Spending summer the right way..

Honestly, my summer is based on getting a solid volunteer job or atleast volunteering frequently. This isn't my main priority because I want to do other things like hang out with friends and family and work out etc. If my summer was COMPLETELY based on volunteering, then I know that my relationship with God would be amazinggggg. Our relationship is already great, but it would be better than ever because I would be showing others his love and grace and ministering to others and so we would be like the bestest buds in the world. This summer I am determined to volunteer alot because it is something that I am considering doing in my life..or at least working with needy kids in general. And not only that, but I also know that I am the happiest and I profess my faith the most when I am working with children. So if my summer was completely based on missions, then I would have a great summer I know, but I would not have as much time to do the immature things, which is a good thing. I am determined to make service a top priority. I know that I will fail in making it the highest priority but I will keep trying because I know that is what I really want to do. Some of my priorities are mature because of the way that I want to live them out. For example, my top priorities as of now are traveling, spending time with family that I dont see often (and still the ones that I do see), hanging with friends, and growing in my relationship with God. So I will use those in a way that glorifies God and helps me grow in our relationship.

Until next time,
Alexa(:

SUMMER 2011!

I can't wait until summer! It's going to be so fun! As of now I am going on two sorta major trips. My family and I havent gone on any real trips for a while so it will be nice to get away. In June I am just chilling with friends and I am going to go with Alyssa McKinzie to the Ronald Mc. Donald House and volunteer 3 times a week or so. I am SUPER excited about that! Even though I am just 15 and they say that I can't do anything but fill bags, I am still really excited to go and serve! For the rest of June, I will probably be just swimming and staying up late and going to Galveston and what not.

In July, I will have more of a structured month. In the beginning I will go to Texas ATM for a basketball team camp. That is always fun so I can't wait for that. Then I will go to Dallas and intern with my aunt. She is one of the top 10 designers in Dallas and will be premiering an episode on HGTV soon so I am excited to get started possibly in designing. At the end of July I am going to Yellowstone with my grandparents and my cousins. I am sorta excited for this but also kind of dredding it. I will be staying in a cabin with no cell service, no internet, no full kitchen, and no tv. I am not worried about the cell and internet service because I can deal with that, I am just scared that it will be hot and I scared about not having a fridge and microwave and stuff like that. But I know that it will be fun. And then the random days that I wont be doing anything, I will be going to RMH again with Alyssa!

Now in August, I will be getting ready for school. The first week in August I am going to Colorado with the other side of my family. I am really excited for this because I love CO and I love the cool weather and what not. Then the rest of the month I will be probably doing school stuff and hanging out. Then on the 18th I turn SIXTEEN! So I am SUPER excited about that...So yeah, that's my summer!(:

Bringing the Gospel Home

I am probably not doing the best job that I should be doing. I do share the gospel with my friends and its great, but I guess I dont as much with my family. We all go to church together and stuff but I don't encourage them with my faith as I need to be doing. I know that I need to because it will help me grow in my faith and become closer to my family. The last time I shared my faith was when I was doing service work where I was with a lot of kids. One of the older mentor people came up to me and was like I can see the joy in your eyes and the love in your smiles when you are with these kids and I just want to know like how or why. And I proceeded to tell her that its through my love for Christ that I want to love others the way that Christ loves us. So that was the last time I shared my faith with a non believer. The last time I shared my faith with another Christian was yesterday at my d group interview and at a drive time at sears. My instructer and I talked about Christ and our churches and what not. It definitely made me at ease while I was driving.
Sooo yeah(:

Until next time....
Alexa :)

Bin-Laden

 I think that we should not celebrate the death of OBL. As much as I am relieved, death is never a happy thing. It is hard not to celebrate because it truly is a great thing that he is dead because of all the deaths that he has caused us. But I am very scared because I know that his death will backfire and something terrible will happen so that we "pay for" his death. But I am glad that he received punishment. Its sad that punishment was death, but he needed to be punished regardless. So I think that it is wrong to celebrate it his death because any death is not worth celebrating but it is a major relief.

homless people dillema

HELLOOO!!

When I am in the car and a homeless man approaches me I feel soooo bad. Most of the time I am with friends so I talk to them or text. When I am with my mom I usually pretend that I am asleep or something. I always feel regret whenever I ignore them because no one deserves to be treated like that. I don’t drive yet so whenever I drive with other people I try and ask them if we can pull over at a mc. Donald’s but they are usually afraid. So whenever I drive I am definitely going to try my hardest to stop and give food to them if I don’t have anything in my car. I usually give 1 or 2 dollars or something like that. I get really encouraged by my brother because even if my brother had just earned 3 dollars from cleaning the porch, he will give it to them because he knows that he has food and a house and that is enough for him..

I would fill a pack with these things:

·            A canteen (hard water bottle)

·            A card that says Jesus loves you and a bible verse (I sometimes leave these things at tables at restaurants).

·            Some of those Kool-Aid/ Gatorade packets that you put in water and make it.

·            Cards

·            Fruit snacks

·            A hand towel

·            Flashlight

·            Maracas

·            Reusable bag (like the grocery reusable ones)

·            Granola bars

·            Lolli Pops

Until next time...

Alexa(:

Radical Series

Radical Urgency: This sermon was about having the right priorities and the right urgencies. A lot of the time we put selfish things like personal plans before God and our priorities as being a Christian. I know that I need to put God at the top of my agenda and I don't need to try and make him fit because he already should.

Radical Compassion: Radical compassion is giving EVERYTHING you have to being a loving and compassionate person. Someone who is like this devotes their whole entire life to loving people and serving them. It is RADICAL and extreme. I am trying really hard to devote my life to serving others and I think that I do, but I know that I may stray from the path.


Radical Sacrifice: Radical Sacrifice is sacrificing everything to the Lord and just giving your life to him. Its like leaving everything behind and carrying the cross forever. This is sorta like radical compassion, but in radical compassion you give up stuff to serve people and the Lord. But radical sacrifice is trusting the Lord with your life and giving it over to him so he can do what he pleases. We have to let Christ make all of our decisions

Radical Urgency

1. In your life right now, what is most “urgent and pressing”?
Right now, the most urgent thing is probably not what it should be. I honestly can not think of one thing, but I know that it is most likely a worldly possession or something of that sort.

2. How have your career plans and personal life schedule taken on an "urgent" status in your life? How is that unhealthy?
My personal schedule is super busy. It is definitely unhealthy in more than one way. First, on the weekends and during the week, I go go go. I have drivers ed at night and my weekends are jam packed. It is also unhealthy towards my relationship with God. I feel like I have to pencil him into my schedule sometimes and I should never have to do that. 

3. Do you recognize the fact that you live your life, everyday, walking through fields that are ripe for the harvest?
I am a little confused but what I think this means is do you recognize that you walk through fields of people who are ready to be changed or something like that or helped. I do recognize that and I try really hard to change how I look at people and how I serve them.

4. There is little urgency to reap a harvest. There is little urgency to share the Gospel truth with others. How can this be the case? What must we do to change this?
There is little urgency to share the Gospel because people say that they are too busy. This can be true, but you should never put those other "urgencies" before the most important one of all. We need to definitely make more time for this and maybe more opportunities for other people to join too.