So huge thank you to God today.
Even though i went to bed stressed, i woke up and decided to call the dealership.
and its SEVEN dollars to get a new key made!
Me & Dakota are going once she gets home from work and then we are going to watch figure skating.
Not only that but i have been reading today and listening to chill music and i am so relaxed.
and that, is the Holy Spirit.
: ) happy thursday.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
uh huh.
my car key broke in my trunk and my spare doesn't start my car.
not to mention my car......is broken-ish. it is just the battery and it is not that big of a deal. really.
trying to keep my perspective in the right place.
i could feel like...
i mess everything up.
but in reality:
my car key broke. it can be replaced. and i was planning on fixing my car anyway. the fact that something
is wrong with the battery, is just something that happened and now there needs to be a solution.
sometimes i wanna get all emotional about life, but then...i don't. and i guess that means i am growing up.
its not to say that i am always level headed and always chill...because majority of time i am not.
just ask anyone in my house. ...its cool growing up and its weird at the same time.
a neat thing that happened tonight was that my friend Tedi put a verse as her status on facebook.
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36
That verse is pretty intense because for this next season in my life i am honestly scared.
i am scared about finances. i am scared about other things too, but mainly finances and making the correct steps in obedience to God...to be doing what i need to in order to have finances or whatever.
i only have a few more days of vacation left until i go back to work on monday. ...so i have to be wise with how i spend that time...this blog is so boring, because i am sorting things out in my mind right now.
okay here are things that i am thankful for: ::
--sleeping in.
chilling ALL day.
doing my hair & makeup today
going grocery shopping with Dakota
seeing some girls i haven't seen in a while and getting to catch up.
getting to chat w/ my family members.
having my family so close and so willing to help out when i need it.
my housemates <3
the really good smelling candle in my room.
my read everyday bible.
memories
the camera on my phone,
the video messaging that you can do through cell phones.
getting to talk with my sister via video messaging...HILARIOUS sister...
my new nail polish that i still haven't used but am going to use tomorrow.
and my cell phone, because without it...i wouldn't be able to call the dealership tomorrow
morning & figure out how to solve the issue in front of me.
the Holy Spirit for keeping me calm
the cupcakes in my kitchen
my waterbottle for being glittery
and my stepdad for being the funniest text message-er sometimes.
k.
going to write more.....tomorrow possibly.
not to mention my car......is broken-ish. it is just the battery and it is not that big of a deal. really.
trying to keep my perspective in the right place.
i could feel like...
i mess everything up.
but in reality:
my car key broke. it can be replaced. and i was planning on fixing my car anyway. the fact that something
is wrong with the battery, is just something that happened and now there needs to be a solution.
sometimes i wanna get all emotional about life, but then...i don't. and i guess that means i am growing up.
its not to say that i am always level headed and always chill...because majority of time i am not.
just ask anyone in my house. ...its cool growing up and its weird at the same time.
a neat thing that happened tonight was that my friend Tedi put a verse as her status on facebook.
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:35-36
That verse is pretty intense because for this next season in my life i am honestly scared.
i am scared about finances. i am scared about other things too, but mainly finances and making the correct steps in obedience to God...to be doing what i need to in order to have finances or whatever.
i only have a few more days of vacation left until i go back to work on monday. ...so i have to be wise with how i spend that time...this blog is so boring, because i am sorting things out in my mind right now.
okay here are things that i am thankful for: ::
--sleeping in.
chilling ALL day.
doing my hair & makeup today
going grocery shopping with Dakota
seeing some girls i haven't seen in a while and getting to catch up.
getting to chat w/ my family members.
having my family so close and so willing to help out when i need it.
my housemates <3
the really good smelling candle in my room.
my read everyday bible.
memories
the camera on my phone,
the video messaging that you can do through cell phones.
getting to talk with my sister via video messaging...HILARIOUS sister...
my new nail polish that i still haven't used but am going to use tomorrow.
and my cell phone, because without it...i wouldn't be able to call the dealership tomorrow
morning & figure out how to solve the issue in front of me.
the Holy Spirit for keeping me calm
the cupcakes in my kitchen
my waterbottle for being glittery
and my stepdad for being the funniest text message-er sometimes.
k.
going to write more.....tomorrow possibly.
Monday, January 25, 2010
a new city
God is crazy and i love him so much.
whenever i´m feeling discouraged or anything, God sends me an email through one of my friends.
when we got into this city the first thing i was thankful for was...drop in climate! this weather to me, is perfect. Well, winter and fall are perfect, but this is a very nice spring.
We had a debrief meeting with all the students and it was just fun for me to chill and talk with some of the girls and find out where they´re at.
we are all separated in three different apartments, but very close together. ours is across the street from the two other apartments. one is our meeting place, where we eat lunch and dinner together as a team (and all the boys and three of the girls live) and the other is where five girls live. I´m living with four other girls and they are pretty sweet people.
Currently we all have a weird sickness. mainly, its stomach aches but other people have fevers, so instead of doing park ministry today we are all just trying to relax and take it easy so that God can use us mightily sp? this week!
