So I had this really awesome opportunity to meet Greg Suiter - my site leader person dude last night. He flew down to do some LeaderTreks training for our church's high school trips, but they worked it out so I could come too - it was pretty awesome! He seems like a really nice guy with a great sense of humor - which you have to have with me otherwise I make absolutely no sense! I am so excited! Only 25 days left til I am Chicago for training and then off to Pawley's Island!!
Greg also let me know what our work project will be - a lady with 5 kids in this old trailer like house where they all sleep in the same room. So we are building them a new house. Jess - our construction person dude - has a construction ministry called Nehemiah Project and he will be guiding us with that! What a cool opportunity this will be and such a blessing for this family!!
The Pawley's Island adult leaders from my church are hanging out tonight - so I am gonna go "chill" with them for awhile. I am so very excited!
Hope you all are doing well!!
Joy
Prayer requests:
1. The family we will be building a house for.
2. The students on these trips.
3. Greg and Ally and Myself
4. I have finals this next week - so pray I do well!
5. Someone to come along who can take care of my middle school group while I am gone.
6. That things at work will smooth out - I haven't told them I am taking the last 3 days off yet...
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Yay God!
Okay, so here is a huge YAY GOD!
Many of you know I was in a car accident last year in April. And the past 5 months have been a major headache because USAA couldn't seem to "close" my case. And I have been playing phone tag with my insurance agent to pay this one outstanding bill for my MRI for the past month. Well, I finally got a hold of him on Tuesday. And he tells me that he crunched the numbers, and if I agreed, he was going to be sending me a settlement check for the MRI bill, plus pain and suffering. Yeah, so that check is a lot more than I ever wanted... I just wanted the $800 to cover my MRI, but yeah, God totally provided so much more!
God's timing is interesting in it all, as well. About an hour before I talked with my agent, I had crunched the numbers to see how much money I would need to cover my summer bills while I am gone to see how much money I still needed to raise... I also was trying to figure out how I was going to pay for my national interpreting test (about $700 total) this next year so I can get a pay raise and work anywhere... Then I talked with the agent and this check covers more than it all!! I had told God just an hour earlier that the support letter checks had basically stopped coming in, and I was running out of fundraising ideas, but I knew He would provide because I know He wants me to do this and an hour later, I am told this check is being mailed to me! How awesome God is!
And on top of that, I mentioned before in one of my blogs about how I was reading through John and never realized how much the purpose of everything is plastered all in that book: everything is made for God's glory. Yeah, a year ago, I had no idea how this car accident could bring God glory - it seemed to bring me a headache and lots of physical pain more than anything... And now a year later, He used the car accident to help fund my missions trip. And I am praying about how else I can give some of it back to Him to be used for more of His glory!
So, yeah! Thanks so much for your prayers - the past couple of weeks have just been "gloomy" and I kept finding God's light...
So a major YAY God!
Love you all,
Joy
P.S. Bought my plane ticket too :o)
Many of you know I was in a car accident last year in April. And the past 5 months have been a major headache because USAA couldn't seem to "close" my case. And I have been playing phone tag with my insurance agent to pay this one outstanding bill for my MRI for the past month. Well, I finally got a hold of him on Tuesday. And he tells me that he crunched the numbers, and if I agreed, he was going to be sending me a settlement check for the MRI bill, plus pain and suffering. Yeah, so that check is a lot more than I ever wanted... I just wanted the $800 to cover my MRI, but yeah, God totally provided so much more!
God's timing is interesting in it all, as well. About an hour before I talked with my agent, I had crunched the numbers to see how much money I would need to cover my summer bills while I am gone to see how much money I still needed to raise... I also was trying to figure out how I was going to pay for my national interpreting test (about $700 total) this next year so I can get a pay raise and work anywhere... Then I talked with the agent and this check covers more than it all!! I had told God just an hour earlier that the support letter checks had basically stopped coming in, and I was running out of fundraising ideas, but I knew He would provide because I know He wants me to do this and an hour later, I am told this check is being mailed to me! How awesome God is!
And on top of that, I mentioned before in one of my blogs about how I was reading through John and never realized how much the purpose of everything is plastered all in that book: everything is made for God's glory. Yeah, a year ago, I had no idea how this car accident could bring God glory - it seemed to bring me a headache and lots of physical pain more than anything... And now a year later, He used the car accident to help fund my missions trip. And I am praying about how else I can give some of it back to Him to be used for more of His glory!
So, yeah! Thanks so much for your prayers - the past couple of weeks have just been "gloomy" and I kept finding God's light...
So a major YAY God!
