Here am I; Send me!

A little bit of past: For the past several years I have felt a calling for missions. I've been on many mission trips, in the United States and even traveling to Kenya, Africa this past summer. I know my calling is from the Lord and He has reaffirmed it in my heart many times. After going to Kenya I felt that this is where He wanted me and was looking forward to Him sending me back this summer.
My first opportunity to go back: August 5-15. I was estastic and knew that God was leading me back. However, my dear friend Chrissie got engaged and set her wedding date for August 7th, then asking me to be a bridesmaid. I knew that it was something I wanted to do; she had asked me months before. I declined from that trip and began to pray about another one. Score! A trip in July, with New Directions. Again, I just knew it was a sign from God. But many factors kept coming up that were pulling me away from the trip. I prayed and prayed and felt that maybe I was not supposed to be in Kenya this summer. But I didn't want to admit that to myself or anyone else so soon.

Fast forward to last week: Still praying and starting to seek advice from my parents about the situation. Three of out the four of my parents all said that maybe I should go and explore other areas of the world. That maybe God needed me somewhere else this summer. I prayed over that, but wondered where could it possibly be.

Then to this week: A man that is a dear family friend (and one of the strongest Christians that I know) tells me that he's going on a mission trip with our church this summer. He's going to Nicaragua. I start thinking: "that would be an awesome trip to go on. I've been in Spanish class for the past year and I've been waiting for a time to use it. But I'm sure he's about to tell me that it's full, or an adult only trip." ......"Hey Chelsea, you know, you should go with us."   Okay God, I hear you. When He calls, we must answer. I have heard Him call, and I will go wherever He sends.


"Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I; send me!' And he said GO."    Isaiah 6:8-9

Yo voy a Nicaragua! 

TONIGHT

Spring break...well here in Aiken it rained half the time. Not much of SPRING! But I managed to have a great time anyway. Got my nails done and my hair did, went shopping...a lot, hung out with family and friends, and of course, watched some good basketball.
Speaking of basketball, we won our first Regional tournament game yesterday. We played again tonight and lost. Really upsetting but my boys played hard this season and played with their HEARTS.
TOBYMAC was tonight! He was so so so good. We got the hook up with our tickets and actually got to meet Tobymac and Brandon Heath and it was so neat. They talked to us and answered questions, even sang happy birthday to another kid that was there. You could just tell that they love what they do because they know they're impacting people for the Lord's kingdom. After the meet and greet, came the concert!
House of Heros, Brandon Heath, and Toby all performed awesome! Kendall and I even met House of Heros too! Overall, it was an awesome night :) Some pictures...

Prayer Request

My sweet friend, Chelsea G is having her wisdom teeth taken out tomorrow (Thursday). She is really nervous and I just ask that everyone pray for this procedure. I know that God's hand will be on her and the doctors tomorrow. Also, pray that she heals quickly and that she will be better before school starts back on Monday.

Chelsea has been my best friend since freshman year of high school and I am definitely blessed to have a friend like her in my life. Some cute pics of us throughout the years :)

Peachbelt Champions 2010

So as a lot of people know, I work for the Men's Basketball team at USCA and have so much love for every person on the team. The guys are great and so are the coaches. They are all like family. :)
Anyway, tonight we won our conference championship and it was sooo awesome.
We go to Regionals this weekend at Augusta State. Let's make it to the Elite 8 guys! Some of my favorite pictures from Sunday: