Loving the Unlovable.

 Today was wonderful. I thought I would be worn out because I was up way to late but I actually had alot of energy. This morning we started out with prayer and after that I had devotion and I will talk about my devotion in a minute. We had a pretty simple day. We got some good study time in which is wonderful. I'm hoping to finish reading tonight so I can finish it tomorrow during study time. We also had Josueghan 101 which was Josue and Meghan telling us a little about there life growing up. It was really cool to learn stuff about them that I had not idea about. They are going to do another class about their marriage life which is going to be fun to learn about. We had Uth tonight and it was just a fantastic night. God really moved and Pastor Curtus brought a great message as he always does. It was actually about Acts 4 and I had never really paid any attention to that story but it was a really good night. Afterwards me and Katie went to Waffle house to have a little date to just talk. It was a good time which I believe we both needed. I also got to spend some quality time talking with Sonja and Katie which was really good. I always enjoy being with them two. So God has really blessed today and let us all have great attitudes today which I always love. :)

I just want to tell you about my devotion I did this morning. I actually had a devotion written out and though I didn't change the topic of my devotion God totally changed everything I was going to say while I was praying. I read from Galatians 2:11-14 and what I get from this story of Peter is that Peter was okay with sitting with the non-Jewish people but as soon as the Jewish people came he moved because he was ashamed and scared of what the others may think of him. Paul saw Peter do this and he told him that he was no different than the non-Jewish people because he was not following the truth of the good news. Nothing was making him different than the non-Jewish people because he couldn't even show them love. I believe that is how we are as Christians today. We are so scared to talk to be that are outcast or have a different religion than us because of what other may think and say. To be honest I struggle with this and I really didn't realize who i had affected until this morning in prayer. One thing i wrote down that God gave me was Let our hearts ache for your love Lord. Let it be filled completely with the love of You. Not only that we can love You but that we may love ourselves and others the way you do. If we as Christians aren't going to love the lost, broken, hurting, confused, or just anyone who needs love then who is? We are the ones who are suppose to love everyone not just people like us or people that are for us but EVERYONE. So that's my new goal is to love people the way God loves them. We have to start showing a hurting world, the heart of God. They wont ever see it unless his people share it. So lets make Love something really more than just a word. :) Hope this moves in your heart. I love you all oh so much. Love Always, Maegan

Very red eyes I have.

Me and Rach. I have no make-up on so don't judge. haha

This is Sonja yelling Maegannnnn!!!

Me and Katie at Waffle House. hehe

Perseverance in the mist of trial revels who we really are...

 and reveals to us who God really is. Masters has a busy day. I mean it was to crazy but it was fun. We started our day with Prayer and Devotion. This morning Elizabeth has devotion and she spoke on how far are we willing to go to show how much we love him. It was a really great devotion. I actually have it tomorrow morning so pray it goes good. I already have it all written and stuff so I'll tell you about it tomorrow. Today I got to go to the Freshman school with Grant. We went with City Conquest for those of you who don't know what that is, its where we visit schools around us and just talk to the kids and get to know them. Building relationships with them is amazing. I'm very timid when I go but I know I'll break from my shell. I mean come on they are human just like me. It went good though. We then had lunch and after that a break so I went with Katie to tri-county to get her bag she left at the blood center. Once we got back we had a wonderful class with Pastor Curtus which I will talk about in a few. Then we had City Conquest training with the Amazing Lena which was a great time. She has a wonderful and fun personality that I love. After that it was time to come home and relax and also do some school stuff. Also, I'm sorry I lack photo's. I hope to have more tomorrow.

