Leave it to Texas to have a hellacious week as we had! So, our school cancels on Tues., but decides we need to go to afternoon classes yesterday, excuse me, have they lost their minds!! Laura and I did not go because we still couldn't get out of our driveway. So, we had a two days at school this week like the last two weeks. If this doesn't stop soon, I am going to get to use to it!! Hehehe! I have turned in my first official assignment for the semester, so we will cross our fingers and hope and pray that I am off to a good start this semester. I am already struggling with senoritis! I see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it is still a little to far away!
Here is some great news: Laura found her best friend from childhood on Facebook and they have been communicating off and on all day. How exciting! Also, we found out she lives in our favorite state of Colorado and so over spring break we may go and visit her.
Laura and I have decided that for our graduation presents to one another we will take a 10 day cruise in December that leaves 2 days after we graduate. We will return to Florida on Christmas Eve, so we are going to spend Christmas at Disney World. How awesome. I can't wait!
Oh, oh, I almost forgot to share that I got my belated Christmas present from Laura and it is my Coach purse and wallet that I have been wanting. She received a Coach wallet and Nike Shock Tennis Shoes. That was fun!
Hope everyone has had a great first month of the year!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
First week of school is completed
Whew! The first week of school is complete! It is so hard to get back in the grind of school, but I am one week closer to graduation in December! My internship has been so incredible. I had the opportunity to sit in on my first group on Wed. This was an incredible group. It is a survivors group so all the members had great stories and were so receptive to me coming and sitting in. I have been blessed with the opportunity to facilitate this group, probably starting in late February and doing a 6 to 8 week series with them. This blows my mind because I am only an undergraduate student and not many get the chance to say that they are facilitating a group. Also, I have been asked to go on a couple's retreat at the end of March and facilitate some groups there as well. The other huge blessing in this is that they told me they would love for my wife to come as well and be a volunteer that weekend. So, we will get to retreat as well! I am so lucky that in this internship I get to be who I truly am, but get to learn from others passions that lie within my heart. I am truly blessed and can't help but smile everyday, because I have such a wonderful gift in my life that is helping me find where my hear truly stands.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
What an exciting journey I am embarking on!
I have been blessed with the opportunity to take a Counseling Internship in my psychology degree and God placed me at Cancer Care Services. This is an incredible non-profit group in Tarrant County and in the 6 days that I have already been there I have been touched so much. I never knew people actually cared about other people like I have seen at this place. We are dealing with people who might be at the end of their lives, may be at the beginning of new journey, may be in the middle of a journey, or may be a survivor. Some of these stories tug on heart strings, but the way we are able to help people and ease some of their worries is absolutely incredible. I know that i was placed in this internship; however, to prove that if I could take on one of the ugliest things life can throw at someone, I can take on anything that is thrown at me. I thank God for this opportunity and I am very excited to see where the journey takes me!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
A New Year is Upon Us
Happy New Year! What a blessed year 2008 was and I can only imagine how blessed 2009 will be. God has put me in a precarious place to begin 2009. Laura and I do not currently have a church home (technically), but He has opened so many doors to different churches and so we are on a journey of discovering what He truly wants us to see and learn. Talk about having to walk with your eyes wide open and your ears wide open as well!! I am so excited about what God is going to do in the upcoming year, not only for me and my family, but for those around us.
I feel so blessed because things are changing all around me and I know that is only because of obedience to God and letting Him lead instead of me. I am such a control freak that letting go of the reigns and saying here God you have complete control is very difficult for me, but I am trying!! It does say in the bible if you take one step He will take two (me paraphrasing of course), but I have truly seen that recently in my own life.
My prayers for 2009 are for prosperity, blessings, peace, joy, love, and bliss for all of those around me and my family!
I feel so blessed because things are changing all around me and I know that is only because of obedience to God and letting Him lead instead of me. I am such a control freak that letting go of the reigns and saying here God you have complete control is very difficult for me, but I am trying!! It does say in the bible if you take one step He will take two (me paraphrasing of course), but I have truly seen that recently in my own life.
My prayers for 2009 are for prosperity, blessings, peace, joy, love, and bliss for all of those around me and my family!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A New Year is About to Begin; A Glance Back Over the Last Several Years
As I sit here this evening typing I am amazed at what God has done in my life over the last several years. I do not want to go into all the details of my past, but let's just say it wasn't the greatest life. Many said I would not live to see 16 and once I did, I would not live to see 21, and once I did, I would not live to see 25, but now I am half way through my 28th year of life and wow what a transformation God has done.
