take my life and let it be yours....

Glory to god

Glory to god

Glory to god forever

Take my life and let it be

All for you and for your glory

Take my life and let it be yours 

-Glory to God [Steve Fee]

So a lot has happened between now and when you last heard from me, hence the long gap between posts....

The lyrics to this song have a lot to do with what I've been learning this Summer, which is why I picked them to be the theme through-out my update.

While in St. Louis, they would give us "group time",  and group time was basically a time for your church groups to meet together and talk about their day. Well it was the first night I had been there, and Jeff (youth pastor) asked question:

"Why are you in St. Louis?" 

If anyone had asked me prior to the trip I probably would have told them a variety of things, but it wasn't until 3 days after this question was asked, that I found the answer. 

During one of our worship sessions something the speaker said, stuck out to me. He said:

"We need to be ready to give everything up for Christ and His Kingdom"

So often I get caught up in the "giving it all to God" thing, but then not really giving it ALL to Him. 

I noticed that in my life I'll give God just parts of it....but then other parts I'll have a tight grasp on. That's not what God's called us to do....he's called us to let go of our lives, and realize that there's nothing we can do without Him. 

Before we left for St. Louis I honestly didn't know how well it was going to go, I felt like we were un-organized and un-prepared. We were supposed to arrive, meet the other group we were working with, and plan a VBS curriculum in less than 2 days. 

If anyone knows me at all, they know I like my schedules and I like my schedule to be organized, they know I want to know what's going to happen when, how, and why. This trip was far from MY normal....

I graduated in 2005, and here was MY plan for MY life:

-Go to school and get my BSN (graduate in 2009)

-Work for a couple of years

-Meet a guy and get married (after I'm done with school, but not before I was 25)

....and that was my plan, I had it all figured out....

Wanna know what my life has looked like since I graduated...:

-Graduated in 2009 with my General Associates

-Moved to KC at the end of 2008

-Graduated in 2010 with my Cosmetology License

-Started Nursing school in Summer of 2010

I couldn't have planned that in a million years....

This trip has made me realize how much I hold onto MY plans for MY future, when neither are mine! My prayer is that I would give my life to God with an open hand.....that God would take my life and let it be HIS, that everything I do would be for the glory of him....For too long I've made MY plans....and now it's time that I let GOD'S plans work through me. 

Now a little more about St. Louis itself. It was such an amazing trip. Our group met up with Bethel's group, and we planned our curriculum. All of the students really showed leadership during that week....they all stepped out of their comfort zone and did what needed to be done. They stepped up to the plate, and some of them went above and beyond what was called of them. I think overall we had 57 kids enrolled during that week of VBS, and it was such a joy to see the students pouring out their time and love for the sake of these kids...to watch them go door to door sharing the gospel, praying, handing out invites, and just getting to know the people... We were in a small building so a lot of what was done, was done OUTSIDE. It got hot, things didn't always go as planned, the kids weren't always good, and they got tired, but they kept going!  I am so blessed to be able to take part in the STL Project 2010!!! 

I just finished my 2nd week of nursing school, it has been interesting to say the least. They've got some interesting characters teaching at the school....and they seem sort of un-organized....but what I keep having to tell myself is that it's just for 14/15 months, and then I'll be out of there! But since I've started, I have learned a lot and met a lot of new people :) There are 30 of us in my class, and we're set to graduate October 31, 2011! It's going to be a long hard journey, but we're all in it together....! I pray daily for a positive attitude and the strength to go on! 

Well that's about it....this one got kind of long, I hope I didn't bore you too much, whoever you are reading this :) I'm going to try to update more often now that I'm in school....so you can kind of get a glimpse into the life of a Nursing Student....but I promise they'll be shorter! 

Until next time....

St. Louis

Well, in the next hour or so myself and the rest of our team will be setting out for St. Louis, were we will join the rest of our group, who left yesterday.


Please pray for our group as we minister to the kids and families we interact with!


Also pray for our bus, which is currently in the job because of a broken belt, pray that they're able to find the right part and fix it rather quickly! 


I'll update when I get back.


Until next time....

nothing without you....

Take my time here on this earth

And let it glorify all that You are worth

For I am nothing,

I am nothing without You

All my soul needs
Is all Your love to cover me
So all the world will see
That I have nothing without You

-Nothing without You [Bebo Norman]

We did this song in youth group a couple weeks ago, and I just really like the words. It just made me stop and realize that we truly are NOTHING without Him, and sometimes I forget that. I tend to get really caught up in what I can do to benefit me and my future, and every once in awhile I Just need to be reminded that my ultimate goal should be what I can do to glorify 

So the past couple of weeks have been rather exciting! It's been so great having Maggie and the boys (Bo and Dave) here, along with Tim, Jeni and the girls (Sophia and Naomi)! Also a friend of my mom's and Maggie's, Seth, and another friend of Maggie's, Kelly, came to visit. It's really been a lot of fun! It's been so cute watching NayNay, Sophia, Bo, and Dave play together along with our kids, they're all so sweet! Needless to say, our house has been rather full the past couples of weeks :) We'll be sad to see them go =(

Tomorrow the majority of our St. Louis team leaves bright and early. We're kind of flying blind for this project, so it'll be interesting. Basically we're all going into this trusting that God has a plan and as long as we're following that plan and we're flexible and open to whatever He has to say, then it should be fine. I'm not saying it will be easy, because leading VBS for 80-100 kids is NEVER easy....but if we can leave that week saying "God's will was done" then we've done what we where sent there to do. Just pray for our team as we're there....Pray for our students going, for the leaders, for the organization we'll be working with, for the kids and familes we'll be ministering to, pray we'll all have good attitudes, and that we'll have open and receptive hearts to what's being said and taught, so that we're able to clearly present the messages to those around us.

I start school in 11 days, I am actually very excited....I am not a big fan of school, so that will be a struggle, but I am ready to have a little more structure in my life. I have always liked having a schedule knowing what I'm doing when, where, and who with....so yeah. 

Well that's about all I have time for right now because I have little nephews wanting some attention.

until next time....