hi, it's me!

hi friends!

as summer approaches, i thought i'd take up a couple of new hobbies.

so far on my list..... rock climbing and blogging!!

so here i am, returning to the not so updated, not so viewed blog of mine.

new and unexperienced at this now, but by the end of the summer i'll be a little blogging machine you just wait and see :)

so here's to a summer full of hours upon hours of RA duty, working, nannying, class, and whatever other adventures might come my way!

and here's to the ducklings that made my day. i could probably sit there for hours and watch them be cute. and i did watch them for quite awhile...

✌

Daddy Love

hiiiii!

so every single night i tell myself i'm gonna go to bed early but it just never ends up happening....bummer. 

my friend Haley, with her neat blog, has inspired me to do this more often. sooo here we go! I feel like i have learned SO much this past week. and the reason i have learned more than i thought i could in one week is because i asked my Father to teach me new things, and He faithfully did! and still is! by His sweeet grace, He reveals Himself to us in so many ways. and no matter how much He shows us, we still can't get enough, but yet we get more than enough. ahh!

"At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will." Matthew 11:25-26. 

childlike faith. He's my Daddy and i just wanna know Him. He's my Daddy and i just trust Him with every. single. area. of my life. He's my Daddy and i just wanna learn from Him. childlike faith. when we see like children, He makes things clear to us. simplicity. We have the desire for wisdom, but when we look for that wisdom for the sake of being wise, things get cloudy. when we just run to our Daddy with open arms because we just love Him and just wanna know Him, things get clear. He gives us the desire of our heart- Himself.

one more short thought that's been on my mind a lot lately- adoption. such a beautiful thing. why have i been thinking of it so much? i don't know. but God adopts us as His own, how awesome. and here on earth, families adopt children in need of a home, in need of love- a picture of the Father's adoption of His children. soo awesome. i love hearing about adoptions. and the more i just think about it, the more excited i get about the fact that i will one day have the opportunity to take a child, in need of a home, as my own :) eeeeeek!!

off to bed i go

GoOdNiGhT!

justa lovin' what He's doin!

so i haven't blogged in three months, and you can bet a lot has happened since June!! why have i decided to all of the sudden create a new post? well you see, it's 2:37am and i have THE hardest time shutting my brain off at night, especially when i'm not very tired. so with all these thoughts running through my head, i'm thinking maybe letting them out somewhere would be a good idea, or just spill out the last 3 months of my life....
first of all, my summer was amazing...but it's all just a blur now that i can't really remember so i'll just leave it at that.

let me just start out by saying that i LOVE my roommates!! i just wanna tell ya about 'em... My roommate Kaitlin, she's just such a heart-friend. I've lived with her for like 3 weeks now and i feel like i've known her so much longer. we talk about God together, and talk about boys together, and talk about everything together. she's loud, i'm quiet, we're both crazy, she's organized, i'm not....we just fit together like a puzzle piece! :)
and then there's lauren, alissa, sarah, katie, and our dear mentor, haley! each of these girls already hold such a special place in my heart. our heart-to-heart talks in the living room bless my heart more than you could even imagine. they all have such a different personality that makes them so unique and we're all so different yet we fit together so well and i cannot wait to see how we grow closer to each other and grow closer to Christ with each other this year :)

i can't go without talking about how the Lord's been workin in ma life!! from SWAT week until now, i have experienced God in new ways. i've been learning self-discipline- which is needed more than i can say in having a right relationship with the Lord. i still have sooooo much work to do, and so much more to learn, but just understanding the importance of having self-discipline has made an impact (in my prayer life, in growing in the Word, in school life- well sorta..gotta lotta work for that one). I'm training myself for godliness. It's not going to be easy, and it's already not easy, but if it was then something would be quite wrong. but with the Spirit dwelling inside of me, i'm so stinkin ready for this!
also something on my heart: it's not about getting involved in as much as possible, it's not about taking every opportunity for service, it's not about doing as much as i can for the Lord, but it's about just letting Him live and work through me as He pleases, as I walk with Him and fellowship with Him and seek Him in every moment. It's through a right relationship, an intimate love relationship with Him, that He does through me what He wants, and that through His Spirit, shows me where to serve. i came here looking for every opportunity to just basically overwhelm myself with His work, but then He showed me what i just told you a second ago ^^^ up there. there's too much of Him to talk about on this lil blog so for now, i'll leave it at that.

