Autumn arrives.

I haven't posted in a while...(again), but I wanted to update this blog. So...things are pretty good right now. I am trying to seriously decide what college I want to transfer to next fall, etc. I've written one song that I called "Shalom Praise" and working on another called "Kingdom Come". Trying to still manage school and things. Even though I haven't seen any HUGE signs and miracles, I still get a lot of little answered prayers which re-enforces my faith in my God. :)

I'm also thinking of doing a summer internship at IHOP-KC. So when I go to OneThing '09 I will ask about their internships and check out their school/ church to see what's up. I'm staying 2 and a half weeks in total. I'm pretty excited!!

I started my job today! Singing in a catholic choir for the San Juan Basilica. It's great. I like that the music is more classical and we sing in Latin, english, and Gregorian chants. I think it's hilarious that they serve wine after practice...along with nuts, sandwiches, and chips...(plus other drinks) but WINE!?? seriously?!?! LOL. Of course only the 21+ people can drink...which is everyone but me, haha.

I'll close by saying: No matter what you're in God sees your heart. He doesn't look at our flesh because our flesh is wicked. Our hearts are where His hands mold us on the eternal Potter's wheel of life. NOTHING can seperate you from Christ Jesus or His meek love. He loves you and wants to give you the deepest desire of your heart. No matter how big or small, He is a Faithful Father. ~Selah

Update

So, I haven't posted in a while. In fact, I forgot I had a blog, lol. Yep, I've been pretty busy with school, church, etc.

Let me update you on my life... well, this week. :P I got an allergic reaction, at this surprise party for my friend Renée,to something in my drink (might've been a food dye or something else), then the next day I went to this other surprise party for Gabe at this ranch in Bayview & I got bit by some bug on my ankle & it was swollen for almost 5 days, I guess I was allergic to it also... :/

Anyway, enough of the bad things. There have been good things that have happened too! :)
At Burning Man on Saturday night this deaf young man named Fernando came for prayer. There were about 15-20 of us around him praying for his healing and declaring it. The bible says, "Whatever you loose on earth is loosed in Heaven" so we prayed multiple times and his ears began hearing faint noises for the first time in the guy's life!! Then we kept praying until he could hear his own voice when he spoke, he no longer had to read lips or have someone to sign to him. He also heard himself play the piano for the first time ever. :D God is awesome.

I feel like some things are really shifting in me. I don't know if I'm just starting to realize Colossians 3:2 on setting my affection on things of heaven and not the things of earth. But some things are changing, even my prayer focuses are shifting. I'm kind of excited to see what God's about to do. I have felt the enemy trying to crush me over & over but I'm dressed in the armor of God and He has adorned me with resurrection. So I have nothing to worry about.

One last scripture that's really been on my mind lately: ^{1 Cor. 13:12} "Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely."

burning man beach day

So some of us from Burning man went to the beach yesterday & had a CRAZYY night (we had fun, a bonfire [w/ s'mores & roasted weenies], & worship). We left around 11pm & had 6 cars. Two of the cars got stuck & they tried getting them out of the sand. The tide was getting really high. Then after they got one car out, two more got stuck, & there was a guy driving us to becca's & adriana's cars which were on higher ground then HIS truck broke down, at 4:35am Jonathan, Skylar, Ross, Gary, and Rudy's cars were all out there, the tide was fully in at the time & all they could do was wait. Ross's truck broke down & they decided they had to let the tide go down..so they ended up leaving at 6:30 am today & got home around 7am...INSANE!

I think God has an awesome sense of humor! He always has me laughing! :D

Story of the week. :)

So, I just finished watching a Kingdom Culture conference from Bethel church in Redding, California. There were seven sessions. It was truly eye- opening! I got so much clarity & deep revelation when the speakers taught; even now as I meditate on it, it can truly change a person forever! I heard about this amazing revival that went on inside of Disneyland. For four and a half hours people were witnessing signs, wonders, & miracles inside the Disney food court!! That just goes to show you that God is everywhere & can move through anyone. :D

I really want to start doing some more ministry, especially in the street. I went with Rene, Dublin (Jesus), & Brenda to go minister. First, we went to pray for Rene's grandpa at this nursing home. We also prayed for his roommate, just to bless him. Then we were driving, we wanted to get some drinks from Sonic to cool off but we saw this homeless guy near the highway standing in the hot sun holding a sign. Brenda thought she knew him from a different week she went out to minister so we decided to buy him a McDonald's combo & go pray for him. He was truly grateful for the meal & told us he was going to share it with his wife. Then each one of us prayed for him & I knew the Lord was moving in his heart & making it tender again. We invited him to the Burning Man ministries place just to have somewhere to get shelter or anything. I went today for worship practice around 3pm & I saw him in a rusty big van, pulling out of the burning man ministries parking lot. I asked the guys inside if this man Chris came by & they all said no. They said they saw the van but he never got off the van. So I'm still praying & asking God to move in his heart. I was completely blessed by this tiny opportunity to minster, though!

Other than that God is great! Hopefully I'll get to go out there & just share the heart of Jesus with people who are hurt, broken, lost, & confused in the world.

"It's our job to love & give mercy people who don't deserve it." - Kris Valloton

I've been having really strange dreams & my sleeping patterns have changed a lot in the past week or so..now I go to sleep & I usually can only get 3-4 hours max. at night.. :/ Then I'm no longer sleepy, but I usually get sleepy later n the day & end up taking a 2-3 hour nap.

But these dreams are really strange & I wish I knew why I've been having these dreams because all of them feel so real. I usually wake up in panic or anxiety when I have bad dreams. I haven't really had AMAZINGLY awesome dreams...they're just really strange & don't make sense. One dream I'll be in a country I've never even heard about..I've only heard the name Panama. Then the next dream I'll be getting attacked or I'm trying to escape from someone (usually a man) who is try to severely hurt me or kill me. I've been asking God why I'm having these dreams & if He would show me what in the world they mean because I am really puzzled.

I was watching this podcast of a conference going on in Redding, CA/ Bethel Church & this man named Steve Thompson from Morningstar Ministries came up & spoke. At the end of his message, he started praying for everyone in general watching or at the conference & he mentioned something about how the Lord wants us to have sweet sleep with no anxiety & other things but I felt the presence of God come strongly when I heard sweet sleep. The whole podcast was awesome ESPECIALLY the worship with Kim Walker, haha. When they mentioned Morningstar it reminded me that I've been wanting to go their for at least 2 years now. Maybe for worship school or something. :P

I'm looking at maybe going in September for a conference in North Carolina. We'll see. :]

"I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back."- Philippians 3:12-14 (The Message)