So today Pastor Curtus spoke on Perseverance which I think a lot of us need to really work on. I never saw it this way but perseverance takes a lot of patience and I'm talking a lot. There are always going to be times where things seem to hard to get past but we can either choose to give up or we can trust God and push through. Matthew 10:22 says And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. So therefore we who persevere through our situations shall be saved. There will be times in ministry where it feels like your going backwards but you have to persevere through it. If it takes days, weeks, months, or even years you can not give up on God. You must trust that he knows what he is doing and he will not lead you into anything that you cant get through. So if there is something that is going on and you have pushed and pushed and nothing has changed well then don't give up and keep giving it your all. We all have to persevere through different things whether its things from the past or things that are happening now we must know that we can get through it when we have God to help us. Galatians 6:9 says And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. So now is the time to realize that we cant give up on things that we are struggling with but we must persevere because great things will come of it even when we cant see it right now we will when the time is right. This is what I learned today thanks to Pastor Curtus. May you all be blessed. Your Jesus loving friend, Maegan.

My stickers! :)

Our Toms.

Life is God's novel.

Let him write it. Okay so I had a crazy long day so if my blog is boring I'm so sorry but I will try to do my best at keeping you all interested. So we had a day off but of course on our day off we make sure we do something. So Me, Katie, and Jocelyn decided we wanted to go donate blood. We made our appointments then basically just waited until we had to leave. Well me and Katie did go get David at work and we also had Taco Bell yummy. We left for our appointments that were at 4 got there and I was the first one on the machine but mine was going to take the longest because I was giving platelets and plasma. Katie had never given blood and Jocelyn had only done it once so they stuck with just giving blood this time. But I was the first one on the machine and the last one off the machine. haha Mine took two hours but it was totally worth it. We didn't get out of there until like 6:00 then we had to go grocery shopping for ourselves and for Masters this week. We weren't very smart because after giving blood we were all wore out and well shopping just made things worse. Katie accidentally rammed her cart into the back of my foot and it hurt extremely bad so after that I started to get light headed and almost passed out but I managed to not do that. Thank the Lord. We hurried and got shopping done as soon as we could, then we took everything to the church and unloaded then came back to the house and now I'm relaxing in my room in the quite. But my day was good overall, just tiring. 


So something that was a cool God moment for me today. Me and Katie were talking today and I was talking to her about my Dad and how no one really understands the pain I deal with everyday because they have never been through it. She told me that there might not be anyone here that understands it but there are others that do understand your pain. So I was like yeah I guess so. So we went to give blood today and the reason I love giving Platelets is because it helps Cancer patients so its kind of my way of helping people with Cancer so families don't have to go through what my family went through. So they have a chance at a longer life. Well one of the workers there he was a younger guy was talking to me about how he really respects people who take the time to give platelets because it helped his father have the chance to receive Chemo for another 6 months. So I told him that my dad had passed from Cancer and he said his dad didn't make it either. It totally hit me because God placed that moment there for a reason. For me to realize that maybe I cant find people around me who have went through it but there are others out there who feel just like I do. We even had a chance to talk to him about God and he is a strong believer as well. The strength I find in it is maybe I'll never have someone who can constantly help me with the hurt I feel but I know that I'm not alone in it at all. Because he has been through what I have been through and so has many others. I don't know him at all but to know he lost his dad and he still loves God and he shows a love towards people and always smiles is very encouraging for me. When your hurting and you feel alone in it and don't understand why things happen know that your not at all alone. Anything you have faced or struggle with someone else has faced and struggled with it. So your not in anyway the only one or even alone in it. God is ALWAYS with you. So God is awesome and he always does awesome things when we least expect it. :) So yeah that's all I got for tonight. I love you all. :)

Giving Platelets and Plasma.

2 hour process.

After a long and exhausting day.

“There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us...

 God in all created things." My day has had its ups and downs. This morning I went to church and made it more than half way through the service then just felt awful so I had to go home. Laid around until everyone got home then Katie and Rachel the sweet girls they are went and got me some stuff to help me feel better. Elizabeth cuddled with me to make me feel better because she is one of the most loving people I know. Then Sarah and Tim brought me a get well gift. Which was the cutest bear that I named Timarah, they also got me some amazing candy and some Starbucks vanilla frappuccinos which I love. It was all amazing but the best part was just seeing them. They are two of the most amazing people you will ever meet. So my day basically got better in the blink of in eye. From everyone's love I got to feeling better and was able to go to Church tonight. We went to Calvary and it was an amazing time. Kemp Holden is the one who spoke and he did an amazing job. I would talk about his message but I still have a lot I need to understand before i completely understand it. I mean it took him 50 years to get to where he is and he didn't even get to explain it in very detail(because he didn't have time) but it was a lot about prophecies that have been fulfilled from the bible. It was an amazing message that had a lot of knowledge in it. After the service we went to waffle house with a big group and it was great fun. I loved every moment of it. Me, Sean, Grant, and Sonja got to do one of Masters dramas for Jacob and Anthony in the Waffle house parking lot. It was funny. haha But a great night.

