Im back in the Air Cruising over the earth at 30.Thousand feet on my way to Los Angeles, CA, writing this blog on Air Tran's wireless internet which in my book is pretty cool. My morning started 3 hours after my night at 4am when i had to get up to go to the airport. But somewhere over the course of my trip to Africa i acquired the ability to sleep in a variety of noisy places, and managed to catch an hour of sleep on the floor of the Atlanta, GA airport.
So heres the catchup.
1 month and 6 days: life is back in full swing. Ben and i got back around midnight on august 18th and hit the ground running. For me it was class that day at 9am for Ben it was heading back to app for crusade leadership training. But before long he was back in raleigh Rex hospital for some surgery on his hand for staff infection. 40 Some odd stitches later and a ton of acting like the tough guy while the girls look at his cool scar and hes back in business chugging through school at App state.
Things havn't stopped though more than ever God has been moving and were excited about it. Last Sunday we all got on a conference call with a group of supporters who are looking to head off to africa themselves next summer. And ive been getting coffee constantly, even though i dont even drink coffee, catching up with people and telling our summer's stories. The more i go through it with people the more i realize what an awesome time God provided for us this summer and the many ways we got to see him move.
Inside. Lately ive been trying to refocus my heart and mind to the mission God has in store for me in the Raleigh area and seeking new ways to serve locally. Because i feel that we are called to go but also to serve wherever we are. God has also been at work in my heart making sure that in everything i do i realize that the only way it succeeds is through him. Ive been going through Mark with my Crusade bible study and will admit that parables are cooler than i remember my Sunday school felt boards making them out to be. If you had to tell a parable what would yours sound like? next time on the blog ill write one. so get pumped.
Life. Busy almost to busy to keep up most of the time. This week in particular has been rough but maybe that means that Gods just got something really cool coming my way. Either way im so down for being back on the road again. Would love to hear from you guys, even if its just throwing out a hey! amvanove@ncsu.edu
From on top of the world.
Av.
-L4L Co-Founder
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
One of those days...
You know those days where everything you try to do fails and everything that could go wrong, does go wrong? Today is one of those days for me. It's only 2:20 so I'm a little worried to see what else could possibly happen as the day progresses. As I was thinking about all of the events that have happened today, I realized how fortunate I am that my identity is in Christ. If I tried to find my identity in my accomplishments like so many around me do quite often, I would be a mess right now. Thankfully, even when everything is going wrong I'm able to look past my circumstances and see an amazing God that will always be there for me.
I just saw a blog talking about why God makes things impossible sometimes. It reminded me that God puts us in situations that are so challenging so that he gets the glory for them. He makes it so obvious to everyone around us that our accomplishments are not our own doing, but God's.
"You will face opportunities that feel like mountains. And when you are there, when you stand in that place, you will shine. For God’s glory. For his name. For his might and power, you will shine."
http://stuffchristianslike.net/2010/09/3637/
God giving me this humility came at the perfect time. I just found out that the club we are starting for L4L at UNC-CH has been officially recognized by the university. We still have to finish registering, but we have made it past the biggest obstacle. I had to jump through about a million hoops to get the club approved. It would have been really easy for me to look at all of the hours that I put into this and feel impressed with my accomplishment. Thankfully, God reminded me that I wasn't the one that got the club approved; it was Him working through me.
Life is so much more exciting when I give God the glory for all of it. It's my prayer that even though it can be painful at times, God continues to pour out humility into everyone at L4L and helps us to continually focus on Him and His will for us.
-Alison
Co-founder
I just saw a blog talking about why God makes things impossible sometimes. It reminded me that God puts us in situations that are so challenging so that he gets the glory for them. He makes it so obvious to everyone around us that our accomplishments are not our own doing, but God's.
"You will face opportunities that feel like mountains. And when you are there, when you stand in that place, you will shine. For God’s glory. For his name. For his might and power, you will shine."
http://stuffchristianslike.net/2010/09/3637/
God giving me this humility came at the perfect time. I just found out that the club we are starting for L4L at UNC-CH has been officially recognized by the university. We still have to finish registering, but we have made it past the biggest obstacle. I had to jump through about a million hoops to get the club approved. It would have been really easy for me to look at all of the hours that I put into this and feel impressed with my accomplishment. Thankfully, God reminded me that I wasn't the one that got the club approved; it was Him working through me.
Life is so much more exciting when I give God the glory for all of it. It's my prayer that even though it can be painful at times, God continues to pour out humility into everyone at L4L and helps us to continually focus on Him and His will for us.
-Alison
Co-founder
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