Wow! What a week!!   Happy Belated Valentine's Day!   Well, I must say that it has been a pretty good week.   The 2 snow days that we had though, has messed up my schedule, but the 2 days off was very nice.  I LOVED sleeping in!   It kind of stunk though that Spiritual  Renewnal week was cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday; I was looking forward to Laurie speaking, she is a cool lady.  And I wanted to go visit my preschool kids yesterday and take them their valentines, oh, well.  I was also supposed to start 2 new field experiences: one on Tuesday and one on Thursday.  I got suprised today, three times!  When I was in Highschool, my daddy always got me flowers on Valentine's.  Well, last year (first year at college), he sent me a big teddy bear that smelled like chocolate, silk flowers, and candy.  Well, I suggested that he send me flowers this year.  Well, since the mail room was closed yesterday (due to a snow day), I knew that I wouldn't get anything on V-day, which is fine, but when I told my mom, she seemed worried as if I was going to get something perishible (like flowers) and was afraid what would happen to them whild the mail room was closed and they were supposed to be delivered then.  Well, today, at lunch time, I received a package from my mom and dad with tons of stuff in it: a teddy bear, a fun pen, chocolate, heart-shaped peeps, warm gloves, stickers, and this amazing heart-shaped paper weight with water and floating roses and hearts in it.  So I thought that that was my V-day gift from them. Then, after lunch, I received a V-day card from them (seperatley from the package) with a dollar in it.   Well, then, right as the mail room was closing, I received an email from the mail room saying that I had received something perishible and to come pick it up ASAP.  So I rushed over there and sure enough, it was a beautiful boquet of flowers!!!  Including 2 red roses, pink and white carnations with greenery in a glass vase.  :)  I must say that I have the BEST parents in the world!   Thanks for reading.....  Have a great weekend!   Love you guys!    

Desperate for God....

Have you ever been desperate for something?  Maybe to keep your New Year's resolution by loosing weight.  Maybe it has been to meet a goal of some sort.  Maybe for attention.  Well, Why aren't we desperate for God???  Today in Chapel, our speaker talked about having a desire for God and really being "desperate" for Him.  He had us close our eyes and hold our breath as long as we could. When it felt as if we couldn't hold it any longer, he said to hold it for a few more seconds and to really desire and see God's face.  As I was holding my breath, I could see God holding me and the struggle to not "breath", was not so hard.  I realized that when you don't concentrate on breathing that sometimes, God does it for you.  He is the ONE that keeps us going  Hopes this inspires you as it did me.  Love you guys!