The second night here we realized as a house that we need to encourage one another more frequently and it was sweet because when i was reading my bible i got really stoked about the youth in this ctiy. Pereira sp? The youth are pretty much seeking after all of it...but really wanting God. So i was just reading psalms and the main thing that was revealed to me was hoping in God´s steadfast love.
This verse is amazing though::
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The
God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the
Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord
breaks the cedars of lebanon, He makes Lebanon to skip
like a calf, and Sinon like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire;
the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord
shakes the wilderness of Kadesh
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord
sits enthroned as king forever. May the Lord give strength
to his people. May the Lord bless his people with peace.
::Psalm 29.2-8 & 10-11::
this city has a lot of problems with drugs and gang violence
and my heart is that the youth wake up from the haze that surrounds
their hearts and envelopes them in hatred and self loathing.
i want to see them find real joy and peace in the Lord and not in
all the drugs and everything else going on.
As a team, we are just praying a lot for this city and really focusing on what God wants to do and His heart for this city. It´s great too, because we are working with a really cool church here and they are so willing to walk along side us on this journey. So, if we talk with people and they want to know more about how they can get help or whatever, we can pray for them, but also have these people here helping them...especially because we´re only here for a short time.
I know that God wants to do something sweet in restoring this city and i feel excited that He wants us to be part of it.
I just want to bring peace and joy to these people.
love to each of you!
xoxooo
whenever i´m feeling discouraged or anything, God sends me an email through one of my friends.
when we got into this city the first thing i was thankful for was...drop in climate! this weather to me, is perfect. Well, winter and fall are perfect, but this is a very nice spring.
We had a debrief meeting with all the students and it was just fun for me to chill and talk with some of the girls and find out where they´re at.
we are all separated in three different apartments, but very close together. ours is across the street from the two other apartments. one is our meeting place, where we eat lunch and dinner together as a team (and all the boys and three of the girls live) and the other is where five girls live. I´m living with four other girls and they are pretty sweet people.
Currently we all have a weird sickness. mainly, its stomach aches but other people have fevers, so instead of doing park ministry today we are all just trying to relax and take it easy so that God can use us mightily sp? this week!
The second night here we realized as a house that we need to encourage one another more frequently and it was sweet because when i was reading my bible i got really stoked about the youth in this ctiy. Pereira sp? The youth are pretty much seeking after all of it...but really wanting God. So i was just reading psalms and the main thing that was revealed to me was hoping in God´s steadfast love.
This verse is amazing though::
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The
God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the
Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord
breaks the cedars of lebanon, He makes Lebanon to skip
like a calf, and Sinon like a young wild ox.
The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire;
the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord
shakes the wilderness of Kadesh
The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord
sits enthroned as king forever. May the Lord give strength
to his people. May the Lord bless his people with peace.
::Psalm 29.2-8 & 10-11::
this city has a lot of problems with drugs and gang violence
and my heart is that the youth wake up from the haze that surrounds
their hearts and envelopes them in hatred and self loathing.
i want to see them find real joy and peace in the Lord and not in
all the drugs and everything else going on.
As a team, we are just praying a lot for this city and really focusing on what God wants to do and His heart for this city. It´s great too, because we are working with a really cool church here and they are so willing to walk along side us on this journey. So, if we talk with people and they want to know more about how they can get help or whatever, we can pray for them, but also have these people here helping them...especially because we´re only here for a short time.
I know that God wants to do something sweet in restoring this city and i feel excited that He wants us to be part of it.
I just want to bring peace and joy to these people.
love to each of you!
xoxooo
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
holy HEAT!!!!
we are here in Montelibano, in the heat of life!! its crazy to me that people are wearing jeans everyday. the weather is like 90 ish with 90 % humidity!
siiiick!
God is doing so much here though..everywhere we go people stare at us, because not many americans visit this town. we do park evangelism everyday and the responses we get are incredible. Everyone wants to talk with us afterward and with the help of our translaters, we are making this work! God has really blessed this team, because everytime they go with willing hearts, he uses them! my favorite thing is that we are just here to talk wtih people and pray for them...i like the way the Holy Spirit chooses to move, in ways that i wouldn´t have thought of, but it works.
i like colombia, not so much the heat, but i like the country and i like the people a lot.
we´ve gotten pretty close with three of our translaters here, they´re so funny and crazy! two of them are 18 and one of them is 15. it makes me wish my spanish was better...but it isn´t. yet. hopefully sometime in life.
the people here are my favorite thing about outreach. constantly giving, helping, and encouraging.
i guess its a good reminder for me, of how i want to live my life....
love love to everyone!
ciao for now. xoxoo
siiiick!