So I don't want to talk to much but one thing I want to share that Pastor Kemp Holden said was "All Creation has been corrupted by sin." To be honest that struck me. Its so crazy to think that God's once so beautiful creation has been so corrupted by sin and to be honest a lot of people don't see that. An analogy that I really like is this, You have a garden, that you can put beautiful flowers in, but weeds(sin) keep coming and coming, trying to ruin it, so you have to keep up with it. And even though the weeds may not be showing and everyone sees a beautiful garden, the weeds are underground, cutting apart from the nutrition(God). -Sean Mcmahon Sometimes we really don't see the things affecting this world or we dont even see it affecting us. We live in a world where almost anything we use can be turned into something sinful. Yeah it seems harmless at the time but then we find ourselves miss using things. Like cellphone's, television, music, and so many other things that at the beginning were created for good things. God has given us the choice to use things correctly or not to. You know we see God's beautiful creation just by walking outside but yet we want to fill our minds with awful things. We have to start being more careful with what we do, watch, say, or watch. We are so easily swayed because we are human. We all sin and mess up. But its our time to work on ourselves and who we are in God. Lets start using his beautiful creation for the good things it has to offer instead of the bad. :) Love you all!

 

 

 

The stuff Sarah and Tim brought me. :)

Mine and Jacob's waffle's.

Me and Jacob showing off our yummy food.

Huge group. Tons of fun. One big family. :)

There are always uncertainties ahead,

but there is always one certainty--God's will is good. So my day has been very overwhelming and tiring. This morning we had to be at the church for a leadership thing that Meghan's mom Ruth was doing but while we were getting breakfast stuff ready I got a text from my dad saying the were at the hospital because Emily had some issues where she got her tonsil's out on Monday. So of course her being my little sister I wanted to be with her so they had no problem with me going to the hospital. Her veins in her throat had busted open and she had to get surgery again this only happens to 5% of people when they get their Tonsils out. But Em was very happy to see me there because its been almost a month since Ive seen any of my family so it was really nice to be with them. But being at the hospital wore me out. Once I left there I came back to Hamilton and we went over to the DeLong's which is a family from the church that is very kind to us Master students. They fixed us an amazing dinner, some played games, and some of us just relaxed around the fire. I got to talk a little to Ruth about Africa and she got to show me pictures and videos from her trip she went on this year. It really brightened my day to see all the beautiful people of Africa and see how happy they are. I cant wait to have my chance there.

I just want to so thank you to everyone for all the prayers for my little sister. It really scared me and my family. But we trusted in God and knew he would take great care of her and he did. I'm very blessed because he pulled me through the day without completely falling apart. Its very hard for me to be strong when I know someone I love very much is in the Hospital, it makes me think of my childhood. But God truly gave me the strength I needed today and he also gave my family the same strength. So if there is ever a day you just feel like your going to break just turn to God and he will give you the strength you need as long as you trust him. He never ever gives us more than we can handle and I know this. He protected my little sister today and I'm so thankful for that. Also, never forget to thank God everyday for blessing you with another day even when there is chaos in the mist of it, he always pulls you through. Tomorrow is a new day. Let God rock your heart in church tomorrow. I love you all. <3 Psalm 13:5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

Napping with Emily.

She was out but it didnt last long. haha

Our Nephew Nathan with Em.

Her smiles brighten my heart.

