Psalm 91

You who sit down in the High God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow,
Say this: "God, you're my refuge.
I trust in you and I'm safe!"
That's right—he rescues you from hidden traps,
shields you from deadly hazards.
His huge outstretched arms protect you—
under them you're perfectly safe;
his arms fend off all harm.
Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night,
not flying arrows in the day,
Not disease that prowls through the darkness,
not disaster that erupts at high noon.
Even though others succumb all around,
drop like flies right and left,
no harm will even graze you.
You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance,
watch the wicked turn into corpses.
Yes, because God's your refuge,
the High God your very own home,
Evil can't get close to you,
harm can't get through the door.
He ordered his angels
to guard you wherever you go.
If you stumble, they'll catch you;
their job is to keep you from falling.
You'll walk unharmed among lions and snakes,
and kick young lions and serpents from the path.

^14-16 "If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says God,
"I'll get you out of any trouble.
I'll give you the best of care
if you'll only get to know and trust me.
Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times;
I'll rescue you, then throw you a party.
I'll give you a long life,
give you a long drink of salvation!"

- Psalm 91

anyone else like the idea of God rescuing you and then throwing you a party..??? i love it.

So remember your people..

remember your children...

remember your promise, oh God.

I'm a happy girl

Te amo mas que mi vida. 

Honduras.

I

MISS

THIS.

What Faith Can Do- Kutless

Was listening to Klove the other day when this song came on, and I'm definitely a lyrics girl so when the words started playing they caught my attention for sure. It's a beautiful song, and so I wanted to share it with you all. :)

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it’s more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don’t you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do

It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do

Overcome the odds
You do have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise

have a blessed week!

hm.

"You can either practice being right or practice being kind." — Anne Lamott

Home again

Anna and I flew home from Honduras on Saturday, June 27th due to some ' unrest' in the country...I'll save that story for another day. But within 24 hours of being home, God made it abundantly clear that he needed me to be home right now. Sunday evening at church Ryan asked if I'd go on mission trip with the youth group, and a few hours later Donna asked Anna and I to counsel a week of camp at Manatawny. I agreed to both, and then I sat down to look at my calendar and realized these two weeks were back to back. So the following friday Anna and I went to Donna's grandparents house with the entire Brothers' family. And saturday we went on to camp. :) And let me just say that that week was one of the best weeks of my life, and I don't say that lightly. There are very few things that rank that highly in my book, but that place certainly deserves a spot among the best of the best. I can't begin to tell you how much it changed me and I was just counseling some teenage girls, who ended up teaching me a whole lot more than I taught them, I'm sure. I was blessed to have some of the sweetest girls in my cabin. They truly were great, I couldn't have asked for better.  One of the things that stood out to me immediately about camp was that it was just the good little christian kids that showed up to be campers, but some of them came against their will, some came from homes and situations that certainly aren't desirable and yet by the end of the week the whole place acted like one big family. It was amazing. The staff was incredible. The director told Anna and I that we were already on the schedule for next year...but he definitely didn't have to beg us to come back. ;) We can't wait. 

we get to cross this off our 'bucket list' :)

It couldn't have been more perfect. :)

haha.

Best bible class ever.

Me, Honk, Squeak, and sister. Yes, they are actually referred to as ' squeak and honk'

Adopted grandparents. :) we love them. 

That's the adopted family...well some of them anyway. ;)

Bryani and me. i love that girl.

cabin 10! 

i love her a whole bunch too. :)

Mission trip was also lots of fun. Anna and I left camp saturday around noon and drove over to NJ to meet up with the team at Pitman COC where we did a few days of VBS and went to Phily and NYC. We had around 70 kids show up for VBS and we also did backyard bible time and visited with some elderly folks during the week. 

phily.

hahahahahaha.

yay democracy...and the NYPD. haha.

Friday morning before we left Anna and I got up around three and left around 4AM to drive out to Ocean City, NJ to watch the sunrise over the ocean. And that was definitely one of the highlights of the week. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, and I couldn't have had better company to witness it. So we spent some time sitting on the beach listening to the waves crash on the sand then made an extremely LONG drive back home. By the end of those two weeks we had been in 6 different states, and had MANY fun adventures. And some stories that will be fun to tell our children some day...   ;)

love this one. :)

He never ceases to amaze me...

That's all for now...stay tuned for more summer adventure updates. ;)