God is doing so much here though..everywhere we go people stare at us, because not many americans visit this town. we do park evangelism everyday and the responses we get are incredible. Everyone wants to talk with us afterward and with the help of our translaters, we are making this work! God has really blessed this team, because everytime they go with willing hearts, he uses them! my favorite thing is that we are just here to talk wtih people and pray for them...i like the way the Holy Spirit chooses to move, in ways that i wouldn´t have thought of, but it works.
i like colombia, not so much the heat, but i like the country and i like the people a lot.
we´ve gotten pretty close with three of our translaters here, they´re so funny and crazy! two of them are 18 and one of them is 15. it makes me wish my spanish was better...but it isn´t. yet. hopefully sometime in life.
the people here are my favorite thing about outreach. constantly giving, helping, and encouraging.
i guess its a good reminder for me, of how i want to live my life....
love love to everyone!
ciao for now. xoxoo
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Colombia!!!!
hola! i am in south america & loving my life!
its nice & warm today, about 70 i think. kind of humid.
the team woke up at 7:30 and ate breakfast then some people went grocery shopping & got some papel hygenico...because we had none. haha. now we are writing emails & checking our facebooks! i thought i would drop you a line.
everyone in south america is GORGEOUS! the people i sat next to on the second flight from miami to medellin (pronounced med i gene, in case you were wondering. i called in med eh lin in my head for a while) were so nice to me & so cute. so definitely an upgrade from the denver to miami people.
today is a day of gathering what we need for the next few days in food. then exploring the town a bit. we live right off of the street in a nice building with a kitchen, common room, and a few main rooms where we sleep on...beds! what a blessing!
hopefully south america won´t steal my heart, but you never can tell with these things....
i love you guys so much! have a great weekend & be blessed.
xooo
also: a sidenote...
people in colombia love fireworks and light them off...all night...so it was kind of hard falling asleep last night. we asked our new friend Anit about it this morning and she said they do that until the new year.
so that will be interesting! my spanish is not very good anymore, so pray that i catch on soon. love you all!
its nice & warm today, about 70 i think. kind of humid.
the team woke up at 7:30 and ate breakfast then some people went grocery shopping & got some papel hygenico...because we had none. haha. now we are writing emails & checking our facebooks! i thought i would drop you a line.
everyone in south america is GORGEOUS! the people i sat next to on the second flight from miami to medellin (pronounced med i gene, in case you were wondering. i called in med eh lin in my head for a while) were so nice to me & so cute. so definitely an upgrade from the denver to miami people.
today is a day of gathering what we need for the next few days in food. then exploring the town a bit. we live right off of the street in a nice building with a kitchen, common room, and a few main rooms where we sleep on...beds! what a blessing!
hopefully south america won´t steal my heart, but you never can tell with these things....
i love you guys so much! have a great weekend & be blessed.
xooo
also: a sidenote...
people in colombia love fireworks and light them off...all night...so it was kind of hard falling asleep last night. we asked our new friend Anit about it this morning and she said they do that until the new year.
so that will be interesting! my spanish is not very good anymore, so pray that i catch on soon. love you all!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
fear.
i am afraid of losing
i am afraid of loss.
i am afraid of my unknown future
i am afraid of flashbacks happening
i am afraid of stupid things
anger
i am angry that this fear wants to control
and drive me.
i am angry that i let it sometimes.
i am angry that things fall apart.
thankful
i am thankful that there is clarity
i am thankful that i'm not lost
i am thankful that i'm not abandoned
i am thankful that God is faithful
i am thankful that i'm safe & protected
i am thankful to be living as a child in the light & no longer in darkness
i am thankful that pain doesn't have to be my sweater anymore
i am thankful that i can trust You Jesus.
i am thankful that you have restored relationships within my family
and i am thankful for the time i've had to spend the past few days w/ them.
i am thankful that you give opportunity to us and that you want the highest and best for us.
even if it is something that is tough, even if it is something i don't really understand.
thank you that you don't require that i understand, but that you just want me to take you for your word.
and thank you for the time to write this down
and thank you for the prayers.
finally...thank you that my list of thank you's is much longer than my list of emotions.
i love you.
Sincerely,
Allison Lois
i am afraid of losing
i am afraid of loss.
i am afraid of my unknown future
i am afraid of flashbacks happening
i am afraid of stupid things
anger
i am angry that this fear wants to control
and drive me.
i am angry that i let it sometimes.
i am angry that things fall apart.
thankful
i am thankful that there is clarity
i am thankful that i'm not lost
i am thankful that i'm not abandoned
i am thankful that God is faithful
i am thankful that i'm safe & protected
i am thankful to be living as a child in the light & no longer in darkness
i am thankful that pain doesn't have to be my sweater anymore
i am thankful that i can trust You Jesus.
i am thankful that you have restored relationships within my family
and i am thankful for the time i've had to spend the past few days w/ them.
i am thankful that you give opportunity to us and that you want the highest and best for us.
even if it is something that is tough, even if it is something i don't really understand.
thank you that you don't require that i understand, but that you just want me to take you for your word.
and thank you for the time to write this down
and thank you for the prayers.
finally...thank you that my list of thank you's is much longer than my list of emotions.
i love you.
Sincerely,
Allison Lois
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