If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
~Luke 9:23

glad i went to church this morning!!! im glad i have deicded to go back to sunday morning worship just not sunday school!
it was tuff this morning tho! my foot was killing me tha whole time!!!!

went to look at houses today!

had ice cream w/ my best gurl Jamie!!! we got a chance to catch up! we have soo much fun! lol!

got to work tomrorow..and then goin to Denas!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

I Wait for you Lord
My Soul Waits
I Wait for you Lord

In Your Word I place my Trust
In Your Word I Rest
In Your Word I Place my Trust
For I know I must, Wait

I Wait for You Lord
My Soul Waits
I Wait for the Lord

God is sooo amazing!!! He has been teaching me soo much...mainly WAITING and haveing PATIENCE!!! it is soo hard but yet he works eveything out in time and when im ready!!

tha past couple days....i have gottin griff over who i have been hanging out w/....Julie Eliz Ashley Dena and Patrick leave in a week or soo! Im spending as much time as i can w/ them! everyone that is staying here for school I have all this year to hang out i dont w/ these ppl!!!

i could go for a long hard run right now...far away from here!!!

everytime i look at Tennessee Techs website...i fall in love w/ the campus, the atmosphere all over again! but yet God hasnt shown me y im at MTSU!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

i think today and tonight was one of tha best days i have had in a long while....
got up to eat w/ my dad
went to work
went up to tha old school..saw some teachers i wanted to see and then some i didnt
talked to Coach Wells about tha team....
went to see Kyle
went shopping got some cute tops
went to tha band performance..everyone did a great job!!!
Eliz and Julie came over and watched movies again tonight!!! wow i love those gurls!! im gonna miss them sooo much!!! :(

now it get crazy....
met up w/ ppl at 11:30 at Don Pablos...went to this beautiful rock place out on tha battle field...good date place..o and word of advie dont wear flip flops and shorts in the woods and always carry a flash light!!! o and the cops were out tonight!!! lol!!! we would know!
got a chance to talk to Sarah and Nate!

favorite qoute of tha night.....
Josh Vance: tha cops is coming back
and then everyone runs for there cars!!!

Love Through Christ
~Rachel~

its amazing how feelings change in a minute!!! God has some major plans for me this year and im excited to see what they are!!!

well im up at tha crack of dawn w/ my dad!!! its crazy!! i never get up this early! even when i had early morning i was late! lol!!! Julie was always call me and tell me to get up and get to school!!!
I miss those mornings!!!!

last night was fun!
Julie and Eliz came over to watch a movie then me and Eliz and Amy were listening to some old school music! lol!!!

wow...i honestly have to say i love my friends! they have gottin me through soo many things! thanks Jamie for yesterday! hahaha Nate thanks for reminding of somethings! o and Eliz thanks for not mentioning who is to not be named!

patrick came by! ill have to put a pictiure of him w/ his present we gave him! i think im gonna miss him the most :(

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

i dont care anymore....i thought i would care that he left but ya know i dont care if i stay in touch w/ him ever again! God has a major plan for my life...and he isnt part of it!

i feel better now!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

Word of God Speak by Kutless
I'm finding myself at a loss for words
Ans the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say

Word of God Speak
WOuld You poor down like rain?
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please le me stay and rest
In Your holiness
The Word of God Speak

I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need, is to be with You
And in the quiet hear your voice

Word of God Speak
WOuld You poor down like rain?
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please le me stay and rest
In Your holiness
The Word of God Speak

im doing okay! im in a lil pain thanks to Advil!
walking kinda slow but im good!!!

the doctor could tell i wasnt taking my medicine tho!!! but yeah no more doctors anymore!!! YAY!! but i am supposed to call her and let her know how im doing!!!

i was awake at 4:30am this morining couldnt sleep at all! i dont know why!

i want ice cream tonight soo if anyone wants to go w/ me just call or leave a remark!!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel Ann~

okay i decided to have pizza for dinner! well of course im oven challenged(my mom says i better find a husband who can cook or i need to learn fast) soo of course i just used tha microwave well my pizza got done and all of a sudden the pizza sause that was on tha pizza was everywhere all over my plate then i got it all over me to! it was crazy!! o well im not a big pizza sause person! lol!!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

Draw Me Close
Draw me close to You
Never Let me Go
I'd Lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your Friend

Help me find a way to bring me back to You

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near

You are my desire
No one esle will do
No one esle can take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace

God is truely amazing!!!!

hey everyone!!!
went to practice yesterday!!! got burnt! i have some werid tan lines! lol!
Wimbledon is a really good movie!!!
i have foot surgey tomorrow!
last night was a blast at ashleys house!!!
hahaha i fell up the stairs today!!! lol!
g2g

Loove Through Christ!!
~Rachel~

okay sorry im a huge Kutless fan....
"Strong Tower"
When I wander through the desert
And I'm longing for my home
All my dreams have gone astray
When I;m stranded in the valley
And I'm tired and all alone
It seems like I've lost my way

