Photos

I have finally updated all of my photos on my flickr page. Make sure you go check them out here to see more.

My absence

I apologize for my absence. I have no excuses. I'm just sorry. I promise to try harder, but I can't make any promises beyond that. I am sending out an email update this week. I will try to also post it here. Here's hoping you will hear from me again soon!!!

In My Bible

Today I found this on a single sheet of paper in my Bible:

Lord, I am seeking you.
I seek your beauty.
I seek in silence.
The words of my silence are praise.
When silence is returned with silence,
I wait.
You seek me.
In your glory and power, you seek me.
As I wait, you seek.
Patience.
Silence.
Grace that leads to faith.
I trust.
I trust you.
I trust your beauty.
O Lord you're beautiful.
Your face is all I seek.

28

So this past Monday I turned 28. It was a good day. I went to work, went to ballet, and went to dinner with good friends. Birthdays are weird. It seems like your birthday is supposed to feel different than every other day, but in reality it just doesn't. It did get me thinking though, about how blessed I am. God is just way too good. So in honor of the gift I received from Him, my 28th year, here is evidence of how blessed I am and how good God is.

1. I have the most incredible godly parents!
2. I have 2 brothers that actually love me and look out for me.
3. I have friends all over the world who care about me.
4. I live in Spain on financial support from over 75 people.
5. I go to ballet class twice a week.
6. I am learning a new language.
7. I have been given the privilege of worshiping my maker.
8. I am able to travel.
9. I have clean clothes to put on every morning.
10. I have skype and can talk to family and friends for really cheap.
11. I have a wonderful place to live in Madrid.
12. I have enough to be able to give to others.
13. I received birthday presents.
14. I am writing this on my own computer.
15. God died to save me.
16. The Lord's mercies are new every morning.
17. Have you been outside in a warm breeze on a sunny day? Enough said!
18. God loves us no matter what.
19. God forgives.
20. Jesus knows what it's like to live this thing we call life.
21. God has given us the Holy Spirit to guide us.
22. We are able to come into the presence of God. (No mediators needed. Thank you!)
23. God provides all of our needs.
24. We are called to live in community. How cool is that. He doesn't want us to be alone!
25. God has gifted each person in a unique way.
26. He still works miracles!
27. My father comforts me and cries with me.
28. God wants only the best for me in this new year of life.

Don't forget, that He wants the best for you too. God is good!!!

One Word

If God had one word for you, what would it be?

If God had one word for me, it would be...

COME

New Start

I'm working on a new look for my blog and hope to have a new start with my posts as well. I know I have been absent for the last couple of months and for that I am sorry. These last couple of months have been busier and more unexpected than what I had expected. I guess that's what unexpected means. Anyway, I am really hoping to start posting again soon. Thank you for your grace and patience. I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. I pray that you are all with those you love celebrating the one who loved us first. Until the next post...God bless!!!

Beautiful Holland

I am in the midst of a two week trip to Holland right now. If you've ever heard anything about Holland, it has probably been that it is cold and rainy and gray. Well, over the past 7 days that I have been here, it has been sunny, mild, and we haven't had a drop of rain. I am here for Field Orientation with Christian Associates! It has been a great trip so far. I am learning a ton, getting to know fellow church planters from other parts of Europe (Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, Spain, and Poland), and generally becoming more and more exhausted each day. We have 3 sessions every day. They have been great, but despite my exceptionally large brain and super human inteligence, I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around all that I'm hearing. Hopefully my notes will be a good reminder later when I can fully process all that I am hearing now. I will try to write again shortly after I return home and hopefully include some photos. Until then, make different mistakes!

(P.S. I do know that I spelled intelligence incorrectly above. I was just trying to be funny. HaHa. This is all the humor I have right now. I am tired!)