It's been a few days..
Things are going well. I had a great weekend at home with my parents and Kristen this past weekend. Kristen, Corey, and I had a surprise party for my parents which went really well. They celebrated their 25 year anniversary. It was a great time of fellowship with some dear friends.
I had a great Valentine this year, two years running. She's a pretty ball'n girl and we had a great time at Olive Garden Friday night and then she helped me a TON with that party for Mom and Dad. She's an amazing woman who has taught me so much about God's love it's amazing. Happy Valentine's Day to you, Krissy Poo.
I have my first test of the semester next Tuesday. I'm working on a packet for my GO Trip over the next few days as well as preparing for that test. Other classes are going well.. haven't really gotten into the swing of things yet but i'm thinking that here shortly the pace will pick up.
Hobbs and Paul are coming in town this weekend. Should be a good time.
Until next year, stay class Valentine's Day
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
02.05.11
It's been three years since the tornado hit Union. That night is a night I will never forget as long as I live. God protected me and the other students on campus that night in ways beyond our imagine. He has blessed us tremendously since the tornado. He has blessed our school with new buildings and more importantly a new respect and reverence for his almighty power and control. He has blessed me with countless experiences and chances to share the story with people all over the place. He has blessed me in healing my legs and giving me a spirit of appreciation for life. I am so grateful.
We gathered last night at 7 on campus, about 50 of us, and just sat in a room in the Bowld and shared testimonies. It was one of the most memorable experiences I think I will have about the tornado. It was so awesome to sit and hear the other students that were on campus that night share what the went through. I didn't get to hear many stories apart from what I read in the book afterwards so it was awesome. I think that God definitely was glorified through the sharing of testimonies, which is exactly what we wanted to do with last night.
Anyways.. The semester is off to a good start.. No class on Fridays and only 2-5 on Mondays and Wednesdays means quite a bit of free time but after last semester, I'm looking forward to it. Mom and Dad will celebrate their 25th year anniversary on Valentine's Day. I'm so glad they could come over to Jackson this weekend and be there last night with me. They mean so much and I know I don't show them that enough.
I'm off to do some things before the super bowl party tonight.
Until next year, stay classy February 5th
We gathered last night at 7 on campus, about 50 of us, and just sat in a room in the Bowld and shared testimonies. It was one of the most memorable experiences I think I will have about the tornado. It was so awesome to sit and hear the other students that were on campus that night share what the went through. I didn't get to hear many stories apart from what I read in the book afterwards so it was awesome. I think that God definitely was glorified through the sharing of testimonies, which is exactly what we wanted to do with last night.
Anyways.. The semester is off to a good start.. No class on Fridays and only 2-5 on Mondays and Wednesdays means quite a bit of free time but after last semester, I'm looking forward to it. Mom and Dad will celebrate their 25th year anniversary on Valentine's Day. I'm so glad they could come over to Jackson this weekend and be there last night with me. They mean so much and I know I don't show them that enough.
I'm off to do some things before the super bowl party tonight.
Until next year, stay classy February 5th
Friday, February 4, 2011
02.05.08
It's been three years since the tornado. Emotions aren't high yet.. but it's only 1:29 am.. maybe by this evening.. certainly by this evening.. i'll be more emotional.. but God is good, and God is faithful, and He loves us beyond our wildest imaginations.. I'll repost later tonight or tomorrow some more thoughts..
until never again, stay classy tornado
until never again, stay classy tornado
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
February First
A long day of GO Trip Training today.. I was up early and listened to a quite a few sermons about how to better serve the Lord on my trip and how to approach this opportunity not as a week long missions trip but as a jump start to a new way of living life. All in all the morning felt extremely long and tedious, but I'm sure that God taught me some things in it.
A cool thing we did today that I hadn't done before was prayer walk. We went to Wal-Mart, our team did, and did some prayer walking through the store. I was taken back by the response I got from a particular couple. They were an elderly couple and I suppose my stereotype of elderly people got in the way. I went to ask them if my friend and I could help them push their buggy to their car since it was raining and could we pray for them and they immediately said no. I guess since I grew up in the church most of the elderly people I encountered were God fearing individuals and it just caught me off guard a little bit. God was definitely tearing down some walls I had and crushing some stereotypes I have though. It was neat to walk through Wal-Mart and notice things i had never noticed before. Typically when I went to Wal-Mart it was to get groceries or other things I needed so I guess I went in, got what I needed, and left. However, when I was prayer walking with my friend Wilson today we noticed that we found ourselves noticing the different types of people much more. I found that I noticed people more when I was praying. I'm sure that as a result of this exercise I will never go into a Wal-Mart or any store for that matter and look at it the same way.
