3 Days :D

In 3 days and a couple short hours we will be leaving for Hato Mayor! I am so excited and have so much anticipation for all that God has planned! My prayer is His will to be done on this trip and to open my eyes and heart even more to him. It is hard to not have high expectations for certain things to happen on this trip but I am praying that we all have open hearts to what God has planned and to not let our own wants get in the way of that. Thank you to all my followers that have prayed for our group! I can't wait to tell all the great stories and share pictures! :D

Countdown: 7 DAYS!!! AHH

By this time next Saturday I will be at the church probably getting ready to go to sleep because we will be leaving for the airport at 4 A.M. I can't believe it is so close! I have been waiting for this day for 7 almost 8 months! I'm so excited for all the things God has instore for our group! Gah! I still can't believe I am going to the Dominican Republic! I am so ready to go and meet our youth group Compassion child Rosa! We get to spend a day with her just playing and meeting her family and visiting her home! I can't even express the excitement and joy I have for this trip!

This is where I am heading

Countdown to the Domincan Republic!!!!!

I am going to start counting down my days till I am on a plane leaving for the Domincan Republic. I am going on a 7 day missions trip with Meeting God in Missions! This will be my 4th mission trip and my second "over seas" trip. My first was to Tijuana, Mexico way back in 2008 when I was only 14. I have grown in my faith a lot since then and I can't wait to experience all God has in store for our group. We leave June 19th very super early in the morning. We have a group consisting of 17 girls, 21 boys, and 8 leaders. Prayers for group unity and continue growth in Christ and safe travels would be so lovely. Especially travel since our group had to be split into 2 seperate groups so the boys have to travel up to Buffalo, NY to fly out while us girls only have to go to Pittsburgh, PA.

"Secret Life"

It's monday March 28 and what does that mean?? It means that the spring premiere of Secret Life of the American Teenager is tonight! To begin, I love this show, I am addicted! But it does raise questions in my mind.... It makes me think about how often teen pregnancy happens now a days, and it is soo common that it doesn't even surprise people when it happens! That should be alarming, like what has this world come to? About 900,000 teen girls between the age of 15-19 get pregnant ever year. That is jaw dropping! Then on top of that an American girl gets pregnant at a rate of 12 times higher than that of a girl in the Netherlands. Wow! Then there is the issue of STD's which 3 million, yes million, teenagers are infected with a STD each year in the U.S.! What happened to modesty, and purity! Why do people/ more importantly teenagers risk all that for the tiniest bit of pleasure? I just don't understand.

Day five: A favorite quote



'A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

                                                                       - C.S. Lewis

I love this quote mainly because it reminds me that I am not in control. I don't control God and I am not God. God is always going to reign and he will always be God no matter what we do! He will always get glorified in the end even if we don't personally do it. But I personally am gonna praise him because of all he has done for me and he is my best friend! He deserves all the praise I can give!

Day four: A favorite band

hmmm... I have a lot of favorite bands to choose from. Hmm.. I guess I'll go with the one I've been really listening a lot to lately. and that is............................... THIRD DAY!!! I've just connected with all of their songs lately! Especially "show me your glory". It has just been another prayer of mine! Mac Powell's voice is soo unique and powerful and it just shoots right through me and gives me the chills! I absolutely love them!