Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Why aren't there bells in college?
Time really does fly. This summer has been made for growing in not only faith and spiritual matters but in life and maturity. My last fall semester at Merced College starts on Monday and I'm not the least bit prepared, I still need textbooks, notebooks/binders, parking permit, etc.
I do however still have 15 units and luckily none of my classes were canceled due to budget cuts! My schedule will look a little like this:
Monday & Wednesday
PSYC 22 (10:00- 10:50am)
MATH 10 (12:00- 12:50pm)
ART 15 (1:00-3:15pm)
Tuesday & Thursday
PSYC 01B (9:30- 10:45am)
COMM 01 (11:00- 12:15pm)
Friday
PSYC 22 (10:00- 10:50am)
MATH 10 (12:00- 12:50pm)
I hope Merced and I can get along everyday... I highly doubt I will ever like being in Merced but I'm almost done.
I got an email from the school a few weeks ago saying that all CSU's and UC's will not be accepting Spring 2010 applications due to the budget crisis/cuts. I was totally bummed being that I want to transfer and be done with community college. I then decided that in order to stay on my parents insurance I need to be a full time student... well, it just so happens that I have 14 more units for my G.E. to be completed and to beable to recive my A.A. in Pyschology. Might as well finish and then transfer. So this October I will be applying to several CSU's (Stanislaus, Fresno, Monterey Bay, Cal Poly SLO, and a few others) I have different opinions on all and have an idea for one I would love to attend.
I do however still have 15 units and luckily none of my classes were canceled due to budget cuts! My schedule will look a little like this:
Monday & Wednesday
PSYC 22 (10:00- 10:50am)
MATH 10 (12:00- 12:50pm)
ART 15 (1:00-3:15pm)
Tuesday & Thursday
PSYC 01B (9:30- 10:45am)
COMM 01 (11:00- 12:15pm)
Friday
PSYC 22 (10:00- 10:50am)
MATH 10 (12:00- 12:50pm)
I hope Merced and I can get along everyday... I highly doubt I will ever like being in Merced but I'm almost done.
I got an email from the school a few weeks ago saying that all CSU's and UC's will not be accepting Spring 2010 applications due to the budget crisis/cuts. I was totally bummed being that I want to transfer and be done with community college. I then decided that in order to stay on my parents insurance I need to be a full time student... well, it just so happens that I have 14 more units for my G.E. to be completed and to beable to recive my A.A. in Pyschology. Might as well finish and then transfer. So this October I will be applying to several CSU's (Stanislaus, Fresno, Monterey Bay, Cal Poly SLO, and a few others) I have different opinions on all and have an idea for one I would love to attend.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Mission Springs
The bags are basically packed and the car is slowly being filled.
"Where am I going?"
Only to the best place on earth! I'm guest counseling for a week at Frontier Ranch and I can't wait! I have really regretted not working there this summer although there was plenty for me to do at home and with the covenant church to keep me busy. Boy oh boy have I missed camp!
Back to being called Sweet Pea, having amazing fellowship, and a fun filled week of bringing kids closer to God; nothing is better than that!
Also it's a Jr. High week so the girls that I will have will be somewhere in the 7th-9th grade age. Which means better and deeper conversations!
I'm ready but realized it's easier to pack for a whole summer than a week!
I'll blog about my week once I get home!
"Where am I going?"
Only to the best place on earth! I'm guest counseling for a week at Frontier Ranch and I can't wait! I have really regretted not working there this summer although there was plenty for me to do at home and with the covenant church to keep me busy. Boy oh boy have I missed camp!
Back to being called Sweet Pea, having amazing fellowship, and a fun filled week of bringing kids closer to God; nothing is better than that!
Also it's a Jr. High week so the girls that I will have will be somewhere in the 7th-9th grade age. Which means better and deeper conversations!
I'm ready but realized it's easier to pack for a whole summer than a week!
I'll blog about my week once I get home!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Friday Fun Fact
Snapple helped fund the creation of the C.H.A.M.P.S. Sports & Fitness Program, benefiting more than 15,000 NYC Public School Middle Students.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
True Story
My Parents receive a magazine called The Covenant Companion I happened to pick it up and flip through the magazine, sometimes there is an article that really catches my attention. And exactly that happened an article really caught my attention. The piece is called "Daring to Believe", written by Krista Brumberg Stevens. I want to share the key points that Stevens has made very clear.
"Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonald's makes you a hamburger."...
...Going to church doesn't make us Christian; it makes us more aware of our humanity by reminding us of a God who became human. Life in all its fragility can be simultaneously tragic and comedic. Knowing death is right around the corner, constantly, for all of us, only adds depth and nuance to it all. How foolish we are. How noble. How sad. How wonderful. How alone. How together.