Also when reading my Bible today, I was reading Isaiah chapters 43 and following.. They were all about God bringing glory to Himself for His creation and they talk a lot about how God formed the Heavens by himself and stretched out the earth and how He alone is God and there is no other God. It was some pretty awesome stuff then I came to this passage in Isaiah 49:5-6:
"And now the Lord says-- he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord and my God has been my strength-- He says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
So I was reading this and thinking about it. God that it is TOO small a task for his servant to bring the tribes of Jacob back to him. Too small a task? To me that seems like a huge task? But in God's eyes it's not. So God gives me the task of going to one orphanage in Honduras and it takes me months of preparation and fundraising and planning and i'll get to spend time with probably 100 or so people down there mostly between leaders and orphans, etc. and I view that as a huge opportunity and yet God tells his servant Isaiah that for him to redeem the tribes of Jacob, which was thousands and thousands of people, is a small task? So I guess what I got from this was that no matter what the task is for the Lord, there is still more to be done. When I return from Honduras, there will be people back home that I need to minister to and for that matter before I go to Honduras there are people here that I need to share Christ with. God wants to use me for so much more than I think He does and yea I'm not sure that any of that made sense but those were my thoughts on that passage...
Anyways.. if you took time to read all of that then you must really love me.. and if you can understand what I meant by all of that then you know me better than I know myself! Haha.. But classes start tomorrow. I think I'm going to Chili's tonight with Jordan I haven't seen him since i've been back so that will be good times..
Until next time, stay classy GO Trip Training..
A cool thing we did today that I hadn't done before was prayer walk. We went to Wal-Mart, our team did, and did some prayer walking through the store. I was taken back by the response I got from a particular couple. They were an elderly couple and I suppose my stereotype of elderly people got in the way. I went to ask them if my friend and I could help them push their buggy to their car since it was raining and could we pray for them and they immediately said no. I guess since I grew up in the church most of the elderly people I encountered were God fearing individuals and it just caught me off guard a little bit. God was definitely tearing down some walls I had and crushing some stereotypes I have though. It was neat to walk through Wal-Mart and notice things i had never noticed before. Typically when I went to Wal-Mart it was to get groceries or other things I needed so I guess I went in, got what I needed, and left. However, when I was prayer walking with my friend Wilson today we noticed that we found ourselves noticing the different types of people much more. I found that I noticed people more when I was praying. I'm sure that as a result of this exercise I will never go into a Wal-Mart or any store for that matter and look at it the same way.
Also when reading my Bible today, I was reading Isaiah chapters 43 and following.. They were all about God bringing glory to Himself for His creation and they talk a lot about how God formed the Heavens by himself and stretched out the earth and how He alone is God and there is no other God. It was some pretty awesome stuff then I came to this passage in Isaiah 49:5-6:
"And now the Lord says-- he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord and my God has been my strength-- He says: It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
So I was reading this and thinking about it. God that it is TOO small a task for his servant to bring the tribes of Jacob back to him. Too small a task? To me that seems like a huge task? But in God's eyes it's not. So God gives me the task of going to one orphanage in Honduras and it takes me months of preparation and fundraising and planning and i'll get to spend time with probably 100 or so people down there mostly between leaders and orphans, etc. and I view that as a huge opportunity and yet God tells his servant Isaiah that for him to redeem the tribes of Jacob, which was thousands and thousands of people, is a small task? So I guess what I got from this was that no matter what the task is for the Lord, there is still more to be done. When I return from Honduras, there will be people back home that I need to minister to and for that matter before I go to Honduras there are people here that I need to share Christ with. God wants to use me for so much more than I think He does and yea I'm not sure that any of that made sense but those were my thoughts on that passage...
Anyways.. if you took time to read all of that then you must really love me.. and if you can understand what I meant by all of that then you know me better than I know myself! Haha.. But classes start tomorrow. I think I'm going to Chili's tonight with Jordan I haven't seen him since i've been back so that will be good times..
Until next time, stay classy GO Trip Training..
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