a few pictures..

oh man, I just love these girls





Well basketball season is in full swing. We are 4-2. They played really well this weekend, it was good to see them click and get things figured out. It should prove to be an exciting season. We are off until next weekend, when we head to Washburn which is an NCAA Division 2 team, so that will be quite the test.



the seniors...





jacci and i

(this was our mug shot)

The foot is coming along, slowly, but coming. I gained a half and inch in some spots this last week, so we are getting there! Life the last 3 days has been absolutely crazy, which makes me more and more excited for Thanksgiving. We get to go home on Thanksgiving day, which is great, because I'll get to see the family for a while.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Make sure and count your blessings, because I know I am blessed beyond belief!

A Break....

I have decided to give my brain a break for a minute. I have been working on homework going on 19 hours this weekend, so I decided to take a break and update the blog :]

Tomorrow I have 3 papers, 2 lesson plans, a big fitness program, and a 25 minute presentation all due....wow, yep that's what I thought. So 19 hours later, I am getting close. Probably only a couple of hours left. In between doing homework I managed to watch a few basketball games, go to a wedding shower, make a trip to Hutch (with a stop at Starbucks of course), go to chapel, a meeting, and catch a few hours of shut eye. But when I walk across that graduation stage in April, it'll all be worth it!!

The basketball girls lost both this weekend. Most left discouraged, but for some reason looking on the outside in has changed my whole outlook on things. They saw missed shots and turnovers, bad calls and missed opportunities, but I see the opportunities ahead. This is a starting place, every great team has to start somewhere. We can't expect to pick up where we left off last year, because it is a different team, yet at the same time, I see glimpses of great things to come. There is a lot of work to do, but it's also the first part of November, not the first part of February or March. I look at our team, and think of how good we could be come tournament time, and it makes me really excited. I feel blessed to still have the opportunity to be a part of this team, I love going crazy and cheering on the bench, and providing any support and encouragement I can. If there is any way that I can help this team, that's what I want to be for them. I don't care what the coaches say, or in this case don't say, I am there for my teammates, not my coaches, I don't play for them, I play and cheer for my girls.

I have realized how protective I am of the girls on my hall. Man I just love them and want the best for them, and when other things start getting in the way of that, mama hillary starts coming out :]. It's cool to see how the Lord uses the things that you have gone through, all the junk from freshman year, and everything else, how he uses that to help other people. To show them that there is a way out, that there is a reason to strive to live by the higher road, to live the life that the Lord has called us to, not a life of being content or comfortable, but a life of being stretched and pushed and pulled. If I endure something just so that down the road I can help someone else, then I wouldn't want it any other way.

"Am I not trying to win the approval of men, or God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10

if you want me to...

I know this seems kind of soon for an update, normally I wait a month or so, but I thought I would avoid homework :]

So I was spending sometime with Jesus last night and was listening to my ipod and this song came on, and let's just say that I have listened to it at least 10 times since last night. It is actually on repeat on my computer right now, but if you haven't ever heard it, look it up! It'll be worth 3:35 that it takes to listen to it!

"If you want me to"
By: Ginny Owens

The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to

Chorus:
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise
You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will walk through the fire If You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone

ya oh oh no
So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering that Your love put You through
And I walk through the darkness If You want me to

cause When I cross over Jordan, I'm gonna sing, gonna shout
Gonna look into your eyes and see you never let me down
So take me on the pathway that leads me home to you
And I will walk through the valley if you want me to

Yes, I will walk through the valley if you want me to

listen to it...and be blessed like I was!

searching for new strength...

Isiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who wait in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.


So this verse has been up on the wall in my room for a year now, and I didn't realize how much I needed it until I walked into my room today. Strength to the weary, power to the weak. Those both describe me..so I will wait on the Lord to find new strength.

I went back to the doctor today and am back in a hard cast for 3 weeks. Then back to a boot again and then hopefully walking. We are starting over from square one, because my foot was just getting worse and not really better. So the goal was thanksgiving/start of December, then it was January, and now, well basketball season is not very likely. That's what the doctor said anyways. I guess we will see though.

Now it's just a matter of figuring out where I fit on the team. Trying to see how I can still help the team out and be a leader on the team, without being able to have an active role. I just want to be whatever they need me to be.

So for now...I am searching for new strength