* The biggest and most wonderful thing that's happened to me is becoming an Aunt. I can't begin to describe how wonderful it is!! Haydon and Keegan make every day exciting and joyful even if it's been a tough one. They are wonderful, wonderful blessings!!!
(I'm a little obsessed with them ;D )


* Work has been very busy. I have done 4 full airplane interiors, I'm working on a 5th one now, and there have many several little jobs too (like, just carpet, or just a headliner, or just the glareshield). Since I've started working there I've gained much more confidence in calling strangers on the phone and ordering stuff or asking questions, I've gotten stronger (which made my boss happy!), and I've learned so much about painting, primer, stripping paint, and sanding. I've also learned that Laquer Thinner melts through rubber glovers, Acetone is awesome, Paint stripper stings like crazy and scars you, and Penetrating Oil smells like coconut (which a wonderful thing to smell in a hanger that tends to smell like horrid chemically stuff).

* Here's a true story you might find amusing:
Characters: Me
and a
Red Haired Guy who was working on his airplane
RHG: Do you know where a good bar is around here?
Me: No, not really.
RHG: You're 21 and you've never been to a bar??!!
(I'm guessing he must have talked to my boss, because I never told him my age. In fact, I'd never spoken to him before this!)
Me: Nope.

a few minutes later

RHG: So, are you a good Christian girl?
Me: Yes.

end of all conversation for the rest of his stay there :)

* Getting ready for a mission trip to the Philippine Islands in June has also been taking up a lot of my time. I'm REALLY EXCITED about getting to do this, but also I'm oh so nervous!

* A few weeks ago our preacher gave a lesson on setting goals and one of the points was how planning is hard work, so it helps to have a mission statement/motto/something that you can remember and use to help you stay focused. This is what I've decided to use:

" 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap,
if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone,
and especially to those who are of the household of faith. "


Well, that's not much, but it's all I can do for now! I hope everyone is having a blessed year!

So, I'm back!

Well, sorta. I'm planning on writing a really good long post!......eventually :P
My life has been very full of many wonderful blessed things most of which my dear family has been keeping ya'll updated on, but I'll try to give you guys my schpeel of things soon!

In the meantime enjoy a song that I've been thinking alot about:

I Know Whom I Have Believed

I know not why God’s wondrous grace
To me He hath made known,
Nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
Redeemed me for His own.

Refrain

But I know Whom I have believèd,
And am persuaded that He is able
To keep that which I’ve committed
Unto Him against that day.

I know not how this saving faith
To me He did impart,
Nor how believing in His Word
Wrought peace within my heart.

Refrain

I know not how the Spirit moves,
Convincing us of sin,
Revealing Jesus through the Word,
Creating faith in Him.

Refrain

I know not what of good or ill
May be reserved for me,
Of weary ways or golden days,
Before His face I see.

Refrain

I know not when my Lord may come,
At night or noonday fair,
Nor if I walk the vale with Him,
Or meet Him in the air.

Refrain

"8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9 who saved us and called us to a a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10 and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. 13 Follow the pattern of the soundd words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 1 1 14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you." 2 Timothy 1:8-14

going to be nice. :) But I still feel lost when I get on it. :-P

I hope everyone is having a lovely summer!

Recently my sisters and I went to a girl’s bible study on prayer. This post in comprised mainly of my notes from that lesson so it is going to be rather choppy, but I hope you are able to glean something useful from it.

Why do we find it so hard to pray?
• Maybe we are too busy.
• Maybe we feel guilty because when we do pray it is only to ask for something.
• Maybe we are just forgetful.

Prayer is one of the most important things in our lives, and yet there are so many excuses we can come up with to keep us away from it.

Praying will help us to know and understand God better, it will help us understand ourselves better, and it will help us to think of others instead of ourselves.
I know that when I do actually pray regularly I feel so much more peaceful and content than when I do not.

Having a specific time set aside for praying is good, but we should also be comfortable praying at any time. In fact 1 Thess. 5:17 says we are to “pray with out ceasing.”!

The lady who led this study showed us a handy memory tool for praying:
A- Adoration
C- Confession
T- Thankfulness
S- Supplication

(She pointed out that this is just a guideline to help us get started; we need to be careful and make sure that we don’t turn prayer in to a checklist.)

A- When we start our prayers with praise and adoration for God and His creations we immediately take the focus off of ourselves.

C- Our confessions should be specific, forcing us to be humble and look at our sins.

T- I am thankful for His blessings, but have I told Him so?
There is a difference between feeling thankful and expressing thankfulness.

S- When we say “If it’s Your will” we need to mean it!
We need to make sure that if God doesn’t answer our prayer the way we want it we will still praise Him.

The more time I spend with God the easier I will find it to open myself up and really pray.
If I make time pray than instead of feeling like prayer is eating up all of my time, I find instead see that it is actually giving me more time to do important and meaningful things.
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“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” Ps. 55:17

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Rom. 8:26

“Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16

“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.” Rev. 5:8

“Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.” Chron. 6:39

“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.” Ps. 5:3

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints…” Eph 6:18

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Phil 4:6