We go to church to find a hand to hold or to hold ours and to be reminded that God holds us all. hold fast, dear ones, and when you can't, rest assured God is still holding your hand as firmly as you need.
This article made me think about how society has made Christianity something that it's not.
Whether you are Christian or not what are your thoughts on this?
"Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonald's makes you a hamburger."...
...Going to church doesn't make us Christian; it makes us more aware of our humanity by reminding us of a God who became human. Life in all its fragility can be simultaneously tragic and comedic. Knowing death is right around the corner, constantly, for all of us, only adds depth and nuance to it all. How foolish we are. How noble. How sad. How wonderful. How alone. How together.
We go to church to find a hand to hold or to hold ours and to be reminded that God holds us all. hold fast, dear ones, and when you can't, rest assured God is still holding your hand as firmly as you need.
This article made me think about how society has made Christianity something that it's not.
Whether you are Christian or not what are your thoughts on this?
Friday, July 3, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
WOOT WOOT!
My room is officially painted and rearranged! I absolutely love it! There are a few details that need to be completed before I will post pictures, but I promise you that it is worth the wait!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Paint
Since the beginning of time... OK well maybe not that long but ever since I moved into Courtney's old room my Senior yr of high school I have been begging to repaint it and make it my own...
After many years of failed attempts I was finally given the go ahead by my parents on Monday to paint my room now that I'm on summer break and the roof is fixed and whatever over reasons my mom and dad kept saying to wait for...
What colors am I going to paint my room?
A rosie red (it's kind of pinkish) and a light brown. The red paint is going to be on one wall and it's the wall with the door so it's kind of a focal point in the room... The brown will be on the other 2 walls/ceiling (my ceiling is curved so it would be hard to have it painted it's own color, and you're probably wondering why I said "the 2 other walls" my 4th wall is actual wood paneling)
OK, so now you're wondering what else I'm going to do to my room. I might be staining the wood paneling to a darker brown right now it's that really light wood color...
Rearranging is a must though I'm going to try a few new things out see how I like it and ya...
I'm sure there will be pictures of the whole process so sit tight and hopefully by the middle of next week it will all be done and you will get the first look.
After many years of failed attempts I was finally given the go ahead by my parents on Monday to paint my room now that I'm on summer break and the roof is fixed and whatever over reasons my mom and dad kept saying to wait for...
What colors am I going to paint my room?
A rosie red (it's kind of pinkish) and a light brown. The red paint is going to be on one wall and it's the wall with the door so it's kind of a focal point in the room... The brown will be on the other 2 walls/ceiling (my ceiling is curved so it would be hard to have it painted it's own color, and you're probably wondering why I said "the 2 other walls" my 4th wall is actual wood paneling)
OK, so now you're wondering what else I'm going to do to my room. I might be staining the wood paneling to a darker brown right now it's that really light wood color...
Rearranging is a must though I'm going to try a few new things out see how I like it and ya...
I'm sure there will be pictures of the whole process so sit tight and hopefully by the middle of next week it will all be done and you will get the first look.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Remember how I mentioned giving my testimony at church a few Sunday mornings ago?
I still can't believe I did it.
I surprisingly was not the least bit nervous... (I always get nervous when speaking in front of large crowds... microphones scare me, (all last summer every Sunday we would have to introduce ourselves in front of more than the whole camp because parents, grandparents, siblings were all there too, I would become very, very nervous after lunch before campers and families arrived) my voice gets all shaky which makes me more nervous and then I get choked up because it's not going the way I wished it had) I got ready for church, making sure to eat breakfast... nothing is worse than being hungry in church time seems to slow down and you just pay more attention to the grumbling of your tummy than to the sermon and message God intends for you to hear.
Anyways, my parents and I arrive at church (the whole across the street walk we have seemed like nothing and out of a natural habit) we were greeted and found seats I insisted on sitting closest to the aisle. I then proceeded to read the church bulletin (it has an outline for the service) my name was four lines down (definitely did not expect to see my name that close to the top of the page). That is when I thought, "What did I get myself into?". We heard the announcements, sang 1 song, prayed, (right about now I was shaking my nerves were catching up to me) Scripture was read...
I was introduced to the congregation...
As I walked up the steps to the pulpit, I was more than nervous, all eyes were on me!
"Good morning" I started out listening to my own voice shake. "I was asked to share my life story, but as you all have watched me grow up and have guided me in my walk with Christ; I decided to share with you my journey." By this time I think I got teary eyed from being nervous, I'm such a girl!
