Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Job Perhaps
I am actually getting slightly excited... Tonight I am attending an infromation session concerning a job that I am interested in. The contact seemed friendly enough and want me to make sure and chat with her this evening...I hope it goes well. And of all the jobs that I've applied to in the past few weeks this one seems rather interesting with the possibility of being truly enjoyable which is something valued in a job for sure. Lord Jesus, please guide me to the right job for me in this season. Amen.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Do we have to have a title...???
Greetings. So I have survived my first week as an intern. Honestly, it wasn't too bad. Thankfully I'm only there three days a week (plan being that I will have a job to fill the other days. please, keep praying about that one.) because it seemed quite easy to get "stuck" at the church. Monday I ended up staying there til 10ish cuz of a leadership meeting in the evening and I just didn't go home - it takes a while to get to and fro. omigoodness craziness! Anywho, a lot of the things I'm working on now are centered around a trip to South Africa and Mozambique that will be happening in July. If anyone would like to donate to my mission fund, perhaps I'd be able to go too! Or I might be able to go to England, Australia, or any other number of locations. Haven't been on a mission trip in a long time*...I think it's time to make my travels centered on something eternal.
Life in Raleigh: I know I just got here and I have met a lot of people but still I miss friends and family and our relationships, and because I haven't established any deep relationships yet it can be a bit lonely at times. And for some reason loneliness tends to lead to inactivity. :( I see that as a double negative there, but I'm making attempts at not settling into shutin behavior. For instance, I made another attempt at biking yesterday and it was substantially more successful than the first one, though it is an unfortunate fact that the wind tends to blow Northeast and therefore in my face the whole way home. haha, oh, bother. I need it though.
Burning was last night, a monthly 6hr worship set at CTF Raleigh. I was only there for about 4hr but it was good; my feet are a bit raw from dancing. :) We prophesied to the winds and called the prodigals home and blessed each direction. Amen, let it be so.
Picture of the week:
Peace.
*aside from Outreach with SOM. can't count that one out!!
Life in Raleigh: I know I just got here and I have met a lot of people but still I miss friends and family and our relationships, and because I haven't established any deep relationships yet it can be a bit lonely at times. And for some reason loneliness tends to lead to inactivity. :( I see that as a double negative there, but I'm making attempts at not settling into shutin behavior. For instance, I made another attempt at biking yesterday and it was substantially more successful than the first one, though it is an unfortunate fact that the wind tends to blow Northeast and therefore in my face the whole way home. haha, oh, bother. I need it though.
Burning was last night, a monthly 6hr worship set at CTF Raleigh. I was only there for about 4hr but it was good; my feet are a bit raw from dancing. :) We prophesied to the winds and called the prodigals home and blessed each direction. Amen, let it be so.
Picture of the week:
Peace.
*aside from Outreach with SOM. can't count that one out!!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Office Time
My time has come. Yesteday was my first day in the office. Started it off with worship with the SoR where we had to sing prophetically over someone else. Ash and I sang over each other; 'twas really good. God is trying to get through my thick skull (and heart) that He really does love me. Why so hard to accept love? Then my day was a bit slow as far as work was concerned until I met with Ashlee about expectations and Kate (mi jefe) who was faithful in giving me a boat load to get started on. Whoo hoo. Today I started on that boat load and even without her there I got through a lot of it, of which I am more than proud of myself. :D Mas manana. I have never had an email account that filled up so fast...with emails that were actually pertinent to me (LU spam mail doesn't count).
Kathryn, fellow intern, took me out to sushi today! Delish. Oh, and on the topic of food... since I woke up too late to pack anything decent for lunch I just grabbed a can from the pantry knowing there is a kitchen at the church. Unfortunately, this kitchen is not used very often - aside from tea making - and thus, is very poorly stocked (we BOL'rs have nothing to complain about :) and so there is no can opener. After about 7 min, since seven is the perfect number, of trying to open the can with various knives, I found the butcher knife worked sufficiently well. Maybe next time I will open the can at home. Or take a better lunch. haha
The blosoms are gorgeous here and the pollen is everywhere! PTL I don't have allergies!
