tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88825355585104516722024-02-19T02:34:52.650-05:00Chasing Lightning BugsI am a single Southern girl trying to navigate life and live life to the fullest! I love Jesus, my family and faithful friends, old Doris Day movies, Christmas, anything pink & green, baking cookies, and 80's music, who never wants to be too old to chase lightning bugs!
Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-75701242477151178802018-02-18T22:58:00.000-05:002018-02-18T23:46:05.602-05:00Kelly's Korner Single's Day 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi! I'm Laura! These kind of things are always kinda awkward because it's like... "look here's a post all about ME." :) Well here goes:<br />
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I'm 33 and single... never married/no kids! These are my sister's kids who I love spending time with and being silly with! (That man in the background is not having it though!)</div>
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I'm a Christian and my faith is very important to me. I'm active in my church and love to learn about living a Gospel centered life. Even though I've been a Christian since college, I feel like I'm always learning something new all the time! I'm looking for a sweet guy who loves Jesus and wants to lead a Godly family. I know that is very very rare these days! </div>
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I'm an interior designer in Raleigh, NC. I love making things pretty and helping people! I love to have fun and laugh! I enjoy spending time with my extended family and friends. I love being outside, hiking, going to concerts, trying new restaurants and traveling with friends! I love themed dress up parties, anything 80's and Christmas lights! Well basically everything about Christmas! The past two years I've thrown tacky Christmas parties with my friends and we always have the best time!<br />
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I love to eat but I also like to work out and be healthy! I've never meet a country ham biscuit or pound cake I didn't like! I'd love to meet a tall, bow-tied, bearded, Southern guy but am not tied to that at all! (See what I did there). ;) Know anyone? If so leave a comment here! :)<br />
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So I know I haven’t written in forever… but have some news:
I moved to Nashville, TN!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me give a little back story: for a few years I have
felt the Lord stirring something in my heart as far as a transition goes. I
have been doing campus ministry at ECU, my alma mater for years and loved it!
But knew the Lord had something else for me up His sleeve too. So I tried doing
a few other things at our local church to see if those were the transitions but
they never were really fruitful or amounted to anything substantial. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the pedestrian bridge overlooking downtown Nashville!</td></tr>
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I have always thought about moving, but the timing has never
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Last fall I started the conversations with my campus director and kept him in
the loop the whole time during the “figure out what my transition is” period!
Lots of prayer, fasting, and conversations took place for me to reach my
decision to move out to Nashville, even a trip out here over spring break! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am so excited about this new chapter of my life! I will be
working in campus ministry at Belmont and Lipscomb! I went on campus this week! Eeek I felt a freshman because I didn't know where anything was! I decided to give myself a 6 month window to just learn the ropes and build
relationally! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Another cool part of this move is who I moved with! Kendall, a friend
for the past 5 years was also wanting to move to a bigger city. She flew out here to interview and found us a super cute apartment all in the same weekend! Praise God it was her and not me! I would have been so nervous! She found the apartment in just a few hours!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So life in Nashville is good so far, definitely an
adjustment though! The packing up and moving part was hard emotionally
and physically! I have never had so many bruises all over my body! Ha!! I am
also a packrat so it was hard to decided what to take/get rid of/ throw away
etc! I still would like to get new bedding and a secretary style desk, but
other than that I am mostly settled in! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kendall Anne had this awesome living room furniture! Pay no attention to my coffee table and end table! ;)</td></tr>
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I know the next few months will an adjustment too; meeting
new friends, find my niche on campus, and learning my way around the city! I
have only had a real meltdown once since the move, which is great for me! I
keep reminding myself that it will get easier. And it has! Today I found a
great local grocery store and went in the ever familiar Fresh Market. I grew up
in the town where Fresh Market had their first store! So it was very nice to go
somewhere familiar!! Doing more and more "normal" every day life things really helps this feel real and not just vacation! It is slowly sinking in that this is my new home! </div>
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So I am linking up again with Kelly’s Korner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are a few of my favorite soup recipes. I was recently doing a Daniel Fast and these were two of the recipes
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Just a side note, I suffer from GERD and have a hard time eating onions, garlic, & tomatoes. Which makes it difficult to cook in the wintertime because a lot of yummy soups and recipes contain those things. These two recipes are delicious to me with leaving out the problem inducing ingredients! </div>
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<b>Sweet Potato & Black Bean soup.</b> </div>
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I know it sounds a little funny, but it is sooooo good! PS I don't puree the soup, too messy!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>8 cups <a href="http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/super-easy-homemade-vegetable-broth/" style="color: #efbb43; text-decoration: none;" title="Super easy homemade vegetable broth">Vegetable Broth</a> (I Just use water) </em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1 pound sweet potatoes (about 3 cups), peeled and diced</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>2 cups cooked brown rice</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1/2 cup chopped celery</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1/2 cup chopped onion (I omit this)</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1 bay leaf</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1 teaspoon thyme</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1 teaspoon salt</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #534640; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><em>1/8 teaspoon pepper</em></span><br />
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Place all ingredients in a large stock pot. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Place half of soup in a food processor or blender, and process until smooth. (You may need to do this in two batches, because filling your processor or blender more than half full could cause the hot soup to pop the lid.) Return to stock pot, and cook 10 more minutes.</div>
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<o:p>My fave: <b>White Bean Chili</b>!</o:p></div>
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<o:p>I have looked for a really long time for a white bean chili that didn't contain diary and finally found this one! For some reason the only soup I think should have diary is regular yummy white potato soup. In my book, chili doesn't have dairy. If you love it great, but for some reason the thought of it just grosses me out! </o:p></div>
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<o:p><a href="http://www.girlmakesfood.com/white-bean-chili-vegan-gluten-free/">Click here for recipe!</a></o:p></div>
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<o:p>1.) I leave out the corn, bell peppers, jalapenos, shallots, & chili powder </o:p></div>
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<o:p>2.) I use one can of white northern beans, navy beans, & cannelloni beans. (I like the different shapes and shades of white.)</o:p></div>
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4.) I didn't puree this recipe either</div>
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<o:p>5.) I used extra lime b/c it is soooo good in the soup! I squeeze some right in my bowl right before I eat it ! </o:p></div>
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Hope you enjoy and if you know any other GERD free recipes you want to send my way please do! </div>
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I came home the Thursday before Mother's Day to go hear a comedian with my mom and aunt! <a href="http://www.jeannerobertson.com/">Jeanne Roberson</a>. She is hilarious and one of my favorite public speakers because she makes you feel like you are in her living room listening to stories! She has tons of videos on youtube. This is my favorite, entitled "Don't send a man to the grocery store." She isn't male bashing but explaining the difference between left brain and right brain,,, (it is also called elsewhere, "Left Brain's Grocery List."<br />
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I just love listening to her! I was one of the youngest people at her show! Tons of senior citizens were there and it was a prime people watching night! She is popular among people who love Southern, clean comedy. Which includes myself and 70 year old!<br />
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While at home I have also been doing lots of things on my "Greensboro list."Things like getting my great grandmother's china, washing out old mason jars from my grandparents basement to decorate with, cleaning silver, buying fabric for a chair for my room in Greenville etc. I have gotten most things on my list done. <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/04/how-to-polish-silver-homemaking-tutorial.html">This is how I have cleaned my silver. </a> With aluminum foil, salt, baking soda, and hot water. I love pinterest for these type of what I call "old lady secrets."<br />
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But the main reason I am in Greensboro is to meet with all of my ministry partners! I have been meeting with as many as possible! I am so thankful for all of the people who partner with me in ministry! Together we truly are changing lives! I love the opportunity to share what is going on at ECU and invite people to be a part of it! I am speaking at a church tomorrow and I was getting my notes together and came across <a href="http://barryrlee.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html">this blog post</a> which is a great summery of why I love campus ministry so much!<br />
