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So, quite a few people still read my blog. This makes me happy. =)

On Sunday, I faced my fear of going underwater and got baptized. Here's my testimony that I shared:

When I was 8 years old, I prayed the sinners' prayer, just so I could say that I did it. But it was evident by my life that I was not saved. I was a slave to sin. I was living for myself. And I was miserable.
I didn't realize why this was, until God showed me that I needed Him. I was a senior in high school when God saved me from my sins and helped me choose to live for Him instead of myself.
Over the past 2 years, God has done some amazing things for me. It's hard to believe how much God has changed me. I am a totally different person than I was 2 years ago, all thanks to the awesome grace of God.
Jesus is truly my best friend, and I want to live for Him. I pray that this never changes.

Isn't our God so amazing? =)

I'm wondering

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Reign in Us

Spirit of the living God, fall fresh again
Come search our hearts and purify our lives
We need Your perfect love, we need Your discipline
We're lost unless You guide us with Your light

Lord Jesus, come lead us
We're /desperate/ for Your touch

Oh great and mighty One, with one desire we come
That You would reign, /that You would reign in us/
We're offering up our lives, a living sacrifice
That You would reign, that You would reign in us

/We cry out/ for Your live to refine us
Cry out for Your love to define us
Cry out for Your mercy to keep us blameless until You return

So reign, please reign in us
Come purify our hearts
//We need Your touch//
Come cleanse us like a flood and send us out
So the world may know You reign
You reign in us

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Wow.
God is doing some amazing things in Mission28.
I think this song, "Reign in Us", really captures what is happening in M28. Through the last two messages, God is teaching all of us how to be desperate for Him and cry out to Him in prayer. He is showing us how much we truely need Him, and cannot do anything without Him.
And as we cry out to Him, God is sending His powerful presence to us at the meetings like never before.
"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, then I will hear from heaven." 2 Chronicles 7:14
Our God is so awesome! =)

Here are some more Spring pictures for you.

first signs of Spring!

Rekindle part 2

picture time! enjoy =)

Day 1 - Sunday

getting on the bus!

sisters ^_^

Day 2 - Monday

morning walk on the beach with friends =)


dodgeball!


our meeting room

beach volleyball

there were lots of pretty shells this year

random swing dancing during free time

Day 3 - Tuesday

i love the note rope!

foosball

making macreme bracelets


gorgeous sunset!

Day 4 - Wednesday

our rooms

some cool trees

blind-folded musical chairs


pink beach house

my best friends =)


pretty clouds

giant jelly fish, run!

Day 5 - Thursday

burying Kate

she's a mermaid with wings

verse on the wall of our meeting room

tearing down the last night

Day 6 - Friday

they stayed up all night, so they slept pretty much the whole bus ride back

don't they look tired?

Rekindle part 1

This week has been hard. Getting back to reality after Rekindle wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't been sick. Pretty much 90% of Mission28 was sick this week. Not fun. But God is still good! And today I feel almost completely better. =)

Ok. Here's my Rekindle update.

The theme of this Rekindle was There Is No One Like Our God. The messages that impacted me the most were the ones about God's power, and God being unchanging.
God has the power to do whatever He wants. If something doesn't happen the way I want it to, it is not because God can't make it happen. It is because it is His will for it to not go that way.
God never changes. He will always be there for me when I need Him. He will always love me. He will always call me child, because my relationship with Him is based on His glorious gospel which never changes.

God really strengthened my faith and trust in Him last week. He showed me it doesn't matter what my circumstances are, because He is all I need. He gave me more boldness to share my struggles with my friends and ask them how I can pray for them. I feel like I can tell my friends what's going on in my life more. And that's a good thing. =)

God is so good to all of us!

coming soon...

post on Rekindle coming soon. i'm too tired to do it right now.

REKINDLE!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness, we leave for Rekindle tomorrow!!!!!!!! So excited!!!!!!! =)