Holding "wait"

Those of you who know me well know that I am not exactly the most patient person in the world...oh let's face it, I'm not really patient at all. I know this, don't worry. It is something that I have to remind myself to work on every day. I consider it one of God's big projects on me. Been going strong for about 21 years, 7 months, and 3 days now. Anywho, yesterday I was on Twitter on my ipod before a class because I follow a lot of people that I saw/heard at Passion and WinterJam, and just other favorite famous people that I like, and I saw this on Tony Nolan's: Handling "wait" is how the muscles of faith are strengthened. "Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength." -Isaiah 40:31 Basically I felt like it was a message straight from God, reminding me to always be patient.

Spring Break/Mono/Strep/Oh my!

I promise this will be a short, sweet, and to the point blog...mostly because I have a lot of homework I should be working on, but I was very compelled to blog right quick! Spring Break - Queens, NY, Urban Impact - AMAZING! Got to teach a lot of English classes at the South Asian Community Center. Also worked with a church one day and did some construction/painting/cleaning at the house we stayed at. Not to mention the cool sight-seeing we got to do. Most important thing I learned...God was not lying when He said if we will just trust Him, He will pull through! I got totally out of my comfort zone nearly every day and knew that I had to do it, and I trusted God to give me words to speak (thank you Aaron Shust) and asked Him for opportunities and prayed that I would not miss them. It's amazing what happens when you truly open your heart to God and His glory and greatness and love! Right after we got back from New York, Natalie here came down with an incredibly sore throat. It did not go away for about a week and a half...Natalie decided after a week it was time to go to the doctor. The doctor (who is this little old man who reminds me of my Papaw...mostly because he wears the same cologne my Papaw wore) told me he thought I either had mono or strep...fantastic...long story short, all of my tests came back negative, I've been on antibiotics for 6 days now and feeling much better! I wonder what the doctors will tell me I have next...tumor, strep, mono, oh my :) 38 days until summer. I need to learn to live life one day at a time and enjoy where I am now. I need to stop living in the future so much. I graduate in less than 13 months...and that is terrifying to me. For the past 21 years, I have always known what the next step will be - after middle school it was high school, then college...now what?! There is no guarantee that I will find a job or where I will find a job and that terrifies me. I had a slight breakdown last night (thank you Kasee Michelle, my absolute best friend in the entire world, for helping me through that). This entire school year, it's like God has been telling me, "Hey, you REALLY just need to trust me! I've got your back! I haven't let you down yet and I'm not going to. I am going to provide for you because I love you and I care about you and only have planned what is best for you. Just let go and let me take charge." Now I just need to listen to Him.

T-Minus 19 1/2 hours...

19 1/2 hours...

In 19 1/2 hours I will be leaving for New York...Queens, to be more specific. My next Spring Break trip. I'm so super excited. I went shopping with one of my greatest friends this afternoon because we both had some odds and ends left to get before leaving. I had to get a suitcase because I forgot to bring one from home. So we went to Target and Wal-Mart...Target is pretty much one of my favorite stores on the face of the planet. Anywho, we had ourselves a good ole time. We were roommates last year and we haven't gotten to hang out a lot this year because she now lives in a different apartment. I am very excited that she is going on this trip!

So I get to drive...in 19 1/2 hours...I've never driven a huge van like I will be driving. Now that I think about it, I have driven my dad's semi-monster truck...I forgot about that, maybe it won't be so crazy after all. I'm excited anyways. I'm so excited that all I can really think to say is I'm excited! I just know that God is going to do amazing things on this trip and I can't wait to see it all unfold. If it's anything like last years trip it will be nothing but amazing.

I will write all about it at some point after we get back. I can't believe it's already here!