Sorry it's been so long since I have posted! I really have no excuse except loss of words. I have about 30 entries that I started but never finished. I often think what I write isn't good enough and don't want people to judge me on my writing cause I like to think that I'm pretty okay at it and so if I don't feel it's amazing I don't post it. So for my lack of communication with everyone I'm sorry.
School and work are the same. I really am not into school and I totally wish I could just teach and not have to take all these classes. And work is amazing. I love the kids to death, they usually make my day and it just proves how much I wasn't the happiest at my other job and I need more of an interactive job.
Trip wise my student visa was approved so I'm officially allowed to be in Australia from June 25th til January 12. I do not plan to be there that long but with how expensive it is to come home right now it seems like I might be. I am still raising money and still collecting change! So keep it coming! I am also in need of prayer like always! Prayer is always welcomed and needed in my life so thank you to everyone that has been praying for me! I appreciate it!
I had two of my best friends from Kentucky come out to visit me over spring break! It was amazing to see them and spend time with them again. I haven't seen them since November of 2009 so it was really cool to be able to hang out with them and live with them for a week. They loved Vegas. It was culture shock for them in some ways. I think they understand a little bit better now why I was in culture shock when I lived in Kentucky. They are two different places and it was cool for them to finally understand some things. Like my utter love for rain and snow. Took them to the local places and they had a great time (or at least I hope they did!).
I don't know what else to say right now. I'm totally exhausted as seems to be much of my life. I have an essay test, three essay's to be exact, on Monday in my history of the American Civil war class so I'm working out in my head all that I know so that's keeping me distracted. And I have to wake up in a few short hours so that I can go watch some babies at the church!
Please keep in contact with me as time progresses!!!!!!! Much love and hope!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
UPDATE!!!!
So I have got my plane ticket to Perth!!!! I fly out on June 30th and will finally get to Perth after 35 hours of travel on July 2nd!!!
This was a huge step for me! This is when the trip finally became real. I always knew that I was going to go on this trip since I was accepted but having the ticket purchased was the step that it took to make it official for me. It meant that there was no turning back and I was committed! It was thrilling, scary, and overall overwhelming when I bought it! But I'm totally excited!
As far as money is concerned I AM STILL RAISING MONEY! This trip comes with a huge price tag. Since I will be traveling so much while on this trip and since I will get all my lodging, transportation, and meals with this trip its costing me about $13,000 dollars. This is with padding money in case the exchange rate changes one more time or a plane ticket jumps in price.
So far without all the change I have raise I have raised $3908.00!!! This is a blessing to me and I am excited about it! I have about another four hundred dollars in change that I need to cash into my bank as well!
As you can see I still need about $9,000. It may seem like a lot, and it is, but it is not impossible to reach! Anything that you can do helps me. Even if it's just praying for me, or when you see me giving me a hug! I cannot tell you how encouraging it was to meet a girl the other day who I had never met before but said that she heard about my trip and was praying for me! It means so much to have that! That is salt and light in my life and I couldn't be more thankful!
I have realized the power of prayer and generosity in my life! It amazes me the people that come up with change cups for me or for those who pray for me! If you have in anyway helped me for this trip, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!! You can ask the closest people around me how thankful I am for every person that has helped me so far on this trip. It truly makes me feel loved and appreciated that you would help me! It's encouraging and I really cannot tell you thank you enough for all that you have done!!!!!!
Okay I'm getting sapping and emotional so I'll stop. But I am making HUGE steps to getting to Perth. And it's all thanks to each and every one of you!!!!!!
This was a huge step for me! This is when the trip finally became real. I always knew that I was going to go on this trip since I was accepted but having the ticket purchased was the step that it took to make it official for me. It meant that there was no turning back and I was committed! It was thrilling, scary, and overall overwhelming when I bought it! But I'm totally excited!
As far as money is concerned I AM STILL RAISING MONEY! This trip comes with a huge price tag. Since I will be traveling so much while on this trip and since I will get all my lodging, transportation, and meals with this trip its costing me about $13,000 dollars. This is with padding money in case the exchange rate changes one more time or a plane ticket jumps in price.
So far without all the change I have raise I have raised $3908.00!!! This is a blessing to me and I am excited about it! I have about another four hundred dollars in change that I need to cash into my bank as well!
