Before I hit the road..

This is my last blog before I leave for the best Christmas ever!! I am pretty pumped about it!! Actually, I am MORE than pumped!!! I am ECSTATIC!!!

I got up this morning and tried to do some more packing, went to Atmore to eat, came back home and finished my packing for the most part, and Sarah came over for a little while to talk and hang out. She gave me some pretty sweet mittens and hat! Super cute and totally my style! :) I also have been doing laundry and getting all my things washed and dried.

Tonight, I went to church and heard a testimony from a missionary from Thailand, which was awesome. Then, my church prayed over me for my trip. :)

Now, I am trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I leave out tomorrow!! This is actually becoming real! This is something I have been wanting to do for 3 years now and it is about to happen. God's timing is always perfect, no doubt about it! His plans are always better. He will always be with us. He will always guide us. He will always take care of us. We are safe in His arms. Don't forget that!

I was thinking today about everything that has happened in the past year and A LOT has happened. Lots of changes, ups, downs, and turning things around in my life. Everything has changed for the better though. Praise the Lord! People have left out of my life and then people have been added and I like the new people a lot. Not that I didn't like the people who left, it is just there is a season and time for everything and everyone and I especially like the new people in my life. :)

Things to pray for: safety, boldness in my witness, that I make use of every opportunity to share the Gospel with others, and spiritual warfare. Oh! And that we do not get sick!

So, I am off to bed due to getting up early. Hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! :)

Love in Him- MaeLee
Psalm 37:4

2 days!

I got to spend my time with family and friends today. My PawPaw called me last night to tell me that he was coming to see me this morning. So, he came over and talked with me for a little while and gave me advice about going out of the country. After he left, I got ready to go eat with my cousins, Candi and Chasity. We always have a great time together. We laughed and laughed some more!!

I ran errands around town and got things taken care of that I needed to. I hung around Candi's shop for while, which is always fun. I always seem to get into something while I am there. I had something going on with my car and Judson helped me out with that. Praise the Lord for gentlemen and men who know about vehicles! :) Then, I left home again to go meet with one of my best friends, Hannah. We had dinner together and got to talk about everything. I just wished she lived closer to me like she used to so I could see her more often! Hannah is an amazing woman of God and she has helped me with and through so much! God has definitely blessed me with a great friend!

I have just been chilling since then. I found some of my old cds on my way home though and jammed out to them! :) I have watched "The Grinch" while sitting around and not doing anything. I noticed that the main theme of the movie is about Cindy Lou trying to understand the meaning of Christmas and basically how it is NOT about the gifts.

So, the inquisitive side of me decided to look up when the exchanging of gifts began. It started a long time ago around the 4th century when a bishop decided to help out others. Now, it has turned into a HUGE ordeal about presents and that is what most people base Christmas on. People have forgot the TRUE meaning of Christmas. CHRISTmas is based upon the birth of JESUS CHRIST!! I am so excited that I get to spend my Christmas spreading the Gospel to people who have never heard about God!! I know that this is going to be my best Christmas EVER and it is all because I will be experiencing what Christmas is truly about. :)

Tomorrow is going to be my last day blogging. Thursday I leave out to meet up with my all of my team, except Amber. So, if Tim continues to blog the next two days, then we will be even on the times we missed blogging. Please keep me and my team in your prayers! Thanks!!

Have a great night!!

Time to face the music

Tomorrow will mark 3 days before I fly out. Oh! today has completely amazing! It seriously has. I got to get a lot of sleep in, pack the majority of my things, visit with my mom and her co-workers, make a random trip to Mobile, get things I needed from there, pick up awesome salad and bread sticks from Olive Garden, worship and talk to God on my way there and back, and spend some more time studying His Word tonight. Also, I got in around 100 texts from people telling me that they are praying for me and my team! Talk about feeling God's love!!

I needed $3,500 for my trip and I got that. Then, I also have around $900 extra and that is after I gave $200 to a team member who needed it to finish paying their way. I do not understand whatsoever why God is so good to me!! I mean, this is crazy!! Why would He choose to bless me and take care of me the way He does?? I deserve NOTHING! I mean nothing. I am a horrible person. I am a sinner. I do not always follow Him and His commands. I do not shine my light for Him like I should. I deserve nothing. I am worthless and an epic fail in comparison to Christ.

"All of us have become unclean, and all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." Isaiah 64:6
"There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins." Ecclesiastes 7:20

I received some more money today. It was another $100. This time it came from someone who is not a Christian. Someone who I had never asked money from. Yes, she has given money before, but I have never asked once for it. She always writes me a card and says that she will be "thinking about me". This time she wrote she will be "praying for me and she knows that God is going to bless me". I read this before I opened the separate card with the money in it. When I read it, I just started crying. And then when I opened to see how much money I was, i really started crying. It is amazing how God use people in your life to share the Gospel. There are so many Christians who are opposed to missions and sending money with missionaries, and then there are people who are not Christians and are willing to give to others. Something is wrong with this picture.

Mark 10:21-23 "Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack..go sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Tim mentioned me yesterday in his blog about praying for me and my team, so I am mentioning him in mine today. Please pray for him as he is preparing to preach on January 2nd at FBC Abbeville. Tim is about to start his last semester at Troy and then his plan is to go onto seminary at Lakeview Baptist in Auburn. Tim is a great guy who truly loves the Lord with all his heart and seeks to glorify God in all he does. So, please pray for him. :)

Tomorrow I get to spend time with some people before I leave out. So, be ready for some great stories come tomorrow.
Peace out!

Oh man!!

Today has been a wonderful day!!!! Got to worship with my church family and then ate lunch with some awesome people. I went to wal-mart to spend more money. :/ I have a love/hate relationship with that place. I came home to wrap my dirty santa gift and bake cookies for the Christmas party.

I went back to church to watch the children's musical and they did an awesome job! After that, I headed over to Sarah and Neal's for the party. We had a great time! I went in with toilet paper and came out with 2 new cds! Whoop whoop!! :)

I have a TON of thoughts running through my mind about everything today. It is really sinking in that I am leaving the country. There are some other things going on as well, but leaving the country is the biggest thing!! I have a whirlwind of emotions going on inside of me! Please be in prayer for me with this.

Hope you have a great week!! :)

Just a few more days..

Tim and I only have a few more days left in this 30 day blogging challenge. I am one up on him since he has missed 3 days and I have missed 2 days. I almost forgot tonight and I remembered as I was getting into bed.

