Motivation

So as this last month of support raising starts I am getting more and more excited for the impending year! So many new people, places, and things!

 I am so blessed! This past June has to taught me so much about the Lords faithfulness and his mercy. I am so excited that he has continued to confirm that I am doing exactly what I am doing.  People that have joined my support team are so amazing and encouraging! It is so humbling to know that people will sacrifice some of their money to come alongside a ministry that is reaching college students, through me! People are depending on me to set an example of Christ on our university and well truly it is an honor!

In other news! Chi Alpha UTSA now has a Chi Alpha House!!!!!! :]]]]]

 This is great news! We can now have a meeting place for staff and a hangout destination for out students! It will open so many new doors for the ministry! This past Thursday evening Summer XA all went out to the house and Painted, cleaned, gardened, fixed, sawed, washed, and HAD FUN! It was such a great fun night to serve together and really just get the house ready to be occupied this coming august! Here are some picture! :]

Two International students Masi and Lydie! From Iran and France! They worked harder than everyone! haha!

Working out in the front of the house!

Even Haven helped! :p

Painting crew!!! 

They cut a hole in the wall!!!! 

Touching up the painting! :]]]

getting started

As life progresses and I walk into a new chapter in my life. Realizing that you are no longer a college student, you are no longer a student in general is a huge deal. I am somewhat lost in who or what I will become. College doesn’t exactly prepare you for after college. I am however truly blessed to have a calling on my life to serve the Lord, but that doesn’t mean that everything is perfect.

Me and my mom are a lot alike I love her to death and really truly appreciate the way she speaks into my life. It is hard to be gracious sometimes when you are at such a loss of what to do. I am at one of those points where I need my mother desperately, but I consequently want to do everything on my own so I can know I did it! I am not sure how to approach the issue, we have been disagreeing about almost everything. To me it seems as though no matter how many times I try to help out around the house, I always have forgot the one thing that mattered more. It is however comforting that I know she wants me to succeed and do the best I can. Her intentions are admirable, I as her daughter just can’t seem to get over myself.

I know that I have lost the right to defend myself, it is just really hard to execute when you are really unsure of what is happening yourself that you just need WANT to defend the little portion you have under control. Now I realize God has everything in his hands, “cast your anxiety on him for he cares for you” – 1 peter…

It just seems to be harder and harder the more committed you become to the process. How do you break free from the pressures of not knowing where you are.

Support raising is not for the faint of heart, I feel as though I have been doing absolutely everything I could to get ahold of these people, and absolutely NOTHING all at the exact time.

I need to spend some time and refocus my life on Jesus, I need to stop drowning and lock my eyes on him. For I know he has everything worked out! :]

Cross before me, world behind me… It is not for me it is all for you.

 Sally

secure.

My friend Joesph posted this today and it really hit me.

 "Have I put myself into your hands, or have I always been there? Sometimes you get so used to your surroundings you forget where you are, but when you remember it's the most secure place you've ever known."

I am thankful that no matter how many times I forget where I am, that when Jesus finally is like "umm hello" I am still here and you realize that is where you have been.. the whole time.. safe and secure..in his arms.

love it!

 Sally

funnel!

Wow WOW WOW,
 What whirlwind! In the past two weeks  I have, Graduated, Moved out, and turned 23! SHEESH
I have been support raising for the past 2 week full time, It has definatly been harder then i expected but totally humbling and amazing at the same time. God has really been working in my heart and preparing me for what is gonna be happening this fall! :]

All in all, I have a little desk set up at my parents place and I work on things there, it is so nice to be able to have paresnts that let me come stay with them for the next 2 1/2 weeks.

DONE and DONE

Well well well, I have officially graduated from college at UTSA! Needless to say it feels a bit like nothing, very surreal. More on the side of, oh my i don't really know how i feel about this.
 HOWEVER it is awesome and I am soooo excited and its like mind blowing to me that i will no longer be on the UTSA campus to go to school!

I am so thankful for my parents and how much they have invested and sacrificed for me over the years.  They mean so much to me, and i can't even really express how I really feel. My brother for always being there to give me comfort when I need it or laugh at me and tell me I am being stupid. :p
I am thankful for my grandparents who invested some of their money into my education! and for their loving support and guidance over the years.
AND of course my friends!

Erika - for always understanding me, and being there for me when I need her most! She has been a huge influence in my life, and helped me fall in love with the Lord all over again.

Alyssa (BIRD_) - For being a wonderful listener and all around great friend!, I think that she is the one I always end up jumping on and getting crazy around

Jessi! - The one and only! This girl has watched me and guided me through some tuff points in my life and NEVER GAVE UP on me. and for that I am eternally thankful

and of course everyone else! You all have impacted my life in profound ways.

 I only hope that I continually provided an example of the Lords Love through my actions!

SO excited for the summer!

Tomorrow I will be going home and support raising in the valley! hurrrah


THE LORD IS SOOOOO GOOOD!!! ahhh
AMEN.

Here are some pictures!!

ON THE WAY TO GRADUATION WITH MY MOM, ALYSSA, AND ERIKA

MA BFF'S THESE GIRLS ARE AMAZING

WALKING IN! AHHHHH

ME AND MY PARENTS AFTERWARD!! HURRRAYY 

ALL READY!

MY GRADUATION PRESENT! A BEAUTIFUL NEW CROSS NECKLACE! 

Graduation

AHHHH, one more day and 2 more finals! and I am done!!