other things on my mind i'd like to mention:
i'm desperately searching for a piano teacher because i'm becoming more and more obsessed with the piano, yet i'm not quite that great at it.
i learned a song on guitar.
God is so faithful to comfort me in my discomfort
i'm missing home-cooked food more than you know.
i'm obsessed with rice cakes!
i'm in a sorority!!! who woulda thought? but we're anchored in Christ so it's okay ;)
i have some serious sleep issues.
i also have an eye-twitching problem that's been going on for awhile now.
Chapel Hill did NOT prepare me for the insane amount of homework and studying needed for college.
Patriettes rock the socks off my feet!!
speaking of that...i have to wake up for practice in an hour an a half.....

goodnight friends!!

the beginning of the rest of my life

hey y'all! so a lot has happened the past couple weeks that i would love to share with you! first of all, I'm officially a DBU Patriot! wooooooo!

a little over a week ago I went to orientation and it was wonderful! registered for my classes and whatnot, and then met lots of new people that i'll be spending the next four years with...it was all just super exciting! I already miss being there. there are so many awesome people and so much to look forward to.. including being on DBU's first dance team! i'm already experiencing the greaaat joys of God's glorious plan starting to unfold :)

this past week: Mission Trip in Memphis, TN!!!! I just got back a couple days ago- I'm still in awe of God's activity in the past week. i want to write ALL about it on here but that would be so much! through all the mission projects, backyard bible clubs, block parties, and just observing the lives around me, my eyes and heart have been opened up so much. God brings people to Himself in such amazing ways. for a lot of the people and children we came in contact with, this was a once in a lifetime thing for them- having a group of people come and show them genuine Love. their reaction to us was life-changing, both for them and for us. these kids were surrounded by a such broken and unstable environment, and their desire for peace, love, and care was so obvious. their need for the Lord was even more obvious. words can't explain the feelings that were seen in these children's eyes. it really really breaks my heart. but nothing could bring me more joy than to see the way God revealed Himself this week, the way He changed lives, the way He healed brokenness, the way He provided pure joy to those who have never experienced it, the way He never ever fails to heal broken hearts and make new creations. I pray that He continues to open up our hearts and our eyes so that through us, more people can be reached, more people can be touched, healed, and made new. i'm so ready and excited for having even more ministry opportunities in college!

as for the overall way my summer is going so far, i can already say this is by far one of the best summers ever! excitement for college, mission trips, fun fun times with friends, and the fact that there's a couple more months of it! such a wonderful beginning to the rest of my life :)

introduction to tha blog :)

well hello there friends! so, i have decided to be a cool college kid and start a blog woohoo! because it seems like that's what all the cool college kids do. and yeah i can say that now because i am now, as of yesterday, DONE with high school!!! and it feels so goood!

Anyways..so yeah, I basically don't have any friends who have one of these but maybe this will change after they see how cool mine is ;) I was having such a hard time trying to think of a title for this thang, but as I was listening to some music "The Door" by Leeland came on and the chorus goes "Jesus, you're the only one for me, there's no way I'm leaving you! You're the love, the way, the life, the truth, You're the Door I'm walking through." This song makes me so happy, it's one of those songs that when it comes on while you're alone in the car you just turn it up so loud and sing as loud as possible with a huge smile on your face that makes driver-bys think you're crazy :) It basically sums up my life and the biggest source of joy in my life, leaving me with a perfect title for this here blog!

I'm not promising I'll be consistent on my updates but for my friends in Tyler, I would love to inform yall on what is going on, and what God is doing in my life while I'm in college. I also would love to hear from you guys frequently on what is going on in your life! I'm gonna be sad to leave everyone, FOR REAL! But I knooowwww that God is going to do amazing things around me and in me while I'm at DBU, and I'm just pumped!!
And for my new college friends (which I don't have very many of yet haha), I hope I can leave you with some entertainment as well inspiration as I share stories and whatnot on here!
alrighty i don't wanna make this any longer i know it gets boring soooooo....holla!