My parents left early this morning to go to Mobile to see my grandmother. She is in ICU and they are trying to keep her stable. She will have surgery on her leg in the morning at 8 AM. So, please be in prayer for her. I slept until 9. I was hoping to sleep later, but my body woke itself up unfortunately. I got ready for the day and then headed to town to pick up some things I needed for my trip. Got to see some people I have not seen in a while. I came back home and watched a LOT of cake shows. I have decided that if nursing completely fails on me, then I am going to culinary school. I have always said that, but now I really mean it. I love cooking and baking! My mom was telling me last night that I needed to go to culinary school and I said I agree!! I decided to bake some cookies while watching the show for tonight. After that, I went outside and walked around the yard and just soaked up some of God's greatness!! Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love watching sunsets and sunrises!! They are my favorite part of the day!! God creates a masterpiece everyday! :)

Tonight I had Christmas with my family. We had dinner and I opened my gifts. I got some new luggage, which was well-needed since mine has been through it with all the traveling I have been doing. I got new sweaters, DVDs, gloves, jewelry, nice coat, and a new Nikon! My camera that given to me by a good friend for high school graduation was either lost or stolen back in July when I was chaperoning a youth conference in B-ham. So, I am pretty excited about the new camera!! God has truly blessed me with a wonderful family and friends!!

Something I have been praying about the past few months is truly becoming a Proverbs 31 woman. I want to be true and real woman of God! I want my only focus is to be on God and serving Him in my full capacity! I want people to see God before they see me. I tend to lose focus so easily though. I am sinner and fail God in every way possible and He STILL loves me. I deserve nothing of His or any blessing He bestows upon me!! It is so crazy to think that after doing the wrong things over and over and over and over and over again...He is still there for me. I know that if I had a friend that was constantly upsetting me, stabbing me in the back, lying to me, breaking promises, being mean to me, and everything else I would no longer want to be their friend. But God is God!! God is UH-MAZ-ING!!!!!! There is no other way to put it!! I am so glad I get to live this life He has planned out for me. I pray that I just do everything to glorify Him and only Him. So, if you want to pray for me about something, then pray that I open and willing to do everything God has called me to do and become the woman of God He wants me to be. :)

Have a great day worshiping with your faith family tomorrow!! :)

Rest

I am so super tired. I guess I did do a lot today, but at the same time I feel like I didn't. I got up and packed my things to go home. I delivered some books back to my nursing instructors that they let me borrow and ran some other errands too. On my way home, I found out that my grandmother had been picked up by an ambulance and I needed to go straight to the hospital. Come to find out, she had fallen at home and she broke her femur. They transferred her to Springhill Hospital in Mobile and she will more than likely have surgery tomorrow.

I did something out of the ordinary today. I got the urge to highlight my hair and so I sent a text out to 3 people asking their opinions on what I should do to it. Morgan's response: "blonde or caramel" Sarah's: "hot pink!" Judson's: "Why are you asking me?" So I did both Morgan's and Sarah's suggestions. The top part of my hair is now a dark blonde/light brown and the bottom is pink! I have never done anything like this, but I kind of like it!! I was really nervous about it at first, but once the color is on there is nothing you can do about it. It turned good, I think. No one has said anything bad about it...yet. haha!

I think I am about to go to bed now. Hope you have a great night and weekend!! :)

Facing the Facts

I took my last final today, so the semester is officially over for me. I came out with 2 D's in my classes. There is first time for everything. I had a moment of weakness, but it did not last too long. God's plans are better than my own and now I am just following Him and only Him. This has been fun so far..I should have let God take full control a long time ago. My life is nothing short of interesting, amazing, fun, and awesome! :)

I worked this afternoon and got to babysit this evening. It wasn't the Hoopers though. After I got back, I decided that I wanted to get out of Livingston and go watch a movie. So, I looked up what was playing because I don't ever know due to having no social life, which in turn means I do not watch tv and I don't know what is ever going on in the world. Anyways there wasn't anything good playing in Meridian with time we could go to..so we went to t-town to watch "Tangled". We sang, rapped, and sang some more!! The movie was awesome!! It was really one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It was not a typical Disney movie. It was not "kiddy-ish" due to it having a lot of adult humor. It was a wonderful movie. New favorite for sure!!

I have come to find out that people assuming things is a new annoyance of mine. Do not assume things, just ask if you want to know. Assuming gets you nowhere just so you know. I will get off my soapbox now.

Anyways, I have had a great day! Oh and did I mention that I am wonderful and amazing friends?!?! God sends them to you in perfect timing. So great!! :)

Last Night

This is my last night of studying for a while and I am thrilled about it! I have been sitting in this same spot all night. I have moved all of one time. I take my last final in the morning. Whoop whoop! :)

Today has absolutely wonderful. No class for me today, of course. I went to eye doctor in Demop to get contacts and get both pairs of my glasses adjusted. I cannot remember the last time I actually wore contacts. This semester has been so busy for me that I have not made time to get them. I also got the oil changed in my car because I procrastinate and my car kept telling me over and over and over again to get it changed. So, I did!! While I about to get the oil changed, some white stuff came falling out of the sky. I think it might have been snow. haha! It snowed until like 2 something this afternoon. It was so pretty! I wish it had all sticked and been able to stay for a while, but oh well!

While at work, I studied for my final that is tomorrow. After I got off work, I went over to the farm of the family that adopted me. I was going to ride one of the horses, but ended up just feeding them instead. I will probably go try and ride tomorrow before I have to babysit. And now, as you know, I have finished studying for the night and I am going to head to bed soon. But something that stuck out to me today is how important encouraging your brothers and sisters in Christ is. I try to make it a point to encourage others, I do not always do the best of jobs, but I try. And this week others have been encouraging me and I like it! :) Another God thing that happened today is that I got MORE money in the mail for my trip to Asia. How amazing is that?? God really does supply all of our needs.

Getting Closer!!

I got the 2 shots I needed today. My arm is pretty sore. I asked to get both of them in the same arm so I would not have 2 sore arms. Bad idea. Oh well, lesson learned!

I got lost today for like the millionth time! I purposely 30 minutes early so I would be sure to get there on time or if I was early I would get seen faster. Well, I was like 10 minutes late. I was not anywhere close to where I needed to be. This is why my parents got me a GPS for Christmas last year. Come to find out, when I wrote down the address the office gave me I did not write the WHOLE address. Typical MaeLee. Hargrove Rd and Hargrove Rd East are 2 totally different places by the way. I was on the wrong side of town and by myself. Sometimes I am glad I am independent, like today. Oh yeah, before I got off on this exit my car tells me that I low on gas. Just great! So, in the middle of being lost and not knowing where in the world I am..I am looking for a gas station. I cannot find a gas station. I am worrying about finding a gas station because when my car tells me that I am low on gas...I am REALLY low on gas and it had been telling me this for about 15 minutes. haha! Finally, I just said out loud "God, please send me a gas station!" Then, BOOM! I turned a corner and there is gas station and a nice one at that. I did not feel like something bad would happen to me if I went there. After I got gas, I called the office that I was going to to get the directions I needed. She told me that I was on the wrong side of town and told me the CORRECT address. Needless to say, I finally got there and all in one piece. :)

After I got back from getting my shots, I got ready to go to a Christmas party with the Hoopers. Then, I went over to their house to help the kids get ready. We left and got there and the kids got to see Santa. Santa gave all of them a gift. Came back home and put them to bed and now here I am.

