weird

it's been a weird couple of days
I have so much to do before I leave on Thursday.
last night, I finished a 3000 word essay.
tonight, I finished a project designing a CD cover.

thankfully, Thursday evening, I will be leaving Evansville for a much needed break.
I'm headed to Atlanta for the National Missionary Convention.
I am beyond excited to finally get there and see all my favorite people.
only, I don't know if I'm going to make it until then.
I'm completely drained.
so if you could just lift up a prayer of strength for me, I'd really appreciate it.

croak

last night while hanging out with my friends Angela and Andrew at USI, my car died.
for the first time ever.
literally, the first time my own car has ever died.
I'm not really sure how it happened, considering I just bought a new battery about a month ago.
but thankfully, Andrew's roommate came to the rescue and revived my car.
I am thankful for friends, especially friends who have roommates who have jumper cables.

pray like it's real

so, at my church, OneLife Henderson, there has been a series going on called "pray like it's real." this is in anticipation of planting another church on the west side of Evansville. pastor Bret has been challenging us to go through the Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1-13. it's been really good for me. praying in an unconventional way, with persistent audacity. (man, I love that phrase.)

October 8-12, I went to Kansas City, MO to spend some time in the prayer room at IHOP. my time spent there was absolutely incredible. one morning, I spent 6 hours in the there. God was really speaking to me. 

seeing that I graduate college in May, my life has been one big journey to find out what to do in my life after college. going to Ukraine this past summer, sparked my passion for missions. I don't want to live my life with no purpose. I want to be living for God and being all that He wants me to be. it's taken some time, but I have turned my future over to God. He has it all planned out anyway. 

to connect all this together, I want to live a life filled with constant conversation with my Father. OneLife and IHOP combined has put this desire in my heart.