I'll trade these ashes into beauty...

I WILL continue to Persevere...no matter what!

2007-12-23T14:59:00.000-08:00

James 1:12- Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Perseverance: activity maintained in spite of difficulties or steadfast and long-continued application.

I've gone through a very rough couple of months. EMC is going great and I am growing in Christ but everything outside of the church has gone wrong in some shape or form. Sometimes I want to just give up and walk away from it all but I have strength and I've promised myself and God that I wouldn't give up. The situations that are going on right at this very moment is such a faith thing. I have to fully trust in the Lord that He will provide.
Today, I went to church and Pastor Nate talked about "Patience in the Lord" and how we need to wait in the Lord, that part of being a christian is waiting on God's timing. Now a days, we as humans are so impatient. We want everything right here right now and not a second later. Patience= Faith; and we need to have faith that everything will work out fine in our lives. Things might not work out the way we wanted but we don't always do the things God wants either, do we? But God always seems to look past what we haven't done and encourages us to do the next thing that He wants us to do. Sometimes as christians, we seem to compromise with ourselves a lot and tell ourselves that it was me telling myself to do it to be nice and we blow off God. We get so confused "if it was really Gods voice." I'll admit it is sometimes hard to tell but I'm slowly learning what the difference is between my own voice and Gods voice in my head. Pretty much everything comes down to patience and faith and I'm striving to stay perseverant, no matter what may come!!!

My Little Angel

2007-12-04T12:45:00.000-08:00

When I was a little girl, I always dromt of being an angel. I, for some unbelieveable reason, used to think that because I folt alone in the world and no one tolk to me that I was an angel here on earth and I used to ask myself, "Do people really see me? Do they know that I'm standing right here? Does anyone know that I'm gone?". And I guess that really just stuck with me. I've always admired angels and to be honest, I even went to the extent of getting a tattoo seen below...

I've had my tattoo now for a year and two months...it was quite a different and annoying experiance. After 2.5 hours and $200.00, this is what came out. This picture is actually the day I got it done so it is quite red but it is stinkin sweet!!! I love it!

EMC

2007-09-29T15:32:00.000-07:00

Well this is officially my first blog on this blog thing and I really just wanted to talk about what I'm doing this year with my life in my first blog because, well, this is my life. I'm involved in a schooling program at my home church called EMC (Everfree Masters Commission). It is my second year and I already know that this year is going to make big changes in my life. Masters Commission is a discipleship program that prepares you for your future ministry whether you want to be a pastor, a missionary, or a profession that has nothing to do with the church. This picture on the left is the team. Starting on the left is James, he is from the UP where no one migrates from.....next to him is our one and only first year, Kendra, aka Ken, she comes from the village of Caro where P. Matt Ray pastors, and apparently P. Matt is Kendra's hero, so whatever floats her boat! LOL Then, well, there is me, nothing really to say so next above me is Ashleigh, she comes from Long Island, NY where she lives by a bunch of water that she misses dramatically. Next to her is Adam, he was born in some other country and presently working at "da bell", he is also our one and only third year student. To the right of him is MacIsaac, of course MacIsaac is his last name but thats what I call him...he is a missionary's kid from Lithuania.....he makes wierd raptor sounds and movements....in front of him is Henry, he comes from NY also but in Staten Island, where they have no grass so therefore, when he got here, he got bad allergies....because there is grass not cement! Recently we had another second year come back, the wonderful, motherly, and the famous.......... Amy Griffore!!!!!!!!!!