God is always with you, no matter where you are. You can always call upon Him for help! :)

Almost done.

I am one final down and one to go now. I cannot wait! I am leaving out of Livingston on Friday and it cannot get here fast enough. Oh, I have officially failed out of nursing school. There is no way I will be able to pass with the grades I have. So, I am in school for at least another year. Most people would be upset about not passing, but I am really okay with it. I have been so busy with school and studying and clinicals and work that I do not have much time for other things or people. So, it will be okay because I know God holds the plans for my life and He is in control of everything I do. :)

All I did today was take my final and work this afternoon. I got a little nap in. I have not had a nap in a very long time and it felt great! I have studied off and on tonight for my OB/Maternal/ Pediatrics final when I was not distracted by other things. haha! I seem to be easily distracted these days. But nonetheless, I still have to study. Blah!

Tomorrow I am getting my shots that I need to go out of the country. I know, I know..I am bad procrastinator. Anyways...back to studying I go.

Tied up

So now me and Tim are tied up on missing blogs. I basically purposefully missed yesterday's blog because I was too tired to blog and did not feel like staying up any later. Now, I am blogging because I am procrastinating from studying. haha!

Yesterday I spent the day with Melissa and the 3 kids(Hoopers). We went to Christmas on the River in Demopolis. We went 2 of the many parts of the weekend. The kids got tired and ill quick due to not having naps. We left there around 1:30 and went back to Livingston to put them to sleep. I left and got to watch about a hour of the Auburn game and had to head back to help Melissa because Archie V would not go to sleep. So, I played outside with him for a while to tire him out. I love kids and I would say that I love those kids more than any other kids anywhere, but I am always glad that I can give them back to their parents. I am not in that stage of life yet and I thank God that I am not. I love spending time with them and loving on them, but they are a ton of responsibility.

After that, I came back to my place to do more stuff. My roomie, Morgan, spent the night with a friend Friday and Saturday, so when she came in we talked for a long time about everything to catch up on the 2 days we missed with each other. I did not go to bed until after 1 AM.

Today I went and worshiped with my family here in Livingston. We had our meal after the service. I love getting to know everyone better, especially other families. I recently had a family "adopt" me since I am in the watchcare program and I got to spend some time with them today. The reason they wanted to adopt me is because they found out that I love horses and they have horses for me to ride. :) I also play with their grandchildren! So, this afternoon they offered to me to come over and ride and to bring friends. So, I did!!! I have not rode in a while, so I was pretty excited. Morgan was one of the ones to go with me. I wanted her to go because she has not rode a horse since she fell off one and broke her arm when she was 12. She rode today for the 1st time since then. Big accomplishment for her!

Since then, I have been studying for my nursing final that I have in the morning. I really do not want to be studying, but I need to. It is just one of those things I guess.

So, I am going to stop procrastinating and get back to studying I suppose. Hope your week starts off great!! :)

Dragging

I have stayed up way too late every night this week and today it caught up with me. So, I plan on going to bed really soon. There was no class or finals for me today, so I went to work the majority of the day. I got an invite in the middle of the day to go with the Hoopers for family night out of town. I, of course, said yes because I have not seen the them in 2 weeks. When I got off work at 3 I went over to their house to help the kids get ready while A4 and Melissa got themselves ready. We went and got Mae(4 y/o) from school and headed to go out to eat and shopping. Kids truly do say the darnedest things! haha! I have missed being around those kids! They are so precious! I was pulling in their drive and Archie and A5(2 y/o) were outside and when A5 saw me his face lit up! I love it! He came running up to me and just a jabbering.

Tomorrow I will be helping with the kids while Archie goes to the Auburn game in ATL. So, Melissa and I will be going to Christmas on the River with the kids. It should be a fun and interesting day. They always keep me on my toes, that's for sure! :)

So, like I said...I am about to hit the sack! G'Night!

Jokes

So, I am opening today's blog with a joke. My jokes may or may not be funny to you, but I like to laugh whether or not it is stupid.
Here it is: What is green and has four wheels?

Answer: Grass...I lied about the wheels. HAHA! :)

It has been a great day! I had two nursing tests today and I am so glad those are out of the way. The only thing that stands between me and Christmas break is my nursing finals. Finally! But, I do have to say that this semester has flown by. College in itself has flown by. It has gone so much faster than high school ever thought about going. And I was thinking today about how much I want to be 15 again. I just want to go back and live everything over again. There are a few things I might would change, but I have always loved my life. I am very content and satisfied with where I am in life now. It is an amazing feeling to be at complete peace and not stressed about anything. This truly is an indescribable feeling. I know that God is in full control of my life and He is leading me where He wants me to go.

After I took my tests, I went into work for the rest of the day. Got some good laughs there! haha! I am one of the 2 college students that work down there and everyone I work with is great! We laugh all the time. Oh and all the jokes we tell and pull on each other. One co-worker thinks it is always hilarious to turn everything on my computer upside down. Not cool because I can never remember how to correct it. I always have to get someone else to come fix it for me.

I have studied, made cookies, and watched "Morning Glory" tonight. Studying=blah. Cookies=yum! Morning Glory=great movie! :)

But anyways, I like jokes. :)

25 and 16

Today is December 1st! That means there are 25 days until Christmas and 16 days until I leave the country. Tonight it got pretty real that I am leaving so soon, which made me even more excited! :) God is pretty amazing!!

Today I got to sleep later than usual and when I did get up I really did not want to get out of bed because I was tired and it was freezing outside of my covers. So, I grabbed my laptop and made some pretty sweet videos of my friends and I dancing dressed as elves. Oh, I have been on a laughter kick the past two days and have not been able to stop laughing. Seriously. I laughed all last night like no other. I really am surprised that my stomach did not hurt today from all the laughing I did. And so when I made the videos today, I laughed even more because they were hilarious. After I made videos, I headed over to BCM. It was our last meeting of the semester and we had great food. Home-made potato soup and cornbread along with oatmeal raisin cookies! Good stuff!

