book.

i wrote one. a first draft at least. and i'm proud of it, but tonight i wrote for about 2.5 hours and ended up with mostly crap.

it's friday night, just past 11, and i'm actually going to bed earlier than during the week when i have to work in the morning. i am SO tired.

headed home tomorrow, should be fun!

post a comment if you read this, so i know who's out there!

Campus Construction -- Summer 2008

to my sister

kristin,

it is hard to blog when it feels like no one reads it. i know that you are not no one, but yeah.

i yuv you.

the life i lead

things have been so crazy busy. too much so.

some fun stuff though! i went to the teen convention in rochester last weekend and saw camp peeps! FUN! then i worked quite a lot this past week and had a retreat with my NHC youth group this weekend.

and now i am sick.

goodie.

so i did pretty much NOTHING today. i feel like such a bum, but i want to get better.

i love Jesus and people. how are you, friends?

Jesus

He is so good. So amazing. So full of grace. I love Him.

oh this head

sometimes it is so out of control.

and seemingly connected to my stomach and sick feelings there.

blah.

Jesus

There is salvation in Your Name.

blessing

my co-workers are super fun, and i like them a lot.

we are currently at Le Bourget Aero Suites in Bloomington; we stayed here last night on our counselor retreat, and we had lots of fun yesterday. :-)

it's nice to like one's co-workers. thanks, Jesus. :-)

Remember, friends

That Jesus is not the means to an end ... knowing Him is not something to do "in the meantime" while waiting for a "greater" reward. HE IS THE GREAT REWARD. If you are saved, you have already received your life's greatest gift.

And there's still more to look forward to: knowing Him more, loving Him more intimately, and spending forever in His presence.

Amazing.

"Volunteering has been very good to us."

My roomie Desiree said this on Friday. :-)

We recently volunteered for the Newsboys concert at NWC ... and for helping, we got to attend the concert for free.

Oh, and um, MEET the Newsboys.

:-)

And we ushered for Acquire the Fire this weekend ... and on Friday, we got these awesome FLOOR seats (at one point Ron Luce was like RIGHT THERE in front of us!).

Hence, Desiree's comment.

Thank You, Jesus, for the great opportunities in our lives!

how is everyone?

update me on your lives!

i've been kinda crabby this week ... pray for me! I'M praying for me! haha! i don't want to be crabby!!!

Love,
jackie lea

YAY LIFE!

Thank You, Jesus, for my delightful family and friends, for the adventures You put in my life, for the opportunities, for the relationships, for the happy moments.

Thank You for JOY.

Thank You for the cross and for the resurrection, and thank You that we may know You.

so

i am writing poems.

who wants to see?

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my cute youth group!

life

oh life. it's so fun, isn't it? i feel almost giddily happy right now, with a tiny little titch of crabbiness. sounds contradictory, but i'm just telling you how things go. :-)

atlanta, for those of you who care, was great and difficult and hard ... my class is about "thinking theologically," and as we did our meta-thinking, i re-realized how much i love the Word of God. it got me thinking whether i should be in a theological studies program as opposed to the youth min leadership one i was in. being the lovely OCD-sufferer i am, i thought about it a LOT while in atlanta.

i've prayed about it and talked with people about it, and i've decided not to continue with the youth min leadership program. note: this does NOT mean that i don't want to do youth ministry! in fact, i imagine that i'll probably be "in" youth min til i grow senile. but i don't necessarily want to learn "tools" of the trade. i will likely never be a standard "youth pastor" at a church.

so, now what? i don't know. theological studies? they have it at NWC. writing? that's what i feel passionate about, but i don't know ...

part of me just wishes there were more TIME. i would love to have extra time to focus on God, Scripture, people, and learning. 24 hours, wow. please pray that GOD will show me what direction to go.

on a sidenote, i feel like i'm growing up. still crazy, just growing up.

oh, snow.

it's heeeeeere ...

i pretty much hate cold weather; i don't like bad roads and getting the bottom of my jeans wet. i don't like having to start my car 20 minutes before i leave somewhere.

so why was i feeling so happy tonight as i drove home sloooowly, pleased as punch to be a minnesotan?

:-)

blogging

why do i go through spurts where i never blog and times when i do everyday?

sweet minnesota

i'm home. i'm glad.

the past five days have been SO STRETCHING. i'll share more soon. in the meantime, you can pray for me. i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do with my life.

love,
jackie lea

my day

has been so long!!!

Got up at 6am; Linds took me to the airport. My flight was just fine, and the Atlanta airport was a piece of cake (so much for the warnings I'd heard!). My hotel is pretty great ... Southern hospitality, I tell ya! I picked up the phone and dialed the front desk, and they answered, "Miss Sommers, how can we help you?" Yikes! Haha!

I explored downtown a little this afternoon, nothing major. Tomorrow class starts! I hope I'm on top of things!!! Jesus, help!

How is everyone?
love,
jackie lea

tomorrie

atlanta.

pray!!!

love.