Another week!

Another week of school! CFAW is this weekend, so that should be exciting! This past weekend was awesome! My whole family came up for the football game and Lauren brought her new boyfriend up to visit :D I know who he is and he is an awesome guy. It POURED at the football game and we stood out there for hours in it, and left at halftime, but it was still worth it! It was so awesome!

Today was nice and relaxing. I went to convo and then I went and did some more laundry, since I had to wash all my wet clothes from the weekend, plus I had a little incident with the lemonade last night and needless to say my snowman blanket got a LITTLE sticky. So I did that and then I went and checked out the Rugged Warehouse that is right down the road from my school, I got a dress for 3 dollars!! Now that is a bargain for a broke college kid. I came back after I did homework in the computer lab for a few hours and I took a niccccccccccccceeeee long nap. I then went to Moe's with Katie and Lindsey and we had quite the exciting adventure. We brought our food back and ate with Casey and Megan and then went up to the bookstore for a bit. Now I am back working on my paper, I am more than halfway done, praise the Lord!

 

crazzzzzzy

I LOVE IT HERE! I am so busy all the time which I love, and I have made so many awesome friends. There is always someone to hang out with and something to do! I also have been laughing so hard I cry, and I LOVE IT!! Tomorrow is going to be a good day, Laundry and then going out to eat with a group of friends. Today was good too, long though, basically I have done nothing. I had class allllllllllllllllllllllllll day and then I came back and slept forever. Haha, then went out with Katie, Meg and Casey, came back and did homework, and then shower....and now bed! But life here is great, I miss you guys so much!!!!!

Forgiveness- My God thought of the day :D

So I am deciding what to do for my prayer group Tuesday, and I am torn between Comfort and Forgiveness, but I thought I would just share what the bible says about forgiveness- both about how He forgives us and how we need to and are called to forgive others. Enjoy!

Forgive

–verb (used with object)

1.	to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.

2.	to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).

3.	to grant pardon to (a person).

4.	to cease to feel resentment against: to forgive one's enemies.

5.	to cancel an indebtedness or liability of: to forgive the interest owed on a loan.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to pardon an offense or an offender.

Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:15
But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 18:21-50

The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

 ²¹Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"  ²²Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.^[a]
 23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents^[b] was brought to him. ²⁵Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
 ²⁶"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' ²⁷The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
 ²⁸"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii.^[c] He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.
 ²⁹"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
 ³⁰"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. ³¹When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
 ³²"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. ³³Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' ³⁴In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
 ³⁵"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

Luke 17:3-4

³So watch yourselves.
      "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

God forgives us for what we do, and therefore we should forgive others. I have come to realize its alot easier said than done....how many people do we not talk to anymore because they upset us and we refuse to forgive and forget? How many people do we still hold grudges against because we refuse to let the offenses against us go? Its hard sometimes too, when its something major. If someone killed our parents, are we suppose to forgive them and be all buddy buddy with them? I don't believe that is what Christ is trying to say, I believe we are suppose to forgive them in our heart and just let all the anger we had against them go...that doesn't mean we have to hang out with the person who killed our parents! Its so hard though, because people make us angry and we just don't want to talk to them anymore or have anything to do with them. But I ask you this....does it really matter what they did to you? In the long run, whats worth more....losing a friend because of something they did against you, or keeping a friend after forgiveness has happened and trust is built back up? In the long run, does staying mad at your friend really matter? What if your friend (or family member or whoever, I am just using an example)  would die tomorrow and you never got to say your sorry or ask for forgiveness? I know that makes me think.....anyways.....I dont know if I am making sense or not, but I am going to try from now on to forgive those who have done me wrong and then just move on. there is no sense holding on to all the hurt and anger for so long, it will just make you miserable :)

John 20:23
If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.


These are just a handful of the TONS of verses in the Bible about forgiveness....


gives you something to think about :D

I should be sleeping...

Another busy day in paradise....

Went to convo today! It was all about why we should vote and stuff, which was pretty good. I changed my voter registration so that I will be able to vote here, especially since alot of the local issues are things that affect the students here. So that was good :) I really liked the speaker and the stories about his family. Afterwards, I did the exciting adventure of...LAUNDRY!!!! Yes, I know the excitement is just overwhelming up inside of you, but please try and contain yourselves. So that was fun, I kinda just did that throughout the day....first I went and washed them, then I came back and put them in the dryer, then I came back and folded them up and took them back to my dorm (I took Randi and Bre with me that time). I spent alot of the day just relaxing and having some alone time which is sometimes needed here. I took a walk, which was nice, after the sun had come out. Then I went to Judgement House with Lindsey and Crystal, which was really good. It was really sad but I really enjoyed it, if you can enjoy something like that. But it was just really good and last I heard I believe they had like ....17 people get saved tonight, which is AWESOME.

I really enjoy how Satan was portrayed in this skit...but since Lauren may be reading this and she is going to be seeing it tomorrow, I wont say anything about it until AFTER Judgement House is over.

Sarah and Lauren are coming up tomorrow! yay!! I am very excited, I can't wait to see them. I plan on just sleeping in tomorrow really late, but I may be getting up to skype elizabeth! YAY! I hope I can, I miss her so much!! My best friend is a missionary over in South Africa, and I really really really miss her. 

