It's our last week of school!!! And it's a stinking huge week for me!! Tuesday (my birthday) I have my AP Chem test in the morning...Wednesday morning I have my AP Language test...Thursday I have my 300 point Spanish presentation...and Friday is the start of District track!! But it'll all be done soon!!

Colossians 1:29 "To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me."

Advise for tough times...from Dave and Colleen Myers (you probably don't know them...that's ok, neither do I =))

* The journey of life is just like the weather – it changes constantly! So, don’t get too excited in the good times nor too discouraged or worried about the bad times, because we know one thing for sure, things WILL change!

*When you are going through tough times, don’t look at the troubles, challenges, or obstacles, but the OPPORTUNITIES! The greatest opportunities in your life will come in the midst of tough times!

May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost

Undone by mercy and left speechless
Watching wide eyed at the cost
May I never lose the wonder,
The wonder of the cross

These are the few members of our track team that made it to Charlo today! Everyone else was gone! It's fun running in Charlo, cause it's a dirt track and it's surrounded by gorgeous mountains, especially the Mission Mountains behind us!

It's Finally Hitting Me

As I listened to the Trace Atkins song "You're Gonna Miss This" today, and as I scroll through the pictures on my blog, or feel Josie run up, put her arms around me, bury her head in my side and say, "I love you Lauren," I want to grow up less and less. I realize how much my life will change in August, as I move to Salem OR and leave behind 18 years of my life. Sure, my loved ones will always be in my heart and the memories are burned in my head. And I can come back to visit anytime. But, I will be there, and they will be here. It's no longer just walking up the stairs or a five minute drive. Its 13 or more hours. Its at these times when I have to remember to trust God, and His incredibly amazing plans.

"Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, of everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life."
Philippians 4:6-7 (the Message)

more senior honor night pictures =)

Corban College - - my future "home"

The Corban College gym. Coach Williams calls it the "Warrior Palace" because the campus is on a hill and the gym is at the very top of the hill.
In the latest U.S.News & World Report rankings, Corban is ranked 6th in the west. For the seventh year in row Corban was ranked as a top ten Best Baccalaureate college in the west--the only Christian College in the Northwest to be ranked in the top ten.

See how gorgeous the campus is! (above & below)

So...you might be able to guess by the pictures above, but I finally made my college decision...I feel like God is calling me Corban College in Salem Oregon and a bachelor's degree in exercise science. Corban is about 900 students on a beautiful secluded campus about 8 miles outside of Salem. They have offered me athletic scholarships for running and basketball, and I'm going to attempt to do three sports! (Yes...I am crazy!)