WC...what is that?

well, WC can stand for many things, such as:

• Water Closet
• World Cup
• Wind Chill
• Waist Circumference
• Worship Center
• World Conquest
• Wanaruah Custodians? (i promise i didn't make this one up)

but the WC i wanna talk about stand for World Changers, baby!  those of you who do not already know about my situation (or those of you who forgot the deets), please refer to this blog post to get caught up, cause i don't really want to type it all out again.  i'll just pick up where that post left off.

you're back already?  good!  so as you read i was invited to the hiring weekend in january of 2011, and let me be the first to tell you that it was a whirlwind of a weekend!  i had to leave campus at 4 in the morning to get to the airport in time, i proved to the DFW TSA that i'm not a terrorist, was told to go to a gate at the other end of the world from my real gate and then alllllmost missed my flight!!!  it was nuts, but i got there safe and sound and in one piece.

the weekend was great and i met lots of really awesome, godly people.  the WC staff informed us that only 7 or 8 out of the 16 of us would be hired!  eep!  the good news was that it was possible to be hired even after not being hired cause often times people drop out or quit.  keep this tidbit of info in mind!

so you'll never guess what happened after that weekend...i had even more waiting to do!  yeah!  i know!  loco, verdad?  i spend quite a bit of time in prayer over the next couple of weeks as i anticipated the news of my potential employment.

to cut this long story short, i was told that they could not hire me for the summer.  what a bummer (rhyme intended).  my God never ceases to amaze me, though.  i thought i would be so depressed and down about it for a long time, but i felt such great peace about the whole thing.  the Lord really just filled me with his spirit and completely assured my faith in him.

so what does one do when their summer plans for the past 6 months have suddenly been changed?  well thats actually a good question, cause it was life as usual from that point on.  i honestly didn't do much in the way of searching for a new summer job, which actually turned out to be a blessing, as you will soon see!

2 weeks ago tomorrow i was sitting in my room after class, just minding my own beeswax when i get a call...from a georgia area code...oh.  snap.  i hastily answered the phone and who would be on the other end than the very sweet hiring lady from World Changers?!  in a daze i listened as she explained that a spot for an office manager had opened up and that i was their first alternate!  she asked if i wanted the job and i couldn't say "yes" fast enough!  i then proceeded to call both of my parents and my youth pastor to pass on the good news.  the rest of the day was spent in praise and thanks to the Lord.  i could not believe how much blessing he chose to pour out on me, especially after a super hard and emotional few days the week before.

basically all of this means that i have an awesome job with a totally cool crew this summer, serving the Lord and loving on others.  i start on may 29 and will be in north carolina with my crew until the first week of august, and i cannot tell you how excited i am!  i'm still not sure why the Lord chose to make me wait so long, but i know that he was glorified in all of it and he is definitely worthy of praise!

thank you, to all of you who kept me in your prayers about this.  they were greatly appreciated!  the power of prayer is really awesome and it's so worth the time it takes.

so that's it!  congrats for making it all the way to the end of this very long blog!  i hope you think it was worth it!

well, hello again :)

it. has. OFFICIALLY. been. too. long, dear friends.  if there was an award for most unsatisfactory blogger ever i think i would win it.  i've completely left all of you hanging and i'm sure that all of you are so terribly upset that your life has been devoid of my writing skills and my "rapist wit".  watch this clip from the movie Dumb and Dumber to understand that last part in quotations.  start it at about 1:00.  you only have to watch about 5 or 10 seconds worth to understand.  please note that i do not necessarily recommend watching Dumb and Dumber.  it's kind of a waste of time and it makes my brain ooze, however...


Dumb and Dumber "Put Out The Vibe"

now that we have that wonderful video out of our systems, let's move on to something that wasn't produced to entertain 19 year olds with the brain power of worms.  i will not attempt to document everything that has happened to me since the last time i blogged.  wayyyyyyy too much has happened to do that.  i will, however, say that i have been extremely blessed.  the Lord is so faithful to bless his children, even when we don't deserve it.  over the past 3 months (wow.  it's really been almost 3 months.  i'm a horrible blogger.  i digress...) i've been offered 2 jobs.  one with World Changers, which i do intend to write about in detail in a separate blog, and one at an ice cream shop called Braum's.  for those of you who have never experienced Braum's, it's probably because you've never ventured to the north texas area or the states that surround it.  it's a mid west chain.

i've also been loving school and have met so many new friends with whom i am in love!  my relationships with other people this semester have been such a blessing to me, and i probably don't tell them enough!  so if you're one of those special people, and you know who you are, thank you and i loveth you!

so, in order to semi-document what has happened, i think i'm just gonna post a bunch of pictures of things that have happened since i last blogged and leave it at that.  i promise i'll try to be better at this in the near future!

let me point out that i realize that i'm wearing the same shirt in about 3 of these pictures, but i promise i'm not an outfit repeater!  pictures #9 and #10 were taken on the same day and picture #2 happened like a month and a half before!  don't judge.

december

yummmmm!  homemade rice krispie treats and german chocolate cake balls with the lovely hans lee.

january

downtown with PaBa

layne's :) kristen², haunz², and kerry

i don't even...i can't...ahhh!  i just love them :)

where's waldo real life at the galleria.  such a fun day!  it's amazing how many people ask to take pictures of you when you're dressed like waldo!  p.s. all of these people are my friends, not "picture askers".

cake i decorated using a plastic knife and red icing at a booth in the mcdonald's at walmart...at like 10 at night.  happy birthday, justin!

february

just the beginning of the snowpocalypse we had in february.  we were out of school for 6 days!!!

me and jacob in the Recycled basement

fun hats at the mall with kendall (and hannah, who took the picture)

caleb's nerd birthday with whitney!

march

cool shadow picture taken by rachael.  that's sparky on the left tree and me on the right.