New Church

I don't post much anymore, and it's not because there isn't stuff going on, it's because I don't have time. The month of October has been spent writing papers and just trying to get through every day without getting sick or burnt out. 4 papers are/were due in the month of October 3 of which are thankfully completed. I'm about to start the 4th one after I finish this blog post. Then I have 1 paper, a matrix, and some research due in the month of November, and mostly all in the beginning of the month so November should calm down and i can finally clear my head and enjoy the holidays.

I started going to a new church if I didn't post about it already. It was a hard decision because I do have a history with the church i was going to previously, it was the first church i went to when i first moved to North Carolina and I got pretty involved and developed some great relationships. But, recently I've felt like my growth has slowed and going to the church seemed to be more of a requirement than wanting to go and being excited to go. So after much thought and prayer I decided to try a contemporary Nazarene church i had seen a few months ago, and I love it. The church is more contemporary than i'm used to but it's speaking to me in ways i've never been spoken to before. I'm learning and growing so much more in my relationship with Christ and finding that there are more ways i can serve this church more so than my old one. My new church is so focused on the community and is excited that i am in the social work profession because I can contribute some great ideas for how to assist the community. I feel important and like I've finally found where God wants me for the time being.

I also love the sermons they are so intriguing and I've been able to apply them to my life more so than any other sermon I've had growing up! I'm actually super sad that I am missing church this week (I woke up feeling achey and pukey figured it would best to stay home and rest so as not to be sick this week) and I can't wait to be back next week to learn more about relationships, the sermon series we are doing right now (aka THE BIG BANG THEORY!). Please pray that God continues to bless my new church and myself as I embark on this new journey, I'm so excited and I'm hopeful that I will have so many great things to share with you in the coming months and years as I get connected with this new church.

That's pretty much it for right now. Hope all is well for anyone who reads this.

Sermon Quotes

To whom something is given something is required! What is your respond ability?

Smile it increases your face value :)

I just have to say I love the sayings on Dove Chocolate wrappers they can make my day so much better. My title is just one of the sayings and it was what I needed today.

Hard to believe we are already half way through the month of September, soon it will be October and then November and that means Thanksgiving, family, and SHOPPING for Christmas!!!!! I haven't seen my dad since May and will be so excited when November comes because it means I get to see him again. Of course I can't wait to see my mom either but I saw her more recently because she visits more often.

Life is life these days. Missing Olivet right now because Ollies Follies just occurred and it was one of my favorite times of the year when I was a student there but I'm glad I was a student there at all and that I got to meet so many awesome people.

And now I have nothing else to say...

Hope life is well wherever you are today, God bless!

Writers block?

It's weird how I can write a blog post for my school's website and make it sound all great but then I come to write my post on my personal blog and my words get all jumbled and sound ridiculous.

Graduate school turns my brain into mush by the end of the day that's all I have to say.

Boy life just got completely chaotic. In the past week I have

* Signed on to volunteer at Duke again, I miss that place and my kids they definitely hold a piece of my heart
* Started classes and homework. I got one assignment completed that is not due until November!
* Got a new job. I'll be working as a building monitor for the School of Social Work at UNC from 5-9 one day a week at $13.00 an hour and picking up extra shifts when people have conflicts. I will make 52.00 in one night, that will definitely help with the extra money I need to pay to UNC.
* Officially started back at the hospital on a new schedule.
* Scheduled my residency appeal hearing for September 7th, please pray about this! I've been trying to get residency since beginning school for tuition purposes and have been repeatedly denied


Sorry no pictures to post, I've not had much time on my hands to take good pictures. Hopefully I remember my camera one of these days.

So Long Summer

So long summer see you next year. The end of summer is always sad for me because it means I have 3 more seasons until it's my birthday again and a lot more traffic on UNC campus to the point of insanity. I start classes next week and soon my life will transition into a new routine. The start of classes mean that the holidays and visitors are closer and closer as well. My parents are coming to North Carolina for thanksgiving and as it stands at this point I will be traveling up to Michigan for the Christmas holiday. After Christmas comes more class and job hunting as well as preparing to apply for my social work license and take the required and then graduation! For now I'm going to go out on the porch, read Eat, Pray, Love and enjoy one of the final evenings of summer. Thanks summer for being so good to me i hope you treat me good next year too.

H-A-P-P-Y

Let's see. Life in my world is a crazy hectic ball of fun....ha ha. In all seriousness though I actually am having the time of my life. Sure there are days that I don't get home until 7:30 at night and people think I'm personally out to make their hospital stay horrible (my job is to provide resources and help the hospital stay go easier but some people tend to think otherwise), but I love what I am doing. When I look back I realize how God has always had the pieces of my life puzzle fall into place leading me to where I am today, but of course a few years ago if someone were to tell me I was going to be a social worker I would have laughed in their face because I had my heart set on being a nurse. But of course God cleared a different path and here I am getting my masters degree in social work and working at an amazing internship that has challenged me in every way possible but that has also been so personally rewarding and I go home with so many good things to say even if there were also many bad things that went on during the day.

Lately, I have also had the pleasure of going to Charlotte and visiting my brother and his family last weekend. It was so nice to get away from everything for a little over a day and enjoy just being ME for a while. My brother and I played Cabela's Big Game Hunter in the Wii until 1:30 and the morning, just the two of us and I honestly don't remember the last time that it was just the two of us hanging out, we had a blast. I also was able to go brunch with them and went to an awesome (and very expensive, thank goodness I didn't have to pay!) restaurant called The Terrace Cafe that had S'mores french toast and fresh squeezed OJ, I was a very happy girl :). Then to top of the day my sister in-law had my brother bring home food from my favorite restaurant BRAVO! and I about died with excitement and the food as always was amazing. Pictures of my nephew and I will be posted soon (I just tried to post and something is messed up)

How's my attempt at blogging? I feel like my blog is boring, I'm not very good with words when it comes to informal writing.