First Day of Nursing School

I started my first day of nursing school. I pray the Lord gives me the strength, motivation, endurance, and joy to study well in order to be a good nurse. It will be a fast three semesters that is for sure. Praise the Lord for getting me this far. May He be glorified and may He shine through me to others in Jesus' name amen. Please pray for me if you remember to. Thank you for your prayers they are very much appreciated. Philippians 2:1-13

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I am officially an adult. My birthday was this past Sunday. I celebrated with Ivan and Shannon: dinner at P F Changs and the Dark Knight Rises. Stayed the night at Circus circus where the next morning we played in the Adventure dome and I got to ride for free d^_^ b. God has been faithful to protect, lead, guide, and direct me all these years.
Psalm 1. God has blessed me abundantly.

-ina

Karen Youth Camp 2012

The Karen are a displaced people group from Burma (Myanmar) who suffer from Burmese military oppression . This supposed civil war has gone on for over 60 years. For more info visit http://partnersworld.org/usa/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=272&id=70&view=article

Calvary Chapel St. George has been supporting missionaries who minister to these people for many years now.
It was only this past weekend where all the prayers of connecting with the Karen in the US had been answered.

A group of us 35 youth and youth leaders from CCSG had the opportunity to do worship, fellowship, and hang out with Karen youth in Salt Lake City.

Soon to be Nurse

I got accepted into the nursing program at Dixie State College here in Saint George.
I'm so blessed. Normally only 32 out of 200-300 applicants are chosen by way of point system. I'm very excited. It will be a year and a half to be able to take the NCLEX and attain my RN. This is the plan thus far.

It was an answer to prayer because whether or not I got into the program was what helped me decide to stay or leave St. George. God is faithful. Proverbs 16:1,9. Good stuff.

-ina

The Amargo Abode

Ivan and Shannon were blessed to buy a house this past month. They so graciously decide to let me rent from them for the duration of my stay in St. George. It is a blessing for sure.
It is only their second year of marriage and they already are homeowners.
It is pretty sweet how God provides.
Hopefully, I'll be able to update more often about how God is moving in my life now that I have this handy blogger app.
Numbers 6:24-26

-ina

Thanksgiving

I got to go back to Temecula for 3 days over Thanksgiving break. A trip I was not expecting which was a pleasant surprise to have been able to enjoy such a luxury.

It was a blessing to see my family and be crazy with my beloved cousins. It is in theses instances when you are glad that somethings don't change.

Now looking forward to the end of the semester where most of my break will be time spent again with direct family and more family. I am specifically excited for Iza and Christopher Clark's visit here in St. George and our family trip back to California until New Years.

Currently: quit my job at Benja's (next semester's time won't allow for it). at one and a half weeks before the semester is officially over (woohoo!). co-conducting children's choir for our Christmas eve service. serving the Lord at the CC St. George.

Praises: Jesus loves and is sanctifying me. i will be able to join the youth on the Thailand 2012 mission trip. Iza and Chris are coming for Christmas. so far I know I have an A in my Physiology Lab class. that is pretty sweet. the semester is almost over. etc... etc...

Prayer Requests: growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. finals for this semester. grace with my grade for next semester. life decisions for schooling specifically whether or not I want to be a nurse or a doctor (big difference, i know).

It has been awhile since I've updated but I just want to be reminded of God's goodness and the many things I have been given.

God is faithful: one reason why we should encourage one another

"Let us hold fast the confession of [our] hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works" Hebrews 10:23,24

"walk circumspectly"/ take care

-ina

Memoirs of Faithfulness

“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

It has been a busy few weeks: interning, going to school full time, and working. God is faithful to give His kids the grace to carry the responsibilities that are placed upon us. Between being a student and going to work, life still goes on and living space and eating time has to be squeezed in there somehow.

During the first week when the summer semester started I highly doubted whether or not I could handle the schedule I was about to begin. Having been given the opportunity to really dive into the Word of God for 4 semesters of Bible College and being surrounded by solid biblical teaching in high school and just being brought up by parents who encouraged having a tight relationship with God, God brought to remembrance the promises in His Word that His Spirit will need to remind me of the rest of my earthly life like: “Be anxious for nothing but by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7

And the awesome thing was that He totally gave me a crazy kind of peace. All throughout this summer semester I didn’t have any anxiety about homework or tests or studying, granted I had to do all those things but it was more of an enjoyable experience. In my own personal opinion, when you realize school is for your learning benefit and take advantage of it rather than try to find all the loopholes and cause yourself last minute stress is a waste.

The verse that I included at the beginning of this entry specifically came alive to me concerning my housing condition. I have been living with two awesome girls who love the Lord, Tara and Kara ( they are in the picture above next to me and yes, their names rhyme and I love it).

Recently I had made a mistake in what I was going to do for next semester that seemed irrevocable based on the circumstances of that time and it was right before young adults group when it was brought to my attention and I was just about to lead worship. I panicked for a minute did all that I was capable of doing at that moment to try to correct my mistake then after doing all that, I did what I should have done in the first place, I turned to the Lord and prayed and surrendered the situation to Him and then lead worship. His presence was my comfort.

About a week after that the Lord answered my prayer like Ephesians 3:20 states

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or thing according to the power that works in us.” The Lord blessed us with a re modeled and refurnished 3 bedroom house to rent (opposed to renting out the apartment we have been living in). Despite my faithlessness He is faithful.

I’m enjoying the time off of school now and am thankful for these moments that I get to update and speak of the great things God has done for me.

If you spent the time to read this, I hope you were encouraged to put your trust in and delight in the Lord (Psalms 37:3-4). Because it is so worth it to do so. ^-^