Life

So I'm not sure if I posted about this or not, but I got a Resident Mentor position for the 2012-2013 school year! I'm in my top residence hall and it's going to be awesome. I'm crazy excited about it!!!

Onto my summer plans. Currently I'm applying to do summer missions in Myrtle Beach. I feel like I've mentioned that here before, but I finally turned in my application and did my interview. I'm really nervous about this and really want to do it. I'm just afraid that I'm not what they're looking for, or I don't have enough experience, or I don't know. I feel like this is what God's calling me to do this summer, but if it's not he'll obviously close the door to that adventure. So... if I come across your mind... just pray about that.

I hope your life is going well. Hope it's interesting enough. Catch ya later :)

Spring Break Countdown: 7 MORE DAYS!!!

2 Timothy 1:6-9

"For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life-- not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel."

All I have to say to this is Amen.

Domestic Violence?

DUDE. this just happened. So... I was using the bathroom, and the way our bathrooms are set up I can basically hear everything that happens in the floor above us. Usually all I can hear is music, but today... oh man. All of a sudden there is screaming and yelling and cussing and it's INTENSE! I couldn't make out exactly WHAT they were saying, unfortunately. Kelsey came in the room later and I told her what happened and we listened some more and suddenly we hear a SLAP!

She slapped him!!! This was seriously one of the most intense moments of my young adult life. Quite scandalous, this. Kelsey wants to make a little note that says "violence isn't the answer" and put it on the door and run. I think she should, but mainly because it'd be entertaining. This is crazy.

I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm going to go see if I can hear some more drama. :)

Why??

What is wrong with me? Why don't I proclaim the gospel every chance I get? The wages of sin is DEATH, and I don't think it's important enough to make things a little socially awkward. Gosh, why doesn't this go through my mind enough?

Valentine's Day?

BCM could not have chosen a better time to start a relationship series than February 14th, aka Valentine's Day. This was my first year being single on this lovely day since 7th grade (which is insane). Truthfully, this has been my favorite valentine's day ever. I spent it with friends who I knew cared about me. I made this day better for a recently single friend of mine with a box full of encouraging notes. I really focused on loving others and loving God today.
So going back to BCM, tonight we talked about what characteristics a Godly man should have. Through all of the qualities, not only did I make a mental note for looking for a guy, but it made me wonder about myself as well. Was I all of those things? Am I spiritually disciplined? Am I a woman of God that men can look at and say, "Wow. Look at her relationship with God. I want a woman like that."?
Now, I don't know if I've said this on here or not, but I want to wait until July to start seriously considering dating anyone. This really works because no one seems to show much interest in me right now. So in this time I'm going to try to be this woman of God. I'm going to dive into the word and study and apply it to my life. I'm going to have a gentle spirit and a humble heart. If I can't do this on my own, what makes me think I'll be able to do this in a relationship? So I'm going to use this time well.

Next week is how to become a Godly woman and what guys should seek in a wife. Should be fun :)

AHHHHHHHHHH

Converge is super super soon and I'm super super excited.

So anyways. Every Wednesday night a group of people go out to the Horseshoe and sing worship music and such. So tonight, just like any other Wednesday night, I went out there with a bunch of my friends. So we start singing and a guy passes by and says "We're stupid! We believe!", which of course didn't stop us from praising God. Then he starts yelling and cussing say things like "You're wasting your life!" etc., etc. After we finished the song we were singing we prayed for him and two of the guys from our group went to talk to him. I have no idea what happened with him personally, but it kind of became a focus of our worship time. We began to think of how lucky we are to live in a country where that's just about the worst of the persecution we could receive for doing what we were doing. In other countries, we could be murdered or put in jail for publicly worshiping Jesus. My high school experience taught me that not everyone is going to be happy that I'm a Christian, and some people are very violent with their opinions. For some people, though, I suppose that was their first experience with something like that. All I can do is pray for him and his situation.

Another thing I thought was particularly amazing is that when we went out there it was raining, so we were going to move to this guy's house and do it. When it stopped raining, we decided to stay outside. If it hadn't stopped raining, he wouldn't have been able to walk by and hear us singing. If he hadn't heard us singing, he wouldn't have been able to yell at us. If he hadn't have yelled at us, those two guys wouldn't have been able to go talk to him and witness to him. All of this because it stopped raining. Amazing.