Then, I headed to work for the rest of the day and studied for my nursing tests that I have tomorrow. Starting tomorrow I have to do some serious studying/reviewing for my nursing finals. After work, Morgan and I went got supper and ate and then did some more studying before heading to a college group bonfire. Turns out the pastor grilled hamburgers for us, so I didn't need to eat beforehand. Oh well! But we had smores, so all was well! Smores are my favorite! :) Morgan caught some marshmallows on fire and slung them at someone on accident!! It was pretty funny! And now, I have just finished up some more studying for nursing. It never ends! Today was full of great fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ!

Klutz

Klutz: a clumsy person. This is what I am. Promise. I am so clumsy. I trip over my own feet, even when I am looking at them. I fall down all the time. I run into things and people. I drop stuff constantly. I spill stuff everyday. And last night I decided that the best place for my elbow would be in a door frame. That was a very unwise decision. It ended up in pain and with bruises. It turns out that I busted a fluid sac in my elbow. I had to ice it down and all, but it will be okay. :)

Anyways, today was my last day of class for the semester/year! Whoop whoop! :) We got early and everything! After that, I went to work and then went got a free massage. It felt great! I left there and came to my place to take a shower and get ready to go out to eat with some friends. I ate with Laura Lee, Morgan, and Melvin. Laura Lee gave me a new journal for upcoming trip. I was so excited to get it b/c I leave in 17 days!!!! Time is getting closer and I am getting more and more pumped about it. We were getting ready to leave and our waiter was giving us our tickets and he didn't give me one because he said that someone already paid for mine. There was some of my church family there and come to find out, they paid for my meal. The Lord is too good to me. I love nice people and I love my church family! :)

I have really been missing Vancouver, Canada today. I spent summer 2009 there as a summer missionary and I don't know why, but I really wanted to be there today. I miss the people I worked with and built relationships with. I miss the city life, the country, the beach, the mountains, and the weather. And because I was missing it, I looked through my pictures. While I was looking through the pictures, I saw some of when I visited the seminary there. There was a picture of a scripture someone had painted and put in the lobby/study area of the college. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." Luke 4: 18-19
This is a great mission verse. This is what we are called to do with our lives everyday!

More to come tomorrow! :)

You can't do it alone

Today I was reminded of the quote, "The turtle didn't get to the top of the fencepost by himself." My pastor has said that as long as I can remember. I do not know if he created the saying or if someone else did, but I like it. To me it means that we cannot get on top of something or succeed in anything without God's help. We have to have God in us and with us to do anything. And when we do succeed, we are to give God all the glory and praise!

Classes are almost over and not too much went on today. This blog is short and maybe tomorrow will be more interesting. Hope your week is off to a great start! :)

My God is so good!

Wow! I serve the most amazing God EVER!!!! My day has been filled with Lord and His goodness! I had the privilege of going to church this morning to worship with fellow believers and it was awesome. Some of my favorite hymns were sang and my pastor preached a great sermon and at the end of service we stood up and sang "Victory in Jesus" a capella. God's grace is really and truly amazing.

After service, I went out to eat with 12 people at Subway. Our conversation is always great and I always enjoy their company. I left to go pack up my things to head to Montgomery to meet with my team that I going on the mission trip with. Our leader, Chris made dinner for us and Amber was skyped in. We had great conversation as well and were able to pray for each other. We also got more details about our trip, which is awesome. :)

I have been in a really good mood today for some reason and I like it. I really love where I am in my relationship with God and I am excited about where He is leading me! So, today was great and full of God and fellowship and I love it!! School starts back tomorrow and I am kind of dreading that, but all is well. Hope you have a great week! :)

Lazy Day

I got to sleep in today until 11:30. I cannot tell you the last time I had the chance to sleep that late. My alarm went off at 9 and I was like, "I will wake up when my body wants to wake up." My knew exactly how much sleep I needed and I woke up at 11:30, which is AWESOME!! I stayed around the house most of the day. I did finish up my application for summer staff. I am still waiting for my video to upload to youtube. It is taking FOREVER and a day. I had to video my testimony for a part of the application. I thought it was pretty cool that they had me do that.

Then, I got ready to go out of town with the parentals. We ate at Longhorn and it was really good and I was really hungry! haha! We then went on to bass pro. My parents had to pick up some Christmas gifts from there. Of course, these things were for my brothers and there was one gift in there for me. :) After that, we went to Starbucks to get coffee. I got hot chocolate though. It was the first time I ever had it from there and it was awesome! While we were there, it really hit at how soon Christmas is coming. It is right around the corner! I am so happy about that!! It means school will be over soon and then I will be heading out for another country!! I am SUPER excited about that!! I know it will be a life changing experience.

Speaking of going out of the country, I will be meeting with my team in Montgomery tomorrow. All of us will be there, except Amber will be skyped in. :) I am excited about meeting with everyone. It will be the 1st meeting that I have been to and it will be the first time I meet 2 of the guys on my team. So, it should be fun!

What did I learn from God today? I learned how important friendships really are. I got to talk to several of my friends today from school and I have really missed them this week. I miss talking to them everyday and receiving their encouragement. I also got to talk to friends who do not go to school with me and I enjoy the conversations that I am able to have with them. God has also been revealing to me here recently how important it is to memorize scripture and have it on my heart ready to share with others. So, this is something I am trying to work on. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day with the Lord! :)

Are you glorifying God?

My best friend, Sarah, turned 21 today. She is such an amazing woman of God and I am so happy I can call her my best friend. She got married in May to my other best friend, Neal. Sarah moved to Alabama when we were in 9th grade and automatically clicked! We have done just about everything together since we have known each other. The only things we haven't done together is go to the same college and then she went and got married on me. Things for us always kind of happened around the same time, so we got to experience things together. I am so glad she got married before me though! I have told her several times that I will be able to learn from her and Neal's marriage and they can give me advice when God feels it is my time to get married, which is really cool. Sarah has always been there for me when I needed her and I can always call and ask her to pray for me with whatever I might be going through. She always give advice from the Word. So, anyways, I got to spend the majority of the day with her because we went shopping at 4:30 AM. So got up and left and went to Spanish Fort/Malbis. We had such great conversation as always and got a lot accomplished. We also got to eat lunch at Olive Garden, which is a favorite of ours. :)

We came back home and I watched the game with my family. I enjoy watching football, but some people take it to the extremes. It is JUST a game. It is not a life or death situation. The fans are NOT on the football team. The way the game turns out will not affect your life in any way. Nothing you say or do will affect how the game turns out. And you need to make sure you glorify God in everything you say or do. People get so hyped up about the game and you hardly ever see the same people get hyped up about God that much! I get so fed up with the way they act, the language they use, and just out they get so excited about something that they are not a part of. They are JUST FANS, nothing more! It is so crazy to me. Football is for entertainment purposes. Just so you know, I am basically for both Alabama and Auburn, but I guess I cheer more for UA. But, another thing some people need to realize is that it takes a WHOLE team to win or lose a game. It is not JUST ONE PERSON. You have to work together if you want to do something. I cannot stand that people basically worship someone who is not God. I could go on and on about it, but I am stopping now.

