Fighting

After attending a truly amazing Passion Conference, I became a woman inspired.

Several years ago, I watched the movie Taken, and I realized for the first time in my life that people around the world are kept against their will and are currently trapped in lives of slavery.  Whether they are being forced to do manual labor, serve as domestic slaves or are forced into prostitution, slavery is very real and is happening everywhere, even here in the United States.

That's when I decided I had to do something.  When I watched Taken for the first time, I spent hours researching human trafficking online, but then lost hope when I felt like there wasn't anything I could do to help the cause.

This time, it's different.  I realized at Passion Conference that there is much to be done here and now, and I can have a direct impact on the problem of slavery.  I can be a mobilizer.

That's what I've decided to do with this blog.  Yes, I'll probably still have plenty of personal posts, but I want the main focus here to be that of mobilizing--of helping you realize the ways you can be involved in the fight against human trafficking.

Because it's real.  It exists.

When I studied slavery and the Holocaust in school, I told myself that if anything like that ever happened in my generation, I would not be silent.

Now it's time.  There are over 27 million people trapped in slavery, more than has ever been in the history of mankind.

Will you join me in doing something about it?  Will you be fearless with me?

I don't want to be afraid of anything other than a life of insignificance.

I want to be a modern-day abolitionist.

Will you?

internet-ness.

The last few days (ok, maybe weeks) I've been totally addicted to this Dave Barnes song that he sang at a concert at Liberty.  It's called Until You, and it's extremely mushy but totally wonderful at the same time.  There's just something about a good old love song that makes a girl have faith in forever.

Check it out: Until You by Dave Barnes

I've also become a recent addict to pinterest.com.  If you want to waste hours of your life drooling over wedding pictures and DIY crafts, this is the place to be.   I lovvve looking at all the pictures.  There's something very Disney-ish to me about planning a dream wardrobe, dream wedding, dream house via picture sharing with friends.

Another terrible I have to confess is Pandora Radio.  I still haven't made the switch over to Spotify yet, and I think mostly it's because I love the variety and surprise of hearing new songs that I haven't experienced before.  The only negative of pandora is figuring out the tricky 6 number of song skips you have for each station.

So far, my favorite pandora stations are:

• Adele Radio
•  Home (by Michael Buble) Radio
• Just the Way You Are (by Bruno Mars) Radio
• Louis Armstrong Radio
• Needtobreathe Radio

Have a Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

true story.

ok, I since this is confession time, this has been part of the reason I've been distracted lately.

changes

hello..

I finally had a friend wake me up by reminding me I hadn't posted since summertime......and I realized I've been running from this moment for a long time. but why?

I'm not really sure. I think the main motivation is that no matter how hard I try, no matter how far I think I've come in life, I'm still in a process of discovery all over again. I think I have my life figured out, I think I know the person that I want to be, and then...smack, I'm back on the floor, confused and shocked, because the reality has hit me once again. Who on earth am I? What is my purpose? Is there something more?

I think my second problem with running away is a fear that was given to me in the middle of the summer, a criticism from someone that I haven't been able to let go of for a really long time. A fear of writing, almost. A fear of being wrong.

But that's just silly, all of it.

At the risk of sounding like I'm throwing my own personal pitty party, I may be a really crappy writer. It's a very good possibility. But I love writing, and I want to get back into the habit of writing regularly again. My life seems to make so much more sense when I'm writing then when I'm floundering around trying to get the words right.

The words,

falling

down

on

the

page

like

little

daydreams

lost

from

home...

There's something beautiful about words on a page, on a computer screen, scribbled on a scrap of napkin.

The words, the living life, the remembering those moments when you felt truly alive, face flushed with the glory of God and the small role that He's given you to play....that's the true adventure.

Don't miss it.

summer!

This summer, some of my friends and I went to some natural cliffs to jump in the water....it was tons of fun! (and relatively safe)

Sun, water, nature, and friends....is there a better combination?

late...

So, sometimes when life gets busy, I forget to write on my blog for weeks and weeks. I think finals is what did it for me at first, then trying to get a job when I got home for the summer. I guess this is just to inform everyone (who doesn't follow me on twitter) that I am, in fact, still alive, and plan on getting back into writing soon! Blessings!

This is what I've been up to lately.....


...goood times. I'll be back soon!

yummmmm

I always feel better after eating a chocolate pudding cup, don't you?