Bus driver move that bus!

As I stood and watched all the organized Chaos of the extreme makeover build site I couldn’t help the tears that ran down my cheeks. I stood in the spectators section for a few hours on Monday and Tuesday just watching everyone as they installed dry wall, put in a pool, worked on the roof and so much more on the house. It was so humbling to see all the volunteers, builders, and ABC crew as they works so hard and diligently to complete this house for the Simpson family. It was literally a slab 3 days ago and now it’s becoming a home for a family that’s so deserves.

As I reflect on the time that I spent at the build site one scene sticks out in my mind. I saw an older women just waiting around for something to do, then someone yelled for two volunteers and this women took off running to be able to so that she could be the one to help. As I watched this lady i was reminded that we are all called to serve others around us. This woman was older and it was late in the evening so she was probably a little tired but yet she was still running to help complete the house for a deserving neighbor. This women and Extreme Makeover has been a beautiful reminder for the people of Savannah that we all need to take the time and remember the ones around us. Volunteer and take the time to serve your neighbors whether it’s with a charity in the community or just your neighbor. Do something that will better the world around us!

Boy Meets Girl

Recently I barrowed the book Boy Meets Girl from one of my best friends, Kelsey out of curiosity, it’s a book about courtship. You’re probably thinking courtship? What is she thinking! Well many of us, including myself before I read book, have an old fashion view of courtship. We think of like Queen Victoria or your parents choosing your partner, but let me just tell you it’s not old fashion way of thinking it’s a great way to go!
Relationships, what’s our reasoning for them? Is it to have someone to talk to, live with, or love? We enter in to many relationships throughout life. But one of the most important is with our future spouse. After all this is the person were going to spend the rest of our life with. Joshua Harris makes points through his book not only on courtships but also on relationships in general. The most important point made in this book is to have a God honoring relationship. Courtship is the best way to make sure that in everything that you do as a couple honors God. After all we are put in this world to glorify God and to spread his Word, even during our relationships.
Courtship is “customizable”. Each couple will choose different routes during their courtship, some will chose to kiss before marriage some wont, there are many different aspects that couples will do differently. But the ultimate goal is marriage. In a courtship as a couple you will have older couples, parents, and maybe even your pastor who will mentor you. They will help guide you through the whole thing per say. These people will help be your accountability they will make sure that you are honoring God and yourselves through the courtship. They should be people you trust to be straight with you. You want them to tell you if they think you are doing something they think is wrong. They will help guide you in the direction of marriage. You should always seek them for council about decisions. I feel like this is one of the most important parts about a courtship, and something that sets it apart from normal relationships.
The whole reasoning behind courtship is to find the one you’re going to marry. So if you’re not ready for marriage then don’t decide to begin a courtship wait until you know that you know that you’re ready and willing to commit to a marriage proposal. Now this doesn’t mean that when you start a courtship you have to marry that person that’s not what it’s about. It’s to discover IF that’s the one. Not all courtships will work out the way you want them to. You may feel like you know that’s the guy/girl you’re going to marry before you begin your courtship but then come to find out that there just not the one. This is okay that’s what it’s for, discovery. Yes some people will find the person they are going to may in a “normal” relationship, but a lot people will commit to a relationship knowing they don’t want marriage. Why should you spend that time with someone if you know that there not the one for you?
I have always thought ill meet someone, will fall in love, date for a while, then whenever were ready get engaged and then married. But as I read Josh Harris book about courtship my view on dating and love was totally changed. Many of you who know me know that I have never really dated before. This wasn’t really a mindset I had growing up, it was just what happened. I used to think I was weird, what teenager doesn’t date? But now as I have grown up and talked to people who dated all through high school and I now view this as a blessing. See how these immature relationships affect someone really makes me can feel grateful that I didn’t make it my priority.
Joshua Harris really nailed if for me when it comes to relationships. It helped me realize that my view about them has been very swayed. Our upmost priority is to honor God in everything we do including our relationships. In my opinion courtship is that best way to do that. It gives your accountability and responsibility and purpose. I think that everyone should ready Joshua Harris’s book Boy meets Girl. Whether you want to have a courtship or not this book gives good tip I guess you could call it for having a God honoring relationship.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is - Chris Tomlin - Passion 2010

Alex's Lemonaid Stand!

I have decided what charity I am going to participate in is Alex's Lemonaid Stand.
I am excited to get started. I am in the process of registering and getting everything started i will have some more details about what going on as they come together!

Charity time

So as I have been sitting in my lovely room today I started to think about the impact i could have on the area. So I decided that I am going to get involved with a charity. I have not decided which on yet. There are so many and I want to find one the perfect one for me. So if you know any let me know!!

5302

Its week 3 at Armstrong and I have been busy busy busy! we spent the first day in that apartment cleaning for hours this place was disgusting. So the roommates and had some good bonding over scrubbing, But the place is now super clean. My roommates are super amazing I love them to death! I have also been trying to get involved with different group and clubs on campus to make some new friends. So far its going pretty well i have meet some awesome people!

As most of you know I decided to cheer at the school this year. It has been two years since i last cheered or tumbled so when I walked in on the Thursday before camp i was a bit overwhelmed. most of the girls are just coming out of high school so they are used to all the practicing. So over the past three weeks I have gone threw a world wind refresher on everything. Along with the refresh I have been able to get to know everyone with all the time we have spent together the past three weeks. My first weekend here I left. The team traveled to Myrtle Beach for camp. There were so many good teams at camp we were all able to watch some amazing stunting and tumbling and learn a whole bunch of different techniques. We didn't walk away with a paid bid to nationals but we did walk away with the most improved trophy which we are all proud of. We worked super hard and the time and effort paid off. The next weekend we had our routine choreography. This was a lot of fun brought back lots of memories for the old days of choreography. We spent 3 days learning our routine from 2 amazing cheerleaders. This team is very hard working and whether we win are not we will always been a winner in my heart. We have learned how to work together as a team. Each time we practice and can see us getting better and better!

