the last month and a half of my life.

most people know that i LOVE home. ever since i moved down to ugly L.A. i have fallen more and more in love with the bay area. the last month and a half of my life has been an extremely long break. at first i was like "AH this break is going to be so long, i will have SO much time!" but it has gone by kind of fast and kind of slow at the same time. i hope someone is catching my drift when i say that.

this break has consisted of:
1. A LOT of fun times.
2. heart break.
3. God revealing himself to me more evidently and getting back on track with him.
4. LOTS of random things... 2008 rolled in with randomness!
5. way to much thinking.
6. contentment.
7. realizing how BLESSED i am to have the family, friends, and CHURCH family i have.
so so so blessed.

some of my favorite things that happened:
1. tahoe trip! skiing= super fun.
2. cal poly trip! especially hiking on the rocks next to the ocean and swinging near the crashing waves :)
(haha i love trips by the way)
3. hiking pretty much every day :) enjoying God's creations obviously.
4. hanging out with friends NON-stop.
5. making new friendships and making others stronger :)
6. being super lazy
7. only waking up to an alarm clock on sunday mornings. what a life.
8. Marie Antoinette exhibit in san francisco, fun day.

people keep asking me if i am excited to go back to biola. yes, i am and i also am not haha.
i love school but i also love home. i have found that i can adapt pretty easily (adaptability was one of my #1 strengths on strength quest haha by the way, everyone should take that test), school is good though. i love the biola community. i just feel so blessed to be apart of both places. i have found that i have a lot of friends at school who don't have good friends or a good community at home, and that would SO NOT BE FUN. thank goodness, God has blessed us with that here.

people i am excited to see:
1. shannon- probably the only one who will read this haha. shan lives in ARIZONAAA. dryyyy arizona haha and she does not like hiking because well its hot and not fun there. shannon is my dear dear dear friend who surprisingly knows me pretty darn well for the amount of time we've known each-other. she knows that i change my mind all the time and secretly knows what i want and what i am thinking all the time. i don't get how she does, but its wonderful. she's amazing at keeping me accountable, having fun, good conversations, and just being silly. she hates linking arms and loves tickling my knee pits (worst feeling in the WHOLE WIDE world). we can share a good cup of tea together and be so content. she is very very passionate about prison ministry in argentina. which i love and think is AMAZING. this summer she's probably not going back to argentina though... and to guatemala to work in an orphanage. amazing.
2. rachel BAY BAY- my wing (wo)man! she lives in beautiful oregon and loves home just as much as i do. i feel like i giggle with her almost as much as i giggle with meghan haha... i know surprising! we start every text message with "haha" and i know she's not kidding when she says haha in things! see, i am not the only one! ahh i am so excited to see her and give her hugs! she has no idea what she wants her major to be, but i think she should do photo journalism or a PR thing. she loves to talk, gets along with everyone, has a joke about everything, and brightens a room! oh and her laugh is contagious. she works as an ambassador at school and gives people tours and promotes biola!
3. miss amy armstrong- who is such a catalina island girl. she just switched her major to photo journalism. shes pretty darn good at it too. she can make a story last way longer then anyone i know and is super super friendly and loving. she does't have a mean bone in her... or so i think haha jk. but seriously. shes probably going to guatemala with shan this summer, now that i think of it!! ah i'm excited to see her hippy self!
4. emily LEE- who is from the big state of texas! as we speak shes returning from egypt. shes been there for the last three weeks on a mission trip with biola. she got to evangelize and share/show the love of Jesus with an unreached people group! HOW COOL IS THAT! shes always giggling, gets along with everyone, and is oh so very nice.
5. DAVID J! haha i know you're totally reading this and wondering where you are. i am excited to se you tooo so we can work out, laugh, and talk about life and God! love it.

and LOTS of other people as well.

heres some quotes from my global studies class i took last SEM (and shannon's blog haha):

"finding God's will for your life will mean taking your life seriously, learning to be honest with yourself and your God. more important than what you will ever do for God is who you are before him. God is far more concerned with who you are than what you will end up doing; being proceeds doing."

"the goal is to live simply so others may simply live."

"i never wanted a career, i wanted a ministry. i prayed that God would give me a consuming passion for whatever i do."

well friends. today is quite the rainy day, but in the midst of it all, it's beautiful :) -sorry this could be the worlds longest BLOG!!!