Okay, I am half delusional, off to bed! Night!

dead tired

i am so tired....wow....need sleep....

Love to be busy!

Hey everyone, so I know I haven't posted in a couple days, I am sorry! But life has been a bit busy. I am starting to get more and more homework, so its pretty cool :D 

Today was a good day :) I just got back from supper with Linds and Casey, then coffee with Bianca, and then laughing hysterically with Katie and Sarah. I really should be doing homework right now....I have one more bible verse to memorize and I have to work on my psych outline which i have absolutely NO desire to do. I mean, seriously, who likes to read Psych articles? NOT me. haha...

anyways, so I made an idiot out of myself today. I was just walking around campus heading to supper, and I was carrying a notebook with some papers on top. Well Mr. Wind came and blew one of the papers off the stack and I started chasing it down the sidewalk because it was important. Well I couldn't catch it and I kept laughing which made it even harder. Then it took a sharp right up a hill and I went to run after it, but I am wearing my slippery flippy floppys, so i slipped and fell RIGHT on my butt in front of everyone. I was laughing so hard, and I got grass stains on my jeans. Delightful. I know.

I really love the fellowship of this school. And the SLD's and RA's are amazing to just talk to and pour out your heart to. I am really grateful that God brought me to the school and has given me so many new amazing friends, and for the leadership on my hall. I really wish everyone could experience this with me!!!


My family: I MISS YOU SO MUCH. I miss always having constant communication with you. I love you!!!

Home!

September 12th, 2009

I am home for the weekend! Its really nice just to get a break and to relax and collect myself. Weeks at school go by so fast! Every minute of my day is filled with something, and when its not I am either napping (yes, I know fully understand the concept of napping since I do it atleast twice a week at school now) or doing homework!
Right now I am just relaxing at home even though there are a few things I should be doing at the moment, I have a book to start reading a quiz to do...I really should go work on that when I am done here! I am baking brownies at the moment, I should also go check on those....*checks* okay I have 2 minutes before they are done! 
Today was nice, I slept in late and then after I woke up I went with Michael to go drop my sister off at her school, so that was nice. When we got back I went to a cookout with my family and Marcel, who is our German exchange student who is staying with us who is SO NICE. i am so glad he could come to America! I am heading back to school tomorrow, I am kinda sad because I love and miss my family alot. I also miss the cooking! I am so sick of eating caf food and pizza hut! But I do LOVE school so so so much and I am going to miss it when I leave (which is a whiles away so I don't know why I am thinking about it right now!) I also got to see my grandparents last night which was really nice and my sister and brother! 

Brownies are done! Gotta go!

Good day :)

Today was good, went to classes and had lunch with Jillian :) Then I went to my last class and then had supper with Casey, Lindsey and Megan, then went to the Gym with Lindsey and Katie. Then prayer groups, now facebook and perhaps homework before i sleep. O! And I had an hour nap today from 5 to 6. It was beautiful ♥

Thinking

So I am up late, thinking away. I keep thinking about all the great messages I have heard in the past couple weeks of being here. The one about honoring marriage last week was really good, he talked about how this world doesn't honor marriage anymore and about how even if we are single and/or remain single for the rest of our lives, we are still called to honor marriage, the marriage of  others. It was such a great service, I plan on posting up the notes I took from it, as with the notes I will be taking on the upcoming convos. I love taking notes and stuff so I can go back and read them later, or so I can share the message with others. The guy also talked about how people are like "Do EVERYTHING you want to do before you get married because once you do you can't do anything" and he shared with us a verse in Ecclesiastes that talks about going through hard time with your wife or something of the sort, and how he talks about that the husband and wife are made to GO THROUGH the daily grind of life together and how that having someone along side you while you do live out your dreams and goals is awesome! And then there was the message from King about depression and Getting Up and stuff, and it just really was awesome! I just love how much I am getting from this school and everything I am learning about. 

We sang this song at camp, and I just can't get it out of my mind:

Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom
Or the strong man boast in his strength
Let not the rich man boast in his riches
But let the hum- ble come and give thanks
To the One who made us, the One who saved us

CHORUS
I will boast in the Lord my God
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
I will boast in the Lord my God
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's wor- thy

Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom
Or the strong man boast in his strength
Let not the rich man boast in his rich- es
But let the hum- ble come and give thanks
To the One who made us, the One who saved us

CHORUS
I will boast in the Lord my God
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
I will boast in the Lord my God
(1st ending)
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
(Repeat Chorus)
(2nd ending)
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's worthy

INSTRUMENTAL

BRIDGE

I will make my boast in Christ alone
I will make my boast in Christ alone
(Repeat twice)

CHORUS
I will boast in the Lord my God
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
I will boast in the Lord my God
(1st & 2nd ending)
I will boast in the One Who's worthy
(Repeat Chorus)
(3rd ending)
I will boast in the One Who's worthy, He's worthy
He's wor- thy

Great Weekend!

