Stress

Anyone who knows me, knows i stress like no other.
well i keep sitting here seeing everything i have to do over the next few weeks, trying to figure out how im going to fit school into my already hectic schedule...funny thing is all i can do is laugh. i know i didnt get here on my own. I've said that all along and i still stand beside that tonight. I know the only way that i will get through this semester is to rely on God and trust that He does have a plan for all of this...with that said, i know this does not give me any excuses to slack off...if not i know i need to work harder so i can bring glory to God, as i get this degree, at this school, all of which He called me to do. Trust me, liberty was NEVER on my list of schools. I still find it slightly amusing, and stand firmly to the idea that God has a very funny sense of humor :)
I have to write a paper about the exact moment i became a christian, how i felt before, how i felt after...this is going to be hard....there's not a specific moment that i can say this exact moment was when it happened. it took time. But is that what they want? i think more than anything im going to start second guessing myself. I know this is where God wants me, i just still struggle with WHY ME?!?!?
ahh...i need sleep. i think.

Greater things are yet to come :)

ahhh it's been SOO long since i've posted anything on here!!!
life has been as hectic as ever, but so stinking amazing!!! I have seen God work in so many ways in my life as well as friends and family!! Very very very AWESOME!!!
The last month was chock full of blessings! Just to name a few:
*I got into the program at liberty, which I never thought would happen! God definitely had His hand in that.
* I moved into my new apartment!! I have an amazing roommate!! both are very good things!!!
* Oscar passed away after being an amazing dog for the last 13 years. But he's no longer suffering. I still can't help but miss the little guy, but i know it was a good thing. He was really old and suffering a lot.
* I bought a guinea pig. His name is Sir Walter Raleigh. Funny thing is...he is still too young to figure out if he is indeed a he. he might be a she. in which i guess she would be called lady walter?? haha. who knows. he's great fun though!!!
*Zack got married this weekend!!! He and Meghann tied the knot yesterday! That's def a good time!!
*Genesis!!! Ok so i found about it in may...but still...WHAT A HUGE ANSWER TO PRAYER!!!
I'm sure that i am forgetting something. it's late and i'm tired!! today has been a crazy day!!
This week will be the beginning of the Roanoke Missions week for rhythm for this year. I am crazy excited about this!!! Basically i ran around all day trying to get things together and worked out. The band guys played at a kickoff carnival which was fun, but it was crazy hot. We went out and handed out fliers. First we went to Lincoln Terrace area. The people were super friendly, but it's not necessarily the place i would like to find myself if i were alone, ya know? Well as we were driving back over to 17th street church JAP realized that it was in SE. He was like ughh...i hate that place. Which made me laugh...when i think of SE i think of morningside. Of my grandma's. I think of being a kid and walking to Bill's with brooke and brandi. Well we went to the tinker creek apts. and let me tell you. THAT IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT OF!!!!!!! That place was crazy. as soon as we stepped out of the car i freaked. we started walking around and a guy started yelling at me and CL. he was like "hey! hey girl! hey!" just over and over again. we walked around the corner and there were 3 cop cars at one of the apartments. i was ready to peace out then. but if we turned around we had to walk past the guy who was yelling, so JP decided that we would walk around. which was alright, we walked around the last building and started cutting through the grass. there were little kids running everywhere to which JP said, "well it's just a bunch of kids" and well one thing i left out earlier is when we were in the first neighborhood, the only bad experience we had was when i walked up to one lady and she walked into the house...well the 15 kids in her yard all ran up and wanted fliers. it was crazy. one girl had stopped CL and told her she couldn't walk in the yard. needless to say when we left that house, we had no more fliers left and had to go back to JP's car and get more....so back to the other story...when i saw all the little kids i wasn't too thrilled. little kids that do not have any supervision are terrifying!!! lol. i know this sounds silly, but there were a lot of kids. so we saw an adult and i decided i would go hand her a flier and tell her who we were, why we were there and such. JP and CL had continued walking and stopped to wait on me. As i was walking a little kid ran after me shooting me with his play gun. he was like "who you? what you doin?" which i realize is hilarious...but i was TERRIFIED!!! lol. it was crazy. i'm pretty sure the kid was trying to bust a cap in me. and would have if it were a real gun!!! regardless, we had many laughs tonight, and i am still thrilled about what God is going to be doing in this city that i love next week!!!!
just so you have an idea of what we will be doing....
monday- starting the day at 9:30am to sort through and load up the stuff for the free store.
VBS meeting at 11. making sure everyone is prepared. prayer. good stuff.
VBS at 17th Street Baptist from 12:30-3:00
Tuesday-getting to Oakland at 6am!!!!(yes it will feel like a normal work day for me!!!) and putting the stuff out for the free store.
VBS- same time same place :)
Wednesday- Back to school Carnival at Thrasher park.
VBS- same time same place :)
Thursday- staining a playground at 17th street.
VBS- i think you know the drill by now :)
friday- doing some more work around 17th street bapt.
VBS- the last day!!!
what a great week planned!! so many opportunities for God's amazing love to shine brightly!!! very very very excited. very very very tired!!

one ending statement is the song...the motto of the year....
You're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are

You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless
You are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our god
There is no one like our God

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

i just ask you to pray about this city. pray about this missions. i love roanoke and i know with all my heart that God has amazing things planned for this city! Greater things :)