4 Days, 4 Finals, And one 12 Hour drive till... Colorado!!!

Well, so the count down continues. I have 4 days, 4 finals, and one 12 hour drive till Beautiful Colorado! Then COMO!!!  It's sooo close. 

The only sad part is that my time in Colorado Springs is very limited. We will get Back to the Springs late Thursday night. Then Lakeisha's graduation is on Friday morning, then we have the graduation party. Then what I'm hoping for is a relaxing Saturday.(Ha! My life is always crazy.) Then Church on Sunday! I'm sooo excited and looking forward to worshiping with my Church Family, Meridian Point. I have missed everyone so much. Following church, lunch with my family and then I head up to Como. CRAZY right?  I'm in the Springs for less than 72 hours. :( But this time instead of being 12 hours away in Joplin, I'm only 2 hours away at Como. :) 

But as this semester comes to a close, I can't help but be excited. I'm ready for a break. No homework for three months Ahh..bliss! 

Did I tell you I got a JOB!!! I'm going to be a campus host! I'm really excited!!! It's an on campus job...which is nice. I'm telling you, its going to be an awesome semester!!! :) 

A group of us from Ozark went swing dancing on Friday...It was Amazing! I love to dance! :) 

I can't really think of anything else to say. My sister will be here in three days! :) 

Finals week is upon us. I have very little motivation to study. I must get to studying. lol 

Now, I'm off to dinner! Then I'm going to finish my Christ and the bible take home final. After that my life will end. All I'll be doing is studying or my transcripts will look something like this: Finals = FAIL! 

So with Joy in Christ, 

   Kristie  

Guess what?!?!?! I'm getting MARRIED!!!!

Ha! Just Joking! :) But seriously you know the old bible college saying...Ring by spring...or your money back. :) 

Well, I'm not getting married. And that's not a bad thing ( Although I wouldn't mind getting my money back).  :) I'm happily single and patiently wait for God to bring the right Guy into my life. But enough about my "status". I just wanted to catch your attention. :) Did it work?? 

  

  I'm in the final stretch! I can almost say, that I am a college sophomore. Only 2 days of classes, 4 finals and a 12 hour drive, standing between me and Colorado! This next week is going to be CRAZY!! Everything has gone by so fast. I can't believe that I'm almost done with my first year of college. It has gone by so fast. I could not even begin to tell you about all the things I have learned here at Ozark. I have been so blessed by all of my professors! They have showed me Christ's love, in more ways then I could count. I Love knowing different things about the bible, that I had never known before. I have become a total supporter of anyone and everyone taking at least one year of bible college. Seriously, everyone should take a semester or two...or three... or maybe 4! It's AWESOME! You would love it! 

Finals week is almost here....So your prayers would be much appreciated!

Like I said in one of my previous blogs, I'm working at Como this summer. You have no idea how excited I am. God has some awesome plans for me this summer. I just can't wait to see what they are. I kinda hate not knowing what they are, Love looking toward the unknown, greatly anticipate what could happen, and my hearts desire is to follow God with all that I am, I long for him to overwhelm me with his love, and can't wait to enjoy every minute of his unfailing, constant, ever present, glorious, faithful, and providing grace. 

I've decided that I must expand my vocabulary, so that I can describe how Great my God is! I just can't think of anything worth describing him. He's just to Great! :)  Ha!!! I got it...He's indescribable!!! :) 

Oh yeah, and did I tell you my wonderful twin and My Rachel are flying out to Joplin, to help me drive home! It's going to be glorious! I'm pretty excited! They get to come see Joplin...and me! 

I started packing my room up...it's really bittersweet. I'm excited to get home and see my family before I head off to Como, but I'm really going to miss my OCC family. I'm already counting down the days till I see them again and we haven't even left yet. ( and in case you were wondering...Only 106 days till Were all back on Ozark soil) :)  

So this is a bunch of randomness...but really that just me! I'm always random and kind of overly happy! You get use to it after awhile.  

So really random quote that Barry said in one of his sermons awhile ago, it's kinda be on my heart lately...I'm not sure who originally said it but here it is... "Hope is hearing the melody of the future...faith is the ability to Dance to it." 

 So until next time...I'm off to Dance to the future. ( and if you know me...I will probably literally dance) :)  

Righteous Complaining...