Most of my teenage years I spent time being very angry at God for the family I was born in to and at the age of 15 I thought it was time for my life to end, but God did not allow that to happen. He let me touch the edge of death, but not any further. At that point I realized apparently God had plans for my life that I did not know about. I barely graduated high school, went off to college to please my family, but came home with a 0.00 GPA to prove that I did not want to be there. I had to live and learn for awhile. Life sucked for the most part, but I was learning some very important and major life lessons.
Low and behold a month after I turned 22 God brought a wonderful angel into my life. Her name is Laura. This coming August we will be together seven years and married 5 of those in July. She is someone who has truly loved me through all of the ups and downs of life, she has stuck by my side, and has never given up on me. Who would of thought when I turned 21 that in a year I would find my soul mate, my life partner, my one who would push me beyond my limits. We may have met in a bar, but God knew what he was doing. We both had faith and we both wanted to discover a deeper relationship with Him, so we began that journey together and wow, how we have been blessed through out our relationship. In 2004, a month after we got married, and close to our 2 year anniversary we began the journey of school together. It is hard to believe that in a year I will be posting about our graduation! It is only because of God that we have been able to get through these five years. Who would of thought that a couple could go to school full time, neither work full time, but yet we were able to buy a house and our bills are paid, maybe a little late, but they are paid and we are provided for. The lesson I have learned is, I may not get to do all the things that I desire or get all of the material things I desire, but the things that are important are provided. God never lets us go without, we may not have much, but we have it.
These last several days all I have been able to think about is God gave us an incredible gift in such a small package, His child, and gives us incredible blessings all of the time in ways we may not even see and yet people (myself included) want to complain that they don't have this or that, but what about the most important gift. The gift of eternal life with a Savior, one who died for EVERYONE, but yet so many people want to say certain groups of people are excluded from this gift. I just have to stop and say thank you God first for creating such a perfect child and allowing him to die to save all of us. Second I have to say thank you Jesus because of your obedience and for following the call on your life. Now my prayer becomes that all people can find their calling and follow it and not question what You have in store for them and their life. I know that school was the place you put me,so I could grow and learn and follow the calling that has been placed on my life.
Most of my teenage years I spent time being very angry at God for the family I was born in to and at the age of 15 I thought it was time for my life to end, but God did not allow that to happen. He let me touch the edge of death, but not any further. At that point I realized apparently God had plans for my life that I did not know about. I barely graduated high school, went off to college to please my family, but came home with a 0.00 GPA to prove that I did not want to be there. I had to live and learn for awhile. Life sucked for the most part, but I was learning some very important and major life lessons.
Low and behold a month after I turned 22 God brought a wonderful angel into my life. Her name is Laura. This coming August we will be together seven years and married 5 of those in July. She is someone who has truly loved me through all of the ups and downs of life, she has stuck by my side, and has never given up on me. Who would of thought when I turned 21 that in a year I would find my soul mate, my life partner, my one who would push me beyond my limits. We may have met in a bar, but God knew what he was doing. We both had faith and we both wanted to discover a deeper relationship with Him, so we began that journey together and wow, how we have been blessed through out our relationship. In 2004, a month after we got married, and close to our 2 year anniversary we began the journey of school together. It is hard to believe that in a year I will be posting about our graduation! It is only because of God that we have been able to get through these five years. Who would of thought that a couple could go to school full time, neither work full time, but yet we were able to buy a house and our bills are paid, maybe a little late, but they are paid and we are provided for. The lesson I have learned is, I may not get to do all the things that I desire or get all of the material things I desire, but the things that are important are provided. God never lets us go without, we may not have much, but we have it.
These last several days all I have been able to think about is God gave us an incredible gift in such a small package, His child, and gives us incredible blessings all of the time in ways we may not even see and yet people (myself included) want to complain that they don't have this or that, but what about the most important gift. The gift of eternal life with a Savior, one who died for EVERYONE, but yet so many people want to say certain groups of people are excluded from this gift. I just have to stop and say thank you God first for creating such a perfect child and allowing him to die to save all of us. Second I have to say thank you Jesus because of your obedience and for following the call on your life. Now my prayer becomes that all people can find their calling and follow it and not question what You have in store for them and their life. I know that school was the place you put me,so I could grow and learn and follow the calling that has been placed on my life.
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