Hello again! This past weekend, I had a sleepover at my house. I invited my Bible study girls, but most could not make it so I invited some other students as well. We had a blast together! We baked goodies for my directors - walnut fudge, turtles (pretzles with chocolate caramels and pecans on top) and lemon-lime mousse. Yumm!! We spent a few hours baking, and then played some fun games. This house was filled with laughter, even at 2am! We ended the night with face masks - thanks to Jalene, who is a Mary Kay consultant! In the morning, Jalene helped us all do our makeup pretty with her samples! And then headed over to the Ward's to deliver the goodies. We stayed there for a couple hours, and played a game with all the boys! What a fun, eventful sleepover! Here are some of photos of girls getting their make up done:
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I knew Thursday would be a long day; but I had no idea all of the things God had laid out for me! So I began by meeting with a student at a coffee shop. We were sitting at a long table with tall stools and had our Bibles out in front of us. A young guy came in and sat by me...and pulled his Bible and notebook out! Now, that is something I don't see too often!! Later, the student I was with mentioned something about Desert Springs Church, where I had gone with her the past week, and he leaned over and said, "Hey, that's the church I go to!" So we had a nice conversation with him - his name was Matt. It was so encouraging to bump into another believer at a coffee shop! Then, this student asked me the question, "do we have to believe everything the Bible says?" I found this question to be quite odd because if we truly believe God, and believe that the Bible is the Word of God, we will naturally believe what the Bible says, even though some things are difficult to understand, or are difficult teachings. She proceeded to ask me if the Bible says that having children outside of marriage is wrong, if abortion is wrong, if homosexual marriage is wrong, ect. She believes all of those things are ok and told me that she is close-minded and will not change her mind, no matter how many people tell her they're wrong. Whoa. I told her that next week we will look at what God's Word has to say about those things and she said, "Do we have to?" Yes, she is very close-minded! I forgot to mention a big thing coming up tomorrow: Worship night!! Ross, Clint, and I, along with a couple students will be leading worship, and all Christian organizations on campus are invited! We are playing 13 songs, and my voice was totally shot after practice tonight! Join us in prayer for tomorrow night, that it would be a time that students would come and meet with God!! I wish you could come join us! :o) Hello, friends! We arrived home from the fall conference last week, and it was a huge success! Thank you for all who prayed for that weekend! The speaker was so great, the worship awesome, and the workshops were really valuable. We had 47 students come from UNM, the most from here ever! I got to ride home with them on the 10-hour bus ride, which was so much fun! It was great to get to know new students and see the friendships that were built among them! I went to a workshop on Next-Level Disciplemaking, about how our purpose in discipling is to make others disciple-makers. I learned many great tools to use in discipling the women here, and I caught on to the vision of what that looks like! Another thing that I took away from the conference was actually a song called "Came to my rescue" by Hillsong. Great song, I recommend it!! The chorus says, "I called...You answered....and you came to my rescue and I wanna be where You are." The bridge of it says, "In our lives, be lifted high, in our worlds, be lifted high, in our love, be lifted high!" I loved that part, just the prayer for Jesus Christ to be lifted high in my life, rather than seeking to lift myself high. So, each morning it is my goal to meditate on that phrase "In my life, be lifted high today!" |