Tokyo in 2 Weeks

I am tremendously blessed to be leaving for the wonderful country of Japan extremely soon! Please pray for final preparations: housing, funds, passports, anything you think of concerning travel :) These are pictures of team members I now work alongside at Cal State Fullerton. Ryan is an alum of CSUF and intern with Campus Crusade for Christ. Becky is a junior Japanese major. The rest of our team will be coming from all over the country! I'll try to keep you updated once every week from now until we return at the end of June. Thanks so incredibly much for your prayers and interest!

family time

It's been good to have some substantial time with the fam!

Amazing Weekend

A) friend from college birthday party-with many amazing women

B) 6 yr. old birthday party with a cinnamon roll the size of her head

C) Bob Marley festival with my friend from Oregon to see her boyfriend perform

D) Annual church soccer game-I enjoyed as a spectator

E) Benefit concert in Little Ethiopia- http://thedollartrip.com/

I am so blessed!!! I got to spend time with amazingly wonderful people! Here are some of my favorite lyrics from the weekend:

Jah shall wash away all the tears from my eyes
in times when the storms and the tides are raging high
we know we shall win, and we know we'll survive
Jah shall wash away all the tears
-Gramps Morgan, from his number one album in Jamaica, 2 Sides of My Heart

If you ain't got nothing good to say
then keep my name out 'cho mouth
-this really awesome guy from Ohio who talked about the harm of gossip. when he danced, I couldn't help but smile.


P.S. Warning: if you ever go to the Bob Marley festival, you may want to get some fresh air. My friend Amy and I looked at the booths and got shirts when we needed a break.

Christmas family time

I wish I had taken more pictures this Christmas break. But then again, when I did pull out my camera, my sisters wouldn't cooperate...

The Chariots of God

19: "Take each thing that is wrong in your lives as God's chariot for you. No matter who the builder of the wrong may be, whether men or devils, by the time it reaches your side it is God's chariot for you, and is meant to carry you to a heavenly place of triumph."

20: The Life on Wings

"No; it is useless for the soul to hope to escape by running away from its troubles to any earthly refuge, for there is not one that can give it deliverance. Is there, then, no way of escape for us when in trouble or distress? Must we just plod wearily through it all and look for no relief? I rejoice to answer that there is a glorious way of escape for every one of us if we will but mount up on wings and fly away from it all to God."

The Joy of Obedience

17: "Let your heart and your hand be as free to serve Him as His heart and hand were to serve you."

18: Divine Union

"If we are really one with Christ, therefore, it will not be contrary to our nature to be Christlike and to walk as He walked, but it will be in accordance with our nature. Sweetness, gentleness, meekness, patience, long-suffering, charity, kindness, will all be natural to the Christian, who is a partaker of the nature of Christ. It could not be otherwise."

Practical Results in Daily Use

16: "No life can be complete that fails in its little things. A look, a word, a tone of voice even, however small they may seem to human judgement, are often of vital importance in the eyes of God."

"Thou art united to thy Lord by a wondrous tie; walk, then, as He walked, and show to the unbelieving world the blessed reality of His mighty power to save, by letting Him save thee to the very uttermost. Thou needst not fear to consent to this, for He is thy Saviour, and His power is to do it all...Take each little step as He makes it plain to thee. Bring all thy life, in each of its details, to Him to regulate and guide. Follow gladly and quickly the sweet suggestions of His Spirit in thy soul."