Hello there world

Okay, so I admit. I was horrible at blogging over the summer. It got complicated, kept loosing passwords, blah blah blah so I didn't do many real updates. However, the summer was absolutely incredible and I journaled SO much about it on paper, so maybe one day we'll catch up on here about my Tokyo adventures.

There have been many times lately that I have felt the urge just to blog, but I've been a little lazy. SO, I'm going to try to get better at this.

I was just reading my original "blog" aka XANGA for the first time in SO long. It's crazy to see how different I am. And its hard to believe that I started that thing almost 5 years ago. I was reading about my mom's struggle with cancer and how I blogged about it on there. I praise God that my mom has been in remission for a few years now and that we just celebrated her birthday. Yes, I'm very grateful for her in my life.

I also see how much I've grown, especially after going to Germany in 2006. My worldview changed drastically. I also noticed that I blogged about how I had no idea what I was doing with my life. And when you're a junior in high school, that's scary because everyone's getting ready for college so it's the thing to do.

I jumped on the bandwagon and wound up at DBU for a year. I figured the answers would lie there. However, a year later I find myself sitting in class at Richland Community College. And I couldn't be happier. I have learned that pursuing my heavenly Father is so much greater than doing what I think is the norm for me to be doing.

God keeps teaching me so much in my whirlwind of life. I'll blog about that someday, maybe.

It seems like this season of my life is full of dreams coming true. It's strange to me, however, that many of these dreams all developed over the last 2 years. From having my own American dreams shattered with brokeness for the nations, to chasing obedience above anything despite what people tell me is the "right and sensible" thing to do. I'm learning how beautiful my Savior is every day.

This blog is completely random, I know, but it is a start. A start into consistent blogging because I want the world to see how beautiful my Jesus is.

How about a random picture or two?




Picture 1-I think I posted a picture of this precious kid before, but this is a new pic I discovered that my friend Bethany took. What a wonderful day that was, back in May. :)

Picture 2) My friend Manami and I went to the Ueno zoo(where the famous panda ling ling lived before she died)-we bought stuffed animals and named them Ginza and Hibby. Mine is a snow leopard and she gets her name from the Ginza line on the Tokyo subway system-its the line I always took to meet Manami. Hers is the orangutan and his name is short for the Hibiya line, which she always took to meet me. I love her. Every Saturday was my off day, soooo we always went on fun adventures. :)

Okay later my loves.