Just a Follow up...

I'm back to "the great state of Texas" and as crazy as my weekend was traveling, I still am convinced it was more relaxing than my usual days have been for the past weke or so... Southwestern Savvy ( women's event) is this friday and in case you dind't know already, I'm the coordinator of it all which aka mean A LOT OF WORK! All the logistics I get to take care of however I'm looking forward to an awesome night of worship with women of Southwestern! The outline of the night is going to be worship, games (nothing cheesy) along with giveaways and then settling down with a guest speaker with the focal passsages being in Matthew 14: ending with music, fun fellowship, food and ministry opportunities! We even have a tshirt made for the night to reminisce over later on down the road:). The picture below is the shirt available in the campus store ($10).

Back to the out of town trip, It was great seeing my friend, Cay. I met her whenever I interpreted/lived in DC a few summers back. She was very hospitable allowing me to be the "laid back" one, it was nice! ( Thanks Cay), that was wednesday, then thursday evening I went out with my friend from the church I attended previously there, Stephen. He took me out to a meditteraen restuarant. It was a first time experience for me, but definitely a memorable one, ( in a good way of course). .. then it was off to finally see my college grls!! ( 301b!)... right away it was awesome! junk food!, girl talk and even down to knowing which gingerale I prefer over another ( which by the way is NOT Canadra Dry). Ahh, .. the joys of close friends! The following day (friday) we went out on the town (DC!) and not really sure what all we did but nonetheless it didn't really matter because we were together again and that's what was important! Saturday, was when I woke up extra early to catch a plane to NC in order to take a shower and ready for an hour long drive ahead of me in order to make it to my other friend, Courtney's bridal luncheon. It was definitely worth it though, a home cooked meal!!, .. oh and seeing my friend COURTNEY of course haha!MUAH- Court;)! Afterwards, checking into a motel only to catch a cat nap and then off to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for the wedding the following day... oh and the lingerie shower after that! Yeah that was fun!:).. sorry no details. :p

The wedding was Sunday at 3pm; my mom ( in the pic) came early,that was nice, and then after the wedding (which was beautiful!) I got to finally see my dad and brother along with the rest of my aunts and uncles and cousins! Seeing my brother was one of my favorite parts of the entire trip even though I saw him for maybe 2 hours or so, it was still a great 2 hours. The following day (Monday), I woke up extra early once again to catch a plane out from NC to Texas so I could be in my seat by 12pm for a three hour long class.. yippee!!.. Now, I'm here in the library ( taking a study break- choke choke)... on a paper that I am struggling to finish. I feel like I have a bad case of senioritis and the bad part is, I'm no where near close to being finished ( or so it feels)..well.. sorry to chat so much, so fast and with so many useless details but that's what I've been up to... What about you?:)...

Seminary Stride- 5k April 26th @8:30am

To register to participate or to become a volunteer, check out the website below and follow the link to southwestern;).

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/racefinderdetail/1,,s6-239-283-284-0-0-0-0-1882091,00.html

The Seminary Stride on campus made it to one of the largest ( f not the largest) website for runners, www.runnersworld.com ,pretty cool and it's a certified course ( whatever that means- sounds good). Go SWBTS!!

I'm in DC!!!... it's good to be back!:)

I'm here in DC at a friend of mine's place. I'm here for a "college girl time" reunion! My girls are coming in tomorrow night so I'm here hanging out with one of my interpreter friends I met from when I use to work here in the Nation's Capitol. Today, the Pope came into town. I'm so out of the news scene though that my mom actually was the one to tell me about him coming. I'm not doing much of anything right now which is kind of uneasy for me in a strange way but at the same time super great. Dominick, I know you'd be proud as I sit here on the couch doing nothing but bogging in pj's while it's still light out... wow, that's a first I think ( unless I'm sick), howveer I am sleep deprived and instead of napping as I should be I have decided to still do "something" so my anxious self decided to blog! In a few days I'll be on my way to NC to be in one of my best friend's wedding, Ms. Courtney Eller, soon to be Mrs. Courtney Wilson:).

