Turn My Faith On ;)

WOW!

Forgive me, I've been gone for a whole week!
I just concluded a week-long internship hosted by a sister church of my home church titled, "Increase Our Faith". Over 130 interns from campus ministries across the U.S. were here to be challenged, learn, and GROW! I can't describe how AMAZING this past week has been.

But my summer learning fun is only beginning! I'm catching a flight in the AM to my next destination where I'm going to be a camp counselor for kids 8-12, and then some teenagers. This should be INTERESTING, to say the least.

I will do my best to post frequently during my time in Philadelphia.


My brain is on SUPER overload, and I'm beyond exhausted...but no one who is successful got where they were with a lot of rest and no God in their life. ;)

*MG

Ok, I probably won't post tomorrow so yay to me posting three times today...all from mobile!

Anyways, I have a public service announcement:

Atlanta rap is crap. Point blank. Period.
And it's sad that its just not Atlanta rap, its the state of rap period.

First, Souljaboytellem. The name is...whatever. His music is wack. I would tell you to sit and listen to his music, but then that would be torture. Instead, simply read his "lyrics". Don't know a song? Look up his famous Superman or Turn My Swag On.

Ridiculous.

Then, only in Atlanta will you find songs like "first name last name" or "stupid". Or my favorite, "hit me on twittaaaa!"

Am I the only one annoyed by this? Granted, I'm probably one of few my age who dislike this music...in Atlanta.

Will the real rappers and lovers of true hip hop please take over?

Thanks.
MG :)

Ok so I've been listening to a great rapper lately ( see post "My Day...So Far Gone) and I've decided that today's theme song should be "Lust for Life" by Drake...

Anyways, I believe that I do have a certain "lust" for life (although I wouldn't necessarily use the word lust simply because the Man above disapproved of any "hint" of such things...), but I do look forward to completely and fully living my life.
I promised a list in my earlier post so... Here's a list of the top 7( i know, don't want to give too much away ;) ) things I plan to do in life (notice I didn't say 'want'):
1. Love and cherish Jesus and God's Word my entire life.
2. Write an inspirational book for teens and young adults.
3. Get my beauty license.
4. Live in a foreign country.
5. Adopt three children inside the U.S.
6. Live in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New York City.
7. (My favorite) Own a historic brownstone.
These are my leisure dreams...wait, od course I mean PLANS. :)

CIAO!

ALAS!
Setbacks are normal events in my life; however, continuing with action must become a habit as well.

So, I wasn't going to update until my computer situation was fixed, but behold, there are more setbacks.

I promise, it's gravy!

Something i've come to notice about myself lately is that I'm a thinker. I think...a lot. Probably more than normal. All thinking leads to ideas.
Now I believe my problem is acting. Actually acting on these brilliant ideas that I have seems to be a roadblock.

But no more!

I have many plans for my life, from planning tomorrow or planning where I will be living in the next 4 years (it will be D.C. or Philadelphia). So I have decided that these ideas/plans need to be shared...or I just need an outlet. Which is why I started this anyway! :)

I'm going to carry around a journal to jot down all of my ideas, but only the promising ones will make the cut.

Whew!

I am actually thinking of other things as I type this, which I will post shortly (it'll be a list!).

Thanks for listening!

I KNOW!
It's been a minute since I've updated...sad.
Well, I'm home from school and frankly...I'm ready to go back. LOVE the fam., but I need more purpose! Lol

Anyways, this week has had some ups and downs, and its not even over yet.
Monday I found out a grade school classmate passed;
My family is experiencing some...setbacks, but that's nothing new;
I have yet to get my hair braided or my computer...

Ok, but back to the first...this came as a shock. It's still a shock. We just finished our first year out!
My heart goes out to his twin sister and the rest of the family.

I'll do my best to update more frequently because I do have some things to discuss...

¡Hasta Luego!

I'm Finished!

So I've finished with my finals, and basically done with my first year of college!
Whew! And what a year it was! (I will elaborate at a later date.)

Anywho, I'm so overjoyed at how God is just continuosly humbling me and showing me who's in charge. And it's great!
There are some things that I have been openly stressed about happening and coming together, and as soon as I just submitted to Him above, they came together in their own way!

It's just amazing: I'm sure I passed all my finals, although I may not keep my scholarship, God has opened up so many doors for me and finally shown me the path I need to take. So next year, getting my scholarship BACK will be a piece of cake because of that.
Also, I interviewed for a job that I applied for in OCTOBER, and because of GREAT contacts I booked a solid job for the entire next academic school year.

THIS HAS TO BE GOD!

I raised all the money I needed for my internship this summer, I had a FANTASTIC birthday, and my family & friends are healthy (me too!). I'm just beyond thankful right now, and truly amazed.

But my summer officially starts Saturday, when I finally leave Athens. :(
But I shall be back!

Can't wait to share my summer!

Hasta Luego! ;)

Best Birthday Yet...

So, yesterday I had a BLAST.

My friends planned a scavenger hunt downtown that was outrageous. Even though it was raining in the beginning, all my friends were great sports & the competition was great. :)
They had cake and gifts after, and we just hung out. I love my friends.






more pics coming...

I've been fundraising to get $200 for my trip to Philly this summer, and I am so happy to say that I've "over"reached my goal!!
I feel accomplished and ready for the next task!

Finals are still here, so I'm about to seriously crack down (true procrastination), meaning I probably won't update again until later on this week.

Good luck to everyone taking finals!

Happy Birthday to... ME!!!

Today is my birthday!!!

I'm 19 years old...meaning my last year being a teenager and no more room for silly mistakes!
(YIKES!)

My day started off great! A good friend took me to a great spot in my college town, Mama's Boy.
I had the Salmon Cakes Benedict. It was delicious!
My friends have an activity planned today for my birthday, so this birthday should be exciting!

I'll post pictures and more info later!

Update: So it's official, I will be spending my summer in Philadelphia! Yes! I'll tell more about this later... :)

:) *MG