Have you ever been so completely overwhelmed by this world??
God calls us to "feed his children"....But there are so many.
God calls us to "make disciples of all nations"...I don't even know where to begin.
"Care for the orphans and the widow"...How do I get started?
So as I sit here in the laundry room ( My favorite place to do homework now)  feeling completely and totally confused.
          Where do I begin??
           How do I start?
          When will it be my chance to make a difference in the lives of those who so desperately Christ?
In chapel the other day one of the graduating seniors said
            "How do we begin to stay...in a place where we are being trained to go?" 
God is calling me to stay where I am at..so that he may prepare me to Go -->
 I need to be patient, I know. But I've come to the realization lately that I'm not a very patient person. I want to follow Christ with all that I am...but he seems to make me wait a lot. And although, I know his timing is perfect, I just don't like to wait. I have always hated the word later and that's because I hate to wait.


Sometimes  All the time I want Christ to come back. I Hate this world we live in. I hate the fact that there are starving children in Africa, China, India, South America, EVERYWHERE...even here in The United States. People are dying ever day because they have nothing to eat, and not only are people dying, but they are dying without ever knowing their savior. People are out there crying and in desperate need of someone to love them. Little girls are out there cry because there daddies have left them...little do they know that their heavenly father wants to wipe away ever tear from their eye. The sick are dying because no one cares. People are out there watching the world drive by. How can I be so selfish! I sit there in my car while I pass yet another man, with a sign asking for help. MY HELP!
 My heart longs to love on these people. My heart longs to hold the little girl who is crying and tell her about my heavenly daddy. My heart longs to feed the starving children of this world. I want to love on all the orphans of this world. I want to play with the little boys in Africa that think no one cares. I want to give jackets to the people that are cold. I want to make meals for the sick. There is so much that I want to do. But right now....I have to stay.
I'm not sure why yet...but you better believe, I'm going to find out. I'll be waiting for the day when God gives me the go --> signal. So just wait and see... God is preparing the way and I'm going to be ready. Watch me.
So, this is a ton of complaining... Righteous complaining!
Which reminds me you should go listen to this by Shane Wood. It's Amazing! :)
After you listen to this...it really explains a lot. lol :) so happy listening.

my life as of late... :)

It's been a long time since I blogged last. Things have been kind of CRAZY! School is come to an end..I couldn't  be more excited (and sad all at the same time).
Anyways, this is going to be a big mess of random thoughts and more of the randomness of me. :)  


* I'm so ready for school to be over! Only 10 day till I leave for beautiful Colorado ( I miss my mountains)! Seem's crazy that my first year of college is almost over. It's gone by so fast. :) 


* I'm working at Camp Como this summer! AWESOME right?? :) I'm really looking forward to this summer. I have gone up to Como for summer camp since I was in second grade. I love being in the mountains...the air up there is so fresh and clean. God's beauty is all around and so evident. I loving being able to see God in the beauty around me. Several people from Ozark are also working at Como. :) 


*I Danced in the rain last night! Lisa and I ran out the door as soon as we heard the thunder. We watched the lightning and then heard the rumble of the thunder. It was marvelous!! My God is sooo good and sooo powerful!


*Why is the thing I want so badly...the thing that scares me the most??


* I think I want to pierce my nose. What do you think??


* We took a love language quiz for dorm devos a couple week ago...and I found out (Well I knew, but this reassured me.) that I am quality time. It explains soooo much.


*The count down has began for next semester....I'm soo looking forward to it.(Ha! I'm already looking forward to it and this semester is not even over yet.) I'm looking forward to the day when I move back in (I'm moving down the hall :). I'm looking forward to the day when my sister is on campus with me. I'm looking forward to the day when I get to see all my friends from school again. I'm looking forward to see how God moved in their lives over the summer. I can't wait to see how God changed them over the summer. I can't wait for this next semester. My classes are going to be awesome! I'm hoping to get a job next semester. After being at school for this last year, now I know what events i want to get involved in here on campus. I found a great church and I'm looking forward to get really involved there. Anyways, As you can tell...I'm really looking forward to next semester! :)


*Over spring break the Batchelder's introduced me to the show Chuck. Have you ever seen it?? I love it! You should check it out. :)  


* I have always loved warm weather...but there is nothing like the coolness of Colorado. But even though I love Colorado...I'm loving this warm Missouri weather. I like the warm wind. :) 


* I have a passion for missions. I want to be on the missions field right now. I would leave everything...I would drop it all, to be on a plane right now. But I know I have to be patient. God has me right where he want's me. I'm in the perfect place to learn all about him. I have the best professor's, the best friends, the best college, the best family. So, I've decided that I wont waste this time! I wont waste this opportunity to serve Christ right where I'm at. I believe God has me here for a reason. He's preparing me right now. :) 
I can't wait to see where God will take me next.