Well, it’s been a few weeks so it looks like I have quite the update coming. I do hope you don’t mind reading my lengthy blogs. At the moment I am quite distracted by the “L” key on my keyboard as it keeps popping out. This is a regular occurrence. A frustrating one at that.
Let’s get started shall we?
I take many pictures with my phone. I have decided that they would make my blogs more exciting. So that’s what I’m going to do.
(Texas has some of the most beautiful sunrises)
The weekend after I came back from Kansas City I had some friends that desperately wanted to see The Rocket Summer but had no ride so in exchange for a ticket and food I drove them. Pretty good deal I’ll say.
I had gotten the day off. My first one in a month I think. I had been gone to events every weekend so I hadn’t had a whole day to myself. So that was wonderful. On Saturday I slept in till 11am and in the afternoon I took the car to Mercy Ships and drew for several hours while drinking coke. It was so nice. On Sunday I dropped my friends off at their church and tried out a new one. I enjoyed going by myself. After we went to Cheddar’s. My first time. It was great. It was close to a perfect weekend.
(My dorm. I love the trees. They don't stay like that for long.)
March 1-8 we had Week of the Ring here on campus. At the end of the week there is a banquet and the interns (Augusts) receive a ring that symbolizes a commitment to a lifelong pursuit of God. It’s called the Honor Ring. It is inscribed in Hebrew. “I am my beloved’s and beloved is mine.” During the course of the week there are sessions every night that touch on the different aspects of living honorably. Such as integrity, valor, friendships, maturity, clear conscience, purity, excellence. I love this week because it allows me to reexamine my own life and it inspires me to live in such a way that I am representing Christ in everything that I do. While the ring has no power in itself, it is a reminder of whose I am and where I am going.
(It snowed here during WOTR)
Last Sunday was the Oscar’s and CCM had a party and everyone got dressed up and we went somewhere and had dinner and watched the Oscar’s. I got 10 out of 17 right.
Then the next night we had the ring banquet and we dressed up again. And it was a fantastic evening. I didn’t want it to end.
Some more exciting news: Last week was my first shoot in the studio. Green screen. Our campus gives interns the opportunity to stay a second year and if you stay you are known as a “Graduate Intern” so we created all the promos for those different programs. And I got to shoot one of the promos. This morning they had rollouts and mine was the first one up. The intro. I was so proud! I mean, everyone on campus saw it. Maybe 600 people? I am so blessed! I think of where I was only three months ago and how much has changed. Definitely blessed.
(Without the couch. I wish you could see the finished product. It looked pretty sweet.)
This past weekend I went to Kansas City with a few friends. Best weekend ever. A little vacation. We went to IHOP (International House of Prayer). Basically, IHOP is known for its 24/7 prayer that has been going on since 1999 I believe. They have a prayer room where there is music/prayer for 24 hours, 7 days a week. They also have the “main base” where church is held and it has all their internships. There are about 1500 (staff, students, and interns) serving within the ministry. So this weekend was a weekend of rest and refreshing. We got there Saturday at 4:30 and ate at iHop (yes, the pancakes!) and then at 5:30am headed over to the prayer room. We left Sunday at 2pm. In total I spent 14 hours in the prayer room. (www.theprayerroom.tv) And about 6 hours at the awakening service (Wed-Fri nights 6pm-midnight www.ihop.org/watch). It was absolutely amazing. I don’t know who I’d be without God. He continues to amaze me. He's so good to me.
(The Prayer Room)
Tomorrow I’m leaving for North Carolina to do camera at ATF. I haven’t been in a few weeks so it will interesting getting back into the rhythm of things. After this, in a few weeks there’s the Dallas Battle Cry and then we are all headed to New York for a Battle Cry (I think 16, 000 plus people) and professional encounters in New York City. So I’ll be on the road again for a bit. Excited for some excessive sleep and reading and music listening and serving.
Alright my friends. I have three weeks of laundry to do. And I’d like to get more than the three and a half hours of sleep I got last night.
God bless.
Under the mercy,
Joelle
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