 

This weekend was so much fun! Yesterday Lauren, Travis, Marcel, Aaron and Michael came from back home and we met up with Katie, Albert, Charlie, Kourtney and Jon and we all went out to eat at the Olive Garden for Michael's birthday. Afterwards the girls went and got starbucks as the guys headed over the exitement of a place I like to call Wal Mart. Then we met back up and went Ice Skating, and I didn't fall praise the Lord (even though Katie did). Afterwards we went out to eat at Docs, and had a great time even though it took a bit for us to eat our food, we didn't care! We drilled Marcel with a whole bunch of questions about Germany, poor guy! But he was alot of fun and He got to try Mac and Cheese for the very first time in his life! 

I am very very tired today, I slept through church (heathen, I know) But I met up today with my Aunt Kathy and Evan who were looking at a school down here, and I had lunch with them. Now all I want to do is take a nap. So that is what I am going to do! Nap time :D 

love love love

I love my dorm! I went trick or treating tonight, and I got food at every door I stopped at!

Tomorrow I am bringing Bre to the airport and then I am heading to the soup kitchen with the brother dorm, AWESOME! I can't wait. :D Bed time!

Crazy Day

What a crazy day, I feel like  I have been running none stop. I am also getting a taste of what it is going to be like to be a Christian counselor, its extremely overwhelming! I am not doing too much at the moment, except getting ready to study and do homework while watching the office :) I am just trying to catch some alone time at the moment, feels like I have been around people all day....o wait....i have :D

Classes were good today, I got a drink before Bible so I wasn't falling asleep the whole time, and then I went to one of my psych classes and found out I had a quiz that I totally forgot about! I did pretty good though! I was impressed. It was about Sigmund Freud, and I have read about that quack so many times so I knew alot about him. :D All the other classes went pretty well, and then I walked alllllllllllllllllllll the way to my dorm and then walked allllllllllllll the way to my classroom for evangelism and then realized i forgot my books and so i had to walk allllllllllllll the way back to my dorm and then allllllllllllll the way back. My mom can testify since she was on the phone with me. hahaha....

They have a movie night tonight, I think I am going to watch it, excitement! :)

Well gotta do homework, I will keep you posted later :D

My first post!

So I did it, I finally got around to create this blog I have been wanting to make forever. Since I have been SOOOOO busy here at LU i thought I would start one so everyone could see what I have been up to and what I am doing throughout the day so come back often, I will try to write in it about everyday or so.

LIFE HERE IS AMAZING! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVVVVVE IT HERE! The classes are awesome, all my teachers are pretty normal, I have made LOTS of new friends and I love the campus and being busy. There is always sometime to do! Like Friday they have a movie and a late skate, Saturday they have horseback riding and tubing the river! I am doing the movie, but on Saturday I have friends coming in from out of town so that will be fun :) Also, Friday my dorm is going to the soup kitchen and the nursing home, I really want to go! I think it will be a great experience.  Then next weekend is white water rafting, which I don't think i will be doing because the thought if it truly terrifies me HAHAHAHA. :D

So for those of you who haven't heard, I have become a prayer leader on my hall :) I felt that God was leading me in that direction and it was actually an answer to prayer! I LOVE IT so far! Its a position of leadership, and thanks to GBC I now have alot of experience with that so hopefully the skills I learned there will play a big part in :) There is alot to do though! Every tuesday after hall meeting we meet in our prayer groups and I share and we discuss things, I LOVE the girls I have in my group, they are so awesome! I even made them sing a song and stuff last night, hopefully they didn't think I was too crazy. But this group is going to be really awesome, and I have alot of things planned for them this semester. Then on Wednesday I have my Prayer Leader meetings which are good, i was kinda overwelmed though today. I have a test to take and I have to write a paper on a book they gave us. BUT I do get a free t-shirt. so that was a plus hahaha.

I love the ministry here. I know some people get fed up with going to convo 3 days a week, or the dress code, or curfew....i just like to ask, then why did you come? didn't you read up on anything before you came to the school that you were paying for? hahaha it makes me laugh. But I do not mind it at all. I love all the speakers and trying to soak up more infomation about our Lord and Savior. It just amazing. I love everything here, except for maybe trying to get up to catch a bus at 7:15 in the morning with my awesome roomie Bianca. I love my roommates, Bianca and Bre, they are so awesome :)

My day today was pretty good. I got up and went to convo, I was up late talking to one of the girls in my group, she is HILARIOUS. Her name is Colleen and she has some really funny stories. So then I got up, went to convo, then walked around and got some lunch and some starbucks at the bookstore. After that I headed over and had my PL meeting and then when I was finished with that I came back and met up with Brittni, another girl in my group, and I went with her to the doctors because I told her that I wouldn't want to go alone if I had to go so I thought she could use some company :) Now I am here doing some psych homework and just writing on this thingy. :) I really miss my family, and I miss sleeping but in the end God is good, even through the awful times. In a bit I am heading out to eat with my brother dorm and then to Spiritual Emphasis Week to hear that awesome speaker! He is SO GOOD. :D

Sorry, I know this isn't very well organized and I kinda rambled, but I hope everyone has a great night.


We talked about being a disciple today in our PL class, and this was our main verse which most of you probably know:

"Therefor go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:-19-20