Yesterday, Yesterday, Yesterday. Wow! God really moved yesterday throughout the whole day. Firstly, we went on our outreach to the Hope House and just hung out with these amazing teen moms and their babies. We just got to know the girls and built relationships with them. It was just so amazing to see how strong these girls were to keep their babies, it was just incredible. After that we went to a christian rail jam in Denver, which was SO sweet. It was awesome to see all these sick boarders! After that was the best part of the day. At 10 pm we went out in the busiest and craziest part of downtown Denver and evangelized til 2am. I can easily say that was the scariest, most uncomfortable, stretching, moving experience of my entire life. The streets we walked on were filled, literally FILLED with night clubs and bars and there was people swarming the streets. And to top things off it was zombie night so there was all these drunk people walking around in these creepy bloody zombie costumes. We started praying and talking to these random people outside of the bars and it was just incredible. God really moved last night. I experienced the holy spirit in a whole new way and I was really stretched outside my comfort zone which was so cool. By the end of the night I was talking to anyone and everyone about God and what they believed in, and I got into some really amazing conversations that hopefully stirred something in their hearts. God is indescribable and is so alive and real! I encourage anyone and everyone to go spread the love of Jesus to anyone and everyone. We are called to further His Kingdom!

Mark 16:15 says,  ’And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. ‘

God, show me your love. Help me to see that my life is just as valuable and precious in your eyes as everyone else’s. Even though I sometimes feel like I’ve been living a sheltered comfortable life, I know that you have a plan for me even when I stray away from your will. Help me to live out your will and listen and obey the plans you have for me. Thank you for the grace you’ve poured down on me and for your forgiving spirit. Lord, I love you. Please reveal yourself to me in new ways. Give me boldness and strength in my faith, and help me to persevere and stay strong even when it gets hard. Give me the courage to live out your plans and stay firm in what I believe. Thank you for your patience with me Lord. Thank you for giving me the community here at Timberline where I can be real, and be me. And continue to help us grow and open up to each other. Give us the strength to know what words to say and kindness and love to stretch out to one another. Give us forgiving hearts and loving spirits. Give us wisdom in the tough times Lord. We love you and thank you for all you’ve done for us. In your name I pray, Amen. 

Tomorrow I will be starting the next 9 months of my life! I’m sitting in my bed crying because i already miss my friends, and my family more than i thought i would! As soon as my mommy came to tuck me in for the last time before I leave i broke down…i rely on my mom for everything..i tell her everything..she helps me with everything and when i feel sick or sad shes always the first one to make me feel better. My mom and my dad have been there since day one and i couldn’t have ever asked for better parents! They’ve definitely shaped who I am today! Even now, as im following their footsteps and going to Bible School like they did when they were my age, I know that they’re proud of me and watching me grow and walk with Christ in this next stage of life i’m about to embark on! God bless you everyone! And pray for me as I’m taking a leap of faith and stepping out of my comfort zone to start an incredible journey for the next 9 months of my life! Sorry ya’ll for invading your dash but I just had to let that one of my system before i go to sleep!! <3

new.

I’m leaving everything I know and feel comfortable with in less than 2 weeks. I’m going to a foreign place with new people and new life experiences. Its the scariest and most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my life so far. I can’t believe I’ll be leaving everyone and everything behind for a whole year and almost starting entirely fresh with all new people and life experiences. Although I am going with a friend of mine, I know that the most comforting part of going on this journey is knowing that God will be there with me, helping me grow into a better woman of God. I hope and pray that although it’ll be hard leaving everything I know behind, that I will be able to confidently take a step out of my comfort zone and make my next year at bible school the best it can be. It’s an amazing experience I need embrace, I need to be brave and take a leap of faith knowing that God has a plan for me this next year. 

got to meet one of my future classmates for next year at bible school! Getting SO pumped…only 27 more days until COLORADO!! 

the little things.

Today, while I was at work, this man in the drive thru asked to pay for the car behind him. Its not often that someone pays for another car, but on the rare occasion that it does they usually ask how much the cars order is and pay for a small coffee or something little like that, but this man without asking just took out his debit and payed for the ladies 11 dollar order (considering where i work thats a more expensive order). He just smiled and paid. It just made me so happy to tell the lady in the next car that her order had been paid for. She was a regular customer and was so surprised and shocked that someone would do that for her. I couldn’t stop smiling, just the little things like that just made my day. I immediately questioned myself and asked why I don’t do things like that on a daily basis, or why I don’t openly give money to charity. Thats something as a Christian that I should be doing and that shouldn’t be something so out of the blue that it surprises people when it happens. Little things like that I should be doing on in my day to day life, because that’s what Jesus did and I should be showing love to my brothers and sisters in Christ even if it is a small gesture. 

Mountains.

A couple years back I went on SOAR Heartland for the first time. For those of you who don’t know, SOAR is an inner city mission trip during spring break that churches and groups come from around the province and participate in every year. Each night we were given the opportunity to pray in our groups and reflect and talk about how God worked through us during the day. This particular night we went through our highs and lows and did a listening prayer for each individual in our group. Although it was a lengthy process, we went through each person and took the time to see what God was telling us about him or her and then proceeded to share what we heard or got for the individual. A couple weeks ago I was reflecting and thinking back to this night when it dawned on me the words that my group members saw for me reflect what I’m going through right now. The word that popped out to me was “mountain” or “mountain peak” which years ago had no relevance to my life at all. Thinking back to the word mountain, it foreshadowed what was going to happen in my future. For those of you who don’t know, I’m going to Caperwray in Colorado this fall for bible school. During this time we will spend a lot of time in the mountains snowboarding and doing an outreach program for younger kids at the winter park, so the word mountain is very significant to me this coming year. This small realization solidified the purpose of me going to bible school next year in the beautiful mountains of Colorado. I was having doubts and worries about whether Colorado was the best thing for me next year but after God spoke directly to me and put those memories back into my head, I knew that God has a future and plan for me next year and I don’t need to worry about it. It amazes me how God plans these things far before I even know whats going to happen. The insignificant words a few years ago suddenly became so significant and clear for me. I took the time to find the paper that was written for me with the words people got for me written on it (picture below). It astounds me how amazing our God really is. “‘For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.’” Jeremiah 29:11 

claudinemary:

The 3 C’s of life: choices, chances, and changes. You need to make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change. 

 “ Do not let your adorning be external, the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear, but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” 1 Peter 3:3-4 

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canoe trip

I just got home from a beautiful 4 day weekend on a canoe trip! At first I was a bit skeptical to go on the trip just because I found out I didn’t have a canoe partner and I wanted to stay home and just relax for the weekend but I’m so glad I decided to go. It was such a good time to just rewind and hang out with some of my best friends I don’t always get to hang out with at school! It was so so good to take a long break from school and homework! Over the next few weeks I’m going to have to buckle down and finish my last days of high school before I’m off into the real world!!