Post ugh...it's been a while

HI!

So I've been away an just super busy with finals and traveling so yeah. I didn't look at the prompts I was suppose to write about because there were just way too many emails.

So...

I'm just going to tell you about how things have been for me lately.

Right now I'm currently in Houston Texas chillin con mi familia. My mom, dad, and little bro drove down here Monday night so I've been here for like 2 daysish. My oldest sister flew into Houston from New Orleans this morning because she was building houses for Habitat for Humanity. My other sister is flying in tonight at midnight from Atlanta. It's been really nice seeing my family. Some of them I haven't seen in three years or since the summer. It's hard to see each other because traveling is super expensive and none of us have money to really be traveling everywhere. Lately I've just been writing essays for my finals. All is DONE now though. I just turned in my last one via email. Hopefully I did well. I'm glad I'm done because now I can just spend time with family and all my cousins kids that are so cute.

Spiritually I've been ok. I haven't been able to read the Bible in a long time. I hope to set some time aside today or tomorrow so I can read. I've been keeping up on my prayer and for sure been praying for some extended family members and trying to not go crazy on them lol. I have some really annoying extended family members, no joke. I know it's bad but I have to try really hard to like them lol.

Anyways, that's how I've been lately. Right now I'm just enjoying freedom. I still feel like I have to do something though lol. I'll be going to see my grandpa on my moms side in a bit. Then going to a HUGE family dinner later on my dads side. ALSO! I don't know if you guys have this at family gatherings when you have dinner but there is always a "grown ups" table and "little kids" tabel for dinner. I've officially made it to the "grown ups" tabel. I don't know how to feel about it yet lol. It kinda makes me feel old.

Picture of the DAY!

This is a picture of my cousin's daughter Brianna. She is four years old and very very tall for a four year old lol. We took this picture during a break last night when I was writing my final. She is super cute and really likes to play with our puppy. WHICH we also brought with us down to Texas. Once you guys get fb again, you can see photos of my trip once I put them up.

Day 8&9

Hi!

I haven't been on in a while. I've been mad busy with tests and work lately. So...

Day 8: Reflection on October
I don't remember much of October honestly. It went by really fast. I think I started going to Life Group again but I'm not sure exactly. I kinda realized that I was being really selfish and I also was hurt by some people and I just didn't want to deal with them but I realized that I really had to forgive them and come back to my church because all the other churches I felt just went through motions and didn't really challenge you.

Day 9: How I've been blessed by Sunghyun
For those of you that don't know who Sunghyun is. She is one of the sophomore girls in my life group. Sadly she is going back to Korea but it's something that God is calling her to do. I know that she is such a smart girl and so strong in her faith that I have no doubt in my mind that she will continue to grow with God. Though I don't know her too well. I love how open and vulnerable she is with not only life group but her friends. I've also been so blessed by her kindness and her genuine love for people. Even if people were  non-believers, she still loved them and cared for them. Another thing that about Sunghyun that blesses me is her love for God. I've heard so many people talk about how they love God and how important He is to them. However, the way she talks about Him is so real and I feel that there is nothing else in the world that she loves more that Him. It almost makes me cry when she talks about how much she loves Him and how important He is to her, no joke, I almost cry. Lastly, I love how comfortable she is with herself and how she never seems to be bothered by other people. She has such confidence and I admire her for that. I hope that what ever God calls her to do, that she does it with full faith and no questions lol. I hope that not only I, but the rest of life group can stay in contact with her. ALSO! I hope that if I go to Korea, that I can go and see her!
            Love,
               Rebecca <3<3<3<3<3   <-More love lol

Picture of the Day!

No verse of the Day :s

I'll have one next time, promise!

Day 7: My November

Things I learned in November:

-I may graduate a semester early

-Forgiving others

-Having a heart for others and helping them out even when I'm busy

-I have to let go of idols and things of this world in order to get to know God more and myself

-I like to have control of my life as in the things I do right now, not particularly in the future

-I try to justify my sins and flaws

-Some of my closest friends aren't graduating with me next year

What was difficult for me?:

-Trying to let go and letting God have complete control

-Repenting of my sins and admitting my flaws

-The realization that I hold my friends so high up and I really to fear not being able to see them after graduation. That fact is very difficult for me

What's my favorite memory of November?

When my little brother came to vist for the weekend. I'm not sure where he stands with God but I'm really glad he came to visit because I was able to invite him to my life group Thanksgiving dinner. I know he had fun but I'm still not sure if he likes the idea of going to church. He might be transferring here next year and I hope that he will come to church with me. I know I can't change him and that only God can but I'll continue to pray for him. Either way, his visit was my favorite part of November because he is one of my best friends in the entire world.

Picture of the Day!

Verse of the Day :D
Isaiah 41:10
"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Por Que?
It's getting close to crunch time for exams well...for me massive amounts of papers. Either way, it's stressful and this verse really helps me. It's very encouraging.

Day 6: Prayer for Life Group aka Funs/Guns *Love*

Even though we already had Life Group (LG) today. It's still not too late to say a little prayer hehehe.

Heavenly Father,

I thank you so much for the brothers and sisters in my life group. We come from so many different backgrounds but we are all united by You. The diversity within lg is such a blessing because we can learn so much from each other and we can learn about the different ways You have blessed each and everyone of us.

I pray that though finals week(s) are coming up, that You can guide and help all of us. I hope that we can be a support system to each other not only on a friendship level but through a spiritual level as well during this stressful time. I want us to grow in being a support system for each other through finals and through the rest of lg.

In the future I hope that we can grow closer as a spiritual family and learn to keep each other accountable...even if it involves some rebuking, learn to genuinely care for each other, and be there for one another through the good and bad. Even though our lg is already huge, I pray that our lg grows in number next semester BUT most importantly it grow spiritually because that is what we should want to grow in the most. I also hope that we can become more open and vulnerable with each other and really intercede for one another.

I thank You so much for the first semester of being in the lg and for the fact that they accepted me with open arms even though I was mad flaky for the first two months. I'm also so thankful for the love and support that life group has for every member and new comer and I hope that this care will continue into the new year.

I raise up all these prayer in Your precious sons name.

Amen.

Picture of the day!!!

I eats pomegranate :D Oh man...this is such a horrible pic of my face lol. I must love you guys a lot because I would fo sho not put this up on anything else >.<

NO BIBLE VERSE TODAY!

Since I had Bible study tonight I'm going to skip the bible verse because I really liked what we talked about in Genesis today. It made me think a lot.

Day 5: What I'm looking MOST forward to this week!!!

애교 시간!!!!~

오뉴 오빠!!! 사랑해 오빠!!!

 ^_^  ㅋㅋㅋㅋ O.O

                    <3<3<3<3~

I have no shame! No regrets!

Listening to my 오빠's music is what I'm looking forward to this week lol. My favorite picture of him is the third one lol. When I get really busy, I don't have time to actually enjoy music. I listen to a lot of kpop. I'm also looking forward to working at Totoro lol. Work is hard and it takes a lot to remember what people ordered and stuff but I feel like it will help me with my communication skills and build relationships with my new coworkers...even though most of them don't speak English, minus the waitstaff lol. ALSO! We play kpop at work so I'm like...yay! I'm also looking forward to baptism this weekend! Listening to people's testimonies is always so humbling and just a reminder of God's grace and love for His children.

This image will make sense later lol.

I know there has been a lot of pictures in this blog post but...

PICTURE OF THE DAY! :D 오빠 style ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 

민호 오빠!!! 너무 귀여워!!!

So he isn't a panda but he is so cute here! Minho is also part of SHINee which is the band Onew is in AND leader of. Omg...so...no words...lol.

If you don't know who SHINee is listen to this song. It's one of their old songs from their first album I believe but it's my favorite still. So cute! ALL of them are so cute hahaha ok, I'm done "fan-girling"...LEXA! Also...ignore their weird early 2000s clothes lol.

