well, i still wish i could move to the mountains...:)

I don't know if that'll ever change!:) This week's been pretty crazy fo sho. I've gotten back into the yoga thing and i love it even though i'm the girl who falls over when we do balancing stances, and i'm not talking falling once but over and over. i think it makes the instructors happy to see someone try who is so "below" them:) i can at least say i'm always amused. i do think i'm improving somewhat though...we'll see. we also got to take our kids rock climbing at an indoor place called exposure the other day, so fun! I've come to the conclusion that i think i will stick with rock climbing! now i just have to find friends to do it with since all of my friends who love it are gone...i'm just that good with timing:) less than a month til kimbo's wedding, july 22nd here we come! so the nall household is needless to say an interesting place to live right now, especially with chaney aka "Little Chunkers" coming home from PC on Sunday. Hopefully it will be some good family time. The Lord has been doing a lot even though i'm not really sure how to articulate it at the moment. And the pressing on continues!

Oh how I wish i could move to the mountains...

A week in Gunnison, Colorado. A week filled with five eighth graders, 2 girls, 3 boys, 1 guy leader, 2 girl leaders, eight total if you can't count, in the glorious mountains. Basically, I had a REALLY AWESOME time. I'll try and go fast, as much as i can...Let's go to the very beginning...a very good place to start...anyway... We left last Saturday morning and drove to Amarillo and spent the night in a youth house there and continued on til Sunday afternoon. Oh how i love the mountains!!!! Like really...i think i'm like a kid at Christmas to say the least. So we get up there to our conference and move into Western State College dorms and go exploring. Sad to say much prettier than A&M but I still like A&M more. I'm biased obviously. In the morning and at night we'd have a band and speaker and some skits...probably my favorite was in the morning, we had this guy who would do art with sidewalk chalk on a bedsheet and draw these beautiful pictures...gorgeous. He also did a few sculptures that coincided with his talks and if i was electronically savvy enough i would put copies of them up. However, i have no clue. You'll just have to see my pictures. After getting settled in on Sunday. Monday afternoon we went white water rafting (10 ppl in our raft!) which was so fun. All the boys wanted to flip until they figured out how cold it was...oh jr high boys...always entertaining! Tuesday morning we met up bright and early with Crested Butte Mountain Guides to go rock climbing at Buddha's Belly...strange name but it does look like it. My rock climbing gear has now been officially broken in and i had a blast! Sad to say I was defeated by the mountain several times and have the bruises and cuts to show it, but it was still so fun. I'm always up for a challenge! I think i'm gonna keep going on this climbing thing...That afternoon I took my guitar out and was playing on their equivalent of an Academic Plaza and this lady approached me. She told me that they were doing a photo shoot for the college and wanted me to be in the background playing my guitar...so i did:) so check out the Western State College fall brochure and look for me! And of course we had a way fun dance party that night...although they could've used some help with the music...The next day we went mountain biking with the same guides (Colby and Grant, check out that company...such a cool place in the Alpineer bike shop, i loved Crested Butte!) in Crested Butte on the Lower Loop...they told me they're ski lift operators in winter and rock climbing/biking guides in the summer...i told them they should be friends with my friends:) Mountain Biking was so fun! I only fell off the trail twice with my bike on top of me once. I have this big purple bruise on my thigh (sp?) to prove it. I have come to the discovery once again that i have no balance and cannot walk/ride/run/anything else in a very confined space...basically i'll fall b/c i don't move in a straight line:) but this has never stopped me from attempting to enjoy it. While we were at an art gallery there I found a BEAUTIFUL picture of the Great Wall of China that i bought for my wall. What else is always on my mind?:) Later that day I won a FREE registration for the Passion 07 Conference which was pretty tight. Passion roadtrip anyone? One of my Impact counselors was there with another church so that was great getting to bond with her while we were there...So we drove home and got lost for a little bit but made it in Friday night...I'm the navigator because I'm not old enough to drive the van...it's a long time to stay awake! Yesterday Kimberly and I decided to visit Chaney at Pine Cove and got lost and made it to Tyler in 4 hours from Dallas (how i don't know...) saw Chaney for 45 minutes and came back home. We Nalls are crazy:) Kimbo gets married in less than a month! Craziness is descending upon the Nall household if you can't tell by my writing tone. Fo sho. Anyway, I love you guys and miss everyone wherever you are. Have a wonderful day! And one day I will move to the mountains...maybe FFI?...who knows...if you have any suggestions for my future plans feel free to throw them out:)

the state of CO!!!!!!!!!