"In high school I felt a calling into the ministries from God, I've always been good with the youth so it just stuck as where God wants me to be in the future. I got very involved by volunteering with the youth programs at church. That was just the beginning of God's plan for me. I became the Youth Intern for Janelle awhile after I started college. I was her intern for a little over a year. I felt God calling me to do greater things outside of the church, so I applied and got the position to be a counselor at a Christian Camp called Frontier Ranch, I grew as the campers asked questions, I witnessed hundreds of youth accepting Christ in their hearts, and helped teach them ways to use their newly founded relationship with Christ outside of camp, and how to grow and build on that relationship. While at camp I discovered that Azusa Pacific University had accepted my application to attend in the fall. While I was attending APU I was given many obstacles and seemed like I was at a disadvantage. It was probably the best thing that God could do for me because, I had never relied in God as much as I did in that semester at Azusa. Jeremiah 29:12-14 says 'In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you, says the Lord. i will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.' I wound up finding my way back home and only God knows why. I chose not to take a semester off and get back to my academics so I registered for a few classes at Merced College. Currently I have been helping with the high school youth group. I will be assisting or co-directing Fun In The Son. In my future I hope to graduate with my associate's in psychology, transfer to a state college (which ever one will have me) to get my Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, after that I plan on getting my Masters of Divinity. Who knows I may be back, standing behind this pulpit giving the sermon one day."
I still can't believe I did it.
I surprisingly was not the least bit nervous... (I always get nervous when speaking in front of large crowds... microphones scare me, (all last summer every Sunday we would have to introduce ourselves in front of more than the whole camp because parents, grandparents, siblings were all there too, I would become very, very nervous after lunch before campers and families arrived) my voice gets all shaky which makes me more nervous and then I get choked up because it's not going the way I wished it had) I got ready for church, making sure to eat breakfast... nothing is worse than being hungry in church time seems to slow down and you just pay more attention to the grumbling of your tummy than to the sermon and message God intends for you to hear.
Anyways, my parents and I arrive at church (the whole across the street walk we have seemed like nothing and out of a natural habit) we were greeted and found seats I insisted on sitting closest to the aisle. I then proceeded to read the church bulletin (it has an outline for the service) my name was four lines down (definitely did not expect to see my name that close to the top of the page). That is when I thought, "What did I get myself into?". We heard the announcements, sang 1 song, prayed, (right about now I was shaking my nerves were catching up to me) Scripture was read...
I was introduced to the congregation...
As I walked up the steps to the pulpit, I was more than nervous, all eyes were on me!
"Good morning" I started out listening to my own voice shake. "I was asked to share my life story, but as you all have watched me grow up and have guided me in my walk with Christ; I decided to share with you my journey." By this time I think I got teary eyed from being nervous, I'm such a girl!
"In high school I felt a calling into the ministries from God, I've always been good with the youth so it just stuck as where God wants me to be in the future. I got very involved by volunteering with the youth programs at church. That was just the beginning of God's plan for me. I became the Youth Intern for Janelle awhile after I started college. I was her intern for a little over a year. I felt God calling me to do greater things outside of the church, so I applied and got the position to be a counselor at a Christian Camp called Frontier Ranch, I grew as the campers asked questions, I witnessed hundreds of youth accepting Christ in their hearts, and helped teach them ways to use their newly founded relationship with Christ outside of camp, and how to grow and build on that relationship. While at camp I discovered that Azusa Pacific University had accepted my application to attend in the fall. While I was attending APU I was given many obstacles and seemed like I was at a disadvantage. It was probably the best thing that God could do for me because, I had never relied in God as much as I did in that semester at Azusa. Jeremiah 29:12-14 says 'In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you, says the Lord. i will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land.' I wound up finding my way back home and only God knows why. I chose not to take a semester off and get back to my academics so I registered for a few classes at Merced College. Currently I have been helping with the high school youth group. I will be assisting or co-directing Fun In The Son. In my future I hope to graduate with my associate's in psychology, transfer to a state college (which ever one will have me) to get my Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, after that I plan on getting my Masters of Divinity. Who knows I may be back, standing behind this pulpit giving the sermon one day."
Gary Indiana
Ok well maybe not... My best friend since 4th grade was in California this past week to celebrate her 21st and to show a friend around some northern seen and unseen parts of California. I got to see her briefly during her visit home. I really wish I could have done more with her but it just happened to be my finals week... ugh! Tomorrow she and her friend are flying back to Indiana (where they go to school). She will be graduating a semester early and moving back home before Christmas! It's great news for me since I'll still be home finishing up at Merced College. So today I said "goodbye and see you in 6 months!"
Now, how much do you think a one way plane ticket would cost to go to Indiana in December?....
Now, how much do you think a one way plane ticket would cost to go to Indiana in December?....
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