I go running to Your mountain
Where Your mercy sets me free

You are my strong tower
Shelter over me
Beautiful and mighty
Everlasting King
You are my strong tower
Fortess when I'm weak
Your name is true and holy
And Your face is all I seek

In the middle of my darkness
In the midst of all my fear
You're my refuge and my hope
When the storm of life is raging
And the thunder's all I fear
You speak softly to my soul

i think the lack of sleep is finally catching up! im sooo exhausted!!!

came in early tonight...as my mom says!!! but o well! i think this is like tha 1st night in a long time i have been home b4 10! its amazing as she says!!!

not going to Atlanta! hanging out w/ tha girls tomorrow night!!! wooo hooo!!! im gettin sad there all leaving me soon!!! :( got to spend as much time w/ them as i can!!! I LOVE YA GURLS!!!! they know who they are!!

well goin to tha football scrimmage tomorrow afternoon...im excited!!! i get to see how far they have come! i may head to practice in tha morning to! not to sure about that!!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

How lovely is your dwelling place
O Lord Almighty
My soul doth long and even faints for You
For here my heart is satisfed
Within Your Presence
I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings

Better is one day in Your courts
Better is one day in Your house
Better is one day in Your courts
Than thausands eslewhere

My Heart and flesh cry out
To You the living God
Your spirit's water to my soul
I've tasted and I've seen Come once again to me I will draw near to You

wow....i went to sunday school this morning..im really glad i did!!! i learned soo much this morning!!! i have learned so much through the AO Sunday School! i havent been to church service i thnk since my summer b4 my senior year!! i finally went this morning!!! i missed it a lot now!!! im happy i went!!! YAY!!!

not sure what im doin tonight!! adios!

Love Through Christ!!!
~Rachel~

hi eveyone!!!!
a friend of mine...well i met her my junior year..when she was a senior...was struck my lighting! i didnt know till this morning!! her and her boyfriend are doing fine now they are home but can everyone just keep them in your prayers!! thanks!!!

this afternoon has been scary!!!! got home earlyer and it started to storm...well i decided to take a shower..b4 it got really bad!!! well all of a sudden it got bad and tha power went out!! lol!!! it was just a lil scary!!! lol!!! okay it was a lot scary!! lol!!!

my family is looking to build a new house!! we went lookin around at floor plans today!!! i like shopping for a house its fun!! found one that we liked but my mom wants some different things! soo yeah! this could be hard!! my mom is kinda picky!! lol!!! o well i would be to if i was buying it!!!

hanging out w/ Patrick Whitney and Jessica!! should be fun!!! lol!! YAY!!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

not feeling to well...dont really know y...please pray for me!!! thanks!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

tonight was my lazy night...i needed it!!! sorry for tha ppl that wanted me to do something!!! lol!!! i felt like being a bum!!! lol!!!

i just got done reading "He Chose The Nails" by Max Lucado...that book is amazing!!! i recommend it!!! lol!!! i learned soo much through that book!!!

For all at once all sin is atoned for on the cross, the entire Fall is erased, and the whole obligation to Satan, and the entire sentence passed upon the Fall of Adam is torn up, cancelled, and annulled by the nails of Jesus.
~Count Niklolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf

"Christ is King" no matter what language you Speak
~Max Lucado

so much is going on in my life at tha moment...God has shown me new things and still hasnt answered some things but i have patience for those things!!! its insane but what God has been telling me is wonderful!!!!

Love Through Christ!!!
~Rachel~

so im addicted to....
French Fries and Ice Cream and Mashed Potatoes!!!

Love Through Christ!!
~Rachel~

IM HOME!!! YAY!!!
God did some amazing things in New York City this week!! im sooo happy i got to be apart of it!!!
we went to NYC to paint a school called Thedore Roosevelt High School...250 college students...1 floor of a school...a couple hundred gallons of paint...was Paint the Town!!!
we got to help this school basically....they have the highest drop out rate in NYC...they have 20 cops that patrol tha school everyday...metal detetors...soo everyone please be in prayer for the students and teachers that work and go to that school!!!
we also got to prayer walk on college campuses...
New York City:
191 college campuses
1 million college students
1% claim they know Jesus Christ
wow that is a lot!!! sooo if everyone can keep New York City college students in your prayers thanks!!
my church group got to pass out flyers one day to help promot tha Block Party on afternoon...i loved passing them out!! i loved tha look on the lil kids faces when they got free gum and a chance to come play games and eat for free!!!
when we 1st got there at tha beginning of tha week!! tha dorms we stayed in didnt have AC at all!! but of course by tha next day they moved us to new dorms that had AC!!!
i love New York City...im soo happy i got the chance to go!! i had a blast w/ my church group there!!!

O Christ, be the center
of our lives
be the place
we fix our eyes
be the center
of our lives.

Love Through Christ!!!
Rachel

wow i cant believe i leave in the morning for New York its crazy!!! im sooo thankful i got tha chance to go..im sooo excited!!! i love doing this kind of work!!!

had fun last night w/ Amy Jennifer Lacey Justin and Jason!!!

a lot has been on my mind lately...i started crying last night over a lot of things!!! im actually really happy to get away from everything and everyone and put my mind on something esle for a week..but i know when i come home everything will go back to tha way it was and im not sure i want it to!!!