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I have just a few more days in Greensboro, so I am trying to make the most of it. Tonight I am going to have a wild night of playing cards with my mom, my aunt, and a few of my mom's friends! ;)Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-49024071403857227072013-04-28T21:24:00.000-04:002013-04-28T23:09:49.256-04:00Fat Mirrors and Dove VideosSo lately I have not been liking how I look or talking well about my body. I know I am not obesese, but in all honestly I have gained 5-10lbs in the past year. No big deal, I just need to watch what I eat and exercise right! Right!<br />
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Well I don't know what my deal has been b/c I have sort of been obsessing over it. I try to camouflage my body and cover up the extra weight. This takes forever and stresses me out. One thing I have done that has helped is to remove the "fat mirror" that was hanging on my closet door. You know how some mirrors are skinny, fat, or normal. Well removing this mirror, which actually needs to be thrown out has helped tremedously. So has getting a pedicure, buying a pair of jack rogers, a few clothes that fit. (PS the jack rogers were my "I got my tax return back" splurge!) All that has been great but I think the thing is that I don't need to look in a mirror that much anyway. I just need to make sure everything is covered up and that I don't have something in my teeth!<br />
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Also, I came across these dove videos and realized how important it is to not worry about my image. Of course scripture is uber helpful, but something about watching these videos made everything "click" in my brain! <a href="http://www.dove.us/Tips-Topics-And-Tools/Videos/friends.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Click this to watch my favorite video on the dove website!</span></a> I couldn't believe the women could not come up with anything that they love about their bodies. I love my eyes, my fingernails, and my collarbone area (random I know)! My eyes really are my favorite, but they are inherited from my namesake great grandma, my granddaddy and mama! Watch these videos! It is sooooo crazy what the media tells us about our looks. God created us in His image! He thinks we are beautiful! But the most beautiful part about us that know Him, is that we are His!!<br />
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I did order a <a href="http://www.Draxe.com/">cookbook</a> that I am excited about to help me eat healthy! Dr. Josh Axe also has a facebook page with lots of helpful hints etc.<br />
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But in general I have decided to just be healthy and embrace the body that I have! Everyone isn't a supermodel. Even supermodels don't look like supermodels!Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-42538480129452052882013-04-28T16:05:00.002-04:002013-04-28T16:20:40.951-04:00Conferences this Past Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The month of February was filled with conferences. First was our annual Campus Harvest. This is in Durham, NC for our college students. We took 60 students from East Carolina to join the crow of 700 students from Virginia, Tennessee, & North Carolina. It was a fun weekend where tons of students gave their lives to the Lord, 6 from ECU got baptized, and 6 from ECU felt called into full time campus ministry. </div>
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Cute girls! Rachel on left is one girl I mentor that got water baptized!!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grace and I had an awesome opportunity to speak during one of the break out sessions. We talked about "Being Set Free and Sent Out." It was about receiving healing to be able to go out and do all that God has called you to do! We just talked about how to practically recieve healing and how their really is no formula. For me it has just been through time spent with Jesus, praying and worshiping to music in my room and reading my Bible. I have also received healing during church, worship nights, conferences, Harvest Institute, the EN School of Ministry, the School of Empowerment, going to Christian Counseling, reading Christian books, reading novels, watching movies and so much more! </span></div>
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Seriously one time I really felt like I was supposed to watch the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Target was selling it at the time for $5 so I bought it and watched it. Well there was this one scene between a couple and I just balled. God was dealing in my heart about how I could be loved and have a Godly relationship. God is awesome in that He knows our hearts, what will "speak to us" and He uses that for His purposes!! </div>
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The weekend following Campus Harverst, a group of our Young Professional ladies (and friends) went up to the DC area to the Rethink Singleness Conference! This semester I am helping to lead a Young Professional's women's Bible Study with two friends at our local church. Our group combined with two other groups (a coed and a guys group) make up the new Young Professionals group at our church! It has been fun to get the ball rolling and I can't wait to see all that God does through the YP ministry!<br />
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I love Ron and Lynette's love story. They are Pastors in Raleigh, NC and NYC. <a href="http://www.lynettelewis.com/">Lynette</a> was 40 when she got married. Her book <u>Remember the Roses</u> is a must read! It talks all about her journey with the Lord navigating singleness and how her love story unfolded.<br />
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Well the conference was awesome. I felt like I was in their living room, eating some popcorn, pilled up on the couch listening to their every word. It was really encouraging!! We also heard dating advice, always a fun topic!<br />
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Hanging out with all of these awesome ladies was amazing as well! I am so thankful that God has surrounded me by such great friends! Any season of life is much easier when you have fun friends to go through it with!<br />
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One of my best friends in the world was there! We didn't know for sure if each other were going to be there! So, I was so plesantly surprised to see her at the conference! Elissa and her best friend Janice flew up from Texas to be there that weekend. It was great to spend time with her! Phone calls and facetime are great but nothing beats actual face to face time!!<br />
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All in all two awesome conferences!!</div>
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2013 has been a great year so far! Busy, but great! The most recent development that I can report is that I started helping to get a Young Professionals ministry started at GCF. There were already two life groups that were for this demographic but Lily, Laura Sprinkle and I started a one for the ladies! It has been so much fun. I can't believe I haven't taken any pictures of anything we have done so far! We are using The Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh Demoss. I am excited for all that God is going to do with the YP's! (PS we can't think of a better name so that is what we are sticking with for now!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Years Eve was a fun night!! We went out to eat, went to a comedy show and then watched the ball drop at my house! Love the ladies and everyone we went out with on NYE! </td></tr>
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Below are pictures of VCM and Zeta stuff I have been up to! :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this girl! Victoria was the first student I mentored my first year of campus ministry. She is now almost finished raising her ministry partnership team to come on staff with VCM!! So thankful for a fun friend to do life and ministry with!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BootCamp!! This year we have amped up BootCamp with food, games, prizes, and teeshirts. It was fun making all of that happen. BootCamp always kicks my butt and makes me look deeper into my life and the idols I have...My top idols are comfort and approval. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As always we like to keep things real at VCM. We did our 2nd annual "Sexperiment" at our Thursday night meetings. We have these huge boards on campus that students can write on to promote the event. This one says "What's the best kind of sex." The comments were interesting to say the least!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting baby Keller on Valentine's Day!! What a precious boy! Melissa and Alan have an awesome family!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-14036647612359538802013-03-09T00:34:00.001-05:002013-03-09T00:36:31.287-05:00A snapshot of the things rolling around in my head this past holiday season....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(I wrote this post over Christmas and didn't have the guts to post this until now!)</span><br />
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It makes me so sad to see Christmas trees kicked to the curb on the December 26th. It honestly makes me sad to see them on the side of the road at all. But I understand people want to de-clutter their houses and get ready for the new year. I especially understand that young mothers want to do it while their hubby is still off work and can be a second hand in the clean up crew. I had a friend tell me just this yesterday. I was glad for her sake that the red and green tupperware boxes were already out of sight at her house and in the attic. (Our tree didn't come down until MLK weekend, which is just fine by me!)<br />
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I love Christmas and am always sad to see Mary and Joseph wrapped in newspaper again and tucked away with the Charlie Brown books and Mickey Mouse ornaments. I don't want the holiday food to be over with. Even though I need to get myself to a gym asap! I still want to make a batch of my Memaw's famous (in our circle of family friends anyway) sugar cookies. I bought the ingredients but didn't have time to make them or devour any of the dough. I have fond memories of eating that dough on a spoon out of her refrigerator and sitting on the arm of Memaw and Da's couch watching Lawrence Welk. </div>
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Besides the food, my other favorite is the decorations. My favorite kind of Christmas (and anytime) decorations are the ones that are made of memories. Everyone has their preference of decorations and I appreciate that. But I really love our hodgepoge tree. This year my roommate Laura and I decorated for Christmas together. I was fun to look at her ornaments. Her mother sent her home from Thanksgiving with a shoebox full of ornaments. Some of the ornaments weren't even her's they were her older siblings. I thought that was pretty classic! Because the type of trees where everyone is included are the best type of trees. </div>
