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Name: Christ-bearer
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
Metro: Greensboro
Birthday: 4/9/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: Music-both playing and listening, Sports, Reading, School, Nursing, Travel, Friends, Writing, Photography, Graphic Design, Languages...
Expertise: I'm a jill of all trades... and master of as many as I possibly can :-D
Occupation: Student, Part-time worker
Industry: Medical, Hospitality
Message: message meEmail: email me
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ICQ:  me
Jabber: if you want to know :-)
Member Since:
10/5/2005
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| You are the star of the morning
Unending hope in the night
One righteous prayer from anywhere
Carries the promise of light
You give the wings of an eagle
If we are willing to wait
One single word, forever heard
Calls us to rise and not faint
Chorus 1
You are God of the highest mountain
You are God in the deepest sea
You are awesome in power and glory
Great is Your love for me
Great is Your love for me
Oh Lord, You have searched me
And You know my ways
You perceive all my thoughts from afar
Your hand is upon me wherever I go
Before I form each word You already know
Chorus 2:
If I rise on the wings of the dawn You are there
If I rest on the far side of the sea
Your love hems me in both behind and before
You have laid Your hand upon me
You have laid Your hand upon me
Where can I flee from Your presence, Oh Lord?
If I sleep in the depths You are there
Your day will consume all the shadows of night
The dark cannot hide from Your brilliant light
Chorus 2, Chorus 1 twice
--You are God Medley..... Twila Paris, Eric Grover??
Sung by Adam and Laura Bell on their CD "Testimony of Grace"
Thanks, Rach, for the lyrics!! 
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| The Dominican Republic is amazing. Do I believe in love at first sight? Without a question, I do now!! | | |
| Well, my fair damsels and courageous lads that care to read a blither about my life upon occasions...
By God's great kindness, my passport arrived on Saturday afternoon!
The next exciting, momentous 6 weeks of my life will be spent in the Dominican Republic! I presume that I will have internet access from time to time, and so I hope to communicate via email, Facebook, and periodic xanga updates as is possible! I will have my cell phone with me, but please don't call me as it costs $1.29 a minute for me, and it costs international roaming fees for you guys since I'm out of the country! Scary! Texting is just fine at the regular price, they told me. Or you have my full permission to completely forget about attempting to communicate with me, as long as you promise to keep me in your prayers! 
I love and will miss you all!
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| Monday, June 18th, 2007 was International Panic Day. Google Calendar's Unusual Holidays commented the following on the special momentous celebration:
" This is a day for everyone to be worried and concerned. "
Well, let me tell you, I was a little worried and concerned yesterday. The story goes something like this:
For those of you who didn't already know... a week from this moment in time, I sincerely do hope to be on a jet plane flying to the Dominican Republic! A plethora of events led to the conception of this trip, this dream of mine for countless numbers of years. In mid-April, it seemed evident that the Lord was opening a door of opportunity for me to make summer plans outside of the country! I had the time, the money, the encouragement, blessing and support of family and friends, and definitely the desire to better learn the Spanish language, and travel and minister to anyone, anywhere, in any way possible...
...So I raced to the Post Office, applied for a passport, and then purchased some excellently-priced tickets to Santo Domingo! Since then, a flurry of contact has taken place between me, my pastors, a dear Dominican lady at my church, and Pastor Salvador Gomez of IBSJ to work out the details regarding this self-initiated, solo missions trip of mine. So far, the only information of which I'm aware is that housing has been most graciously supplied for me by 3 families in the church during the 6 weeks I'm scheduled to stay there, and I'm bringing lots of presents with me! The rest... literally every other detail of the trip.... has yet to be discovered or disclosed to me!
Including my passport. I left a 10 week gap between applying and my scheduled departure, hoping that would be ample time for processing and mailing... but due to the massive increase in the demand of passport applications... it has come to my attention that there is a good possibility it won't naturally arrive by Monday's mail delivery at the absolute latest. So I've spent the last few days contacting people, getting as much information as possible, figuring out enough worst-case-scenarios and game plans that it seems very clear to me:
This situation is out of my control! Once again, you'd think I'd have this tattooed to my memory by this point in my lifebut.. it seems to be a truth I cannot apply to my thoughts and mindframe enough. Truly though, this is the perfect opportunity for me to pray the Holy Spirit will refresh my wandering heart- what good will it do for me to participate in International Panic Day? I was kindly reminded tonight: God is in control of that little booklet floating around somewhere in New Orleans. How much more good it will do for me, and for the glory of God, to lay this simple matter at His feet, trusting that if it is His will for me to travel on the dates I thought best, He will enable my passport to arrive! However, if His Greater Will is that my trip be delayed or postponed- no matter how I fret and frump over having to contact people and bother them and changing whatever generous plans have been made- then that is my greatest wish! It need not be any more complicated than that.
And so I would ask you to join in praying for me and with me in this situation. And I would covet your prayers concerning the time I have there, that I would be able to serve those dear people, who are such servants themselves, and minister to their needs. My heart is so full I can't even put into words what my desires and hopes are- I truly am putty in the Lord's hands. I am so excited, humbled, awed, uncertain, sympathetic, passionate, overtaken.
No more worries and concerns, my friend. I have a powerful God at my side. I have an all-knowing God in New Orleans. I have a Protector and a Tower of Defense in the Dominican. I have immediate access to a Strength, a Healer, a Welcomer, a Communicator, a Comforter and a Friend within me as I interact with the dear people there. May panic be for those who are unstable, for those who have no Living Truth, no Hope, no Purpose, no Strong Confidence.
May I not return unchanged... may my life and passions never be the same. | | |
| Sometimes as a child I dreaded to hear my parents tell me "just because"... because I knew they were exactly right. They didn't have to give me a reason... they had the authority and I trusted they knew what was best for me.
Here, finally, I have found a perfect a opportunity to exercise my "just because" power... bet your bottom dollar I won't pass it up!
because I thank the Lord for Rachel...
because Rachel is a true friend...
because Rachel is a testimony of God's grace and an example to me in so many ways...
because I just heard Rachel play a lovely violin solo at a recital today...
because I take too many pictures (and Rachel endured it this evening)...
because I love to surprise Rachel...
because I want to remind Rachel how much she means to me...
... and so I am going to post pictures of her! Just because.
...because we have the best quality times and conversations on our coffee dates at Starbucks...
...because we're both more than a little insane, in our own special ways
... because she's my beautiful sister in Christ- inside and out
...and incredibly talented and entertaining as well
...because we've been friends for quite some time now
...because I like taking pictures and playing with them on Picasa
 ...and for a tad bit more insight into my dear Rachel... ...just so you get a glimpse at how wonderful and fun she is in person, and how much I enjoy her company, even for the tiniest of moments...
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