spiritually, i'm doing really well right now. i had a little lull in january where i felt close to God but at the same time, distant. a good quote i heard is "when God feels far away, guess who moved?" so, this is a constant reminder that i need to stay in the Word everyday and not get "caught up" in my secular life and lose sight of my true life. right now, God is teaching me to be patient and not doubt His plan for me. faith is like a muscle, and if you don't use it, it will get weak. with this is mind, i'm trying to live in the rest of God through every moment of my life and not allow myself to worry and become anxious about the things of this world. i gave up doubting for lent, and so far, so good. i have near lapses, but quickly get back on track by reciting some good verses to myself.
a big part of my good spiritual mood would have to be AIA (athletes in action). we meet once a week on sundays at the leader's house. paul scheele is the leader, and he is doing a phenomenal job. i feel convicted and take much away from every meeting. right now, we are looking at the song of soloman and really digging into what God has to say about relationships, sex, and marriage. i've never done a study on these topics, so it has been very eye-opening. mmhmmmm!!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Life is Good, Track is Good
hey!! ohhh!! sorry for the delay party peoples, but i'm back, and i'm not going to be this triflin in the future. to begin, i will summarize the greatness which is my track right now.
so, my indoor season came to its culmination about two weeks ago in bloomington, indiana for the 2010 USA Combined Events Championships. I placed second to my training partner and wonderful person, diana pickler. we were extremely pleased to go 1-2 especially considering how new we are to our training situation. we both had a handful of pb's and had soo much fun! mmmmhmmmmmmmmm!! or uhhhhhhh huuuuuhhhhhhhh (for mr. sellers). my personal highlight of the meet was my effing high jump!!! omg!! i was sooo excited!!!! i went 1.85 (6'0.75") which is about a 1 inch pb and very long coming since i haven't had a hj pb in nearly 3yrs. this was also a meet record, so that was kind cool too. yep, yep;) before every jump, i recited the lyrics of "He's Able" by darwin hobbs. i would say "how many of you know that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ask or think of Him according to the power that worketh in us". this line (ephesians 3:20) basically told me to not get in the way of what God had for me. whatever fears or doubts i had about the competition needed to leave me, and i needed to trust in and have faith that God had something special for me. best high jump competition ever!! i made all my jumps on the first attempt (except one at 1.76) thru 1.85. so, yeah, sweetness;)
right now, i'm preparing for my next competition in arizona on april 1-2. i will be doing a heptathlon at the jim click multi meet at the university of arizona in tucson, arizona. this meet is my qualifying meet for gotzis, a big multi meet in Austria late May. it would be such a great opportunity and experience to get into this meet, so i am hella excited for the hep in arizona. as far as my outdoor schedule goes, I am planning on jim click multi (arizona), kansas relays (kansas), drake relays (iowa), home meet at kstate (kansas), gotzis (austria), usa's (iowa). so, yeah...yay competing!!
p.s. indoor pb's: 60mH 8.42, HJ 1.85, SP 13.67, 800m 2:17.93, pent 4469. long jump to come in outdoor;)
so, my indoor season came to its culmination about two weeks ago in bloomington, indiana for the 2010 USA Combined Events Championships. I placed second to my training partner and wonderful person, diana pickler. we were extremely pleased to go 1-2 especially considering how new we are to our training situation. we both had a handful of pb's and had soo much fun! mmmmhmmmmmmmmm!! or uhhhhhhh huuuuuhhhhhhhh (for mr. sellers). my personal highlight of the meet was my effing high jump!!! omg!! i was sooo excited!!!! i went 1.85 (6'0.75") which is about a 1 inch pb and very long coming since i haven't had a hj pb in nearly 3yrs. this was also a meet record, so that was kind cool too. yep, yep;) before every jump, i recited the lyrics of "He's Able" by darwin hobbs. i would say "how many of you know that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ask or think of Him according to the power that worketh in us". this line (ephesians 3:20) basically told me to not get in the way of what God had for me. whatever fears or doubts i had about the competition needed to leave me, and i needed to trust in and have faith that God had something special for me. best high jump competition ever!! i made all my jumps on the first attempt (except one at 1.76) thru 1.85. so, yeah, sweetness;)
right now, i'm preparing for my next competition in arizona on april 1-2. i will be doing a heptathlon at the jim click multi meet at the university of arizona in tucson, arizona. this meet is my qualifying meet for gotzis, a big multi meet in Austria late May. it would be such a great opportunity and experience to get into this meet, so i am hella excited for the hep in arizona. as far as my outdoor schedule goes, I am planning on jim click multi (arizona), kansas relays (kansas), drake relays (iowa), home meet at kstate (kansas), gotzis (austria), usa's (iowa). so, yeah...yay competing!!
p.s. indoor pb's: 60mH 8.42, HJ 1.85, SP 13.67, 800m 2:17.93, pent 4469. long jump to come in outdoor;)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Mo is mo-tabulous!
