SOAR

For about 3 Fridays out of the summer so far, Chi Alpha has set up a booth at this thing called SOAR. It's a thing for incoming freshmen and transfer students to ASU. So we have set up our Chapter One booth and when the students come around we talk to them about who we are and what we do, hoping to interest some of them in to coming! It's been pretty fun and really awesome getting to speak with some of them....anyways, here's a couple of pictures at SOAR

This is-who I call my brother-Brandon! He's pretty awesome and has treated me like his little sister for a while now. I swear he acts like a real brother, he tries protecting me and picks on me all the time! I love him, he's great!

This is me at the first SOAR....we were just starting to set up!

This is Crystal and me working hard...hey, it takes a lot of effort holding that bucket! haha! Crystal is one of my really good friends, whos got such a great heart! We're pretty stinkin' close, I love her!

Chuck and Larry......GO SEE IT!

Ok, so I'm still laughing from the movie I saw 2 hours ago!!! We went and saw I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.... it was so freakin' hilarious, I nearly wet my pants a couple of times!!! lol! Ok, so I didn't nearly wet my pants, but my stomach muscles were hurting because I laughed so much!!! If you haven't heard of it, it's about these two firefighters (no girls, these 2 firefighters are not hott, but they are funny) anyways, the one is trying to make sure he gets his pension, because his wife died a while back and he wants to make sure he gets it because he has 2 kids. In order to do so, he has to get remarried. He doesn't want to let go of his wife and move on so he asks his best friend to be his domestic "partner"....the two firefighters are played by Adam Sandler and the guy off of The King of Queens, I can't think of his name right now. So its basically, about them pretending to be gay the whole movie....you just gotta go see it yourself! Some parts were kind of bad, but overall it was so funny!

Life is confusing sometimes...

Do you ever feel like some people are not who they say they are or who they try to make themselves out to be? Or that maybe you don't give others enough credit?? I've really been feeling like that a lot lately....especially within the last week. When you've been waiting for something for so long, the things that happen in the meantime are HUGE factors of what the result could be- On your own part and on the other person's part... Things get confusing and you hurt and then you're happy and then you're confused because something wasn't said right or something else was taken in the wrong way.....don't you wish we could just talk and let things out and trust people with all we have?? I guess that's where God comes in...he's the one you can trust with all your heart and he's the one who will always be there! Sometimes, it just gets difficult because you want so bad to confide in that special someone. (Not that God isn't special) Anyways, lately it just seems like people who say they care so much or who seem to "know how to handle things correctly" can't even talk about it. Yea, we can open up when we aren't in person, but then it's a whole other story when we are in person. I understand that things take time, but there's no reason for things to go unsaid for so long......Then I feel bad because I've held grudges from things in the past and have recently seen that, I've been wrong. People DO change...No, I'm not just talking about relationships in this whole story, I'm talking about friendships too! I guess that's just life....some relationships (friendship or romantic) work and some don't......but I'm definitely getting better understanding!!

I just got done taking an Advertising test and I'm waiting to go back into class.....so pray for me that I did well on my test. I actually studied more for this one, so I hope I did better than the last one. I really wish I didn't have to go back into class!! I want to go home and sleep! It's a perfect day for it! Cloudy, rainy....just want I love! I'm super excited about tonight though! Chi Alpha is setting up a at SOAR again....I hope we get just as many, if not more, people interested as we did the last couple of times! I promise I have lots of stuff to talk about, I just haven't had time this week to get on and write about it because I've been super busy with school! I gotta go back into class now! Don't forget!!! PRAY I DID GOOD ON MY TEST!

(MOM---I even made the sign of the cross on my test before I turned it in :) !!) I knew you would like that one!!!

a good day no more

I was really looking forward to tonight all day long. It was just a really good day....woke up in a good mood and had a good day and somehow, tonight it quickly turned into a bad evening.

Deliverance and Healing

I went to a prayer meeting tonight at one of my friend's house from Chapter One. I was happy to see quite a few other people there! Basically what we did was spend time with God in prayer. We went into prayer about 4 times with different things to pray for each time. It was amazing to me because I felt God's presence was extreme! The first time we started praying, I just started crying as soon as I bowed my head. It was a good cry in a way, because I felt God wrapping around me and letting me know He was there! He was there to help ease my pain of some troubles that I've been having lately. It was good reassurance that no matter what you may be going through in life, you CAN'T run from God because He's always going to be there! No matter where you go or what you try to do, He will not leave our side. So you should call out to him for help and you'll find that he always answers. Maybe not the answers we want at the time or it may not be done right away, but that's where our faith steps in. We need to put ALL our faith in God. Learn to trust Him and and remember he will always deliver us from satan's work.
Healing is something else that is a big issue right now, but I learned that being alone is purposeful, a time of self-discovery, healing, and calming. Looking to anyone other than God in the midst of our lonliness leads to disappointment and a greater sense of anxiety. I read out of my devotional tonight that God desires to be your all in all, the One who fulfills your deepest needs and desires, including the desires to be loved, not lonely. You will never be alone! When you have that time alone, maybe that's your hint to spend time in his word! One of my new favorite scriptures that goes along with everything I've said tonight is Psalms 40:1-2 "I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand." That just amazed me because I've been waiting patiently to hear from God and to be able to be in such a firm position to pray for those who have hurt me. You know how hard that is? But let me tell you, it's possible to get to that point! It takes a while, but God will bring you the understanding you need and you'll realize that that's all you can do! Give it to Him!

My Lizard Friend...IS GONE!

I just about freaked out the other night because I was sitting on my couch in my apartment talking to a friend over the computer and I saw something move across my floor....IT WAS A LIZARD! I grabbed my candle jar that was sitting on my coffee table and was going to smash it, but then that sucker ran under my couch! There was no way I was going to get him...so for the last couple of days I've been scared to even walk around my apartment without shoes or even scared to get into bed, because I had no idea where he had wandered to. So tonight I came home from a prayer meeting and walked into my bathroom to find Mr. Lizard running across my floor! I just about pooped in my pants! I grabbed a sneaker, but I didn't have the nerve to smash him, so I grabbed a cup and tried to make him run in it, but he just wasn't cooperating with me, so I had to hit him. BUT I did it softly! I think I still paralyzed him, but at least he's out of my house now!!!