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Some of the ornaments I contributed are from fun places I have been like the Grand Ole Opry and some are from special friends from elementary school like Hunter that I don't get to see often enough. Some were my Memaw's, some I made in girl scouts, and some were hand- me- downs from home. Even my tree is a hand-me-down. But that is what makes Christmas much like any thing we celebrate in life. We carry into it all of our memories from the past and hopes for the future. I am single so Christmas can be bitter sweet. I have always wanted to be pregnant during the season to get a better understanding of what Mary was feeling carrying baby Jesus. Some of my single friends don't wish to ever be pregnant, but I hope this hope comes true one day! I would love to happily send out Christmas cards with a picture of my big pregnant self with my cute hubs in front of a Christmas tree! (Sending out picture Christmas cards is an odd thing for singles and a story for another day.)</div>
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Some of my favorite ornaments on my tree are pressed wood cutouts of charlie brown and Disney characters that my mom painted when my parents were first married. My parents haven't been together for three years now. Three years of Christmases that were different from all the rest. Where I didn't know how to see my dad on Christmas eve without making my mom upset. Wondering how to split up the time and what was the "right thing to do."When all I really wanted was everyone to be together, but knowing that ship had sailed and things would never be the same again. Do those ornaments still get put on the tree? What about those good Christmas memories? What is to be done with them?? Why are things so hard and what if you don't want to have "Four Christmases??"</div>
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I want to make the most with the life that God has given me and the people that I love. Even if things are messy now and everyone doesn't live under one roof. I don't have it all figured out, Jesus is still healing many areas of my heart, but I want to enjoy the ride and not be bitter. I want to enjoy the memories.</div>
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Christmas is made up of memories because life is made up of memories. Christmas makes me miss family members that are now celebrating their Savior in heaven. I love everything about what the true meaning of Christmas is. Jesus coming to Earth, to our home, out of His comfort to live among us. This God who is 100% holy and pure, being born in a manger to poor parents with rumors of scandle about His "mother." Jesus who would later die on a cross for our sins so we could spend eternity with Him!<br />
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I love all of the things that our culture and the cultures of the world have added to it. The movies are my fave! Frosty, Home Alone, The Grinch old school cartoon, all of the cheesy Hallmark movies. But what I really truly love the most (besides Jesus) is people gathering together for fun times, delicious food made just once a year, to sing songs and play silly games. My mom has a plaque at her house that says "As long as we have special friends, Christmas time never truly ends..."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I did end up making Memaw's cookies in January! They were delicious even though they never seem to turn out quite like hers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Savannah, GA!! I finally got to go to the city I have been wanting to go to for years!! But I only got to spend an hour there b/c we were in route to Jacksonville, FL for the Every Nation Campus Ministries Christmas Summit! Savannah, I hope to see you again soon for a proper "visit!" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Jacksonville, Victoria and I stayed with Meghan and Katie! Grace stayed with Bella and Elissa! So glad for these awesome ladies who love the Lord! Glad I get to serve with them around the great country of the U S of A!!! (Bella left in Miami, Elissa Texas. ps do you like our "awkward family photo?) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our "Old School" ECU crew minus Alan & Melissa. (Nick and Heather far right were our ECU directors for years and now they serve as our National Directors. To take this position they moved to Nashville, TN. So glad for them but sad for me. They are like second parents to me!)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So after Jacksonville, I got to fly to the Bahamas to stay with my sister, bro in law, nephew and their friends. My mom was there the week before me so I only saw her at the airport for a few minutes. 5 days in paradise was just the ticket. I did not want to leave at all! It was fun to hang out with this rascal!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrie and sweet Jack on the beach! He absoultey loved the beach, digging holes, and playing in the water! The beach this summer will be tons of fun! (This past summer he wasn't walking yet so this was the first time Jack was able to walk on the beach!)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got back into NC just in time for a sleep over with these lovely ladies. Sadly this was the only picture I took. Steph was in town from Kansas so naturally we talked and she knitted. ;) Kendall was gracious enough to host our sleep over! The next morning we went to breakfast with Sprinkle and then had a fashion show at the bargain box! I need to locate those pictures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So sad that this was the only picture I took of Christmas day! Mom... I mean "Gigi" gave Jack an elmo doll just like Carrie used to have when she was little! It was the best gift of the day other than Jesus!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the hype about Les Mis made me dig out this and watch it! I need to post about this later but our dance studio did a rendition when I was in middle school!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah was in town from Kansas as well and we got together to hang out and watch Les Mis!</td></tr>
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Christmas break was so awesome and jammed packed with lots of good visits with friends and family! It went by way too fast as always!Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-19249475937084460192013-01-01T16:07:00.000-05:002013-01-01T16:07:26.308-05:00Life is good, real good!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I did not find my husband on the "Show us Your Life Singles" Though I did get a few emails that did not turn into anything... Life moves on and I am glad all of my eggs weren't in that basket. </div>
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Though it sure would be nice to be engaged right now or to even had a date last night for NYE, I am happy and content with where I am in life! :) I have a loving Savior, faithful friends, a bright future, a great ministry to be a part of everyday, a car that works, and a super cute townhouse and on and on... "Life is good, real good" as Nacho Libre would say! </div>
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Here is a recap of my semester:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall Retreat with our ECU crew at Campus Munda Vista in Asheboro!</td></tr>
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This was the same weekend of the Fall Retreat so I was just able to go to the tour of the school which I loved. But man am I glad that I am not that insecure girl without Jesus that I was back then! I used to stress out about so much in High School, especially school work. Glad that chapter of my life is closed. Thank you Jesus for your redemption!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One Sunday I taught Tonsha, Tria, & Natayla how to make friendship bread! This was so much fun! I wish my kitchen were bigger with an island so I could have more "cooking classes!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Became the VP1 Advisor for the Iota Rho chapter of ZTA! I have loved this! I sat on the Planning Committee a few semesters in college so this is a lot of fun!</td></tr>
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I have to start taking more pictures to document everything! My friends will love that! ;) Christmas post to come soon!Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-73664591289096770912012-09-21T17:04:00.001-04:002012-09-21T17:04:05.600-04:00Why Not!<br />
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Soooo, I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/">Kelly's Korner</a> today for her Single's Day! I have read Kelly's Korner for years, ever since Harper was born. So I am quite familiar with her Single's Days! Most of the time I just scroll through all of the links, but this time I figured I might as well post too! I just found out what YOLO stands for this week: you only live once! So here goes!</div>
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Hey I’m Laura!</div>
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I am 28 years old and live in Greenville, NC! I went to East Carolina University 10 years ago, got saved Christmas of my freshman year, and have stayed in Eastern NC ever since! (I grew up in Greensboro, NC!)</div>
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This past Christmas with my friend Hunter and Jesse's baby Will! Love that kid!</div>
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I love planning parties & entertaining! Having people over is one of my favorite things! I originally came to ECU for interior design, but God had other plans. I do still love to decorate and do diy projects! </div>
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I love to travel and go to different places! I love going on short-term mission trips! Every year I have been in ministry, I have gone on a mission trip! Past trips include: Baja, Boston, and Miami! I am looking forward to Spring Break 2013 to go to Chicago!</div>
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Baja Mission trip on the border of Mexico & USA!</div>
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I am pretty outgoing! Not so adventurous as in bungee jumping, sky diving etc but love to try new things! I love movies, plays/musicals, and playing games! I am not sportsy at all, but I love to have a good time!</div>
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Empowerment</b>! This was hosted at Kings Park International Church in Durham and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I grew so much spiritually and really feel like the Lord
meet me in so many ways! God is so faithful! The months of April and May were pretty dry spiritually because of everything going on with my mom and aunt (mom= car accident, aunt =Diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called Wagoners disease. She was in and out of the hospital May & June and was actually at Duke hospital the whole 3 weeks of the SOE.) </span><br />
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honestly wasn’t spending consistent time with Jesus at all! So I really needed
this time with the Lord of refreshing! I learned more about the Holy Spirit, the Bible, and made incredible friends. These three weeks change
my life, and deserve it’s own post one day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At the end of July, I went to the mountains to <b>Granite Falls </b>to speak to
a church up there that supports me! This was so fun! This church has supported
me for a year and this was the first time I got to meet them! I stayed with the most
awesome 75 year old I have ever met! It was such a blessing! I love the
mountains and had fun hiking up to see some waterfalls with my friend Emily!