New blogs to come but it had to be said that Mortiz Cleve is awesome, and I am happy he did not slash my tires...
Sunday, November 22, 2009
New Job!
so! i started a new hustle a couple of weeks ago, and i absolutely love it! i'm a paraeducator in an elementary school which means that i am like a teacher's assistant. when i first looked in to this job, i was told "do not work with special needs kids! it is too hard and too stressful." seeing as i was simply looking for a flexible hustle to do in between my training, i thought that working with full functioning children would be the best for me in my situation. however, when i went to apply, the only positions open at that moment were to work with severely autistic children. needing some cheese, i applied anyway, but in the back of my mind, i said a little prayer that i would be assigned to an easier job. God had other plans.
a few weeks later, i was hired as a paraeducator to work in the autism room at amanda arnold elementary school. while i was overjoyed that God had blessed me with a job, i was a little apprehensive of the particular job i would be doing. in my mind, i needed something easy and extremely low-key. but isn't that the complete opposite of how God calls us to serve? oftentimes, i get so caught up in myself and what i need in order to get what i want. the problem with that is that the Christian life is about Jesus first, others second, and ourselves last. i had gotten the order quite mixed up.
as everyday passes and opportunities to glorify God come up, i'm realizing that my life is not about me and making sure that i'm comfortable. instead, it's about others and loving God's people every chance i get. yeah, the autism room is a bit stressful, but the joy that i get in knowing that i am doing God's work and serving others far surpasses having a "low-key" job. also, my job gives me perspective and helps me to not take any of my blessings for granted. i love going to work everyday, and i love that God didn't let me decide what was best for me. yay Yaweh!
a few weeks later, i was hired as a paraeducator to work in the autism room at amanda arnold elementary school. while i was overjoyed that God had blessed me with a job, i was a little apprehensive of the particular job i would be doing. in my mind, i needed something easy and extremely low-key. but isn't that the complete opposite of how God calls us to serve? oftentimes, i get so caught up in myself and what i need in order to get what i want. the problem with that is that the Christian life is about Jesus first, others second, and ourselves last. i had gotten the order quite mixed up.
as everyday passes and opportunities to glorify God come up, i'm realizing that my life is not about me and making sure that i'm comfortable. instead, it's about others and loving God's people every chance i get. yeah, the autism room is a bit stressful, but the joy that i get in knowing that i am doing God's work and serving others far surpasses having a "low-key" job. also, my job gives me perspective and helps me to not take any of my blessings for granted. i love going to work everyday, and i love that God didn't let me decide what was best for me. yay Yaweh!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Prayer of Jabez
if you don't know, now you know! a few years back in a used book store in ann arbor, i had the pleasure of stumbling across a little book about the prayer of jabez. i had no idea what it was about, but i said, "hey, 2 bucks. might as well." when i initially read it then, it did some amazing things in my life and really answered some of my deepest prayers. why i got away from it, i will never know, but i am officially back and hooked. this short, 4 line prayer is powerful beyond measure. i'm not going to go in-depth and give all the background info because i want to encourage you go and seek out this book. basically tho, it is found in 1 Chronicles 4:10, and reads: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested." summarizing, jabez asked God to bless him indeed, enlarge his territory and influence, that God may keep His hand on him and continue to guide his paths, and that God would keep him from evil, and God answered his prayer. so simple yet so powerful. i've been praying this prayer multiple times a day for about 2 months now, and my life has truly been changed. never have i had such confidence in my God, in what He can do in my life, and in what He will do in my life. God wants to bless us indeed, and He is just waiting for us to ask Him to. i encourage everyone to get on, and get this book. it's been doing some amazing things in my life like providing me a job, giving me a lot of hours, a possible contract, meeting true God-fearing people, and providing for me when the whole world saw otherwise. simply life changing. here is a link to some more info about it, but try to get the book, and maybe even pray the prayer right now--it's really works.
http://www.allaboutprayer.org/prayer-of-jabez.htm
http://www.thejabezprayer.com/
p.s i prayed this little prayer while i was writing this, and as soon as i finished, i received a phone call answering another one of my prayer requests. true stuff peoples!!
http://www.allaboutprayer.org/prayer-of-jabez.htm
http://www.thejabezprayer.com/
p.s i prayed this little prayer while i was writing this, and as soon as i finished, i received a phone call answering another one of my prayer requests. true stuff peoples!!
