SUMMER!!!

It's hard to believe that this summer will soon be half over. There is an apartment above the garage of the people I work for in Cincinnati and I have been living there and working full-time for them. I really enjoy my work and I love the kids. I have been keeping busy running the boys back and forth to their various summer activities. I am planning on living in Cincinnati until the end of this summer and then moving back to Shelbyville. I am going to be attending Ivy Tech State College in the Fall to finish some prerequisites for Nursing. I am looking forward to furthering my education in the health field.

UH OH!

Argh! I am so bad at this whole blogging thing. I apologize for this. I was reminded yesterday by my dear sister that I do not keep this updated as I should. I keep thinking that as soon as summer gets here I will have more time to do things like this. However, I am afraid that it will not get any better. As some of you know, I am going to be living in Cincinnati for the summer. The family that I currently work for are allowing me to live in the apartment above their garage, I will be working for them full time. I am looking forward to working for them, they are a great family.
This is my final week before I GRADUATE! I cannot believe how fast the last three years have passed by. I am going to miss things about GBS. I love being so close to so many of my friends. I'm also going to miss the spiritual aspect of it. At the same time, I am ready to move on with my life.
I was able to go on a retreat a few weeks ago with some people in my organization. We stayed in a cabin up in the mountains of North Carolina. This was the first time for me to go to North Carolina, I love the state! The retreat was exactly what I needed right then. I was able to relax and forget about everything for a few days. We did some hiking, slept in, and read good books. Mr. Glick gave some sessions on disciplining yourself in your devotion life. I was able to learn some things. God revealed a few things to me that I need to change.
Well, I must bid everyone farewell for now. God Bless!

Worn Out!

What a busy week. I am sitting in the office and my body is feeling the effects of this week. The father of one of the families I work for here in Cincinnati had surgery this week. So I had to pick up some extra hours at their house watching the kids. Wednesday I went to IHC. It was great getting to see people that I do not get to see that often. Today was VIP day. As I am sitting here I am hearing the buzz of voices outside the window. They don't seem to be tired...how do they do it? Tonight is the beginning of my weekend on call. Something tells me it's going to be a long one.
With all of this being said...graduation day is quickly approaching! In exactly one month, I will have my diploma from God's Bible School & College! This fact makes me excited and curious at the same time.

Rain! Easter!

If it's not one form of precipitation, it's the other. Rain...will it stop soon? It has been raining for two days now and I long to see sunshine! I hear tomorrow is supposed to be mostly dry...this makes me happy!
As you all know, Easter is this weekend! My church is also in revival this week with BJ Walker. I have never heard Bro Walker preach but I have heard many good things about him. I am excited about this revival and what God is going to do for us in it. I am praying that God would reveal the Easter story to me in a new way this year. I have grown up in church and I feel I know the Easter story very well. But I want it to become alive to me this year. I don't want to forget that Christ died in order for you and I to have Eternal Life. I am so glad that He did not just die, but that He was resurrected! Christ truly made the greatest sacrifice!
I will be posting pictures of our senior banquet soon!

Snowed In!

Snow! According to Dictionary.com snow is: a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. There are times when I am very happy to have snow covered roads and then yet other times when the roads are covered in snow and there is some place I would like to be rather than where I am planted. For instance, when one is in the dorm early one morning and a voice comes from across the loud speaker announcing that school has been cancelled. I cannot begin to explain the feelings I get when I have heard these wonderful words, and then I crawl back into bed without a concern about going to class. These feelings are beyond explanation. This excitement was not granted to my fellow students and I this past Friday. Actually it didn't start snowing until late morning, when we were almost finished with our classes. Even though I was very saddened by the delay of snow fall, I am enjoying this beautiful winter storm that God has showered down upon us! Everyone was pretty much stuck here this weekend. It was nice to have a weekend where everyone could relax and have fun. I think that I played more games this past weekend than in the last 7 years of my life! It was truly a relaxing weekend!

Catching up

Hello Friends and Family! I am truly embarrassed that I have not kept my blog updated. My reason for creating this site was to help keep people informed (if they so desire) of the happenings in my life. I was successful for about a month, then my efforts came to a terrifying crash-landing. However, failure is not final (We were told this in chapel on Friday) so I would like to pick up where the pieces landed...

I am now in my last semester at GBS! I will graduate in May, after which I plan to attend nursing school back in Indiana. I am thankful for the time God has given me here at GBS, I have changed and matured so much since I came as a freshman in 2005. I have named my page Seguidor de Cristo, which in english means follower of Christ, because that is exactly what I want to be. I want to follow in the steps that He has for my life. Since being at GBS I have learned much about who God is. I am grateful for how He has changed my view of Him. The year of 2007 was probably the toughest year of my life. But yet God was there the entire time in a very special way. I do not understand why God allowed some things to happen, but I am not going to ask the question "why", I am going to rely on the fact that God has a purpose for everything He does. I know that through those things, I am a much better person for Him.
I attend the Madison Pilgrim Holiness church where my Brother-in-law is the pastor. I am excited about what God is doing for us. In the last year and a half the attendance has nearly doubled! God is responsible for that! I can't wait to see what He has for the future of the church body.
I have been keeping busy with school and work. I am a RA (resident assistant) here at GBS. I am a nanny for two families (six children) in Cincinnati, and I work as a CNA at a nursing home on some weekends. Needless to say, I keep busy. However, I do manage to find some time for fun! I have a wide variety of friends abroad and I am very thankful for all of them.
This has gone a little longer than I intended, thank you all for reading my blog. I will keep this updated!!

July 24, 2007

A man preaching outside of the market.

The girls with our teachers at McDonald's.