Peace
Kathryn, fellow intern, took me out to sushi today! Delish. Oh, and on the topic of food... since I woke up too late to pack anything decent for lunch I just grabbed a can from the pantry knowing there is a kitchen at the church. Unfortunately, this kitchen is not used very often - aside from tea making - and thus, is very poorly stocked (we BOL'rs have nothing to complain about :) and so there is no can opener. After about 7 min, since seven is the perfect number, of trying to open the can with various knives, I found the butcher knife worked sufficiently well. Maybe next time I will open the can at home. Or take a better lunch. haha
The blosoms are gorgeous here and the pollen is everywhere! PTL I don't have allergies!
Peace
Sunday, April 3, 2011
At least there was sun
At least there was sun
When I went for my run
Because other than that
It wasn't much fun
NC is so beautiful
Though the hills can be a bother
When you are out of shape (like I)
It makes things a lot harder
Then there was the bike ride
First of the season
With cars whipping by my side
One wonders if I have reason
My legs weren't ready
For that kind of commitment
Wind gusts against me uphill
Progress slow with such resistance
But, hey, I'm alive
Surviving my ride on Buffaloe Road
At least there was sun
Now I'm not going to moan.
:)
When I went for my run
Because other than that
It wasn't much fun
NC is so beautiful
Though the hills can be a bother
When you are out of shape (like I)
It makes things a lot harder
Then there was the bike ride
First of the season
With cars whipping by my side
One wonders if I have reason
My legs weren't ready
For that kind of commitment
Wind gusts against me uphill
Progress slow with such resistance
But, hey, I'm alive
Surviving my ride on Buffaloe Road
At least there was sun
Now I'm not going to moan.
:)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Testimonies and Trials
Aqui estoy en Raleigh. So here I am in Raleigh! I finally made it. haha. After two months of thinking this was so far in the future it was hard to contemplate, here I am. I got in on Monday, this week is supposed to be for settling in and finding a job, and next week I start out at the church. I still feel in flux which is difficult but again and again I come back to the place of knowing who I am and who God is and how faithful He is to me every moment.
Testimonies: In between Toronto and Raleigh I had two months to recoop, gather a few required items, and plan for a new adventure. The major item was a car and later, with the crash of my own, a laptop was added to the list as well as funds to cover such things. It came down to two weeks before and not much progress had been made so I kicked it into gear and actually started looking. Before it was kinda hoping that God would drop one in my lap. Through talking with others I got in touch with an awesome guy. Talked with him Monday and went out to the car auction to look around. He bought a car for me Tuesday and I picked it up on Wednesday, the day Larry had said would be our "deadline" for a car. God, you are so good! How He works things out just amazes me and makes me laugh.
I still needed a laptop but didn't really cosider it vital to existence and wasn't ready to pay for one either. My funds are depleted and I still have a loan to pay off and will have to start paying rent here soon. Went out with a friend and chatted and later that night she called and said if I wanted it I could have her dad's old, but hardly used laptop that he wasn't ever going to. What?! Sweet. So that is what I'm using now. It's basic and I might look for and upgrade later, but it gets internet and it has Word. What else could I need? Besides a webcam to skype friends....and iTunes.... :)
Another big praise is that I'm here. The drive was pretty easy and though MapQuest said it would be a bit over 11 hours I made it in a little over 10, which is awesome. Listened to a couple of teaching CDs and chatted with friends, and even received a phone call from my brother! Not a bad trip. Went to bed early and got about 11 hours to make up for it all. haha.
Trials: First things is in my head. With all the things coming up in my life that I need provision for it is so easy to get into the mindset that I have to do something about it and make everything work out. But as I listened to Joyce Meyer on the drive down, "Nothing is possible with man" and until we realize that we can't come to the conclusion that "everything is possible with God." *sigh* Why is it so easy to get downtrodden forgetting who I am and the authority I carry and the fact that God is my Father and wants to bless me every moment of my life? Why is it so easy to not believe all this? So already over the past few days I have to constantly come back to the place of trusting God and remaining in His peace.
Number two is I need a job. Not the most favorite activity I must say. It is so much easier if you know people but I did just move down here. I have applied at a handful of places so please pray for wisdom, direction, and success.
Um, the lovely car I mentioned above, which was awesome on the mountains in West Virgina (probably because it's half the size of a minivan!) and is supposed to get great gas mileage popped up with the check engine light today. Not the sight one wants to see. I'm declaring healing, but will also be researching where to take it to check it out. I know not too much about cars.
