WOW!!! It's been forever since I posted on xanga. I spent my other time on Facebook mostly!!

What is happening with me?  Hmmmm.

God is pulling me in and out of situations and teaching me so much! I have failed at things in life and feel very blessed that HE picks me up and dust off my shoulders and forgets my faults. Halellujah!! As of right now, I am a busy gal! I work two jobs and volunteer as much as I can with Youth for Christ still and mentoring young gals. I am a front desk clerk at a Quality Inn and I work as well with UPS!! I finally moved into my own place again. I am loving living on my own again. I also will soon start back college in January! It has been hard getting the funds back so I can pay off what I owe, then loans will come again as I wait for a grant for the Spring Semester. My major has changed to Highschool Counseling/ Teaching! I will teach after I get my bachelors a Science course then as I am doing that, I will get a masters in Counseling to Counsel and mentor teens. I am really excited and reawdy to get it done ASAP.

Other than that, I am striving for excellence in CHRIST. I am not perfect and strive everyday to die from flesh.

Please pray for me! There is an area of my life that is a stronghold for me right now!! God is moving

Im IN LOVE WITH HIM MORE EACH MOMENT!!!

  NEWS!!!

My grandmother went to see the Lord last week. I will definitely miss her. It seems that God has been healing me the last 10yrs since my mother died, now my grandma is gone and God is ever so comforting. THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE AND COMFORT.

In other news, I am turning 25  in a few days on May 13th. I am excited. Just having a normal day then going to dinner with lots of friends that night. Its weird getting older but awesome to see how God is moving in my life now and seeing how much I have grown. :) As a single woman, I am glad to know that God is there with me and will someday bring me to the armor bearer man of God I am meant to be with. :)

Oh yeah, Me and my sister are sailing away on my bday cruise May 31st - June 7th. YAY... I am excited she bought me a cruise for my bday.. What a gift eh?  

Pictures below of happy times

My Mother My Maw Maw and Paw Paw Me and My sister Page

My heart is aching as I feel it slowly breaking. It really is hard for me to accept that my grandmother is dying and has days left to live. She is my loving mothers mom that basically has been like a mom to me since my mothers death almost ten years ago. Please pray for my family as we prepare to say goodbye to an amazing woman that Loves the Lord. No words can describe how it feels to lose a loved one. It seems like  I have lost alot of people I have loved. Strangly enough, I feel more of God's love and comforted during these times more than any. Now you see why my site is called Comforted by God.  Thats truly how I feel at most times.  I will always miss her! I just pray that shes still alive when I see her in two days.

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In other news, I started a new job working at a hotel working the front desk. I love it. I am still teaching along with that. Soon summer will start so I will have a break from that.

My 25th birthday is less than a month away. I am taking a Carribean Cruise with my older sister On May 31st for a week. She bought it for me for my birthday..How sweet

I am excited to see what God has left to teach me in life and bring forth. I pray that you all are doing well. I miss you all alot. Remember I am just a phone call or an email away. We should chat

Blessings to you guys and know that I pray for you :)

Dreams

Close your eyes
What will you see?
Your dreams are your hopes and desires
Sometimes that’s what is the only fire that is keeping you alive.
We long for change and we long for that day for someone special to sweep us off our feet.
A dream is a vision.
Its the world where anything happens
God speaks to you in your dreams and brings you hope
Sometimes I dream and I see my future.
I dream and I see a family of my own.
Children playing in the yard and a husband holding me by his side.
A man of God that is always there.
My dreams end and I am in wonder of God
What will happen in my future.
Im comforted that as long as I am focused on God, my dreams will come reality.
I dream of tomorrow, I dream of my past with my loving mother and I dream of the day when I get caught in a love story of my own.

I see myself in my dreams in a different country sharing the gospel message. I am overjoyed by that thought

I thought it was funny when I was voted class daydreamer my senior year in high school. Now I think its perfect.  I'm a dreamer that wants it reality. Whats so wrong about daydreaming?  It's my escape to get away and see what will hold for me and my future.

