fair time

Hello, so I spent my weekend in Pierce at the Pierce Co. Fair :) It was my first time there, I think...haha. I camped with the Svitaks and it was great just spending time with Emily and all. Just being able to be there for her while her sister is gone is good, for both of us to be there for each other. We also just hung out with some TEC kids and it was awesome because on Saturday night Emily, Brandon and I just talked til 3. It was amazing just to have a real conversation about God and life and what we would love to see happen. It is amazing to see a group of kids so passionate about Jesus. I love it!!!

It is crazy seeing how things happen in your life and how God works through it. Not just in my life, but also in the lives of those around me. Let's just say I have some of my closest friends and their family in my thoughts and prayers right now. I just know God will work through this storm and I pray He will be glorified.

That's about all I have for now.

Oh and Ed won the Bachelorrette :)

wildlife safari!!!

I went on a wildlife safari today. It was quite fun! We took the Y kids on their field trip and drove around that safari place. It was the first time I ever had my kids be so quiet!!! haha, but needless to say I have those few kids that just do something completely random that gets them in trouble...kids, what do you do with them? haha

Other than that not much else is new. I got to see my 'little brother' Trey today :) He got back from California yesterday and it was good catching up. We were talking about actually being ready for school to get going and I told him about how I'm excited about getting youth group going. I asked him what he would like to see happen and he said a smaller version of TEC, of course...cuz it's awesome! haha I don't know how well that would work cuz it probably would look nothing like TEC, but I think he has a great point in the part of TEC where you are with a small group of people. So we chatted about this a little bit and I think by having a group of 3-5 people that you have to be accountable to would be great for these youth! Have the big group stuff and then break it down to where you can get real with one another...I'm excited for tomorrow night prayer and planning for one80. I hope Cubby can come so we can talk about this a little bit. So that's me...ready and willing to see where God is leading this youth group through my meek hands.

Keep praying...
Love you all!

Alli

scatter-brained

Right now I have a lot of thoughts going through my head. I just had this wave a loneliness rush over me today. I don't have anything to do here in Lincoln...I know people I could text to hang out with, but I just don't know...gah! I don't even know how I'm feeling. Like it was great going to church here finally, after 4 weeks, but I just want to be home right now. Hang out with Emily, cuz she needs somebody right now, and spending time with my beautiful niece and my family.

It's my brother and sister-in-laws first anniversary today and it just takes me back to last year and all the fun we had at their wedding and the time I was able to spend with my family and friends.

I went for a walk today, and it was nice, but I just want to go with somebody...and to spend time outside at a park or star gazing with my friends and laughing and just being in community sharing my life and listening about the lives of those around me, but I'm just here...

Wow, my thoughts are very scattered...I just feel like there is something to be done, but I'm just sitting here missing out. But I don't know where to go...and I know there are things to be done for planning youth group, but I need to wait for Cubby to get back and yeah, I'm just thinking about way to much right now...I should pray. I think I will do that...

Thanks for reading my word vomit...sometimes it just comes out so scattered and ADD, and I just don't know what to do about it...lol

Love ya!
Alli

just a bloggin'

I don't do this blogging thing much, and I pretty much suck at keeping it updated so I appologize now. It's kind of like journaling for me. I will do really well for a couple weeks, and then I putter out and get bored with it, until I have another journaling spurt! haha

Right now I'm living in Lincoln and just seeing where God is leading me. The church I attend is in the process of doing a church plant: one80 'when you need to turn your life around...' I'm really excited to see this begin to fall together. I have been asked to co-lead the youth group with my friend Caleb, so that is pretty exciting. I'm just anxious to get that going as well and see where God leads it.

God has done a lot in my heart these past few weeks which has been a drawn out process from about a year ago. It has been really freeing and I am so amazed that I have a God that loves me enough to take me back every time I fail.

Other new news is that my beh fren (best friend) left for Hong Kong on Monday morning. She will be doing a year long missions program over there and I'm super excited for her, but at the same time I miss her to pieces! I'm so fortunate to have an amazing friend like her and also that her family is so great as well! They are like my second family and I know that I'm still welcome there when she is gone. I'm really excited too because her mom, sister, my mom, and I will go over to Hong Kong for a 3 week mission trip in December.

The way God works is amazing, and I will try and keep this up to date so my posts don't get too long :)

God bless,
Alli