many days to say.

So I haven't blogged in what seems like a while. because i have had finals, moved out of the dorm and left purdue for the summer, and have been unpacking at home and seeing friends. so there is a lot to blog on.
many days to talk about.
so here it goes...

So Bright.
"So Bright" is the theme for Fort for the summer. It is based off of the verse Matthew 5:16. Just thinking about it and analyzing it, and relating it to my life just makes me so pumped and excited and get a lot of things planned for this summer and for the ways that i can impact those that i work with in the coffee shop (campgrounds). so i have a ton of things going through my mind and my heart that i want to do this summer. and i have so much excitement about it. and have already started to pray about it all and pray for the people that i will work with and pray that God will work in their hearts and in the hearts of the campers we will serve. I am so pumped for it, that words can not express it. When people ask me about it, i like screech with excitement. It will be so great. So if you feel lead to, please be praying for me for this summer.

Foundation for His Ministry::Hogar para niños.
Foundation for His Ministry is the name of the orphanage i will be working at for a week with 19 other people from my church, including my parents and sister. i leave this saturday, the 15th. and get back the 22nd. I am so pumped for that as well. And how God is gonna use us there. Also, I sponsor a girl at the orphanage. Her name is Dalia. I havent been there in 4 years, and cannot wait to see her. It is going to be an amazing moment when i just shower her with gifts. Expect pictures when i get back. there will for sure be a ton of pictures taken while i am down there. I am a huge fan of photography, so that will definitely be happening down there. I am just so pumped. I love serving SOOO much, and so for me to be able to go back down there, and work in the "Nut House" (macadamia nut house) and work with the kids in the nursery, and go on outreach trips, and play soccer with the teen boy house, and worship in Sala, and go to the Tiendita and get snacks, and the flea market for souvenirs, and get the best pastries ever in the morning from the little guy on his bike cart. i can already hear him ringing his bell and just being excited to give us some of the best pastries you will ever experience in your life. please be praying for our team, and that God will use our hearts in every way possible. it will be amazing. pray for our safety as well going through the border. be praying for God's presence, and work in our hearts and in the people that we will be serving. 4 more days!!!

Too cool for School.
I can't believe i have finished one year at purdue. To be honest, not many people thought i could do it. It was a shock to most that i could get into that school and do work there. And i did it. i really did. as i got my last things in the dorm, i just sat in my moms arms and cried. and just cried tears of joy. that i had really done it, and tried so hard. it was just a really big accomplishment for me. and i love it. i love seeing that i really did it. it just really hit me, and meant a lot to me.

church and home.
being home is weird at times. like i love seeing my family, and people at my home church. but sometimes i get this weird feeling like i don't fit in quite well anymore with my home church because i am gone most of the year, and will be gone this summer. but in little ways, God still shows me love there at times. i loved being a part of a hub that met at my friend sarah's house. and now that has all changed and its weird, because i loved growing through that. and my friends here have changed. and so i have really been trying to find where i fit and where God can work in my heart here. And this last saturday i found it. God works in my heart at Elevate. in my previous post, i talked about how i love junior high kids. well, this last saturday i had nothing to do at home, so i decided i really wanted to serve in Elevate. and i lead a group of girls, and really loved it. And met this little girl named karen. And we sat next to each other for worship and the service, and it was just so powerful i can't even explain. God just really tugs on my heart when i am with junior high kids. and so i've decided i really want to get plugged into a church at school that has a junior high ministry, and continue to work in junior high kids hearts. its such a beautiful thing.

new friends.
i have this new friend. her name is nicole rappe. and we have become so close in such a little time. and we encourage each other all the time and talk about goofy stuff and just really bond via text, skype, and facebook. and it is just awesome. and i am just really thankful that i have a friend like nicole. she has really been a blessing to me.

God has really been continuing to work in my heart everyday through his word and through friends and through things i encounter everyday. and i am in love with it. I love that everyday i am continuing to grow closer and closer with God, and that i am continuing to be molded and changed into a better woman of God. God's grace is just so amazing, and his love is neverending. and it is so beautiful and precious.

a verse that has really been on my heart is this: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
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