Stress and all

Sorry for not blogging lately, as most of you know, it's kinda crazy around. As for our house, it is running pretty well, I can say. More or less. I can say, my out look on life has changed a bit, I now know life is not at all easy. Epically for my mom of 9. Another thing I learned is: 2 hour nap time is the best part of the day. At last but not least, I can't take a shower without a knock on the door with a child asking "You wash?" I also can say, life has got me stressed out. I try not to be too stressed, (It's hard). But I seem to make it through. ;) Something my mom told me, when I was completely stressed, "Stress is a sin" when I heard her say this I thought she was insane, and my answer was "Really??" And almost gave the stare down kind of thing. And she explained to me that when we stress we are obviously not trusting the Lord. We are taking matters into our own hands, and that's not right. As hard as this is for me, I try to not stress as much as I do. I mean, everyone LOVES quiet, right?? But doesn't mean we have to freak out until then. I'm speaking mostly to myself, and my mom knowing she reads this.

Well, I must go, I have kids to feed. ;)

All 4 Christ,
Coral

Being confused..

You know when you are SO confused with God, you have no clue what so ever what he is doing. And in this complete chaos you can still find peace in him.

As of now, I have no idea what God is doing with my life.. And at first I had no faith in Him. Took the matters into my own hands. Didn't give God anything at all. Yes I prayed about it, yes I would say 'Oh yes God's got this' but not always did I believe it till now.

God has plans for each and everyone of us. No we may not see it. I know I don't. But he does. He may take your friends, he may take your church, he can take so many things. But God has something stored for all of us. God is a God that gives and takes away. I often take the blessing and forget about the responsibilities.

God's plans are bigger than mine, he knows ALL. How amazing is that? All we need to do is hold on to him.

Okay, so I saw the new 'Alice in Wonderland' yesterday. Amazing movie!
I don't know if this spoils the movie or not.. But I am going to say a line. That one Caterpillar thing tells Alice, when she is crying and all that jazz. 'The sword knows what it wants. All you have to do is hold on to it.' Funny thing, I use this movie to try and describe what I am saying.
But, God knows what he wants.. He doesn't need help! All we have to do is hold on to him. Trust in him, know He is our God. Who is fully capable of taking matters into his own hands.

All4Christ,
Coral Christine

My new best friend

Okay, I have a new best friend. Even though she doesn't really know we are best friends, its like my mom and Beth More. ;) But I love this chick, her name is Lexi. Her family is JUST like ours. They just adopted from Ethiopia, go figure! She wants to change the world, and she is already starting! Check it out: jumps4joy.blogspot.com
She is like my new role model!! I just love her hha. She's only 15. She is truely amazing!

Well sorry Lexi for no before notice of our friendship. ;)

All4Christ,
Coral

So awesome!!

I love my new sister!! Just having her here is soooo awesome!! Lastnight, I went to my Pathways class like I do every Monday, It was all about linguistics. Truely amazing! Afterwards I had my best friend LIBBY, come over. We had a random thought that we would try it out. We ended up staying up till 2:30 and learning over 200 words and phrases from Meski, mind you she doesn't really speak english and we know no Amharic. It was soooo much fun to see my sister excited about us learning her launguage! It was too cool! After our 3 hours of Amharic we decided to pray, this was a non-stop prayer. It lasted till 3:00 no its not those prayers that last 5 days, but it was cool to see a group of teens so in love with the Lord.

Well, I must go for we are re-writing all our Amharic.

Ciao-Bye

Doers of the Word, not just hearers.

I haven't blogged in a long time... Been pretty busy as most of you know.

Well, after the first week of being home, I finally caught up to jet lag, got used to not having security check each time you walk into a store, and most of all... Not seeing sad hungry faces on the side of the streets. Every where, there were beggars, I can not express this enough. I remember coming home and saying this over and over again. No matter where I went, there were hungry homeless people.

As I spoke before about the hospital in Kenya, I remember this one face, this one women, she was an elderly women sitting in a wheel chair, an IV in her arm and tears running down her face. Once in awhile I just sit and think of her. She was sick in a 3rd world country, probably not a lot of money, and not any REAL good meds. I live in the U.S.A. and as a kid even, I am more rich than most of the people there. Why can't I do something? Why is she probably not even alive by now, and I did nothing? I know I am only 13. I can't just hop on a plane and leave home, of course not! But can I make a difference? I can not just sit here and do nothing! I am sick of it. I said this to myself and to God, I don't even really like being home... Yes the fist time I got home I loved it. But I sit here and cry over the face of this women, or the young blind boy who was begging on the street... And I did nothing.

I want to do something, my amazing friend Amy (Thiele as I call her) shared this versus with me
1 Timothy 1:12
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for believers in speech, in life, in love, and in purity.
(Clap for Amy)
Being a kid.. Doesn't mean I can't make a difference. I know the Lord has something planned for me, and all my other friends who want to follow the Lord.. We just have to listen, and go.

All4Christ,
Coral

Down and almost out

Have you ever had the experience of passing out or getting close to passing out? Its the weirdest, creepiest feeling... When we where in Kenya... We started our 8 hour drive to the village.. On our way, I fell asleep. Waking up few hours later to my face slamming the front seat, a big boom with water splashing on the windshield followed by my mom yelling "We hit him we hit him!" Him was a young boy who ran out in front of our car. This young boy should of been dead... But by God's grace. He is alive and well. The next day, we went to visit this young boy. (Mind you I'm scared to death in Kenya) We make it to the hospital and I was already feeling car sick. Going in side was over whelming... So much sick and hurting. That could be stop. It hurt me just to see it.... We went into the children's clinic. Where we saw the young boy... It was horrible. I would never expect him to look like that. We prayed over him and his family. After that I pulled my mom aside and told here I need to leave before I throw up. Me and my dad stepped out into the hall way and waited. Trying to hold it down, I lost my hearing. We started making our way down stairs when I lost my sight and told my dad I'm going to pass out. I can't remember all what happen. But I remember getting outside throwing up and gaining sight back. I can tell you how happy I was that I didn't all the way pass out. And that I learned alot from this scary experience. It was so poverty stricken there. And I want to help. Well... I must go for now.

All4christ
Coral

P.s. Kt I found some tea you might like. ;)

Today's post.

Truly forever and positively in love with Jesus.
To tell you the truth, it took awhile to realize how much I really loved Jesus. I mean I love him A LOT... Each day I try to fill my thoughts with him, and how I can't wait to go spend time with him in my quiet place. (heheh my room) I want him to be my true forever focus, yes when I'm married I will be in love with that man. But still never as much as I am in love with my Savior. I love taking time to talk to him... Even though I can not say I spend a lot of time with him. But I try to take it one day at a time getting more and more into his word. And I would like to encourage everyone to spend time with him. I bet he would love it more than any other person.


Truly and forever,
Coral Christine