After the game, I went to my aunt and uncle's house where they and my cousins were. Me and two of cousins went to the Huddle House for dinner. I think I got a black lung by just walking in the restaurant. HA! We had a good time as always! We always seem to laugh and laugh when we are together, which is great. :) Then, we went back to their house and me and another cousin swapped hospital stories!! Oh my goodness!! I really think I have seen it ALL in the hospital!

So overall, today has been a great day. Hope you have a great night.

Give Thanks

So, today has been quite eventful! My family had the rest of family over for thanksgiving lunch. Crazy idea, but totally worth it! Our house was full of like 40 people! We took a huge group picture of all of us too. It is so hard to get all of us in one place at the same time, but today we did it! I don't think none of us was missing. There was tons and tons of food with tons of leftovers. It was a really great time. I got to meet the newest addition to our family, Amelia Grace, who is my cousin Adam's daughter. She is so precious! I enjoyed my time with them.

What I am thankful for? The better question would be, "What am I not thankful for?" First and foremost, I am thankful for a God who has chosen to love and bless me when I am probably the most undeserving person ever. I am so glad that I am able to have a relationship with my God like I do. He is the reason of my existence! I am thankful for my family and friends who love me so much and would do anything for me. And just so you know family and friends, I would do anything for you as well! :) I am thankful that I have the privilege to get an education and top of my education and I am very blessed that I am getting it for free! I am thankful for my jobs God has blessed me with along with the roof over my head and my mode of transportation. There is so much more that I am thankful for that I could go on and on.

It was very nice to receive the comments and texts today with people telling me that they were thankful for me. Why would anyone be thankful for me?..I do not know.

I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving and enjoyed every second of it! :)

Store to Store

Today has been super busy! I woke up really late this morning, so that was great! :) But I got ready to go eat with my cousin Haley. She is such a blessing! Our lunch was great and the conversation was even better. I wish I got to see her more often than I do, but I guess education is important. She goes to UAB and is a sophomore there.

After that, my mom sent me on the hunt for cake pans. Everyone was sold out of them! I went to 6 stores looking for them!! Who runs out of cake pans?! But, all is well. I had to run various other errands and then I came home to bake with my cake pans. I made an orange cake for tomorrow's lunch with my family.

My mom brought home dinner, which was some seafood and it was great! I iced the cake and decorated it. Then, I started watching some tv with my brothers and their friends. We watched some "Beauty and the Beast" and it was quite interesting to see how they were all so into the movie. haha! I was not expecting that reaction from them. I figured that take control over the tv and want me to turn it to something else, but they were enjoying it. :) We got bored though and decided to go get ice cream and go to Wal-Mart. That Wal-Mart trip was probably my 10th trip since I have been home. Geez! But we had fun together! It was weird being the only girl, but fun. Guys are strange, but they probably think girls are strange too. haha!

So, I learned to be thankful for my family and friends today. Do not take them for granted and enjoy your time with them. God has placed them strategically in your life. Hope you all have a great thanksgiving and remember that God is the reason we exist and do any of the things we do.

Where has the year gone?

I just realized that it is almost Thanksgiving, which in turn means that Christmas is next and then BOOM! the year is over. Where has it gone? I think this could might possibly be the busiest year ever for me. So much has gone on and I have been super busy with school and work. It always seemed that time went by super slow when I was in high school, but college has flown by! It is crazy how fast time seems to go by the older we get.

Today has been busy, but at the same time laid back. I went had lunch with my mom and shopped for sweaters for my trip. Then, I came back home and just chilled out for a bit and did some laundry. After that I went and met one of my friends and he gave me a ginormous canvas to paint on! It is really huge!! Then, I made brownies for my church's thanksgiving dinner. I get to meet and talk with friends. I got to talk to my pastor about his recent trip to visit one of his daughter's who is a journeyman and about my upcoming trip and how God is working in my life. It is so great to have a pastor's family be best friends with my family.

Not too much has gone on today, so not too much to blog about. Sorry..maybe tomorrow will be more eventful. I just know that I become more blessed day by day and I serve an awesome and amazing God! :)

One week

Today marks one week since mine and Tim's challenge started. I am beating him right now since I have blogged more than him. :) Go me!

Today has been pretty laid back I guess. I cleaned some, did some laundry, got my hair cut, and just drove around town. I went to the lake and watched the ducks for a few minutes. I haven't been there in a while, so it was nice. After that I went to my grandparents house because their church had taken up an offering for my upcoming mission trip and they had the money. God has blessed me so much in preparing for this trip. I have really seen God work in my life and the lives of my teammates in raising money. God knows exactly what we need and when we need it!

Something that I wanted to mention today is how awesome that God allows certain people to be in and used in your life. God has placed the perfect people to help me with certain things in my life. It is pretty cool how God works things out for each of us. Everyone has a different plan for their life that God holds. My plan is different from yours, just as yours is different from mine. But then things get really cool when God places the person of the opposite sex in your life that He intends for you to share your life with. Then, it is really cool how both of your plans correlate with each other. I am not in that place in my life, but I still think it is pretty awesome.

I am getting excited about finding out how God is going to use me this summer!! Options are opening up for me, so I am excited!! Something else that I don't know whether or not you know is that I am SOOOOO EXCITED about December 17th!! :)

I ask that whoever reads my blogs will pray for me as my team and I prepare for our trip! Thanks!

Wowzers!

So today has been pretty much awesome! I went to church this morning and got to hear one of my best friends, Neal, preach. It is so cool to see him grow in the Lord. I have known him since I was 9th grade. He is now married to my other best friend, Sarah. They are an awesome couple and love the Lord so much!

Neal preached this morning on what the purpose of the church is. He brought out several good points. He used the example of Christmas lights. He plugged in two different sets. The plug represented God and how He is the light source. The first set he plugged in was all lit up and he unscrewed one single light and about half of the lights went out. He said that one person can disconnect from God and take others down with him. The church can still function, but just not as well if it had all members of the body. The second set of lights was plugged in, but none of them lit up. They did not light up because the fuse was taken out. They think they are connected to God, but they are really not. Neal went on to say other things, but I thought it was pretty cool how he brought out that example.

