GOOD DAY!

I'm making a promise to myself that I'm going to have a good day!

31 days until I'm home.


One love,
a.

change...

"be the change you want to see in the world"
-Gandhi

I've always believed the statement with all of my heart and soul, I believe that in order to make the change,you must be the change. At the conference this weekend we learned a lot about Hoops of Hope which is an organization which helps raise money for orphaned kids in Africa and helps medical aid centers for them. For some reson when this was being talked about at the conference it struck my heart as a something I would enjoy doing. And now even being away from the conference I am still thinking about doing it as well.

Just keep me in your prayers so I know where God is leading me!

One love,
a.

i'm blessed.

So recently I've noticed that God has blessed me with a lot of things in my life, and it's rare that I actually sit down and think of the ways that God has blessed me, and too many times do I sit down and think about the ways God is challenging me in my life.
This weekend I went to the Revolve, Woman of Faith conference with the girls that I coach at the church I attend, and although not directly targeted at me I took away a lot of good things from it. This weekend has been life changing and a little bit of a drama feast. Let's just say that God has blessed me with friends that are willing to listen to me when I have made a mistake and not judge me because of them. I have also been blessed with a mother who loves me, and who has recently become one of my best friends. God has also blessed me with a father that loves me and who cares so much about me that he would do anything for me in order for me not to be hurt. I've been blessed with the opportunity to be able to go to an amazing school and get educated on the things that would help me succeed in the things God wants me to do in life. I've been blessed with a sibling doing amazing things in the world of the arts. He's intelligent and helps me when I have a problem that I don't really know how to deal with on my own. I've been blessed with a church that cares about my well being in my spiritual walk, and a church that I can care about the spiritual walks of others.

The list can go on and on.

God is good.

One love,
a.

change of subject.

So considering that for the past few posts my blog has been completely invaded by politics, and after the posts and comments I received I'm happy/confused as to why I put my personal thoughts on something so controversal on the world wide web.
Anyway, it is getting closer and closer to the time where I am going to go home, and let me tell you I"m veeeey excited about it. Two days ago I talked to my best friend (Mallory) and her parents and talking to them just made me want to come home more than ever, and I'm not sure why talking to them made me wanted to come home so badly.
This week has been tough. Not just emotionally, but physically and as well. Cheerleading has begun to get tougher and tougher and right now as I'm sitting here writing this, I'm feeling every muscle I used last night at my practice. Life is tough I'll tell you. Yesterday we had the honor to listen to Duffy Robins (speaking in front right now considering I'm in my youth min class) and he talked about weathering the storms that God has given us. I'm telling you God is making many storms for me weather and I knew it was coming because for awhile everything in my life was going GREAT! From experience I know that when things are going great LOOK OUT!

I would ask that you continue to pray for me and these next few weeks, and the Obama and Biden family.

One love,
a.

today was an upset.

So being the supporter that I am, I must say that today was a HUGE disappointment. Yes, I am a Democrat, and yes I am proud to be an American, but most of all I am a Christian. Living on campus of a Christian school I am, as you would guess, surrounded by a lot of people that call themselves Christians. And I must say before you are a supporter of any specific party you are a Christian and you need to first and foremost act like it. The statuses on facebook and the comments I've been hearing today have made me sick to the core. I know that I would have been very upset if McCain were to win the presidency but I'm not too sure I would be making the statements that I have been hearing. For example today I was in a class...which is mostly Repulican and today was no different I was attacked and beaten down for statements that I had said. Unacceptable. We need to accept that what has happened in ultimately in God's hand and He is in control. Talking about what "could have been" is not going to change what is. You can't fight the force that created this universe so we need to begin to get united as a country and stand behind what has happened, and stand behind what cannot be changed.
I received this e-mail from a good friend that brought me to tears:
"...when that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day." God forgive America.

And I'm in tears.. Alleigh. The fact that people are like this hurts me to the core. I don't even know what else to say

Do you really think that God would allow something THIS MAJOR to happen without him having a plan? I dont. So let's have faith my Christian brothers and sisters, times are changing. It's time to accept it, and remember who has caused this change, the one and only Lord Jesus Christ.


one love,
a.

well...

We did it i suppose. This is the first time in a long time that i can honestly say that I am happy to call myself an American. Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. This is a time in history where I am so happy to say I am alive. This is something that no one would have guessed to happen, and to be honest I'm not too sure that I would even say that I was going to be alive to see the day. I saw the votes when California came in and Obama's votes went up to 284, and it then clicked that number was higher than the needed 270, and he won. I jumped up ran around just screaming WE DID IT! I know I know, I can't vote, but this is the first election that I have actually educated myself in the issues and the outcome that i wanted perserved and life as an American is about to change. I want to say to all the McCain supporters that God has a plan for all of this and even though the outcome has not turned out the way you would have liked, we must realize that God has a plan for all of this. Pray for the safety of the Obama family. That God's arms of protection will be wrapped around them during this time and that they would be out of harms way. I also ask that we continue to pray for our government, because in the end the person that they are answering to is the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can't mess with what he wants to accomplish in our country.

i'm proud to be an american.

one love,
a.

voting.

just vote.
for those of you who keep telling me that I can't say anything about voting, this post is for you! VOTE. Although I cannot vote because I am young I still must say that I am very up to date about the issues that we are facing in this coming election. All over blogs during this past week, and months you have probably read about people decided who they are going to vote for, and why...well I'm here to just tell you to get out there and vote. As a college student I can say that our generation is the generation that matters. I know, I know that is a very bold statement but I must say that it is the truth. Not only are we the future but the future is now. How many of your parents can say that they have seen a African American male running and having a chance at winning the election for president, or even a woman with a VERY HIGH CHANCE of bein elected into office. We are making history and it makes me so angry that I have taken my time to educate myself on the issues and stand for what I believe in yet there are people that could care this. We are the people that this election is happening for. What happens in this election, could and will determine what happens for our future. So please...no matter who you are, or what age you are...GET OUT THERE AND VOTE! It's your future, dont waste it.

One love,
a.