It Was a Zoo-Rific Time

Several ladies from my ladie's bible study came up to Madison today with all the little girls in their lives! It was great to share this afternoon with them!

Pray for Patience

On Saturday this little girl, Patience, was found at the bottom of a swimming pool. At this point it looks like she will live, but brain damage is a large probability. Please pray for God's mercy and healing! Pray for her mom and dad, Charity and Fred, and the four other children in the family.

Also, join the "Prayer for Patience" facebook group and join people in praying for her.

Mom's Dream

My mom just bought her first home and the gardens are breathtaking...





My mom is truly living a dream!

There is Something Wrong with This Picture...

I don't know why this event pushed my button, but deep down inside I am still very annoyed. It might be because when I finally am done with work and class and I head home I often have to search for a parking spot on a nearby street. (Parking is eighty dollars a month at my apartment complex, so I am doing the street parking right now). It sometimes takes me 10 to 15 minutes to find a spot and depending on its location I have tiresome walk to my apartment, five flights of stairs to take and a hall to walk down. I think that being in my shoes and seeing this right next to my apartment complex (seriously...no long walk with this spot) anyone would be a little upset...

Yes, you are seeing this correctly. There is a little yellow moped taking up 1 1/2 parking spots. Is it illegal to move it three feet to the right, yes! It is illegal to move it with the front end of your car, yes! (although I did think of doing this and saying opps...Didn't see it...maybe they shouldn't have parked there...I didn't of course). I wouldn't mind if someone else, who didn't have the same reservations I have, would come along and take care of this parking problem...

How Long Do I Have To Wait?

I feel like waiting for Ireland is going to be too much for me! Two of my friends just returned and the photos are just amazing! Enjoy...

My Northerm Irish Adventure

I am starting a new blog **no worries I am keeping this one for personal and spiritual blogging** My new blog is going to just be about the experiences, thoughts and feelings I have before during and after my study abroad experience in Northern Ireland. I wanted to share with my college community the types of experiences a person who studies abroad has. You are welcome to follow me as I take the next journey in my life! (click on the title to this post to visit my new blog)

Bended...

I feel you again. You have started to whisper in my ear; telling me your glory and your workings in this world. Your Love, Grace and Mercy is inconceivable. My heart tender and broken. It is still longing for the life I have recently been captivated by, yet your way is so perfect! My pride is now shame. I am bended...calling for forgiveness! I can't stand the thought that I am bringing you displeasure. I want to glorify you. Please you. Worship you!

With all my love...

Many of my dear friends who have been studying at my college are have left or are leaving very shortly. Even though many of them have not been in my life for a very long time, it is hard for to me picture my life without them! Thankfully I will be able to visit most of them with I am in Northern Ireland and can't express my excitement for that! Here is a photo from our final night out on State Street! Thank you so much for making this semester so much fun and a time of many laughs and great growth! I love each of you!

Happy Day, Mom!

Dear Mom,

I am so thankful for you! You help me to live, learn and grow. You are my best friend. Someone that I am 100% myself around. You love in my bad times, you comfort me during the valleys and you cheer for me I am at the top of the mountains. I love you!

Your, Katie B

Niamh & Pj

My dear friend Niamh has been parted from her "special" friend all semester while she was studying abroad at my school. I edited these photos of the two of them as a special little gift! I am so excited