Verse of the Day :D

Proverbs 10:12 (NLT)

"Hatred stirs up quarrels,

but love makes up for all offenses."

Por Que?

I'm going to try to explain this mathematically what I think it means lol.

Love=answers to all problems...God=Love...

Love>Hate....

God>Hate

I don't know if that makes sense but it does to me lol.

Day 4: kinda like yesterdays post but different...not really lol.

9:30am-11:30am:
Sunday celebration! aka, church service lol. It was really good. I liked how Pastor Pete explained the facts behind O' Emmanuel. I really like history too so it was cool that he tied in some historical and geographical things to the meaning lol. I went to church today because I felt like going lol. I don't know how to explain why. I just like to go and hear how the Pastor is interpreting the Bible and sometimes I don't quite understand some verses in the Bible and its good to have someone kinda explain it to me. Another thing I like is how the Pastor can make it relatable to current life. Some people think it's hard to take ideas from the Bible and relate it to current life but going to church on Sunday is helpful because the Pastor explains it well.

11:30am-2:30pm:
I had lunch with my friend Lexa and went on a Meijer adventure lol! She is in my LG(Life Group). I love her to bits! It was just a good time to catch up with her and get to know her more. Most of the time we "fan girled" lol. The meijer adventure was done in order to get stuff for the giving tree at church. We had both signed up for it so we wanted to go get our stuff before the crazyness of finals.

3pm-3:45pm:
I got ready for my frist day/training at Totoro! I made sure I looked presentable because its good to look nice because it makes me feel good when I look nice. Plus, if I look nice maybe I'll get tips hahaha. Also, my mom told me to look nice lol.

4pm-9:30pm:
I worked/trained during the time. I had to do this in order to know what I have to do for my job. It was helpful because I was able to get to know some other workers and how to work on my feet (as in fast). It was nice too because afterward we got dinner together/the cooks made some food. I really like it. I know its going to be tough but I think I'll survive with God's help and grace lol. The workers seem really nice. All the cooks and kitchen staff are Mexican so I can talk to them a bit and the sushi chefs are Korean so I can talk to them a bit too lol. Mind you this is a Japanese restaurant hahaha...no one that works there is Japanese.

10pm-11pm:
I went to a prayer meeting at North Quad with some friends to pray for the people living in North Quad and to pray for the upcoming exam season. I went because even though I don't live there, I know that the people there need lots of prayer. I feel that there are a lot of people bound to sin and the secular world. Also, I wanted to pray for the upcoming exam season because it's going to get tough and I feel that everyone needs prayer lol. I think too it is a good time to reach out to people. I think this because...I know I'll be really stressed but I have God to help me and to lean on and if I'm stressed and I have Him. How stressed are those that don't have Him in their life going to be? So think its going to be good to just reach out to others that are prechristians during this stressful time and tell them that they aren't alone and maybe explain the Gosspil to them.

11:45pm
SURPRISED SAMMY FOR HER BIRTHDAY!!! Sammy is also in my LG but she is in my grade, Lexa is a freshman lol. She turned 20! Sooo young -___-' My class wanted to surprise her because its good to bless someone on their birthday and we love her. I love her lol.

1am-???
I'm blogging lol. Actually...I'm getting tired of blogging lol. I feel like its more of a task then fun :s Maybe I need to spice things up a bit lol. Then making a special gift for someone hehehe ^_^ Then bed.

Picture of the day!

Aww so cute!!! AH! White tigers are the cutest of all tigers. FACT.

Verse of the Day :D

Proverbs 3:5-6

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

and He will make your paths straight."

Why?

I felt that this verse really ties in with the sermon this morning from church and fits with the crazyness of exams coming up. I feel that I TRY to depend on God all the time but I feel subconsciously I try to still do everything on my own. This time! I fo sho will depend on God this finals season because I know I will suffer without Him.

Click on this! It was the last song I listened to while ending this post lol. Its not really special lol.

Day 3: Things I did today and por que.

11:50 am:
I woke up to my friend Maria calling me and yelling at me that I was suppose to be at mojo (dining hall) at 12 to swipe in my crippled friend and have lunch with people.

