Sunshine In My Soul!

Baking cookies and enjoying the snow! 

This past month has been amazing! Mom and Dad came up and visited me, it was great to spend the weekend with them!!! I moved houses in the first of January, so I've been unpacking, re-organizing, re-arranging, cleaning, etc. I have some awesome house mates, Becky, Jennifer, and Natasha! It's been a huge blessing spending time with them!

It has been absolutely freezing here since I got back! I've never been in such cold snowy weather but it's been great!!! We've been able to go ice skating, sledding, and we've had some great snow ball fights! 

Summertime!!!

It is summertime, in my heart,
It is summertime, in my heart,
Since Jesus saved me,

 New Life He gave me,

Ev'n in wintertime, 

it's summer in my heart!

I just want to thank the Lord for his unending faithfulness! I'm excited for this new year and for what all God is going to do! We've been listening to so many great messages in our staff meetings lately. I've been so moved and impacted to move toward Christ in a deeper and richer way. One message was by Doug Small and it was talking about three mountains. Mount Sinai was where God revealed His awesome power and placed the Fear of God in their hearts, Mount Calvary is where Christ shed His blood to pay for our sins, He showed unending love and amazing grace, and Mount Zion is where we should be heading. . .we can't keep camping at Mount Sinai or Mount Calvary, both are good and we need them, but we must press on to the Mount of God, to the celestial city of our Great King and God. Take every small moment of the day to stay in Mount Zion, set your heart upon eternity. Focus not on what you can see but spend your time doing the things that will matter when we finally reach our Heavenly home!!! I pray that you will be inspired to passionately pursue Jesus Christ with all of your heart!

Thankful for His Mercy & Love

 I'm continually amazed at the Lords faithfulness in my life and the journey He has brought me through over the past few years. I was given the opportunity to share on Living the Journey a glimpse of what God has done in my life and the reconciliation that He gave to me when He paid the price for me on the cross! May you be blessed beyond measure this upcoming year as you daily seek to draw closer and closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He is the only reason for our existence; Everyday we are one day closer to meeting Him, face to face!!! Are you ready? What are you doing today to move His kingdom forward?

 

More Traveling!!!

We went to Western Kansas this past week and visited our Grandparents!

This summarizes my Christmas break. . ."Traveling, traveling, and more traveling!!!"

 I miss the good ole family times!

 Dad with Grandma and Grandpa

Living Life To The Fullest!

So much has happened recently. Yes, I know that it has been a while since I last updated this. So here is a brief summary of some of what has been going on!

We had our annual fall clean up here at the headquarters. It was amazing to watch everyone come together and rake the leaves. It looked like an army was coming through as all 37 of us just made a line and started plowing around campus! What an awesome team! Many great memories made with many great people!

A few of us went downtown to see the lights and such! It was beautiful and we had a blessed time of fellowship!

I went home for thanksgiving! It was an exciting trip as our car broke down, but thankful for the Lord's guidance and direction. Moriah was actually able to come down with us and we had a relaxing Thanksgiving.

 

We Signed over 600 cards from our Publications Department just to say "Merry Christmas" to those who placed orders for Christmas! It was a lot of fun! We also had a Christmas party for all the staff & We had a party for Mr. Gothard's birthday! Which was super fun to be a part of!

Seth came home a few weeks ago! He just finished ERT down at the ALERT campus and I'm super proud of him! Way to go man!!! They all wore their dress blues to church. Ben is one of Seth's friends from ALERT and he came down and spent the week with them!

We had our annual Christmas conference this past weekend and everything went well. So many preparations and details to making it all happen. Everyone pulled together and it was a huge success. It really was a great weekend.

The lake here is frozen, so last week we went and skated on it that was super fun!

Here are a few pictures from Christmas!

My awesome guys!!! Y'all are the best!!!


Family picture of everyone on Mom's side of the family!

 Family Picture!

My most awesome friends forever!

Sister Pictures, Elizabeth and family.

We went and watched our cousins play Basketball on Friday! They almost won the tournament!

