Oh yea...

My Christian Thought teacher said this the other day...

" I don't enough faith to not believe in God."

...think about it

20th year and some snow

Yesterday was my 20th birthday :)
No longer a "teenager" I put that in quotations because I don't believe I will be acting anymore like an adult...

Yesterday was fun though. I went out to dinner with a bunch of new friends to Spaghetti Factory in Seattle. It was a nice time enjoying friendship as Jackie Gray would say.
Also...IT SNOWED!!!!!!!! ON MY BIRTHDAY!!
It was amazing. I'm talking REAL snow...like snowflakes with shapes.
Most beautiful thing ever was walking out of church this morning to the peaceful quiet and soft fluttering snow. ( How's that for good writing? haha) Really though, it was something so beautiful I had never experienced before!! It's even snowing right outside my window as I write this :P
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So I have been learning so much about the Bible lately! Being in an Old Testament class and going to a few different churches, God has really been seeming to slam me with information. Basic stuff too..like how many books are in the bible and all that jazz. But what is really awesome to me is all the prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament and how cool it must have been to be waiting so long for them to be fulfilled and finally getting to witness it when Jesus was born. Gives me a breath of hope for the second coming we are waiting for now. It is promised and what a great day it will be.

Here is another video of my new friends...they are fun :)

Sunday

So today my roommate and I went down to read and do homework by the water.
Kirkland is right by Lake Washington so we can even see the water from our dorm room, so awesome.
Today was an amazingly beautiful sunny day and it seemed like the whole town was out enjoying it :)
We kept getting distracted so only read like 4 pages but it was an awesome day to be outside.

I'm having a hard time being away from church. The Grove has been my second home since I started living for God and being away like this is so hard. Harder than just being away from home. I have been to two churches so far and haven't felt led to either. I know it will happen in time but it's just hard not getting the same kind of fellowship or being able to hang out with jr. highers haha which I really do miss. Makes me thankful for The Grove though for sure. Can't wait to go when I come home on break!!

People here are amazing. I feel so comfortable here and know I'm going to grow so much!
I want to know exactly why I'm here though..I don't want to waste my time because I know God has me here for a specific reason. It's all part of the adventure though...figuring out why God has placed us where he has.

Courtney and Bree were here this weekend! It was so nice having my closest friends around! They are such a blessing in my life always there for me NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH! Love them

I heard this quote the other day and can't get it out of my mind...
" Your not what you think you are, but what you think, you are."

Amazing

God is so amazing.
And that's all I have to say right now.

I'm so humbled by his intense love for us.
Life is sweet

This is all that I can say right now

Lord I'm tired
So tired from walking
And Lord I'm so alone
And Lord the dark
Is creeping in
Creeping up
To swallow me
I think I'll stop
Rest here a while

And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give
And this is all that I can say right now
And this is all that I can give, thats my everything

And didn't You see me cry'n?
And didn't You hear me call Your name?
Wasn't it You I gave my heart to?
I wish You'd remember
Where you sat it down

And this is all that I can say right now, I know its not much.
But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.
This is all that I can say right now, I know its not much.
But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.

I didn't notice You were standing here
I didn't know that
That was You holding me
I didn't notice You were cry'n too
I didn't know that
That was You washing my feet

And this is all that I can say right now, oh I know its not much.
But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.
This is all that I can say right now, I know its not much.
But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.
And this is all that I can say right now, oh i know its not much.
But this is all that I can give, yeah thats my everything.

Moved In

Well I'm here!!!!
I have made it to Washington and am all moved into my dorm.
It's so weird, I feel like a freshman even though I graduated almost two years ago, and yes I'm going to post pictures of my room...I'm excited okay ;)

So the drive up here was anything but relaxing.
There is major flooding up here and people were being evacuated so traffic was just insane once we finally made it into Washington.
Oregon is by far the weirdest state I have ever been. For one, you can't pump your own gas, like they don't even let you get out of the car. Weird.
And people just dress....well, weird. I'm sorry, they stinkin do.
They are stuck in the 80's, that's the problem.

So because my school is so small( I found out the actual number of students today, 1300. perfect) my roommate Kalie and I were the only ones on our floor moving in. So it was quite awkward. Kalie almost got stuck in he floods and wouldn't have been able to even make it to school today but God willing she got here safe and sound. Tonight though she is staying with her mom at their hotel because they had such a long day, so I'm all alone on my first night in my dorm. Kind of depressing and sad if you ask me, not to mention my whole floor doesn't even move in until tomorrow. I'm trying to make the most of it though. I did play a fun game of catch phrase tonight :)

Anyways here are some pictures of my room...

For You Have Set My Heart Free

I am laid low in the dust;
preserve my life according to your word.
I recounted my ways and you answered me;
teach me your decrees.
Let me understand the teaching of your
precepts;
then I will meditate on your wonders.
My soul is weary with sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word.
Keep me from decietful ways;
be gracious to me through your law.
I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set my heart on your laws.
I hold fast to your statutes, O Lord;
do not let me be put to shame.
I run in the path of your commands,
for you have set my heart free.


Psalm 119: 25-32