Pura Vida

Seeing as I want to do my best to remember averything about my recent missions trip to Costa Rica I have decided that I want to try and post a memory/story from my trip every week. Hopefully the motivation to want to remember everything will be enough to keep me blogging until I run out of stories... We will see though. I will be posting pictures and stories very soon.

week 8

2.26.11

8:30-wake up

9:45- leave the house

10:05- arrive at Ida's Bridal

11:00(ish)- Ky finds the gown that makes her smile as big as she did the day he proposed!

11:05- i get to practice my MoH duties of straightening the train

11:20- lunch at macaroni grill

1:00(ish)- trying on bridesmaid dresses

this is the exciting part of week 8

week 7

well this was a fail. and this time i have no excuse. just a busy week.

week 6

IT'S SUNNY AND A BALMY 48 DEGREES!

i love it when the sun shines and its warm enough that i can just wear a hoodie. this never ending winter seems to be finally coming to and end.... HOORAYYY!

other life updates include:

1. i get to be MoH for my sister... im extremely excited but this year is going to fly by!

2. very soon i will have tickets to the taylor swift concert! im very excited to be going with a few of my friends! 9.24.11

3. im getting my first pair of point shoes ever this weekendd!

thats it for now.... more next week

xoxo

week 5

wpa. no time to blog.... sorry its late!

week 4

earlier this week my status on fb said "our God reigns. he's conquered the grave. there is hope in his name. he's coming again. our God reigns."

as people began clicking the "like" button some of the people that "liked" it surprised me. this got me thinking... if all those people "like" that particular status what is holding them back from sharing what they believe?

i learned recently that everything i've gone through in life will someday be used to further God's kingdom. every bad decision i've made, every experience that i've had in life will some how be used to share the love of an amazing God. my testimony, everything that has made me who i am right now will be used for His glory.

if every one of those people that "liked" my status would say something about their faith. our school would be worlds different. if everyone would take a stand for what they believe in and chose to be different from everyone else, things would change. if you believe that there is a God who thinks you are the most beautiful thing alive, then show it. if you believe that He loved you enough to take the beating, stabbing, mocking, and nails through his hands and feet to hang on a tree, then live like you believe it.

if you believe it. live it... out loud for the world to see.

weeks 2 & 3

fail.

week 4 will come later this week.

p.s. my sister is ENGAGED!