Having fun with our Niece and Nephew! Pal did his "workout" with Ariana and Kevin is such a cute kid!

It is so good to be able to spend time with my awesome family!

Blessed Beyond Measure!

I was blessed to be able to go home this past weekend and spend time with my family! I miss y'all so much!

I was able to watch Hannah play Volleyball and was also able to watch Timothy play basketball. They both won their games!!! I was so happy for them! Way to go y'all, keep up the good work!

Then on Saturday we went down to the Duggars for Josiah's graduation. It was so good to catch up with everyone down there!

Then on Sunday Hannah and I sang "Jesus, Thank You" for church!

JESUS, THANK YOU

The mystery of the cross I cannot comprehend
The agonies of Calvary
You the perfect Holy One, crushed Your Son
Who drank the bitter cup reserved for me
 

Your blood has washed away my sin
Jesus, thank You
The Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Jesus, thank You
Once Your enemy, now seated at Your table
Jesus, thank You
 

By Your perfect sacrifice I’ve been brought near
Your enemy You’ve made Your friend
Pouring out the riches of Your glorious grace
Your mercy and Your kindness know no end

Your blood has washed away my sin
Jesus, thank You
The Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Jesus, thank You
Once Your enemy, now seated at Your table
Jesus, thank You

Lover of my soul
I want to live for You

Jenna, Hannah and I headed up to St. Louis so that I could catch my bus! :) But since we had some extra time, we decided to make the most of it, haha! So here are a few pics!

It was a really short weekend, it reminded me that we should make the most out of  the time that we have and not to waste it on things that are not important. We aren't going to be here forever, So, make the most out of the time that you have right now!

The Past Couple Weeks!

So much has happened, time seems to fly. . .here are a few of the highlights!

A whole group of us from HQ went to Chick-Fil-A to celebrate Nate's birthday. It was so much fun!

 Mammal and Papal came down to visit me for the weekend before heading to Virgina to visit my sister! We had a great time together!

 

It was great to see Bri again (FYI: this is Abby's sister), she and I took a Photography course together a couple years ago! So we took a few more photos. We were reminded of so many fun memories and we laughed way to hard!

This past weekend we went to Verity for their Harvest Fest. It was such a blast, a good time of fellowship and many memories made!

 

 

Nate drew this picture for Mrs. Heiniger and I wrote the verse on it! I think she was very blessed by it! 

 

Last night we played soccer! It was kind of cold, dark and rainy. . .Yeah, probably not the smartest. . .but we had so much fun!!!

I hope you have a blessed weekend!

 

FYI: I didn't take a lot of these pictures, so if you took them, Thank you!

 

What Would Life Be Like. . .

Without My Sister?

Hannah Pinned this on Pinterest and I loved it so much somehow it happened to put itself on here. Hannah you really are the best sister and I couldn't ask for anything better. You are all of this and so much more! Even across the miles you are there for me! Thanks!

He is Big Enough for Anything!

September Update!

I know that it has been forever since I last updated my blog! So sorry, I can't believe how busy I've been the past month . . . I can't even remember it all!!!

 Labor Day/Staff Retreat!

Wow, words don't even come close to describing our time in the Northwoods! It was so refreshing to be able to go up there and get away from work and everything back at HQ and spend time with the Lord and the Headquarters staff! It was such a blessing to fellowship with my brothers and sisters in the Lord! Here are a few pictures from our time up there!!! Enjoy!

I love it when everyone gathers around to play instruments!!! It's so much fun!

Seth's Advancement From ALERT Basic Training!

I also went home for a few days and spent most of the time down in Texas at the ALERT campus. Seth Graduated from basic training and is now attending ERT course that they have down there for the young men. 

 Way to go Seth!!! I'm so proud of you!

My super amazing family! Y'all are so awesome!!!

So many memories and so much fun!

I'm so grateful for every opportunity that the Lord gives me. What a blessing! He is so faithful to use us to further His kingdom and bring Him glory!

I pray that you will have a blessed day as you seek to draw closer to Him!

He's Done So Much!