Love you all,
Joy
P.S. Bought my plane ticket too :o)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Updates
Greetings everyone!
So it has been a little too long and no blogging! Things have actually been kinda crazy for me... Been struggling with some things, so please keep me in your prayers. Actually, the things I am struggling with have nothing to do with the mission trip - more personal thatn anything...
I am really excited about the mission trip! I talked with Greg yesterday and he seems really super nice. Got to know more about what we will be doing: construction work and building relationships with people - 2 things I like to do! I can't say I know how to use too many power tools, but I love learning! And you know me, the city girl, gets excited over getting mud up to my knees while I was four-wheeling! haha I love trying and learning new things!
I just finished reading through John. God's word truly is the Living Word because no matter how many times you read a book in the Bible, you can always get something new out of it. Brenton Shephard preached a sermon to the college group a little while ago about everything being for God's Glory - that's why we live and breathe. I had never seen that before, and as I was reading through John, it seemed plastered all over the book! It is amazing! And I think it was Pastor Mark who said that Yaweh (sp?) means something like breath - so every time we take a breath, we are saying God's name. So even our breathing is for His glory.
I also learned something really cool this morning - actually from Brenton again! Weirdness... Anyways: so he had this quote on his page "Laminin is what holds us together". I never liked science, so no idea what that was. It is apparently the center of every cell in our body and looks like this:
Just how need how Christ holds us together - even to the core of us, everything is for His glory! The other thing I think is so neat about that is that God cares about even the smallest details of our lives - and He has a plan and is in control. I needed a reminder of that because lately it seems I have been bombarded with experiences to challenge me and things I have been struggling with... And sometimes I begin to feel discouraged... I am trying so hard to find the good in all of it - and even if it is small, I have been able to find it most of the time... But yeah, gentle reminders are always nice.
So anyways - nothing else too new here - still haven't entered the dating world. Have 3 weeks left of school (pray that I keep God first even during my last 3 weeks because they are the most stressful). Pray for where I work and guidance for where God wants me next year (which school). And pray for someone to come to lead my middle school girls while I am at Pawley's Island this summer.
Hope you all are doing well! Feel free to comment, call, text, or email me any time!
Love you guys!!
Joy
P.S. Finanical status is still $1750 - only need $150 more to secure my internship for the summer although I still am praying for atleast $2500 to cover other expenses associated with the trip.
So it has been a little too long and no blogging! Things have actually been kinda crazy for me... Been struggling with some things, so please keep me in your prayers. Actually, the things I am struggling with have nothing to do with the mission trip - more personal thatn anything...
I am really excited about the mission trip! I talked with Greg yesterday and he seems really super nice. Got to know more about what we will be doing: construction work and building relationships with people - 2 things I like to do! I can't say I know how to use too many power tools, but I love learning! And you know me, the city girl, gets excited over getting mud up to my knees while I was four-wheeling! haha I love trying and learning new things!
I just finished reading through John. God's word truly is the Living Word because no matter how many times you read a book in the Bible, you can always get something new out of it. Brenton Shephard preached a sermon to the college group a little while ago about everything being for God's Glory - that's why we live and breathe. I had never seen that before, and as I was reading through John, it seemed plastered all over the book! It is amazing! And I think it was Pastor Mark who said that Yaweh (sp?) means something like breath - so every time we take a breath, we are saying God's name. So even our breathing is for His glory.
I also learned something really cool this morning - actually from Brenton again! Weirdness... Anyways: so he had this quote on his page "Laminin is what holds us together". I never liked science, so no idea what that was. It is apparently the center of every cell in our body and looks like this:
Just how need how Christ holds us together - even to the core of us, everything is for His glory! The other thing I think is so neat about that is that God cares about even the smallest details of our lives - and He has a plan and is in control. I needed a reminder of that because lately it seems I have been bombarded with experiences to challenge me and things I have been struggling with... And sometimes I begin to feel discouraged... I am trying so hard to find the good in all of it - and even if it is small, I have been able to find it most of the time... But yeah, gentle reminders are always nice.
So anyways - nothing else too new here - still haven't entered the dating world. Have 3 weeks left of school (pray that I keep God first even during my last 3 weeks because they are the most stressful). Pray for where I work and guidance for where God wants me next year (which school). And pray for someone to come to lead my middle school girls while I am at Pawley's Island this summer.
Hope you all are doing well! Feel free to comment, call, text, or email me any time!
Love you guys!!
Joy
P.S. Finanical status is still $1750 - only need $150 more to secure my internship for the summer although I still am praying for atleast $2500 to cover other expenses associated with the trip.
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