God Is Pretty Amazing
so, my life in kansas has been pretty awesome thus far. for starters, my training is freaking glorious!! i have morning lifts mon, tues, thur, fri followed by an afternoon workout, sat morning workout, and sun pool workout. holler!!!!!!! my lifting cycles have been getting me so strong. we do a lot of lunges, body squats, pull-ups galore, and other things of that sort, and for the afternoon workouts, we do so much core stuff. it's not even funny--not that core sessions are usually humorous. so, yeah...words cannot express how happy i am that i made the move to kstate. my body is transitioning very nicely. all the little aches and pains i had at michigan are light years away, and i'm stronger than ever. ohh!!! so, i love doing pool workouts! i've only had one session, and it wasn't too easy, but i love them anyway!! something about being in a pool just makes everything better. one cool thing we do is called "pool lengths". basically you try (and succeed) to swim underwater (or over) the full length of the pool (25 yards) while holding your breath the entire time. soo cool!! it hurt, but very cool. i love the mixing up of the workouts and the creativity--makes training that much more fun;)
another reason that God is pretty amazing is that He favored me once again, and it looks like i will not have to try to get a 40hr/week job in addition to training in order to survive. i won't know anything for about a month, but there is no doubt in my mind that my God will provide sweetness for me! mmmhhmmmmmm!! as of now, i work part time at a running store, Manhattan Running Company. This job is so much fun cause i get paid to talk about running all day--doesn't get much better. the owners are oklahoma state alum and so cool. yay God (and diana) for getting me this job.
hmm...what else!! so with God's blessing of having more free time, i've been getting involved in so much ministry. oh man!! i love it!! i currently attend StuMo (student mobilization) weekly meetings. it's kinda weird cause it's all college kids, but the worship and message are really good, so it's totally worth it. another freaking praise report is that i went to my first aia meeting on sun!!! omg!!! so good!! i might go on staff and get to pour into student athletes just as my aia mentors poured into me, that would be so cool. so, yeah...i'm kinda on a God high, and it is glorious.
my life has been so blessed so far, and i praise God for all He's done, is doing, and will do in my life. i know kansas state is the right place for me to do God's will, and i feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to move out here. i'm meeting new people everyday (no one has yet to top my mich peeps), and learning a lot about myself and a lot of things. one thing i will say is that i'm gaining a lot of tolerance for people different from me. while mich had some very interesting people considering it's liberalness, ksate is the opposite and quite conservative--not my ideal atmosphere. BUT God's been teaching and showing me all the good things that can come out of this situation. all is good tho. that is all for now. peace, love, and chicken grease.
another reason that God is pretty amazing is that He favored me once again, and it looks like i will not have to try to get a 40hr/week job in addition to training in order to survive. i won't know anything for about a month, but there is no doubt in my mind that my God will provide sweetness for me! mmmhhmmmmmm!! as of now, i work part time at a running store, Manhattan Running Company. This job is so much fun cause i get paid to talk about running all day--doesn't get much better. the owners are oklahoma state alum and so cool. yay God (and diana) for getting me this job.
hmm...what else!! so with God's blessing of having more free time, i've been getting involved in so much ministry. oh man!! i love it!! i currently attend StuMo (student mobilization) weekly meetings. it's kinda weird cause it's all college kids, but the worship and message are really good, so it's totally worth it. another freaking praise report is that i went to my first aia meeting on sun!!! omg!!! so good!! i might go on staff and get to pour into student athletes just as my aia mentors poured into me, that would be so cool. so, yeah...i'm kinda on a God high, and it is glorious.
my life has been so blessed so far, and i praise God for all He's done, is doing, and will do in my life. i know kansas state is the right place for me to do God's will, and i feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to move out here. i'm meeting new people everyday (no one has yet to top my mich peeps), and learning a lot about myself and a lot of things. one thing i will say is that i'm gaining a lot of tolerance for people different from me. while mich had some very interesting people considering it's liberalness, ksate is the opposite and quite conservative--not my ideal atmosphere. BUT God's been teaching and showing me all the good things that can come out of this situation. all is good tho. that is all for now. peace, love, and chicken grease.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Stepping Out of The Boat
So, I finally made my move to Kansas, and I am loving it. I remember sitting on my couch in Michigan at 6am on Friday and thinking, "I can't believe I'm going to go through with this." It's crazy the things we do when we step out in faith. I chose to consider training at Kansas State University after receiving great advice from a dear friend, Nicole Forrester. The final decision came after lots and lots of prayer. For those who are unawares, I was going to stop competing after USA's in June and go straight into a coaching opportunity. God, however, had other plans for me. I believe He was sending me a sign when He allowed me to qualify for World's. Taking this sign into account, I started praying and contacting people about the right place to train post-collegiately. Everything pointed to K-State, so here I am.
