New Beginnings Start in Spring Term.

School started again on Monday :) The parking and traffic were HORRIBLE!!! GRRR *pulling out hair* That whole week was kinda depressing. Number one lessened learned that even if you only live 41/2 miles away from COCC you still have to leave about 45 minutes early...30 of those minutes spent on parking. I also had to go to court about the ticket I received a couple weeks ago for talking on my cell phone...long story short I have to pay the state 170 dollars!! WTF not fair...why does no one else get caught??  I also had NO food at my house and my hours got cut at work....

On the flip side the end of the week started getting better, I was able to go to an awesome bible study that my roomate Mary invited me to, and yesterday the weather was SO nice that I was able to go hiking up at Smith Rocks with Matt and Lilly and Matt's dog Abby. I even got some color on my pasty white arms hehe :P Today I am babysitting the foster kids for my mom, I love them! I have to drive to Bend and close tonight at work and then drive back to watch the kids until tomorrow. I also was able to have a really good talk with my mom last night...you know those kind of talks that you have been waiting SO long to have :) I love my mommy <3

Well Im going to take the kids out to ice cream...God Bless and hope all you are having a good weekend

Lately in my little life

http://www.youtube.com/wakawaka

This song makes me want to pack my bags and head to Africa right now!! =) I just want to travel, and make a difference in this world! ...

SO I have applied for UO recently and just waiting for the acceptance letter now. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to study Human Development and Family Sciences, with a minor in Early Child Hood Development. The choice in careers I could have is soo broad, which worries me, but I don't have to worry about that just yet. I have thinking pretty hard about doing this YWAM based in Madison Wisconsin, how cool would it be to go to that after I have my BA through UO?!

As for now Winter term is coming to an end at COCC for me. I already have my Spring classes all set up so that's good. I'm getting "OK" grades kinda wish they were better though :( Work is going really GOOD, I love my little work family its awesome! My room ate, her baby, and I have been pretty sick for the past couple of weeks, I never knew it would be so hard for me calling out of work sick. Matt and I are doing amazing by the way lol. My mom is till raising all those little foster kids. Four of them are going back to their bio mom soon ;( its good but its very very sad...so my mommy will be left with the three kids that she is adopting. A 6 yr old girl 4 yr old boy, and 5 month old baby boy....awww they are soooo cute! And the baby is doing so good, gaining 1/2 pound a week (good thing i don't gain weight like that lol) and developing a little faster with the help of his nurses and my mom.

OK well I have to go study for my final! TTYL

College....Life

:D haha Mary(my roommate) Matt(my boyfriend) and I had another poker night last night! It was soo much fun although Mary won with two full houses!! :P After poker night I had the idea that I wanted to hike the Butte...so Matt and I loaded up and off we went, to later realize that I didnt think to bring a flashlight! So we had to take a quick trip to 7/11. Finally we started the hike up...WOW was it beautiful!! The stars were perfect :)

Today I woke up and said happy birthday to my best friend Emily, whoot whoot she is 19 now!! Then we went shopping. Now I have a TON of homework to do and alot to study, midterms are this week AHH >_< 

Im on a pursuit of happiness

"la la la wait till I get my money right...nah la la la then you cant tell me nothen right."

So im just layen in my bed thinking again...How is it that I get to have an awesome job, an awesome boyfriend, a super sweet roomate, and a dog who loves me to death? AND all my family and friends who support me no matter what:) Sure I can look on all the negatives in my life right now, but why do that when there is soo many awesome good things happening in my life. Life is short...live it happy :)

SO im gonna put my freaken happy glasses on and look at the good things in life! Join me?...

Im Back(with a purpose)

Sorry for the short post last time...I was in a hurry:) Before I start though, I just want to say congrats to my awesome roommate Mary for re-committing her life to Jesus!!=) WHOOT(the angels are having a freaking huge party right now) Last night was movie night at our house...we attempted to make delicious nachos...but for some reason the stupid cheese stayed super thick!! It was ok though everyone loved it!

Anyway Mary and I have been cleaning our house of any bad spirits and only allowing positive things/people come in:)

I know my last post was a little random but as I said before I have been really thinking of how I want to live the rest of my life or even the next 5 years of my life. Someone pointed out to me the other day that they noticed that the general community of Christians keep lowering their standards/morals/values to fit in with the world everyday...but why? Why try to be normal?? As Christians we are supposed to stand out from the crowd, be leaders of men, and share the good news! But it is definitely a struggle, and its NOT supposed to be easy at all, but seriously does it have to be this hard?! (lol) I was just thinking how selfish of me would it be to know and to love Jesus and keep him all to myself...never telling anyone how he has changed my life, or all the good things that come from being a Christian. So I have been thinking about different ways to talk about Jesus...from small things I do everyday to doing something drastic like attending a YWAM mission http://www.ywammadison.org/dts/faq/ This one I found focuses on children at risk in other country's. I have known almost my whole life that my calling is to help kids, especially kids who really need help, who need to know that Jesus is their dad that will never leave. I am going to keep praying about this, where there is a will there is a way! Please pray for me!!

Dont Just go through the motions...

Goodnight:)

ok ok...need to do laundry

I know its time to do laundry when I have to dig through the very bottom of my closet to find something decent to wear, hehe. So I was thinking I just need to get it in my car and drive to somewhere that I can wash it...hmm then I got to thinking...(you know what happens when I start to think)...lol...I am at a point in my life where I need get my butt to church and wash the so called "dirty laundry" out of my life...to be continued

My 19th birthday

HOLA everybody:) So as you know I turned 19 yesterday! WOW I used to think that was sooo old LOL. I started my birthday morning with my man taking me out to breakfast, and then shopping with a good friend at Rue 21. I was surprised at work with some Delicious cupcakes, and awesome birthday wishes! After work i was surprised again with my boyfriend (Matt) and some friends from high school, we all went bowling at Sun Mountain Fun Center. I totally lost, it was really sad how horrible I was at the game :p Didn't get home until 3am, then off to work at 9am...Thats ok Im only gonna turn 19 once!

I just now got off work and promised my roomate that I would write in my blog so here I am writing so that she can read it.

I have been thinking alot about the purpose of my life lately, and what God really is calling me to do. One thing I have decided is that I will learn how to speak spanish fluently, and I will spend at least 3-6 months in a foreign country. Now all I have to decide is how and when? I was thinking back on my mission trip to Costa Rica and remembered the skit we performed while there. I couldnt find the video of my team performing it but I found the same video that we learned it from...I would like to share it with all of you...enjoy:)

lifehouse "everything"