Patience

"I'm proof - Public Sinner Number One - of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shoes me off - evidence of his endless patience - to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever. " 1 Timothy 1: 15-16

Patience - I cannot imagine what it is like for God to be surrounded by all of his children and watch so many of them disobey Him, disregard Him, not acknowledge Him, not read about him, fail to pray,  and completely deny His existence. And after all of that He is still patient enough to wait for them, for me. He still wants us to come to Him. Even after making him wait years and years for us to even talk to Him. That is an amazing God. A God who loves me more than I can even comprehend.

If God can have patience like that, I think I can have a little bit of patience in my life. I need that daily reminder in my life to help me have the right perspective on life and all that God has to offer us. At least we have Him.

I am one who was not born with patience. I get mad on the road, when someone is late and when cookies aren't done fast enough. So you can only imagine how I might feel when bigger things happen in life and God needs me to be patient. I am learning. I am no where near patient and I have a long way to go. I have to pray and prayer really does change my perspective on life.

and my journey will continue.

Im on my way to Mexico

Today Mason, his dad, step mom and I are on our way to Mexico. We are driving all the way there. We  left somewhere around 4am and I am probably sleeping right now, or taking photos outside the van window. We will be working at an orphanage and ministering to a local town. We are all so excited. Prayers for travel and safety are appreciated. 

Mexico here we come. 

We are going here if you would like more information. 

It's a New Year

Rest. This year, for as long as I can, I am going to remind myself to rest. I am the type of person to take life and run, and run... and not stop running. I only stop when I have too. I know this is an unhealthy habit so I am trying to break it. I know I will always be that type of person but maybe I can learn how to take breaks and give myself some time to rest. To let my body catch up to its self. I want to have times where I can collect my thoughts and relax my body. maybe I'll do some yoga. or go work out. or maybe ill just stay in my room, read and take a nap. that sounds good.

Invest. Now I'm sure you wont be surprised, given what I just told you, but I am also the type of person to take on too many activities. I say YES to everything. It's hard for me to learn that it's OK to say NO. When I over book myself I end up not giving all of myself to every activity. I want to pick a few things, a few people, a few activities... and invest in them. Truly give all of my heart to those things, so that I become good at them and the relationships blossom. Blogging is one of those activities I am investing in. I want to be able to look back and see my life. This is a priority for me.

I needed a change in things and it's a new year so I got bangs. Yayy! This is the property that my parents bought. The house will be all built and ready to move in in June or July. We are all excited for this new chapter in our life's, especially my parents & sisters.

My Favorite Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Blend Together -
4 eggs. 2tsp Vanilla. 1 1/2 C white sugar. 1 1/2 C Brown Sugar. 2C Shortening.

In a different bowl mix -
2tsp salt. 2 tsp baking soda. 4 1/2 C Flour.

Blend the two mixes together & bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

I ran out of shortening and substituted it with butter and they taste delicious. Also this recipe makes at least 40 cookies so unless your having a party I would half the recipe, or you could just make 40 and eat them all... I did that. The recipe says to bake them for 10 minutes. I usually bake cookies for 8-9 minutes. They last longer with out getting too crunchy.

This recipe has been in our family for quite some time. I hope you enjoy these yummy treats.

Just some stuff I learned

Let me just say I love Northwest University. I have made friends, joined a couple clubs and I have been blessed with an awesome roommate. My first semester was kind of crazy. With this awesome new chapter of my life there has also been a lot I have had to learn.

1. Sleep is rare and every minute counts. 
2. Being completely honest with my roommate makes things easier.
3. There is no way I can do all the homework for every class. I have to prioritize my work.
4. I love reading when it's a good book and I have time.
5. Late night food runs actually happen, quite often.
6. I am broke!!!
7. I love the floor I live on.
8. There's no curfew. (This can be good and bad)
9. I ADORE SLEEP.
10. I have gained many more wardrobes of clothes.
11. My relationship with God continues to grow.
12. 8am classes will no longer be apart of my schedule. 
13. I love Northwest

my roommate.

Christmas Favorites

Remember this? That was two years ago and is still probably one of my favorite film prints. I love the snow. It snowed in Tacoma tonight. I just got done with my first semester of college. I was sweetly surprised with how much blogging time I would actually have. Hmm. I am disappointed. Hopefully there will be more blogging in the up and coming months. I would love that.

Tacoma, WA

This Just Made My Day

Our Little Date

Seattle just got a new ferris wheel. It's rad! A couple weeks ago Mason took me on a date. We went to dinner and then he surprised me with this fun event. Seattle alone is a fun city and the ferris wheel just adds to it. I am on lucky girl. 

I love Seattle. I LOVE Tacoma. My home will probably always be Tacoma. I am excited and cannot wait to visit other cities though. God has called me to the mission of our local distresses, in the hearts of our cities. I couldn't be more excited.

Sometimes.

Sometimes all I need is a big hug.

This week has been emotionally weird. I feel as though I am being spiritually attacked. There are great things planned this week to reach out and spread Gods love and that has pretty much been the theme of this week for me. But it's definitely getting to me. I feel emotionally weak, physically weak and often times spiritually weak. I am not letting any of this get to me. God has amazing things planned and I need to be prepared for what could be thrown at me. I will stand strong in Jesus Christ. And He will get me through. If you think about it please send a quick prayer up for me.

Tomorrow I am going out with the prayer team before light house. Light house is a group on campus that goes out every Friday night and spreads Jesus' love with others in Seattle. We feed them, hear their stories and love on them. The prayer team decided to join up with them this week so tomorrow should be amazing. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us.

Tattoos

Hey guys! Today I am linking up with my friend, Lindsey. She wrote a blog on tattoos and has encouraged me to so as well. Many of you may know that I got a small tattoo a while back but something you may not know is that I aspire to get many more.

Todd drew up this tattoo if any of you are interested in his work. He is amazing!

Psalm 27:1 means a lot to me. "The Lord is my light and my salvation, so why should I be afraid. The Lord is my fortress protecting me from evil, so why should I tremble." 

When I was younger I would be terrified by "bad guys" or "monsters", and my mom would quote this scripture to me. Still to this day, there are times were spiritual warfare scares me but this scripture gets me through the hard times. I cannot count the amount of times I have quoted this out loud. 

Here are a few more photos of inspiration for my next tattoos. 

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Many weeks, months and years to come. I will be tattooed. Hope you enjoyed. Have a fabulous Wednesday.

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