"another hum drum gray day...

...maybe i'll head out for a movie." -greg laswell

I had a nice walk to racquetball this morning. I got to chat with God. And then in class I entertained everyone with my stunning coordination and graceful limbs. I was attempting to get out of the way of the ball. But I didn't judge it very well...the ball came towards me. And then started to drop. So I thought I could just hop over it. The problem was, I was quite close to the wall and didn't have anywhere to land. What happened in the end was, the bouncy blue ball hits me while I'm in the air, I hit the wall, and fall to the floor in embarrassment, hysteria at the ridiculousness of what I had just chosen to do, and because I had no choice. All this to say I'm sure I brightened at least one person's morning. :)

And a random observation. I wear a ring that says "FAITH." Somehow the filling in the letter "I" is missing...so now I wear a "FATH" ring. haha

"it's falling from the clouds...

...a strange and lovely sound." -Phil Wickham

Wow. I have been a busy little bee as of late.

This will be the another weekend that I will be away from home because of a retreat or conference. I must say they have all been pretty awesome. Idea Camp in Las Vegas, Encounter in San Diego, and next a retreat with the leaders of Mexico Outreach. Hopefully we'll get to bond with some other people seeking to spread God's love!

God is really moving on our campus and is beginning a revival! Last weekend a handful of people I know went down to San Diego with me and we were able to worship and be fed by others seeking after the Father. Boy, did the Holy Spirit show up! Worship was great and people were receiving spiritual gifts and encountering God's presence.

But before we left there was a little hiccup...we were supposed to leave around 2:45pm so Rachel and I were going to pick up people around 2:30. But one of the girls called saying her car broke down and she needed to move it from the spot it was in because she would be gone for the weekend. So we go to find her. She's obviously stressed and upset. Campus safety comes and tries to jump it. It does not work. They suggest getting it towed. No thank you. They cannot help push it anywhere. I call Brian. He leaves class to come help. She had parked the wrong way in the slanted spaces but it ended up being perfect. She put it in neutral and steered. Rachel directed traffic. Brian and I pushed. hahahaha It was so fun! And was much easier than I had anticipated. Then we left for the weekend.

When we came back, her car was safely in the spot where we had left it. We went over, laid hands on it, prayed for it, and then it started. VROOM. Thanks God! Basically, we resurrected a car in the name of Jesus Christ. lol And experienced spiritual warfare through that small circumstance. But God remains the same in this corrupt and chaotic world.

I'm excited to learn from whatever He has in store for this coming weekend!

Also, my roommates and I had heard a story about a pet store in the area. Apparently several years back a few parakeets got loose and have been roaming free. I was unsure if this story was a comical local legend or a true story. Until today. As I was biking home from campus, in a tree right on my street I heard lots of birds. Then, when I was right underneath the tree I see two clearly green birds swoop and gawk. It's true! There are flocks of green parakeets flying around my neighborhood! hahaha Awesome.

"No sky contains, no doubt restrains...

...all you are, the greatness of our God." -Hillsong

Let me just start with saying God is frickin' amazing...and I never say "frickin'!"

At the beginning of the week I was able to attend a conference in Las Vegas, NV all on the topic of sex. Idea Camp: IC // SEX where people from all different walks of life come together to share with each other experiences they've had and organizations they are involved in regarding a wide variety of sex topics. Some were about pornography, homosexuality, others the addiction and affects on the brain, and of course one of the main reasons I decided it was worth missing 3 days of class for, sex trafficking domestically and internationally.

It is my last semester of college! Bow chicka wow wow! And I am in a senior seminar class. I decided my topic would be human trafficking. I got this opportunity to go to Idea Camp through my internship, bought a Grey Hound bus ticket, got dropped off at the station, and several hours later, arrived in Vegas where someone picked me up at midnight.

It was awesome being in a room full of people so passionate about this umbrella topic, yet all there with the common denominator...Jesus Christ.

I want to design a campaign bringing awareness to sex trafficking and it's staggering numbers through the venue of a large sporting event. My initial thought was to set it at a World Cup and find statistics in the country I would have chosen as well as find past information from actual events. I am slowly beginning to wonder though if I should move from a global, international approach to a domestic, much more real and tangible perspective. I could set this at the super bowl and get stats of the sex industry in the United States. I haven't quite decided yet though.

Then, Thursday I led life group with my roommate Rachel in our home. We had 5 girls not including us and had some great conversations about God's love and how we need to live like daughters of the Father. Our group is called 215 because 1) that is our house number and 2) 2 Corninthians 2:15 says "For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing."

We hosted a worship night at our school on Friday night called A.Waken To Love. This is where God just blew my mind, along with probably a hundred others. The presence of God was so real. There was freedom in the place where people felt a true sense of God and worshipped Him unashamed. An open mic time allowed our fellow peers to share how God has been working in their lives and how they've been experiencing God's love. Basically, people got up and preached. It was incredible. And I was so proud of my sister who sang on the worship team and amazed people with her awesome voice. :)

All that to say, God is good in every season. He is always there, we just need to be willing to host His presence.