I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy...

"For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

Ephesians 3: 14-19

God has been revealing Himself to me in a new light that I have never seen before. Sometimes I wait for God to reveal Himself by doing something big and outstanding. I often look for something new that He will bless me with when, in reality, its the things that He has already done that show his sovereignty. He has blessed me in SO many ways. I can never comprehend the fullness of Him. To think that He surpasses all

knowledge that I could ever gain in a lifetime goes beyond what I can imagine, yet He still wants to bless my life-something that I don't praise Him for. He has filled me with this joy that is hard to describe. Its like peace, but it goes deeper beyond to point where I am grateful for even the difficult challenges that I face. It is a point where I realize that the reason I can celebrate through down times is because that is when I step out of the way and Gods strength shines. That is when the fullness of God is revealed. Only out of hardships and difficulties can this kind of joy come- thats the beauty of struggle.

"But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the mo

re gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong"

2 Corinthians 12: 9-10

Speaking of blessings... I got my airbrush today and I love it! Thank you mom and dad for the best birthday gift ever!!

Its Midterm Already??

Things have gone by so fast since I got here.

A couple people said that they would like to see what I have been working on, so here are a couple things. The only things I have pictures of are from my 2D design class.

This is the first project that I had. We had to do a study of leaves using only outline and conture lines.

I don't know if you can see it or not, but the water and background are made up of tiny little dots. This project took me about 55 hours all together because it was so time consuming to do all the points.

This was a fun one. We had to make our own stencil and then overlap the images.

One Down... Nine To Go!

Well the first week of school is officially down and I began the second week today :) I am enjoying it here so much!

My roommate, Gloria, is one of the sweetest girls I have ever met and we have a lot in common. On Saturday night we had a little celebration for the first week of school so I broke out the sirloin and potatoes. We grilled and then watched Emporer's New Groove (which also happens to be one of her favorites) I am just praising God that we made a good connection and aren't having any difficulties!!

As far as church, I have found one that I really like and I plan to get involved with a life group this week. So I guess a prayer request for me would be that God would bring some good believers into my life that I can build relationships with. I have been meeting some fun people in my classes, but I know they are not Christians so I still need that Christian fellowship.

Anyways, In short, I just praise God that everything has been so enjoyable so far. He really has blessed me with everything that I have here and I am so thankful!!

Thank you everyone who has been praying for me and my family through this whole process! I could definitely tell that people have been praying behind the scenes!

Are We There Yet?

Well it has been a pretty long week but things are finally coming together :) We took a few detours on the way, but we made it to Savannah!

Though I am almost settled into the apartment, I have been staying with my family in Hilton Head Island which is about an hour from Savannah. The ocean is the most magnificent thing I have ever seen! This morning we woke at 6 o'clock to watch the sun rise over the water... Seeing something that incredible makes me wonder how anyone could believe that it happened by mere chance.

In Francis Chan's book "Crazy Love" He says, "If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, It would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep dependent lives."

Spending time by the ocean has caused me to realize so much more of how indescribable God truly is, but yet all the I know about His magnificence only fits in my little can. Think of how much bigger just ONE ocean is compared to that bitty little can.

And So It Begins...

Hi!
I realize its been a LONG while since I have written anything, but thats because until now I haven't had anything to write about.
Me and my family bigin our trip to Georgia tomorrow and I can't wait to finally get going! There is a big mountain of stuff in our living room at present so our next task is to get that all into the vehicle :)
Anyways... I hope to keep posting as things progress and get more exciting.
Until then, I better get back to packing...