Monday, May 10, 2010Things to do this summer:
1) Grow in the Lord. I think I'm the most excited about this one. :) I know God is going to challenge me to grow in my faith in tremendous ways, and I am so thrilled.
I've decided that part of my growing experience will include blogging. Yes, actually blogging. I'm going to use this blog to just be real about what God's doing in my life to challenge my faith and grow me as His daughter.
2) Spend time with my family. This summer is my way of making up for last summer, where I neglected things that were forever in order to hold onto something that I wasn't meant to keep. I'm really excited to spend more time with my siblings and my parents, whether it's Wii Sports and hanging out with the siblings to Pilates and cardio with Mom to jogging and discussing Chinese affairs with Daddy, I want to make sure that this summer is one in which I give to my family.
3) Read lots of books. It's really sad that the book list I made at the very beginning of the year has seen very little progress. Maybe this summer will change things? I want to add to the list "活着" and "许三观卖血记" by Yu Hua.
3) Improve my Chinese! I've decided to do this cool quality-time activity with Daddy. Every day I will find a Chinese news article and read through it. Once Daddy gets home from work, we'll discuss it together! That way CHIN411 will be easier for me come fall semester, and I won't be such a noob when discussing things with Chinese people.
4) Pursue hobbies. I want to knit. Paint. Play piano. Do Pilates. Do whatever. Write. Read. Everything. I even want t
5) Make a difference. Last summer I really wasn't a good friend at all to the oldest friend that I have, Sarah. Sarah has spent almost a year now battling leukemia, and her testimony has been so blessing to me. This summer I want to invest into her life and be a true friend and sister in Christ to her. I want to love on her and pray for her and pray with her and be even half as much of an encouragement to her as she has been to me. I'm really excited because we're planning for me to take a trip to her place this summer where I can spend a week with her just to keep her company and do girls stuff. I'm so blessed just thinking about it!
6) Pray.Pray.Pray. This is last on my list, not because it's least important, but because I wanted to go full circle. God has really stretched me this year in my prayer life at GCC, but I have been so tremendously blessed by the challenge and am still inching forward to having the prayer life that I want. I have been so immensely encouraged by the testimonies of my brothers and sisters who pray continually. I'm excited to spend more time speaking with the Lord and just conversing.
Anyway, yay summer 2010! I'll keep this blog updated about how and what I do.
Praise God for home and relaxation and the simple life.
1) Grow in the Lord. I think I'm the most excited about this one. :) I know God is going to challenge me to grow in my faith in tremendous ways, and I am so thrilled.
I've decided that part of my growing experience will include blogging. Yes, actually blogging. I'm going to use this blog to just be real about what God's doing in my life to challenge my faith and grow me as His daughter.
2) Spend time with my family. This summer is my way of making up for last summer, where I neglected things that were forever in order to hold onto something that I wasn't meant to keep. I'm really excited to spend more time with my siblings and my parents, whether it's Wii Sports and hanging out with the siblings to Pilates and cardio with Mom to jogging and discussing Chinese affairs with Daddy, I want to make sure that this summer is one in which I give to my family.
3) Read lots of books. It's really sad that the book list I made at the very beginning of the year has seen very little progress. Maybe this summer will change things? I want to add to the list "活着" and "许三观卖血记" by Yu Hua.
3) Improve my Chinese! I've decided to do this cool quality-time activity with Daddy. Every day I will find a Chinese news article and read through it. Once Daddy gets home from work, we'll discuss it together! That way CHIN411 will be easier for me come fall semester, and I won't be such a noob when discussing things with Chinese people.
4) Pursue hobbies. I want to knit. Paint. Play piano. Do Pilates. Do whatever. Write. Read. Everything. I even want t
5) Make a difference. Last summer I really wasn't a good friend at all to the oldest friend that I have, Sarah. Sarah has spent almost a year now battling leukemia, and her testimony has been so blessing to me. This summer I want to invest into her life and be a true friend and sister in Christ to her. I want to love on her and pray for her and pray with her and be even half as much of an encouragement to her as she has been to me. I'm really excited because we're planning for me to take a trip to her place this summer where I can spend a week with her just to keep her company and do girls stuff. I'm so blessed just thinking about it!
6) Pray.Pray.Pray. This is last on my list, not because it's least important, but because I wanted to go full circle. God has really stretched me this year in my prayer life at GCC, but I have been so tremendously blessed by the challenge and am still inching forward to having the prayer life that I want. I have been so immensely encouraged by the testimonies of my brothers and sisters who pray continually. I'm excited to spend more time speaking with the Lord and just conversing.
Anyway, yay summer 2010! I'll keep this blog updated about how and what I do.
Praise God for home and relaxation and the simple life.
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