Long time no "type"

I feel like I haven't posted on this for a while...I'm surprised I remembered my password. :] I really don't have much to talk about so I guess I will update on big things in my life!

The other day I had a meeting with my advisor about what is in store for me the rest of my college career. Basically what he said is that I'm a quarter ahead of schedule (4-year graduation plan :]). I had kind of sensed that but it was good to hear from someone official. This quarter I'm taking a somewhat lighter course load to focus on my grades in the last foundation courses for business majors. I'm taking managerial accounting, business law, & re-taking microeconomics. For fun I'm taking raquetball & swimming as well! In the spring I will hopefully be taking two accounting classes & a finance class I think. I'm excited to see how things go & even more eager to take the most interesting & fun classes...more accounting ones! :]

Also, this summer I will be going to South Africa on a mission trip with my dad, sister, & a group of people from church. I'm excited to see what is going to be in store on that trip both physically & spiritually. My only hesitation about it all is all of the shots that are going to be needed to go. Thankfully, I was reasearching which ones I would need, just today, & realized that I won't need as many as I thought I would! Shots are very much my weakness but I think I can survive a little prick so to speak, in order to be able to witness to God's people.

On a side note, over break I read the first Twilight book & am currently in the middle of the second one. It was a very good book- no I'm not one of those obsessed people who's life revolves around the book. It's definitely worth your time though! :]

Okay I think this is all I feel like reporting on now. If anything else pops up, I will be sure to post it in my facebook status & then it will eventually end up on here soon! Tootles!

Psalm 139

"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord...For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully mad; your works are wonderful, I know that full well...How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I love Bellingham :)

These pictures were from our adventure to Boulevard Park on Saturday. Hannah, Davielle, Megan and I ventured down to the park & spent some time together for Megan's pre-birthday celebrations. It was such a pretty day; not too cold but cold enough to bundle up but it was still comfortable. We walked around, went on trails, went on a dock and threw the frisbee in as many creative ways that we could think of. That provided many, many laughs; usually courtesy of Megan. :) It was good to spend time with some good friends!

Okay I have another broom story. Last year, Kelsey and I's broom came in very handy when we had a bug on the curtains. So we used it to get it off. Well yesterday the broom came in handy for a totally different reason.

Soooooooo it was about 10:30 or 11:00 and the boys directly below us were screaming very loudly. Both of our windows were open which I don't think helped the noise level into our room but still, we should be able to have our window open whenever we want to. I think they were playing video games or something but it was sooo loud. I told Megan that we needed to do something about that. Soooooo I handed Megan the broom. She stuck it out the window and tried for several seconds to shut the boys' window below us. After several failed attempts due to intense laughing on our parts, we got it shut. Next thing we know, with our window shut of course, we hear one boy say, "What the f***! How the he** did our window just shut!?" We started cracking up! I was laughing so hard that I kind of lost control of my body and fell off my bed and hit my head on the floor. It didn't hurt bad because we were laughing so hard! Our success kind of failed in one sense because they opened their window back up but then about twenty minutes later we shut it again but I don't think they saw it because it stayed shut the rest of the night.

Needless to say, this broom has come in handy several times in college and not just for sweeping purposes! :)

Greater things have yet to come, greater this have yet to be done in this city...

Vancouver, BC (taken from Louie's blog)
The GM place without people in it but the stage is further into the picture.
A packed arena :)
A shot from the wayyyy back
Now this one is taken from my camera. We had pretty good seats but the camera isn't of high quality so the picture doesn't quite do justice.

Another one from my camera. I have more of David Crowder & Chris Tomlin but I'm too embarrassed to put them on here because they're really bad.

Last night was an amazing night. Megan and I drove up to Vancouver, BC for the Passion tour. David Crowder Band and Chris Tomlin performed and Louie Giglio (sp?) spoke. IT WAS AMAZING!!! Way too much happened and was experienced to try to express into words but I'm going to try to. For what I fail to describe, I will be sure to include pictures and the link for Louie's blog that also includes descriptions about the previous stops they have taken.

Chris Tomlin kicked off the night. He lead us in some good "oldies" and some newer, more contemporary songs. He did a great job of singing and really tying in all of the songs with the theme of the night.

Then Louie came and spoke about how our community of college aged people is a powerful one. We have the opportunity to witness and reach out to people on our campus. We used the analogy of how when someone finds that "click" with God, when it all connects is like switching from regular TV to high definition. He finished by reading a journal from a college girl who got caught up in the party scene. To make a long story short she roomed with a Christian girl. The roommate wasn't a pushy Christian but was there for Ashley, the college girl, when she needed her to be. One night after Ashley had a rough one, the Christian girl was the to talk to her. Long story short again, Ashley became a Christian and was killed in a car accident three months later. That story was a powerful one to not only me but non-believers about how powerful God can be and how He wants so much for us to get to know Him and His wonders.

David Crowder Band finished up the night in what seemed like little time at all. He sang some of his great songs and all of them happened to be on the CD Megan gave to me at the end of the last school year. I think David's singing hit me the most. I'm not a big "raise-your-hands-when-you-worship" worshipper, not because I'm embarrassed but just because it's not my style of worshipping. But when they sang "O, Praise Him," my hands just went up. It was a very powerful song that moved everyone in the building.

If you have not been to a Passion event, I suggest that you go whenever you have the opportunity! It was the most amazing worshipping experience I have ever been a part of. I got so much out of the night, most of it I cannot rely on this blog because it can't be described into words.

www.268blog.com <-- that is the link to Louie's blog. I recommend going to check it out because he puts into words what I cannot.

Never Never Land seemed like a pretty good idea.

"The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the strength within you that survives all the hurt."

I came across this quote the other day when I was looking for a quote for my facebook. It kind of hit me right where I have been over the last year.

This time last year I was miserable. As you might have read in my first few blogs, I was struggling with growing up. I wasn't as secure in myself and in my faith as I needed to be. It's not until you reach your lowest points in life that you realize you can't do it on your own. All that I could really turn to was God at that point. It wasn't until then that I was lifted up. All last school year and flowing into this year, I can say that I have grown up a tremendous amount. Last year I think I called my parents about three or four times a day and this year I have cut back a tremendous amount. Not that I don't want to talk to them, but I think I am starting to build a life of my own where I don't need to rely on them for everything. Although it is good to know that they will always be there for me!

Anyways, relating this back to the quote, I think the "hurt" I experienced in the beginning stages of college prevailed in the end. I found that I had strength through Jesus Christ and in leaning on Him, I could survive any challenge thrown against me.

This year at school has been going great! Tonight is the first CCF (Campus Christian Fellowship) meeting of the school year. I hope to see former CORE members and catch up with them! This year's CORE (CORE is what we call "Bible study" at CCF)seems like a great group. We have about five returners and have about ten freshman and new girls that have shown interest in coming which is exciting. That will be on Monday nights so next Monday will be the first one. All of these events really have helped me be more comfortable in my walk with God and have blessed me with great friendships with a great group of girls. :)