Woah Baaaaaby, Daaaaaats A Lotta People

The current series at GSM, In These Halls, is craaaaaazy awesome!!! God is working through so many students, filling each of our hearts with a different amount and kind of passion, but all striving to work for the same goal. Tonight in the group I was in, we were talking about the prayer circle thing we do everyday before school. I started going to it in the middle of the second semester last year and I've been doing it all year this year. And hollllly batman. God is seriously doing great things through it. it started as a small little group, before I even joined, and last year there was only about 15 people. This year, it varies each day, but we've had probably around 30-40 people gathered in the commons before school. (now I'm reeeeally bad at estimating things like that so don't hold me accountable to that number, but just know that it's grown a lotttt.) and it's totally God working through it all. And it keeps growing. new people show up daily. it's awesome!! tonight in the group I was in during GSM, we started talking about what if there were so many people praying with us that we took up the whole commons and we literally needed megaphone so everyone could hear and people would have t walk through the circle to get to the other side. what I'd it got so big that we couldn't even do it in the commons anymore? we just had an all school assembly on thursday and the whole gym was literally filled from top to bottom. what if there were that many people every morning willing to pray for our school and to live out and live in Christ's love? it's totally possible with God. my mind was blowwwwn when we started talking like that. because it totally could happen. God is that powerful.

This series at GSM is creating some pretty crazy and awesome thoughts and ideas. Those thoughts and ideas are turning into words being discussed at GSM and those words are becoming actions. our actions are what will have the biggest impact. Jesus is comin to Penn and many other schools around here and I am pummmmped!

Summer Reading

2 books, (one very, very, VERY, unbelievably boring, the other pretty good)

7 papers (four for one book, three for the other. quotes and all)

1 art thingy (i didnt really understand why i was doing an art project type thing for english..but hey it was the easiest part of the whole thing, and the most fun)

and a whole summer later...

I AM DONE WITH SUMMER READING!!!!!!!!!!!!

just in time to go back to school and get a whhhhole buttload of homework (: YAY.

note to self: never, EVER, again wait until the last 3 weeks of summer to begin summer reading.

CAMP ADVENTURE!

(yes, i realize this post is like 2 months late, but ya know what? this is my blog, meaning i write my posts whenever i feel like it. and now is when i feel like it (: )

CAMP ADVENTURE 2010 WAS THE BEST WEEK OF CAMP EVVVVVVERRRRRR!!!!!!!

I was finally a couselor and in a cabin with one of my best friends!


I had the best co-co everrrr!


I had the most amazing group of campers!!


I got to spend the week with some of my best friends




I was apart of an amazing group!


and my faith and relationship with God was stretched and strengthened so, so much.
I learned that I have limitations. I found those limitations and had to rely ENTIRELY on God for patience, energy, wisdom, and strength. I had to give everything to God because I didn't know what else to do. I learned from DC, Johnny, and Mark. I learned from my co-co, Jordan. I learned from my cabin mate, Jordan. I learned from my campers. I learned from other counselors. I learned from God. I was called out of my comfort zone. I had to be a leader, but I learned that I wasn't alone; God was with me the whole week, leading me to lead. I was able to let go of things from the past. I was able to get rid of some distractions. I saw my campers grow closer to Christ. I was making a difference in the Kingdom of God. I was able to rekindle my passion for Christ and help pour fuel onto others' fire.
It was the most amazing week of camp everrrrrrr!!! seriously. i'm not even kidding. it was awesome. just kidding, awesome can't even begin to descibe it. so every word better then awesome plus awesome put together times 58695224 thousand is what camp was. yeah. it was that good.

Stars

He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth. -Genesis 1:16-17

Have you ever thought that maybe we are the stars? Yeah, I know that God literally made the stars along with the sun and moon on the fourth day, but metephorically, what if we were the stars talked about in Genesis 1:16 and 17? God placed the stars in darkness to shine light. God has placed us here on earth, maybe in the middle of darkness, to shine His light.

As God's stars, we must shine BRIGHT!

Love yourself.

Make peace with who you are

and where you are at this moment in time.

Listen to your heart.
Make time for youself.

Enjoy your own company.

Let your mind wander among the stars.

Try. Take chances. Make mistakes.
Life can be messy and confusing at times,

but it's also full of suprises.
The next rock in your path might be a stepping stone.

Be happy.

When you don't have what you want, want what you have.

There aren't any shortcuts to tomorrow.

You have to make your own way.
To know where your going is only part of it.

You need to know where you've been too.
And if you ever get lost, dont worry.

The people who love you will find you.

Life isn't days and years,

it's what you do with time

and with all the goodness and grace that's inside of you.
Make a beautiful life.

From a birthday card I got a couple of years ago from my dad (:

hats!

As i was looking through some of my pictures, i noticed that my friends and i like to find odd looking hats, put them on, and then take pictures of ourselves in the hats.






or giraffe masks..











and i've now also realized that all of these pictures are with jordan or olivia. hahahaha and that is why they are my best friends (:

My Prayer

I'm gonna believe that we will see the Kingdom come to earth,
I'm gonna believe that signs and wonders follow hearts that burn,
I'm gonna believe that sickness sin and poverty will cease,
I; m gonna believe that power from the heavens will release.

Oh let Your Kingdom come on earth
And let your will be done,

Yeah light up the world with your love,
Rain down on our hearts like a flood,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see.

I'm gonna believe that fathers and their children will unite,
I"m gonna believe that marriage will not end without a fight,
I'm gonna believe that churches will become Your hands and feet,
I'm gonna believe that acts of love and kindness will increase,

Oh let Your Kingdom come on earth
And let your will be done,

Yeah light up the world with your love,
Rain down on our hearts like a flood,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see.

As You light up,
As You light up,
As You light up the world
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory
Send Your glory

Yeah light up the world with your love,
Rain down on our hearts like a flood,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,
Our eyes will see the glory of God,

Summer Stress

I love summer. A LOT. like really, i love it. but i'm not exactly loving it right now. i have a lot to do before school starts and i really dont like thinking about it. i have to:
-read 2 books and write 8 papers for summer reading for honors english
-find time to go drive because right now, i suck. really bad.
-sign up to go drive 6 hours with an instructor
-finally hang things up and finish my room...its only taken me 3 years to finally get around to doing that. literally.
-clean, clean, clean, like legit clean my room.
-clean out my bags from last school year...procrastinate much? yeeep.
-find out a way to get some money, becasue since emily can drive people now, i'm becoming broke, very, very fast.

yes, i love summer. a whole lot! but i want to punch every one of the things above becasue they are going to keep me from being really lazy the rest of this summer.

thanks for reading my little vent to my summer to do list. this made me feel a bit better.