Reflection Time...

It's Good Friday. So many people wonder why it has the word good in it. I use to but I've come to decide for myself that no matter where the name truly came from or who decided to call it that, it is truly good. It should honestly be called "the greatest Friday EVER!" because the GREATEST person to ever walk the earth made the GREATEST sacrifice so we could have the GREATEST and most glorious eternity! That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! So no matter how hard today will be in seeing Jesus' suffering I know that He only had to die once.
       This is also a time of reflection for me on the past 2.5 months of living here to glorify His name. It's hard to believe that I will be coming home so soon. I just pray that I can bring some of what I learned here home. (hopefully not the super aggressive driving part!) I remember looking at my book from my small group at the beginning of this trip and thinking "wow, I have SO much time left!" and now I have only a few pages. It will be hard but I have the opportunity to come back this summer for about 5 weeks for summer camp. It wouldn't be a huge sacrifice but I know that I have to allow God to guide my choices. I'm excited to come home and I know this will not be the first and last time I will have been here!

"It's the Beginning of the END!!!" -Hannah

Indeed it is. As of this Monday I will no longer have a roommate :( Hannah is having severe back problems and she is going home . THIS WASN'T SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN HANNAH MARY! You were suppose to be the one here by yourself missing me, my how the tables have turned. Also, the two Bahamian workers also left so now it's just me and Ryan (who is leaving today for a week) so literally no one my age will be here with me. Hannah told me another Bahamian worker got hired and starts Monday so I wont be totally lonely! Since last time I wrote I've had a pretty busy full few days.
         In about 15 minutes I'm going on my way over to the centre to do another party (what we do at these parties is basically oversee everything and help out with what they need) I always love to help with the decorations! These Bahamians throw HUGE parties! The first party we helped out with was for a 1st Birthday and they had the works! It was Toy Story themed and it was well over $2000 I'm sure! Last Saturday I worked a birthday party and both Ryan and I got paid $20 each! (this is the first time I've been paid in over 2 months!) That night we saw the movie Source Code, it was pretty good. I cried, but that's me! It's suppose to be an action movie and I cried. It was a good cry though!
         We've been doing a lot of preparing for Easter Monday Funday (which is a fund raiser for the ALC since it's all non-profit) So the Monday after Easter we open and it's sort of a mini carnival and I'm in charge of over seeing the carnival games (and seeing if they are too easy) so I guess you can consider me a carny! Creepy...
         2 days ago I rode a horse and we galloped and it was awesome! (sore from that) and then yesterday I jumped off a cliff that was 35ft I'm proud of myself for doing it but I don't think I'll ever jump off another one that high again! I have the bruises to show for it! (I didn't land right) but all I'm still absolutely loving it here! But I think I'm more ok with coming home now! Love you all!

Well put...

Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for YOUR life.
                                    -Purpose Driven Life

It's been a while...

Sorry everyone, I knew I was going to be bad at updating this! But my mom did inform me that a lot of people read this! Which is very surprising on my part, now I feel like I'm going to need to write these more proper... which isn't going to happen anyways. BUT I thought about it! I keep reading on facebook about so many of my friends and their lives. It's amazing! I have friends having babies, getting married and getting jobs! It is all so wonderful and such a blessing! I'm also so very blessed to know that people truly do miss me! (which is awesome!) I do get down sometimes but I just need to remember that God is enough. Always has been, always will be. I've only got a month and 3 days left. So scary but if my season is truly suppose to end it will and I can't change that. I know in my heart that I will return here and maybe when I get older I'll be able to send someone down here just like Stacie sent me! and I wouldn't change that at all! I hope everyone is doing well and if anyone needs prayers please email me. I might not get them right away because my email is stupid but I will!

Well, I have been doing minor wedding planning and I've realized it's waaaay more stressful when it's your own wedding! But it's ok. I am so thankful my mom and my friends are all wanting to help me out it's such a comfort to know I have so many people supporting me! we pretty much decided on a date but we're still not 100% since I'm down here it's really hard to get everything figured out but being a Wedding Planner at heart I have a general idea of how I want things. Also, attention to anyone who knows how to use theknot.com PLEASE let me know how to make my knot website and stuff visible to my friends. I'm so lost! Jesse and I decided when I come back home we'll go register at Target and Bed Bath & Beyond! If there is anywhere better to register you can all let me know about that too! :) If you'd like to know YES I'M SOOOO EXCITED TO GET MARRIED!

The money has actually gotten really tight for me down here but God willing I can get a little more support. I'm still so thankful for everyone who has helped me out down here! I wouldn't be here without all your help!!! I Just hope God will move in a big way in my life down here, I've been reading "Lies Women Believe and Truths that set Them Free" and it's so eye opening and a lot of times VERY overwhelming! I look at every lie and think "wow, I've believed all of these lies at least once!" Like I say in every post please keep praying for me... I know we all need work but anyone that knows me knows how hard I am on myself. But I know God is good and in His time will do what He thinks is best. Thanks to everyone who reads this and is praying for me!