i know this is not something you're supposed to admit, but...
don't you just love those times when you're calling someone and you are just hoping, hoping, hopppiiiinnng that it will go to voice mail...and it does?
8 ) my new favorite smiley.
in other news i am going to take a couple of classes part time this semester at Durham Tech...whoop whoop... i was so excited because today i made a 95/100 on my reading placement test and a 99/100 on my writing placement test! my math score will remain undisclosed ;)
this week will be semi busy as i am preparing to leave for the Dominican Republic on August 1st. i've been planning a trip for about 25 people for the last few months now. i am so surprised at where the Lord has taken my life. are you where you thought you would be a year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago? i know i'm not. no, i'm not disappointed...my life is in the Lord's hands, i am His handmaiden, He can take me where he wants to take me. 5 years ago i was convinced that i'd be in some 3rd world foreign nation as a missionary. my heart still longs for that, although i'm not sure that's where God will send me long-term anywhere in the next couple of years. my heart still longs for it though. oh, just to be with the poorest or the poor, the brokenest of the broken. so what if i have only a couple of outfits to wear? so what if they're ordinary? so what if i only eat rice everyday? so what if i'm hot? so what if i'm cold? so what if i have no bed? so what if no one knows about it? Lord, please help me to give my life away even now. to the poorest of the poor here. to the brokenest of the broken here. the orphaned teenagers...left to let society and MTV raise them. God, help me to love my own fatherless generation. help me to give my life for my own fatherless generation. wherever you will have me be, i'll be, i'll give my life for the glory of Christ.
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well that got a little more emotional than intended. but, i'll keep it. it's raw. and yes i realized my grammatical error in "brokenest". that will stay too.
please leave me a comment and say "hi"....
l o v e *
PS- I LOVE WAFFLE HOUSE AND I'M NOT ASHAMED TO SAY IT :)
PPS-have you read The Shack? what did you think? i actually liked it for what it was. it definitely ministered to me in some ways. i would have to say one of my favorite quotes is, "I am especially fond of you," said by Papa. i could cry thinking about it. God says to us... "I am especially fond of you." wow
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hello love. i love reading your blog. always entertaining at first and then turns to insightful... so good.
and HELLOOOOO why didn't i know you were going to the DR?!?!! and so SOON!! i get back home on thursday... can we hang out? i need you.
much love.
I love the post and thanks for the happy birthday. Sorry about my rant on my blog. Blogging helps me process my thoughts. It's the NT in me.
I did realize right before your post today that I'd hidden my b'day on Facebook. I then changed my settings to show it. and then changed it back to hide it. I didn't want the birthday update to generate a bunch of blog traffic to me whining about my b'day.
Anywhoo, I'm ranting again. And my cousin really enjoyed youth group. She said everyone was really nice. Please pray for her. I'm believing God that she'll go home saved!
Oh and for those math scores. I'm a statistician. They mean nothing.
Love that raw emotion....Makes me know that you as perfect on the inside as you are on the outside...You make a Grandmother proud....
Hi Lindsay!
What classes are you taking? I hope you enjoy them! Your writing score is no surprise, I'm enjoying your writing. Have fun in DR. "are you where you thought you would be a year ago? 5 years ago? 10 years ago?" Absolutely Not! But hey, I'll take Soli Deo Gloria over Living La Vida Loca any day. I know you would too.
lindsay!! your blog is amazing.. i'll have to start reading it more. the shack was an awesome book. that was one of my favorite parts too. i'm about to re-read it =] =] hope life is treating you well. sounds like God is filling your time with adventures for Him.
Hi Lindsay! I loved the Shack! I wept through the entire book (especially being the Mom of a little girl). I loved it and it really ministered to me too.
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