Not too much to say really, just been working a lot and trying to hold everything together. Southwestern Savvy is next friday. Southwestern Savvy is a women's event that is held at Southwestern Seminary for women of SWBTS to worship together while getting to know one another at the same time. There are shirts available for sale and they're only $10. They're pretty cool looking if I do say so myself. My friend, Erin Edwards was the one who made the design possible:), so thanks bunches Erin!!- you rock!

My friend, AJ posted a blog about a 101 year old man running a marathon and well I have to add the link to this blog post becasue it's just too cool not to see it for yourself. How awesome.. and man do I feel like the biggest loser ever!

http://ajayne.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-man-is-oldest-employee-in-britain.html#links

Well, ... lots to do, sure you'l hear a little about it.. until then!

Prayer Requests-

Anna Paige-IMB Conference
Emily and Lindsey- traveling
Sarah- big life decisions ( grad school, job, housing)
Keturah-job placement/summer plans
Michelle- traveling ( Nashville, Tn.)
Southwestern Savvy-for it to be a great success honoring Him!
Todd- my cousin serving for our country as well as the other men and women serving.
Brandon and Adam- trip to Africa, housing plans
Beautiful Feet- for all the hurting hearts and brokenness.- for the people to seek His face and His plan for their life.


Praises-

My co worker, Marci's little boy's blood count is back to normal!!
Stacy's grandfather is in heaven with Jesus!
( he accepted him into his heart and life just before passing)
My grandparents made it to California ( pray they make it back safely on Saturday)

Just another day....

Today is April 8th, in two months I'm going to be 24! Wow! Time really flys! I'm here at work, my second home, interpreting and doing my best to take everything in one hour at a time. I have a lot on my plate this week, working over time plus two 10 page papers all before Tuesday. So with all that meanas absolutely no social life for me!.. Eat, Sleep, QT, Shower, Work, Paper, yep that's it... so for all my friends in Texas, .. see you when I get back April 22nd:). haha. I'll be on my way to Washington DC next week and then to Charlotte and then back again... busy busy haha..

alright enough about me...

Prayer Requests:

Woman at my church- raped multiple times recently
Daniel Rojos-daughter beaten to death by jealous ex husband.
Me- to finish my papers!
Courtney and jason- Wedding day coming up soon! ( April 20th)
Tax payers! ( April 15th is right around the corner!)
Stacy Manning and Family-grandfather's death recently/Praise- he accepted Christ into his life!
Adam Bostick and Brandon Stiko- upcoming trip to Africa
Sarah Moody- life transition/planning/new job/finances along with it

To anyone who wants to know....

First off, I want to thank all of you who have been such an encouragement to me not only through words(prayer) but also in action (financially) as I have been training for this race. It means a lot to me and to the people who are benefitted by the words and actions of your efforts are even more thankful than I.

However, due to the lack of funds recieved and the crunch time that is ahead of me, I have chosen to withdraw myself from the "team in training" to prevent the risk of not meeting my fundraising quota and in regard reeping the consequences of it. With all of that said, all of the money raised at this point will go towards finding a cure which was the top reason for running to begin with.

I'm trying my best to not look at this as a losing effort but as a great learning experience. I was able to learn about blood cancers and how big of a need there is for finding a cure as well as learning how to train and run disciplining myself as well as enduring hardships in order to become stronger. Proving my mind that even when I am mentally fatigued I must press on. With taking a chance on team in training I have gained great long lasting friendships as well as a new found hobbie:).

As for my honored hero whom I was running for, she is still in remission and just two days ago went for a check up and everything came back normal, PRAISE God!:).


Even though I am not able to continue with team in training I have learned a lot about myself and what I can do if I put my mind to it. If you've been reading my other blog posts then you know what I mean by that:).

I still continue to run just not as "hard" at least until I have trained my knee to handle the impact of the cement landings every step I take.

I'm not sure what race I will be running at this point but you can be sure that I will race in one in the near future!

Thanks and God Bless!