Glad I was able to swing by and have a day with her family in Marion.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first week of August I was able to go to the <b>beach</b> with my mom,
sister, brother-in-law and sweet nephew Jack! This was so fun. I love the beach
and being lazy! This trip to Wrightsville beach also included a mini day trip
to see my sweet friend Jayme who just moved to Southport! Southport is precious! They were filming a movie with Hilary Swank so part of the
town was blocked off! Pretty big excitement around those parts!</span><br />
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friend Laura! Laura and Laura living together makes it easy for our neighbors
to remember our names! ;) We did that on purpose!</span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Honestly though, we feel soo lucky! The town house has everything we
wanted: gas logs, two bedrooms each with their own bath, ½ bath downstairs, two
story, (laminate) hardwood floors, patio, lots of storage, painted walls, nice
safe neighborhood! Everything is great, expect we got the utility bill today
for this month and it was $260! Shut the front door, no really you are letting
the bought air out!! We will live with candles and windows open until we can
figure things out! ;)</span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So there it is! My summer wrap up! Can’t believe it has taken me this
long to get back to blogging and I had so much to catch up on!! Hopefully more
posts to come and not another blogging hiatus! </span><br />
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The rest of the Miami trip went really well! I came back to life as normal for a little while. Then the next big event in my life was ,,, Campus Harvest where I had the opportunity to speak on a panel during the main session! I was super honored but nervous too!<br />
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Right after Campus Harvest I went to stay with my mom Sunday night and Monday. An hour and a half after I had gotten back to Greenville after driving back from Greensboro on Monday, I got a call saying my mom had been in a car accident and was in the hospital! I had all of my clothes in the washing machine and was exhausted so I went to Greensboro the next morning. My mom stayed in ICU for a few days with a total hospital stay of a week. She had a broken neck (in two places) and sacrum (right above your tail bone). It was scary to see her in the hospital hooked up to all of the machines. Every day she got better and then was able to go home!<br />
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The month of April my sister and I drove back and forth to Greensboro to take turns staying with my mom! This was a crazy, emotional time but I was so thankful that my mom was OK and alive! Oh I forgot, the day before the car accident, my mom's house sold (the house I grew up in)! So looking after my mom, packing the house, sorting through my possessions was a lot! My mom has a great support system and lots of people who brought food and came to help! My friend from elementary school, Hunter, also came over to help!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christina and I having a photo shoot on the Yankee Hall grounds! :) We felt like Southern Belles!</td></tr>
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Well we got my mom all packed up as the school semester here at ECU was winding down. We had our annual end of the year party at the bottom of the hill and end of the year planning/evaluation meetings. After all of that, I was able to take a few days off, then I started raising support for the summer. This went well and I am super thankful for all of the ministry partners I was able to see! I love having awesome people support what the Lord is doing at ECU!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Campus Staff at East Carolina went to the beach for a mini staff bonding trip!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And now months later, let me finish telling you about the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The last day of the Ten Days Miami Trip we did service
work for an orphanage. We painted. Well actually I didn’t paint at all. I helped Bella shop for lunch. Then we came back
and set up lunch. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(Even though I didn’t spend the day there, I was glad we were able to serve in the community!)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> After lunch clean up and a little help at the orphanage, Bella and I went to Walmart to shop for our
cookout that night. While we were shopping it poured down rain and we started
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute girls painting away!</td></tr>
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understood why so many people go to Miami! We had a fun time and got to go to
the beach! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After that we went to South Beach one last time!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our trip to Miami was lots of fun! It was awesome to be able
to serve and help on another campus! For me it is important to actually see the Kingdom of God and not just talking about
it! I am already excited for the next Spring Break Mission trip to Chicago! Hopefully we can take a large group from East Carolina!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vaBHh0macWsLDktXP1BWfBcMOTBHVmN95Vx3dXKpm8K_GGMVZOLubAZ3A9gfoZ3UmdIMF1esB9XdNYt9PF8x5nANoRf_w_-17oOpxixhkcHFXgSDsIhssiDv2xX4eIwaH5l_FVMvcmo/s1600/DSC01389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Today we were at the University of Miami! The campus here is beautiful! I kept thinking it looked like a resort. I hung out with Bella all day! We did the God test with a girl from Ireland, ate free Cuban desserts they were giving out on campus, and then had lunch with one of the girls she meets with. They are both Korean so we were joking about that and they taught me the “proper” way to use chopsticks!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elissa and Kristen doing the GOD TEST with the girl on the left!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">I really enjoyed hanging out with Bella and getting to know her. She is what I would call an instant friend. We just meet this week but I feel like I have known her forever! I was picking her brain about being a part of a church plant. We have several of the same themes from Strengths Finder (empathy, individualization, & harmony) so I could really identify with what she was saying/ feeling about being moving to a new place and starting a new ministry. Bella has already asked me to move to Miami, so we will see about that! I really couldn't move but I could get used to seeing palm trees everyday!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Today we went back to FIU! I started out with Durga! The girl we talked to was Muslim. So we shared with her and asked questions. At the end she said she was glad we talked to her b/c it cleared up a lot of things for her! Wow do I need to study up about World religions again. I have obviously forgotten everything I learned! oh no! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">After that we went to get lunch and got to know each other. (Durga goes to UNC.) We talked for a while and then talked “girl talk” with Andrea and Sarah who joined us for lunch. Then we met up with everyone and talked about their mornings. I got ice cream with Sarah and Brittany b/c desserts at least once a day is a must! Then I went out with Bella and Elissa!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">Elissa does what I like to call “awkward evangelism.” She will say something funny or calls someone out to start a conversation! This time she went up to these three female basketball players and asked them if they could sing the FIU fight song for her! They couldn’t but it was a good way to start a conversation. We talked to them for a while and then went into the God Test. It was really fun to see Elissa in action!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';">How sad is that, that she feared the judgment of the people at her church. It really makes you think does the church catering to the 99, or going after the 1. It makes me thing about myself as well. As much as I like to think I’m open minded, I know I can be really judgmental.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is so not good and something the Lord has been working in my heart lately. I can be judgmental about how someone is dressed and looks. God doesn’t look at the outward appearance/ sin/ tattoos/ immoral lifestyle. He sees the heart. He wants the heart; wants to wash it clean, and bring healing to it. Lord help me to see people the way you see them! I don’t want to be the stumbling block for someone to come to know the Lord. Please help me to point people to you Jesus, and not to a more moral lifestyle…</span></div>
