Tomorrow.

May 17, 2010.

I begin a new journey. Yeah, its only for the summer, but I am super pumped about how much the Lord can do in those short 3 months. Tomorrow I start my summer job at Camp Tejas. For those of you who don't know me very well, this is my third summer at Tejas. I spent the first two all together with an internship in there for the year, so when I left at the end of that second summer, I really didn't think I would ever go back.

Well, all praise, honor and glory goes to Jesus for giving me the opportunity to go back this summer. I know that this opportunity is a plea for me to come back to Jesus. WHAT?!? You say.

The past few months have been a rough one for this little girl. Do I love Jesus? OF COURSE! Do I still have faith in Him? Oh my word, YES! But, Have I completely grown tired and complacent with my walk with Him and my life in general? Uh, YAH.

I have gone through this past few months bored and tired of doing the same ole same ole. I became super caught up with work and school that I didn't even care about anything any more. My fire and passion was gone.

My walk with the Lord also began to sit. I still talk to Jesus, but our relationship has not been that of one that is growing and going any where.

As the summer draws closer, I can't help but get excited about me and Jesus. All summer long I get to fall in love with Him all over again.

I know that these are things I should be doing right now, I know that there are higher expectations for me, but I am human. I have not perfected this. Praise the Lord for grace. I know all that is right and wrong. It just takes a little bit more of a slap in the face to understand that my life is nothing without Him in it.

So, the next 3 months will be about me and Him. Nothing else. I pray that I would be the woman I am called to be, a woman of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness and self control. This is who the Lord wove me to be. Praise Him for His patience with me and the love that He still has for me. I do not deserve it.

So, tomorrow I am gone. I will try my hardest to keep in touch with my blogging. We will see how busy I will be.

Much love to you and thank you for praying for me.

Peace.

Britt

Camp Tejas 2010

I first began my journey in Texas in a small town called Giddings. It is about half way between Houston and Austin and is one of the smallest towns I have ever been to. There is a Wal-Mart (not even a supercenter) and a Dollar General, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Subway, Sonic and the ever famous Taqueria Chihuahua. (They have the best breakfast tacos EVER.) It is definatly a small town, but so dear to my heart. I loved my time there, for the 16 months I was there and count it all joy that I have the opportunity to go back this summer.

I left camp at the end of the summer of 2008. My internship had ended and I was ready to embark on the "real world" of College Station. My time in College Station was very short, and I ended up moving to Houston to begin an internship at Houston's First Baptist Church in the Missions Department. The past year and a half has been a whirlwind here in Houston. I have started and completed an internship, ended a relationship, moved to Katy with my aunt and uncle, started school (and completing soon!!), took a job I would of never thought I would take and have made some of the most incredible friends I could ever ask for. God has surely been faithful in this process.

Around this past Christmas, I began to feel a tug at my heart for Tejas. I had no clue what the Lord was beginning to stir up in me, and so I just let the stir happen and prayed through it. January 2, I went to a Christmas party at Camp and it was the first time I had been back to camp in months and it was the firs time since I had finished my internship that I felt at peace with being there. Over the next few months the stir became more and more like a push and a pull, but I still had no plans for the summer.

In March I went to a dear friends wedding at Camp and fell in love all over again. It was so amazing to be there and to catch up with old friends. God began to really stir in me what my summer could look like. I had a very quick conversation with a sweet woman named Jennifer, she's the bosses wife, where I basically told her my heart and that she should begin to pray about maybe a job for me in the summer and I told her that I would begin to pray for that position if that is what the Lord would have for me.

Over the past few weeks I have prayed and prayed and prayed and last Monday I was offered an AWESOME position. I thought and prayed about it for a few days and accepted the job last Thursday. I have already started packing up my stuff and I head that way for the summer on May 17th. I can't believe that the Lord is bringing me back to camp, but I am super pumped about it. I know that His plans are perfect and that all of this is going to be a stretching experience.

Please be praying for discipline and wisdom as I prepare my heart for this summer.

Love you friends.

B

If you haven't heard yet....

A LOT is going on in my life.

First things first, I Passed my State Board Written Exam for TDLR (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation-Cosmetology). This was such an amazing and huge accomplishment. Not to toot my own horn, but I am proud of myself. :)

Enough with all that tooting horns and stuff...

I have gone back and forth and back, mostly, on if I am going to walk at graduation in May. I have been so up and down about it because my sweet sister and brother in law are graduating from Texas A&M the day before me and I didn't want my family to feel like they had to be at both, and I still have a few more physical class time hours, but I have completed the program, and all of my classes. With all that said, I decided today I am going to walk. WOOHOO. I actually made the decision and IMMEDIATELY went and purchased my cap and gown. I know the type of person that I am, and if I don't act ASAP on my decisions, I have a tendency to talk myself out of it. So, on May 15, 2010, I will walk across the stage at Relient Stadium at 10am and celebrate this crazy journey I have had at HCC. Im actually pretty pumped now. Awesome!

Another HUGE thing that has happened is that Jesus as called me to leave Houston. I feel like I just got here, but it has been a little over a year and a half. This next season of my life will include a summer back home at Camp Tejas and a new life in College Station in the fall where I will begin my journey of getting my bachelors degree at Blinn and Texas A&M. (Whoop!)

I am so excited to share with you all about this incredible journey the Lord is already preparing me for, but you will just have to wait. :) I have about 3 weeks left here in Houston and then Im headed to Giddings for the summer. Please be praying for a smooth transition and for the Lord to use me in ways I could never dream of at camp.

Much love friends,

B

Love.

This shoot.

Seriously, the day that the Lord decides to bring a man in my life and that man asks me to marry Him, I will be forever joyous.

With that said, I am OBSESSED with this blog. She has the cutest ideas.

Tonight I was going through the blog and came across this cute couple.

Im usually not one for a white tux, but durn, this is just too cute.

For those of you who dont know this about me, I am slightly obsessed with balloons. When I first got moved into the floral department at work, all I wanted to do was balloon bouquets. I love them. Also, her yellow shoes are TDF(To Die For). If you want to see the rest of these sweet photos, check out the Ruffled blog.

Love it.

B

I DID IT!

I PASSED MY STATE BOARD WRITTEN EXAM!

Praise the Almighty Lord.

For reals, yall. This is a ginormous achievement that I worked super hard to get. I have had no life for the past week. No work. No friends. No talking. Nothing but studying. It was kind of fun though. I think the Lord is showing me that I am ready for college. For real. Hes so fun that way.

Anyways.

Thanks for all the prayers and support over the past year.

I love you friends!

B

Summer, where did you go?

I guess that whole thing about God knowing the plans He has for me and the whole His plans are His plans, not mine, isn't something I was really expecting to slap me in the face so soon.

I had planned to be done with school in May, guess what?

Summer school, here I come.

I am a little bummed, but God has a purpose for everything.

He is good and so are His plans. :)

Tax return...

Every year, We do taxes.

Every year, We get a tax return.

Every year, We do something with that money.

This year, Brittany will be using her $630 for something amazing.

Its called an iphone.

Have you heard of it?

I just found out of this great invention.

It is the most amazing technology ever.

Seriously.