As you can see I still need about $9,000. It may seem like a lot, and it is, but it is not impossible to reach! Anything that you can do helps me. Even if it's just praying for me, or when you see me giving me a hug! I cannot tell you how encouraging it was to meet a girl the other day who I had never met before but said that she heard about my trip and was praying for me! It means so much to have that! That is salt and light in my life and I couldn't be more thankful!
I have realized the power of prayer and generosity in my life! It amazes me the people that come up with change cups for me or for those who pray for me! If you have in anyway helped me for this trip, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!!! You can ask the closest people around me how thankful I am for every person that has helped me so far on this trip. It truly makes me feel loved and appreciated that you would help me! It's encouraging and I really cannot tell you thank you enough for all that you have done!!!!!!
Okay I'm getting sapping and emotional so I'll stop. But I am making HUGE steps to getting to Perth. And it's all thanks to each and every one of you!!!!!!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Big Question
"Who are you dating?" "Why aren't you dating?" "Who do you like?" "Do you want to date?" "It's been how long since you've been in a relationship?!"
I have gotten all these questions WAY to much for my liking lately. No I am not dating, yes it could/would/might be fun to date, no I haven't lost the desire to date, I'm waiting for God for that, and 2 years, thanks for the reminder. I have answered these questions too many times for my own liking.
However it is something that I have gotten a lot of so I've decided to clear the air and put it on here. No I am not dating, I would love to date, and yes it could be fun to date. BUT I am in no way out there looking to do so at this time. I am leaving and I want to be FULLY focused on God and what He is doing in me and with me on this trip. This is something that I have wanted to do for years now and I want to give it, give Him, my ALL while I'm on it.
At this age many people I know, are married, getting married, wanting to get married, and overall looking for that "someone." Don't get me wrong I want that someone, but I also have the understanding that God will hook it up when God wants to hook it up. He will place that guy for me in my path when He wants it to be. It could be someone new or someone I already know. But it's His plan and not mine.
Since my last relationship I have learned a lot about myself and about dating in general. I dated two guys last year and they were great guys. They were. I still talk to them occasionally and I really can't say anything bad about either, it just wasn't the time or the place. But through these guys and through my last relationship I learned a couple of things:
1.) Godly guys who get with godly girls don't always make godly relationships.
What I mean by this is just because two people are focused on God and have a pretty holy lifestyle or outlook on life doesn't mean that the relationship will reflect that. They might think that it is, but that's not always the case. They may strive for a relationship like that, but if we act on OUR OWN will and desires and not His then the relationship isn't going to work.
2.) God will hook it up when He wants to hook it up.
It may not be what we are wanting at the time, it may not be the best time for us, we may have to wait a very very very long time to find that person, but when it comes down to it; when God wants you to meet that person, He will. Hence why, I'm waiting. I am not actively looking for that guy right now. If God wants it to happen, He will make it happen. It may come before I leave on this trip and if that's the case, then so be it. But if not I'm waiting.
3.) Be intimate.
IN TO ME YOU SEE. A pastor at camp said this in a sermon and it was a total hit to the head. If I'm not intimate in my relationship with God. If I am not open. If I am not working on my relationship. If I am not growing, working, striving, doing all that I can. Then there is no way I can ever have an intimate relationship with anyone else. Guy or girl. Friends or dating. That has to come first before I can ever do anything else.
4.) A relationship has always defined me
For the most part I have been in and out of relationships all through high school and the first year of college. I have always been with a guy or hanging out with guys or on the verge of being with a guy. I never really had much "me" time. I have learned how to be single and how to define myself, not define myself in relation to my boyfriend. Example, dated a hockey player. So I went ice skating because that's what "we" did. Dated a skateboarder/ snowboarder, so I was at the skate park/store or snowboarding. I needed to define me, before I defined "us".
5.) Waiting SUCKS
I hate it some days. There are days and I'm lonely. Don't get me wrong, I want to wait for Him, I want it to be a godly relationship, I want to be my own person, BUT I like being in a relationship. It's fun. I always knew I had that person to talk to, to hang out with, who understood me. Relationships are fun.... But waiting is what God has told me to do, so I wait. And I'm not going to lie it sucks some days.
