Pictures!

SOOO.. not much is new, just ready to finish up this semester! Things are going to get very busy, but I just thought I'd put a few pictures up! Enjoy!

Simplifying My Life

Lent is a good opportunity to give something up that consumes your time, effort, and just life in general. I've never given up anything for lent but this year I decided I would give something up that consumes a lot of my time: facebook. Me and my friends Shannon and Nerf did it as well. And even though we go to different colleges, we still manage to hold each other accountable. Even though it seems silly that such a meaningless thing would consume so much of my time, it's true with a lot of my peers as well. I've started new crafts, written many letters, and have gotten better grades recently. And lately I've been making a lot of changes in my life. I don't know if it's just because I am getting older, but I've just been realizing that there is a lot of junk in my life. I've realized that the only person that can take initiative is me; no one else. After a painful breakup, I realized it was time for me to focus on things that actually matter like my relationship with God. And for me, giving things up that matter to me and offering them to God are the best ways I can be who He wants me to be. I've also been keeping the good friends, and throwing out the ones that cause me more pain than joy. And after watching the "Invisible Children" documentary, (about kids in Uganda being kidnapped and forced to commit ridiculous crimes) I realized that I could give up a month of worrying about clothes and what to wear because one of the ways to support this cause is to buy 2 tshirts from them and wear them for a month. So I guess all of that was to just say that I'm trying to simplify my life. I feel so free already. Hopefully I can keep it up, with God's help of course.

My first blog!

So, I decided to start a blog for all the people that like hearing about my life :) Actually my mom wanted me to start one, especially for my mission trip to Kenya in the summer. But I thought this would also be good for my family to be able to hear what I'm up to, and see pictures as well. This weekend, we had a dodgeball tournament at the fitness center, and got to go in the hot tub and use all their facilities for free! It was really fun. Our team didn't do so hot, but we had fun losing anyways! This morning, I went downtown with a group of people I had never met, and we went to help out a school in need. We painted, cleaned, mopped, and just did little things that they needed us to do. The school is a Christian private school, and they had to lay off many of their janitors so as you can imagine, it was very dirty! We stayed their all day and it was a great time. This is getting me really excited for my mission trip, and has encouraged me to join other ministries available on campus! Tonight we are going to this special worship service called Re[new]. (If we can find someone with a car!) Life is good though. Tomorrow I have another Kenya meeting- one of the last ones! :( sad day. But I posted pictures up as well so you can see what I'm up to! Love you all! Till next time... :)