My Best Friend :)

As I talked about in the last post, the people that God has placed in my life and the things that God has begun to do in the last months have truly blown me away.

One of them is my Best Friend Tyler. He is absolutely amazing inside and out. When I think of Tyler and our relationship I am blown away at how faithful God is. When you truly seek him and wait on his best, he will give you every desire of your heart and more. The things that God has blessed me with and trusted me with has surpassed every hope, every dream, every prayer and every tear I have cried!

Tyler brings out the absolute best in me and more! I have watched in amazement at his love and passion for God and his heart of compassion for people and children. I don't think I have ever met a young man who truly has a heart that beats and chases after the very heart of God!

Not only did I just spend the last 21 days fasting with my home church but me and Tyler were also fasting together for our relationship and future. Can I just say that it was the most amazing thing ever. To know that you have found someone that is willing to seek the very face of God with you and lay aside everything else is absolutely incredible. We have started our relationship on an amazing and Godly foundation. A foundation that will never be broken. Isaiah 28:16 is one of our scriptures that speaks about our relationship. It says " So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "See I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed." A cornerstone is the strongest pillar in a foundation, when I think of me and Tyler I think of a cornerstone, for we have a foundation that will never be broken but will be continually built up and strengthened in truth, purity, holiness and righteousness.

We have this connection that you can't always explain or understand but when you see us and you watch us you know that we have something different and something beautiful. Our friends watch us and see our relationship daily, they see that we are different they see the reflection of Christ in our actions, our heart and our daily lives. They see holiness, purity and righteousness in our relationship. I know and feel that me and Tyler will break the mold for what relationships are and should be! He has captured my heart in every way. He brings so much joy and happiness to my life, more than I can even contain at times. He is my better half and completes me. He is the greatest and best friend I could ever ask for or receive. Our dreams, hopes, prayers and desires go hand and hand with each other. I know that God has incredible and amazing things in store for us and our future. He is going to blow us out of the water. I am excited to know that my best friend will be walking hand and hand and side by side with me for the rest of our journeys through life! God you are truly forever faithful, thank you :)

There have been many moments... many long nights.... many long talks with my mama... many tears shed over my future husband. Not a day has gone by that I have not prayed for my future husband and continued to hold on to the promises, the hopes, the prayers and the desires in my heart that I had.... There were times it was hard, and moments I wondered if I would ever see the full desires of my heart come to past.... Well little did I know God's best was just around the corner, but just like with anything in life, God requires us to wait upon him patiently! To seek out his best for our life, to not falter to the left or to the right... to NOT SETTLE. to not give up, but to hold out and press on no matter how great the cost is, because in the end the reward is far greater than you could ever possibly begin to imagine.

When I was 18 years old, my brother gave me a journal, and in the journal he wrote a letter and said to me " Take this journal and use it. Talk to God with it. Write down your dreams, your visions, and your prayers, and watch them grow along with yourself. I am so proud of you and all you have done. Don't forget about God's faithfulness and don't ever settle for 2nd best. GO for God's best, for you..... you deserve it. I'm leaving with you the scripture that has carried me through college and life... I love you sis Jeremiah 29:11-13 and Psalms 139

below the letter he wrote this little song.... "For our times together, and for those far apart. Just remember you are always in my heart. In my thoughts, in my prayers, Hey I will take you any where's But take this book, hold it tight.... Speak to it day or night.... For you are my joy... you are my smile... You are my sister.. Who I love... - Joshua............

I share that to say that I took that journal and I wrote down every dream...every thought... every prayer.. I cried over it.. I prayed over it... and I waited for God's best. As I look back on my life and my journey's that God has placed me on. The places he has brought me through and the places I have been... I pause and I thank God everyday for his incredible and indescribable faithfulness! He truly blows me away. Every journey... every trial.. every hurt... every pain... has been worth it all. For it has shaped me... defined me... challenged me... changed me... and brought me to the place I am and the Godly Woman that I have become today!

I feel as if I am the happiest and most blessed girl alive. I could never ask for anything more. I have found my Best Friend... My Soul Mate.... and My Future.... There is not a day that goes by that I do not have a smile on my face and joy overflowing :) I am amazed and blown away at all that God is doing in and through my life!

