Windy Gap, Here I Come!!

Holy smokes, y'all! I am leaving for Windy Gap in 6 days with three high school girls from Powell! I have so many emotions going on. I'm stoked, I'm pumped, I'm excited, I'm nervous, I'm anxious, I'm scared, I'm overwhelmed. But mostly just super pumped and excited. It really is going to be the best week of these girls lives. And the second best week of my life. Since the first best week was the week I went to week long YL camp at Frontier Ranch. duh. Tonight we had a leader meeting to get us ready for camp and Mary Kendall started us off by reading from Mark 8.




²² They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. ²³ He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

²⁴ He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

This week I, along with many other leaders from Hardin Valley, South Doyle, Karns, and Stem, will be leading blind kids to the village. We are taking these kids to place they've never been before and are going to be doing things with them they never thought they'd get the chance to do. I cannot wait to experience a week of camp with Hannah, Brittney, and Makayla. So I just ask that you pray for us. Pray for me and that my sleep gets doubled at night, that I can lead these girls that way Jesus wants me to. Pray for Hannah, Brittney, and Makayla and that Jesus stirs in their hearts and makes them feel things they've never felt before. Pray they leave camp wanting a relationship with Jesus. Pray we leave camp and can pick up where we left off with a campaigners and we can spend even more time together and with the Lord. Pray they feel comfortable around each other and me enough to share what they feel. Pray that each leave with their own unique story to tell at the end of camp. Please, keep me and these girls in your prayers throughout the week. I will gladly receive them :)

YL vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfWb-d37mE

Okay this video is just really cool to watch. It talks to about 8 different people about what YL did for them.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9AHVMJXuaE

This one is just plain hysterical. It's a about things yl leaders say. So dang funny. I've watched it at least 20 times.


Enjoy, folks.

Back In Session

Well, the dreaded school days are officially back. Fortunately for me I have 8 ams every single day.....okay so that's not so fortunate. But the good thing about having 8 ams every day is that I don't have to fight for parking and I'm done early. I'm finally getting to take my first nursing class this semester, which is exciting. And then next year I'll get to start doing all the fun/ridiculously hard stuff.  The beginning of the semester is  just so awkward. New class, new teachers, new syllabus, new rules, new people, no friends. I'm not really into change, so starting all over every semester kind of wears me out. I get stressed about everything. I just want it to be like week 4 already so I can get in the groove of things. Oh yeah! I forgot something else that's going to be different about this semester....I'M LIVING AT HOME!!!! And super pumped about it if you can't tell. I've never lived at home since being in college, so this will definitely be a new thing for me. I'll be commuting to school every day, but I'm totally fine with that. It's so worth it. I get to be with my fam all week long, eat home cooked meals, take naps in my own bed, play with my dog...oh the list can go on and on. I LOVE home. Almost a little too much. I'm afraid that I'll love it so much that I'll never want to move out again. When I was little....well even in middle and high school....I used to say that my husband and I would just live on the 3rd floor of my house now so that I never have to move out. Haha! But for real....I would so do it. I'm a mommas girl and I absolutely love being at home. I could sit at home all day every day and be totally content with that. Here are some kind of old pictures from last semester and break......

Oh just looking at some bacteria in lab...I loved that class.

This would be me and my smokin' hot Powell YL team #powelllovin

Maelena and I at Opryland

Outside of Opryland. I was obsessed with that place

Sproutsgiving. Our small group name is Sprouts and we had a Thanksgiving dinner together, hints the Sproutsigiving.

UT football game with Maelena and Brooke.

Sprouts Halloween Party/ pumpkin decorating

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today was my birthday and I am 19 years of age....it's pretty crazy! I remember being like 15 and thinking it was so sweet. I feel like I'm getting old so fast. And I don't really want to. Today was a pretty good day. Besides the fact that I had a 3 hour 8am lab and another class later, it was still a good day! I took myself to firehouse for a free sub, I went home to see my sweet mama and sister, and I went to the CHS football game to watch my sister cheer, which then got rained out, and then we went to Cheddars. I am officially pooped. Today has been a very long day. Happy Birthday to me....it's about to be over. So sad.

I'm in love with UT

First day of classes was a success. I'm seriously so obsessed with this school. I love walking everywhere, I love all the people ( well not really, I just like not knowing all the people), I love the campus, I love the buildings, I love it ALL!!! I have people in all my classes, which makes me very happy.  I'm just pumped to get this year started. I LOVE UT! GO VOLS!

YL

I am so pumped for YoungLife to finally get started again! It's a new year, with new kids and I'm ready to just take over Powell High School! Today, all 5 of us newbies went to Powell and it was just so great. I met some new friends and talked to some old ones. I've been thinking alot about the type of girls I'll end up pursuing and just who those girls will be. And slowly but surely I think Jesus is leading me to a group of senior girls. Their leader left this past year so they are without anyone right now. I would love get to know those girls and get to know their hearts. I know that they've been on my heart all summer long and I'm just so ready to get this year rolling!


School starts tomorrow and I'm like way totally super pumped...but a little nervous. The first day is so crazy. And everybody actually goes to school. I like it when people stop going to class and the crowd dies down.


I am SO ready for small group to get going again too! I MISS THOSE GIRLS!

All Moved In

I officially do not live at home and now reside at the beautiful Quarry Trail. It's so strange. I went from living at home my whole life to living in a dorm, then back home for the summer, and now a super nice apartment! I love being here. It's not exactly all set up and everything yet, but it's getting there. And it's getting more "home-y" by the day. I'll be sure to post some pictures of the place so y'all can see it. I think Jane is coming over in a little bit and I'm very pumped! I'm ready for school to start, and YOUNGLIFE! Let's get this show on the road!