometh from the Lord.
the Lord which made heaven and earth.
He said, He will not suffer thy foot; thy foot to be moved
the Lord which keepeth thee.
He will not slumber nor sleep.
for the Lord is thy keeper.
the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
upon thy right hand.
for the sun shall not smite thee by day.
nor the moon by night.
He shall preserve thy soul.
even forevermore.
my help. my help. my help.
all of my help cometh from the Lord.
[a brooklyn tabernacle song that my choir, onevoice, is singing.]
it is based from psalm 121.
i cannot cling to anything BUT this right now.

my roomie and i...

that's sam and i watching the last of the fireworks last night!!!! we were both really excited about this picture...

i could not have been more blessed when the Lord decided to have our paths cross.
praise the Lord.
He is sooooooooo good.