Cheerio Ole' Chap!

Here is a picture of the entire forever sports team!!  Myself and Rebecka from Sweden (who has made it very clear that she is uninterested in country music....I have 2 years with this girl...we will see how she feels about it at the end of 2012!) Together, we are networking with churches and sports organizations and providing platforms for people to come and join the outreach for the Olympics in 2012.  

Things I have learned in the last month in England.

-As much as I have resisted...it is hard not to naturally say football now when referring to soccer...I've CONFORMED!!

-Never trust the weatherman...so called "sunny" days are a tease...they should just do a month forecast and copy and paste "cold and rainy" on every day of the week.  I haven't de-thawed since I have arrived.

-Saying "my pants are dirty" is actually is referring to your underware...trousers, always say trousers.

-mocking the english accent by saying "bloody" and "cheerio" all the time doesn't help the whole making friends process.

-4 cups of tea in one day is a low count for the day

-Fish and Chips is the meal to eat here...sad when you have your hopes up for fish and doritos and they bring out Fish and Fries...Chips=Fries.

--There is alot of work to be done and only 24 hours in one day.

--I officially work for Youth With a Meeting.
--Having a chat with a friend over a cup of hot tea make bad days, good and good days, better!

--Football  Soccer is an international language. 

--On my own strength, I'm worthless. In my weakness...He is strongest.

--I'm not wise enough, creative enough, bold enough to do this task...God provides so much grace.

--The nations are already in London, in one area we will work there are 67 different languages spoken in one school.

--God is going to be known and famous in this City.

Gordon Keith's uncomfortable interview with Zach Galifianakis

I can't explain why, but everytime I watch this video, I just can't stop laughing!

Matt Chandler on Leading Your Church and Yourself through Suffering

Good Quotes

"Best-case scenario is that God heals you. . . . Worst-case scenario, honestly, is that you get killed in a car wreck on your way home today."

"Nothing’s really changed for you—you just get to be aware that you’re mortal. Everyone is, but they’re just not aware of it. The gift that God’s given you is that you get to be aware of your mortality."

288 months OLD and 23 trips around the sun!

Surfing in Australia

Cape Town, South Africa

Semi-Finals of the World Cup. Netherlands vs. Uruguay

African Safari.

Quarter Finals Argentina vs. Germany....Vamos Argentina!

South African Safari!

Magazine Photoshoot! We're FAMOUS!

Sydney Tower, We were in the Sydney Newspaper here!

Sydney, Australia

Skydiving!

Ice Climbing in New Zealand

Bungy Swing, New Zealand

Skiing in the Swiss Alps!

24 years old today!  I remember when I was 18 thinking…man, 24 year olds are so old, and yet here I am reaching old age and loving every minute of it!  I have decided I really like birthdays, because it means I went through one more year of learning from my stupidity and realizing more and more that I really don't know much.  At 18, I thought I knew alot and had life figured out....so now, I can look back respond back to my 18 year old self..."oh yeah, well I think 18 year olds are stupid because you already know everything!" I just pray that each birthday I can look back at the last year and see growth in wisdom and humility!  So conclusion, Birthdays are great! My life completely changed last year, so I'm challenging 24 to try and beat 23! 

I pulled a few photos from my life this last year to remember the crazy adventures of 23! I can’t believe I was able to surf in Australia, go on an African Safari, attend a few world cup games, skydive, bungy and ice climb in New Zealand, and ski in the Swiss Alps!  I look at the places I have been and it really feels like I completed a life time bucket list in one year!  I have learned so much from these adventures like Learning more of what it means to be in awe of the Creator. Watching the violent waves crash against the shores of Australia and Africa and sitting in wonder of the power and majesty just in His pinky.  Or noticing how the mountains of Switzerland and the Sunsets of New Zealand seem to be God’s way of exclaiming “This is mine, this belongs to me!” that Creation is pointing to a creator and then in turn having a desire to not be out done by a rock.  Learning what worshiping as a lifestyle looks like and learning about fear of the Lord.  While on the African Safari, the Lion demanded my attention.  I couldn’t keep my eyes off of them, there was a fear of them but not in a oh crap that animal could destroy me sort of way, but a fear as in an awe inspiring, powerful sort of way.  The term “Lion of Judah” was brought to life!

Yes, I have seen a lot of cool things this year and I feel extremely blessed, but all of those things fail in comparison when placed against the fact that I was able to know God and make Him known among the nations!  The other things were almost worthless in comparison!  The adrenaline rush fades, the soccer team I love so much will lose, the snow will melt, but the word of the Lord is eternal.  The things I was able to see God move and restore and renew was so much greater than I could ever describe on paper!  The friendships I have made this year and the people I have grown to love is what I will look back at in 50 years and remember how life changing 23 was!  I pray that next year, I will look back at this point and get to pray “wow, God, I thought I knew you then.”  That God would continue to reveal himself and overwelm me with his love that I can’t help but share it with others!  Here’s to the 24^th time around the sun! OLE!

Tech Girls Reunion 2010

Here is a video I made of our recent Texas Tech Girls reunion...it is amazing to know that through the years there will always be friends that are there for a season and then gone the next, but then there are those rare friendships that are created in a crucial point in your life and through each season of life, no matter where you are in the world, you know they aren't going anywhere...that is what these girls are to me! I love yall!

A Merry Christmas to everybody! A Happy New Year to the world!

"Good news of great joy that will be for all the people" -- Luke 2:10 
To My friends around the world!


Swiss/German/Pennsylvania Dutch friends - Froehliche Weihnachten
Danish Friends - Gladelig Jul
Finnish Friends - Hyvaa joulua
Brazilian Friends - Feliz Natal 
Korean Friends - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
South African Friends - Een Plesierige Kerfees
Venezuelan/Argentinean/Mexican/Spanish friends - Feliz Navidad
Chinese Friends - Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
French Friends - Joyeux Noel
American/Canadian/Australian Friends - MERRY CHRISTMAS!


I love yall and miss you!  I hope next year will be your best year ever! 

The Power of Your Name.

Surely children weren’t made for the streets
And fathers were not made to leave
Surely this isn’t how it should be, let Your Kingdom come

Surely nations were not made for war
Or the broken meant to be ignored
Surely this just can’t be what You saw
Let Your Kingdom come, here in my heart

And I will live to carry on compassion
To love a world that’s broken, to be Your hands and feet
And I will give with the life that I’ve been given and go beyond religion
To see the world be changed by the power of Your name

Surely life wasn’t made to regret
And the lost were not made to forget
Surely faith without action is dead
Let Your Kingdom come, Lord break this heart

Jesus Your name is a shelter for the hurting
Your name is a refuge for the weak
Only Your name can redeem the undeserving
Jesus Your name holds everything I need