The Week HKH Came to Visit

1. Charleston Battery

2. Dinner on Shem Creek favorite Charleston Restaurant

3.Riverdogs game 

4. Army Wives Set

5. Charleston Riverfront Park

two of my very best friends came to visit this past week

we spent the week touring around Charleston,

relaxing on the beach,

 and being our crazy selves

with the three of us you never know what we will get ourselves into

we always our laughing and having the best time

its hard to believe that we have been friends for almost 5 years now!

I love these two girls so much

they have always been there for me and I know I can count on them for anything!!

"A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated , but two

can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided

cord is not easily broken"

Ecclesiastes 4:12

Where it all Started

today is the first post in the new travel series that I am going to be doing

I am so so so excited to start this because 

traveling is who I am

I'm not content sitting in one place I want to see the world

I want to know how others live

but I don't want to just travel for fun 

I want to make a difference in the world

even if its just one person 

So today I am going to start with the first 10 or so years of my life

I took my first flight before I even turned a year old

and I continued flying lots and lots after that

I think these young years of traveling are what did it to me

they are what made me be a lover of anything travel

when most girls would be asking for makeup or a car 

I was asking for a luggage set or a trip here and there

I spent countless of days/weeks in Chicago visiting my grandparents

I don't remember many of those days 

(my childhood memory is basically non existent) 

but I do remember a few memories that I will always treasure.

summers in Chicago are beautiful!!

its the perfect temperature and weather

my grandparents lived like 45 min from the city

so we would take the train in and get to see it occasionally

I have an Uncle Ed who live right downtown and also owned a sail boat

I have the fondest memories one that boat I can picture sitting in the little galley area 

of the boat and feeling so cool because we were "underwater"

another time with Uncle Ed we went on a dinner boat thing

I don't really remember what It was for but I remember how much fun we had

we ran and ran through that boat 

someone was there making balloon animals 

which made for one great night in my little kid brain

Christmases are just as beautiful in Chicago 

I love going downtown to the old F.A.O Schwartz and exploring the store

and then going outside and ice skating

I loved those days!!

I look back and love that I got to spend time so much time 

as a child up in Chicago

I wish that I was still able to go and be there

but I'm just thankful for the time that I did have!

Not all travel post are going to be like this 

but I just think this is important (at least to me) 

in who I am

its what made me love going and seeing!!

the rest of the post will all differ some will be my suggestions 

others will just be about my time here and there

I just want to document where I've been and who I am!!

I hope you have a blessed day!

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses let us

throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. and let

us run with perseverance the race marked out for us

Hebrews 12:1

My life via Instagram

               

1. I got to little bits baseball game one night

those little boys are just to cute out there. I cant wait to have little boys

2. strawberry pick'in with the best friends

3. Willow Tree Angel Sisters at Hearthidden in my suit case from Lindsey Card

4. Lindsey Sirmons and I did a little target practice one night

5 & 6. Fruit Pizza made with out fresh picked strawberry's

7. best friend time with the Lindsey 

8. Rock Eagle, spent many many summers at this place

9. The Varsity a must eat in Atlanta

10. Favorite movie EVER!!

life has been really really busy these days!!

I;ve had to squeeze so much in 

since I only got to come home for a little under two weeks.

I hope everyone has a fab week

and be looking back for the new travel series to start up next Monday!!

Summit VIII

Last week I got the privilege to attend the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit

they host one every year and this year it was hosted at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest CA

I had never heard of the conference before but Laurie, a lady from my old church, wrote about it and

I just knew that I needed to be there and boy am I so grateful that the Lord allowed all the details to come together so smoothly and I was able to attend.

I had such a wonderful time at the conference and learned so much!

the conference was two days long (Thursday and Friday)

 so needless to say Laurie and I were exhausted by the end of each day

the whole time change thing really gets ya!

each morning started off with worship with the Saddleback house band

and then there were a few speakers

and the rest of the morning and afternoons were filled with breakout sessions

in total for the two days I attended six sessions

(Missional Living & Orphan Care, Steps to Serving Foster Children by Taking a "mission trip" In Your Community, Mobilizing the Whole Community to Rescue and Restore, Exploring the Father-Heart of God, Creative Models for Engaging the Church for America's Fatherless, Your Church as a Safety Net)

there were so many different breakouts to choose from 

I had such a difficult time figuring out which ones I would benefit most from.

at each of these breakouts I learned different way that I can serve as a single young adult 

(eventually I will do some individual post on the two secession that I got the most from)

as young adults its hard for us to figure out what we can do

were unable to adopt or foster children and taking a mission trip isn't always possible

but there is so many different things we can do right in our own community

we can become respite care or mentor

we can advocate for waiting children and participate in Orphan Sunday.

there are seriously so many different things that we can do at our stage in life!!

in the evenings they had a closing session both nights 

on the first night Francis Chan spoke about being thankful for our salvation

and about how our journey should be about the gospel and Jesus being glorified in the end.

I always love hearing him speak it always seems like he knows exactly what I need to hear!

the second night we had a night of worship with Stephen Curtis Chapman

and that was just simple beautiful!!

besides the confernce Laurie and I were able to spend a couple days discovering LA

which will be a whole other post in itself!!

we had such a fun few day

 I've seriously not laughed so hard in such a long time

Laurie is such an amazing woman and I really look up to her!!

California bound

I'm currently sitting on a flight headed to California with a lady I know from my old church. We're headed to the Summit VIII conference put on by the Christian Alliance for Orphans. I am so excited to see how god uses this time to teach me this week!! Keep us in your prayers as we travel this week!!!