Bible Study!

Soo...life these days!


I am soo excited to have the summer off of work! mainly because it allows me to spend more time with my little darling who is growing WAY to fast, but also because it allows me to get more involved with youth!


One of Tyler and my goals for this summer was to start a Bible study just for the seniors that graduated this year! Let me tell you, IM SOO EXCITED!!! we met for the first time yesterday and it was SOO awesome. I feel myself drawn to college students more and more in the last few years, and older high schoolers. Probably since I only graduated a few years ago, but mainly because when you go to college you face soo many changes and different people. Tyler and I really wanted to help these kids prepare for the hard lifestyle of going to a University where Christian living is a minority of the students, and help them be able to stand up for themselves when faced with hard questions about their faith. Seriously our discussion during the study yesterday made me want to be like, ok we are meeting EVERYDAY!!! They are just so ready to soak up the information, the Word, and have a sincere desire to serve God daily! 


Of course I am just loving this group of kids, which only means one thing! A RETREAT!!! Tyler and I thought, you know this group of seniors we were able to meet and see grow since Middle school. We are really gonna miss them this fall, so why don't we take a trip with just them this summer. SO DISNEY HERE WE COME!!! Thanks to lots of weddings, and generous youth leaders, we are taking several of the students to Disney next week for a day and a half. 


If you know me at ALL you know that i am infatuated with Disney, so I am beYOND excited to get to go, relax, and have more awesome discussions with these kids at the condo we are staying at. I know God is gonna do some great things and reveal Himself to all of us in a new way.


For example, yesterday during our discussion God revealed to me a time in my life when i was pursuing Him so closely that His Holy Spirit was leading me, without my even realizing it. I was in my teens and was planning to go on a missions trip to Trinidad with several other people from my church. It was going to be my first missions trip and I was BEYOND excited...to begin with. As the date for us to leave got closer, my heart and mind began to change. I lost my excitement, and had this very negative feeling about the trip, like i WASNT supposed to go. (Of course this was very confusing to me at the time, but I can see now what was happening). Anyway, literally the DAY before we were to leave something happened with several of the team members, and my sisters and i did not go on the trip. 


Honestly, i thought at the time I was just to scared, but yesterday talking with our small group we were discussing how the more time you spend with God and the Holy Spirit, the more in tune you will be to hearing His voice in your life. And it hit me! I know and remember that in that period of my life, i was very strong spiritually and that God was very real and close to me. And I realize now, that those negative feelings I had before that trip, was the Spirit showing me something was not right! Can I tell you how EXCITED I was yesterday to see that for the first time? 


There have been many times in my life when I felt God leading me directly through something..and it is ALWAYS exciting to see it or realize it was His hand moving me.!!! LOVE IT!!!

ok..thats all for now...following Him step by step. kat

Pintrest! an heirloom

So pintrest...

For someone who enjoys crafts, pintrest is like a gold mine. I have found several ideas for things that I want to make and a few that I have done already. Tonight I began working on one that is very close to my heart.

My dad died when I was 5 years old. I only have a few memories of him and one of the things that is hard now is the fact my daughter will never be able to meet him. I have several things of his given to my by my Granny. Out of that, she gave me 5-6 of his old shirts. I have kept them for several years thinking one day I would make a quilt or something out of them to hand down to my kids. Today I got my inspiration.

A very popular pintrest DIY is the pillowcase dress or skirt. So I am modifying it to fit a 6 month old baby. I am super excited as one of the shirts is a plaid with pink, purple, and blue in it. I have started cutting it out and finished a headband already to match. The headband made me even more excited about the idea.

When it is finish I will get some professional photos done with her in it to send to my uncle (who has been an amazing father to me) and my Granny and Grandad. What an awesome heirloom this will be for Jayna to pass down to her daughter someday. I can't wait to see the end result and I will be sure to share it here to.

Step By Step: a new experience.

Hi,

I am new at this and just wanted to introduce myself and why I am beginning a blog to begin with. I have always enjoyed writing and use it to process my thoughts. I want to become more open and willing to let others see that I am not perfect and daily have to remind myself that only through God can I get through the difficult times.

These are the lyrics to the worship songs I am basing my blog on.

Oh God you are my God
And I will ever praise you.
Oh God you are my God
And I will ever praise you.
I will seek you in the morning,
And I will learn to walk in your ways
And Step by Step you lead me
And I will follow you all of my days.

Through this blog I hope to share my desire to draw closer to Him in every aspect of my life. Also I want to inspire others to learn that following in His steps may be difficult at times but He will bless and encourage you along the way in ways you can't imagine.

In His Step,
kat