Have faith in God;

 God has faith in you. Today has been a very blah day. I was very sick today. I went in and we did prayer. Then we filled out this personality thing then ate lunch. Then after lunch I got really sick and how to go to the girls house all alone. :( I hate being alone. haha So i basically slept until everyone got home then Elizabeth spent some time with me and made me some yummy soup. After we had all got done eating Rachel boiled me some water and I put vapor rub in it and breathed in the vapor rub for about 10 mins it was an awful 10 mins to be honest. It was very very hot. I'm feeling better now so I'm hoping tomorrow I feel awesome. If not then im going to the doctor even though I know they will just give me medicine that I wont want to take but oh well. I have to get better soon. I didn't get to go to the personality class that Meghan's mom Ruth did, but everyone said it went really good but I'm hoping to get a chance to talk to her about mine and once I understand it a little better Ill talk to you about it. 

So tonight I just want to talk a little about a charity that I have been looking into. I know of a lot of Christians that believe this charity is a very good charity but I want to share with you why I disagree with it. I wanted to do a little research before I just talked about Coexist because I didn't want it to look like I didn't do my studying but I have. I actually went to the Coexist website to learn more about it. You see one thing that Coexist believes in is they believe that we have many Faith's and as we as Christians know that is not true. There is only one Faith and we can read that in Ephesians 4:5 which says, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. It doesn't say two faiths or three it says one. The Coexist foundation literally says on their website that God has given us many faiths but we know that, that's not true in anyway. But I can also see why this Charity may seem very appealing to people because a lot of people hate the conflict that happens to go on between religions. But the thing is, is we have to show love to the people that are lost and hurting. This Charity does a lot for people around them so that is really going to attract people and pull people into believing that it is okay to believe in many different religions. We have to start stepping out and letting people see something different in us than they do in people that think its okay to go against God's word. Its sad to see big Charity's like Coexist doing so well and spreading their beliefs all around the world when some of us as Christians aren't stepping out and doing anything. We all have to work in Unity as Christian's believing in one God, one faith, and one baptism because this is the word of God and this is what WE believe. Lets starting sharing the gospel of Christ with the people that are so lost in what this world is making them believe. So that is all I have for tonight. May your day be blessed tomorrow. Love always, Maegan

Dont judge my face. It was in steam.

This is me getting a vapor bath.

You send me letters, I'll send you letters. :)

This is what Coexist stands for.

Patience is the companion of....

 wisdom. Today we had the day off which was really nice. I got to go out to lunch with Candice. I also finished my Genesis report before it even got late which is new for me. Me, Rachel, and Katie went to Best Buy today and got stuff for my printer that I find out we cant even use until we get Internet. Bummer. We also went to Cold Stones and got some amazing Ice cream. Then tonight i got a craving for candy so me and Rachel went to Walmart and got a bunch of candy that was amazing. I got Gummy Bears and Sour Patch Kids. The best candy ever! Me and Joc got a chance to go to the Hanover Park and spend some time together and talk which was a great time. We got some fun pictures as you can see below. I got to watch some of Flicka tonight but not all of it because i wanted Candy. haha So I'm hoping that I get a chance to practice some Piano soon. I should of practiced today but I didn't get to. So hopefully soon.

So tonight I just want to talk a little on Patience. Not the patience we have for love or for something crazy to happen in our lives but the patience we have for people. Sometimes it is so hard to be patient with people especially the people we love most. I'm one of those people who get so upset with other people if they do something wrong instead of being patient with them and helping them out.We must learn that we need to love those people and be patient with those people who sometimes push our buttons. Maybe its not even the person's fault but maybe its us just being very short tempered. Its much easier to just get mad at someone than to do the right thing and talk it over. Its not always about being patient for love, healing, or just anything were waiting to happen in our lives but to also be patient with the people we are surrounded with. So I challenge you to be patient with those people you haven't been patient with lately because I know this is something I'm going to work on. Sometimes when were not patient with people, we  actually push them away and that's not what we want for the people we love and that's not what we want for people at all. Patience for people is so key in our walk with God because people will notice if we have patience for people or not. So that is all I have for tonight. I love everyone and hope you are still enjoying my blogs. I love you, Maegan

Jocelyn at the park.