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Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-65990531444817918522012-03-07T21:23:00.003-05:002012-03-07T21:37:35.619-05:00Hey there FIU<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>427</o:Words> <o:characters>2439</o:Characters> <o:company>East Carolina</o:Company> <o:lines>20</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>4</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>2995</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">(From Monday March 5th)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This has been such a fun full day!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We started the day with morning devotions! So glad Elissa is here b/c she lead worship with a few students.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then we headed to Florida International University. The campus was huge and so much fun! They had so many sculptures everywhere! At ECU they are mostly just around the art building, so it was fun to see them all over campus. They had several fountains and ponds with turtles, painted bridges, swings, I could go on and on! Alan Mitchell would have loved it! I’m sure someone with ideation designed it!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We did evangelism on campus using the God Test which is a tool we use all the time at ECU. We all partnered up two by two. I was partner with Kim. The first conversation we had was great! It was with a girl Kelly, she was a little hesitant to talk to us at first but we just made small talk and then did the God Test. By the end we made a friend! We are hoping to hang out with her again Wed when we go back to FIU. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">After that conversation it was time for lunch. Let me tell you, FIU’s student center puts Mendenhall to shame! There were so many restaurants. We ate at Pollo Tropical and had the most delish meal I’ve ever had on a college campus!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After lunch we found some cool sculptures that we wanted to take pictures of!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then we decided it was time to actually get down to business. Kim said she wanted to talk to a guy and I was like “umm are you sure you don’t want to talk to a girl??” She wanted to talk to him so I just said “ok!” It went alright, but not the greatest. At one point he close the God Test book and passed it back to us! Ha! So that shows how into it he was. Oh well, you win some, you lose some!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After lunch we did an outreach with corn hole, ultimate Frisbee, and football. Basically we were just hanging out on a grassy part of campus. This was fun, I just sat and talked with the girls! It was fun to get to know Kristen and Bella more!! So thankful for our friendships. It is always nice to hang out with people in the same station of life as you doing the same thing! I felt so encouraged talking to them about ministry and being single. Bella and I are the same age and have a lot in common.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tonight after dinner we went to the University of Miami and did a prayer walk there. It was awesome. I was walking with Bella, Calvin, and Akeem praying for the campus. It stirred something inside of me! I have always had a heart for different college campuses so going to two today was incredible! We were praying for divine appointments, that the students we met this week would eventually be student leaders that would pour out their hearts and lives for their college campus, both while in school and for a season after college! Praying that students will get plugged into the ministry/church/ and go to Campus Harvest this year! </p> <!--EndFragment-->Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-21729178146163519832012-03-04T17:38:00.005-05:002012-03-04T22:48:41.347-05:00Bienvenidos a Miami<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItLNBMXZhyPTmDEx1zOjJvGXEhnkdBex1auYelM0bCjNlhwZ0y-_nJa8vdtrdUbFKYdzwBldQBgAnTe3L7Jc7f-SX4u_EC8xYlDoH7Tm_pVUN5vWoMdmt5J3ZKfskyoacdyfH4gh1jq8/s320/DSC01263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716176130359951138" /></div> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>452</o:Words> <o:characters>2579</o:Characters> <o:company>East Carolina</o:Company> <o:lines>21</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>3167</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Our Miami adventure started yesterday really early! I woke up before my alarm at 2 am! We left Greenville at 4:10am to go to RDU. Precious Kendall picked me up and then rode with us to Raleigh so she could drive the church van back! What a trooper! The plane ride was fun b/c Sarah and Brittany had never flown before! People watching at the airport is my favorite and I sure wasn’t disappointed! After we got to Miami, we pretty much hung out yesterday during the afternoon at the Middleton’s house and got to know everyone.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3H_eNYupGp7h0Z6w_6V0Z_OcC8AL0N1-PZ24RUbWn87VnJxrgrpkMotjHgOTEwkX0mO5H6HRJt_YRmAaaJD3kcicQf4lZG46BRe7KD6sW7dtEdbvTW8OyKRGJ-zMDzinS7VJHcjPJioc/s320/DSC01269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716176144442333522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Today we ate breakfast at a Cuban restaurant. Thank God Elissa speaks Spanish b/c the little bit I remember wasn’t cutting it! Then we went to <a href="http://www.southcoastchurch.tv/">SouthCoast</a>, the church plant we are helping with this week. Worship and the message were sooo good! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I took so many notes that smoke was coming out of my pen. We talked about Nehemiah and the parallels between him and Jesus. I really needed to hear this message b/c it called out so many things in my life! One of the biggest idols in my life is comfort. I love to be comfy cozy all the time. Ross talked about how he didn’t think God was too concerned about the physical comfort of the people in the Bible. He was saying no great leaders in the Bible were ever comfortable. Super convicted! I so need to stop complaining/whining when I’m not comfortable/get me way!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The other thing he said that really stuck out to me was that part of their church’s DNA was the concept of <b>refusing to offend God by not believing Him for big things! </b>I so don’t think this way at all! This really called out hope and faith in me for things that I am believing for, both in my life and for what I hope to see on ECU’s campus!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">*I am so excited for the rest of this mission trip! Honestly this Ten Days trip more than ever, I have been more concerned about keeping up with the ECU girls, not what I would get out of the trip. I have already been challenged & inspired and we really haven’t even started yet.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I am excited to see what God does in the lives of our ECU Students!<br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0REqT3NQOtEyRSsTbEiBW5MuNq9qLb_cqoOKp5YGh0nTp9dHAji5V9NY8Zvf-xb7BFrw3W45ENyXV6fTuUxJX5Y-h5RxPuURPK3JiC8VJehcrgr3SUE3n1dNGI2kq1ccEXoKm25WI9Gc/s320/DSC01303.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716254323518941890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">I am excited to hang out with Elissa and do evangelism with her! She and I were the only girls in our class at EN’s School of Campus Ministry. We got really close living together during those two months! We may both have “Positivity” and “Woo” (from Strength Finders) but we are completely different too. Elissa is super bold and exuberant. I am pretty outgoing but she is way out there! So I am stoked to do evangelism with her on FIU’s campus. I want to bring back her passion and boldness! Tomorrow is going to be fun!! (or F-u-n-n as Victoria says!)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwV2yMbxcbPHPX6QZbddwO8K6n140rlfYXkKmFyQ5Cen5qzLrbt5D3jb5KDgCpEFFnjBwv5ZPqNfkw-p9UvqmyeCpI6X_1H85VT5BM-D37SInmduyIayfZ5-nnYfNhvF49jQ5VlNmuF1k/s320/DSC01278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716254332218116514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'lucida grande';">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">So Why Miami:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">“Miami is home to about 6 million people and home to over 400,000 college students. National Geographic named Miami as the most diverse city in America.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">“With the generally Catholic Latino population, most likely only about 1%-1.5% at most of that Christian population is evangelical Christians. This is lower than Mainland China and lower than Europe.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">“At FIU there are about 45,000 students with around 300 students total attending all the campus ministries put together.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-71545167324877694862011-12-06T22:13:00.007-05:002011-12-07T00:10:01.075-05:00Week in the Life of a Campus Missonary....