It has been too long.

So, my last post was in JUNE! Unbelievable. I have missed blogging, I really have. Summer is over and classes are in full swing. I have so much I feel the need to share with the world, but it is all still overwhelming to me. A lot of things I'm still processing. Things from this summer, relationships that I've made, wonderful moments with my family, and now...school. It is unreal. God has been more than faithful and good to me this summer. I could write a novel on camp and the things I learned and the many ways I saw God move. There were many times we prayed as a staff for prayer requests given to us by youth ministers and many times we saw those prayers answered within days. God was faithful, and always good. I have a new sister and her name is Maurine. Maurine grew up in Compassion International and traveled with our team speaking on behalf of children across the world. I saw God move in huge ways through this 90 lb African woman. She is someone I have been so blessed to have met. She has changed my life and I'm so thankful that the Lord allowed her to come into my life. I continue to talk to her and learn from her. Currently, a few people close to me are praying through ways we can help Maurine and also help her community. Helping them in physical poverty, but more importantly spiritual poverty. God is mighty and it is all in His time.

Having been back at school I've been able to get involved in international ministries a lot! I've been so excited all summer to get plugged in more on campus. I'm hoping to get a conversation partner soon (i will meet with an international student for an hour a week and talk with them...so they can practice english). I was able to go to a spanish church on sunday and that was such a treat. It was actually a very powerful sermon. My knowledge of spanish is not that great, but I was able to understand a lot more than I thought. The pastor went over passages of scripture reminding us all that the devil is out to steal, kill, and destroy...and then he went over what Christ did for us. He set us free, Libre. We sang a song all about Libre. Being free in Christ. We then went through Psalm 51 and it just inspired me so much....praying that God would restore to me the joy of His salvation. I'm currently going to try and memorize Psalm 51. I'll leave on that note for today...
Psalm 51: 10-12
"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me."

Psalmos 52:10-12
"Crea en mi, oh Dios, un corazon limpio, y renueva la firmeza de mi espiritu. No me alejes de tu presencia ni me quites tu santo Espiritu. Devuelveme la alegria de tu salvacion; que un espiritua obediente me sostenga."