Prayer

So far, this semester has blown my mind at all the stuff God has placed before me. Specifically there is one "door" that seems to be open and I need prayer for direction. Last week, a woman from my class was talking to me about my vocation and she told me that her church missions director is looking for someone to train so she could retire. I thought to myself, THAT'S AWESOME! I'D LOVE TO DO THAT! And, since I knew Labor Day was a few days away, that I wasn't going to be in contact with her right away. Then in my Intro to Christian Ministries class, we did a prayer exercise, a meditation if you will, and I felt this overwhelming tug at my heart to NOT going to this church to do that job. And I felt this overwhelming sense that God wanted me to spend time with my grandmother while I'm living with her and going to school. This feeling from God was SO overwhelming that, that was the only thing I could think about and after class I went to the professor to ask for prayer about it and I burst into tears.

I am asking for prayer for guidance and wisdom to exactly understand these feelings so I can get a better sense of what God would like me to do. Thanks guys and God Bless

Cody Marie

Summer 2011

Apparently, I need to keep better record of blogging, because it's now September, and I haven't blogged since May. But then again, I have been SUPER busy, but the experiences I've had over the summer were AWESOME and I am SO blessed to have had the summer I did.

I successfully completed my first year of Northwest Nazarene, getting myself out of the academic probation and now I have good academic standing with the school. :)

I ended up with 2 As, 2 Bs and 2 Cs, and still no Ds or Fs on any of my college transcripts! (Can't ask for anything better than that!)

To recap: May was nice and peaceful, my finals were in the first week, so I had three weeks to spend with my grandmother, and homework and school didn't get in the way. And my club became official! WHICH ROCKS! lol

I came home for the summer because my home church: Emmaus (which is "loosely" Nazarene based in theology) offered me a Children's Ministry internship with my favorite children's pastor Kathryn! :D What a blast to see all the kids I have known now for 4 years, all grown up (A year away will do that) and it was awesome to learn what goes into children's ministry, the problems that occur and how to, every Sunday, tackle all the issues/problems that arise so church can go on!

One of the most critical things I learned wasn't so much about Children's Ministry, but methods of problem solving and using the StrengthsFinder 2.0 to discover my potential as a person.

:)

Summer went by way to fast....I mean WAY TO FAST! And before I knew it, it was August again and I had to pack all my stuff up for a second year of NNU.

So far, it's been a really, really busy start....I've been back a week and a half and I'm only halfway done unpacking all my stuff. And with how busy I've been, it will probably be until October I'm all settled in again. :/

This semester I am taking a lot of my minor classes (My minor is Bible) and I know this will be the most rewarding set of classes I have taken so far. Hardest too, because I signed up for Biblical Hebrew...I'm having trouble with the alphabet (alef-bet) and the vowels.

Many blessings to you all and God bless!

Cody Marie

Father God, I am asking for wisdom, strength and a willingness to never give up, no matter what comes my way (both positively and negatively). Thank you Jesus. Amen.