Thursday, December 30, 2010

Merry Christmas

So I'm writing this from my phone as we head out for Christmas #2 at my dads parents house. We are doing a game day...or something like that.

Christmas has been fairly eventful this year. I scored a plant, 2 tiny frogs (real ones), 1 big blanket, disney princess chapsticks, some luggage nametags, a woody & a buzz stuffed animal/blanket set, and a whole bunch of laughs. This christmas has been filled with love. I am continually reminded of 1 Corinthians chapter 13...so many things have happend this christmas, its so easy to just say I'm busy and put God on the top shelf until its time to pick him back up...but its not about that its all about love. John 3:16 says for God so LOVED the world that He GAVE his only son. If it wasn't for Love we would have nothing. christmas this year for my family has been tight because of my college and dads work situation etc. But I keep remembering that even though it is not the picture perfect Christmas I still have the ultimate gift. And no matter what I have or don't have I still have the best I have love.

Its been crazy since I've been home the love that I have felt. Sat night after I got home I had to go to the Christmas banquet @ my church and as soon as u walked in the door my life was filled with love. Even people I barely knew were showing me love and so excited to meet me because of what the other people had told them. It was crazy and I got up with my guitar to sing and the whole church cheered. IM reminded of the song by one of my favorite bands the rocket summer and it says "you've got so much love in you" simple huh? But the amazing thing is I wouldn't know how to love others if I wasn't shown love by God.

So I want to take this moment to thank my God for being love. I want to make this Christmas all about Him...I pray that whether it is an amazing Christmas with the sugarplums dancing and all or if is not the best Christmas, that you will take the time to thank Him for the best gift that you will take the time to praise Him for His agape (love). And remember no matter how bad people may make you crazy...its not about them its about Him. So praise be to God thank you for your love grace and life.

Love you guys have a merry Christmas.
-Hannah
Posted it and it was stupid and didn’t upload it so I am going ahead and uploading it now…because why not I made an effort to write it right?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Wow, it has been a little while

well, to say the least I have gotten a little sidetracked with everything that I have had going on...thanksgiving, studying, finals, flying home, spending time with family, etc. etc. and with the Christmas holidays rounding around the corner, and yet another year flying by out of my grasps i have barely had time to even take hold of the thoughts that are shooting like stars through my mind. but alas, I am here now to tell give a brief summary of what is going on (and you know how brief is for me, we will see).

Well thanksgiving was amazing, my mother was able to come down to spend it with me, 2 of my roommates, and my friends. it was a great time for all of us. my friends got to know my mom, and that was fantastic, but at the same time mom got to know them. I know that it gave her more of a peace in her spirit about where i am and what God is doing in my life. it was funny as soon as mom stepped onto the campus of CFNI it was like she was a celebrity, everyone was missing family so much that it was like any mom that wanted to hug them and love on them was welcomed and treated like royalty, which made me very pleased to see my mom loved on. she prepared a 20 lb. turkey for like 6 of us, which was RIDICULOUS!!! and to say the least i dont think i can even think about eating another bite of turkey for the rest of my life, after turkey sandwiches, turkey pot pie, turkey, turkey, turkey...PUKE! and after much consideration and laughter we decided that my mother is the preblessed food guy, because she prays so much when she cant find things and thanks God for the food all the time...she could get a job for that (fake) company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JUqS4Q2A0<--that is the video link to pre-blessed food, but know that i do not take this seriously i just think that it is funny a long with a bunch of other people just laugh at it and think of my mother and her praying, it will make it more funny i promise.

Right after mom left finals began, they were not that hard and i passed with flying colors. it was crazy to think that my first semester of college was over. that is just bizzarre to me that it has went by that quick. I must say that the thing that I am most glad that I learned this semester was just how essential it was to read the bible, it is crazy because now when people talk about the bible and about certain things in the bible i know exactly where to find it it is AMAZING

as soon as finals were over, i got to leave CFNI and fly home. Flying home was interesting after multiple glances over the sky mall magazine and attempting to sleep i found that it was impossible to contain my excitement and sit still for 2 hours, i think that it is ridiculous that they expect me to sit for that long, i cant sit that long when there is no excitement, it is just boring to me. i need to be doing something other than sitting and doing nothing but being blah. a movie would have helped my situation but unfortunately i was placed into a plane without a tv...blah blah blah blah GRR it was awful, but i made it safely and calmly and i got off of the plane found my luggage, parents and headed home

the day after I got home, Friday started a marathon which has not stopped yet...family pictures, go to the shop, church banquet, church sunday, help Gaggi move stuff out of the school, spend time with Gaggi, preach for youth, worship with the students, get on the 11 o'clock news, spend time with Gaggi, spend time with Gaggi, spend time with Gaggi, spend time with Gaggi, stop spending time with Gaggi, go to church, driving school, spend time with mom, driving school, spend time with Gaggi, wrap presents, come home, sleep...it has been crazy busy to say the least

anyways 2 days till christmas eve...crazy i know. nothing more to say for now...blog again later