Birthday Surprises!

I have the most amazing friends! I had a suprise birthday party and then this awesome video Daniel made!
Best version of Happy Birthday I have ever seen! This guy should be famous already!
22 was a good age, but I'm so excited about all that 23 will bring!

Be Near, Oh God.

I went to Haiti two years ago, and these are some pictures from my trip.  Haitian people are tough, strong , brave , and tenacious. Most of them have been suffering for decades and decades.  Been thinking alot about these kids and the people that I met there. Pray for Haiti.

Be Near, Oh God, You're Nearness is to us our good.

Give me your arms for the broken hearted. Ones that are far beyond my reach.

Give me your heart for the ones forgotten.  Give me your eyes so I can see

Pray for the trapped, pray for the hurt. Send your money to organizations sending medical help.

Set the World on Fire

I am small but You are big enough
I am weak but
You are strong enough to
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
There`s nothing I can not do

I wanna feed the hungry children
And reach across the farthest land
And tell the broken there is healing
And mercy in the Father`s hands

My hands my feet
My everything
My life, my love
Lord, use me

Even the rocks cry out.

There is not one square inch of the entire creation where Christ does not cry out "This is Mine!, This belongs to Me!"

One More MONTH!

I can't believe that in one more month, my entire life is going to change.  I am expecting to be completely ruined for the ordinary.  The fear of the unknown is creeping up, but I am clinging onto the fact that perfect love cast out fear!  When I sit and think too long about how big God is my mind almost explodes.  For New Years Eve I couldn't help but think about where I was last year at this exact time.  I was just graduating from Texas Tech, moving to a new city, and starting my first real big grown up job.  Those where the only things I knew were the definites in my life.  I could have never predicted that I would meet a group of Brazilians and go to Brazil and through all that God would use to completely change me, or that I would have my spleen and gallbladder removed that would heal me of anemia and so many health problems I have had the last 22 years of my life.  Also, I could never have guessed the people that I would meet, like my friend Dee that is 30 years older and a billion years wiser than me who would teach me and disciple me and become one of my best friends, or that I would bond so much with a bunch of junior high and high school kids!  If God had laid out for me the things that I would see and do this year on New Years Eve last year, I still wouldn't have believed him.  It is just mind blowing to think about all the details that he has planned for this year.  I will be on a completely different continent this time next year and I'm excited to be able to look back and just laugh it up saying "Wow, God, only you could have planned a year like that."  I'm just along for the ride....we have a saying in the youth that use to bug the crap out of me but now I realize it's so true, "don't anticipate, just participate."  I'm ready to participate, and I'm ready to be ruined completely where my life song is to live it up in such a way that God gets every amount of fame and glory.  It's going to be a crazy year!