I know it has only been a few days but I really need to feel connected here, which is why I am really looking forward to church Sunday and work on Monday. Need to build up the social life a bit cuz I am feeling a bit lonely. And I need a job so I have something else to do with my time. :)
Can't wait for the trials to turn into testimonies! Stay tuned.
Peace.
Testimonies: In between Toronto and Raleigh I had two months to recoop, gather a few required items, and plan for a new adventure. The major item was a car and later, with the crash of my own, a laptop was added to the list as well as funds to cover such things. It came down to two weeks before and not much progress had been made so I kicked it into gear and actually started looking. Before it was kinda hoping that God would drop one in my lap. Through talking with others I got in touch with an awesome guy. Talked with him Monday and went out to the car auction to look around. He bought a car for me Tuesday and I picked it up on Wednesday, the day Larry had said would be our "deadline" for a car. God, you are so good! How He works things out just amazes me and makes me laugh.
I still needed a laptop but didn't really cosider it vital to existence and wasn't ready to pay for one either. My funds are depleted and I still have a loan to pay off and will have to start paying rent here soon. Went out with a friend and chatted and later that night she called and said if I wanted it I could have her dad's old, but hardly used laptop that he wasn't ever going to. What?! Sweet. So that is what I'm using now. It's basic and I might look for and upgrade later, but it gets internet and it has Word. What else could I need? Besides a webcam to skype friends....and iTunes.... :)
Another big praise is that I'm here. The drive was pretty easy and though MapQuest said it would be a bit over 11 hours I made it in a little over 10, which is awesome. Listened to a couple of teaching CDs and chatted with friends, and even received a phone call from my brother! Not a bad trip. Went to bed early and got about 11 hours to make up for it all. haha.
Trials: First things is in my head. With all the things coming up in my life that I need provision for it is so easy to get into the mindset that I have to do something about it and make everything work out. But as I listened to Joyce Meyer on the drive down, "Nothing is possible with man" and until we realize that we can't come to the conclusion that "everything is possible with God." *sigh* Why is it so easy to get downtrodden forgetting who I am and the authority I carry and the fact that God is my Father and wants to bless me every moment of my life? Why is it so easy to not believe all this? So already over the past few days I have to constantly come back to the place of trusting God and remaining in His peace.
Number two is I need a job. Not the most favorite activity I must say. It is so much easier if you know people but I did just move down here. I have applied at a handful of places so please pray for wisdom, direction, and success.
Um, the lovely car I mentioned above, which was awesome on the mountains in West Virgina (probably because it's half the size of a minivan!) and is supposed to get great gas mileage popped up with the check engine light today. Not the sight one wants to see. I'm declaring healing, but will also be researching where to take it to check it out. I know not too much about cars.
I know it has only been a few days but I really need to feel connected here, which is why I am really looking forward to church Sunday and work on Monday. Need to build up the social life a bit cuz I am feeling a bit lonely. And I need a job so I have something else to do with my time. :)
Can't wait for the trials to turn into testimonies! Stay tuned.
Peace.
Monday, March 7, 2011
ho hum
Being at home, which for the moment in indiana, has made me feel like I'm not on an adventure, but thinking past over the last month I realize just how in error I am. February, which is the shortest and longest month of the year has been jam-packed with so many things it has lived up to this description. It's strange to think that in the first two months of the yeah I have already been to four different countries, and in this last month I've been in four different states. Craziness. I guess God took me seriously when I said I like to travel.
Now is the time for the spring School of Ministry to begin and my FB news feed is filling up with all the comments of those returning and I am shattered. I have a friend from here going and when the idea came up I was thisclose to driving up with her right then so I could see people. Really chatting over the computer is no where close to being enough when it comes to conversing with the ones you love. I will, however, try to do better and make the most of the glorious technology we have. paabbbsst.
New things are on the horizon like cleaning my room and trusting God for my life. Two monumental tasks to be sure. Best get on that.
Peace.
Now is the time for the spring School of Ministry to begin and my FB news feed is filling up with all the comments of those returning and I am shattered. I have a friend from here going and when the idea came up I was thisclose to driving up with her right then so I could see people. Really chatting over the computer is no where close to being enough when it comes to conversing with the ones you love. I will, however, try to do better and make the most of the glorious technology we have. paabbbsst.
