While I was in Alabama over the weekend I had time to sit outside Sunday morning on granddad's pier and just think about things that were coming up in my life and just things going on now. I had been thinking about my past and people that were in it. Mainly I was thinking about the relationship that Tyler and I had together. I don't know what it was or why I was even thinking about it but I was. While I was sitting there I decided that its time for a fresh start.
Classes are starting in less then a week and its my time to start the semester off right. For the first time starting a semester I am going to be single and honestly I'm excited about it! I'm going to be able to focus on my studies and what I need to do. Yes its weird thinking about but its exciting at the same time. I'm getting more involved with the BCM (baptist campus ministries) and I'm really excited about that! Yes its going to weird and awkward seeing Tyler up on the stage playing in the worship band on Tuesday nights but I'm not going for him, I'm going to praise God and to worship Him.
I was asked the other day to be in the Celebrate Recovery Band at Woodburn Baptist Franklin Campus and I'm excited and nervous about that. I have never sang with a band like that before so its going to be an adventure that I can't wait to tackle. I'm also really excited because one of my friends from high school asked me to be her maid of honor in her wedding in May. I'm so excited about that! I love her to death and just feel honored :)
When we were coming back from Bama on Sunday I was talking with Mom about my being single situation. I asked her why it was that when I become single it seems like guys come out of the woodwork to date me.... but honestly I don't want to date any of the ones that are interested in me. She was like "Girl you seem to get yourself in a pickle with guys." I told her that I didn't want a pickle... I wanted my cucumber that I'm supposed to be with. But I know that God will bring us together whenever both my future husband and I are ready. I just have to wait and be patient...... but that seems to be the hardest part.....
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
my sweet home alabama
So I am going to be going back to Alabama this weekend to visit my family who still lives there and for my grandfather's 70th Birthday..... I'm not really for sure why but I am excited to be going back for the first time in a while. I don't know if its because I haven't seen them since Christmas or what it is but I am excited.....
I know one reason I'm excited is because anytime we go down there or someone comes to visit us we get the BEST hot ham and cheese sandwiches in the south from this little place called Lacy's.... Its this little hole in the wall place that was popular when my parent's we my age! Its nothing fancy, just a little restaurant that has brick walls where people sign their names on a brick, the classic arcade games in the back that still cost a quarter, and Lacy himself still works there. There is something about that place that I just love!
I know one reason I'm excited is because anytime we go down there or someone comes to visit us we get the BEST hot ham and cheese sandwiches in the south from this little place called Lacy's.... Its this little hole in the wall place that was popular when my parent's we my age! Its nothing fancy, just a little restaurant that has brick walls where people sign their names on a brick, the classic arcade games in the back that still cost a quarter, and Lacy himself still works there. There is something about that place that I just love!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Obsessions....
I saw this on a friends blog this morning and thought it would be fun to do also......
So here it is my top 5 obsessions in life right now....
1. Love and Theft
3. Texting
So yes I have always been obsessed with texting but for some reason I'm really obsessed with it now....
So here it is my top 5 obsessions in life right now....
1. Love and Theft
They are an up and coming Country group. Their single that is playing on the radio right now is "Runaway" and it is my theme song to my life because with everything going on I just want to runaway for a day or so....
2. Lipton's Green Tea
I don't know what it is about Green Tea that I like so much but it is amazing!!!
3. Texting
So yes I have always been obsessed with texting but for some reason I'm really obsessed with it now....
4. Chris Young
I saw him at the Big O Music Fest in Owensboro and have loved listening to his music ever since!! He won Nashville Star a few years ago and it shows why!! I love his deep raspy voice....
5. Shows on ABCFamily
Right now I'm obsessed with The Secret Life of the American Teenager and 10 Things I Hate about you
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Don't forget the little things in life
This past weekend my best friend, Laurabeth from elementary school came down for the weekend. We hadn't seen each other since finals week back in May!! It was so good to see her and be able to spend time with each other.
While she was here it got me started thinking that you can't forget about the little things and the people in life that mean the most to you. I had forgotten how much being around her makes me feel good, how we can be silly and goof around for hours, how songs from back in the day bring back so many memories! We laughed until our sides were hurting, stayed up til 2:30 in the morning like we were in elementary school again, and just talked about everything from relationships to worship. It was a much needed weekend for me!
