This time next week....

So this time next week I'll be well on my way to AYC Switzerland Lord willing! First stop Dallas, Texas to meet with my fellow AYCer and very sweet friend Melinda from my district then next stop we fly together to NYC to meet with half of our AYC tour group!! Excited to meet everyone! Although, I do know two of my chaperones and look forward to meeting the rest.  Final details and schedules of the tour are coming and its now really becoming a reality to think in a few short days I'll be in Europe! I can't wait to share what's happening while I am out there and I'll do my best to keep posting/blogging (internet permitting) as much as I can and keep my journal written in and share what God is doing on tour. As I have stated before I know God has something awesome in store for me on this life changing trip!

ONE MORE WEEK!!!

Switzerland 

Now the time is REALLY, REALLY getting closer less then a week till departure! I'm getting so nervous now as the days keep ticking by. I'm getting anxious, nervous and jittery all at the same time! I just know God is going to do something awesome for me, I just feel it down in my heart. My prayer is that the Holy Ghost rains and saturates my AYC team with God's presence wherever we go, in the services, when we are evangelizing, ministering, hanging out, sightseeing and traveling in the planes and buses that there will be an anointing and that His light will shine brightly through us!!

Mi oración es que Dios nos manda lluvia a Suiza (y en los estados unidos y por todo el mundo) y que mi groupo sea lleno con una unción de tú poder y espíritu por donde quiera que vallamos!! 

The countdown is ticking...10 MORE DAYS FROM TODAY!!!

Switzerland

Wow I can't believe its EXACTLY 10 more days till my departure to SWISS! My blogs will now be a daily post. I can't believe how fast time is going and that I will be sitting in Europe with all my fellow AYCers, chaperones and host. I know God has something awesome in store for me and all my fellow AYCers! 
I have always wanted to be a missionary since I was a little girl, my whole life has been involved around missions. Having been born and raised in a multicultural family and hearing stories about their missionary life as well as from other missionaries, has had an impact that has stayed deep down in my heart! I've visited Ecuador, South America (the birth country of my father) many times and each time I go and return home to the US its like leaving "home" and there's a piercing in my heart that longs to return to live and work in a Latin country or wherever God sends me.... I WILL GO!!!

Three years ago!

Me and my Mom in Colorado Springs in 2011

I wrote this on my facebook notes and have updated it some.  


About three years ago, I submitted an article to the Texico Harvester (my local church district magazine), about a miracle that took place in my mom on July 27, 2009. As each year passes I'm so thankful to God for that awesome miracle and I still have my mom with me. Things get scary but God has all things under control! She has not had a single episode or any kind of complication since that frightful day! Her doctor has since taken her off all of the medications!!!


ARTICLE:


I’m so very thankful for a great miracle that took place in my home to a very special person in my life! Around 2 AM on July 27, 2009 I heard a knock on my bedroom door which rarely happens, unless something major has happened or my mother is checking up on me due to sickness. But this one was a little more then that, it was a freighting knock, my father called my brother and I in to their bedroom and I saw my mom bent over the bed. We begin to pray and there was a such a sweet presence of God that it seemed like everything was going to be ok and my mother felt much better but just to be sure my father suggested we rush my mom to the emergency room. I hoped in the car with my parents and my mom had several episodes of slurred speech and it seemed like something major was happening to her. I’m a very nervous person when it comes to sudden events like this but I remained calm and kept praying that my mom would be ok. We arrived at the ER and the doctors believed my mother had a mini-stroke with all the symptoms she was having and they did test after test and she again had a few of those strange episodes but we serve an awesome God that the test showed no signs of any problem! I waited in the waiting room in a little bit of shock as I have never dealt with a member of my family in the hospital, I have been there for others in the church but I never imagined I would be with my mother! As a precaution my mother stayed in the hospital for about four or 5 days for observation and the doctors again could not find anything wrong, the only minor problem was her blood pressure and stress levels were slightly high. I believe that God allowed this to happen so that my mother would get some major rest due to a huge workload she had upon her shoulders. I sure do know that God has a way of waking us up! The strong amount of support and prayers were such an uplifting to my mother and father they would have never made it without them. Today I give God all the honor and glory because He still is a healing God. He allows us to go through tragedy sometimes heartache just to let us know He still is a faithful God no matter what happens to us or a loved one He is a FAITHFUL GOD!