                                            The Journey of Life

Seasons Greetings

            It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by rather quickly in my life. Many challenges and heartache have pulled my heart closer to the Lord, along with all the joys and healing I have felt me throughout this year. The beginning of 2008 started out with more joy and praise to the Lord. It was exciting to start out a New Year continuing working with Youth for Christ as a campus coordinator and counselor. I was pulled in many hard situations and learned so much about ministry and more about the Lord and these students. My heart broke every moment for the youth of my area and around the world more than I would have ever imagined. God gave me the moments of deep conversations and divine appointments with these teens and allowed me to share His love in their lives of hurt and hunger for answers. Being apart of their lives was an answered prayer, as I began to feel apart of a ministry again. The more I fell in love with the Lord, the more my passion grew to love these kids. Although the time for me had to end with me interning with the ministry in May, my passion for the youth had only just begun. I am continually volunteering on Saturday nights at a teen center. This is such a huge joy for me as I start and continue building relationships with them.

            Life has been very interesting and has definitely been different. It was hard to adjust leaving the internship and trying hard to get back in college for the fall.  God has definitely been preparing the way through the journey I call life. I felt motivated as I began working many jobs and waiting for God to move continually for the next obstacle of my life. I had more time also to spend more time with the youth girls and share life experiences and pour into their lives even more. I love where the Lord has been taking me and am excited to continue ministering to these kids.

            Towards the end of the summer as I was volunteering at the teen center, God gave me the chance to meet many amazing people and adults who have a passion for the youth. I met one guy who volunteered regularly that pulled my heart. I began talking with him after I saw him wear a Global Expedition mission’s shirt. It’s very rare to see that around my area. Come to find out, he has served on the mission field with GE for many years. So as you can imagine, all our conversations ended up of us talking about how God worked through each ministry experience. We got along very well and became great friends and shortly after began pursuing a dating relationship. It was definitely a shocking point for me. The more I got to know him, the more I saw the Lord in Him. Although things began really fast, we decided to end our relationship and just be friends for a while. It was hard, but God is still moving. We still hang out and serve in ministry. God is preparing something. All I can think about now, is that it was all surreal for the Lord to bring such an amazing man in my life and better yet a great friend.

            Friendship is truly a blessing and I feel blessed to have the friends I have in my life. It was hard before graduating high school to have friends and then going to the Honor Academy and meeting amazing men and women of God was a true gift. After graduating and leaving amazing friendships, it was hard to still keep them as we are all off in our own lives. As an answered prayer, I began getting involved in a student ministry at my college. So over the past years, I have been blessed with great friendships. It’s truly the best gift in the world.

            Okay, I have shared a little about a ministry that is the fire of my heart and about a birth of a relationship that’s in God’s hands, now I want to mention another job that God has given me in which I started this past September. I have been a substitute teacher and have absolutely loved it. Not only do I get paid, but I feel like I am back on the mission field like I was with Youth for Christ. I love the chance to get to know more amazing students. It’s very interesting and I feel God in this totally. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to become a teacher, but I do love this chance to learn more about God’s plan. My major has changed though through this experience. I have not decided to pursue a career in Nursing, but in Psychology for Counseling. I love talking to people and helping others through their tough and good times. So, I know God has aligned this up for me all along. It’s strange, I never wanted to be a Counselor but through friendship confirmation and God it’s what I am excited to be.

            As a substitute teacher and part time waitress along with a mentor in ministry, my life is getting busier. I am still on the side getting to know an amazing guy after the Lord and together we still do ministry. This is a prayer I have, but God already knows what may happen with us. I love getting to know him more but I love that we are getting closer by together getting to know the Lord.

            I pray that you are more in love with the Lord more and more each day and drawing closer to His heart. I miss you all and pray for you always. One day hopefully we will cross paths once again. Have a safe and happy holidays and a Happy New Year. God is doing so many amazing things in your lives. Keep digging into His heart.

In His Love,

  My Family