I was talking with a close friend the other day. Him and I have been pretty honest to each other about relationships. He has always broken down the walls that I build up and knows when I am not okay and lying to him. But he asked me if I was opposed to the idea of dating right now. I told him no. I would like to, I'm not against it, but I also know that I don't want to be out there just going on dates with whoever cause at this age we date for keeps. And at this time in my life, I don't want to be getting into a relationship that I know isn't going to last or is one that is on my own terms and not God's.
In my next relationship I want to know that it's God's will, it's His plan. I want it to feel better than it ever has before. Cause I know, after much searching, learning, praying, fasting, and time. That when He wants it to happen, it will. And it will be better than ever before.
I have gotten all these questions WAY to much for my liking lately. No I am not dating, yes it could/would/might be fun to date, no I haven't lost the desire to date, I'm waiting for God for that, and 2 years, thanks for the reminder. I have answered these questions too many times for my own liking.
However it is something that I have gotten a lot of so I've decided to clear the air and put it on here. No I am not dating, I would love to date, and yes it could be fun to date. BUT I am in no way out there looking to do so at this time. I am leaving and I want to be FULLY focused on God and what He is doing in me and with me on this trip. This is something that I have wanted to do for years now and I want to give it, give Him, my ALL while I'm on it.
At this age many people I know, are married, getting married, wanting to get married, and overall looking for that "someone." Don't get me wrong I want that someone, but I also have the understanding that God will hook it up when God wants to hook it up. He will place that guy for me in my path when He wants it to be. It could be someone new or someone I already know. But it's His plan and not mine.
Since my last relationship I have learned a lot about myself and about dating in general. I dated two guys last year and they were great guys. They were. I still talk to them occasionally and I really can't say anything bad about either, it just wasn't the time or the place. But through these guys and through my last relationship I learned a couple of things:
1.) Godly guys who get with godly girls don't always make godly relationships.
What I mean by this is just because two people are focused on God and have a pretty holy lifestyle or outlook on life doesn't mean that the relationship will reflect that. They might think that it is, but that's not always the case. They may strive for a relationship like that, but if we act on OUR OWN will and desires and not His then the relationship isn't going to work.
2.) God will hook it up when He wants to hook it up.
It may not be what we are wanting at the time, it may not be the best time for us, we may have to wait a very very very long time to find that person, but when it comes down to it; when God wants you to meet that person, He will. Hence why, I'm waiting. I am not actively looking for that guy right now. If God wants it to happen, He will make it happen. It may come before I leave on this trip and if that's the case, then so be it. But if not I'm waiting.
3.) Be intimate.
IN TO ME YOU SEE. A pastor at camp said this in a sermon and it was a total hit to the head. If I'm not intimate in my relationship with God. If I am not open. If I am not working on my relationship. If I am not growing, working, striving, doing all that I can. Then there is no way I can ever have an intimate relationship with anyone else. Guy or girl. Friends or dating. That has to come first before I can ever do anything else.
4.) A relationship has always defined me
For the most part I have been in and out of relationships all through high school and the first year of college. I have always been with a guy or hanging out with guys or on the verge of being with a guy. I never really had much "me" time. I have learned how to be single and how to define myself, not define myself in relation to my boyfriend. Example, dated a hockey player. So I went ice skating because that's what "we" did. Dated a skateboarder/ snowboarder, so I was at the skate park/store or snowboarding. I needed to define me, before I defined "us".
5.) Waiting SUCKS
I hate it some days. There are days and I'm lonely. Don't get me wrong, I want to wait for Him, I want it to be a godly relationship, I want to be my own person, BUT I like being in a relationship. It's fun. I always knew I had that person to talk to, to hang out with, who understood me. Relationships are fun.... But waiting is what God has told me to do, so I wait. And I'm not going to lie it sucks some days.
I was talking with a close friend the other day. Him and I have been pretty honest to each other about relationships. He has always broken down the walls that I build up and knows when I am not okay and lying to him. But he asked me if I was opposed to the idea of dating right now. I told him no. I would like to, I'm not against it, but I also know that I don't want to be out there just going on dates with whoever cause at this age we date for keeps. And at this time in my life, I don't want to be getting into a relationship that I know isn't going to last or is one that is on my own terms and not God's.