Quaker Steak and Lube with Candice.

Me and Joc.

Slide!

Amazing Coldstones. Mines the big one in the back. Its birthday cake remix. :)

The boys putting our new washer downstairs for us girls. They are great!

It's not who you are that holds you back,

 it's who you think you're not. So, I was not feeling very well today well actually a lot of us weren't feeling very well today but we all did what we had to do and stayed positive and got things done. Please be praying for all of us, some of us are having sore throats some are having stomach issues so just pray that we all are healed from getting plenty of rest tomorrow. Even though we were wore out today we still had a pretty awesome day. I got to meet Ed Gungor tonight and I was so stoked about meeting him. He is such a cool and friendly guy. Tonight was the last night of the Conference so we all got everything cleaned up and even got things ready for Sunday like the Cafe is prepared and so is Kidz Klub. God has really blessed us the past three days. A lot of people were saying how it was going to be so hard this week but to be honest it wasn't bad at all. I think what helped is we all worked as a team and just made sure we had great attitudes, which always helps. Masters really is a lot more stronger as a team this year which is so awesome. God really knew what he was doing when he placed the people he did here this year. 


I believe that God gives us all certain dreams,desires, gifts, and talents so that we can all be unique in our own ways. I know for me it is hard to know that Who I Am is who God has made me to be. He didn't create us to compare our lives to other people. He made us to be ourselves. I love being different and unique. Sometimes Ill actually do something different that I know no one else around me will do just so I can be different. I don't think we should try to be like anyone else. I don't think we should change things about ourselves for other people. Because who we are in God is all that matters. We get so caught up in what we see on T.V. or even what we see in the people around us and we instantly compare ourselves to them. We ask, Why cant I be like that? Or there's the questions we ask God, God why didn't you give me that talent?(One thing i question all the time) Or Why cant I be has beautiful as that person? But the things is, is who cares if your not like someone else. Actually its a great thing that your not like other people. You do realize that God see's all of us as his beautiful creation. His Sons and Daughters. We are his Children. He doesn't compare us. He doesn't even pick favorites. Be happy with who God has created you to be. Whether you can Sing, Dance, Talk, Preach, or even just love people. You will never see the true beauty in yourself until you realize that you are so gifted and talented. Be you! Not anyone else. God is what separates us from this world. Therefore he is the only one who matters. You should only care what God thinks of you. :) Your Jesus loving friend, Maegan

Maegan are you taking a picture of me? -Jacob

David and Sean getting the board for Ed Gungor.

Grantly.

Ed Gungor speaking a great message.

Thought this was a pretty cool picture I took.

Love never fails.

Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice before...

  the promise of change. So today has been very eventful. We all had to be at the church by 8:00 a.m. which wasn't to bad but sleeping in is much better. Some of us took turns on shifts in the nursery. Me and David were on a team but we didn't have in children at the time. So basically if we weren't assigned to any other job we were to just sit in the sessions. I got to hear Ron Luce talk and he did an awesome job. So did these two other speakers. I cant remember their names but I have their messages written down. I got the opportunity to talk to two missionaries who travel to Africa. Actually their is a lot of people here at the conference involved with Africa which is so awesome to me. But one guy I got the chance to talk to actually takes his two year old daughter and his wife to Africa with him and I think that is one of the coolest things ever. I think letting your children grow up on the mission field in other countries will teach them to see the world a lot different than most people. Everyone seemed to really enjoy our homemade chicken salad, which is so great. But the team has had a wonderful day. :)