<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">So I did speak and it went ok! I was soooo nervous and I think Lisa may have been wrong! Ha! Not sure I want to speak in public like that for a while! :) I spoke about Mary and Elizabeth in Luke 1 and the plans God has for us, how sometimes they take way longer than we would like and sometimes His plan is way different than our own. Then gleaned other points from their lives! I just love Mary and Elizabeth! What mighty women of God. I was thinking yesterday how I can't wait to meet them in Heaven! :)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYbvZm7TrNWFHWj7lAXLdnSSdlCGaYVmVuNBcIgxix3ldv28TnKUu3AnRaIskeZUuQKcwCBNLsg_pDAGpjmNcYA8S4lD4DCdkyXxTpc6ASB9AUuEsLvEmj5_Ymg5U6L3Gln1nbjsUsLw/s320/DSC00906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683226607928736018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">This weekend was super fun! Friday night we had our girls connect group (Bible Study) Christmas dinner at my apartment. We made tacos, talked and then a few us watched Bride Wars! Then Saturday night a group of us watched the Help on campus for free! That makes the third time I've seen it "on the big screen" and I read it this summer too! Couldn't get enough! The message I took away from the movie all three times is how much women can make a difference with the talents they have in the life they are already living!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsagKuON9t6Wvk06GiKRVwWa0WXHOUSK4xWgIafztTHu5SlLvAI86BCREIYIrMWAW8IX6xrIAOgTWxirKgurJ6Y1KieSPLk368DnbhijKSVFF4HYQEEU1M8AYsqJ7OrdaFZHAbeSveGg/s320/DSC00909.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683226612657763074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">Sunday night we had a meeting for all of our connect group leaders (Bible study leaders). It was so encouraging to be in a room full of peeps wanting to spread the Gospel and love on ECU students. These student give so much of themselves!! Look at this room of world changers!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61nToRD4Qis3WFZGiU4-58qzsFmvRKSINpjeXi5GZc3eAv_y-sTBOpmDFyL9n_xOz208nk6xqqPYajNSpkT23EJVWMvt1DMd7hqvCfU-vivxlywwHp_4M6trseoQKRhRIrOBdeT1ES_A/s320/DSC00910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683226662345410146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">So this week I have been making an eternal difference by busting out a Tacky Christmas Party for oh you know 100 or so people! ;) But I am def not alone in this, an awesome team of VCM ladies are helping me! Tomorrow is the big day all we have left to do is set out chairs, tidy up, and start crock pot cooking!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Here is a picture of the girls tonight posing as we decorated! (You can't tell here but the sanctuary looks amazing!!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ingKKgF_QsFc5HjAV3c8lKRFXTbDPh1NLOEUGTNxloO_gI8k33ExHa03l1DWmmV4twWJZe8QydCQS3fE5Hqrze9cQbPyiDozMrj_4O0wwOeskikd-W_CJNTLLX46HRkHP-WfqJKVXig/s320/DSC00911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683226671530940210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-32834902438332912362011-11-29T23:22:00.003-05:002011-12-06T22:13:25.300-05:00MIA<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjff0mO0Afh4eX6-YQftbu9_rHjy8EuFfLPE3goVFLP512WhIa0Sn7Iy0CtDP0rhyuNsRrzoGWTXijs0_bjowNvEgKznrsagxuBGyBtJHCl5HpiJN3i0NZhup2BfqQN_y3S_mv5Vu1ATDg/s320/DSC00893.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683218481220757346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;">(The Only picture I took on Thanksgiving was this one at the end of the day! Oh well Jack is precious! :)) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I have been MIA from blogging the past few weeks! I was so going to sit down and write something over Thanksgiving Break but I was just enjoying the break sooooo much and I was pretty lazy!!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Thanksgiving was a great time with friends and family. On Turkey day at my mom's house we had 17 people. The regular Thanksgiving crowd plus friends this year which was so fun! My childhood friend Suzanne, her mom Gala, and "Nana" came as well as my sister's friend Melissa, her husband Cole, and their baby Sarah Margaret! I only took pictures of me and Jack (my precious nephew)! That night Suzanne and I saw "The Muppets" movie which was super cute! It was nice to see a movie with no blood or sex! In the hotel room they even showed twin beds!! The movie was squeaky clean, cheesy, & perfect! It even included an 80's robot! I miss 80's movies!!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVvW4FfKJqMQD7bSVsTrs1sO5UCDes_T6KR-uYnsw4XkSFBkSXlA4ypUhciSENIoI1aDJOqu2eHYTT2zhmYDJL8OnaGEfIC70VywPkw9QRWqrQPEU9SpBvDij_J_tMVkh3O5r_SBv7kE/s320/The-Muppets-2011-Comedy-Movie-Photos-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683218489099646450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">I did want to post about seeing the play OKLAHOMA on Monday night before Thanksgiving! I went with Praisy, Hannah, & Carolyn! We saw Emily in the play! She was awesome and played a little girl & Dream Laurie! The play was so fun! I Hadn’t been to one in years and ECU always does a great job!! We laughed soo hard at the way everyone in the production spoke! Their oldschool wester accent was hilarious! Example willow tree= willer!! Oklahoma is a funny play so we were laughing at it and these ladies behind us b/c they were rolling the whole time!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It was definitely the most fun I had had on a Monday night in a loooonnnngggg time!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This week will be busy! We are decorating our Church sanctuary and we always do it up big! I am speaking Thursday night about Dreams/ God's purpose for our life. Please pray for me (all two of you!) I want to speak what God wants me to and I don't want to be nervous!! This semester I have been doing a Bible Study with the other VCM staff felines called "Lioness Arising." It was a good study but every week Lisa Bevere got up in our business (in a good way) about the dreams in our hearts, what God is calling us to do etc. I kept thinking speaking more and walking into that area of campus ministry more, so we shall see how it goes!!! </span></div> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>67</o:Words> <o:characters>386</o:Characters> <o:company>East Carolina</o:Company> <o:lines>3</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>474</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">(I wanted to add a few pictures but will have to do that later!)</span></div></div></div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-4711873837196686812011-11-07T21:46:00.002-05:002011-11-07T22:13:54.528-05:00Lately!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">Lately I have been into all things domestic! I am already pretty domestic so I'm not sure what is going on! :) I have cleaned my apartment and cooked up a storm!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Oh wait maybe it's because I started reading Farmer Boy in the Little House series (the 1950's copy from the local library! ha!). Seriously the copy of the book is soo old but I love the sweet stories. The quality time the family spends together. How they make everything from scratch etc. I could go on and on, but all I know is these little 4th grade readers are good to my soul and help me fall asleep with a clear head! (The book actually says grades 3-7 ages 8-12) :)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHfe_PVWpBFfTfoqZXnj8NStaqObDDHBr7auf115mr7F1eKlYm5KVZzbEDLcR9mFplWYtd_TNjQ0p8YJP637lNww9S6_vYsPeKN6UDVA0JW_CzHGeMF1-Q-MDspFpvAROvg0J4laWCPw/s320/DSC00883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672455617772806402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">What I've been cooking:</span></div><div><a href="http://kysweettoothsisters.blogspot.com/2011/07/poppyseed-chicken.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">poppyseed chicken</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">crock pot mexican chicken</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">peanut butter rice crispy treats</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">sweet tea (which I haven't made in forever, used to be a staple in my fridge that I started cutting out! but now it might be back in!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and the kicker... <a href="http://www.mommyskitchen.net/2008/05/amish-friendship-bread_31.html">amish friendship bread</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I have been wanting to make amish friendship bread for a while and finally got around to it today! I isn't hard at all. I just didn't know what recipe to use because I have only ever made it before when someone gave me a starter.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtvJrAQbsFtY1S2rDI4oHqjsol_5tis__J6-rMTd27hsjlEwnX9zTMtyKxymmMDYUC-SOTwQ-IJjmrHFwzraq47Ld7LnPPoOijF5y0KkJeZZow3A1DwIprMegb10RLcWsWi-896RSwvY/s320/DSC00881.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672455609524159218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; "><i>(the first starter)</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">So tonight I made my own starter. I think it would be really neat to keep this going for a while. I have a friend whose family has had the same "batch" for a long time. I think it would be neat to start a tradition like that!