Blessed With A Great Heritage

Re-published from a facebook note that I wrote on May 21, 2010. While I was on a trip to West Virginia.


I am currently in West Virginia the home state of my ancestry, the birthplace of many generations including those of my great-great-great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents, grandparents and my mother.
At the moment I'm sitting in my hotel room looking out at the hills and breathing the fresh air coming through the amazingly beautiful mountains that God created! I started thinking about all that I have been blessed with...I started looking back and realized that the greatest blessing in my life is that of my heritage!
Today, I was visiting my great-grandparents homestead, still standing today after many, many years! Still furnished with all the house holds, furniture, books, bibles, piano, china, etc.. I walked through the house looking at all her things she left behind and I could hear the walls speaking many joyous occasions reunions, births, family visits, good home cooking, and the most important the many, many hours of prayers that were prayed there by my great-grandmother, who was a very Godly and most definitely a praying women! I was very happy thinking about her prayers what could have been said. She spent hours praying for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and the generations to follow. I have been told that my great-grandmothers prayers were that all her family would be saved and live for God and that we would all be in heaven together someday! I could feel those prayers while I was walking through the house and they are still working till this day and forever till we all meet once again!
Although, I do not remember my great-grandmother, she died when I was little. I have heard and continue to hear many stories about her and how she raised her family in a Godly home. I know she left behind a great legacy through her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and I pray that it will continue on with the generations to come!

11 DAYS!

It's definitely dwindling down to the last couple of days! A WEEK and a half left and the departure countdown is ticking faster then I can think. This week is the official packing week, re-checking my list, going over e-mails, making sure I have everything I need, packing for St. Louis,  double checking that there are no "stole -a-ways" hiding in my suitcase. I did hear of one who asked if he could hide in my "maletas" (suitcase) I said lets go! HAHA :)
Just found out that we will be visiting a Spanish church in a German speaking French country in Swiss! That just makes this trip much more exciting, I can't wait. Now I'll get to use my Spanish after all!  God has worked everything out for me so perfectly, it's exciting when you know that God controls ALL things and makes them so exciting to see. He surely knows the desires of our hearts and I am so thankful to Him for this awesome opportunity to be able to witness to the German, French, Swiss and Spanish people! As I have stated in my last few blogs I'm now more so EXCITED!!!!

13 DAYS!

Getting it all ready!

In exactly 2 more weeks! YES!! I think you just read that right this time in two weeks, my friend Melinda and I will boarding our plane from Dallas to New York City then later on that same evening meeting with our group to board our plane to Geneva, Switzerland!! It's starting to really sink in that we are ACTUALLY going to Europe!! A continent I've wanted to visit since I was very little. Although, I'm a little bit sad as I will be so close but yet so far from so many of my dearest friends who reside close by in Italy and Slovenia-Croatia. Thankfully I get to see them through Facebook and to communicate makes life a little easier and I honestly believe we are very blessed with so much technology these days and that is good a thing! Next week officially commences the packing and fully getting ready to head out stage and as each day approaches and the time is getting closer to leave I'm getting more nervous and excited all the same! I'm even more excited to report all the awesome things that will happen during the tour. To take all my friends and sponsors with me spiritually is a huge blessing to me! I can't wait to share my excitement while I am over there. 

