It's beginning to look alot like Christmas......

if you know me, you know that i LOVE Christmas.....it is a great rememberance of all we are so richly blessed with....as i was shopping this evening, i couldnt help but have a heart of gratefulness for ALL God has given me....it is amazing how quickly we lose sight of the JOY of our salvation....it is hope...it is life....wow, what an amazing concept yet easiest thing to forget....so i just wanted to say thank you to some people who have richly blessed my life...

First off, thank you so much Aunt Tammy and Uncle Cletis....you took me in without hesitation and loved to me without reserve....thank you just simply isnt enough to capture all that my heart feels toward you....you have been such Godly examples.....thank you for living what you told me....i love you so very much

Secondly, thank you to my wonderful sister, who lives to provide for her loved ones....she was a mom when she needed to be and always my best friend....although we sometimes dont see eye to eye, i am forever grateful for her foundational love for me....i love you so much, my sista!

Thirdly, thank you so much, Jamie for all you do for me....words could never begin to capture my love for you....i am so thankful for you...the laughs, the memories, the accountability, the passion for people, and so many more amazing things that compose our relationship....thank you for your leadership...i honor and respect you...you are growing into the man of God that i know you desire to be....so this Christmas season, i want you to know that i am so very thankul for all you do, big and small.....you are so special to me...

Fourthly, to all of my friends.....Brooke, Bethanie, Elizabeth, Terri, Jaimie, Daniel, Andrew, Hillary, Tasha, Daniel, Pam, Michelle, Kathy, Jenny, Jon and Kristy, Tyler R., Summer, Shane, Randy, Stef, Mike and Stef....oh man....and so many more....if i didnt name you i apologize....my brain is dead, but i want each and everyone of you to know that i love and appreciate each of you and all that you bring to my life.....

My eyes are heavy so i must go to bed....love you all!

AHHHHHH......LIFE IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!! Praise the Lord!

I just wanted to update, since i neglect the xanga world far too often....things are just going above and beyond all i have asked or imagined....I am working alot between my two jobs, but am honestly learning to LOVE those jobs as i am seeing God use me in this amazingly hard mission field....the opportunities that God have given me have been such a blessing to be a part of...

I am really looking forward to moving in January....i am ready RIGHT NOW!!!!! But i have much to do before i venture ahead...i will be starting off working full-time and doing online classes and then, hopefully, transferring into Liberty next semester...YAY! I will be majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Biblical studies....man, the future is so exciting because the faithfulness of God in my past gives me security for my future.

I just wanted to say i have really had a great time with my family lately....i am truly blessed to have been placed in the home of my aunt and uncle...i am really going to miss them....

Things with Jamie, for those who have asked, are fun! All i can say is that we are soaking up the blessings that God has so graciously given us- our family, our fiends, our ministry opportunities, and each other....if its one thing we have both learned...."CARPE DIEM" -cease the day! We have way to many blessings to embrace to always wish for what we dont have....dont sweat the small stuff....smile because someone needs to see some kind of joy in a world of sadness; laugh to show the world that children of God are the happiest among men, and by the way, if you arent happy, why not? You have hope for each new day-PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!! and love like it is your last day here bc you never know what could happen.....ok i am gonna end this...but may God richly bless you all! Love you guys dearly!

Whit

Well...hello to all ...so so so SO much has changed...but i have found that, with change, comes a more intimate walk with the Lord....I feel like my life took a sharp right hand turn...but this time was so incredibly wonderful....He gives and takes away...Praise the Lord for the many gifts he given me.....

Still working full time at the Pharmacy...it is going great. but i will be transferring to the one in Lynchburg bc i am moving there in January....and will hopefully be attending Liberty ASAP!!!! SO fun times to be had ahead of me.....as many of you know, Jamie has been thrown back into my life and we have had alot of fun....so that is pretty much what is going on for now.....

"For we know that ALL things work together for good for them that love God and them that are the called according to His purpose...."

So, I am going stir crazy! AAAAAAHHHH! I hurt my knee at  work on Monday and have to stay completely off of it until Monday....I tore my meniskus....how ever you spell that...they injected me with all kinds of HORRIBLE things and drew some blood off of my knee....BUT they gave me some vicatin so I dont feel a thing...please pray for me that I dont go insane just laying with my leg propped up in the air....Ty has really been a SUPER helper:) And he would tell me that sounded extremely homo...haha! Ok, that is it for now