This afternoon I sat at my computer the whole time looking through mission opportunities and filling out applications for the summer. Right now, I am praying about where God is going to lead and take me! It is so exciting!!

Then tonight, I went back to church and heard Neal preach again. After the service, the youth had what they call "SNAC", which stands for Sunday Night After Church. Before we left to go Neal asked what my plans were for the night and I told him that I planned on going to the event and he asked if I would share my testimony. And I said, "Sure!" So, I got to share my testimony with them tonight! It is so amazing how God works in my life and uses me and that is exactly what I told them. I was thankful for the opportunity to be able to share with them.

So, yeah..awesome day!! I am so glad that God is using me and giving opportunities to talk about Him with others.

Grace and Peace.

Slipped

So...yesterday I forgot to blog. I has all intentions on doing so, but most definitely forgot. I fell asleep with my laptop in my lap and in front of the TV at home last night around 9 pm. Totally didn't mean to do that, but so thankful for the sleep I received! :)

Friday started Thanksgiving break for me, praise the Lord! You know, I have some of the most awesome worship experiences in my car rides whether it is just me or I am riding with my roommate Morgan. We jam out and sing to the Lord. Morgan is pretty awesome, by the way. I am so thankful for her being my roommate, sister in Christ, and one of my best friends. I love her!

On my way home I stopped and visited my great-grandmother's grave. She passed away on 10-10-10. I was able to go to the wake, but not the funeral. So, I had not seen her grave yet. It is so awesome to know that she is HOME. A month or two before she passed away I had the opportunity to talk to her about her relationship with God. She was in the hospital at the time with congestive heart failure and I was visiting her. We were talking and all of the sudden she started reaching up to the ceiling and I asked her what she was doing and she said she was trying to get up there. I asked her where "there" was and she said heaven. It was then when I asked her if she knew for sure that she was going to be with the Lord when she died and her response was "Absolutely!" She said that she couldn't wait to go because there would be no concerns or worries about anything. She said that she knew she loved the Lord with all her heart and she had a great relationship with Him. She then asked me about my relationship with God. :) I loved it! She had Alzheimer's and multiple other things going on with her in the last few months of her life. She lived 97 years and was blessed with 3 children and I think 45 grandchildren. I am so glad and blessed to be one of them. :)

Today I got hang out with my mom most of the day. We went to Peterman Station Day Festival and shopped around. We also got our favorite Chinese food. Then, I got to hang out with some awesome people tonight like: Sarah, Neal, Kayla, Ryan, Brittany, Garrett, and John. I love having conversations about our awesome and amazing God!! I am so thankful for times like tonight. We were able to share about what God is doing in each of our lives and how God is working everything for the good. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we are able to grow and learn from each other, which is AWESOME! I really needed this tonight and just absolutely love that every conversation had God involved somehow, someway. It is very rare to have that nowadays. I wish I had that group of friends in Livingston and that there was not just a few of them.

Ahhhh..God is so awesome and it is so amazing to see, realize, and know that He is working in your life and is holding your world in His hands. It is also amazing to be at complete peace about everything. There is no stress, concern, worrying, or anything else!! It is an indescribable feeling!! It really and truly is!

Anyways, I am out for the night. Holla!

The Hoops

God is so very gracious to me. Really, He is. I deserve none of things that I have or the people I have in my life. I wanted to blog today about this amazing family that has helped me in so many ways. They are a second family to me and I am so happy that they consider me a part of their family. The Hoopers have 3 amazing kids that I love oh so much!! The kids make my heart smile.

The husband is a doctor and he is the one who has been helping me with my heart problem. He is an amazing man of God who runs his household very well. His wife is a stay-at-home mom and she loves her kids dearly. I really look up to the relationship that they have together and hope to one day model what they have together with my husband. God has used the two of them in my life more than they will ever know. They send me scripture just about everyday and they are constantly praying for me. I am also their babysitter, which is awesome by the way! They have a 4 y/o, almost 2 y/o, and a 2 1/2 month old. I am so blessed to be able to spend time with these kids and their parents too. It is awesome to have parents ask you to make sure you pray with their kids and turn on their Christian music before they go to sleep. Also, they have you make sure to read a passage out of the Bible with them before bed. How awesome is that?!? I love being able to be the one to do that with them.

They have had me over for countless meals and asked me to go with them to so many different places just because. I am so glad God allowed me to meet them while at college. And since they are what I consider "young" that help relate to things that are going on in my life and give advice when and when not asked of them and it is always well received. They are very involved in missions, spreading the Gospel, and setting an example for others. God has truly blessed them and I am so glad that they are able to recognize that. They know that they did not make it this far in life without God's help. That is something that people sometimes tend to forget. We forget that God is the reason behind everything we do. It is by His strength and power that we succeed in anything and everything.


"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

Challenge

So, my friend Tim and I are challenging each other to blog everyday for the next 30 days. The challenge started yesterday. This should be an interesting and fun ride for the both of us! We are going to be blogging about what God is doing in our lives and teaching us everyday.
Something I just thought about is how cool it is going to be for me because today declares one month before I leave the country. So it will cool to see all the things God is teaching me before I leave. Did you know that I am SUPER pumped about my trip?!?! Words cannot describe my excitement!! :)

Something cool that happened to me today: I got up early this morning to study for my nursing test and I went through all of my notes for a while and then got ready for class. When I stopped studying is when I started stressing= not good. And because my mind was in other places, I lost track of time and was running late..again! (Just a side note: I am usually not late for most things. It has just happened to me the past two days.) And since I realized I was running late there was a lot things I needed to do last minute and was trying to do them all at one time and I was knocking things over and spilling stuff, which led to more stress. Ha! I got to my car and drove to class, got out of my car, gathered my things together, and started on my way to the nursing building. I walk across the street and there is man smiling at everyone and passing out Bibles. Yes, it was a Gideon. I stopped and talked a few seconds with him and get my mind refocused. I so easily forget what life is all about, just like I said yesterday.

I did fail my test, but that is beside the point. As long I am doing what God has called me to do, that is all that matters. We are here for two reasons, to know God and to make Him known. That is it.

