David Crowder Band VIP style

so at the concert dom and i went vip and got to sit pretty close and had a great time. we also got to go backstage and while they played. it was an amazing concert.

theres this little part inside of me that says yes go for it

while the rest says no its not worth it

why cant they just ever agree

It was meant to be

Not only am i going to Passion
but i got VIP tickets to the David Crowder concert on thurday
i'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm happy everything worked out the way it did

I'm glad and happy that we are going to Passion with Fruit Cove instead of by ourselves and because we are we happened to be in the car at just the right time when the upgraded tickets to the concert and i wasnt going but who can pas up VIP tickets to DAVID CROWDER.

but now im broke but it was definitly worth it

47

I woke up this morning and it was 47 degrees
how can it be 47 degrees outside and it almost be april
i dont get weather. at one point it was feb. and 80 outside now its the end of march and 47

back in jax and ready to let these 6 weeks go by fast. i really enjoyed in my time home. got to spend some quality time with my best friend. had some family time and some friend time. did some work for God. and rested. but it went by fast. i still havent un packed anything.

going to class soon, even though i didnt do any of the reading or anything maybe i'll skim through it now.

the best of both worlds

i love
being home
having home cooked meals sleeping in my own big bed
knowing where im going
seeing some of my favorite people ever
and definitly having my bcm friends here
I also love knowing that while im at home sleeping in my comfortable bed eating home cooked meals they're sleeping on roach infested floors at the bcm at UM and eating pb&j all week
but im glad that they're here and enjoying their spring break and doing stuff for the glory of God

and im a little sunburnt but its okay
i'll live

God works through those you least expect

friendships are something you have to choose wisely and i have found that in college friends are some of the most important people around. Since my family is over 350 miles aways my friends here at school have become like my family. Its hard to go almost 3 months without seeing family but being with people who truly care about you and are willing to do anything to help has made life away from those i love dearly much easier. God has blessed me by putting wonderful amazing people into my life who challenge me daily in my faith.

over the past couple weeks the topic of discussion has been how selfish we have been lately.
we do things for our own personal glory an not the glory of God. I have felt convicted lately on why I do things
1. because my friends are there
2. because i know i'll have a good time

this past weekend i got the opportunity to do a d-now weekend with the middle and highschoolers at the church i go to. When preparing for the lesson i was going to have to teach i came uopn this

before God can use us in ministry, we need to be humble. to see who we our apart from Christ. Only when we are broken and humble can we be truly affective in ministry.



the only way for me to truly affect the girls i teach in lifegroup and the students i will come across as being a high school intern i need to humble myself. its easier said then done.

i need to be broken and humle. i need to stop resisting God and letting hin work more in my life. i need to stop being selfish and have a servants heart. I need to be like Mary who when her life was interupted by God's plan she embraced it and glorified him.



Philippians 2:5-8Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.

i was able to watch my 9th grade girls be so strong in their faith and it made me desire to be so much stronger in my faith. these girls blew my mind when we sat down for discussion. God works at the least expect times in the least expected ways

i just became very over whelmed

i have this big test on friday
And i kinda just started to study for it which is good a week before
or so i thought
i just realized how much i have to read i didnt know i took so much notes
and then i have to try and figure out what is important enough to know and what i could care less about(which is most of it)
and all i can think about is spring break and going home

i guess i can rule out spending any time on the green and naps for the rest of the week

an update on life

so i did it
i went to every class this week for the entire time too
I even missed out on camping outside of chick-fil-a to be one of the 1st hundred and get free chick-fil-a for a year.

and to add to that i have gone 31 days without any coffee or starbucks
i cant wait for 16th and outr 40 days to be up so i can enjoy a frappacino

and in one week i'll be on my way home for spring break
its been over 2 months since i've been home and i miss everone like crazy

im also excited because bcm's mission trip is to miami. there staying at UM but they're doing some work at church in miramar so i'll get to hang out with them as well which is gonna be awesome

this weekend i'm doing a retreat for the high school and middle school students at chets
i'm really excited its gonna be fun. I have my 9th grade girls who are super cool and we're gonna play some paintball if it ever stops raining.

i have 2 midterms next week
looks like i'll be spending some quality time in the library
and i'll have to find something besides starbucks to keep me awake

i have securied my spot in f305 next year with some of the coolest people ever!! i'm excited for a room with and actual kitchen, a REAL fridge, and a living room. I'm so stoked about it.

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’”

philippians 1:20-21

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

the college life for me

i am not skipping class for the rest of the semester
or at least til spring break
i feel bad that im not making school a priority
i am here to learn aren't I
so no more skipping and more time for studying and doing homework
at least im going to try