it makes me happy!

So how about I have this love for Africa, and it's never going to cease :)) And I like it!

Also, I will officially be on Christmas break at around 12 today!! Yippie!!

All They Really Want for Christmas...

Steven Curtis Chapman's song "All I Want for Christmas is a Family". Link below to music video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnRNP0Qipws&feature=related

yay!

So, I think I've finally come to the conclusion of what I will be doing next December around this time :) I had written a post earlier [a few weeks ago] asking everyone's opinion or advice on what I should do once I graduate next December with my BA in English. Well, I finally got up the nerve to ask my parents [don't know why I was scared/nervous, but I just was lol] to ask their opinion about what I should do. These were the options I explained to them that I have
# 1 - graduate Dec. '10 with my BA in English and begin looking for jobs, obtain a high school teaching job & earn my license while teaching.

# 2 - graduate Dec. '10, then go to grad school for Master's in Creative Writing, and then teach [& get license while I teach].

or

# 3 - graduate Dec. '10, go to grad school for a MAT degree which would give my a license there & THEN find a job and teach.

Well, drum roll please....











With much thought, though, and even more thought, I have [I think, for I'm still praying about it] decided I will go with option # 1. Even though it is the least paying option I have, it will allow me to keep only an undergrad amount of college loan debt. In the area I will be teaching in, the salary is not exactly the greatest, and there is NOT a major difference in the salary if you have a Master's vs. Bachelors. Go figure. BUT, I want to help these kids. They are underprivileged, and I want to give them a chance, because hardly anyone else wants to.
Even if I was to go to graduate school and obtain a MA degree in English or MAT degree, I would be left with lots of extra loans that I would have to pay off, when I could just graduate w/ a BA & then obtain license. So, that's what I plan to do :)) And, I am SO happy!
It's funny how you learn to become estatic over the things that most people wouldn't, just because you know that you're following your heart & what He has planned for you. Trust me, there are NOT a lot of kids I went to school with that are going to come back to this area, because they [let's be honest; and when I say this it doesn't speak of everyone, just the majority] feel they want it all, they want the high paying job with the huge house, so that they can buy the best car, etc. Well, that's not me. I want to be content with what GOD wants me to be content with. And, I have a feeling [ just a little bit :))] that GOD would rather I help the "least of these".

Like I said, I am completely happy with my decision! I can't wait to see what GOD has in store.

p.s. Just in case you haven't done the math, this means I will graduate next December & then get a job!!! Wow. I'm nervous, happy, scared, excited...

ARRRRRRRRRGGH!!

How 'bout them PIRATES???!!! C USA champions 2nd year in a row!

Worldwide AIDS Day 2009

So how would you like it if you were labeled untouchable by a infection you didn't ask for, an infection you were born with? No one touches you, people are scared to hug you. You are only three years old. Think about it. HIV/AIDS isn't a person, it's an infection. Worldwide AIDS day.

Flash Friday

I'm willing to go

I am SO thankful, GOD, that You have blessed me with the life I have. I will use everything within me to get to Africa. I want to hold those little ones who are stereotyped as infected and abused. I want them to know the hope You bring. I want them to know You, to know Your love for them. Faith without deeds is dead, ...so I'm ready. Use my life, my love, my everything.

"I give all my hopes and dreams to You, Jesus." Lincoln Brewster

"Now that I have seen, I am responsible." Brooke Fraser

"...once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12