Getting answers sometimes means waiting

                 There are no words for this past summer! God is so awesome!! I loved every moment that God gave me. Working at camp was amazing and He just showed me even more my love for kids. Each and every week I was there I took away something! Just being in the wilderness and allowing Christ to consume you is something wonderful. Through camp I met some amazing friends that I miss so much. I wish that camp was just year around, but I guess that's what being a missionary is.
                Coming home from camp I have noticed a stronger call to missions.  I am so excited, I have no idea where I wanna go and serve. The amazing thing about that is, God does and I so excited. People ask, "Why, why leave something that you know and leave it all behind?" It is so simple: because I love God, I want people to know the good news! Is it going to be hard! Sure, but God did not say this walk with Him was going to be easy. He said that we would be persecuted, people wouldn't like us. That seems harsh but if The Creator of the world loves me so much to the point of death on a cross and people would laugh and make fun of me because of my faith, well let them. I have a just and right God on my side who will protect me.
 At this point in my life I have no idea where God is calling me. Having faith and trusting him is something I need. Surrendering my wants to him. Allowing him to consume me and fill me with his spirit.

Owning your faith

Sometimes I don't understand why God does the things he does. Even if its moving people on from my life I still try to fight against His will. What I think is best for me God says no, I have better. Its our flesh that wants to take control and we have to sit back and let God work out our lives. I don't know about you but for me having to live IN this world and not live OF this world is a hard task. I struggle with it every day. Most of the time I take it for granted. I get up knowing I have salvation but never really owning it. Having a job really allows me to be a disciple of Christ, but then again I take it for granted and do show people the Gospel. When Christ rose from the dead he told his disciples to go and tell that He lives! Why is it so hard for us to do that now? I wanna be so on fire for Christ! I wanna be like Paul and not be scared to share the Gospel! He truly KNOWS God OWNS his faith and makes Him KNOWN!

My Heart

These past couple months God has shown me a lot. From my friend being in the hospital to giving things up in order to serve Christ better. I know that he is the creator of the universe and I have to trust that he has a plan.
When the news that he was in the hospital hurt me! I couldn't imagine not having him in my life, and the fact that he does not know Christ as his Savior saddened me even more. I questioned God, how could he do this!? Why would he take his life when I have been praying for his salvation?! I couldnt understand, and I still don't. I do know is that God is working through him!
My dad gave him a audio bible because he cant read, and the first thing he asked for as soon as he could sit up in the hospital was that bible! Three years ago this man wanted nothing to do with Christ or the Word of God, and now his is asking for it!! GOD IS AWESOME!!!
Although he lives over 1,000 miles away from me I can not wait to give him a huge hug and hopeful call him a brother in Christ!!!

I want to serve people in a magnificent way, I want people to see Christ through me!

Lord, lead me where my trust is with out boarders! Help me to have peace, even tho you say no. I know you have a bigger plan!!

Making all thing New Orleans....

In less than a week I will be going to New Orleans with my youth choir. Along the way we will be stopping in Alabama to sing at a church. Then we will be headed to New Orleans. I'm not 100% sure what we will be doing. Although, on Wednesday we will be having a youth rally at the church we are staying at. The only thing is, there is not an official youth group or Youth Pastor at that church. So our Youth Pastor is coming with us and he will be preaching to all the kids. That's supper exciting!!! We leave on June 7th at 5:45 am and come back June 17th around 11:00pm.

*****PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR US!!!!*****
I am supper excited for what God has for this trip!!:) I know He will do great things!!

2 Corinthians 5:17
If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation the old has past away; behold the new has come.

How I spent my Spring Break...

On that mt is where Hope of Life is located

Guatemala.... This trip was awesome. God did some amazing things. Where to start...
Delmy. Delmy is a little girl that lives at the hospital at Hope Of Life (the organization we work with, website link at the bottom). She has a lot issues. Her legs and feet are deformed, she has hip problems, and has two fingers on one hand. The thing is, she is the sweetest thing! Her heart is filled with love.

Jordan was showing Delmy how to use her camera.

 This is her x-rays As you can see her foot is not straight.

This is Delmy and Jordan. Jordan took a liking to Delmy.

Jordan's dad makes a brace ( I think its called a Taylor something, I forgot). When we first got to Hope of Life Jordan, Brooke, Shelby, Jackson, Trish, Mark, and I went to the hospital. Jackson, Mark and Trish are the doctors that came with us. Jordan had told her dad about Delmy before but never really thought that her legs and feet could be fixed. Her dad told Jordan that they would be able to fix them. In 3 to 6 months she will be able to walk!! God is sooooo good!!!!:)

This is at the elderly home.

I love this little girl with all my heart.....

 

 

 You can Delmy in the back......lol

This little boys name is Oscar.  I love this little kid!!

 

I pray that one day he will know Christ as his Lord and Savior

 The next person that God has put on my heart is Chelo. He is one of our body guards. The first time my dad went he and Chelo became amigos. When I went down with my dad he introduced me to Chelo, and ever since then me and Chelo try to have a conversation. Sometimes he trys to speak English, and I try to speak Spanish. lol Anyways, I found out that my friend doesn't know Jesus Christ as his Savior...... It broke my heart. Prayer!!! 

 Will you join me in praying for Delmy, Oscar, and Chelo?

*All photographs in this post were taken on my 2014 Guatemala trip*

*more information on Hope of Life International http://www.hopeoflifeintl.org/*

A New Year to grow in Christ!!!

     This past weekend I went on a Retreat with my youth group. We went to North Carolina. Two of my very good friends came along! I was so excited for what we were going to do. But, the thing was that I wasn't totally SOLD OUT for God at the time. So, I was a little worried God was going to call me out on it, and sure enough He did. I relised that i cant keep doing the rolecoster of being sold out for Him sometimes then when I don't feel like it nah I wont. I just kinda hit me, that in order to live for Christ I have to stop focusing on MYSELF. Not the things I can do, but the thinks the Christ can do through me.

     Seeing the snow fall for the first time was awesome, to think that God made it is so humbling. Just seeing it on the trees, so beautiful, thinking God made that! WOW! On this trip I relised some things about me. God loves me NO matter what! Sometimes I forget that promise.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 

On Mission for Christ!!

Guatemala.....Honduras.....Colombia......Texas......Cuba. Lord wherever you want me to go, ill go!! Im so excited about being on mission for you. If its half way around the world, ill go. I you want me to stay here I will.
Guatemala in 4 months!! How EXCITING!?!? I'm so excited, I know i keep saying that, but I really am! The Lord has given me a heart for the Guatemalan people.