just a little update.

just wanted to give everyone a little update on my health. i went to the doctors on monday to get allergy testing done. i found out that i have seasonal allergies (which could i ever tell that i have those...my sinuses are going nuts this spring!) and i found out that i am slightly allergic to beef. which doesn't really come as a surprise because my dad is very allergic to beef. my beef allergy is very slight (on a scale of 1-4 it was only a 1) and i find it kind of funny that i had steak 2 days before my testing and the steak never bothered me. but my allergist wants me to go get more blood work done. i was thinking that i possibly have a milk allergy because every time i eat pizza from our favorite pizza place, i feel really sick. but the test came back negative for milk. so, right now i have to go in for blood work, and then i have to go in to see the GI doctor in june. we're going to see if they want to test for anything that my GI doctor in south carolina didn't test for.

to say the least, this is all very frustrating. but i know through all of this God is doing this for a reason. i may not know what it is right now, but this is all part of his plan for my life. such a comfort!

well anyways, i hope everyone has a fabulous thursday!

quiet reminders.

i am sitting here in my dorm room. all my roommates are gone, and it's just me. the only noise is coming from our air conditioner, me typing away on my key board, and the random people occasionally in the hallway. i am reminded in this quiet time in the midst of the busyness of college life, that i need to take more moments like this to breathe. i need to take moments like this and meditate more on God and what He has done for me. i have amazing friends, i go to a great college, i have a wonderful family back home {who i miss a lot}, i'm getting a great education, and my God is in complete control of absolutely everything! that alone should give me a reason to take more moments to breathe. why? because i don't have to worry about anything. my God is in complete control. He knows everything i need, when i need it, how i need it, and it's all part of His perfect plan for my life! that just amazes me.

{christmas lights hanging in our room} :)

college life is going wonderfully. i am making a lot of new friends, and i am also able to hang out with some old friends. college life is definitely busy. right now, i have my history of civ book staring me in the face, just waiting for me to open it and continue on homework. so for now, i hope that you will remember to take those quiet moments, and remember all that God has done for you, and what He is doing for you now!

God of Heaven.

God of heaven. God of all the earth and sky.
Great creator. Master of all nature.
Who gives birth to snow from heaven. holds the waves at ocean's edge
gives the orders to the morning, shows each dawn it's place to shine.
God of heaven. God of all the earth and sky.


God of ages. God who wrote the book of time.
Sovereign ruler. Alpha and Omega.
saints before He's guided safely
histry's pages signed by Him 
Author of our days and hours
things to come are held secure
God of ages. Alpha and Omega.


God of power. God who breaks the darkness
Righteous warrior. Champion of his children
goes before us into battle
good and evil bow to him
those is bondage freed forever
victry's won at his command


God who heals us. God who gives us peace and hope.
God who listens. Carries all our fragile dreams and heartaches,
wins and failures. binds the broken, hides the weak.
new beginnings freely offered. who can make us whole again.
God who heals us.
God of power.
God of ages. 
God of heaven.
God of all the earth and sky.


words and music by Heather Sorenson

(picture from the Arizona mission trip 2 years ago. i want to go back)

His way. not mine.

when my way seems dark and drear and the future I don't know,

my heart feels so empty, as the tears unending flow.

when my heart breaks with sorrow and a tempest fills my soul,

this one thing I know for sure: my God is in control.

His way is perfect, His way is perfect.

though I don't understand His wise and loving plan,

His way is perfect. His way is perfect.

take my life and make a vessel purified.

God makes no mistakes; His way is best.

when the toils of life are come and my heart is worn with care,

I faint 'neath the burden of a cross I cannot bear.

when the joy has departed from my sorrow stricken soul,

this one thing I know for sure; my God is in control.

His way is perfect, His way is perfect.

though I don't understand His wise and loving plan,

His way is perfect. His way is perfect.

take my life and make a vessel purified.

God makes no mistakes; His way is best.

                                          

words and music by Betsy Kistler

can't wait.

i can't wait for it. i can't wait to be on the plane heading south. i can't wait for the 4 hour drive from charlotte. i can't wait for the first time we drive through the gate and i squeal from excitement just thinking about everything that's coming up. i can't wait to see all the people. i can't wait to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. i can't wait to learn. i can't wait to share what i've learned. i can't wait for that first monday, when the excitement will be so great, from the staff and the campers. i can't wait to see the excitement on the campers faces and how the excitement will grow from monday to friday. i can't wait to watch the campers grow in the Lord. i can't wait to pray for them. i can't wait to spend time at the lake. i can't wait to go out to the waterfalls and gaze in amazement at how great our God is. i can't wait til the friday night excitement, when you can't hear yourself think while every single camper and counselor in the dinning hall is cheering their heads off for their amazing teams. i can't wait for the fireside services. i can't wait til the weekends to hang out with friends and make memories. i can't wait to grow closer to God. i can't wait for camp.

back on the blog. update on my life.

well hello there blogging world! i am sorry that i have been neglecting the blog recently. i am now taking a college course along with all my high school classes and everything else that goes on in my life! :) thankfully right now i am on february break! (even though it's march...) i love vacations. they give you time to just relax. which is definitely what i needed! God gives little blessings just when we need them! it's wonderful how God shows Himself through everything.

so for an update on my life! well, a lot of change has been happening at my house. (which is good) my dad retired from the fire service (yayyyy) and he is now working down in boston!!! it was sad to think that he wasn't going to be a firefighter just for the fact that he's been doing that since before my parents were married. i've always loved going to the fire station and visiting him, and going in the fire trucks (don't judge....it's a lot of fun...now if they would just let me drive one...) and just for the fact of saying my dad's a firefighter. (it just sounds cool to me :P) i'm so proud of him though, and he loves his new job which is awesome and i love his new job!

recently God has really been teaching me about trust. i've had a hard time with this. i am the type of person who likes to have everything in control and when i say everything i mean EVERYTHING! i love to plan things out, have a schedule, etc. but God has really been teaching me that i don't know what's best for my life, HE does. i don't know what's coming up in the future for my life. HE does! He's been teaching me that i just need to totally and completely trust in Him! while i was down working at camp this past summer, our boss for the waitresses had us write a "note" to ourselves about decisions we had made and about things we had learned while at camp. she then told us that she would be sending them to us later on in the year, to see if we had kept up with the decisions we had made. well, mine came in the mail the other day. and what's at the top of the list??? trust God for everything. yup, there's that whole trust thing again. it's just a comfort to know that He does know what's best for me, and He will give it to me. another thing that i had written down was nothing is too big for God. wow. what a powerful statement. i remember the morning at camp when the preacher was talking about that. he said something like think of what you think of is the biggest trial in your life...ok, now think of something bigger...now something bigger...what you just thought of, is not too big for God. because NOTHING is too big for God. i don't know about you, but that is SUCH a comforting thought to me. i can trust in HIM for anything because nothing is to big for God. wow.


well, i am going to be trying to blog more. and i am hoping to blog more about what God is teaching me. i love being able to share with others what He is teaching me.


happy wednesday!