Leaving for Nicaragua

Leaving manana for Nicaragua, and the not-so-big 19 birthday has finally arrived. I'll be departing at 1:50 and returning on June 27th around 5. Excited to be traveling as usual, but I think the only thing I want to post right now is why I have been compelled to do this.



Brooke Fraser "Albertine"

I am sitting still
I think of Angeline
Her mother's voice over me
And the bullets and the war
Where it fell silent

And on a thousandth hill
I think of Albertine
There in her eyes
What i don't see
with my eye oh

Rwanda
Now that I have seen
I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you
In my own arms
I cannot let go till you are...

And I am on a plane
Across a distant sea
But I carry you in me
In the dust on... the dust on... the dust on... the dust on....
My feet

Rwanda
Now that I have seen
I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you
In my own arms
I cannot let go till you are...

I will tell the world
I will tell them where I've been
I will keep my word
I will tell them, Albertine

Rwanda
Now that I have seen
I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you
In my own arms
I cannot let go till you are...

And I am on a stage
A thousand eyes on me
I will tell them, Albertine
I will tell them, Albertine



Understand this; "Now that I have seen, I am responsible. Faith without deeds is dead."

See you in 5 weeks.

Summer <3

The past couple weeks have flown by. School has been amazing; reassuring that I'm supposed to be at Liberty and no where else. I absolutely adore it here and am so content--which is a big deal since I have a hard time being content anywhere in the states. I've been to DC 2ce since this month, once with just Bethany, and then the other time with a couple of people from our dorm and the brother dorm to get to know each other better.
Lots of things have changed, as usual. I've decided to stay in Lynchburg for the part of the summer that I'm going to be in the states. I literally just got hired last night for Subway :) which I am so excited for, as well as working for a Ms. Katherine Thomas who is ironically a tight friend of Dr. Elmer Towns. I was really worried that I was taking a chance getting an apartment and having to pay rent without a serious job, but I needed to get a heads up on the jobs that would be opening when the college kids left so I could have one for next year. It was a risk, but God provided as usual. Staying in Lynchburg is not going to be all that exciting though. I'm already missing my friends and they haven't left yet; I'll have no one here to keep me company which means I have to get out and make friends!
Dad drove down to bring my new car :) I love it. We got to have dinner and spend some time together -- then in the morning we went to Panera (Which he's never been to!?) and I drove him to the airport. Now I'm all set! I leave for Nicaragua May 23 (ironically I cannot seem to have a birthday in the States anymore and I love how I'm leaving on that day) and come back late June. I'm really excited; it's coming a lot faster than Honduras did. Lauren is great too; it's a good thing I'm going with her because I never get sick of her!!! The plan is to drive up to NY the 21, see the fam for a day, and then head out to Nicaragua. I'm excited to use my spanish again!!!

Ohio and Summer .

So I haven't actually been a faithful blogger lately. I have been having the time of my life here at school -- turns out a lot of plans and changes have been made.

I thought I was coming home for next year just to save some money and do online classes through Liberty (which was a good decision). Turns out it's not what I really want; I want to stay here and learn and grow (which was the better/best decision). I'm learning money should mean nothing in little to nothing in life and I'm going to experience all that I can within the 4 years I'm at Liberty. Recently God has laid on my heart a bit of exciting ambition -- to double major. I'll be graduating on time but with a Semester at Sea for the Summer of 2010! My voyage will be for 66 days and I will be traveling to 8 different countries while taking classes on the ship for school credit. You can check out this at www.semesteratsea.com. I'll be majoring in Social Sciences and International Relations: Policy and Politics with Spanish. I'm actually out of the hockey season for this year because I broke my arm in 3 spots during a hockey game at Thanksgiving break. It's good to breath here however. :)

For this summer, turns out Nicaragua is really happening. I did not send out many "faith" letters this year because of all the gracious donations given last year for the 3 months I spent in Honduras. I'll be going anywhere from may-late july depending on donations. One of my roomies from college, Lauren, and I will be reaching the UPG's (Unreached People Groups) in Nicaragua as well as leading some teams who come down for a bit. If you'd like to make a donation, contact me at kf.world@yahoo.com and I'll give you the information. Mallory (one of my friends from youth back home) is actually going to Honduras, to Casa Hogar this summer and I'm really excited for her to have this amazing opportunity. Hopefully I can fly to Casa Hogar and see the kids once more as well as catch up with Katie Hawkins who stayed with me last summer (another World Hope Volunteer). If you'd like to make any donations for her trip, again, email me at kf.world@yahoo.com and I'll give you the information.

Last weekend Anna my dorm mate and Steve, her boyfriend and I drove up to Ohio to their hometown for the weekend. Steve had to go to his army base while I got to celebrate Anna's 19th birthday with her family!!! These pics are just a taste of the crazy things we do while driving :)

prayer for the week.
De Dios,
Gracias por este dia, y gracias para su amor. Cuidad mi familia, mis amigos, y los profesores a la escuela de Liberty University. Ayudame con mis palabras y mi boca porque mis palabras no estan en un tono suave. Y tambien ayudame buscar por mi direccion usted quiere para mi en mi vida. Gracias por todos Dios. Te quiero mucho.

Football, Hockey, and CFAW

This weekend we had all the "CFAW'ers" (College for a weekend'ers) come to Liberty and stay with us to see how they liked the school. We all went to a football game and afterwards I went to coach's house for a bbq, the boys hockey game in which we won 7-1, and then to our blue and white game. It's a game where our players are mixed in with all the high school seniors who might come to Liberty and play against each other.

Hockey Week

This week my hockey team and I went to the D1 mens hockey team. It's so funny cause it's a new thing that when the opposing team is being announced, all the fans in the crowd hold up a newspaper and act like they aren't paying attention. I got to play in our first 2 games this weekend. The first was away @ UVA and we won 17-1. I scored 1 and got 2 assists. The second was home vs. UVA and we won 15-1. I scored 1 and got interviewed by the local newspaper and was on tv!

Roomies.

This week was slightly insane. Hockey consumes my life, but a six pack is shortly on its way :) We have practices almost every day. Our games start in about 2 weeks! During the week my roomies and I got together and had a little too much fun ... we got some pictures which I think are so funny and can't help but laugh at looking at them :)

Beginnings of Liberty

A lot has happened since I've been here! The football games are insane...we've only played twice and we've creamed both teams!!! Then the band came out (you'll see in the pictures) that they formed into the shape of batman, 007, and incredibles. I also am really good friends with a girl named Sarah who helps to lead campus praise and has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. She's opening our gift to her...and the other is Bethany who is the light of my life.