These lyrics say it all:
Mama you taught me to do the right things
So now you have to let your baby fly
You've given me everything that I will need
To make it through this crazy thing called life
And I know you watch me grow up and always want whats best for me
And I think I found the answer to your prayers

And he is good, so good
He treats your little girl like a real man should
He is good, so good, he makes promises he keeps
No he's never gonna leave
So dont you worry about me
Dont you worry about me

Mama theres no way you'll ever lose me
And giving me away is not goodbye
As you watch me walk down to my future, I hope tears of joy are in your eyes

Cuz he is good, so good
He treats your little girl like a real man should
He is good, so good, he makes promises he keeps
No he's never gonna leave
So dont you worry about me
Dont you worry about me

And when I watch my little baby grow I'll only want whats best for her
And I hope she'll find the answer to my prayers
And that she'll say

He is good, so good
He treats your little girl like a real man should
He is good, so good, he makes promises he keeps
No he's never gonna leave
So dont you worry about me
Dont you worry about me

Mama dont you worry about me

Dont you worry about me

Pursuing your dreams....

So I just completed a 21 day fast with my church family. It was an amazing 21 days. It was a 21 day pursuit of pursuing more of God....more of his holiness...more of his righteousness... God showed up amongst us and his anointing fell this past Sunday in an amazing way. It is just the beginning of what is to come.

I could go all the way back to months before this fast started and things I feel and know that God began changing in me, speaking to me, and showing me. My hunger and thirst for him has never been so alive as it is right now, it started long before I can remember. My heart has always been on fire for God but just like everyone, I have been through the flames... through the valleys and up the mountains and have had moments where my time spent with God was not enough and I was not seeking him daily and listening to his still small voice. But it is also in those moments when you are walking through the valley that you become broken, undone, and set apart. Sometimes we must climb the highest mountains and walk through the lowest valley's in order to seek out God's best, in order to see his fullness reflect in our lives, in order to hear him fully, in order to become the men and women of God that he has called us to be. My mother always says, to whom much is given, much is required. That goes a long ways...... Sometimes the cost is great, sometimes it is little. But when you finish the race and you cross the finish line, the victory is always greater than you imagined, and you turn around and you look back and you know that it was worth every bit of the pain, the tears shed, the hurts, the failures, the accomplishments, and the battle that you fought,because you won and you were victorious. You were an over comer.
I look on my life and I see the journeys God has placed me on, not as something that I regret but something that I look at as a gift that God has given me. He has placed me on every journey for a reason, he knew that I would be able to handle it, he knew that it is what I needed. He knew it might shake me and challenge me but he also knew that I would be victorious and would not give up until I received God's best and his will for my life. I remember I went to back to my Florida to visit. My family and I went to our old church. I had just been recently diagnosed with my liver disease at the time. I remember my pastor's wife looked me in the eyes and said to me don't look at my sickness as something horrible, but look at it as something that God has placed in my hands because he knows that I can handle it..... I left there that day and I went with that word and kept it close at heart. I thought about once again the journey I was on and how many lives I would touch through my story and my testimony.

At a young age God instilled into me a heart of compassion for the hurting and the broken, this was even before my parents divorced... Then it was shortly after that they divorced that I began to experience the pain and hurt that others experience and God began to place me on these journey's in life that have truly shaped me and defined me into the woman of God I am today. These journey's have set me apart and have called me to a higher standard. I began to see and understand others hurts and pains. I have always felt in my heart and spirit that one day I could speak to thousands of young people sharing my story and my testimony. I don't know exactly what that means or the direction God is taking me, but I know I am listening and seeking him and his direction.

As I blog right now this song comes to my mind, one that when I was little I used to sing. Its about asking and receiving... Asking for the nations because that is the cry of my heart....

"You said, "Ask and you will receive whatever you need."
You said, "Pray and I'll hear from heaven,

And I'll heal your land."
You said Your glory will fill the earth
Like water the sea.

You said, "Lift up your eyes;
The harvest is here, the kingdom is near.
You said, "Ask and I'll give the nations to you."
Lord, that's the cry of my heart.
Distant shores and the islands will see
Your light as it rises on us.
O Lord, I ask for the nations.


