NEW BLOG-

ok everyone, so i know that i tend to change blogs alot, but i just didnt like the backgrounds on here, so I have a new one! Feel free to visit and comment! :-)

Annie's Journey of Faith & Life

ENJOY! :-)

Peace out!
Annie

is it really June?

Can it really be June already???? that just seems so crazy to me! I'm sitting here in my office a beautiful monday morning, sipping my hot hazelnut latte just amazed at how time flies by! Wow! I can' tbelieve that my first year of ministry is almost over. I mean, i am still, and daily, in awe of how God works. He placed me here, in this wonderful congregation, who values youth ministry and sees the importance of DCE ministry. Do you know how rare that is?? When i talk to my DCE friends, many of them are having not-so-good first years. Issues with their pastors, issues with their church leadership and other personal things. But I've had a wonderful year. Now, it hasn't been completely issue free, but it's nothing devastating that makes me want to leave or even think about leaving. I love it here. This is definitely where God has called me nad I am so incredibly blessed to have this opportunity to share His love and grace to the people here!

So in other news, i got 4 hours of sleep last night. I couldn't sleep. I stayed up reading my fiction book until 3am! then i kept tossing and turning. Ugh. i hate when i can't fall asleep. it's so annoying. But i know why I couldn't sleep: my mom's having surgery today. I know that she'll be fine, but i'm still nervous for her. I don't know why. I just am. So, i've been praying HARD all night and morning that she'll come out of this surgery fine and happy and healthier! It's a gall bladder thing for gall stones? I'm not sure. So at least it's not cancer. But I just pray that the Dr's know what they're doing and do it well. One good thing though: her surgeon is a very strong Christian. so at least that's comforting! So.. yeah..

ok, so in tradition of how i ended each blog on internship with a prayer, here's my prayer for today:
Heavenly Father, watch over, protect and heal my mom. Be with the dr's as they do whatever they need to do to make her well. Lead them and guide their movements and their minds. Keep them focused and healthy themselves. Lord, i ask all of this in your precious Son's name, Amen!

Christmas, Easter and Vacay

Ok, so i apologize for not getting on here more often. i thought i could try and do it every day, but it's really not working. but i'll keep trying! Stephanie and Nikki are my inspirations... they blog about once or twice a week! I need to do that again! LOL

so things as a DCE are going well! I love this congregation. the people are amazing! Working with Pastor and Vicar, two men who are so full of passion for the Gospel. I am so blessed.

Christmas went by with very few minor issues. The children's program was hilarious. When you've got a pair of siblings, one's an angel, the other's a shepherd, and they start hitting each other with their ropes tied around their waists during "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" you know that you've got a hit on your hands! It was wonderful. Then i went home for Christmas day-new years and got the stomach flu, so that was horrible.

Easter came way too quickly! But it was good. I love how this church does Easter Sunday. It's the best parts of all of the churches I've worked at combined into one, plus some! What a blessing that is! To do it RIGHT! Not like you can really do Easter wrong... it's Easter! He is RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED!! :-) Nothing like the true Lutheran saying...that and "what does this mean???"

Ok, so on another note... I am really excited for my vacation this month. I'm going back to Minneapolis/St Paul for a conference, then spending a few extra days there, and then going to back to my internship site for a few days. It'll be a really nice break from the routine of ministry around here that sometimes gets me to procrastinate like no other!!

So seriously, what it is about procrastination? Do you procrastinate? On what? Why do you think that is? I have this habit lately of procrastinating for hours just because there's really nothing completely pressing and URGENT that needs to get done. I just can't motivate myself to get ahead! UGH! It's going to drive me nuts because i feel so unproductive! HELP! Any ideas???

New Year, New Job, New Blog

Well hello!

It's been quite a while since I've blogged about myself anywhere. I've been debating on whether to start a new one and I decided that YES! I want to! So here ya go.

I've titled it "Faith, Love and Chocolate" because in all honesty, that's all you need in life. Faith= my faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is what drives me. It feeds me and nurishes me and keeps me going on this journey we call life. Love is what it's all about. The incredible Love that your Savior has for you is beautiful and magnificent and all-consuming. I want to live that love in every aspect of my life. And chocolate...well...without chocolate the world would be just macaroni... you can't have macaroni without the cheese and you can't live in this world without chocolate!

So enjoy the ramblingness and may the Lord continue to guide you and bless you!