Eat, Pray, Love

We are all faced with different situation in our lives and we all react differently to those situations. In this movie Liz made some huge drastic changes in her life which lead her to go on a year long journey around the world. As I watched this movie it made me want to drop everything and travel the world. Now i know this is completely irrational but still how cool would it be to travel the world and see sights that many people only ever get to see in pictures.

Also in this movie I started to think of the journey that God has for my life. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that God knows the plans he has for us and they will not harm us but give us hope and a future. I think about my future and I can come up so many different possibility's. It has always been my dream to be in the military, but is that's Gods plan for me? When it comes to determine Gods plan for my I get a little knot in my stomach. I am a runner when I get in a situation that makes me uncomfortable I flee, I run the opposite direction fast! So when I think of my Future that God has planed for me I get nervous that he will give me something that I can not Handel. But that is far from true because God does have a beautiful and perfect plan for every ones life. It is clearly states in Jeremiah 29:11. So in this I am comforted in know that God has a plan for my life and whether I know it or not I can have peace that all thing will work together for the good for those who love the lord accordingly (Romans 8:28)

Bucket List

I read a book once about a group of ladies that made up 20 things they wanted to do in life

I was inspired and decided to write my own list

Im still not finished with it 

but here it is so far

in no particular order 

 1. Ride In a Hot Air Balloon in Asheville NC

2. See Whales in the Ocean

3.Host a Child for the Holidays

4. Ride in a Sleeper Train

5. Be in NYC on New Years Eve

6. Have a Fire on the Beach

7. Buy the Person Behind Me in the Drive Throughs Lunch

8. Start a Charity

9. Hike on the Applicatian Trail

10. Go on an African Safari

11. Travel to Italy When I Graduate College

12. Go on a Trip Alone

13.Visit all the Contents 
14. Make a Quilt
15. attend the Oscars
16. learn to play the Violin 

17. go to the largest yard sale in America
18. Study Abroad

19. Take a spontaneous unplanned trip

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About Me

I'm a Christian first and foremost

I strive to live like Jesus everyday

but im a sinner and I fall short of the glory of God on a daily basis

I'm a College student at Charleston Southern University

studying Social Science
in hopes of becoming a Social Worker 

I love kitties & puppies,
anything chocolate,

rainy days spent in reading novels,

long conversations with amazing friends that I couldn't live without!

I love seeing new places and experiencing new cultures

I think everyone should travel abroad at least once in their life

its a life changing experience

I have a passion for helping people 

I dream of doing something with my life that will help better others lives 

One week till move in at Armstrong..

thoughts:
1. hopes the random roommate thing works out.. makes me miss Lindsey super bad
2. the making friends concept rattles my nerves
3. Cheerleading is going to be super fun... so uber excited about finally getting back into something I love!!
4.Its going to be so dagum hot down there, kinda dreading it.
5. finally my first apartment is exciting. get to make my own dinner no more ARA.. bitter sweet

summer book club

"life is to short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs"
-Karen Kingsbury (Take 2)

This past school year my roommate, Lindsey, gave me the book Redemption by Karen Kingsbury to read. I did not get around to reading it until this summer. I was not sure that I would like the but it turned out to be one of the best books I ever read.
This book was apart of the Redemption series that consisted of 5 books, the Firstborn series that has 5 books, and the finally the Sunrise series that has 4 books. Over these past two months Lindsey and I read every single one of the books and many more written by Karen Kingsbury.
Mrs. Kingsbury had inspired me through her books. She writes a lot about Love and how it can be the most precious treasure you could ever find. Over this past summer I have had many conversations with my best friend about when it will be our time. It seems that everyone around us has found the person their supposed to be with and here we are patiently, at least trying to be, waiting. All the waiting can become discouraging, but as i read these books I have been given a glimpse of what I could have in a relationship if I wait on Gods timing in love. Her books have also made me take a look and see what love is and what my picture of it was. I see love as something that people share, whether its with a friend, your family, or significant other. But as I read these books I found that love was something so much more that just a connection to someone. Love is a gift given to us by our Savior, we don't deserve love but yet we are still showered with it every moment of our life. For some of us, like me, love is not something that is easy to give away. We have been hurt by someone that has caused us to put up a wall and guard our heart and protect ourselves form the hurt that comes with loving someone. Yes, in the bible it say to guard your heart, in Proverbs 4:23 it says "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life". But this does not mean to completely cut your heart off from others. On the website desiringgod.com i read a post that is so true it say "we use that verse to justify being cold or cowardly instead of loving. we think the saying "guard your heart" means don't get hurt." That quote is so true, even for myself, we don't love because we believe were guarding our hearts and not loving will protect us. But this is so untrue by not loving we are hurting ourselves and not following God's commandment of loving one another.
In my opinion Proverbs 4:23 it telling us as a body of believers to love but to guard our hear with the word of God. Always remember to love God first. As we love one another we should remember how precious love is and how it could change someone.

Karen Kingsbury reminds her readers to Love. Her books have helped shape me in a way. The taught me about life, love, and faith. I want to encourage people to read her stories they truly are Life Changing