On Saturday we got up and was going to go shopping after I dropped my brother off at work. My brother and I left before Laurabeth did because she was still getting ready. I gave her my house key and just told her that I would drop him off and the meet her at the mall. I am about halfway to getting Trent to work when LB calls and says that she has had a wreck! I tell her that I am going to be there ASAP! She was okay and her car is going to be able to be fixed. But in that very moment I thought to myself, what in the world would I have done if she would have been hurt worse?? I couldn't live without my best friend!! We have been through so much together that I don't know what I would have done.
Laurabeth and I are lucky that her little wreck wasn't anything more than little.... As I told her, her car can be fixed/replaced but we can't replace our Laurabeth.
So what I'm saying is don't take things or people in your life for granted.... You could have them one day and the next day they be gone......
Friday, August 14, 2009
An answer to prayers
God is so AWESOME and AMAZING!!!!!
Okay so here is why we serve an awesome and amazing God.....
If you have read any of my previous post then you know that I'm working with a group called The BoneValley Project to bring in 3 bands (know 4 bands) to Franklin to do a heavy metal christian concert. In the past week we have gone on a HUGE I mean HUGE emotional/spiritual roller coaster. We lost 2 places that we were going to have the concert at and we also lost one of our big supporters. Then just this week we thought that out leadership in the church didn't support us or wanted us to do this. We thought that we would be "black listed" for doing this event and trying to reach these teens this way. Well after church on Wednesday Miguel and Wendi Woo went to talk with our pastor and things were a HUGE misunderstanding!!! THE LEADERSHIP DOES SUPPORT US!!! They can't do anything because they have "used up their cards and don't have an ace to play" but they think what we are doing is great and a great way to reach these kids.
Yesterday Wendi Woo was calling some people on her way to work and accidentally called a guy who we have been trying to get a hold of for days. (He wants to remain anonymous so I will just call him CL) CL picks up and Wendi starts talking and he was like "Hold on a second, who is this?" She then asked if it was Mickey. He replied with "No it's CL." She felt really stupid for calling but it turned out to be a great thing that she accidentally called him because they set up a meeting for that night to talk about everything.
So as of last night after a 5 hour meeting CL and some of his friends are going to be sponsoring the Franklin Fall Metalfest!! Everything is going to be paid for and taken care of!! All we have to do is keep praying and do the little things. I cried my eyes out last night because I couldn't believe that this was really going to be happening. So many people had been telling us that it just wasn't the time for it. But its always the time to reach the ones who are lost!
We came to a conclusion last night that after everything we have gone through that it was God testing us to see just how far we would go and how much we care about these kids who are lost. We were willing to go ahead and do this event without our leadership liking it, we were going to do this event no matter how much they didn't like it. Through all of this my relationship with God has strengthened and so has my faith and trust in him. I know that when we turn everything over to him that if it is in His Will then it will happen. And if it isn't in His Will then it won't and that we have to accept it. For some unknown reason those people and places that we thought should be involved with this God didn't think so.
Please continue to be in prayer for us as we are about 6 weeks from this happening. Even though we have past all of the test and trail right now that isn't to say that more won't come. Satan doesn't like it that we are coming into "his place" and reaching these kids so we know he will try to throw more things at us. But with God's help we can take it!!
Okay so here is why we serve an awesome and amazing God.....
If you have read any of my previous post then you know that I'm working with a group called The BoneValley Project to bring in 3 bands (know 4 bands) to Franklin to do a heavy metal christian concert. In the past week we have gone on a HUGE I mean HUGE emotional/spiritual roller coaster. We lost 2 places that we were going to have the concert at and we also lost one of our big supporters. Then just this week we thought that out leadership in the church didn't support us or wanted us to do this. We thought that we would be "black listed" for doing this event and trying to reach these teens this way. Well after church on Wednesday Miguel and Wendi Woo went to talk with our pastor and things were a HUGE misunderstanding!!! THE LEADERSHIP DOES SUPPORT US!!! They can't do anything because they have "used up their cards and don't have an ace to play" but they think what we are doing is great and a great way to reach these kids.
Yesterday Wendi Woo was calling some people on her way to work and accidentally called a guy who we have been trying to get a hold of for days. (He wants to remain anonymous so I will just call him CL) CL picks up and Wendi starts talking and he was like "Hold on a second, who is this?" She then asked if it was Mickey. He replied with "No it's CL." She felt really stupid for calling but it turned out to be a great thing that she accidentally called him because they set up a meeting for that night to talk about everything.
