i should be writing a paper...

but let me just say last night at youth group tears came to my eyes. i walked in this morning and was greeted in the office and on my facebook with praises.
Praise God, for he has blessed me and used me to prepare a lesson that those youth so desperately needed. my youth are amazing, just absolutely amazing.
sure, sometimes they're a bit immature, and yeah its hard to create lessons for both jr and senior highs in the same setting...but they are incredible.
Praise God indeed. Hopefully my blessings will continue as I prepare the paper i have procrastinated on....

oh and my fiance is the best ever. just wonderful and i'm blessed beyond measure...just way beyond measure.

the joys of sugar free

for those of you who don't know i enjoy a sugar-free/low sugar/low carb-lifestyle. i started this lifestyle back in april and have been quite successful.
the first 2 weeks i lost 14 lbs and since have lost about twenty ish.....while cheating moderately. i'll eat a cupcake at a shower if i'm there and i'll eat chips at a restaurant. etc...
i have recently discovered my favorite joy...
russell stovers has a sugar free variety pack of york patties, pb cups, pecan clusters and choc. covered toffee....after you subtract the sugar alcohol they basically have 1 carb. wooo

nanny'ing

well i don't know if i've shared it with you guys yet but on monday's i will be picking up my favorite 6 year olds from school and taking them home until their mom gets off work.
i am blessed.

i love my job
this is a tool for ministry :-D

have the first football game of the year. the weather is amazing. it'll be fantastic.

construction

so at work they said that they would be doing 'some' construction in the parking lot...i go to leave and i can't because there is a trench outside the door...btw i walk to work. mostly because i live only a parking lot over.
at least the water damage problem will be fixed.


saturday i also went to a lingerie shower that was also a scrapbooking shower, it was fun...but LONG....but really fun. i enjoyed it.

children

there are things in life that i greatly love. one of those are children.

the other is being a smart ass.

i'm not sure if this is a good combo (esp since my calling is to preach) but let me explore this a little bit and hear me out. i really love kids. i mean REALLY love kids....they're not even mine and i love them. i would say from the ages of 4-18 are my favorite.

i reckon this explains the whole youth/campus ministry idea for my career and i suppose even when i get a pulpit my congregation will be like my 'flock'.
my job is very relational based, which works for me since for the most part i am a very social person...naturally.
however, adam and i were discussing how i have a child-like presence about me. at first i was a tad bit hurt by this. why after all i turn 26 in a few months....and well i do love taylor swift
but then adam and i got to discussing and this is exactly how i relate to teenagers. i mean i relate to everyone...and this is a gift but somehow in my petite stature and my amine eyes (please explain this someone) people trust me before they even 'know' me.
i'm digging the purple hair and the wings...maybe amine eyes aren't so bad.

i do like to color, i do sleep w/ a stuffed animal....sometimes ish...sorta not really, and i do love kid stuff.
i think adam and i are both glad i'm not like typical women or rather the gross majority of...for the sensory of my blog 'particular-demanding' women.

but back to the point.....lately i've had this desire to have kids, which is WEIRD. when you have kids that are yours, they're not just yours for a few hours they're yours 24 hours, 7 days a week, 18 + years...woah. that's huge.

i would have to set an example
..a good one.

i hope adam and i can stay silly and not take ourselves or our kids too seriously.
not that i think i ever have to worry about adam being overly serious about anything.


hopefully i won't be that poor patronizing mother who coos at her kid while her kid looks at her like urg she's doing it again....
let's just hope for the sake of my petite stature and the genetics of both adam and i's large head that we have twins the first round so we can knock it out.

also for those of you who are new to following el blog the kids are andrew and lauren. they are twins and my favorite now 6 year olds. they belong to my dear dear friends thomas and becky.

finally an update

well it's been awhile since i last updated...let's see what's happened.

well i got engaged. (wooo)


started seminary

in co-partnership w/ this program called CYMT (center for youth ministry training)
they are helping me to get my M.Div
which leads to the next awesome thing....i have my meeting w/ the dCom the end of september, so i'll be a certified candidate for ordination. which means this will be me
...only i'll hopefully look more enthused to be sharing the gospel. (this is my mentor jallen...he's awesome don't let the photo fool you)

and i also have a new youth group, that happens to be awesome.

idk if you can tell but we took the youth and spelled out MFUMY! i think i'm the dot on the exclamation point.

we had our first swim party and it was a success. i sadly got really sick afterwards and was on quarantine.

today i went to my first student led bible study we met at subway at 7 a.m. (yes i know 7 a.m.) and it was nice. i completed my first 2 quizes and first paper. i'm hoping i can keep up w/ all the school work and i'm very fortunate to have such an outstanding network of friends, family and classmates to help me along the way.