I am so excited and feeling a little bit blessed that I am finally finishing school FOREVER!
(not that I will stop learning..ever! but school is jsut such a different mindset!)

I am excited. thats it.. I should be studying.

The Commission

We are brought in and invited near, to share his HEART. I am totally broken by the reality of what he has done for me. I didn't deserve this why has he done this for me? He loves me.

Take me.
Send me.

I am commissioned to represent him. I bear the very name, image and reputation of God almighty.

Go. for the lamb that was slain deserves the reward for his suffering.

He is capstone, it all falls short without the capstone.

I ask for your strength. because with out you I will fail.

I give you my body, and my life.

I will care for all that you care for. Overtake my life.

I will go into this world as little lambs with the Faces of lions.

I will stand in the authority of the name of Jesus, and will not back down.

His lambs. BEAT the wolf packs.

he is in control.

Jesus, Take what is rightfully yours.

oh school, you know

Comm Week 2012 has begun! Thus leading to the busiest week ever. EVER.
I have so much due, and i am becoming more and more enthused about doing any of it. I am sooooooo ready to graduate. Tomorrow is the Keynote address for Comm week, i am the MC and the closing remarks speaker. SO exciting/scary. I am ready for this to be done though. After that, all that needs to be done is the is the binders for that class. Oh UTSA, why do you always wait for the end of the semester to be so busy. bahahaha

As for this past weekend, I am so thankful for the training. Even after the first couple hours of biblical training I felt so much better. I know now why i am doing this, and that it is biblical. I am excited to start doing this thing! I have to pick a coach soon, I am going back and forth between 2 people. I am ahh just so excited. right now i am having trouble trying not to do this stuff, and working on school which right now kind of takes priority. I am so excited to be an Intern with Chi Alpha with Jessica, and Patrick!! :]]]] sooooo great GONNNA BE SO GREAT!

I am so thankful for the friends I have, that are there for me and understand why I can't hang out for the next couple weeks! SOON SOOOOON I shall be freeeeeeeeeeeeee!

:]

Funding Hunt

And the excitement continues.
Though I feel like a Hobbit living in a cave, i have been pretty productive the past couple weeks. Next week starts Comm Week. I am in charge of the Keynote Speaker and Awards Ceremony. I am nervous. the Lord is good though and I know he will help me.

Besides school and the monstrous amount of stuff I need to do with that. I am supposed to be packing to go to Huntsville this weekend! ;]]]]] There is CMIT Fundraising Training this weekend! Its gonna be a blast to meet the other interns at Sam and i mean really just to hang out with some super awesome Godly people. SO STOAKED. Ill try to post some picture/ write about what we are learning in the next couple days. Its gonna be VONDERFUL. :p

Ill leave you with a pic...Of me and Alyssa on her Birthday! ;] This girl is awesome! ;]

the countdown!

 As the semester slowly/super fastly comes to a close! I am getting more and more excited to start the Chi Alpha Internship I will be starting in May. SO exciting! I have been really busy as of late! Everyone is fundraising to go to Russia/Czech/or china! I wish I could go, but I know that I need to be here support raising for my year! I am so thankful for everything the Lord has been doing lately, though I am nervous about graduation and internship and well life in general. The Lord had just given me a huge Peace and comfort. I glad I have him to help me and guide my steps. He has blessed me so much in the past two years, I am excited to start my life in the mission field. I know it will be hard but I KNOW it will be so worth it, and allow me to grow even more in the Lord.

My Best friend Alyssa Burton and a girl in her Small group named Liz! and of course me in the middle! SO thankful for friendships like these that I can always rely on and know that they will always help me to grow in the Lord.

CMIT Proof

Here it is in black and white! ;] thank you Lord, for everything

 i am soooo excited for this next year!!! ahhhhhhhh :]]]]]]

Royalty

A long time ago my Grammy gave each of us a verse in a frame that coincided with what our names meant. I really never though anything of it, it was cool but OK, yeah sure. Recently i found it again and was overcome by the verse it was. My name means princess, and so she choose 1 peter 2:9.

So crazy to realize that God loves us so much that he wants us to be his children. Seeing that he is King, that would make us royalty as well. We have been called by our king to help lead his people out of the darkness and into his glorious light. What else is there in life that the joy that the Lord gives.

NOTHING that's what:0

In him,

 Sally

iPhone love

Well recently I got an IPhone... Well for Christmas! And decided to download the blogger app.. So I can post pictures:) so here are some from my life in that past 2 months.

MY wonderful SMALLLLLLL GROUP at worship night! :]

Me and my best frannnn!

Guitar roof dreams!

Roomies!

In small group we not only burned things we were bitter and hurt about, but took it a step further and burned satan!

My parents came to visit! :] we went to Chama Gaucha! YUM

My roommate is a turtle!

Had a Hillbilly XAI party at the lakehouse! We bobbed for apples! :] It was a great party!

We went to a cave at 12am. It was soooo Awesome!

My Dog, Sadie, is still the cutest thing ever...

My brothers GF emily! ;] its she cute...! :p

SO yeah thats whats up, im excited to see that the Lord is gonna do in the next year!! ahhhhhh

He is so wonderful!

Interesting

I am SOOO excited. Yesterday i got a call real early from Dick Schroder, a Chi Alpha leader, and he told me some AMAZING news. I am officially a Nationally approved CMIT. CMIT stands for Campus Missionary In Training, an internship program for Chi Alpha!! :]]
 SOO Stoaked...

God is good.