me right now...

[for me, this is bliss!]

sushi with Jess and a quote...

I'm really excited to say that last night I expanded my not-very-expansive cooking skills and made SUSHI! Matt and Jess, my engaged friends and fellow youth workers got me a Sushi kit and recipe book for my birthday. Last night Jess and I tried it out. Our ingredients were:
-seaweed to roll the sushi
-sticky, sushi rice
-chopped carrots
-[chopped] cream cheese
-chopped cucumber
-chopped avocado
-chopped imitation crab meat
-dumplings on the size
-soy sauce!

I learned that 1. making sushi is fun 2. especially with a friend and 3. soy sauce makes anything taste GOOD!

Have you ever made sushi?

I'll leave you with a quote:

"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." -G.K. Chesterton

lindsaywhat.com and a ministry update

So, why did I get lindsaywhat.com?

The first reason is because I just tend to do things like that...I get an idea...and I do it. But, secondly, and most importantly because I want to begin using my blog more for ministry update purposes and how easy is it to tell someone to just go to "lindsaywhat.com". In my mind it is ideal.

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Last Saturday at youth group we had so many new people. At least 5, I think. That was so encouraging. I remember when I was in high school how hard it was to get people to come and our students are doing such a great job. The exciting thing is that students come from many different walks of life...different ethnicities, different ages, different socioeconomic situations, different religions, and most of all, different personalities. That is encouraging to me.

The picture to the left is a glimpse at ministry we do at a school in Hillsborough. That's Rollan and a couple student leaders sharing the Gospel with a classmate. As this picture was being taken he told them he wanted to follow Jesus! We were very excited and have made plans to follow up with him to help him walk that out.

The picture to the right is Bridgette and Lisa. Bridgette went to NCSU and we've been meeting together for many months now talking about discipleship and praying for one another. Just today, Bridgette and I talked about her call to youth ministry. She has started helping once a week with the youth group at her church and will be going on a upcoming youth retreat to be a mentor and chaperon. Bridgette is stepping out into her destiny! As for Lisa, I have known her for almost 8 years! She is a year younger than me and is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was a part of the youth ministry in high school and just in the past year we have started meeting, talking, praying, and studying the Bible. Just two weeks ago, she decided to come with me this summer on her first mission trip to Dominican Republic! Aren't these two girls beautiful?!

God is moving in the earth. I'm excited we're a part of it!

I'll leave you with a picture I took a few hours ago at my grandma's house of some beautiful magnolia blooms...wish I could import the smell for you too!

Big News...

This afternoon, for only $7 and some change, I bought lindsaywhat.com.

What was I thinking?!

I will explain later, but for now...laugh with me.

:)

blogging for dummies!!!

Sooooooooo....one of my good friends got me this fantastic book for my birthday. I am pumped! Believe it or not, I seriously love blogging and [sometimes] reading other people's blogs. Yes, I did say [sometimes]. Mainly because some people's posts are just way too long. At the same time though, I will say that there are some people who I enjoy reading lengthy posts from and wish would write more. Not too many of them though. Most of my blogging friends do a great job at making an entertaining post. Unfortunately, I don't have as many friends who blog as I would like. Maybe I can change that. Especially with my new book. ;)

In other news, I am apparently a night owl. It is 4am and I am going strong. Is this normal? Maybe for a New Yorker with a booming social life. I live in North Carolina and I don't know how to describe my social life...

I'll let you know how the book goes...hopefully it'll transform me into the blogger of all bloggers...hopefully. Until then...