To Mongolia and Beyond

[Mongolia Support Letter: please feel free to help me spread the word! I need all the financial support I can get!] Dearest friends and family, I hope that this letter finds you well. That wherever in the world you are and whatever you are doing, you find yourselves doing something you are passionate about and [...]

Going to MONGOLIA!

Yup, it is true. I am going on my first short-term missions trip for seven weeks to Mongolia with an organization called OMF International! (OMF=Overseas Missions Fellowship, figuring that one out took me a long time searching online, haha) Do I know anything about Mongolia? Nope. Nothing except that the Mongolian child in the documentary [...]

Dear God,

I suddenly felt convicted to write you a letter here. I just feel very overwhelmed in my heart right now. I don’t know why, maybe as I write here, you will show me. I love you more than anything. I love you with all the strength I can muster in my heart. It’s such a [...]

Alive In..Me???

This is the revelation that has been blowing my mind repeatedly for the past few weeks. Think about this. The intricacies of human anatomy, of human biological processes, of the way that flowers get nourished, how the sun sustains us, of happiness, of thought, of…everything that is good in this world are reflections of the character [...]

We Are the Light

I’ve been so excited for what God is doing in the innermost parts of my heart lately that I thought a post would be incoherent, but I think it’s time to try. God is…so real and so alive inside of me that I am surprised I believed Satan’s lies that I don’t shine God’s light. [...]

Part 1: 10,000 Reasons

Just in case I post more reasons, I just named this Part 1. Something my mom frequently encourages me to do is tell God 100 things I’m thankful every day. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at it, but when I do follow through, it changes my perspective on the day. At Passion, Matt Redman led us [...]

No Turning Back

Oh how I wish that life was easier. How I wish I could have more than one week of joyful bliss, of having carefree days of productive schoolwork and life-giving relationships and restful sleeps that are all an outflow of blessings from an intimate relationship with God. It’s possible! but oh it’s not easy. Enter [...]

Walk the Walk

I’ve been dying to post about all the things God has been teaching me this past crazy week of academics. I flirted with the idea of having to make my posts shorter just so I can share more about what God is doing in my daily walk. Because it’s not really about these epic events [...]

Full Circle

Why is this happening again? I WON’T LET IT! I’ve been wanting to update ya’ll since my last update when I basically told you I was depressed. Well the day after that post (a Thursday), I went to mental health counseling. I got a good doctor who asked me about the role of my faith in [...]

Numb

Words fail me. Ironically, I shall try to use them to tell you what’s going on for me after retreat. It’s confusing and aching, but I need some kind of venue to vent and keep all of you updated. It’s been a week now since I just wept for the children trapped in sex slavery [...]