Road-Block!

We finally have a house. We'll actually get into the new house in a few days, but my parents signed the papers today! It's so exciting! This is offer number 10 on house number 6! Woot!

I've totally hit a "road-block!" I have 6 different sites on the bottom of my screen (2 e-mails, this blog, facebook, a different blog, and the Rebelution site), but I don't know what to do. My brain feels like mush. I'm having to type and re-type because my fingers won't "say" what I want them to "say" the first time they hit the computer keyboard. I think that sometimes our spiritual life, our walk with Christ, is like that. We know that there is a lot that we can do. We know that we have our "6 different sites on the bottom of our screens" (praying, reading the Bible, talking with someone about Christ, etc.), but we just don't know what to do. We can't think or feel, but yet somehow we manage to keep living life. There isn't always a reason for feeling numb, it just happens sometimes. We get busy with our lives, our friends, school, and all the things that "have to get done." We spend ourselves on what we think is important and totally exhaust and stress ourselves out, but totally forget to leave time for what and Who is truly the most important to spend our time on. Everyone says, "We need to find/make time for God," but I'm here to tell you that that statement is just not true!!! We don't need to make time for God, our almighty Creator who should be the most important in our lives, we need to make time for all the other things in life. We need to put God first and then worry about the other things that need to get done in our lives. When we "exhaust ourselves" and "spend all our time" on Christ, like we should, everything else is just going to fall into place. We're going to have time to study, read books, check our e-mail, do missions projects, and hang out with friends if we put Jesus first! That's a guarantee!!! But it's not guarantee that you'll "have time" for your Savior if you push Him to the end of your day. When you meet Him face to face, do you want to stand there knowing that you should and could have "made more time" for the One who died for you so that you could have everlasting life, or do you want to hear Jesus say, "Well done, my good and faithful servant"? Put Jesus first today!

I hope that this all makes sence to you, readers. I felt that I needed to blog what was on my heart...even if I'm not totally functioning mentally because of the busy day! I admit to you that I failed in putting Jesus Christ first in my life today, but I will tomorrow, and I hope you will too!

Only the beginning

We found another house that we may put an offer on. This will be house number 5 and offer number 11 or 12 I think. Not having a house for over 3 months is pretty frustrating, but maybe it's God's way of teaching us patience. I hope we learn our lesson soon!!!
As far as my "journey as a Christian" goes, I guess I'll start with my testimony. It's pretty basic really. I live in a Christian family, and was told about Jesus Christ and that He died for me on the cross to save me from my sins so I can live in Heaven with Him forever. I accepted Him as my Savior and Lord when I was 3. I'm not sure I fully understood what it meant to be saved, but I have no doubt that I was...even at that young age! I decided when I was 4 or 5 that I wanted to be a missionary after hearing a good missionary friend of ours come and speak at our church. To this day, at 9 days away from being 17, I still long to be a missionary, and hope to someday run an orphanage.
We lived in California until I was 13. Our whole family was there and we knew everyone from the mayor of the city to the church and school janitors. We were very well connected. Then my dad got a job offer to work for a company in Iowa. That's when I think my faith grew the most. Although God gave me the great opportunity to be used by Him to bring one of my neighbor friends to The Lord while in California, my "religion" really turned into a relationship with my Heavenly Father after we moved. While in my cozy nest of friends and family in Visaila, California I had people to rely on. I didn't need to call to God and just talk to Him because someone else was always there. Being ripped away from life was a real wake-up call and a chance to see that He was my Ultimate Friend and that He was the only one in the world that would never leave me or forsake me.
My testimony isn't done yet, in fact, it's only the beginning! I hope that this blog will give you a glimpse into my life and show you how I'm growing in Christ. I'm FAR from perfect, but I'm striving for The Lord!

Thinking

So I'm sitting here at the computer thinking...I know, I know...you're probably thinking, "Oh no!! Nothing good could happen when she does that!! Don't hurt yourself, Kendra!" Well first let me assure you that so far I'm all in one piece, and my brain hasn't exploded yet. In fact, I'm feeling pretty good. Why? Because I know what I'm going to do with this blog! Well, duh! You're going to blog about life and what makes you smile and all that stuff! It's the purpose of blogging! I realize that, but why stop there? Yes, a lot of these posts will be about me and my life, and keeping up with friends, but some of these will be about my "journey as a Christian"...but I'll have to explain more about that later...we're gonna go look at houses now. :)

Hugs and Prayers!

Opening. :)

So I decided to start a blog only because that's the only way I could figure out how to view my friend's blog. I can't put up any pictures yet, but that's mainly because I don't have my camera. :( But even if I did, I don't know if I'd be able to figure out how to put up pictures. I'm kinda a computer-illiterate. The fact that I have a blog now is pretty much amazing! So, I hope to keep this up, but we'll see.