12pm-1:40pm:
I had lunch with some friends. One of them I really hadn't seen in a while and she had recently gotten into a really bad car accident. I went to the ER that night to see her and we've been getting really close so I wanted to giver her a free meal too at mojo since she can't really go places.

2pm-4:15ish pm:
I had to go to the Michigan Theater to see a movie they were showing for my Korean class. Apparently we have to go to one and it was the last one so I HAD to go because I never went to the others hehehe. The movie was really good but sad and it made me angry because they didn't catch the killer when I wanted them to lol.

5pm-6:50pm:
I don't know if I should tell people what I was doing but I guess I'll make it general and I'll tell people later. I was helping a friend prepare a very very special night for a very special someone. Hopefully all is going well right now and it will be big BIG news tomorrow within the Harvest Church Community lol. I wanted to help this person a lot with this project because they helped me a lot last year and yeah. This person is also just overall very kind and I wanted to pay them back for being so patient with me last year lol.

7pm-8pm:
I walked back to Couzens...it's so cold outside! I waited for someone to see if they wanted to go to dinner but they are very indecisive and it's made me mad. I can't stand when people just don't know what they want to do lol.

8:15pm-9:15pm:
I went to bubble Island to kill some time and study for my Korean quiz on Monday. I got a phone call from Totoro (a Japanese restaurant). I answered and the first thing said was, "Hi, is this Rebecca?...Are you free at four tomorrow to start training?" I apparently got a second job lol. I thought the application process would of been longer but it wasn't. PTL! Hopefully I can handel being a full time student and working two jobs O.o I keep thinking to myself, "God will never give me what I can't handel." I just need to stay on task for school...

9:15pm-10:50pm:

 

This is a photo of the Common Cup were my friend David proposed. There were lots of stars to hang lol.

I went to Pizza House to celebrate the engagement of my friends David and Amy!!! I'm so excited! I wen't to congratulate them on their special night. David was my life group leader last year and he was very patient with me and helped me a lot spiritually. I also helped him in making a lot of stuff for the place where he was proposing. I really wanted to bless the both of them in helping David with the decorations.

11pm-1am:
I was with one of my really good friends. He seemed really down and just kinda lonely. At first I really didn't know how to cheer him up but I just talked to him a bit and I went to go get him food because he didn't eat dinner. As I've said in earlier blogs, friends mean a lot to me. So I really get sad when my friends are sad or upset. I hung out with him and watched "Scrubs" with him and it was really nice just hanging out with him. I really hope he feels better because I really care for him and I don't like it when he is sad :(

1am-Sleep:
I'm just blogging lol. Then going to bed.

Picture of the Day!

This panda baby is so cute!!! I can't take the cuteness! Its too much! O.o 

Verse of the Day :D

1 Corinthians 13:13 

"Three things will last forever--

        faith, hope, and love--

 and the greatest of these is love."

Por que?

Love is something very important to me. I try to not throw it around that much...aka, I don't tell people I really love them that much. I do care for people in my life but I feel like love is something very strange. There are so many types of loves, or at least I think there is. Like love of a friend, love of family (biological), love of family (church), love of hobbies, pets and so on lol...lots of forms. I really like this verse because not only does it talk about things that last forever but how love is something that will never die. Sometimes after people break up or have hard times at home, they say, "I will never love anyone else" or "I will never love someone because I've been hurt by _______." My question is...

BONUS QUESTIONS!

-Do people who say things as stated above really know what love is?

-Will humans ever really understand what love is?

-What do YOU think love is?

Day 2: Music I listened to in the 90s because I never really listened to pop

As a young Rebecca. I never really got into the whole pop music thing. Most of the music I listened to growing up was grunge or some form of rock. I really didn't start listening to music I liked until the late 1990s...1999 when I was 8 so about...4th grade...I think. I'm trying to stay in the spectrum given but I don't remember anything past the 7th grade really. Anyways...I met a girl named Ali and she let me listen to her CD player (yes, remember those?) and there was a Nirvana CD in it from her older brother. I really liked it so I started borrowing CDs from her. She got me into Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica (which I still really like actually), Pixies and other grungesk bands. Then she got me to listen to a lot older music like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Beatles (which my parents also heavily influenced), Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Marley and so on. My parents also approved of all the older rockers because that is what they listened to as teens/young adults.

