Encounter Tonight...

Oh my word. Tonight was AWESOME. I have to go to bed so I don't have enough time to complete a blog about everything that happened tonight...but I wanted to post a picture of what I did at Encounter! It's a two piece set...FREEDOM (well that's it's name so far. It takes a few days for God to finish speaking to me about my paintings and for me to then think of a name...)

Tomorrow = sleep, coffee, biblical backgrounds, sleep, coffee, world civ, coffee, LIFE GROUP, sleep.

CAN'T WAIT!

I spent 5 hours in YAKs today...

Ridiculous! I had four papers to write...yes...numero quatro. All due tomorrow...and I only have 3 classes, I don't get it. Whatever though I am done!

And this is only one part of the craziness this week holds. I would seriously die with out my calender on my blackberry....

I'm having coffee with like 8 different people (hopefully not at YAKs...I need a change of scenery!)
School.
Meetings.
Homework.

&...WEDNESDAY. ENCOUNTER. be there!
A night of worship sort of thing here at Simpson. It's going to be amazing! I went shopping today with TJ and we both cannot wait to see how God's going to show up! God's hand is totally in this thing and it's all for his glory!

8pm at the Gym.

I'm painting too...there's another reason for everyone to be there!

It's really passed my bedtime....Goodnight!

I never thought this would happen...

I've become a neat freak! Seriously, I've never been like this before. Anyone who has ever been in my room before can attest...you could never see the floor, 3 feet deep in clothes with a little path to my bed, always! Most days you could barely get the door open.

Now that I live sorta on my own...I can't leave the room with out making my bed and putting all my clothes away. Everything must be folded, hung up, drawers shut, shoes under bed and in neat rows in my closet. My desk is all in order...bathroom...order.

I went on a cleaning frenzy tonight too, scrubbed all my sneakers until my hands felt numb.

I thought maybe it would only last a few days, but I'm in the middle of week 3 and I don't think my clutter queen tendencies are coming back anytime soon. Not necessarily a bad thing but I might going insane with the piles of clothes made by my roommate...haha.

Mom...you'd be so proud.

So I'm kind of stuck on this topic...

Pro-life. I can't stop thinking about these two words that are connected with a dash. What the heck? It's like everyday I'm reminded of it...

Here's what's on my brain...If someone is going to be Pro-Life, what about the death penalty and war? Where do you stand on that?

I'm pro life but I also stand on the democratic side. I may not agree with all things democratic but it is also part of a protest for me...that not all Christians have to be Republicans and not all Republicans are Christian.

But truly...how can you say you are for life but also be for death?

I understand, abortion is about the babies. No person wants a baby to die, but seriously they are humans, just like a 19 year old soldier or a civilian of any age that just happened to be raised in the wrong country at the wrong time...

or what about a 40 year old murderer...we are all sinners and who is to say that not everyone is deserving of grace?

Thoughts?

good...night.

Huge thank you to Team Coverdale for having me over for dinner tonight! Amy...the pot roast was delicious and the peach cobbler...best I've ever had.

That was really one of the only exciting things about today. Except I decided I want one of these...


It's an Akita. They're big and they're Japanese. So precious.

This was a random blog. Night all.

word vomit...

yeah...that kind. Sometimes it just happens. I don't know what comes over me but it happens quite often. I just get a surge of passion and I spill out this huge ridiculous sermon of a sort.

Tonight for instance...I don't know what it was, maybe it was the Prayer Night and I was just filled with crazy passion but we were discussing politics at In N' Out. I have a love/hate relationship with talking about politics. I'm usually careful who I discuss them with. But some kid asked me a question...and from that point on I could just feel the words making their way up my throat....

We were discussing the candidates and who stands for what and if what they say they stand for is credible...some how abortion got brought up...and then it came, the word vomit.

In about 5 seconds I said "I'm pro life but I believe no politician is ever going to make abortion illegal, so instead of wasting our time waving picket signs or putting tape over our mouths...why don't we pray that God moves in the hearts of the doctors and women and manipulative families. I'm tired of hearing about Christians who hate anyone who is not pro-life yet do nothing about solving the problem. I'm tired of people standing outside of abortion clinics but are not willing to adopt children or take care of single moms or walk along side women through the other options or help with the grief and the pain they are feeling. I don't like hearing Christians hating candidates because they are pro choice, but not looking at other the other good 'Christ like' things they do stand for...starting at the bottom by caring first for the least, no war or violence, health care for children...and the list goes on. I'm tired of it."

Yep that was my vomit. I felt like it wasn't me talking. And instead of cleaning up my vomit, I sat there silent. Maybe I didn't necessarily like the way I spilled all that out there in front of some people I barely knew, but I meant every word of it.

I think it's important to vote. I don't agree with either candidate wholly. They're politicians, they're not perfect in anyway. But I have to choose for me and not base my decision on one issue but over all.


So I had word vomit and then it turned into some blog vomit. Haha....good thing there was no real vomit tonight.

Goodnight. I have biblical backgrounds in the morning...oh joy!

tonight = crazy

So I just got back from the Stirring a little while ago and I'm wondering...was anyone thinking about fire code tonight? There were so many freaking people there! Crazy.

We had to pull down 60+ chairs.
We passed out one whole box of Myriad fliers.
About 500 life group fliers.
I saw like 30 people sign up for kid's ministry.
And we tore the whole place down in under 20 minutes.

CRAZY!

I'm so excited about this new series. I think it's the perfect way to start of this season, especially with all the new young people. Going through Acts is going to rock some lives. Most of these new students come from home churches that just follow American dream...and now they're going to see how the Church was intended to be like. So awesome.

It's bedtime now...this week is going to be insane.

Goodnight friends and I pray your week is amazing.

Feeling good.

I'm feeling good about this whole school thing...tomorrow's my first day. I'm ready...Katie painted my fingernails...I am set.

I've had a lot of concerns and worries about this year, I've struggled with bonding with my roommates but I've come to peace with that. It will come, it just may take some time.

I was nervous that there wasn't going to be much growth in my life because of going to Simpson and not having that "first time away from home and on my own feeling" but I feel like so much has happened already and I've had so many hills to climb this weekend that I can't even dream about where I'll be in a few months or weeks. Cool stuff.

Tomorrow...world civ, friendship bracelets, and toga party. what could be better?

Goodnight.