christ masss

it was nice.
got some nice stuff~.
my bro got me a photo book with pics from around the world. :)
no snow. =(!

but i got a brand new FLASH for my rebel.
amazing.
i love it!

butttt---cant use it til i get my rebel fixed or get a new camera...??

i can dream, you know!
;)

my rebel

is not working.
i have to send it in.


=(
i think im going through withdrawls.

yes

Like the water of a deep stream,
love is always too much.
We did not make it.
Though we drink till we burst,
we cannot have it all, or want it all.
In its abundance
it survives our thirst.
In the evening we come down to the shore
to drink our fill, and sleep,
while it flows
through the regions of the dark.
It does not hold us,
except we keep returning to its rich waters
thirsty.
We enter,willing to die,
into the common
wealth of its joy.
-Wendell Berry

merrry christmas eve!

[taken in christmas of 07]


doesnt even feel like Christmas.
oh well.
i guess it comes with getting old.
here's to a day off from work & yummy food.

but most importantly.
here's to My Savior's birth.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!
: )

lorelai gilmore

“We're almost there
and no where near it...

All that matters is

that we're going.”

p.s.


done!

my first semester of college is finished.
wow.
it has FLOWN by.
so much has changed and happened.
life is a funny thing.

- i'm sitting here in the servant center, doing absolutely nothing.
jason and i might watch a movie later, but for now i'm blogging.
to the right of me are 3 RAs + upper classmen playin fooseball.
Mr. Naff and 2-3 various students are playin pingpong.
yesterday was a good day in the SC. you should have seen it, it was a happening place. haha!
i was sitting there, and it hit me.
i love college. i love meeting new people. i love experiencing new things.
ive learned SO much this semester.
ive learned that words have impact, good and bad.
i've learned to not judge by first impressions.
ive learned that i can change.
i can let down my walls and let someone in.
let someone i am begginning to care about in.
in me.
to get me, to know me.

its a scary risk-- but im tired of not taking risks.
lets do this.
lets do this scary thing called life and love and dreams and hopes and disappointments and heartbreaks and tears and prayer and joy.

you never know what kind of people you will meet.
someone new every day.
and those people you meet can change you and mold you.
God has a sense of humor.
He changes your plans.
He brings people into your life that challenge you and test you.
Thank God for that....

here's to another chapter of my life closed....onto Christmas break....and then next semester...
where i will as well be moved and touched.

i hate goodbyes.
i need more hellos in my life.
: )

good 'ol days...


oh how i miss those days...
haha, i love those boots.
: )

one more final....


i have ONE more day, and one more exam til break.

simply.

cant.

wait.


thennn i shall sleeep.
C :

christmas dinner









where i went dateless!
<3
night.

gravity

Set me free, leave me be
I don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity
Here I am and I stand so tall
Just the way
I'm supposed to be
And you're on to me and all over me
I live here on my knees
As I try to make you see
That you're everything
I think I need
Here on the ground


Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long...

one week!


finals.

this week.

coffee is
required.
and sleep is a luxury.
oh well.
i'll sleep when im dead.
...lets just hope i stay awake in chapel.
HA! : )

thank you sarah....


25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.
26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.

27 Those who desert him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.
28 But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

psalm 73:25-28

NLT

sums it up...



love, anna.

12/8/08

friday.


"We dont see things as they are;
we see things as we are."





- The Talmud

quote




"Distance is silly; No distance can be too far a distance. Miles are just a petty number, roads just a provider of many opportunities. The oceans simply serving a purpose to float, to carry; not a threat. Barriers can’t remain standing, they are there just to occupy space."


-Rachel Feldhaus


: )

homework











it never ends.

i have become addicted.
to black coffee.
its bad.

phone uploads







































life is good.
God is great.
: )

im not good at taking risks.

"i told you to be patient
i told you to be fine
i told you to be balanced
i told you to be kind"










i am
eating.
sleeping.
praying.
goodnight.

i am listening to...

'skinny love'
- by
Bon Iver


life is changing


“It is always the simple things that change our lives.
And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen.
Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so.
You feel like running, but life is on a stroll.
This is how God does things.”
-Donald Miller
is this for real?
am i changing?
is my heart breaking?
am i ready to trust someone to get inside?
i waiting for His timing.
because i know His timing is what is BEST for me.
its hard to see that now...
im trying.
oh Lord, protect my heart.
Guide
My
Life.

ps. 139:1

nasb;

"O LORD, you have searched me and you know me."


niv;
" LORD, You have searched me and known me."


nlv;
"O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me."

-- i love this verse.
how amazing is it that we have a God that knows us better than anyone and better than we know ourselves.
i take alot of comfort in this fact alone.
God knows.

He knows the longings of my heart.
He knows the plans He has for me.
He loves me.


I am His, and He is mine.

j'aime le weekend






God, protect my heart.

friday night


= editttting.


im in love with photography.


lets go take pictures.

2 tim 1:7



i suppose its time that i write a blog of substance and words, not just photos.

although in my opinion, photos create words and convey emotions better than i ever could with my meager words.




frankly, my faith has been tested here at college.

how so little {we} trust in the Almighty.

how so weak {we} are.

how so

much

we NEED

to depend on him.



i do feel a bit guilty and ashamed of how i havent given everything to him (*cough*relationships)

and i think that i shouldnt dwell on the fact that i have failed, and should know that our God is always

always

faithful and patient with his children.


oh how i am so thankful.




i have reached a point in my life where many things

are going to change && and

fast.

and im not going to like these change and discisions.

i hate making life desiciions. =/

i am 18 yrs old, yet feel so young and old.

and i know prolly alot of people say that.

old soul in young body, or whatever pplz say.

but the truth is that its scary.


ha, childish statement? yes it is.

and we are all still children at heart.




in this changing world, we can trust in Him and realize that He is


our




only




hope.




2 tim. 1:7 [esv]


---


"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."




---

goodnight all.

anyone want to buy me a mamiya rb67?

i miss using goooood film cameras.
and i would like to know why walmart hasnt called me about my film...

hm... = ]

i miss film...


&& i miss her.
<3

my heart...


[click to enlarge]
i dont sleep, i play on paint.
haha.
; )

monday sunlight


" i just slayed that bdo exam " -- kait.


ah, STRESS LEVEL is going down, my friends...


Praise the LORD!
i can't believe Thanksgiving break is in 2 weeks....college has FLOWN by.
ive learned so much about myself and my walk with my Savior has grown.


Oh, how He is so patient.
isnt wonderful to know that He is always faithful...??



oh Our AMAZING God...


: )

painted red



love love love....
[JJ Heller]

one day....


"Love is patient"

take to me to africa


[photo by nate johnson]
[photo by lauren stonestreet]


change

things are about to get very interesting and very scary....

hello new prez...
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/11/04/vo.il.obama.reaction.cnn?iref=mpvideosview


http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/11/04/vo.il.obama.reaction.cnn?iref=mpvideosview


In God We Trust.

i love sunday afternoons


think about it




late night humor...

....for all you to enjoy!
Goodnight....
: )