16 MORE DAYS!

Map of Switzerland

Wow time is getting ever so so close, just a mare 16 more days till I depart Amarillo and on to NYC and Geneva, Switzerland! Clothes are getting picked out, suitcases are being bought, the list is getting checked and double checked. E-mails on our team assignments in Swiss are arriving and everyone on the AYC Swiss FB page are getting super anxious to meet each other, some in New York and others in Washington, DC and we will all meet in Geneva! As I write each blog, I'm getting more and more excited and I hope you will follow me on my journey as I go on my first AYC tour to the lovely continent of Europe! I hope that you will keep us in your prayers as we embark on a journey that will be a life changing experience for myself and others on the tour. I know God has some awesome, awesome things in store for us!! 

I'll say yes LORD!

Today is Sunday the day of the Lord... For me needless to say everyday has been a God day and it should be! Since June 4th I've been in services non-stop. First of all I was in youth camp and then I had a few days off and on to Tucson for a Spanish conference. So on this Sunday morning I'm sitting on the plane thinking, I should be in my church preparing my class, greeting people, music prep, sound check, screen test and making sure we are ready for church to go! So as I sit here thinking of all I should be doing instead of sitting on a plane. Why not have a worship service of my own? Yes! I turn on the iPod/iphone on to Brooklyn Tabernacle choir, and the first song that comes on "I'll say yes Lord!" I felt a peace in my spirit, and my answer is yes Lord I'll say yes to your will and do what you have for me! In 19 days Im about to take a leap of faith to fulfill a life long dream and find the answer to my calling that God has placed in my life. It should be our everyday prayer to say "yes Lord to everything He has for me. I'm here Lord use me for anything take my life, mold me, lead me, be my light to what you have for me!" yes I'm having a worship service here in the plane as I write this! I want nothing more then to say yes always to MY God!

My prayer... That God desires ME to BE!

Lord, Help me to be what you desire me to be NOT what the world or other people expect me to be. I don't want to pretend to be someone I am not. I don't want to wear a mask that hides what and who I am. To let the holy ghost shine brightly through me. I want to be that clay vessel that He molded me into a person who lives a pure, Godly, modestly and holy life! Yes, there are desires that I want, but only the desires of my heart and the desires that God gives me. Dream the dreams that He gives and choose not to live someone els'. I ONLY want what you Lord made and desired me to be!

In Arizona...Spanish conference

Im having an amazing time at the Spanish regional conference here in Tucson! I've met some very sweet people, seen dear and close friends. I've heard some awesome preaching that impacted my life, spirit and my heart. I came with a huge and exciting perspective but turned out to be sour but God changed it and gave me a much bigger and better perspective that turned out far and much greater!! I truly believe it was to know that He hasn't left me nor forsaken me and that I need to leave and forgive my past and look toward today for the future! I refuse to go back to what I was. I'm going to look forward to what's straight ahead! Bro. Howell spoke on some awesome things that are happening around the world and that gave me hope to continue to follow my dreams!!! On the first night a man from the Ukraine got the holy ghost and was baptized in a Spanish service! Wow!!!

Ive had an awesome awesome time here! Meeting new friends and getting to be around all the pastors and their families joking, laughing and hearing the amazing things that God is doing has been truly amazing! Today is the final day and I'm going to enjoy it even more! Excited to hear what Bro. Howell is going to preach in the final service. And looking forward to more fellowship again!

21 days and counting!

The days are trekking closer and closer to Swiss! Packing will commence in the next week or so. Government documents will be getting organized to pack and I will fly to an amazing place that I look forward to seeing with my own eyes!

30 MORE DAYS!

Switzerland

Swiss is getting closer and closer each day! So exciting, especially to see what God will do in my life and for others too. To experience Europe some of France, Austria and Liechtenstein and to see the wondrous scenery that God created! I am very much looking forward to it and I want to come back home renewed in the Holy Ghost and have a new mind and spirit. Prayers for our team as we fly, for protection, that we will have a right spirit, for the Holy Ghost to move amongst us as we minister, sing, evangelize and whatever we do that God's spirit will shine in each and every one of us wherever we go. That the light of God's glory will shine in the darkness of this evil world!!!!