Finally! Wooo Hooo!

So my sister has been hounding me about posting a new blog since...well, since I posted the one with the picture of the lady behind the desk with all those papers! In my defense, I didn't have the internet for over a month. After that...I have a few excuses that youwld work but for the most part, I just haven't got around to posting a new one...SO here I am.

Life continues to be a winding road. I would love to post more abou twhat is going on right now but I will have to save the details for another day. I promise I will post more when I can. On another note, renovations are continuing. The guest bathroom is almost complete and now we have moved on the the kitchen. It have been very fun but a lot of work. I was going to post a pic but I decided to wait until the bathroom is complete. That should happen this week. So, I guess I bettergo for now. I promise I will post again...this Week!

Only Two Left!

So, I am down to my last test and my last paper! How excited am I? Well, I woke up this morning at 8, which was nice, so that I could pack up all my stuff and get it loaded in my car. I finished in 15 minutes, which is crazy, so now I am just waiting. My final isn't until 1!!! What in the world am I going to do until then?

The most exciting part is that I officially get to move back into my house today! I have been living with the nicest people ever over the last couple of months during the week and then I go home on the weekends. It has truly been crazy but we have made it to the end!

I will give you an update tomorrow on our lives! Make it a great day!

PRACTICUMS!

So I went to my final practicum today. I taught a group of fourth grade students some new games on probability. There were five of us teaching so there were five groups of students. The students were all around bad but I guess that is thanks to the time of year. My good friend Kasey had a group of students that decided it was a good idea to start a fist fight! Unbelievable! Am I sure that I want to do this???

FINAL EXAMS!

Well, the time has come to finish off the semester off with projects and final exams. Can i just say that I am soooo ready to be done! I have one final, one ginormous project, one teaching presentation, one report, and one paper left! piece of cake!

I promise I will be better about the posting thing this summer. Who knows, perhaps I will write every day!

Faith

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
Hebrews 11:1

Faith...I often ask myself what is so complicated about having faith. The bible lays it out for us that we are to have faith. So what is so hard about this? Well, I guess the answer is that it is hard to have faith in things that we can't see. A quote from "Santa Clause" the movie says ...Have you ever see one million dollars? (no) Just because you have never seen it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist." What a thought. He, of course, was talking about Santa Clause but I see it as something that can be used in our Christian Walk. God has actually made it a bit easier for us because his word says that you can not look at the wonderful creations in this world and not know that HE exists. Nicola has a picture of a beautiful sunset on her page and she has labeled it as one of Gods many glorious creations. That is what that scripture is talking about. I say all of this to explain what this verse means to me. Often times I say that I have faith but I continue to question what God is doing. This verse reminds me that faith is more than just saying that you believe...its living that belief out through your actions. Sometimes I go through my list of prayer requests and I hand pick certain things that I continue to worry about. Its like I tell God...you can have this one...and this one...and this one...but I am going to hang on to this one because I think that I can deal with it better than you . WHAT?!?!?! I should turn EVERYTHING over to him and have faith that he will work it out according to his divine plan.

This verse was part of my reading this morning and I just felt like posting it. I hope it speaks to you as it spoke to me.

Womens Retreat '08

Well, I made it through a busy weekend. On Friday I went to Falls Creek to attend the 2008 Womens Retreat. It was really great but it definately came with its obstacles. Women are seriously territorial!

Somehow our paperwork got lost so we had no where to stay. They put us in a really nice cabin right next to the taberbackle! YEAH!!! We attended a break-out session and then the key-note speaker session on Friday night. The speaker was very wonderful! Her name is Jennifer Rothschild and she was diagnosed with an eye disease at age 15 and soon after became completely blind. Her testimoney is incredible and she has written several books that you all must check out. Here is her story:

Jennifer understands what it means to live by faith and not by sight. At the young ate of fifteen, Jennifer was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative eye disease that would eventually steal her sight. It was more than a turning point. Her dreams of becoming a commercial artist and cartoonist faded. Words and music have replaced her canvas and palette for more than 25 years.Jennifer has taken her message of encouragement across the country speaking at national and regional gatherings of busy professionals, dedicated volunteers, and overwhelmed moms and dads. Jennifer has been a featured speaker for the nations largest conference for women, Women of Faith, and has teamed up with Beth Moore and others to lead national women's conferences. Thousands have come away with a new vision for their work, their family, and their future.

As the evening service was complete and we made it back to our cabin, we discussed that we would grap all of our snack goods and bring them to a central area in the cabin. We did as we had discussed only to find that as soon as we put our stuff down in a corner, we were receiving several dirty looks. One lady even pushed a couch so far back into the corner that we were almost trapped... rude! We quickly discovered that we may not be welcomed there. We moved our little party upstairs and had our group devotion! Their loss...i guess.

Saturday went great too. It was a long trip home due to all the construction in Pauls Valley but whats new about that? I finally made it home and much to my surprise...my husband aactually cleaned the house! yeah, thats right ladies... he moved all the little stacks of stuff from a visual position in the house to a position behind a closed door. Well, at least he tried!

Sunday was a great and beautiful day. We had a great service on Sunday morning about jahing joy and it quickly reminded me that we should have joy in every aspect of our lives, not just the positive ones. Because of that, I should be looking at my inability to live in my own house a blessing because I will now graduate in December 2008 rather than December 2009. What a blessing! I also get to spend an incredible amount of time with the Winn's and they are definately mentors to Andrew and I. Joy should come in every situation because we should have joy knowing that we are going to spend an eternity with our savior. If He went through all that pain and suffering for me, I should be grateful and joyful that I will spend my life on earth praising his beautiful name.

Going home...

ok, so i made it through my day with nothing as exciting as yesterday. I am in the middle of working on a group project but the "group" part of the equation seems to be missing. I am not sure why but it always seems to happen to me! Anyway... I have been working pretty much round the clock to finish the project. The maddness will soon end because tomorrow is the big day. We give our presentation at 9:30! I think it will be especially great!

My life continues to grow busier and busier. I did, however, find out that I may not have to take a summer class! That means that I will be free as a bird this summer...well sorta! Ok, not at all but it will be great to get to live with my husband again.

Oh how I look forward to the days that I get to go home...