So as of last night after a 5 hour meeting CL and some of his friends are going to be sponsoring the Franklin Fall Metalfest!! Everything is going to be paid for and taken care of!! All we have to do is keep praying and do the little things. I cried my eyes out last night because I couldn't believe that this was really going to be happening. So many people had been telling us that it just wasn't the time for it. But its always the time to reach the ones who are lost!
We came to a conclusion last night that after everything we have gone through that it was God testing us to see just how far we would go and how much we care about these kids who are lost. We were willing to go ahead and do this event without our leadership liking it, we were going to do this event no matter how much they didn't like it. Through all of this my relationship with God has strengthened and so has my faith and trust in him. I know that when we turn everything over to him that if it is in His Will then it will happen. And if it isn't in His Will then it won't and that we have to accept it. For some unknown reason those people and places that we thought should be involved with this God didn't think so.
Please continue to be in prayer for us as we are about 6 weeks from this happening. Even though we have past all of the test and trail right now that isn't to say that more won't come. Satan doesn't like it that we are coming into "his place" and reaching these kids so we know he will try to throw more things at us. But with God's help we can take it!!
Monday, August 10, 2009
World Vision
In February I went to a Santus Real and Matthew West concert here in BG. They were talking and promoting World Vision. This is where you adopt a child from another country and for $35 a month you supply them with the needs that they have. Most of the children you can adopt/sponsor are in countries where AIDS/HIV is growing at rapid speed.
While I was at the concert I was feeling like I needed to sponsor a child but didn't know how I was going to do it so I just pushed that feeling aside. They kept on talking about it all night long and I just kinda ignored them. In the days after the concert I started seeing ads on facebook and other random places for World Vision. Then one night when I was still dating Tyler he brought it up and both of us confessed that we felt the need to adopt/sponsor a child from World Vision. So the next day I got on Worldvision.org and found the girl I was meant to sponsor.
Her name is Nina Donate Oneva she is from Mozambique and just turned 11. She lives in a small village with her parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. With their schooling and little money over there she is only in the 2nd grade. But this is what made me know I was supposed to be her sponsor... she wants to be a teacher!
I have received two letters from her and they are amazing to read! Since our languages are different it is interesting to see how she tries to say things in English. Nina will write me a letter in Portuguese and then a translator will write it in English. When you receive a letter from your sponsored child, they send you the child's handwritten letter along with the translated letter. I love seeing Nina's writing to me. It just makes me feel so good! Also in the letters the children can draw you a picture. I'm realizing that Nina likes to draw houses. In both of the letters she has written me there has been a drawing of a house. Its so cute!
I can't wait to watch her grow and learn so much more about her. I would love to one day meet her but I don't know if that would ever happen. There is just so much joy out of knowing that you are helping someone in another country live and have water and what they need to survive.
So if you want to help out a child and have that joy that I have then go to http://www.worldvision.org and check it out. As I said its only $35 a month. For me its not shopping at my favorite stores as much, or going to starbucks a lot. Just think about it....
While I was at the concert I was feeling like I needed to sponsor a child but didn't know how I was going to do it so I just pushed that feeling aside. They kept on talking about it all night long and I just kinda ignored them. In the days after the concert I started seeing ads on facebook and other random places for World Vision. Then one night when I was still dating Tyler he brought it up and both of us confessed that we felt the need to adopt/sponsor a child from World Vision. So the next day I got on Worldvision.org and found the girl I was meant to sponsor.
Her name is Nina Donate Oneva she is from Mozambique and just turned 11. She lives in a small village with her parents, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. With their schooling and little money over there she is only in the 2nd grade. But this is what made me know I was supposed to be her sponsor... she wants to be a teacher!
I have received two letters from her and they are amazing to read! Since our languages are different it is interesting to see how she tries to say things in English. Nina will write me a letter in Portuguese and then a translator will write it in English. When you receive a letter from your sponsored child, they send you the child's handwritten letter along with the translated letter. I love seeing Nina's writing to me. It just makes me feel so good! Also in the letters the children can draw you a picture. I'm realizing that Nina likes to draw houses. In both of the letters she has written me there has been a drawing of a house. Its so cute!
I can't wait to watch her grow and learn so much more about her. I would love to one day meet her but I don't know if that would ever happen. There is just so much joy out of knowing that you are helping someone in another country live and have water and what they need to survive.
So if you want to help out a child and have that joy that I have then go to http://www.worldvision.org and check it out. As I said its only $35 a month. For me its not shopping at my favorite stores as much, or going to starbucks a lot. Just think about it....