So I just want to share with everyone what the Lord has been doing in my heart. You see in August i got filled with the Holy Spirit and received the gift of tongues and ever since that life changing moment I've been gradually changing things about myself. You see a lot of people think change is bad but to be honest I think change is one of the most beautiful things ever. Well it is when it is for the Lord. But different things that have been changing in my life may be small to you all but very big for me. You see three things that I'm changing right now in my life is how much I use to love Screamo Music(some christian), Scary movies use to never scare me and last of all how much I love my gauges that I have been doing for almost a year now. But to be honest I don't like Screamo music at all anymore because I feel like you cant really feel the presence of God when you listen to it. I think it is okay if other Christians to like Screamo music but for me and my relationship I have with God I think it can hinder me from his presence. As for Scary movies there has never been one scary movie that has frightened me and as soon as i was filled with the Holy Spirit, things changed. I watched one movie that wasn't even to scary but it frightened me. I think its okay if I watch them every now and then but I need to make sure it isn't something that is going to be affecting my relationship with God. Now on to the Gauges, well lets just say I love my gauges and I still do but one of my goals this year is to be more of a lady and to prepare myself to be a wife. I don't really think my husband is going to want me to have holes in my ears and I'm more than positive that gauges are not lady like. So tonight i have already moved down a size and I will continue to do so until I'm back to normal earrings. Every single one of these things are huge changes for me but I know that this what God wants me to do. I believe handing over things that I love to God, I will be blessed with Godly things that are purifying to my Spirit. So know that in your heart change is a good things and its not bad. If we aren't willing to change to be better then what are we even doing with our lives? God wants to all strive to be more like him and that means change. So lets start somewhere in changing little or big things about ourselves. I love you all. xoxoxoxo Maegan
-Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

Chase's Office.

Big Muffins in the morning. :)

Jacob with earrings? Yes!

Me and Katie napping with stuffed animals on our break today. haha

Me playing the piano the other day.

If God is for me,

 who can be against me. So my day was pretty good. We had to be in at 9:00 and we prayed for about 30 mins. Afterwards we started getting things ready for the Conference. I had to leave for the Orthodontist shortly after prayer. If went good. I should be getting them off soon, well that's what I'm praying anyways. After I got back from that Me and Meghan went to Cosco and got tons of food for the conference. We got most of the food ready for tomorrow night. Tonight me and Jocelyn were in the nursery we only had 2 kids but they were fun it was Phebe and Hunter. We built a house, watched veggie tales, and played with play dough. haha It was a good time. As you can see in the pictures below.

So I'm not really sure what to talk about tonight but I know that God has taught me something today just like he always does. Mainly I just want to say is don't let people around you get the best of who you are. But if they say something that hurts you forgive them but learn to be able to talk to them about that hurt. I know for me it is hard especially when you are over sensitive. But there are many people I love so much and adore so much that has hurt me and I'm sure I have hurt them. But when we learn to be more mature about things and talk to that person about it then it can clear a whole lot of things up. Matthew 18:15 says, “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. It even tells us in scripture to go to one another when we feel someone has done us wrong. This is something I'm actually working on right now. Because I hate confrontation but it is very vital to relationships. I know its not going to be easy but in the end it is going to be worth the work and effort. But you must put effort into it. Any kind of healthy relationship whether it be with a friend, family, or boyfriend/girlfriend it is going to take complete honesty and lots of work and effort. Everything you do, do it with a loving heart. Trust God to be right there with you and that person. I hope this will help you with anything you may be dealing with. I know just writing it out has helped me know I need to take care of something soon. I love you all. Love, Maegan

Hunter and the little turtle I made before he crushed it.

Meghan and some of the stuff we got at Cosco today.

Building a house.

Me and Phebe.

Joc and Me working Nursery.

Made my day.

"Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,

and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." So my day was wonderful as every Sunday is. We had a wonderful time at church. Then afterwards all of us just came back to the house and relaxed. We watched The lovely bones but i pretty much slept through it. Our day was pretty much a lazy day. Tonight we went to Calvary Christian Center for more Jesus time. Well Me, Rachel,Jocelyn, and Sonja went. It was a really great time. After service was over we went to Taco bell with Nate and Anthony. I now know that my snort-laugh is very unattractive but its all good. hehe Lets just say I think Jesus blessed me with this laugh. I mean it could be alot worse. My little sister is getting her tonsils removed tomorrow morning so please just keep her in your prayers. She is 15 and she is nervous about it but I know the Lord will be with her. But that was basically my Sunday. Filled with the Lord and Friends. Oh how I love Sundays.

