less than a week!

I can't believe it's less than a week away!

the hat I got for Haiti...I don't want a sunburn!!!

you can follow our group while we are there here:

http://epochchurch.org/haiti/

Todays music mood: Coldplay. Lovers in Japan.

Night loves!

leah marie.

mission update!

May! Summer is well on it's way. 

Update:

Instead of Peru this summer...Haiti.

Please pray! Thanks :) 

loves! leah marie :)

March? Where did you go??

AHHH! it's already April! the month of March flew by me without posting. my goal for blogging (that i just made up 3 seconds ago) is to post at least once a month. 


i regret to say that spring break is over. boo (radley). i guess this means that summer is slowly creeping closer! yay!


Peru Mission Trip Update: Doors have been closing for our church to go to Peru, so now we are looking at Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Chili (and still Peru-kinda). If anyone actually reads this I just ask you pray for our trip - wherever it may be - for direction and open doors. 


LOVES!
leah marie.

Post-Olympic Depression

So, tomorrow is March. This year is flying by! Tomorrow will also be the day that I go into post-olympic depression. I have LOVED these 2010 winter olympics! It's so exciting and cool how a little bit of the whole world is in one place at the same time. Has anyone else noticed that all olympians are absolutely beautiful people? I'm telling myself it's because they're so healthy. Vigorous exercise and a healthy diet surely does good things for your skin and body. I mean, even Shaun White's skin looks a little cleared up since the last winter olympic games...

This Tuesday night is the first meeting of a book club my friends are doing. We are reading "Hinds' Feet on High Places" by Hannah Hurnard. I'm a little behind on the reading so I better get on it quick! I've never been in a book club, but I hear this book is pretty encouraging so I'm really excited.

I'm typing this post while I'm supposed to be studying for my CDL. I'm taking the test at 8:30 in the morning. Wish me luck! I hear there are four parts. One part is completely on air brakes, and I don't even know what air brakes are! 

By the way, we had our 2nd fund raiser for Peru tonight. We had another pot luck, I made brownies and graham cracker cookies...both seemed to be a hit. I'm really excited to see what all I'm going to learn through this entire experience, from the fund raising in March to the actual trip in July!

loves!

leah marie.

obedience

Last weekend was the women's retreat at church. We went through a 4 part video study. (can't remember the name of it or who did it.) HOWEVER, it was a really great weekend. The video was cheesy but had truth to speak no-less. And my small group was awesome - such encouragement! Something I was reminded of was obedience. This seems to be a re-occurring struggle of mine. Sometimes (not always) it's a vicious cycle: disconnect - longing - light bulb! obedience - the "flame is fanned" - new found passion - repeat. Something has to be said for obedience...we seem to always listen to Kari Jobe..."the more I seek you...the more I find you". I realized that I wasn't exactly seeking. I was just sitting around hoping...waiting for that passion to show back up. Duh, Leah. Obedience.


o·be·di·ence (oh-bee-dee-uhns) [noun]
1.) the state or quality of being obedient
2.) the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance
3.) a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, esp. ecclesiastical


Last Sunday we had our first fund-raiser for the Peru mission trip. Instead of going out to eat as usual after church we had a pot luck. Everyone going on the trip made Peruvian dishes (thanks to a cookbook that actually came from Peru) and everyone donated money to the trip in exchange for dinner. All I had to do was make about four pounds of white rice. It was a fun and successful fundraiser and I hope the rest of them go as well!

PS - there was no school Friday due to ice...YAY! I'm still a kid at heart in many ways.

PS again - I typed this with a kleenex shoved up my right nostril because my nose won't stop running! UGH and GROSS!!

loves.