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Name: Val
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Birthday: 7/8/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: Knowing the Lover of my soul, fellowship, people, sports, soccer, eating, and life itself!
Expertise: I'm no expert at anything. If there's one thing I know, it's Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  KeystoneCO2199
Member Since:
6/8/2005
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| Hey folks,
Quick update at 1:30 AM...
1 year left of grad school.
Assistant coaching for TIU.
Wearing my state champ ring from Wheaton Academy
So tired right now... and still not the best time manager...
Just wanted to say, xanga has NOT died.
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| Wow! So long since I've used this thing. Hard to believe I actually used to post multiple times in a day... Life for me has been great! I worked last year as an urban ministries coordinator for a soccer ministry, Chicago Eagles. I traveled to Brazil with them for 2 1/2 weeks. We worked with schools, churches and other para-church ministries using the sport of soccer as a platform to share Christ. One of the local Brazilian girls who joined our team for practices and matches ended up giving her life to the Lord our 4th day there as a result of seeing Christ live through us. Talk about INCREDIBLE! We came back to the States...and had a team week where we camped at the dunes and participated in the Great Chicago AMAZING Race and celebrated all the July 4th festivities. Then after that, we finished up with coaching soccer camps in partnership with local churches in Oak Brook, Wheaton, Chicago, Northbrook and Madison, WI. Great times...for sure! Probably my best summer with the Eagles ever! Now...I have switched roles a bit. I take on the form of a student again as I have begun my Masters in Teaching program at Trinity International 5 weeks ago. I am also an assistant coach for the women's soccer team here. I'm thoroughly enjoying being here and am excited to see the ways God is going to continue to work in and through me. | | |
| 6 days till Brazil. Crazy to think about it. Still battling some sort of illness, but believing God to be my strength. Continue to pray for me as you think about it. I get tired quite easily...and my sinuses...or what seem to be my sinuses keep bugging out. I don't want to see the doc again...but I may have to. We'll see... I'll keep you posted. | | |
| So...
Just to update you all who read the last post...I'm feeling much better.
I don't know if you're like me, but sometimes I just try to do everything myself. I try to have all the answers. I wear other's peoples' burdens on my back too...as if I didn't have any of my own. Haha. It was all about me...how I can say the right response, how I can mend relationships, how I can be the answer.
Truth is though...
It's NOT about me.
I serve a God who is so much greater, so much stronger, and ABLE to bear our burdens. His yoke is easy and His burden is LIGHT. I've learned to surrender it all...again. It's a constant surrender...for sure.
I'm allowing God to be God.
He'll heal my ailments.
He'll restore broken hearts.
He'll be Jehovah Jireh to my family.
He'll reveal Himself in HIS timing to my loved friends and family who don't know Him.
He'll do it.
And I'll get out of the way and let Him.
Thanks be to God...
Now and forevermore.
Amen.
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| So...I'm heading to Cali tomorrow to visit my sis, Kimmy Kay. My other sis Em, is coming too. We'll be there 5 days and 6 nights. Looking forward to it!
I've got a lot on my heart and mind, as usual.
Parents going through a rough bout with money...once again. It seems on this Earth that God just doesn't or maybe not doesn't...but chooses not to bless my dad's business. It makes me sad. I wish I had enough money right now to buy them a house and get them new cars and just give them what they deserve.
My dad began an engineering business a couple years ago with another guy. It never really took off. My dad went for about a year where he didn't get a paycheck...cause he's an executive in the company. But without a paycheck, my parents get into deeper and deeper debt. And it makes me really sad...honestly, almost angry at God.
Growing up, we never had it easy...maybe I was less aware because I was a kid. During my senior year, my dad went through a period where he didn't have a job at all, where we were homeless for 3 months, and where we just had to trust God.
It's coming down to that point again. My parents can't afford the rent of their house-which currently is where my 3 brothers and 1 sister reside as well. I visit and stay occasionally on the weekends. They have no idea where to go next.
They need a breakthrough. We need a breakthrough. I want to trust God...I want to not wear this burden so heavy...but how can I not? They're my parents. I love them and just want to see them blessed.
I hate the Enemy. Is it too much to asked to be blessed here on Earth? I don't know...maybe it is. I know the reward is in Heaven...but man, sometimes it just really stinks. I think that's the bottom line.
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