Chicago-Bound

I'm getting ready to head to Chicago this weekend for a Joyce Meyer Conference and Hillsong is leading worship! I'm totally pumped! And it gets even better because I'm going with some really incredible girls! Katie, Jamie, Miranda, Mandi, and I will pile into the car at about 3am tonight so we can make it to the session tomorrow morning at 10.
For the past few weeks it seems like I have been in the driest desert spiritually. I'm in total need of my Savior to come and shower me with big fat portions of Himself. I'm thirsty! I just feel so empty and I'm still trying to pour out with nothing really to give. So, I'm expecting huge things this weekend. I think that's ok because we serve a huge God! I want the fire to be reignited in me and remember who my true love is.
God, please fill me! I need you desperately!
Please pray for us this weekend first of all that we would meet God in a new way. Second, please pray for our safety. None of us really know our way around Chicago, so it'll be an adventure. Plan on hearing a great report when we come back!

Quote of the Day

"What's a root canal?"

~Jamie Brown

"It's when they...reroot...your...canal!"

~Miranda Barton

More Ranch Pictures

The Ranch

I just got back from my aunt and uncle's ranch near Kansas City a few days ago. My mom, dad, sister, and I went for about 5 days. It was a very nice break from work and my normal life really. That's a life very opposite of what I'm used to. Riding horses, four-wheeling, fishing, swimming in the lake, swimming on horses, scavenger hunt in the woods, just being outdoors all the time. I loved it! And it wasn't just any random ranch...I got to spend some quality time with my sister and cousins, Danielle and Morgan. Us four girls have always been close and even if we go months without seeing each other, we act like we've never been apart.
This vacation was definitely an adventure with lots of memories! Danielle had to climb a tree to get a lure out while we were attempting to fish. Long story, but after our motor getting clogged with seaweed and dying, Morgan losing a shoe, Lin dropping the fishing pole into the lake, me fighting with a tree, and Danielle almost falling out of the tree because the wind was blowing so hard, we finally got the lure. We were soaking wet, dirty, and had cuts all over us, but it was worth it! That wasn't the only near death experience either! I decided the next day to try to ride side-saddle on a horse while it was loping. Well, we turned the corner, she saw the barn and took off running. I almost couldn't stop the horse and about had to jump off, but somehow the horse stopped and I'm still living as far as I know. So many stories that I would love to tell, but pictures will probably explain a lot.