Which brings me back to completing this fast. After coming home from Paraguay and even during this fast God had put a stronger desire and passion inside of me to minster to young people one day. My level of compassion for the hurting and the broken has intensified so much more and I know more than ever that God is already using me, but is going to use me to touch so many people that I don't even know about yet. As i am walking in a new journey and a new chapter I know that whatever God has in store for my future is going to blow me away as it already has begun to with the people he has brought in my life and the things he has shown me. I will continue to pursue every dream.. every passion and I will run this race with strength, perseverance and determination.



"Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning the shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2

Everyday I will awaken my praise.......

Well today( which today, really means yesterday because this is when I wrote this blog) was just one of those days......... one of those days where I honestly did not feel like doing much. I kind of felt as if I was in just a blah kind of mood.
The rain didnt help either... lol...

So coming to terms with not being in school this semester has been hard to grasp some days for me. Even though most of us say we don't like school, there is apart of us that will always like school. We enjoy the interaction with peers, we enjoy the ability to learn and obtain new knowledge that will further our futures, we enjoy the laughter and smiles of students as you pass through hallways and sidewalks... You just enjoy the atmosphere you find on a college campus. Well for me, that has all come to a stand still for now. It's not a bad thing, but a good thing because I know that in my life right now, this is where God has called me to be. Their are just days that I have felt so disconnected from my friends and the world around me. Although even when I had classes everyday, I never really saw my friends during the week... So nothing has really changed, I just believe that it is more the knowing and the feelings that I am not there right now.....

However through all of this... through this new chapter in my life.... through this new journey... Once again God is challenging me...changing me... shaping me... and walking by my side day in and day out."Everyday I will awaken my praise, and pour out a song from my heart".... everyday that is what I truly do. I have perfect peace in all of this, and have great joy and strength....:)

Psalms 28:7

"The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song."

Timing is Everything.....

Well.. It has been several days since I have blogged last. I feel as if I have been around the world in the past weeks of my life.

I'm not even sure I know where to begin at this point or what to even say...

What I do know is that God is truly forever faithful. As I have said before, God has always been faithful to me and my family, however I have seen with my eyes the amazing faithfulness of God and I have literally watched it unfold day by day and have been completely blown away.

Sometimes in life it seems that plans don't always go the way "You" or "I" want them to go. However they do happen in God's perfect, divine timing. He never fails. He is never to soon and he is never to late! He opens doors and he closes doors. Sometimes when you wait for Gods absolute best you will be blown away at the doors and the divine appointments he has ordained for you.

Even as I blog, I will be honest and say there have been moments recently I found myself being discouraged or wondering why my life is taking this route, but God stopped me in my tracks and reminded me that this is where I am supposed to be and this is in his plans for my life. I must continue to trust him in all things. I must continue to pursue him and I must continue to surrender everything to him. God is not surprised by any of this. It may not seem to be going the way I ever thought it would, but what I do see is it going in a direction that is completely blowing me away. God is taking me to a deeper level, higher heights, opening doors in my life that I never imagined and opening my eyes to the things unseen...

I am thankful and I am blessed for this new chapter and journey that is unfolding it my life. Just like in kari jobes song, it says: Everyday i will awaken my praise and pour out a song from my heart...... Everyday I wake up I feel like I am pouring out a new song. Everyday I feel awakened, I feel confident and know that all of my life in every season you are still God!! I will always have a reason to sing and I will always have a reason to worship.

As this new chapter is unfolding, I take every step one day at a time and I am listening to the still small voice of God as he speaks and moves in and through my life.

God I love you!

Perseverance...Strength..Trust...Surrender

"Consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lack wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him....................... Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him."

This scripture has been so relevant in my life over the past years and even more so as of late....

