Spring Break 2009...Skeeeeeeeeeeweek!!

My spring break did not start off the way I thought it would. Collin and I were planning a trip to Oregon to see Steve and Chelsea. Really late Thursday night Collin texted me and I found out that we were not going to be able to go. I was really sad. My spring break plans got cancelled the day before spring break started. Boo. I was not looking forward to the break too much after that, but that all changed after Friday night. A bunch of friends came over to my house to eat and watch the basketball game. It was such a good time. We played mad gab, watched the game, played and sang music really loud, and had some good conversation. It was an amazing night! Also that night I found out for sure that I could go to the beach with some friends.

So, Monday morning Kyle, Zeke, Cole, Lizzie, and I left for Bo's house in Ft. Walton. I don't know that I stopped laughing the entire time we were gone. The beach was great and we had a ton of fun together. As soon as everyone left each other I was already missing them a lot!(We actually made plans 3 hours after leaving one another to hang out today...haha) So, thus far I have had a really great spring break even though I thought it would not be so good. I am really excited to see what the rest of the week holds when Lizzie, Mrs. Wright, my mom, and I go back to the beach!!

Life as of Late

Can I just say that life is AMAZING right now? There are so many great things going on! 

Lent started last week. It is not only a time of fasting, but a time of being intentional about sharing Christ(we are to be doing this all the time anyway) and about spending time in prayer. Last week I went to an Ash Wednesday service. It was beautiful. There were lots of traditions that played a part in that service. When tradition is done with the right intentions I think it is one of the most beautiful things! During the service I felt such a deep connection with those around me. That service marked the start of forty days of really trying to deepen our relationships with Christ. It was amazing to be around so many people that wanted the same thing! I was very encouraged. Where I go to church we have been sharing in our lent experiences together. We have  a blog going where we can all study part of God's word together. I really feel that this is what the church is supposed to be. It is about people 

coming together in person, on facebook, via blogs, or through random texts messages and sharing in the journey of being a follower of Christ. I am really looking forward to the next thirty or so days!

Lately I have been "finding myself." I think it is so neat when you can see things in your life start to come together. I love basketball! I have always known this somewhere inside of me, but lately it has really started to take form. I have found amazing friends that want to play a couple times a week and I love that! I got the chance to coach a little girls team and that gave me some really good experience(especially considering I want to be a high school coach one day). Also, I love teaching. Through coaching I get to teach. I love to help people gain knowledge. I am really beginning to see why God put the desire in my heart for basketball, coaching, teaching, history, and oppressed people. All of these things are going to(and are already) work together in my life. God has given me the passion of each of these things I it is amazing to see how they are all are beginning to interact with one another. 

Speaking of oppression and my desire to help those in bad situations...In a little over a month some friends and I are going to be hanging out and sharing a meal with a bunch of people in Opelika. We want to break some social and cultural barriers that stop us from being friends with people who are different from us. Everyone needs their basic needs met: whether that means getting a meal or making a friend.....So through this picnic we want everyone to get  a little more of their needs met, at least for that day, and we hope to continue doing things like this in the future. 

On another note I have made some amazing friends in Auburn! I love them all so much and I am so thankful that they are in my life!

I know this blog is all over the place, but that's where I am right now. I have so many things I want to write about, but I just don't know how to express everything I am feeling. I just want to say that God is faithful and that he knows exactly what is going on. Often times I forget this, but He always finds a way to remind me.