Pre-Mexico!

Well, I'll be off in 20 mins. Just wanted to say how excited I am. I can't wait to see the wonders God is going to do in this trip. His hand has been so involved in all of the preparatory work, the actual trip is going to be amazing.

Please pray for us. We'll be returning on Saturday. I'm sure I'll have a lot to write afterwards!

Now, it's time for some tacos!!!!!!

Had to wear my glasses

I think it was two weekends ago, that I was told I could not wear one of my contacts for at least four days. I did not freak out about that, I was just going to try the mono vision. It works for some people only seeing out of one eye. It didn't work for me! That left me with my glasses.

I guess you never really know how much you've changed until you find yourself back in the same situation you have been in before, and do something different. I would say a year ago I would have shut myself in, or just been blind. Instead I went out and lived! I had a job interview, I babysat for people I had never met, I went out with friends, and I was fine!

It was very humbling, as I realized it is harder to flip my hair with them on and the got more the affect of you look more mature over something more like fun. I don't know, maybe it wasn't a big deal at all. It meant something to me though! It was kind of like Gods little way of telling me "I gave you what you have, and I have the ability and rights to change it as well." I learned life goes on, it doesn't matter what we look like, the world keeps on turning!

I just saw my parents off

Disneyland here we come!!! Well, that was what we were saying through Sunday. My dad has a conference in the Disneyland hotel, so my family usually goes and tags along with him. While he works, we play! This year my brother and I could not afford to miss school, so we were going to join my parents later with two of out friends.

On Monday we learned that our skilled driver, who would be doing the hard parts, could not make it. He just received one of the best jobs ever, and did not want to jeopardize that. I totally understand that, and everybody would be missing big things this weekend. So I think this is for the better. My parents just walked out the door and I'll be going into church pretty soon to go work and help out around there.

I'm not going to lie... it is a bummer, I was so excited. I have come to realize, there will be other times. I'm not worried that this was the last opportunity. The four of us who were planning to go together, have decided that we should spend the day together on Friday, just to get away. What I was looking forward to most wasn't Disneyland itself, but more the bonding. My brother and I are starting to drift away from each other, and it sounds like my friends, brother and sister, are as well.

As I will always say, "It's never the event, but always the company."

So... I turned down a job

Since about October I have been on the look out for a job. I have a flexible schedule which would allow me to work Friday, during the day and also Wednesday!

I first was seriously looking to be a hostess/server at Red Robin or Chiles. I then started to think about a hole in the wall lunch/dinner place, more along the lines of La Boulanger or something like that. So I waited. I had been checking Craigs list and other job sites for about six months, when I finally thought I found the perfect job.

I emailed the lady, and called her a couple times until I go through to her. She told me to come on down and we could have an interview. That was my first real job interview, so I was a little nervous, but everything went really well. I had misjudged the place itself, it was more like a fancy sandwich place, nothing really special. I went home and just thought about it, and also prayed about it.

On Sunday night, I got a call telling me I got the job, but I no longer wanted it. I came to realize that the extra income would be very nice, but the time I have is not all my own. I have some dedicated to my friends, some to working at church, some to homework and some for whatever else comes up. I did not feel sad at all turning it down, more I felt relieved!

God showed me he would provide for me, at least through this part of my life. Out of the blue I ended up with three babysitting jobs that weekend. I'm not worried, I trust God's timing and plans over mine.

Time for Direction

Today I got up and went to a creek by my house. I decided I was going to do this on Monday when I was so overwhelmed with different thoughts and emotions. I wanted to leave my typical routine so I could ask God for guidance. I took my notebook, bible and a cd I had just burned from one of my friends. I started just walking down a trail seeking a place for my solitude. Farther than I expected to go I found the perfect place. God was speaking through that, as He directed me to the perfect place, I could see it, yet couldn't get close to it without trouble. I had to have faith in my footing and balance as I scaled down the steep slope. That showed me that our paths may be longer and harder than we would imagine, but in the end it was absolutely perfect. In this busy area in which I live, tranquility is hard to find, but I consider it a gift. The birds were chirping, a quite ripple was in front of me and I was surrounded by the refreshing scent of trees. I wrote down what I wished God would answer in this time we were together, then I began to worship through music. There are so many songs, Christian and secular that describe God, I couldn't stop praising Him. Lyrics are important to me because I'm not the best with words. That's why I love to sing. It is all written out and I can take those words and put my meaning into them. After quietly singing to the Creator, I just sat and looked around at His creation. I've heard people say you can see glimpses of heaven in moments of your life, I understand that reasoning now. I grabbed my bible, not knowing what to read and I opened it to a page I had a paper in from a service project I went on in December. That was 1 Peter. I read the book and was so awed by the way God works! In that I found exactly what I needed. I was told that it doesn't matter what we do, as long as we do it for Him. If we are to serve, serve with the strength He has given. If we speak we are to use the words He has given us. In doing this, we can give Him all the praise. That is the most important thing we can do. The options are ours, if we do them for Him, He will be blessed and bless what we do. How can we be wrong if we are truly giving everything we have and can do to the Lord? As I climbed up the mountain, and came back into my life, I have a new peace. He has yet again proven Himself exactly when I needed Him.

Back Ground info!

I have decided it is about time to start blogging! I am a Junmore in High School, I'll be out in three years. In this decision I am taking high school courses and now a college course. My mission is to pursue God with all he has given me, nothing less. In that, I give this blog to Him. That he may be blessed by it, only he knows what will happen with it.

If you choose to journey along side with me, let me know! If you want to add something, please, go right ahead.

I can't guarantee it will be always fun, there will be hard times, but he will pull us through! That I can guarantee!

Ok! Here we go sit back and get comfortable, it's going to be a crazy ride!