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I love that this will be something I can share with neighbors and friends. I think I want to double the bread batches and bake them in the mini bread loaves, so that way I can freeze some starters and give a few away.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Let's see how it goes! :)</span></div></div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-82467606411705733522011-11-04T19:50:00.008-04:002011-11-04T20:58:23.996-04:00What you wanna know?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaF5Aat1mNiL6lqma1ASFBZo_6qRLNgKX0E2Pm_2eS3UHuF3Be0JMX42UmghgAx87TJNyf327cyXYo7ynlkl3RPJw9ytUWvcy7Nk33Hi_qr7EOiWG8iWc9CYdwzHQ9HIax3pVXyJyazeU/s1600/DSC00323.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaF5Aat1mNiL6lqma1ASFBZo_6qRLNgKX0E2Pm_2eS3UHuF3Be0JMX42UmghgAx87TJNyf327cyXYo7ynlkl3RPJw9ytUWvcy7Nk33Hi_qr7EOiWG8iWc9CYdwzHQ9HIax3pVXyJyazeU/s320/DSC00323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671302194707871330" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aSChL5Cbje4uID-41H2o5ksLVzEr5JUKexMSJIuytvvJ7-rugDvpVCXD1F5t5crj9hkHjK7ee7BxQx56OYNH1f9rcvePgTS81a7ZJ3wTOTVgHbSPl2T2OfnvU6k_mtEBKHlQTHoZQb0/s1600/DSC02528.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>297</o:Words> <o:characters>1693</o:Characters> <o:company>East Carolina</o:Company> <o:lines>14</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>3</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>2079</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Hi I’m Laura.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m linking up today with <span><span><a href="http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/">Kelly’s Korner</a></span></span>! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Here’s a little bit about myself.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I am 27. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >I have lived in North Carolina my whole life (except for a two month stint in Nashville).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">As a freshman at East Carolina, I gave my life to the Lord over Christmas break!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I felt called to campus ministry shortly after I got saved, but tried to ignore it…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I pledged Zeta Tau Alpha and lived in the house for one year! That was enough! Ha but loved the sorority!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Majored in Elementary Education with a concentration in Psychology .</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I did my student teaching in 2<sup>nd</sup> grade in Farmville, NC! I loved the kids but was stressed out the whole time!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">So I decided to actually listen and did an internship in campus ministry after graduation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Loved it!!<br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Went to Every Nation’s School of Campus ministry= 2 month stint in Nashvegas!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >Meet awesome people, saw Carrie Underwood at Grand Ole Opry, learned much about ministry, learned how to raise support and grew closer to Jesus!</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuJbqJLpmqr9KM_IXJhwQ3zy83Mh8qfd08qmu_eOdFG8S3sJ57txDz-xu7sAipmb861JMJSgfrRh8R_mqXGidvTViaPi2zXDROfGorWydIrTTQF3TAOce7h3r15tWxPyr5ibe1shd20c/s320/n29618556_35799745_7981.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671300844651953058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"> Grew even closer to Jesus while raising support!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Came on Staff at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> Victory Campus Ministry at East Carolina Fall 2009.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9QeVl-z8VVGZs1QSWsY257T6IYNepDF3IiKERr7Ehf5KS-Da0HtxOtE-Y6pp6H1dRvwE1KkvCYCaJptBlb7s9kvR9ObLmIqTFDYGISpC3uiSSMUm9uVd5PDQ992eROkhq9FcwGqifzg/s1600/DSC02600_2.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9QeVl-z8VVGZs1QSWsY257T6IYNepDF3IiKERr7Ehf5KS-Da0HtxOtE-Y6pp6H1dRvwE1KkvCYCaJptBlb7s9kvR9ObLmIqTFDYGISpC3uiSSMUm9uVd5PDQ992eROkhq9FcwGqifzg/s320/DSC02600_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671302172919847730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >Feb of 2010 was blindsided by my parents separating. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Felt pretty “down” for months.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Cried.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Prayed.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Grew even closer to Jesus.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Learned that Jesus is there even when you think life sucks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Learned that when you minister to others, your own heart is ministered to! </span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aSChL5Cbje4uID-41H2o5ksLVzEr5JUKexMSJIuytvvJ7-rugDvpVCXD1F5t5crj9hkHjK7ee7BxQx56OYNH1f9rcvePgTS81a7ZJ3wTOTVgHbSPl2T2OfnvU6k_mtEBKHlQTHoZQb0/s320/DSC02528.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671296238315674034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Also learned to laugh again!</span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorxUkgjrIXXlLWOeE_XnH72Bqzbv1WeDO_PwajGris-Qh-DPj81c8q7Yi02cYfErejLclceVjuPE6FDQod6PH2KPr5nTyjkcBBIfMuqCPQjb-dqskLsxw55_eIOci0_g8p7FEn-PF1WI/s320/DSC02670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671296277829611314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >Went on a mission trip to Baja Mexico and saw poverty and God do miracles!</span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqz3FwrppVsFR6sIRQ_v-UNhwaK1sfpNKGQF6phyphenhyphen9B64zENik4W8eKw5658zaCPDBmqXj-4u4r01ZpnIWklu28M-pSGhwtG1cGpC6cLx3ZYHcHGRDA0spcWST1IXOuUXnQ_YYq12x1BM4/s320/baja.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671300851107975730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >Got my own little apartment and felt like a grown up!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >My heart began to heal all the way and felt alive in Jesus more<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>& more every day!</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size:100%;" ></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >Remembered that I was silly! Cause I do like to be silly.</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUI50NYFEStmQHFjG-Tk-2xuwG80E9iQycK3kyTD3AxhgHG7BDPhYa_P5qT-F3rHQV8ZZpnAniIQ6fMrxv3kNQfqMuR9s5Sfu7c1S6irxeO0MTEc386T8oMmDRY6xFEHPwOsDotpUNkZg/s320/192734_715467929776_40502372_39175066_4650361_o-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671302177489172274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">So I'm just a single girl living this life of mine for Jesus and enjoying every minute of it! It hasn't always been peachy but hey who ever said it would be! </span></p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbXn84K8Q-3fB5JJy-w1CQapQ3jZKVUQiv63l1rCmEXmy1JLvA7SJgOIO7hODAU10qy8xvXptyRyl5fVK7lv0mXeU7xDIGWYYuYf17T8LlGiMrEWUrznID5oRBGFvQtoZpK_mSbX6_gs/s1600/DSCN2371.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbXn84K8Q-3fB5JJy-w1CQapQ3jZKVUQiv63l1rCmEXmy1JLvA7SJgOIO7hODAU10qy8xvXptyRyl5fVK7lv0mXeU7xDIGWYYuYf17T8LlGiMrEWUrznID5oRBGFvQtoZpK_mSbX6_gs/s320/DSCN2371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671296294717387906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-26766773131169864942011-10-18T12:22:00.002-04:002011-10-18T12:50:05.201-04:00Yay Finished Job!Back in 10th grade English class I was supposed to read Job and give a report on it. I never read the whole book. I think I probably started and then found something on the internet. If I remember correctly, my report summarized the book and then gave a little lesson on faith even when we suffer and then I played some Jars of Clay song on my boom box!<div><br /></div><div>Well I am proud to say that 11 years later, I finally finished Job! Learned a whole lot more this time by actually reading a using my ever so helpful NIV Personal Life Application study Bible from Ollies! It is burgundy with a hot pink cover from the Dollar Store and is the love of my life these days!</div><div><br /></div><div>Let me just tell you that I am right there with good ole Job! Whenever I have gone through different trials (none as bad as Job mind you), I complain, lay around thinking "why poor ole me" and ask God lots of questions. Thankfully my friends are much kinder than Job's, but other people and acquaintances have given bad advice too! </div><div><br /></div><div>When my parents separated, I couldn't listen to the bad advice, it sometimes would make my stomach hurt!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Love Elihu, his advice was at least 50% right. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600cc;">"But those who suffer He delivers in their suffering; He speaks to them in their affliction. He is wooing you form the jaws of distress, to a spacious place free of restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food." Job 36:15-16</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">"God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; <b>He does great things beyond our understanding</b>."