heck yes...i am going to colorado tomorrow morning! trip rundown: 15 hour van ride over 2 days to gunnison, 5 jr highers, 3 leaders, a ton of presby churches from all over the country, some tight people bringin the Word, hiking in crested butte (colby and grant, i'll check it out for ya:), white water rafting, rock climbing, dance parties, playin on the guitar, living in a dorm room, interesting food that i know is american but it still tastes unidentifiable:), and this is all FREE...and it's work...sometimes i think i get confused by what a job is I enjoy some of our activities so much...still though, lots of prayer for our church please. There's so much going on with Satan always attacking (like all churches) but I'm trying to rejoice and focus on all the stuff the LORD is doing. I'm way excited about this trip and quality time with these kids...i'll be back friday so get pumped to hear about CO!!!!!! Mountains here I come, goodbye heat (and i don't just mean miami...:)!

VICTORY!!!

so this morning, i think was one of those breakthrough times...like really. like my last few posts have talked about i'm workin on the homefront at my church right now. My biggest thing with being home for the summer (which i haven't been since i was 14 by the way) is to rediscover my home aka remove biases and prejudices that stain my perception of where i come from and prevent me from seeing it as God sees it so that i CAN see it as HE does...with all of its flaws and even in spite of its flaws...the last thing i want is to fall into complacency and retrace my steps back into high school...gross. i am being pushed in so many ways because being in cs these last four years has changed me and now is my time to share these changes, which is scary at times...being with people who knew you differently than you are now. All my previous knowledge of this place is helpful in letting me meet ppl where they are and my prayer is that i would see them as God sees them. I never really wanted to be here at all post graduation until the Lord led me here...He's pretty funny. Now in a weird way, I can't imagine not being here b/c it is so obvious that i am supposed to be and that he is moving in HUGE ways that are so hard to describe but SO AWESOME! the latest victory was this morning at sunday school. usually jr highers are pushing each other around not paying attention or caring about what song they are singing, whatev. Today however, was so completely different. I started playing guitar for real about a year and a half ago and playing it and singing are like two of my favorite things in the whole world. However, I have been bound for a long time with not wanting to sing in front of really anyone by myself...the idea really just terrifies me sitting here in Chaney's room to be honest. But the Lord has made it clear to me that although there are people far more gifted than me (and there are!) he wants me to use this gift (which once again TERRIFIES ME:). Anyway, crunch time came and i VOLUNTEERED to play guitar and sing this morning...now please know that the reason i share this is because this is COMPLETELY the LORD. In my flesh, I would never do this, just ask any of my close friends...anyway, as i'm pretty much terrified this morning, the Lord played for me, and spoke for me. I have nothing to offer of my own at all and it was totally the Lord. They actually sang and I think they actually thought about and prayed through the songs! I mean i can't be sure but none the less, I was pretty much amazed when i sat down...because it wasn't me at all up there. I got nothin. But anyway, I just wanted to share that story for encouragement sake, that the Lord will use our fears and our inadequacies and use them to His glory, if we will just surrender. peace out.

not a ton but here's what i got...

well, not too much going on but i promised a fairly updated posting so here i am! working at the church is going well...learning a lot about myself and God is changing some of my old selfish attitudes (always a good thing, not always an easy thing)...i'm doing all the tight things interns get to do like staple papers and run powerpoints and make copies...BUT i also get to hang out with kids!!! and i am actually starting to know their names and build relationships! YES! that's why i'm here! or at least one of many...i went to wedding number 2 out of the 8 i'm invited to this summer last night for Clayton and Abby...it was such an amazing wedding! two people i love dearly who love each other and the Lord dearly. tight combo. Megan McKenty came and stayed all weekend and we began our LOTR quest we've been talking about forever! One down, two to go. Let's see...weddingness for Kimbo is great but it's definitely made me realize i want as simple a wedding as possible. it's not really even about me at all if you think about it. But i'm having a good time helping kimbo out for sure and hangin at home with her. On a lighter note, Chaney's PC name is Little Chunkers which so fits her...thanks billy millet. Daddy just got back from Cuba and smuggled all sorts of cool stuff in; he's got some tight stories! that's all for now...have a great day!