Joy pretty much describes my life right now for so many reasons!!! First of all, I feel so blessed to have made so many new and amazing friends this semester at CCCB. As the semester comes to an end, I am sad to part ways for the holidays but I will look forward to see everyone's smiling faces when I return! God has taught me how important friendships are while being here because I am that introverted person that can tend to neglect friendships, especially if I have homework or other things going on, but these girls keep me balanced! It has been truly wonderful to be around people of faith, especially when I get crazy God-given ideas for the future! My heart continues to be poked and prodded by God in so many ways! However, my love for Africa still runs the deepest! Since arriving back in America after my first trip to Burkina Faso I knew I wanted to go back! (Maybe not right away because it was VERY difficult but nonetheless I planned on going back some day!) I had no
"Intimacy with God" was the topic for this week and what a
great week it was! It blows my mind how many Christians are in this world
but don't have an intimate relationship with the Lord! We had our own
base leader teaching on this topic, which made it even better! She has an amazing love for the Lord, which
was very inspiring! Through the first
couple of days of the week I was feeling a little down and felt I needed to
really take time to spend with the Lord.
So, Wednesday afternoon I felt that I needed to stay home from going to
tutor the kids in Clarkston and just spend that time with God! I spent around 3 hours that day reading my
Bible and praying to God. I felt so
refreshed and so excited! I actually
enjoyed the time so much and couldn’t wait to make that a more regular
thing! Thursday afternoon I didn’t feel
so much as I need to read but that I needed to worship! I wanted to be able to sing but not have
anyone hear me so I thought about where I could go. I had heard some people mention a trail in the
woods on the property so I decided I would check it out! It was awesome! I spent time singing and worshiping God in
the woods that He created! My excitement
just continued to grow! As of this week
I really have started to love the Lord on a whole new level! Our relationship still has a whole lot of growing
to do but I felt that we made a huge stride this week! I so look forward to the times I have set
aside for Him!!! I would strongly encourage everyone to take time and really
let God search your heart and reveal to you what you need to do become more
intimate with Him! It’s worth it! 
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