Back to Middle School!!!!

This year I'm working at Northridge Middle School. It has been pretty awesome so far. I LOVE the students!! They are bright and sweet and have a desire to make something of their lives. I can't wait to give them my best this year. I am truly learning how I can glorify the Lord through teaching. Each day in school is an opportunity to show the love of Christ to middle school students going through huge changes in their lives. I pray that I will make a difference this year!

loooovvveee pasta

I just wanted to have a little blog post to let everyone know how sweet my boyfriend is:) yes i know you may be gagging...but...owell;) he gets up early on fridays (when he doesnt have to) just to take me to class so i dont have to walk...he surprises me with reeses...he makes sure i know that im beautiful every day...pumps my gas so i dont have to get out of the car...spends every second he can with me...and sooo much more!!

A couple of weekends ago we had a date night and ate the "love" pasta that i brought back from italy and then watched letters to juliet...pasta in the US just cant compare!!!!

anyways..im sure your sick of reading this but...he is sweet:)

F-U-N Week!!!

It's the little things in life that make me super happy right now with the way school is. This week was just a fun week here at school. The week started with some of the guys playing frisbee from my 3rd floor window down to the grass.

Later on in the week...my roomie Kaitlin and I went and had pedicures together! (this is a big deal because we hardly see each other this semester because of all the work we've been doing)

The nail salon was crazy nice...they served drinks and had awesome chairs that even massaged your butt:) ....no pictures of me sorry!

Last night...one of my friend's had a cookout because he just bought a house (yay!!) I got to see one of my good friends, Kayla, who graduated in May and is now teaching 2nd grade in Y-Vegas ;) we played the game Quelf which is like the craziest game ever..check it out! I haven't laughed that hard in a while...so yea..a fun week:)

Willy T and Da Cru - "This is Cru"

Check out this hilarious video/rap some of the guys from CRU created!!

don't do it. just don't.

To all of the people out there who like to clean out their ears with Q-tips, I would advise you to stop immediately. Cleaning your ear with these things scrapes away the skin cells that have the good bacteria that fight organisms that cause crazy bad infections. I learned this from experiencing one of those crazy bad infections myself. I woke up Sunday morning in pretty severe pain but just took some Advil. Monday morning I was wide awake at 4:30am in TERRIBLE pain. I decided to go to the minute clinic where they informed me that my ear was too bad for them to treat. Next stop, Duke urgent care where they informed me that i had a very bad inner ear infection and put me on antibiotics. Two days later....HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PAIN. Now in Charlotte..I go to the ENT (thanks to Melanie Huffman) The doctor takes one look in my ear and grumbles...he said "follow me" i followed him into one of those scary looking rooms with a table to lay on and stuff and he proceeds to suction out my ear for several minutes and look at it under a microscope. He then puts this thing called a wick in my ear that has to stay for two days and one of my awesome friends gets to pull in out. Once I sat up he sat in front of me and informed me that this "heck of a painful" ear infection was self induced. He then told me that some people don't where seat belts until they are in a crash and this is what has happened to me. I knew instantly what I did. NEVER CLEAN YOUR EARS WITH Q-Tips!!!!!!!!!

whewwww!!!!

Finally! I have finally been home (Durham) for a full week!!! I slept in my own bed 8 times between May 17th and August 2nd but I am so blessed to have had the summer that I had. I really enjoyed sharing Christ with others and traveling all over Europe for 8 weeks! I just wanted to take a second to share some of the amazing things I experienced this summer. My favorite thing I learned in Rome was how to discern the voice of my Father from the voice of the evil one. It's something I will never forget and obviously will need to use on a daily basis. Some of you may be think...why didn't you already know how to discern the voice of the Lord from Satan...and I don't know why. I know I have never been attacked the way I was in Italy before so I guess the Lord was waiting for this opportunity to really teach me some awesome stuff. Another thing that I want to share is how incredibly bad the entire continent of Europe needs to hear the message of Jesus. Now, I know that the whole world needs to know Jesus Christ but the Lord really opened my eyes to this specific need this summer. There are many places in the world where the people live in need of food, water, and shelter on a regular basis. We often think of these places first when we hear "mission trip" but I would like to open your eyes to a place where the people seem "fine" on the outside. They have food, shelter, and even nice clothes. Their countries are well off financially and can stand on their own. People seem to be fine in Europe. They have what they need, or so it seems. This is a lie. Europe is one of the darkest places in the world. Missionaries in this part of the world see the least amount of fruit from their labor (not that their isn't any-but to our eyes) Europeans have everything...at least they think so. They don't feel the need for a Savior. They can be the god of themselves. I did not encounter 1 student this summer on campus while in Italy that had a personal relationship with Jesus. I shared the Gospel with many students...none of them had ever even heard of having a personal relationship. It made many of them curious but they needs to hear in many more times. There are believers...but not many. I just want to encourage you to remember Europe when you pray for missions around the world. These people are so lost but believe they have everything. We want them to know Christ!

Focus Rome (short version)