song(s) of the day #19: barlowgirl's love and war.

Okay, so here's part deux of BarlowGirl's Love and War album.

The second song that I've been listening to like crazy is "Sing Me a Love Song".

Yesterday was actually a really rough day for me.  Some things were happening at home and all I wanted was to be there.  For the most part, I was inconsolable.  During debrief and worship last night, I had a pounding headache and Marcus encouraged me to go lay down at the house.  I finally went, and the first thing I did was put this song on.  Check out the lyrics:

Sing Me a Love Song- BarlowGirl 
The tension is thick in the air
Making it hard to see
I fear what is to come
And what will become of me
I say a prayer help me not run away
Will you please hold me

And sing me a love song again
Say the words that heal my heart
sing me a love song and then
Let your words remind me who I am

You've never failed me before
Why do I feel betrayed
If I close my heart to you now
The darkness would have its way
I crave your voice help me not fall away
Will you please hold me

'Cause you are all I need
And all that I want is you with me
You are all I need
And all that I want is you with me

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song(s) of the day #18: barlowgirl's love and war.

It's nice to be back on my blog again!
I was looking at my blog archives and realized how I've been slacking a lot this year.  I'd really like to refocus and come back full force this summer, so I'll definitely be needing your encouragement.

But I wanted to take some time and write about a song(s) of the day that I've been listening intently to recently.  A while ago, one of my best friends gave me BarlowGirl's album, Love and War.  I was really excited about a couple of the songs on the album that were current radio hits but I didn't venture too much into the rest of the CD.  For some reason this past week, I have been listening to this CD incessantly.  [And I just decided that I'm going to make this particular blog a two or three part-er so bear with me.]  The first song on the album that really caught my attention was their song "Open Heavens". 

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week one = finding my place.

So I have to apologize for not really being able to update this blog much but I'm hoping that you've been able to keep up with me via the Team Philly blogs!  I've been working hard this past week, making videos, taking pictures and lovin' on the Philly community.

This week as been really interesting for me.  I didn't realize until the week before the group got here what my role as a leader would really look like.  My job this summer takes me to ALL ministry sites and any place that the group is.  This means generally I can't hang in one place too long or really lead ministry sites.  And I'm not gonna lie at first I really felt insignificant in our team.  I spent some time talking with a couple people about it and honestly for the first day of the week, I felt a little dejected and depressed.  I felt disconnected from our new groups and from Team Philly.  I was watching as my team members stepped up and became leaders, and it was easy to see God giving them authority and growing them.  I felt a little out of place at times.

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team philly has landed! and other things.

So we have technically been in Philadelphia for about three days now but I'm just now getting to update everyone on what's going on!  Who knew that being in charge of three different blogs would be so hard!  For those who aren't yet connected with the exclusively Philadelphia team blogs, here are two links, the first being the AIM blog, and the second our own personal one:

philadelphia.myadventures.org/

aiminphilly.wordpress.com

So I'm thankful to be in Philly but I'm not gonna lie, the transition has been a little hard for me.  I've been doing a good bit of traveling since last weekend with going back to Harrisonburg for Laura's wedding, flying back to GA, then driving from Gainesvilles to D.C. then D.C. to Philly.  Also in there was lots of packing, unpacking, whirlwind errands, and my 21st birthday.  Therefore, I got really homesick.  The longest I've ever been away from my family is about two weeks and being that I live in my hometown and go to school there, I'm not quite used to not being a stones throw/5-minute drive from my family.

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meet team philly!

So I wanted to introduce everyone to my amazing team and thankfully we had to do a video assignment that did just that.  Check out all my hard work from the day and meet my awesome crew!

Meet Team Philly

[From top to bottom: Melissa Polheber, Maddy Manden, & Doug Amundson]

absolute chaos.

Today.
Today was interesting to say the least.
Today we started video training.  Hopefully I'll be uploading some stuff soon so you can see my work.
But that was not the most interesting part of the day.

After training, we accompanied Christy, who is in charge of internships and such, to Sam's Club.  Melissa, Maddy, and I climbed into her old, red, "jank" van to make the half hour trip there.  While going through an intersection on the way, we heard sirens and upon further inspection we saw there was a person laying in the middle of the road and a girl was standing outside her vehicle crying.  Basically, I think she hit a pedestrian.  Great.

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arrived in gainesville!

I'm here!
Well, technically I've been here for about three days but...I'm here.

I first off need to thank everyone for their support financially and spiritually.  I have only felt a huge sense of peace and calm about the whole process and I know God has greatly blessed me.  I appreciate all those who stepped out in faith to help me. 

Secondly, I ask for your continued prayers.  I've have just begun to see the amazing works God is doing in and through the people who are here for AIM training and I can't begin to tell you how excited I am for not just my summer but to hear the amazing stories coming from the other mission sites.  I have also gotten to meet my team [Marcus, Cathy, Melissa, Doug and Maddy] for the summer and I already feel a close connection to all of them.  It is very obvious to me that we are meant to be together and God is really going to use each one of us specifically.

We're getting ready to start evening worship but I'll be back to update soon!

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