One of the very few women I've looked up to my entire life.
She has always been there for me through the ups and downs through out my life, and I can not begin to thank her enough for all she has brought into my life.
She was there for me more than ever in the lowest part of my life last year.
She held me when I cried, she reassured me that God had a plan for my life even though I couldn't see it at the time.
She promised that there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
She has helped me grow so much through out the years and I am so thankful for that.
I am thankful for the unique bond that we have as sisters.
I will never forget our apartment days and the interesting neighbors we had.
Freestyle Fridays
Karaoke nights
Watching the strangest infomercials on Saturday mornings while listening to our neighbors scream at one another.
Thinking our apartment was on fire, so we grabbed our laptops and ran outside to the parking lot...only to realize we were the only ones outside and the smoke was coming from the neighbor below who was barbecuing illegally.
Our many trips to Niketown and Fat Tuesdays.
Mama and Papa cooking nights.
Our first couple of nights in the apartment cooking and being resourceful with the only cooking utensils we had...which were scissors and a fork.
So many good, fun memories with her.
I am so thankful God blessed me with her.
Day 6:
I am thankful for my oldest sister Gabby.
My Gabrielle.
My Big Sis.
My personal GPS.
My "I did dad, I did" sister
She is one of the most compassionate and selfless people I have ever known.
She loves fully and gives fully.
I have never met some one who is so giving to others and so thoughtful like her.
(Other than my Gram Cracker)
She has taught me how to have a child like spirit.
I look up to her in so many ways.
I try and be as thoughtful as she is towards people.
I am so thankful for all the times she has listened to me vent and been there to help guide me and pick me up when I tend to doubt myself.
I am thankful for her words of encouragement.
She has such a sweet spirit and she truly deserves to be blessed with the best.
I treasure the times I have with her.
She is one of my absolute favorite road-trip partners.
I can not express enough how thankful I am that God has placed her in my life as my older sister. She has bestowed so much wisdom and love upon me, and she is always there for me.
With all of that being said, it is her birthday today!
She is the big 2-9!!
Happy 29th Birthday to my Gabrielle.
I love you so incredibly much and I am so excited for you to move back to Vegas.
I am looking forward to our morning coffee dates and breakfast days again.
I have missed you so much.
I love you sissy!
Happy Birthday <3
I am incredibly blessed with the two sisters God has placed me with.
I couldn't have asked for better family than what God has blessed me with.
I am thankful for STRIVE and our FUSE students and leaders.
STRIVE was such a success, and we were able to give so much back to the Las Vegas community. 339junior high students and leaders served all across the Las Vegas Valley. From painting curbs sorting books pulling weeds/picking up garbage to cleaning entire class rooms from head to toe helping out at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission and the Ronald McDonald house and so much more. There wasn't anything we didn't do. How cool is that?!
I'm also super thankful for the wonderful team and staff I am blessed to be a part of at Central Christian Church.
All of the long, long hours that our team put in with:
phone calls
e-mails
texts
flyers
excel sheets
meetings
late nights
site visits
bumps in the road
and
more meetings it ALL paid off.
I can not begin to describe the joy that it brings me to see the images pouring in from our STRIVE work day and seeing all the students and leaders working so hard, and doing it with such a HUGE smile across their face.
It is truly inspiring to see such selfless acts of service.
I am so so so proud to be a part of such a wonderful team and ministry.
<3
Day 4:
I am thankful for maple bars and red bull editions the day after STRIVE.
So with that being said I wanted to jump on the "30 days of Thanks" train that a lot of my blogger friends are doing.
Obviously I missed day one. But that's okay, I like to play by my own rules.
So with that I shall incorporate Day 1 & 2 into this fancy little post.
Day 1:
I am thankful for my absolutely wonderful friends that God has blessed me with in my life.
I am surrounded by such supportive individuals who love me and care for me in a way I have never experienced with past friendships.
My friends are all so genuine and so God centered.
I love that I get to work a long side them doing God's work and I get to simply do life with them.
From small group, to FUSE groups, to weekend services, to celebrating holidays with them and weekend trips away from Vegas.
I am just simply blessed and so incredibly thankful for each and every one of them.
<3
Day 2:
I am thankful that our event STRIVE is this Saturday.
We have been working almost every. single. day. on this event for the past 7 months and now it is tomorrow! It is so awesome seeing all the hard work we have all put in to this event.
Hours and hours of e-mails, phone calls, excel sheets, site visits, meetings, etc. have been put into this event.
STRIVE is going to be the LARGEST student community out reach that has EVER happened in Las Vegas and I am incredibly proud and blessed to be a part of it.
With that being said since STRIVE is over after Saturday, that means I will have some what a normal schedule again AND the best best best part (which is what I am thankful for) we get to have Tuesday off.
So instead of going in and working on STRIVE stuff like normal, I will be at home sleeping and relaxing with my sweet pup...oh and of course going and VOTING.
So, plain and simple, I am thankful to have Tuesday, November 6th off of work.