Friday, August 7, 2009
Funky Friday
So lately I have been working on this undercover missions project with a few people from my church. My emotions with it have been everywhere and I'm emotionally drained! Here is a little background on what's gone on recently.
Once we got a date from the main band we got to work knowing that we had 10 weeks to get everything completed. Yes I said 10 weeks! We called to the venue to see if it was still open for that date and it was! So from there everyone started calling places and coming up with ideas to get sponsors.
Well this past Monday, August 3 was exactly 2 months to the date and the day that satan hit us hard! Miguel went to the venue to see what was up and the lady who we had been working with informed us that someone had erased our event and put in another event in place of ours. The event is some dance thing for Relay for Life. Don't get me wrong I love Relay for Life. I'm a big supporter because my grandfather passed away from cancer but to go and erase someone's event isn't the right thing to do at all! We were ticked off and down in the dumps. But we knew that we couldn't be this way because we already had to much in this to quit. I have really been the one trying to keep everyone upbeat and saying its gonna be okay. But that gets tiring after a while.
I know that everything is going to work out the way that God wants it to but man its so hard! We all talked about how satan would test us and try throwing curve balls into the mix but we didn't realize it was going to be this soon. I posted yesterday a post with Ephesians 6:12-18. This is the veres that I have to keep telling myself. We knew that we would be going into battle but I guess I didn't realize how hard it was going to be.
Please be praying for us. We are calling our project the Bonevally Project after Ezekiel 37. If you haven't read it you need to, its awesome!!!
Once we got a date from the main band we got to work knowing that we had 10 weeks to get everything completed. Yes I said 10 weeks! We called to the venue to see if it was still open for that date and it was! So from there everyone started calling places and coming up with ideas to get sponsors.
Well this past Monday, August 3 was exactly 2 months to the date and the day that satan hit us hard! Miguel went to the venue to see what was up and the lady who we had been working with informed us that someone had erased our event and put in another event in place of ours. The event is some dance thing for Relay for Life. Don't get me wrong I love Relay for Life. I'm a big supporter because my grandfather passed away from cancer but to go and erase someone's event isn't the right thing to do at all! We were ticked off and down in the dumps. But we knew that we couldn't be this way because we already had to much in this to quit. I have really been the one trying to keep everyone upbeat and saying its gonna be okay. But that gets tiring after a while.
I know that everything is going to work out the way that God wants it to but man its so hard! We all talked about how satan would test us and try throwing curve balls into the mix but we didn't realize it was going to be this soon. I posted yesterday a post with Ephesians 6:12-18. This is the veres that I have to keep telling myself. We knew that we would be going into battle but I guess I didn't realize how hard it was going to be.
Please be praying for us. We are calling our project the Bonevally Project after Ezekiel 37. If you haven't read it you need to, its awesome!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Ephesians 6:10-18
The Armor of God
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
This passage means a lot to me right now with what I am working with others to do in Franklin. It seems that satan wants to tear us down so bad! He took away our location and now we are back to square one. We aren't giving up though! We know things are going to work out and this will happen!! Just have to pray and trust in God. He has gotten us this far......
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
This passage means a lot to me right now with what I am working with others to do in Franklin. It seems that satan wants to tear us down so bad! He took away our location and now we are back to square one. We aren't giving up though! We know things are going to work out and this will happen!! Just have to pray and trust in God. He has gotten us this far......
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
My Bucket List
After messing around on Facebook the other day I found my Bucket List that I made last summer.
bold= completed
- when I become a teacher I want to have that lightbulb moment with my students
- travel to Italy before I get my Master's Degree
- be in 2 or more states at one time
- go on a Road Trip
- visit NYC
- go to an University of Alabama football game
- visit the Grand Canyon
- learn to speak Spanish
- go on a mission trip
- graduate by 2012
- get by in life without credit cards
- learn sign language
- learn to salsa dance
- fall in love
- read the entire bible front to back
- grow my hair out and donate it to locks of love in memory of Pop and Abby Cummings
- go where the Lord leads me
- get over my fear of singing infront of people
- learn to say NO and not to think I have to do everything myself
- ask for help from others
- live everyday to the fullest
- not care what others think and praise God the way I want to
- get married
- kiss in the rain
- dance in the rain
- adopt a child either from another country or here in america
- get my dream car- nissian xterra
- buy a pair of TOMS
My list is still a work in progress. God is working a whole lot in my life right now and I can't wait to see where he takes me.
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