New things are on the horizon like cleaning my room and trusting God for my life. Two monumental tasks to be sure. Best get on that.
Peace.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Faster than a Speeding Bullet
~~~Another traveling testimony...Upon getting back to Toronto from Finland I still had no definite way of getting home (no plane tickets yet purchased). I looked them up and they were about $900 so that was a no go. I then proceeded to make other plans with some girls driving through my area. Their plans fell through 3 days later and weren't going so I now had 2 days to figure out plans before I got kicked out of the building with all my stuff. I asked two Americans who drive my way for a ride. One was a possibility but that fell through graduation night. So we're supposed to be having an after party and I have 15 hours to figure out what I'm going to do. A thought was to bus to Buffalo and get a cheaper flight but the issue was I drove to TO so I had more than the allowed limit for a plane. Grr. Wow, was I on the fritz. Finally I was resigned to drive home with my friend, Amber (from PA) and figure out what next when I got there. Eventually I got a plane ticket and shipped some of my stuff and flew out Saturday. God is so good. I needed that extra day with at least one person from school to ease me back into "real" culture, but I really didn't need all the emotional turmoil figuring out a way home while going through the duress of leaving about 60 of the most amazing people I've ever gotten close to.
~~~Good-byes at SOM were ridiculously hard and a completely new experience. I have never been that close to that many people (due to heart issues that kept everyone away). These people have been a huge part of my life, my growth, and now my heart. Tears were flowing, and it was hard being one of the first to leave. Ahh...I need more time with them!
~~~HOME: first week was terrible. Since I have recognized this as a bit of a recooperation time, I took it easy the rest week, but that meant that I was at home all by myself. Partly good, but majorly awful...I don't have roommates or room neighbors with whom to bounce emotions off or hang out or discuss God. Talk about suck. Relationship are a good thing. This is what I have found. Finally. :)
~~~What now? The question of the century for sure. Well, the supporters to the idea that I stay in Indianapolis can certainly come up with things for me to do. Amazing, I wonder where they were last summer when I need time-occupiers? Oh, well. This just goes to show that God will take care of me and bless me no matter where I stay or go. There were opportunities in TO, there are opportunities here, but I don't feel led to live in either place at the moment. And part of me doesn't want to anyway. Currently I'm looking to intern at CTF Raleigh so we'll see how God is moving His hand in that.
~~~Faithfulness. This is what I've asked God to show me and He has been faithful to do so. :) haha. And even still there are wonderful opportunities for Him to come through for me. I'm sure I will never run out of ways I need Him to rescue me or provide for me or love me. I'm so glad that I serve a God who desired to do all these things for me before I needed them. yay. So now I need a job when I get to Raleigh and I need a car to get me there. Can't wait to see how this pans out. I'm expecting a good story.
Peace.
~~~Good-byes at SOM were ridiculously hard and a completely new experience. I have never been that close to that many people (due to heart issues that kept everyone away). These people have been a huge part of my life, my growth, and now my heart. Tears were flowing, and it was hard being one of the first to leave. Ahh...I need more time with them!
~~~HOME: first week was terrible. Since I have recognized this as a bit of a recooperation time, I took it easy the rest week, but that meant that I was at home all by myself. Partly good, but majorly awful...I don't have roommates or room neighbors with whom to bounce emotions off or hang out or discuss God. Talk about suck. Relationship are a good thing. This is what I have found. Finally. :)
~~~What now? The question of the century for sure. Well, the supporters to the idea that I stay in Indianapolis can certainly come up with things for me to do. Amazing, I wonder where they were last summer when I need time-occupiers? Oh, well. This just goes to show that God will take care of me and bless me no matter where I stay or go. There were opportunities in TO, there are opportunities here, but I don't feel led to live in either place at the moment. And part of me doesn't want to anyway. Currently I'm looking to intern at CTF Raleigh so we'll see how God is moving His hand in that.
~~~Faithfulness. This is what I've asked God to show me and He has been faithful to do so. :) haha. And even still there are wonderful opportunities for Him to come through for me. I'm sure I will never run out of ways I need Him to rescue me or provide for me or love me. I'm so glad that I serve a God who desired to do all these things for me before I needed them. yay. So now I need a job when I get to Raleigh and I need a car to get me there. Can't wait to see how this pans out. I'm expecting a good story.
Peace.
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