God's Promises

Today has been crazy, awesome, and stressful! It was stressful this morning as I woke up extremely late for class. I did not have time to get a shower. I left for class at the same time I was supposed to be there and it was on my way to class that I realized that I did not have my new power points printed out for class. So, I went to the printers in the computer lab only to find out that I have no money on my card whatsoever. Then, I went to an organization's computer lab that I am a part of that I can print off things for free only to find out that the printer is out of order. I am now making my way back to class and run into one of my friends and he asks what is wrong with me and I tell him about my morning and how I am now 15 minutes late for class. He went on to encourage me. :) Praise the Lord for great friends!
I get to class around 9:20 and my teacher is of course already lecturing and then my heart starts messing up, which is more than likely due to the stress that was building up in me and then I also remember I have not taken my medication. All of this made me realize that this is probably the reason I am getting medicated. haha!

Then, I was able to calm down and start taking notes. But then I realized how long of a day i was going to have today. I had so much studying to do for my test that is tomorrow on the liver. Like I want to learn about the liver?!? Haha! I took notes for a little while, but I needed to get my focus right so I pulled out my Bible and read James 1. Then, I started talking to another friend of mine and he told me that I just needed to relax and suggested I go to Lake LU to just chill. When class got out, I went there and just walked around and talked with God. God put me in my place today on multiple occasions. I am so thankful for that!

While I standing and walking around at the lake, I noticed that the clouds were moving across the sun rather fast. The shadows kept going and coming over my head and I realized how much God really and truly is in control of every single thing in my life!! He is the only one who can move the clouds, make the wind, make the rain fall, and countless other things. It is so awesome to think that He has the WHOLE WORLD in HIS HANDS!!! I do not need to worry, fret, fuss, get angry, get stressed, or anything in my life because He has it all!! The purpose of my life on this earth is for two reasons: 1-To know God 2- To make God known!! Those are the only reasons of why I was placed on this earth. Nothing more and nothing less.

It is so easy to forget these two things though. I wish it were not this way and that was my focus every second of everyday, but it is not. I am just being honest. You know that it is not your focus either. I am sinner and I tend to forget about things. Like Sunday, I forgot my nursing uniforms for the week at home. I mean, I am nursing student who has clinicals every week. I should not forget things like that, but I did. So, I had to meet my parents in Thomasville to get them. Even though nursing uniforms are nothing in comparison to my relationship with Jesus, I am relating it to how important it is to forget the necessities of our relationship with God. 1-Know Him. 2-Make Him known.

I was thankful for the time I was able to spend there. I then went on to the library to study and ran errands. Then, the rain came down on me out of no where. I got out of my car to send the last of money off for my upcoming mission trip and there was a perfect rainbow. End to end. All the colors. And I just stopped and stood in awe of God. Through all the trials, tribulations, and tests..His promises still remain the same. How awesome is that?!?! God promises never to leave or forsake us, no matter what. He is with you wherever you go, in whatever you do..we so easily forget that. We get so consumed in ourselves that we forget about God. It is not about us at all, it is all about Him! Nothing or no one else, just God!

Today has been fun! It is amazing how God uses the littlest of things to teach us. Thank you Lord!

Healer

You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk me through the fire
And heal all my disease

I trust in You
I trust in You

I believe
You're my Healer
I believe
You are all I need
I believe
You're my portion
I believe
You're more than enough for me
Jesus, You're more than enough for me

Nothing is impossible for you
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for you
You hold my world in Your hands

"Healer" by Hillsong.
These words are so true.

What would you do?

So, a lot has been and is going on in my life these days. I have been facing trials and going through things that most 20 year olds do not experience.
First of all, I am in nursing school and working two jobs. Being in nursing school alone is a big deal in it's self. More power to the men and women in school who are married and have families! I do not know how they do it.
Second of all, I am failing nursing school! Ha! Not a part of my plan..but God has the ultimate plan for my life. I am fully and truly at peace and not stressed out anymore about the whole situation. There is reason behind every single thing that happens or does not happen to you in life. So, if you know that God is in control of everything, then why stress? Right?
Third of all, I ended a relationship of 3 and 1/2 years with one of my best friends. Who thought you could ever be at peace and not upset about having to end the relationship with the person you love? This would be a huge deal to most people, but if you know God is in control of everything in your life..why make it a big deal and get upset? I am not saying that this is not a hard thing to deal with because you are now left with all the memories you share together and time you have spent with one another. You are also left thinking, why did God allow us to be together so long just let you end the relationship? There is also the question of why did it take so long to find out that you are not meant to be with one another? If you know you are not supposed to be someone, end it. This was also not a part of my plan for my life. But, I know that I can learn from the things we had in our relationship and use them in the future.
Lastly, I have been having some problems with my heart. It is something that I have had since I was 5 years old and never been given a diagnosis for it. Things have been getting worse and worse with it and my family doctor has been pretty concerned with me and now I will be sent to Birmingham to a new cardiologist and also an electrophysiologist. What has been done so far is that I have been placed on aspirin everyday along with blood pressure medicine. What else is to come of this situation? Only the Lord knows! But, the big thing right now with this is trying to get things fixed before I leave the country in December.
So, all in all God is in control of my life and I have absolutely no doubts in my mind about it!! God is sovereign and Lord of all! My relationship with God has grown and matured in the last few months and you know what??-This is all a part of His wonderful plan for my life! I believe that my relationship has been maturing and growing with God because He is preparing me for my time out of the country and things I will face while I am there. I am learning to trust God more and more with my life. Many of my friendships with other people have grown due to everything going on in my life. All I can do right now is thank God for all the blessings He has given me that I most definitely do not deserve and for amazing grace and mercy.
I thank the Lord for all things are going on in my life. I KNOW HE has a purpose for everything and I am really and truly trying to count it all joy! :)


"But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. Be rejoice insofar as yous hare Christ's sufferings that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed." 1 Peter 4:12-13

If only I could say that..

1 Corinthians 11:1
"Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ."

I was reading chapter 10 of this book tonight and the verse above was kind of connected to it. When I read it I was like, "WOW! I want to be able to say that to someone." Paul wrote this book of the Bible and totally devoted to Christ. He was unashamed of Him and boldly lived his life for our God. And he know that he was so in sync with God that he told others to live like him because he was of Christ. This in turn means that he was "souled out" for Christ and that is very evident of Paul. I want to be able to tell someone, "Hey, you know, you should be like me because I am living souly and radically for my God."

Another verse that spoke to me tonight is 1 Corinthians 10:31. "So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
No matter what we do in our daily lives we are supposed to glorify God. Anything that does not glorify God is sin! So WHATEVER we do, we are to glorify God!!!
My college group has a saying called "G3!" G3 means Give God Glory!- G3! :)

Anyways, I will stop babbling. I just wanted to blog about this. :)

Have a great night.
-MaeLee

It should all be about Him..

