The Constant

This past weekend was the Collegiate Fall Conference and it was so amazing!! I feel as if it gets better and better every year. Jeff Iorg was our speaker and the theme this year was "The Constant: Finding the Anchor in a Turbulent World" It was so so great to hear all of his talks. If you ever have time, you should listen to some his podcasts. He is a pastor that has an amazing story. I went to his workshop that was called, "Discerning God's Call" and I do not regret going to this one at all! Holy cow! He talked about three types of call experiences and then he told us about all of his call stories. What an amazing guy! The whole weekend was full of amazing worship led by Micah Peacock, amazing community, great talks in our small groups, camping, laughing, amazing talks and all around great great great time with God. I learned so much about myself in two days. =) I love this weekend every year and I cannot wait at all for next year! Thank you Jesus for such an amazing Christian community!!! =)

Tent city!

Yes, those are hammocks. Some boys stayed there instead of tents... =)

Great friends... =)

13.5 minutes of fame

Lots of hang out time =D

Of course bonfires!

And of course IHOP at 11:30 pm.

1 Peter 1:22-2:3

²²Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. ²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. ²⁴For,
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you

My Amazing Grandmother.

Sunday I got the news that my grandma passed out because of high blood pressure and she hit her head. She had an internal bleed in her brain. This immediately made my stomach drop. I don't ever want to see my grandma leave this earth. We can't deal with anymore death in our family right now. Grandparents are supposed to be there for when I get married, or when I graduate, or when I have kids. She is one amazing woman. Even though she repeats herself sometimes (don't we all?) I love her stories and her passion for our family (She knows anything and everything there is about Anderson and Gray history!) I love her seasonal sugar cookies, her collection of precious moments, her love of Brad Sneed, her cooking, her collection of pigs, sunflowers and cookbooks, and yes, I even love her passion for KU. =) She is in the hospital right now and not doing to well. I can't even imagine what our family would do without her. Correction. IDON'T want to imagine that. So, I am asking right now, if you do pray, please pray for her healing. At least long enough for my sister and I to talk to her about the Gospel. We have really been wanting to recently, but haven't and we just don't know where she stands... I am so scared that something is going to happen and we won't be able to talk to her anymore...Thanks guys!

"but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:31

Thank you Jesus!!

This morning in Church, it was a big baptism blowout!! It was so wonderful to see so many people accept Jesus and get baptized this morning! How great! =) It just made me think, "Holy Cow. Jesus is so fantastic!" Yep, that is basically what I said to myself =) I look around and his grace is just everywhere. How amazing that he made every little thing, including nasty june bugs... =) Sooooo, Thanks Jesus!!!! =D

"For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands."

Psalm 92:4

I am so ready!!

Oh my goodness! I am so ready for football!! I just love the adrenaline it gives you, I love the friends, the hanging out, basically I just love football!! hehe =)

First of all. I am pumped for K-State football!!!

The band, willie, the wabash, Wildcat victory, friends... yep. Awesome. =)

BUT.

Not as much as I am pumped for SEAHAWKS, baby!! =D

and Seahawks sundays with the fam. =)

12th man all the way!!

Yep. Football is definitely my favorite sport to watch. =) LOVE IT! =D

Moved In! =)

About 3 weekends ago, Rachel and I finally got to move into our permanent (well, for the next two years at least) home! =) I am so excited!! Here are some pictures of the basement and how it looks so far! We aren't done quite yet, but it is getting there! =)

Our house =)

The mat in front of our door =)

the hallway

My room!!

My book case I love! =)

Living room!

Kitchen

And bathroom!!

There you have it!! =) There is a tour of our home! =)

Have a great weekend all!!!

Pickles!

Well, the other night, Kaley, Becca and I were going out and we heard something that sounded like chirping, so, we find what is making the noise and we found that it was a tiny baby squirrel! Oh goodness, it was precious! We tried to just accept the fact that it would just stay out there and get taken away by something and not thinking to much about it... Well, we just couldn't do that, so, Kaley and I are now the proud moms of a two week old baby squirrel! Oh gosh... He is so cute and it is just precious to watch him! We had him for about two days to keep him hydrated and fed, and then we took him to the zoo, so he can grow up healthy! =) Here are some pictures of the little guy!

What a blessing. =)

Oh goodness! With everything I have been through this summer, I realized that it would be hard to smile and laugh, the major reason I still do is God =), but one of the other reasons I can continue to laugh and smile would be because of the amazing family known as the Sapps. =) (Erika's blog is here) These people are just such a blessing to me and I don't know what my life would be without them. This summer I get the most amazing opportunity to babysit their two adorable girls (Malia and Josie) all summer long! Oh goodness. How amazing! =D These two girls could put a smile on anyones face no matter what mood they are in =)

So, Sapps, thank you so so much for being such an amazing family and being there for me when I need! =) Love you guys!!

See?! How can you not smile when you see these girls smile!? =)