Patty (my sister, Patrice) and I made the 13 hour trip on Friday and got into Kansas around 7:30pm. I am living with a lady I found on craigslist. Don't worry, I did my research, and she is really nice. I really think God put us together. I'm learning a lot from her, and I hope to shed some of the wisdom I gained in my experiences on her. Patty and I went exploring on Saturday and tried to get a feel for the campus and town. Everything is so close, and I love it. The track is a 4min drive from my house while all my shopping is about 5 min. Glorious!! On Sunday, we checked out this church called University Christian Church. We were debating between that one and another church with an older crowd. I am so glad we chose to go to the one we did because it was just what I needed. They did the Lifehouse "Everything" skit during service, and it was fabulous. The message was about not trying to do hard things on your own and really utilizing the strength of our Savior. This spoke to me because my move has been a bit stressful for the simple problem of making money and finding a job that is flexible around my practice schedule. I've been freaking out because my search attempts have not been successful. In reality, I need to chill out and know that God will provide for me. I know my God has placed me in Kansas to advance His kingdom, and I know that He will provide for all my needs. Thanks God! (prayers to help me remember this are always appreciated).
As far as practice goes, I love everything. I have morning lifts and afternoon workouts, so the day is quite spread out which I like. Everyone on the team is very friendly, and there are high class multi eventers to train with, so it's always win-win. Another thing that I am absolutely in love with is that there are a lot of assistant coaches, so there is never a time when you would train alone. They are also extremely accommodating and understand your schedule and the need to have to have a side job (this helped me calm down a bit about my job situation). While I miss my Michigan family, I know that this is a much better fit for me at this point in my career. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting a decathlete Moritz Cleve, and he was so nice. He kinda took me under his wing, and we worked out together--so fun! He's just getting back into it too, so it's nice to have someone else in as much pain as me, lol. Today is my active rest day, so I took my roommate's dog for a walk and will do some yoga later. My body is loving it!
So, yeah...that about covers my new move. Yay God and the plans He has for me!
Patty (my sister, Patrice) and I made the 13 hour trip on Friday and got into Kansas around 7:30pm. I am living with a lady I found on craigslist. Don't worry, I did my research, and she is really nice. I really think God put us together. I'm learning a lot from her, and I hope to shed some of the wisdom I gained in my experiences on her. Patty and I went exploring on Saturday and tried to get a feel for the campus and town. Everything is so close, and I love it. The track is a 4min drive from my house while all my shopping is about 5 min. Glorious!! On Sunday, we checked out this church called University Christian Church. We were debating between that one and another church with an older crowd. I am so glad we chose to go to the one we did because it was just what I needed. They did the Lifehouse "Everything" skit during service, and it was fabulous. The message was about not trying to do hard things on your own and really utilizing the strength of our Savior. This spoke to me because my move has been a bit stressful for the simple problem of making money and finding a job that is flexible around my practice schedule. I've been freaking out because my search attempts have not been successful. In reality, I need to chill out and know that God will provide for me. I know my God has placed me in Kansas to advance His kingdom, and I know that He will provide for all my needs. Thanks God! (prayers to help me remember this are always appreciated).
As far as practice goes, I love everything. I have morning lifts and afternoon workouts, so the day is quite spread out which I like. Everyone on the team is very friendly, and there are high class multi eventers to train with, so it's always win-win. Another thing that I am absolutely in love with is that there are a lot of assistant coaches, so there is never a time when you would train alone. They are also extremely accommodating and understand your schedule and the need to have to have a side job (this helped me calm down a bit about my job situation). While I miss my Michigan family, I know that this is a much better fit for me at this point in my career. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting a decathlete Moritz Cleve, and he was so nice. He kinda took me under his wing, and we worked out together--so fun! He's just getting back into it too, so it's nice to have someone else in as much pain as me, lol. Today is my active rest day, so I took my roommate's dog for a walk and will do some yoga later. My body is loving it!
So, yeah...that about covers my new move. Yay God and the plans He has for me!
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