In my next relationship I want to know that it's God's will, it's His plan. I want it to feel better than it ever has before. Cause I know, after much searching, learning, praying, fasting, and time. That when He wants it to happen, it will. And it will be better than ever before.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
day 7 and 8
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.For me it's my family! i love them to death and they support me in all I do. I couldn't ask for anything better!
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh
The first one is from our Alaska trip in 2009. It was our way of team bonding. Under over! We still laugh about this!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Days 3-6
So I suck about keeping this up so I'm making up for it!
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
...Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 3
Day 4--- I spend a lot of my nights with people from the church group. This is from Powder Palooza year 2.
Day 5--- too much sugar, too much fun, raping the Bible. Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. SoS 2:5
One of my favorite memories.
Day 6.
I don't think I would want to trade places with anyone for a day.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
...Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 3
One of my favorite memories.
I don't think I would want to trade places with anyone for a day.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Day 2- Picture with someone you used to be close with
I can honestly say that without them my first semester of college would have been hell. They did so much for me and I am forever thankful. Amanda, Sarah and I shared a fish. Patrick let me sleep in his room the nights that my roommate was a total jerk or that I was afraid that her rage would end up with my in the hospital!
Every Friday night we would go to the mall and walk around for hours and then go Wal-Mart and walk around for even longer. We had random moments and memories and it was the best time.
I miss them all terribly and I am so excited I get to see Amanda and Sarah over spring break!!!!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
30 day challenge
I figure I would do this:
Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you used to be close with.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
...Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most stupid things things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your day.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.
Day 1:
This picture is from last summer at Universal Studio's.
1. I am a goose.
2. I am one of seven. 5 are step siblings, but I count them as full.
3. I call most of my friends parents either mom or dad. I think calling someone Mrs. Blah Blah or Mr. Blah Blah is too formal or would make them feel too old.
4. My brother and I have an ongoing joke about lawn gnomes and I can't wait for the new gnome movie to come out.
5. I love to knit but only when it's cold outside.
6. I like "extreme" sports or uncommon sports better than organized ones.
7. I don't really like sweets, unless its ice cream.
8. I pride myself on the little things.
9. I honestly cannot tell you my real hair color. This is close to what it would be, but I'm not sure anymore.
10. I like cows. A lot. Also wild animals. I like the fact that one day they will pee somewhere and the next day eat right from that same spot. It almost fascinates me cause I don't understand why they do.
11. I'd rather go to an amusement park with my brother than my friends. My brother and I will act like children and have no shame. We skipped literally across all of Universal Studio's one day. Wizard of Oz skipped.
12. I would rather hang out outside with friends then go to dinner with friends. Casual is better.
13. I believe that if you don't like me at my worse you will never like me at my best.
14. I one day want to be a wife and a mom.
15. I've always wanted to learn how to play the cello... always.
Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you used to be close with.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
...Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most stupid things things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your day.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.
Day 1:
This picture is from last summer at Universal Studio's.
1. I am a goose.
2. I am one of seven. 5 are step siblings, but I count them as full.
3. I call most of my friends parents either mom or dad. I think calling someone Mrs. Blah Blah or Mr. Blah Blah is too formal or would make them feel too old.
4. My brother and I have an ongoing joke about lawn gnomes and I can't wait for the new gnome movie to come out.
5. I love to knit but only when it's cold outside.
6. I like "extreme" sports or uncommon sports better than organized ones.
7. I don't really like sweets, unless its ice cream.
8. I pride myself on the little things.
9. I honestly cannot tell you my real hair color. This is close to what it would be, but I'm not sure anymore.
10. I like cows. A lot. Also wild animals. I like the fact that one day they will pee somewhere and the next day eat right from that same spot. It almost fascinates me cause I don't understand why they do.
11. I'd rather go to an amusement park with my brother than my friends. My brother and I will act like children and have no shame. We skipped literally across all of Universal Studio's one day. Wizard of Oz skipped.
12. I would rather hang out outside with friends then go to dinner with friends. Casual is better.
13. I believe that if you don't like me at my worse you will never like me at my best.
14. I one day want to be a wife and a mom.
15. I've always wanted to learn how to play the cello... always.
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