Lies Young Women Believe

Tonight was the first night of a new Bible study my best friend Brittany is leading and it was so awesome. We are going through a book called Lies Young Women Believe and it is going to teach us all so much about lies us as females are told but what is the Biblical truth. It was amazing tonight to be in the group with friends who I have grown up with for forever but tonight we all just shared experiences and really helped each other so that we can all grow in our walks with the Lord. I realized tonight that I need to live my life for God and for nobody else. This is something I have known my entire life but it became so relevant and so clear tonight that the has a plan and a purpose for me and I need to cling to him. He is a real God and no matter what I need to remember and I need to be reminded constantly that God is enough and I don't need anything else in my life.
Also it's VBS WEEK! Music went great today! Due to orientation I will not be there tomorrow or Wednesday and I am deeply saddened. VBS is really the best week out of the year!

xoxo,
Katie

Be Still and Know

As I sit and write this blog, it is raining cats and dogs and I believe my house is going to shake away because thunder is cracking outside. Several people I know were without power and it has been a 5 hour storm. I was driving home tonight and could barely see the road in front of me because of the sheets. Lightning was flashing and water was all over the road. Then I safely pulled in my driveway and ran into my house where I got drenched on the way. I opened the door and I realized I was safe. I was dry and I wasn't going to have a terrible accident in the rain. While the storm was scary and frightening, it reminded me that God is powerful and sometimes he sends us a message to remind us that he is in control. This storm was a way to get attention. It reminds me of the verse in Psalm 46 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." This storm resembles my life right now. For some reason God needed to get my attention, and he did in several ways. God will always put us through things so that we can be stronger and more importantly he can be glorified through it all. He will put us through some things we cannot get through on our own, but with him all things are possible.

xoxo,
katie

good morning baltimore!!!! day three

soooo we woke up early this morning so the construction teams could get to the job sites early since we are we worshipping with the church we are staying at. sa christy and myself have had a fun filled day so far. we were on dishes duty this morning. that was a sight in itself!!!!! then we got to paint the manna room where the church stores their food. this room houses food as well as rats! they even put a cat loose to try to kill them.... pretty eventful. yesterday we went to the dog park and talked to people and tried to get them to come to church. then we went downtown and handed coasters to the bars with church info on it. going to pick up trees and limbs!

xoxo
katie

good morning baltimore!!!! day two!!!

i am currently sitting on the bus on my way to downtown baltimore. we are going to a dog park (yay) to talk to those people who are walking their dogs. we have also have a group laying bricks, one putting up dry wall, and another is building a deck. it is so awesome to see god doing great things. my group painted a bathroom and another room yesterday. another group painted a hallway and passed out flyers and a group of guys cut down a tree. we have fantastic living arrangements! it is such a blessing. we are sitting in rush hour traffic on our way into baltimore. i will post later about the dog park!

xoxo
katie

good morning baltimore!!!!

good morning baltimore!!!! we pulled out of fbc around 730 yesterday morning. the ride up here was really pleasant and a lot of fun. we had an air conditioner malfunction . the rental van decided it wanted to leak pints of water at the time... it was basically a mini niagra falls. and the way the van is set up there were lots of suitcases and some people that kept getting splashed. other than that the ride was fabulous! we arrived last night in time to worship with the people of catonsville baptist where we are staying for the week. oh and god has rewarded those of us who endured the slidell, cleveland, mexico and any other terrible sleeping arrangements in the past. we have plenty of space and it is soooo nice to not sleep with all of the air mattresses touching!!! this morning we just finished breakfast and we are fixing to meet about today's projects! i believe i heard we were painting! please continue t keep this group in your prayers. pray for the hearts of the people we will meet and minister to. pray for saftey for everyone especially the construction teams! i will try to update daily!

xoxo
katie
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