Then Comes Monday

This weekend was spent celebrating a birthday and friendship

one of my best friends Katelyn turned 20 this past Friday

 she was the last in our trio to hit her 20's

we planned a long time ago to go skiing this past weekend 

but seeing as how the weather did not cooperate with us we just

decided to hang out in Asheville all weekend instead of wasting our money on skiing.

we has so much fun!!

we left Atlanta around 2 got in around 7 that evening 

because we decided we were going to go and see this covered bridge historical site 

and realized once we turned off to see it that it was about a 15 mile detour to it

but we went on anyways and saw the last covered bridge in South Carolina.

for K's birthday she wanted to eat sushi so we went to a Japanese restaurant

across from our hotel and ate sushi and hibachi

we let her open her presents that night

she got one of the mail shutters that are all over Pinterest and  some sugar scrub stuff

Saturday we went and ate breakfast at a little restaurant in downtown Asheville 

and walked around the city a bit 

after that we headed to the Biltmore house

we thought we could see it with out paying to go in but you can't 

so we eventually decided to pay and go and see the house 

(side note this is a place I've always wanted to go it was close to making my top 20 bucket list)

the house was absolutely incredible it looked like we were in a different world

we could not get over how huge the house was 

it took us close to two and a half hours to walk through

it has 250 rooms in it and we only got to see about 45 rooms or so

it was such a cool place to see!!!

we were lame both nights and were back at the hotel and in bed my 10:30 both nights

we had such a fun time this weekend and I am so glad I got the time to spend with my HKH 

I love those girls to pieces

now im on to a week fulll of test and quizes

hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!!

Craigslist Purchase

I made my first craigslist purchase on Monday

I finally got a dresser 

after living out of duffel bags for the past 2 weeks
I was so excited to have found one that was in my budget
so Monday my friend Kelsey and I ventured off to pick up the dresser
after being kinda lost we finally found the place 
we went in and looked at the dresser and I know that I wanted it
so we headed back home with a "new"dresser in tow
well we get back to my apartment and well lets just say we were struggling with 
getting that thing up the stairs
it was a lot heavier than we though it would be
lucky there were two nice guys around that helped carry it up the stairs
well one we got it up and in that's where the little issue came in
I got the dresser into my room and that's when I realized how awful the thing smelled
when we went to look at neither Kelsey or I noticed it smelling bad
So I took all the draws out and put them on the balcony 
thinking that would help the smell 
well it didn't at all
that is when I realized that it was the whole dresser that smelled not just the inside of the draws
so I put the whole dresser out on the balcony 
I pulled it back in today to see how it smelled and it is still bad
so now I'm trying to figure out what to do.
should I keep it and try to figure out a way to fix it?
or Just trash it? 


If you know any tricks to get rid of the smell please let me know

Light at the End

so a lot of things have happened the past two weeks

the first week of school I meet with my adviser about classes and graduation dates

I knew I was behind at least a year but 

when my adviser told me I wouldn't graduate until 2014 

I immediately started to cry

I was not prepared for that answer 

I had it planned in my head that I would graduate next may

so 2014 was a shocker

My adviser obviously saw how upset I was about this and she suggested a new plan for me

she told me about a program called interdisciplinary studies

she told me how I could get this degree and then go and get my masters in Health Promotions

and I would have the same job/title if I went that route

she sent me off with some papers about it and told me to go and do some research

I spent a few hours looking over my transcript and the classes for the program

and decided that this would be something good for me to do

I went and meet with the adviser for the program 

and everything just feel into place

and the best thing of all was that I was going to get to graduate in December.

So now I am in the Social Science Interdisciplinary program

I am taking classes in sociology and communications

and I'm loving every minute of it

I feel like this is where I'm supposed to be

I still don't  know exactly what the future holds after I graduate

but I do know that God has a plan for my life 

and the its a perfect plan 

so I'm not going to worry or stress about it

I'm just going to enjoy this last year of college!

Isaiah 6:8

So school is back in full force only one week in

I already have quizzes and home work

but I wanted to write about Passion 2012 before it got away from me

so 2 weeks ago now I went to passion 2012 

and if you don't know what it is 

its basically AMAZING

its a conference for Jesus for college aged students

there is amazing speakers, 

ineradicable worship leaders,

and 44,000 of your closest brothers and sisters in Christ

this year was so much different than last year

there was almost double the amount of people 

and the set up of the even was entirely different

but it was still just as amazing

this year the main focus of the conference was

freedom

right now in the world there is 27 million slaves in the world

that more than there as ever been in the world
there were speakers who work trying to rescue women, children and men from slavery.
there was a short film made that told the testimony of four people
who were trapped in slavery but were able to escape.
I think the most heart wrenching part for me was when a lady from Atlanta
came up a told about slavery in Atlanta, my home 
the place where I grew up is now the largest hub for slavery in the US
I was shocked and horrified that 20 minutes from my house there were little girls and women
being forced into prostitution and sex slavery.
the whole time all I could think about was my little Jenna 
she is at the age where she could very well be out there and knowing that 
made me scared and angry all at the same time
I would do everything in my power to rescue here if something happened 
this conference bought awareness to everyone there
but with awareness there needs to be action
because without action there will be no change!!
 Our first step of action at the conference was giving financially 

the goal this year was one million dollars in 3 days

well we reached our one million mark the second day
and by the end of the conference we raised 3,066,000 
all in the name of Jesus to help END slavery 
and bring hope and a future to people all around the world!!

durring my time at passion God really spoke to my heart

the verse that continued to pop up for me was 
Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the lord saying "Whom shall I send? and who will go for us?" And I said "Here am I. Send me!
I want this verse to be true of my life
I want to be courageous enough to say to the Lord 
Send me, Use me in what ever way
so that is my verse for this year 
It will be something that I am continually praying about and acting on
so I ask you to pray along with so that I have the courage to act 
thanks so much and have a blessed day!