So, if you Google "Protect Portland's Children" you'll find this amped up group of people that aren't in favor of CEF and what we teach-which I get, it can be overwhelming, especially if you're not open to the Bible, God or anything like that-since that's all we teach.
But hey bumped up the media and drew a lot of attention to Good News Across America-which was kind of cool, nerve wracking and terrifying all at the same time-crazy, I know.
Overall, more people got to learn about Jesus because they heard what was going on and checked us out for themselves-and mos found we were not what the media had described, all I'm saying is, I'm glad people are willing to decide for themselves-you feel me?
So anyways, due to the incredible ability of my brain at times like this-I've been very task orientated at like 1am (p.s. it's only been like, 2 days since I got back-so I'm not quite back into routine yet :) ) I've been reading like crazy, I read one and a half chronicles of Narnia books yesterday/ this morning in the wee hours, and before that I had been catching up on a friend of mine's blog-if you could be praying for them, they came really close to having a finalized adoption-but the birth parents chose against it, so they're dealing with a lot of hurt right now.
One of my dreams is to adopt, and I know in my heart I would love to live over in Uganda, or Ethiopia or anywhere, really, if there were kids that had a need. Sometimes it gets hard to define that fine line between my heart's desires and wants, between my plans, and God's.
A couple months ago ( ?not sure bout that time frame) I was set on becoming a doctor-in fact, this coming year (my junior year) I'm taking quite a few biology/medical type classes because of my incredible interest in going into the medical field. But somewhere along the line, I realized I wanted to be an Elementary Teacher, I realized only a smidge of God's love for me, when I work with kids-and that's something I don't ever want to let go of.So, to put it plainly, this whole future deal is frightening, I want to do God's will-but here I am with all these plans, and....yeah.
And then-what to do with my activities I'm involved with, what to do about my summers? People have asked me to come do internships, and while I love the idea, I feel more drawn to do something that would benefit my career-that's what an internship is about, right? But then, I hear all the selfishness in that statement, and I'm torn again.
And-right now my schedule has no music extracurriculars in it-that's because it didn't fit, and I wasn't sure if it was going to work. I told my music teachers I would do independent study because I didn't want to move on from that, but talking with my mom-I'm not so sure. She's voting it down, and it seems like the reasonable thing to do.If you wanted to pray for my wisdom in these decisions, that would be awesome.
I felt like it'd been to long since I actually talked to you guys about what's been going on with me, so I thought I would dose you up with some Liz life right now-on top of everything I've received a National Honor Society nomination, and work is definitely tensing up for me and I'm concerned about m volunteer status at the library.
1. That song/verse that talks about us not being destroyed, or crushed-we might be shaken, and we might stumble-but God will not let go of us, if we hold on. "Even though I walk through the valley, I will not fear"
2. The verse in Lamentations that talks about God's mercies, and compassions never failing, and being new every single morning.
On top of all that guys,
I'm praying about joining a youth group a wee bit closer to my school, in order to get them more involved with See You At The Pole, which is coming up in September.Last last last thing, Do you have any suggestions on starting a Bible study? any information from how you started it, when, where, with who and what materials you used would be super duper helpful.
