Had a wonderful week-end!!!!

I'm back! I drove an hour and fifteen minutes to my friend's house for the week-end! It was a blast! For dinner this is what it consisted of: coffee, ice-cream, and more coffee! :) Well, I had tea the second time around! LOL! We walked around the harbor shops and just enjoyed a beautiful evening talking and just catching up on life and what the Lord has been doing! The next day, we went to church and we joined the college group in prayer and fasting and after the service, we all got together in the fellowship hall and prayed and worshipped the Lord for three hours straight! It was beautiful! We prayed for our generation and that we would be men and women of God who would surrender all for the sake of the Gospel! That the Lord would purify us and cause us to throw off everything that would hinder us from going deeper with Him! Then we went to the college service and had communion together and afterwards we went out to eat at Chili's! We decided to break the fast together! :)It was a precious time! We watched movies together, talked to her boyfriend on web cam, chatted, and just had a great girl week-end!

On Sunday afternoon, God provided in such an amazing way! I was hanging out with my friend, Samantha, and her friends at one of the guy's apartment until the service started, and while we were there something amazing happened! I randomly mentioned something about Christ for the Nation's worship night and come to find out, this guy is going to school there. He starts giving me advice of what classes to take, who I should meet, etc...and is encouraging me that it will dramatically change my life and cause me to want to dig deeper into the scriptures and totally grow me in my prayer life. All of a sudden, he gets up off the couch and leaves, comes back into the living room and places a stack of books on my lap and says, "Here Stephanie, you are going to need these for your second semester. Those will save you $80! God told me to give these to you!" I was stunned! LOL! Oh my goodness!!! Thank you Lord!!! He is sooo faithful to provide for His children! Anyway, I also got a gift card from him that he didn't want that was worth $25 for Saltgrass Steakhouse! So I went out to eat with my parents last night and got a yummy chicken fried steak with garlic mashed potatoes and then treated them for dessert...which was key lime pie! :) We talked about the week-end and just marveled at what the Lord is doing in and through our lives for His glory!

Now, I'm home and I sure do have to clean my room today! It's sooooo filthy! I love the feeling of clean! Now outside, I don't mind getting dirty...but inside, well, that's another story! I'm sooooo excited about going to Christ for the Nations this Fall!

~Steph

The Nick Project

Hey Dear Friends! I'm so sorry about being such a apathetic blogger lately...but I've been busy! I am directing a documentary on the life and ministry of Nick Vujicic. www.lifewithoutlimbs.org

Through a matter of God-ordained circumstances, I had an opportunity to speak with Nick in person about this film project that the Lord has laid on my heart to do. Nick and LWL team are completely on board with this documentary! I am wanting this film to actually be more of a modern/reality like film, it will be the adventure of me seeing Nick again in person and incorporating my team within the documentary. I will be sharing how Nick has impacted my life personally in a much deeper way than anyone else has, and including footage of the travel/prayer times/Nick's daily routines/computer and brain-storming moments/interviews/stories/Nick's testimony/Nick traveling locally and Lord-willing internationally….etc!

Nick has had two documentaries done on him before but I'm wanting to do something different with this one compared to the others! It will be more like watching the behind the scenes, the journey of this project! Nick's passion is to spread the gospel to everyone and to give a message of purpose and hope! My heart desire is to specifically target my generation with this message as well as other individuals no matter their age.

Here is who I am doing a doc. on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRAuxxrJIks

Since day one, it has been a bumpy ride! But, we as a team, are choosing to walk by faith! We just got back from filming in Houston! We had the opportunity to follow Nick to each speaking engagement and hang out with him back-stage! My crew and myself are scheduled to be in CA, the last week in March, to film the largest portion of our documentary. From there we will hopefully be able to work out an international trip and possibly another trip to Houston for Nick's citywide outreach which will be held sometime in August/September.

Right now, I've been working on a letter to be able to give to individuals, schools, businesses and churches to help spread the word about the fundraising aspect of this particular project. My goal is to speak at several churches about this film, to get schools involved and to allow the Lord to take this and use it for His glory!

My production blog right now is: www.downpourproductions.blogspot.com

~Stephanie

Dance as though no one is watching

This quote by Mark Twain just excites me,"Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you." Wow! I want to live my life here on this earth out of passion and not just out of discipline. Reading my Bible and checking it off for the day isn't going to cut it. A revolutionary passion and zeal for the Lord and for His Holy Word is the drive that will keep me running hard after Him! I want to swim in deep waters! I want to remove the umbrella and allow the rain of His presence to saturate my soul and heart!

Let It Rain
By: Michael W. Smith

Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the floodgates of Heaven

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad
Let the distance shores rejoice
Clouds and thick darkness surround him
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne
A fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side
His lightning lights up the world
The earth sees and trembles
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord
Before the Lord of all the earth
The Heavens proclaim His righteousness
And all peoples will see His Glory

We want to see Your Glory, God!
Do you want to see His Glory?
Lift your voices, lift your hands!

