Bitter sweet feeling...
I LOVE YOU KALEO SO MUCH!!!
I say bitter sweet because im sad that everyone is leaving and parting their seperate ways, but im excited for the new adventure and chapter of life and applying all the things this year of what I have learned to new things.
So I sit here in awe, thinking WOW...8 months...how does it go by so so so fast? As i look back at the year I am amazed of what I did and what was accomplished. My heart has been changed and I have been ruined for the ordinary. ( i think i said that right lol). I want my life to be more than just living it. I want to live it to the fullest and persevere through everything, not on my own strength but God's for I cannot do it on my own. I would be foolish to think that I could. This year has been the most challenging and life changing year that I could have ever prayed for. When I came into this year that was my prayer to be challenged and changed. God defenatley heard me and made that happen. I have learned so much about what being a believer in Christ is and living my life for him. I always said that I believed in God before but my actions lacked numerous times. I have been challenged this year with what does it mean to actually believe and follow God? How is my life reflecting his love and overflowing grace. The verse that really helped me along this year is found in:
Psalms 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
This verse has been my year. It has so much meaning behind it and it has been dear to my heart all year. Every time I need encouragement I turn to this verse and I feel God so much in this verse. God has been very evident this year with many circumstances that have went on. He promises us that no matter what he is with us in every thing. He will restore your soul and leads us onto his paths he has for us. It makes me wonder how people cannot believe in a God that is so great and so mighty. He is creator of all, he made this earth and the beautiful animals and all that is within. The bible talks about so many healings and has so many good stories in it. Lately when I have turned to read the bible, I randomly start reading something and each time the past week or so God has always led me to read the things that are on my heart that day and it is so evident that he knows my heart so well. Kaleo has been a year of being molded and transformed. The incredible people that I was surrounded with all year really impacted me and the support that came out of all of them is so crazy. I feel like everyone here is a huge big family to me! We all have went through so much together and experienced lots of incredible journeys through each person's story told. We have laughed, cried, talked, stayed up ALL night writing papers (which was insane but so much fun) and we have grown together as a community.
Some of the things we have done together...
classes :P ; white water kayaking, surfing, sailing, snowboarding, skiing, hiked up a mountain and conqurreed! ; caving, we split up around the world to go to: Vancouver, India, NYC, horseshoeing, swimming, hockey, volleyball, monday night worships, Missions Fest, prayed
oh man the list could go on with all the little things we did as well...
It's is just crazy looking back and seeing how much we have experienced and done this year!!
Even though Kaleo that this is a farewell for now, I know one day I will see you all again. Tomorrow well technically today we graduate aaah! This was such an incredible chapter of my life this year and I know it was in God's plan that this is where I was suppose to be.