I really liked and STILL like Nirvana a lot. I think one song that comes to mind is "Come As You Are."

I really liked that as a kid. I'm not sure why. I wasn't in particular depressed or had angst against the world...yet. However, even though some people think grunge music lead to a not so good life. I think I turned out pretty well. Don't get me wrong, I did fall hard in high school but that wasn't just because of the music. There were a lot of outside factors. I feel that young people are very impressionable and sometimes by accident or abuse blame their misbehavior on music. People just need to calm down! <-I can't think of a nicer or more sophisticated way of expressing my anger towards people sometimes...its hard to explain...we can talk in person if you want more details lol. Plus, something about Kurt's long, blonde, messy hair I found very attractive as a kid/preteen/teen. Yes, I was a weird child but guess what?! I'm still weird and his baby blues still get me lol.

Picture of the Day!

So this is FO SHO the widest my
eyes have ever been lol.

Verse of the Day :D
Proverbs 18:24 (NLT)
" There are "friends" who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother."

Pro que???
Friends are super important to me and believe me. I've had many friends who I swear had their life mission to destroy me. I've had my run in with bad influences but that is another story. Anyways... I really like this because it's not easy for me to open up but I really find that I can open up to my clothes friends or brothers and sisters in Christ a lot more than my blood sisters and brother. There are just different bonds between the two and sometimes siblings aren't the best of influences...believe me on that too. I'm not sure why exactly I find this interesting but I think that is another reason why lol. It gets you thinking about what is the real definition of a friend.

BONUS QUESTION!
What is a friend to you?

Day 1.5 ...because I never read what I was actually suppose to do with Day 1. I kinda do what I want...

SOOOOO...
I fo sho didn't do day 1 right         -________-' ooooooo......


Secret Santa Prayer Request...I'm going to sum it up so I don't give away who it is. Yeah, I'm sneaky like that. "Do well on finals"<-Looking at this persons major...finals will be hard. BUT! This person is smart  and I know they will do wells so yay! AND I'll pray for you too hehehe ^_^ Second request, "Take a friend to Church."

The lesson I learned from Ephesians 1:3-6 
-We are all significant to God and He has something planned for us here on earth. We may not know what it is but we just need to have humility and faith in Him
-I really need to have more faith in myself ㅠ_ㅠ 

SOMETHING NEW!
-At the end of each blog I will add a cute picture of a Panda, Tiger, OR ME (hehehe) because they are awesome and I'm awesome.
-I will have a "Verse of the Day :D " and a short expiation por que (why).

Here are some samples of pictures you may see through out this month

This is the biggest my eyes have ever and I mean EVER been.

I know they aren't real tigers but they are so cute!

Verse of the Day :D (...aka night because Day 2 is coming up right after this post lol)

Galatians 3:5 (NLT)

"I ask you agian, does Goes give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Chirst."

Por que??? (Why???): 

Because I feel that sometimes people/Christians, including me, feel that if they obey the law weither it be God's or human, that they are "good" and should just be given things. However, God did not send us the Holy Spirit and work miracles amongst us because we just obeyed Him. It's because we believe in Him.

BONUS QUESTIONS!

What does it mean to "obey" and to "believe" in God? Can you have one without the other?

Things I stumbled upon: Day 1

So I honestly forgot today was the first so my limited time/fasting of FB will start tomorrow...oops...
Anyways...

Something I found really interesting today was this article on npr...which I actually stumbled upon through FB.

The article was about a man being mugged but he stopped his mugger in his steps by offering his coat. There is more to the story but I really want you guys to read it.

Here: http://www.npr.org/2008/03/28/89164759/a-victim-treats-his-mugger-right

I know people are nice but this guy was more than nice, he was brave.