Felix, a dear friend from Lilongwe passed away this week adding to the rawness of my heart. Started drawing again...yesterday. In high school and my first years of College I would write poems ...though I do still write, it seems as if that has turned into drawing and painting..mmm water colours. Today was a good day, relaxed and did homework. Went for a walk with a good friend. Read for Hebrew Poetry and Wisdom. Organized my file folder of my papers. Finished a drawing. lol...good chill day. Tomorrow starts a super busy week of papers! and classes...and not working at Starbucks..for a while till I catch up in my homework. Then off to Canmore from March 28-April 4th! BOOYEAH! hehe. Learning to pray, to come before the Lord in earnest, to be me. may Christ be glorified in everything

"If you want to know how rich you are add up what you have that money can't buy and death can't take away." -Pastor Rick Duncan I was thinking about this as a friend of mine was talking about the gifts of the Spirit and wondered how rich am I? Do I have to posses many of the gifts of the Spirit to be rich? Or is eternal life and freedom in Christ being rich in its fullness? Don't know if I'm phrasing my question correctly. What do you think?

I Listened!

Yesterday was the beginning of Mod week...sheesh! you'd think I'd get some sort of rush out of taking 3 mods and four classes this semester....I think I kinda do..hehe. Good day, wasn't feeling 100%, felt like my head was about to explode during the Mafia game at the Point so left a little early. Got to my room and talked at bit with my roommate Ellen. Shared our frustrations of the day. I don't feel good and I think I need to go into the walk-in for my wrist that is keeping me awake with pain almost every night. Got into bed and shot up a few prayers, mostly for myself and shut my eyes... ..I couldn't sleep. Though this is nothing new, it was different. I couldn't get my friends name out of my head. I asked God to protect her and be with her and told Him I'd call her today. As I drifted off to sleep...No! I couldn't sleep! I didn't know her number but remember her writing it down for me a few weeks ago. I got up, telling God that I'd call her right then IF I could find her number..randomly I did. (quite a surprise as I had no clue where it was!)It was 11:30pm..."But God, she might be asleep!?" But I knew. I was worried. I had no idea what happened. I dialed the numbers saying I'd wait for a certain amount of rings and hang up. She picked up! I told her what happened. I heard a sniffle on the other side. "I'm so glad you called". And she proceeded to tell me what happened yesterday. After hearing her heart, we prayed together and hung up the phone. I went to sleep. I'm still in shock! I was afraid I would wake her up just to hear her say, "no, I'm fine, and you woke me up" but God knew! God knows! Yeah, (sigh) He's pretty great huh.

21 Random things from a 21-year-old:

1) I want to hike the entire Trans Canada Trail. 2) I have always wanted to write a book. 3) I have never hitch-hiked. (and kinda want to) 4) My love for the game of soccer only started my first year of college...and yet I still don't know all the rules. 5) I make a mean Eggs Benedict 6) If you want the rainbow, you're gonna have to put up with the rain. 7) Chieftess Teresa Malila is one of my hero's "...the church needs to be a threat to injustice." 8) When I know I'm completely alone, I will sing and dance. 9) I believe one makes the choice whether or not to be optimistic and have a good day. 10) Every time I go back to visit my parents I rearrange my room and thoroughly clean it. 11) My DISC personality test told me I'm adventurous...I agree :) 12) I am not afraid to try new things, I may be afraid of that which I am trying for the first time, like the first time I jumped off a cliff or picked up a snake, but the adventure and conquering fears is worth the risk. 13) "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt 14) The two items in my fridge are homemade grape jam and a water bottle. (and I'm soo hungry right now!) 15) I still have nerf gun wars with my brother 16) The furthest I have been from home is Malawi, Africa..and I would love to go back. 17) When I was little, I wanted to be a farmer. 18) I have always wanted to backpack across Europe. 19) I took hip hop in high school 20) I hope to run a half marathon in the near future. 21) climbing trees is one of my favorite things to do...getting down isn't.

Quote of the day:

Laurie: "I always hug people before they leave so they remember how much they love me and come back."