January 2011

This month has been crazy busy and I feel like all I've done is run around...And I wouldn't change a thing. This month I got to hang out with tons of awesome people, watch my friend (Erica) get married. Send off a friend (Terrill) to Cuba, and babysit some amazing kids. I even had a dance party with the Alvarado's kiddos. I stepped into leadership on my team at church at the end of last month, and this month has been figuring out what that actually looks like and means for my life. Adjusting to the busier schedule, still being in people's lives, and having time to hear from God has been a challenge, and is something I hope to get better at next month, and have mastered by March.

This month I got to see God answer prayers for knowledge, provision and for more women to join my team at church. He is ever faithful, and hears us when we pray!

God showed me that I am pure in His sight, and yet need Him more and more each day. I understand justification much better than at the start of this month, and at the same time see the horribleness that is the sin in my life more clearly. God provided all the money I needed to pay my bills with random babysitting jobs and a house sitting gig! And on Jan 19th, we added one more woman to our team (which now has 12 men and 7 women)!

I'm praying for more women, not only because we are outnumbered, but because 1 is out of the country, one is getting married, one is moving and I am still praying about moving myself.

I am still in the process of praying about and processing the decision to move to Arizona. The timeline is August, but that is still up in the air. I will be visiting for spring break and then making my final decision. Mid June I will make an official timeline...stay tuned.


I highly recommend Because He Loves me and Prodigal God! These books have been very helpful in understanding the concept of justification and my rebellious heart toward God. I am very much like the older brother (read Prodigal God to understand more) and this is dangerous.

That's all for now...

Books this month: Because He Loves Me, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, D.L Moody and Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and started Prodigal God and Through the Looking Glass.


Songs this month: He Loves Me (By David Crowder Band) I Will Follow (By Chris Tomlin)