{Happy Valentines Day}

sorry for being m.i.a the last few days... but i am back and ready to get this valentines day party started ! 

what are everyones plans for tonight?! hott date, fun night in, or just no plans at all.

so far my valentines day has been pretty chill... although i woke up to a little surprise this morning, my wonderful parents hid gifts all over my house . they sure know how to make me feel loved. so for my fave gift i got was a new tiffiany's charm for my bracelet. i just about passed out from excitement, i was totally not expecting it . 

i am pretty excited about tonight too. since i have no valentine to go out on a date with... i am going out with my galentines ... some of my best friends and i are going out for dinner and drinks and then we are going to see the vow. i am so excited to see this movie you have no idea, maybe its because channing tatum is in the movie ?! its true i have a crush on him... oh well, a girl can dream right?!

{ the vow trailer }

{ here is an interview with the couple that inspired the movie the 'vow'... warning it will make you cry}

today maybe a made up hallmark holiday, but today makes me really think about our heavenly father and how he lavashes his LOVE on us everyday. 

"but God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

{Romans 5:8}

with love,

meg

xoxo

{Haiti Hopes}

happy saturday everyone, i hope you all are relaxed and rejuvenated after this week. i have some exciting news to share with you!!!

{ i am going to haiti }

i am just a little excited... okay well, alot excited!

in may i am traveling with a team of young adults from church to haiti in may. i just cannot contain my excitement. a little over a year ago i really felt god tugging at my heart that it was time to go into the mission field again and serve him. in high school i was able to go to ecuador and mexico twice on a missions trip, but because of other things in my life (i.e school) i just could not go on a trip. i really feel god has a time and place for everything and he was preparing my heart for something bigger. over the past two years since the earthquake epidemic in haiti in 2010 and then the cholera epidemic about a year later, i knew my heart was in haiti, i knew that god wanted me to be his hands and feet in a country that was at its darkest hour . over the past two years i have tried to go on emergency response teams with samaritans purse, but it was just not feasible for me to go for 2 months when i was in the middle of school, i just knew god was visbally shutting the door to the opportunities that came up. knowing all along that god was preparing my heart for this opportunity blows my mind away. god knew that i would be going on this trip two years ago , when my heart was aching to serve these people. 

i am just so overwhelmed with excitement and joy and gratitude that i can serve the haitian people and share the joy , hope , and healing power of the gospel with them.  they have been through such a dark two years , and they are still recovering form the devastation that they have all experienced, but to know that there is a god that uses these trials for something bigger is so amazing. 

to be completely honest i am taking a huge leap of faith going to haiti, i am raising support , finishing up my senior research for my college degree, paying off student loans, trying to save money in general. and at times it is overwhelming to think about paying for this trip, but when i think it is overwhelming i think of the god that we serve. a god that does not give us more than we can handle, and gives us the desires of our hearts, we cannot put our god in a box and limit what he can do.

 i would love more than anything for you to be in prayer for my team as we raise support and strive to be the hands and feet to those in haiti.

{ Mission of Hope Haiti is the org. that we are teaming up with in Haiti, check out their website }

" Mission of Hope Haiti"

{the love of a sister}

{how could you not love this face}

{children waiting for food after the earthquake}

{ these are the tent cities that still exist in haiti since the earthquake... hundred of thousands living in tents with no running water,  electricity etc... this is why so many people were effected with cholera}

{ just a small glimpse of the devistation from the earthquake}

with love,

meg

{truth}

the truth is...

{one} sometimes i tear up just thinking about Christ and the grace and love he lavishes on me daily

{two} sometimes i lie awake at night wondering what gods plan is for my life

{three} i wonder if i will ever meet mr. right

{four} i hate when people make fun of my for being girly, or think that i have an inablility to roll up my sleves and work hard.

{five} i would say that i like to shop a little too much (working on being content)

{six} i pray that someday god opens the door for me to work in full time ministry 

{seven} sometimes i wrestle with trusting gods will for my life and his timing

{eight} on a lighter note i would say that i have 'chromophobia' (its real people) i think i am afraid of color, just ask my college friends , they will tell you i wear way to many neutrals and not enough color!

{nine} everyday i thank god for giving me parents that love me for where i am at in my life

{ten} i pray that even while i am waiting , i would live my life for the glory of christ




 I remain confident of this:
   I will see the goodness of the LORD
   in the land of the living.
   Wait for the LORD;
   be strong and take heart
   and wait for the LORD.

Psalm 27:13-14