Happy Birthday to Me

19 years ago today God created me to glorify himself.

Pray for me on my birthday that...

"I may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Pray that i will be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified me to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. " Colossians 1:9-12

here's to another year of fulfilling God's purpose for me in this world. : )

Over My Head.........

i think it is really cheesy and way emo to use song lyrics to describe how a person feels... but i am so drained that i can't even put into words how i feel..... so i will let two songs do it for me.

Switchfoot : The Blues

Is this the New Year or just another night?
Is this the new fear or just another fright?
Is this the new tear or just another desperation?
Is this the finger or just another fist?
Is this the kingdom or just a hit n' miss?
A misdirection, most in all this desperation
Is this what they call freedom?
Is this what you call pain?
Is this what they call discontented fame?
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in When the world caves in When the world caves in
I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass
From broken arms an' broken noses in the back
Is this the New Year or just another desperation?
You're pushing till you're shovingYou bend until you break
Till you stand on the broken fields where our fathers lay
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
There's nothing here worth saving,Is no one here at all?
Is there any net left that could break our fall?
It'll be a day like this one
When the sky falls down and the hungry and poor and deserted are found
Are you discontented?
Have you been pushing hard?
Have you been throwing down this broken house of cards?
It'll be a day like this one
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
When the world caves in
Is there nothing left now?
Nothing left to sing
Are there any left who hasn't kiss the enemy?
Is this the New Year or just another desperation?
Does justice never find you?
Do the wicked never lose?
Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues?
And nothing is okay
Till the world caves in
Till the world caves in
Till the world caves in

Starfield: Over my head

After the words have all been said
After the songs are sungI realize
I’ve only but just begun
Trying to wrap my mind around
Extravagant love come down
Leaves me undone
Finds me with nothing to say
The reach of Your fame
The power in Your name
Your glory surrounds me
It’s over my head
It’s over my head
The shame of the cross
For all that it cost
This friendship astounds me
It’s over my head It’s over my head
Unquenchable songs and endless praise
A million tongues poised to sing
Could still not convey The worth that Your name deserves
Beauty for ashes Joy for pain
Mercy instead of my blame
Ruins me for more
I’m lost in Your presence, Lord
Hallelujah…
Lost for the words to say
I’m left here in disarray
Waiting for You, waiting on truth
I’ve thrown reason overboard
Knowing that there’s still more
I don’t yet believe, I can’t even perceive
I can’t seem to understand
Can’t seem to find my way
It’s over my head, it’s over my head
Learning this mystery
Trust what I cannot see
It’s over my head, it’s over my head
The wonder of all You’ve made
Foundations Your hands have laid
Bringing me back to my knees, to my knees
I’m lost for the words to say
Lost for another way
Bringing me back to my knees, to my knees
I’m lost for the words to say
Lost for another way
Ruined for anything other than Your love
I’m desperate to know You, Lord
Desperate for what’s in store
Finding my hope in only You, in only You
Take me beyond this door
Lead me to something more
Open my heart up for more of You, more of You

i love Switchfoot ... they always seems to speak what i am feelin....

and this other song i encourage you to download because it is incredible... and it is so much better with the music. It speaks to my soul.

Honestly people who care.... i am desperate and i am at the end of my rope. Its the end of week 6 and i have so much pressure from every direction to make decisons about the fall and i just want to crawl in a hole. I am trying to trust God and let him lead me but its like people are telling me to bear the burden that i am trying to hand over to God. THank God i am a swat next week. peace.

I HAVE A HOME!!!!!

i can't believe it! it actually happened... i really thought the bottom was going to fall out but it didn't! God is so good to me. Now i get to live with eight amzing girls who love the Lord and we are gonna have a blast! My life just keeps getting better and better! well i haven't blogged in a while. things are busy out here but lots of fun.... I guess i could share some pictures of our crazy days & nights.

This is Hannah Lepsch and I before the Blue Plum :)


WHAT! no there has never been a DRG Dance Party ever. LOL : ) I love you BETH!



This is how we use a Long Board round here.
That is Micah she is so Precious
Joy, Jess, & Molly gave her a ride on the long board.














One night we went to Fire House and the Blue Plum Festival. We had so much fun.... the 30 of us that went to Firehouse got Tom Seaton to play a joke on Terry. Tom gave terry a 600 bill b/c he said that he thought that Terry was going to cover the ticket. it was really funny... probably funnier if you had been there. : )























these were my first group of girls.... they were awesome. A girl from another group corn rowed my hair. her name was wentanna & she was from ethiopia. : )













The funny thing about this picture is that we were on our way to the creeper trail. We hadn't even biked it yet and we were exausted.



This Saturday the staff is going to Dollywood! We are going to really worn out! i will try to stay up to date on this thing! later friends : )

AQT

sooo i am hanging out in the staff lounge during adventure quiet time... instead of having a quiet time myself. i can't focus this morning... i am to distyracted by the freezing cold river that i am about to get into. neways ...This is like the best week ever! I have the best girls in the world & i only have three of them. They are sweet and funny and i want them to stay all summer. I hope they feel the same way about me. They are from GFC kingsport... so of course they are awesome!! And Matt and Lensey Richardson are their youth leaders... I mean i seriously lucked out this first week of camp. hopefully i will stay lucky. : ) John Teilhet just walked through the staff lounge ... lol i just think thats funny. gtg get in the river! pray for me!

I <3 DRG!!!!

So i heard that my blog was dying .... so i'm going to revive it!!

I am having a BLAST! I was SWAT trained this past week and it was incredible! I was worried that i wouldn't be good at all that stuff but surpirsingly I'm not bad. It is so much fun to be up in the challenge course "hanging" around! My favorite thing is to set up the rappell and rockclimb, the view is incredible! basically i am in love with this place and i don't ever want to leave!

NE WAYS... to catch up ....the week before i came to DRG i went to Dallas, here are some pics from the trip!

Kristen and I had a blast in Ft. Worth...

The Pruitts minus Wendy... she was getting her hair did. Thanks for putting me up! i had a lot of fun with you all!

We played a game of Cowboys & Mexicans in the General Store in the Stockyards of Ft. Worth

We were fighting, but then we made up....

WE made a friend... his name is Tough Tom .

GO LONGHORNS!

We decided it would be a good idea to have an armadillo as a house pet... is that okay?

Talk to you all soon!

SOAP BOX

I don't think that i have many but this could be one....
i just wrote a three page response to a blog i saw, it was one of the most insane things i have ever seen. (and by insane i mean that it was sheer stupidity that inspired this blog)...so instead of posting the comment i closed it out and took three deep breaths. As my face slowly turned from red back to its original color i asked my self this...why should i respond to ignorance? If i respond it will only feed the fire and encourage this nut to keep writing the crap that they do. Hopefully if they are ignored they will stop writing all together... until then i hope and pray that non-believers will not stumble across this blog or they will surely think all Christians are as brain-washed, legalistic, and tactless as this person. I apologize but I AM FRUSTRATED.... how will anyone ever understand the grace and mercy of Christ if they don't see it in his followers? I know that God can use anyone and anything to bring people to himself, so i pray that he does in this situation. Why is it often times harder to love believers than it is to love believers? okay i am done.

Ode to BMAC......I HAD TO SHARE THIS!!!!!! (pruitt gave it to me)

ahhh... BMAC...
I would just like to take time to reflect on my friend Brian McCormack.
What makes Brian such a great guy?
...I am glad you asked.
He is smart, funny, and loves the Lord. YOu always find yourself in great conversations with him. He has a great sense of humor and he will not be mad that I posted this picture of him at all.... I hope.
Brian if you see this.... I love you friend!