So I am going to school to get my degree in Elementary Education. I have wanted to be a teacher from the time I was a little girl. Since I am now a senior in college, I am nearing the end of my journey and coming to the most intricate and challenging parts of finishing my degree. In order for me to finish out these last 2 semesters I have to get into the (TEP) Teacher Education Program. In order to do that, I have to pass a state Praxis test. Well I took the test this past summer, there are 3 sections on the exam: Math, Reading and Writing. I passed the writing with flying scores, however my math and reading were one point shy of passing the required scores. I got a 173 and you have to get a 174. To be honest it was the most discouraging thing to know that I was so close but yet so far away. So I began the fall semester finishing out my general Ed classes not really worrying about the test anymore at that time, well the semester quickly came to an end and I still had not taken the Praxis again and therefore could not register for classes for the Spring Semester......
I was rather unsure of what I was going to do, so I proceeded to finish my portfolio and go ahead and turn it in. When I turned it in, I explained my situation, they said don't worry this happens all the time with the scores, just take the Praxis again before school starts back and if you pass you can then register for classes.....
To be honest when school ended, my main focus was getting ready to leave for Paraguay and I had kinda put the Praxis on the back burner. The other day I was asked "Why did you really wait on taking the test?" Honestly I did procrastinate... It's because I had lost all confidence and was so discouraged that I was only 1 point away and that I had to take it again in order to get into the TEP and register for classes. I came to the point where I just didn't even know what I wanted to do. I thought for many days maybe I have picked the wrong major. I have never been a good test taker. I can excel at pretty much anything I put my mind to, but testing is not one of my fortes. Everything else in my academic profile is acceptable for the TEP but my scores. So to say the least it is really frustrating....
With all this said I am actually taking the Praxis on Tuesday... and in the meantime am seeking the favor of the Lord for me to be able to go ahead and register for classes before then. Otherwise after my results from Tuesday it will then determine the next step I take and where I go......

Once again God has brought me to the place in my life where I am surrendering everything to him. I have released it all. I cannot worry, I cannot doubt but I will do nothing but Trust. Psalms 26:3 says " For your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth." I know that I am walking in his truth. I don't know right now what my future holds. I am at the place where I am uncertain whether or not I am even supposed to be a teacher. Honestly I have never really asked God whether or not there was something else for me besides teaching, I just always knew "I" wanted to be a teacher and that was my dream, but just what if that is not in God's plans. What if he has something else in store.... It is a very hard place to be right now. When you know that your career is so close to being done, but yet that may not be the direction God is going to take you, he may choose to take you a compleelty differnt way and open bigger and better doors... and so many times I just want to say God What?! What now? But I know without a shadow of a doubt that God has my life in the palm of his hands. He knew I would be at this very moment where I am at. He knew that this day would come. I don't know what he is doing but he is doing something so big in my life, that I sense it.. I feel it... I hear his still small voice and I know that everything will work out in his perfect timing not mine, and when it does I will be amazed once again at the amazing faithfulness of God.

As I have been through so many different roads in life, I have been to this place before where sometimes you must sacrifice, you must lay down your biggest dreams and your biggest hopes in life and you must give them over to God. But when you do, you will be BLOWN away at the doors and the blessings that God will open up for you. It is called obedience. It is not always easy, but to whom much is given, much is required. We so many times want the easy way out, we want things handed to us, and we don't ever give anything up, but sometimes we must do the exact opposite. Nothing is ours, everything has been given to us freely by a loving and a faithful God and we must listen... hear... pray.. seek and be obedient to his word and his calling on our life. We must trust and know that he has ordained and ordered our every steps and he has called us by name and he has prepared us for such a time as this.

It seems like all of this could not of come at a more perfect time. I am on a 21 day fast with my church family. A fast to pursue God more and more everyday. So I am laying it all down. Every Hope. Every dream. Everything and I am pursuing the very breath of God more and more everyday. For direction in my life, because right now I don't know what tomorrow holds, what next week holds, but what I do know is that I serve a faithful and a loving father who will never leave me or forsake me and has a plan and a purpose for my life. Every journey that he has placed me on, I have been .. blessed... molded.... defined.. sharpened... guided and changed to be the person that God has called me to be. I will walk this next journey of my life with strength.. determination... perseverance... trust. and surrender.. Even though this all may seem overwhelming, in the midst of it all I am beyond excited and their is apart of me that knows that there is something bigger and greater on the horizon that I cannot see right now but I must surrender it all and trust God in all things. I must wait patiently on the Lord. "But those whose hope is in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

God. you are indescribable. my father. my shelter. my friend. my healer. my refuge. my strength. Thank you for every blessing. for life. for your grace and mercy that is new every morning. Thank you for the song in my heart and the dance to my feet. I will forever praise you.