So tonight I just want to talk a little about Pastor Sloan's message from this morning because it was a message I believe we can all learn from. Of course you wont learn as much from me as if you could of if you would of been there this morning but Ill share a little of what I learned. :) What he basically spoke about is how we cant be Yes and No, Nor Hot and Cold. One things he said that was really cool is that Every yes is married to a no and every no is married to a yes. For example, 1. Yes to good is No to evil 2. Yes to love is No to hate 3. No to wrong is Yes to right 4. No to excess spending is yes to saving money. As you can tell a yes is always followed by a no and a no is always followed by a yes. Sometimes we want to make things seem better than they really are by adding a but into our situation. Like, I want to be with you but......So you see we want to make it seem like a yes i want to be with you but no we cant be together but it doesn't work that way because you cant be yes and no. Let your Yes be a Yes and let your No be a No do not put a but behind it. Another thing Pastor mentioned is how the most important thing a teenager does is chooses their friends. Proverbs 12:26 says, The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray. To be honest this verse says a lot more than what I think we grasp normally. I know a lot of young people who don't have very good christian influences in their lives and if I say to them well God wants you to have good friends in their life their response to me is well God wants me to love everyone no matter what. You know that is true I believe in loving everyone for who they are but there comes a time when we don't surround ourselves with good Christian people that we will drift from God because we have no one in our Core friends to go to about God. We need to choose our friends carefully. So just remember that. When we are young we will do anything to impress our friends so why not have cool fun friends that Love Jesus with a strong passion and dont need us to impress them. ;) I love you all. May God bless your day tomorrow. xoxoxoxxoxo Maegan

She is amazing!

Sonja doing her thing.

Awhaha yes!

We have become pals.

Me and Katie all snuggled the other night.

"Though our feelings come and go,

God's love for us does not." So today we didn't really do anything crazy with the Masters group. We basically cleaned the Church getting things ready for the conference coming up. Then we put some bulletins together for Church in the morning. Didn't do anything difficult or crazy. Around 6:15 pm Me, Sonja, Sarah, Sean and Grant went to the Underground to hear some local bands and of course Battle of the Bands was going on which made things more fun because you got to pick which two were your favorites. We didnt get to stay the whole time because of curfew but we got to listen to Three bands play that were in the competition then we got to listen to one of the judges sing and his name is Heath McNease and he is a Christian hip-hop artist and he is amazing. We all really enjoyed him. The Underground actually has a photo booth so we asked him if he would get a picture with us and he was all for it so it was really cool. We actually want to see if he could come play at the church sometime because he is someone that young people would really enjoy. So that was our night nothing to wild happened but tomorrow is going to be phenomenal I just know it. Well actually Sunday is always phenomenal because its the day to be in the Lord's house. Sunday is actually my favorite day so it makes the day even better for me. :)

One thing I just feel like i should mention to everyone is that God loves you all so much. I know for some people it is hard to really believe that especially when there is Chaos going on in your life. In the misted of Chaos there is peace and its found in the Lord. Remember to just trust in him every day of your life. I want to leave you with a verse and I want you to all really focus on it. I got this from my friend Starla because she sent me a letter and this was a verse she left in it. Its 2 Corinthians 13:14 and it says The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. The love of God is with us all. No matter what we go through or what we face God's love is always with us. Believe in that. When your hurting, cry out to God. When your broken, let God heal you. When your alone, let God comfort you. But most of all when you feel like no one loves you, let God love you. He has already proven his love to you so accept it. If you dont feel the love of God that does not mean he is doing something wrong but it means you are. Because God loves us not matter what. Dont doubt that. I love you all as well. Praying for everyone. If you need any prayers let me know. :) Love always, Maegan

Football Oreo's!

Sarah and her cuteness.

Strawberry and Banana smoothie from The Underground.

An amazing place for young or old Christians.