Let it rain, let it rain.
Open the floodgates of Heaven

~Stephanie

New Beginnings!

Wow! Where do I start?! Well, right now I'm just experiencing the fullness of joy that the Lord promises to give His children when we choose to delight ourselves in Him! :) I was at church, a few weeks ago, and a dear elderly man came up to me and started sharing what the Lord had laid on his heart concerning me. He said, "Stephanie, I don't know what you have been through, but I do know you have been through a lot of pain. Pain that has taken place in your soul. Times when you have been angry at God and have wondered why you had to go through some heart wrenching trials. But, the Lord wants you to know that he sees your pain and this year will be a year of new beginnings for you. Your hope will be renewed." Okay, right there my eyes were starting to tear up. Well, it's so very true! After that sweet conversation, the desires of my heart are beginning to be fulfilled! I got a car for $1,200! I recieved a phone call from George, (Nick Vujicic's Vice President for the Life Without Limbs Outreach!), I got asked to be a bride's maid by my dear sweet friend (I prayed a few days before she called and asked the Lord that if it was His will for me to be in her wedding, that He would put my name on her heart! And she called just the other day!!!:) and I've been hoping that there would be a position in the maternity section at the hospital that I've volunteered at before, (was actually in the endoscopy department), and the position that I had been wanting... opened up and the director of the volunteer services called me this morning and gave me the position! I'm going to be holding newborn babies for 4 hours every Wed. afternoon!!! :) Woohoooo!!! The Lord is soooo faithful! I have this smile that I can't get rid of! LOL! It is totally the Lord's joy that is causing my heart to overflow right now! A sweet friend of mine looked at me last night and said, "Stephanie, you are the happiest person I know!" I looked at him and said, "You know what, it is ALL FROM THE LORD!"

"The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The LORD watches over all who love him."
Psalm 145:14-20

You Have Made Me Glad
By: Darlene Zschech

I will bless the Lord forever
And I will trust Him at all times
He has delivered me from all fear
And he has set my feet upon a rock

And I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield
My strength
My portion
Deliverer
My shelter
Strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Whom have I in Heaven but you?
There's none I desire beside you
You have made me glad
And I'll say of the Lord....

You are my shield
My strength
My portion
Deliverer
My shelter
Strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Blessings,
Stephanie

Tears in Heaven

I absolutely love the Choirboys! Their voices are so angelic! So precious! :)

Steph

Years are flying by....

Well, this morning was a peaceful morning, had my quiet time, picked up my room, got on the computer, did some stuff to prepare for my classes and then went to Starbuck's to meet some girls for a surprise birthday for a sweet precious friend. She was soooo surprised! :) We all ordered our drinks and just chatted. I enjoyed my regular soy chai with hazelnut and even grabbed a piece of pumpkin bread to go along with my hot concoction! Oh goodness, I love chilly windy weather and a nice cup of hot tea! :) It's funny, every birthday is just a reminder to me of how life will keep moving on...days go by...time ticks away...sun rises....sun sets.....years chug on by...

A quote I've been pondering is this, "If you want to make God laugh, just tell Him your plans..." That quote is so simple, but yet so profound. The other day, I was talking to a friend of mine and we were sharing how the years are literally flying by...I told her I felt old...she looked at me and laughed, "Girl, you're just a baby!" Okay, yeh, I'm 19...but still...life's trials and difficult seasons can sure take its toll...they grow you if you let them... :) It's interesting, all those tear filled nights and prayer times when all you could say to God was, "Why?", those are the times that make me love life even more. It makes life seem so much more sweet. Rich. And exciting. Because I know His mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness! All things work together for those who love Him! This year is definitely a year of new beginnings! There must always be a winter before there can be a spring! :) Here are some snapshots from this afternoon!














~Stephie Girl

At Rosa's Cafe

After church, everyone normally goes to Rosa's Cafe to eat and hang out! It was a fun time! Here are some pics from the evening... :)

A beautiful sunset. It just takes my breath away. Just the thought that God takes the time to paint a beautiful sunset for His children to enjoy! He is astounds me!

Smiles! :) Audrey (in the middle) and her two siblings!
Taylor, Stephen, Sterling and Hudson (Hudson was in a major car accident recently, we are so thankful that he is alive. It really shook him up and made him realize how quick life can be taken from us. We really have no idea when our time is up on this earth. I told Hudson that the Lord has an amazing mission for him to accomplish. He said that the wreck really woke him up to what really matters in life, especially relating to eternity.)

The kid table...it's soooo funny....the parents make a LONG table on the other side of the restaurant and all the kidos make one on the opposite side. :) It's cute!

Serious moment!
Uh, I was caught taking photos!!! :)

Steph