A New Year... A New Chapter.... A New Season...

Well it is 2010 and I cannot believe it. Time is flying by me right before my eyes. It seems like just yesterday we were just moving to Tennessee and I was just beginning my Sophomore year of high school... Now I am a SEEEEEENNNIIIOORR in college!!! ahhhhh....

I have never been as excited about life as I am. I am ready to embrace this new year that is sitting before me. Embrace it with everything within me. With Strength... Determination...Love...Sacrifice...Humility...Perseverance...Faith...Hope...Dreams... Promises...Family...Friends...and most of all God.

I have always seen God's faithfulness prevalent in my life but even more so in the last couple of months. There have been many moments in my life where I have questioned God plenty of times. Ask him why am I here? Why am I going through this? Will I ever see the sun shine again in my life? In those moments that I didn't know what was going on around me or what the outcome would be, the one thing that I had was the faith to press on no matter what. To climb the highest mountains because what was on the other side was far bigger than I could see at that time or even begin to understand. As I reflect back over my life this past year as well as the past 3 years God blows me away to see where he has brought me from and what he has brought me through. Sometimes when you stop and think back you can really see the amazing faithfulness of an indescribable, unconditional loving God. Sometimes we want to doubt God's faithfulness or say that we don't see it, I know. I have been there before, I am sure we all have. We want to second guess the journey we are on. However what you must know and realize is that God has ordained every day and every step you take in your life. He knows every journey you will travel, every battle you will fight, every mountain you will climb, every valley you will walk through and every obstacle you will overcome. Through it all he is preparing you and building you for something greater. I have learned so many lessons through my journey's in life and am still learning.... :)

So with all that said, I am ready to embrace this year. I am ready to run the race that God has placed before me. Run it with all my might and know that when I cross the finish line there will be great rewards. I see the hand of God at work in my life everyday, even more so it seems as of late. He is a faithful God. I love him from the utter most parts of my being.

It's a new season. A season of new beginnings. I don't know all that this New Year will bring but I know that God has some amazing and big things in store for my life. my relationship. my family. my future. my friends. I am excited to watch it unfold. I am thankful and I am blessed beyond belief.

I would not trade any journey I have traveled, any obstacle I have faced, any pain I have felt, any tear I have cried for where God has brought me today. If all of that was for these moments and times that I have experienced in the last couple months. Then it was worth it. When you see how amazing and faithful God truly is it will blow you away, it will literally bring you to your hands and knees. The other morning I woke up and began my morning devotions and prayer. I could do nothing more but lay on the floor of my bedroom weeping and just being still and listening to the still small voice of God. Sometimes he just wants you to stop. Be Still. and know that he is God. There have been times in my life when I thought that God didn't speak to me, but he has never stopped speaking to me. All I know is that God is doing something big inside my heart and in my life. My hunger... My thirst and my passion for more of God is stronger everyday..... As I start my last and final semesters at Lee, I pray that I will leave the biggest mark and impact than ever before!

"Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." Isaiah 40:4-5

Thank you God for your faithfulness in my life. Thank you for your hand of grace and mercy that I see each new day. You have blessed me beyond my dreams and hopes and I am thankful for my family and amazing friends you have placed in my life. :) I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I am ready to embark on this new and exciting journey!

Reflections from Paraguay.....

Well it has been quite a while since I have been on here.... A lot has happened in my life over the last couple months...

Where to even begin.. so many thoughts.. so many emotions... Let me begin with saying that I serve an awesome and amazing God. He is forever faithful. In him I live and move and breathe.

A month ago today I was heading to Paraguay with 7 other people. I can honestly say that I wish I was boarding another plane today to head to Paraguay again. It all began about 9 months ago when God brought my family to PRC. As we are entering our 7th year of living in Cleveland Tennessee, I can honestly say that we have found a church to call home. In attending PRC I have had that amazing opportunity to meet some great people and build some lasting relationships with them. One being the director of my trip to Paraguay as well as his family. We had begun talking through mutual family friends, then before I knew it, I was signed up to go on his trip to Honduras this past December. Well Honduras soon turned into Paraguay due to political unrest in Honduras. I believe without a shadow of a doubt that it was completely ordained by God and we were supposed to go to Paraguay.