Okay, so I know no one probably ever reads my blogs, but I feel that this is how I express my feelings that I keep inside all of the time.
Little do a lot of people know, but nursing school takes a toll on me and probably every other nursing student. If you have ever read any of my other blogs, then you would see that I dwell on nursing school a lot. It is not because that is my only concern or b/c I hate it SOO much. It is just that it consumes my life and my every being...unfortunately. It at least seems that way these days. Like I said in my previous blog, this is the first time I have ever taken summer classes. I am only taking one class, but it is 6 credit hours. Just because it is 6 credit hours doesn't mean a thing. It actually takes up 9 hours of class time per week and 12 hours of clinical time per week. A grand total of 21 hours of my week Monday-Friday. Now, ain't that something. That doesn't include the time I need for studying and homework(careplans)! We have skills checkoffs, which I have passed the first two!(IVs and dosage) Our careplans are graded, but not calculated into our grade, but if you don't pass them then you fail nursing. Our skills checkoffs are graded, but not calculated into our grade, but if you don't pass them then you fail nursing. So, you are left with 5 module tests and a final. An 80 is passing with a C. Anything lower than that is failing. Oh!, my clinical hospital is 1 1/2 hours away one way. So, I go there 3 times a week and that equals up to 9 hours of driving on the road per week!
So, is nursing hard? Yes!! It is hard. It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life! Oh, and did I mention that I have 2 jobs?!?!
My stress load is HUGE!!!! I have test tomorrow morning and I am about to get back to studying for it. It will be a long night and an early morning for me. But, my goal is make a 92 or better. My treat for myself if I do well on this test is a ticket to see "Eclipse" Thursday night. Please pray that God allows me to remember the things I need to remember for this test and that He is glorified through it all. Also, please pray that I stop complaining so much about nursing school and learn to suck it up. It should all be about the Lord and nothing or no one else. You guys have a great night!

And The Summer Begins...

Hey you guys!

Summer classes have started for me and the rest of the university. This is my very first time ever taking summer classes and trust me, its ONLY because the nursing program requires it. This summer will definitely be intense for me and the rest of my classmates because we have a test every week plus checking off on different skills and clinicals. I am also excited about this summer at the time because we get to spend 3 weeks in the OB/nursery unit in clinicals. I am excited about this because this is the part of nursing that I want to go into.
Pray for me!!!

To God Be The Glory!

So, I have not posted anything on here in a few months and I have decided to add something tonight. :)
This semester of school is almost over for me and it has flown by when I look at in hindsight. It has been really tough on me though. As of right now my future is not certain that I will be at UWA in the summer b/c my nursing grade is border line. I wish it wasn't, but I can't change it now. It is ALL in God's hands. I have made back-up plans if all else fails, literally.
Because of all that I have been fairly stressed about, as would anyone else. I am just trying to be really positive about it all and have faith in God.
All I have been doing this semester is school, school, babysitting some, and MORE school. I feel like I study all the time. I got a new job today and I will be working with UWA starting next week. Whoo hoo!! Praise the Lord!! :))
Yesterday marked 3 years for Wes and I meeting each other. That was a pretty awesome day in 2007. I remember exactly what he was wearing and what was said. We had a discussion about how we met last night. He is a pretty amazing guy that I love dearly. He looked me up on facebook after we met and the rest is history. I actually gave him my phone number without him asking for it, imagine that! God truly blessed my life the day He allowed me to meet Wes. :)
I am getting so, so excited about my mission trip to Quito, Ecuador!!! I am so ready to see what the Lord has in store for me there. I am going to be doing VBS with about 60 kids everyday and I will be teaching and leading music in Spanish. Please pray for me dealing with that.
But anyways, I will write more later. Have a great night/day!

Grace and Peace-Psalm 37:4

Stuck...

So..school has started and Ive got the first test out of the way for nursing. I made a 92 and pretty darn proud of it!! I take my microbiology tests as I want to and my first math test will be next week. So far so good with everything.
This week has been pretty busy with preparing myself for the ns test and having to do drug tests and fingerprinting for nursing. On top of all that, I had to get my student id taken again because the first one was not up close enough. Then, my other classes and homework. I am most definitely ready for the weekend! I need some fun in my life.
I feel like Im stuck while there is a whirlwind of emotions, things, events, and people around me. Sometimes I feel like Im just lost in the middle of it all. This semester is going to fly by and I pray that God carries me through it all.
Actually, I know He will. I have to give it my all and He will take care of the rest.
I have a d-now that I am going to be a counselor of next weekend! Im pretty excited about that!! Its going to be loads of fun. Its a weekend full of God, worship, learning about Him, and NO SLEEP!!! AHHH!! Im running on fumes now as it is. Gotta rest up!!
Like....now!!!!....See ya!!

New Year, New Semester...

So, I start school this upcoming Monday..unfortunately. I am going to "really" start the nursing program this semester. I start my clinicals..that also means that I will have to get up at 4:30 in the morning once a week now. (joy!) This is going to be a pretty tough semester on me. I am only taking 14 hours, but my nursing class is 6 hours worth of credit. I am also taking Microbiology and a math class. I have put off taking any math classes until now, simply because I STINK at math!! Why did I wait until all I have left is just nursing classes?? (I don't know!!) I believe this was a bad mistake on my part, I should have known better. Oh well now!! God will carry me through this semester though. I will just have to stay SUPER focused and pray..A LOT! I have my dosage critical the 19th..only 5 days of school under my belt and I will have to take a test..a very important one at that. If I don't pass the dosage critical, I do not get to go to clinicals. Good thing I had a good grade in that class last semester! haha!

On a brighter and happier note, my best friends are getting married!!! yay! I am the MAID OF HONOR!! :) So, over the break Sarah and I have been planning her wedding. They are getting married May 22nd, 2010. So there is less than 5 months to the wedding!!! She is going to be the most beautiful bride EVER and Neal, well, he will be handsome too. haha! I am so excited for them and I know God is being glorified through their relationship. :)

I had a marvelous Christmas and New Year's. God is TOO good to me. I do not deserve any of the things He has blessed me with. He has placed amazing people in my life and they encourage me in my walk with God. Thank you God for them! My parents got me a pretty sweet GPS and Chi hair straightener for Christmas. Wes took me shopping for clothes a few weeks before Christmas and then he gave me A LOT of socks and some perfume on Christmas. I am so thankful that I got to see him as much as I did over the break. Oh, and my break!! It was/is AMAZING and I think I REALLY deserved it this time! This past semester was really hard on me and I needed some rest. Thank you Lord, again!!

Anyways, I am done babbling now. Have a great new year and semester!! :))
Grace and Peace! :)