Lately...

Sooooo, I haven't posted a lot lately thanks to school..but I thought I'd share what has been going on in my life recently...tonight we had an end of the year party at CRU. It was a retro party so there were many different decades represented. I didn't dress up :( mainly because I didn't have anything and I am a poor college student who cannot afford to buy anything haha..The party was lots of fun and there was food and Karaoke involved!

Bradley (he's gonna be leaving for Asia soon so keep him in your prayers:))
Bradley singing Stand By Me (boy can sing!)

So...this is what my life has looked like in the past couple of weeks...studying..eating..lesson plans..eating...studying...yea life is GREAT right now;)

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people talk in places they are suppose to remain silent..you can clearly see the QZ (quiet zone) sign hanging above their heads yet they continued to talk...grrrrr

I'm sure you have totally enjoyed this post;)

From my Blackberry....

I was going through the pictures on my phone today in class (yea I know I'm suppose to be paying attention-but some profs. are just SOO boring!) I decided to post some of my favorite pics that I found. This year has been amazing. I have been through some tough stuff but the Lord has really brought me through it all and provided me with great friends along the way. Here are some of the "lost" pictures from the year:)

We spend a lot of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights staying up late with friends watching movies or playing games. This really captures what happens when it has been a long day!
Kaitlin and I when we went to see Avatar in 3-D (not our idea but it wasn't bad)

we went t0 an old school bowling alley last fall...I had never seen anything like it in my life( you have to write down the scores-who in the world know how to do that!!)

The weekends that I am home in Durham, my precious little baby dog sleeps like this in my room until i wake up:)

rushing the court when we beat Temple

My 21st

Last Wednesday, April 7th, was my 21st birthday! There was Olive Garden, triple chocolate pound cake and awesome friends involved:) My roomie Kaitlin had a little surprise party for me after eating dinner at Olive Garden. Kayla, who is doing her student teaching back home this semester, made a special trip to come visit me. I love my friends! Here are some pictures from my great day.

Kayla
My brother, from the Middle East:)

Bradley and me

i love my girls!:)

Hiking

This morning, Bradley and I went hiking in Kings Mountain. We having been looking for places to go hiking and Crowder's Mountain State Park is only 40 minutes away from UNCC. Honestly, I thought the hike wouldn't be too hard since we were only in the foothills but I was mistaken:) It was a fun but challenging (at the top) hike. It was beautiful at the peak! We had a little picnic when we got to the top. We also had decided to both pick a passage of scripture to spend time reading together. Bradley picked Psalm 145 which was awesome to read and meditate on while being out in the Lord's creation. I picked the crucifixion and resurrection story in Matthew and Romans 3:) Easter is a time when I am reminded just how incredible the Gospel is. We are able to have complete righteousness by having faith in what Christ did on the cross. Every move I make should reflect this truth. It was an amazing time and I can't wait to do it again!

Psalm 145

1I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.2Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.6They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.7They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
8The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.9The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!11They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,12 to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works. 14The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.15The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.16You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.17The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.18The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.20The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
21My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Leadership 2010

This weekend our leadership tream went to Ridgecrest Conference Center in Black Mountain. It was a fun weekend but VERY tiring. We got a lot planned for the fall after SEVERAL hours of meeting. Last night we went to the Early Girl Eatery in downtown Asheville..very yummy! I had to parallel park in d-town Asheville and it took me 15 mins!! (never have to do that anywhere) It was incredibly embarrassing! I also embarrassed myself later when I saw Clayton King walking through the conference center. I was so overcome with excitement that I shouted his name out across the hall and freaked out all of my friends! He did come over and speak to us though! He said he would love to speak at UNCC sometime! We will definitely be inviting him:) This weekend our emcees started off each session with a What's Hot and What's Not segment. The first one they did was about leading worship. They would go tell worship leaders what was good to do and what was bad to do. At first they were saying things like, using brevity when speaking. Then they talked about picking songs that are up-to-date. We thought they were going to play a serious video about this last point and they played this:

(please click and watch!!) This is what is NOT hot:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

Satisfy me Lord

Last Saturday I traveled to Panama City Beach with 10 other Charlotte peeps. We drove over 10 hours! It was an AMAZING time. Our group alone saw 3 people come to Christ and shared the Gospel with MANY others!!!! Praise God!! This was such a learning experience. By the end of the week, I was completely cool with walking up to a group of girls by myself!! (not the case before we left:) ) There were over 1200 college students that came to the conference! We completely saturated the beach in the name of Jesus! At the end of the week we learned that over 421 people accepted Christ and over 3,000 had heard the Gospel!!! It was definitely an unforgettable week:) I would love to do this everyday for the rest of my life. Can't wait for ROME!!!!

arm bands that let us all know we were with CCC
camera man wanted a pic right after we got out of the car after driving 10 hours!

beach Sunday morning

Charlotte girls

The group!

beautiful sunset

at worship

Panama City

Right now some of my friends are headed down to Panama City, FL for our spring break. We are suppose have a week full of evangelism on the beach. I would like to ask you guys to pray for us and the hearts of the people we will meeting this week. We are packed like sardines in the car right now but we are SUPER excited for the break.