Over those next 8 months leading up to the trip God was doing a lot in my life. He began challenging me to rise above in every area of my life and to go the extra mile. To make a difference, and to trust him in everything. To give him my hopes, my dreams, my future and know that my steps were ordered and ordained by him. Everything would fall into place in his perfect timing not mine. Sometimes that is a really hard concept to think about, sometimes it is a hard thing to do. It is not always easy to do but sometimes God requires much of us so that he can build us, challenge us, shape us and teach us.

I spent many days and nights praying for Paraguay,the team and the trip. I knew that God was going to do some amazing things. I remember one night after our class, it was about 8 days before we were to leave, we were practicing for a drama that we were going to perform in Paraguay for the kids. As we were practicing it I could sense Gods presence everywhere and as I closed my eyes I pictured us in Paraguay and I knew in that very moment that God was already preparing their hearts as well as ours for something far greater and bigger than we could even begin to understand. At that moment I knew God was going to do something in my life while in Paraguay that would change me forever. He did. I am not the same person. I am changed.

There is something so alive in me that I just cannot contain it, there are some days that I can't even explain it. While in Paraguay we did many projects and completed those projects, it was a great feeling to know that we had accomplished our goals and saw them to completion.
One moment in Paraguay that will forever be written on my heart is the Sunday night we did the church service for the kids, but first let me just back up and say that the night before the service Sara and Shaun Morton The missionaries that we were staying with shared about the children in the orphanage. They talked about where they came from, what they have experienced and just their life story. It was heartbreaking to hear the stories. So in those moments my heart was being changed, broken, and challenged.
By the time we got to the service the tears began to flow as I watched the kids and thought about their stories. We were asked to get paired up with about 3 kids and pray over them. This was a very amazing moment for me as I got 3 of the kids that I had really connected with in just the few days that we were already there. So I wrapped my arms around them and began to weep and pray. I felt, sensed and knew that God was there in the midst of us. When we were done praying one of the little girls Kimberly who I had prayed for came running into my arms. As I picked her up she put her hands to my cheeks and began to wipe my tears.
Even as I write this now I cry. In that very second I was blown away, because even though we could not speak to each other she knew that I was crying, that I was hurting and praying for them and she was wiping away my tears and smiling. Our hearts connected in that moment and I was forever changed. At that same time another one of the girls came up to me, put her arms around my neck and said I love you!
As we left the service I walked back in complete silence to the house. I could not even speak, all I could do was weep.... My heart was captured forever by the precious faces, hearts and lives of those children as well as Paraguay!

I could go on for days... hours... and minutes of stories in Paraguay and how my life was changed. This is just one of many stories. But one other story that truly is a huge part of my life and has impacted me on all levels is the fact that I met my absolute best friend in all the world while on this journey across the world. Not just for a season but for a lifetime! :) His name is Tyler and he holds a very special and important place in my heart. He depicts what a true Godly man of God should be, he has the biggest heart of compassion as well as the heart of a worshiper. He is a man after God's own heart and I am beyond blessed to have in my life and call him my Best Friend :) :) While in Paraguay we connected in such a way that most days you can't put words to it, most days I'm speechless. This friendship and relationship that we have developed has surpassed my hopes, dreams and desires. God is faithful and when you seek him, and when you wait patiently on the Lord he will give you the desires of your heart. Never doubt him. Never give up. Always hope. Always persevere. Always believe that his timing is perfect not ours.

So I leave by saying that Paraguay has left footprints on my heart not just for a little fling but for a lifetime. It has completely and utterly changed me inside out. It has ignited in me a new fire... a new flame... a new hunger.. a new thirst.. a new passion.... and it has brought me to my hands and knees more and more each and everyday to pray for the broken... the hurting... and the lost. I know that God has called me to a higher standard.... He has given me a heart of compassion for the broken.. It's bigger than I can imagine... I will use my story... my testimony to make a difference. God has prepared me for such a time as this.

"Our feet tell a story of where we have been and hold the hopes and dreams of where we will go" :)

God you are forever faithful. Thank You.