p.s. I apologize for poor quality of photos, as I didn't have a great camera (Aaarrgghh! I will never leave the country again without a decent camera!)
Thursday, February 27, 2014
South Africa will always have my heart
One time I went to South Africa… in May of 2011 to be exact. My dad believed I was far too young to travel out of Pennsylvania without him, never mind fly to Africa… on the other side of the world… so
I decided I wouldn't go. Then eventually somehow I convinced him things would be okay and I was on a plane to Johannesburg before I knew it! It’s kind of crazy to look back and to think
that I’ve been to South Africa. I don’t
think my under developed (not that it's fully developed at all yet =P ) brain actually processed the fact that I was even out of
the country at all and I think I’m more excited about it now than I was then. It was a seriously life changing experience... I met loving people... and people that I didn't know would still be my friend today. I saw the love of Jesus in little childrens' eyes like I have never seen before. There's just no way to truly show or tell how amazing it was. I’m not really going to explain much of what
I experienced because I might do that later, but
for now I’ve decided to just share some pictures and take you down memory lane
with me(:
Monday, February 10, 2014
i tried sushi
I'm a little late on the whole
New Year's resolution thing, but I've decided to dedicate 2014 to trying new
things. Doesn't sound very original or
exciting, but it has already made a big difference in my life! So far this year I have tried sushi (which
I've always been a bit afraid of), started a blog, surpassed my high score of 3
in Flappy Bird (haha) and said yes to multiple opportunities that, in the past,
I would've hesitated about agreeing to.
I'm reading new (and old) books, I'm opening myself up to new ideas and
knowledge about life and the world and the Bible, I want to learn more and know more and I
don't want to miss out on anything that God has in store for me. How will I ever experience His amazing plan
if I never open myself up to all of the wonderful things and people and places
He has placed in this world around me?
"Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17) How exciting is
that?! I feel like putting together a
party in celebration of this verse because it's such an amazing thing... God
has made me NEW! The old has GONE, the
new has COME! It inspires me to stop
living my life the safe way and start getting out there and experiencing all
there is to offer. Yes, this could lead to
scary or intimidating situations (not life threatening or anything, I'm not
ready to be that adventurous yet haha), but I feel like so many good things and
beautiful moments will come out of it, as well.
So here's to living my 18th year of
life with the mindset of being open to anything and everything the Lord has to
offer. I know that it won't always be
easy, but it will definitely be amazing (:
Thursday, January 30, 2014
sometimes good things start with procrastination
As I sit here awaiting my online
English class, the thought of starting a blog has popped into my head for the
millionth time and (after many doubts) I’ve decided to follow through, so I’ve
become one of “those people” with a blog.
I feel as though, since I’ve become a senior, I have been stuck in this
place of not knowing what to do with my life, so I’ve stopped making decisions
for fear of making the wrong one. This
is definitely not a good thing, so to get out of my comfort zone and take some
action in my life, I’m saying yes to this blog as a beginning to the vast number
of decisions that are yet to be made within the near future. It’s a very silly and pointless decision that
doesn’t have much of an effect on my life, but I have to start somewhere,
right? Yes, I could be finishing papers
that I have to write, studying French, cleaning something, organizing
something, or finding some sort of worth-while project to do with my time, but
why be productive when I could sit here and write out my very mundane thoughts
and ideas?
I’m not exactly sure what I will be
writing here, or when I will be writing it.
I may write every week, I may write once every two months. It’s not like you really care anyway,
right? This is all just for fun, I have
no vision or set topic, I’m just going to write when and what I want to
write. It could be as serious as my
thoughts on a current event or issue in society, as silly as what I had for
lunch that day, or as simple as something that made me smile. I’m not looking for a large following or a
fan-base or anything silly like that, I simply want to write.
Senior year is kind of a big
deal. It almost feels as though my life
is just about to start and lots of things will be happening. I’m not sure about anything that’s going to
be happening in the near future, whether it be college, work, etc., the only thing
that I’m sure of is that the Lord will be walking me through it all along the
way and it will be an incredible journey no matter what He has in store for me.
I figured writing through my thoughts and the things I experience over this new
period in my life will be interesting to look back on when I’m older and
possibly entertaining for a few of you out there. So, to the few people (or one person) that is
reading this, welcome to this new journey in my life… I appreciate the support
(:
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