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Job 37:5 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When God answers in chapter 38, I was sitting on the edge of my seat. Wow, what a spanking! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love Job's response: "I am unworthy- how can I reply to you..."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My Bible study notes say "Throughout his time of suffering, Job longed to have an opportunity to plead his innocence before God. Here God appeared to Job and gave him that opportunity. But Job decided to remain quiet <b>because it was no longer necessary for him to speak. </b>God had shown Job that, as a limited human being, he had neither the ability to judge the God who created the universe nor the right to ask wh<b>y. </b>God's actions do not depend on ours. He will do what he knows is best, regardless of what we think is fair."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes we really need to hear that, our society is all about self promotion and airing our opinions (even having blogs like this ha!) But oftentimes we need to be reminded of our smallness and God's greatness. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Job repents, tells God he is sorry for talking about things he knew nothing about. God restores Job above and beyond! Job's friends apologize, Job prays for them. ( I would want to slap them first but Job has a better heart..) All in all a good day Job died old and full of years! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I would love to interview Job years after he was "restored" and ask him about his life. I am pretty sure he didn't question God's plans anymore!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-953817349929340672011-10-12T22:05:00.008-04:002011-10-12T22:39:27.502-04:00P.S.<div style="text-align: left;">Soooo I haven't kept up my end of the baragin of blogging about reading the Bible. It got to be tedious and frankly I fell off of the wagon!</div><div><br /></div><div>But Lauren, Brittany, & I have been reading together since the beginning of the school year! We started from scratch aka Genesis and are doing a one year chronological study Bible plan. So far so good! We are in Job and will finish that up next Tue. We figure out how many days we want to read each week and show up and talk about it. I may ask if they want to do the <a href="http://http//www.thefritzes.net/2011/08/how-s-o-a-p-changed-my-life/">S.O.A.P method</a>...</div><div><br /></div><div>This time, no falling of the wagon! I plan to stick with it and think meeting with them each week will hold me more accountable than blogging! (Hate that I couldn't stick with blogging but I just didn't have the time to keep up with that!)</div><div><br /></div><div>So that's that! Campus ministry is going great!!! Everything is in full swing! </div><div><br /></div><div>Tonight I hung out with my friend Jayme and talked wedding stuff! She and Matt are tying the knot Dec. 18th. Here is a pic of there presh engagement pictures! So happy for them!!</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMS_w6EwOcfKNBjW2cgTtlrys_NMiRe7vSuFrEQErRXvOp9vLrH1BmGa5TSH4RW9fOHK3VNzcHIOJ7_EJwNWIOeSj-GkmRv87lzr-VS9tkTeytLB1MXT5XlUF1Mw9v3INbab3IS3LXr84/s320/319170_292921597403385_271307946231417_1154341_2124122055_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662794358369296498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://http//brittanischultze.tumblr.com/">http://brittanischultze.tumblr.com/</a>(hope it was ok for me to post this)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Also, my sister, nephew Jack, mom, and Aunt Janette came Sunday for a visit. We all went out to lunch with my friend Kendall to Winslows downtown Greenville. While walking out of the restaurant my aunt asked where the downtown area was! Kendall and I were like "this is basically it!!" Ha! We walked in Catelog Connections and then headed to check out my apartamento. Carrie, Jack, and Janette hadn't seen it before! Then we did some more shopping! My mom bought me a yellow mum and a shirt from Target!! :) It was sooo good to see them and catch up! </div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QtI45PN23ZIwwHUs3Q2NemV1cZ5m-CfyrtLCbmUumRSPOUA1otcfC_E_gcGOqOkdGPfvomP9okrBB9vyHRnHQB8xl5uvoWAObFL9FPzpCOnWAWCZpaiHlp0q6qQjAnUTb2ubhOQocRU/s320/DSC00857.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662799424086049170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div>Here is a cute picture of Jack (at a weird angle). I made him hold a twizzler, he didn't know what he was doing but it was good to me! (of course he didn't lick or eat so no children we harmed :)) Sadly this was the only picture I took that night!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ps. Aldi has their version of Girl Scout cookies right now that are right on the money for $1.70 a box!! The Caramel Coconut Fudge Cookies describes the carmel delight to a T!! They really were delightful and I'm afraid to count how many I have eaten!</div><div><br /></div><div>Going to bed and going to read some of Job! :)</div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8882535558510451672.post-2380545875477983062011-09-01T22:52:00.005-04:002011-09-02T00:16:23.162-04:003 things I'm loving right now!<div style="text-align: left;">Today was the best day in the world!!! Not because of anything big but because of a 1000000000 little things! Here are the def top 3:</div><div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div><div>3. The Weather was gorgeous today!! It was a nice sunny day, barely a cloud in the sky with a a nice breeze. Still shorts weather but not excruciating heat!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>2. I have a new baby nephew!! Little Jack is one week old today!! He is precious and perfect. He looks just like his daddy but with "the Norman nose." The Norman nose is the nose my Granddaddy Parks, mama, Aunt Janette, Aunt Mimi, Carrie (Jack's mama) and I have! Mama, Daddy, and baby are all doing great! Hopefully I will get to see them again soon!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3v3nfixTiulGVFBbU9co3qgxa0gYM-Ts_2bieaT9QWbuT7cS1ZjaV2h_sZ5DZssHG8Zeyj9_32Vjj_kukPgbr1P6RVnLk1GIIIUj6lKOXw-q4hLZU9ztf63nE5kZnPQ5P2ll_rAkvvA/s320/Lev5" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647593713833868850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><i>(this is what Jack's nose looks like :))</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><i>
<br /></i></span></div><div>1. I love my "job." I love doing ministry at the school I love! ECU is a school that most people haven't heard of unless they are from NC! And I am totally ok with that! This is where I grew up! I came to know the Lord, grow in my faith, and mature into an adult here! I love sharing the Gospel and the same truths I learned with students, yards away from where the same truths were shared with me!! I love the legacy of our campus ministry! Yesterday I talked with a student about the Holy Spirit, the same thing I talked to my campus minister at the time Heather with, 9 years ago!! I called Heather and told her about it last night and she told me another story about a conversation we had back then about when I first wanted to go into campus ministry, second semester of my Freshman year! What a young buck I was back then! I had just gotten saved months before that at Christmas time.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOVw1NSXq6kBiuapm2dRhmUbnJXsHcbW87BMs2Q2dIL9p-LVok9qcjZQD7uBztkQIlWx3IszAj5Za35z8hHgcqC9Si0WHNZ2aK5_S6ozOVwvvMmL5hNFQTSjb95utMV_nK4l5o860_FQ/s320/DSC00764.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647606945336547698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div>Anyway, all that to say, the past two days I have had such good conversations about life and the Lord with such sweet girls! I am so thankful & humbled that the Lord had called me to speak into these precious lives! Lives I know the Lord treasures in His heart! 28,000 students can be a little overwhelming, so I love it when the Lord "drops" relationships in your lap He wants you to cultivate!</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPJPkLAzGk8MjoZXenF5EO5Xx0mlMPC9hTBw_MSaMd6N0KEdypxrJR9CNJTw-VWQ-UusK3NLP59NI7KF6WRsnIPlw8IJ4rDU4xSP4cNiGdd0m6Sua5QvF8xOqOcMB30tYoqsHVCyC_U0/s320/DSC00760.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647606937264621762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">(one of the sweet girls Praisy that I'm friends with! She said, don't make me pose here like a freshman! :))</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></i></div><div>I feel like such a lucky lucky girl! I have a cute little apartment, an awesome support team, a great town to call home, an awesome church, family that loves me, a cute bundle of cuddleness for a nephew, and a Saviour who has seen me through the good, the bad, & the ugliness of my heart that He is constantly renewing, who still loves me!!</div></div>Chasing Lightning Bugshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03803088278139401445noreply@blogger.com0