God showed me something yesterday when i was just riding in jennifers car...it hit me that im not really over somethin that happened earlyer this year..i guess thats y i cant move on but its time to let go and move on!!! thanks Lord for showing me something that i have been needing to hear but i havent wanted to listen!!!

i feel a lot better!!! some other things will have to change after i get back but some of them will take time and me having a lot of patients!!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE GROUP GOING TO NEW YORK!!! ADIOS EVERYONE....STAY SAFE!!!!

Love Through Christ!!
~Rachel~

Every gift reveals Gods love....but no gift reveals his love more than the gifts of the cross. They came, not wrapped in paper, but in passion. Not placed around a tree, but a cross. And not covered with ribbions, but sprinkled with blood.
~Max Lucado.."He Chose the Nails"

wow...im reading an amazing book....i was lookin through andis books and i remerber ashley saying this was a really good book!! and i only read tha 1st chapter tonight and it was great!!! really opened my eyes!!! i recommend this book even tho im only in tha 1st chapter!!!

well today....an eventful day:
Blaze...ate my flip flop
Blaze woke me up at 6 am b/c he got sick off tha cookies my sister left on tha table and he decided to eat!!!
went to eat w/ robins family
church was awesome tonight!!! i loved the music.....here is what i learned...
Lord, this world has nothing for me
I will follow you.
it was amazing what the kids a MFUGE did...i just hope we have an awesome time in New York like they did at mfuge!!!
things are insane in my life!! at tha moment..some of you have no idea!! but o well!!! things will get better!!! God is always with me!!!
.
Love Through Christ
~Rachel~

Mighty, awesome, wonderful
Is the holy cross
Where the Lamb laid down His life
To lift us from the fall
Mighty is the power of the cross!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

My body breaks beneath the weight
Of toil and trouble, fears and fights
Sickness in me, world against me
I cry to you tonight

Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
Holy Healer
Strength within
Pass me not
Forsake me not, Lord
Amen

My enemies are whispering
They pray my name may die
So few to trust, so few are just
I cry to you tonight

Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
Holy Healer
Strength within
Pass me not
Forsake me not, Lord
Amen, Amen

My heart is dim, Its always been
I turn from what is right
Passions of youth fear me from truth
I Cry to you tonight

Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy
Sinless Savior
Judge of men
Pass me not
Forake me not, Lord
Amen Amen

i love that song!!! its by Shaun Groves if you didnt know!!!

Love Through Christ!
Rachel

wow....i had such a great time this weekend!!!

went w/ AO to Six Flags in KY!!! im sooo happy i got to go! i had such an amazing time!! ill have to show yall pictures!!

i was really thinking at tha beginning of tha trip i dont know anyone besides..justin josh amy graham and jennifer...and i dont want to go!! but i got brave and stayed on tha trip and im sooo happy i did!!!

me and Nate Tallman did a ride at Six Flags...well i wouldnt call it a ride but it was like this gaint swing and we got dropped i guess tha only way to show yall is to put tha picture up!!! it was sooo much fun but yet sooo scary!! ill have to find it and show yall!!!

God has shown me soo much through this trip! im soo happy i got plugged in w/ the college minstry at tha beginning of the summer!!! i have had a blast!!! ive been out of my comfort zone many times this weekend and i love it!!! i know im here at MTSU for a reason but im not sure yet!!!

Love through Christ!
Rachel

welll i had been worried about taking off for New York! i was worrited Mr John wouldnt let me off...but he was excited that i was goin to New York and soo was his oldest daughter Lauren!!! but guess what IM OFF FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS!!!! sooo if anyone wants to hang out next week!!! let me know!!

church was really good last night!!! i love tha worship!!

last night was fun went bowling w/ jason jamie kyle lyndi and a couple of lyndi friends!!! i need to put my pictures up from last night!!

im watching a tv show...and family had another gurl to have there baby...well tha baby came out w/ a illness! well they decided that they didnt want it! i feel sooo horrible about that baby...does that happen in real life??? God made that baby tha way it was for a reason!

Love Through Christ!
Rachel

it hit me really hard today that...im no longer a football manager!!! im sad!!! i havent cried about it and probably wont!!! but i sure will miss it and my guys!!! but i will always remeber tha fun times....
driving tha gator,
playing in tha rain,
hanging w/ my boyz and tha other BFMU,
gettin yelled out by daddy alsup,
borrowing money from daddy alsup,
me and andi gettin sick after tha syrmna game
running plays with tha guys and playing in practice b/c were short players
the Cookeville game
Kayla....all her burps and walks
lol!! and there are sooo many more memories!

Love through Christ!
Rachel

wow!!! yesterday i read 1 John and today i read Ephesians!!! God showed me so much threw those 2 books of the bible!!!

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
~1 John 2:15

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to go with punishment. The one who fears is not made in perfect love.
~John 4:18

I keep asking that God of our Lord Jesus Christ the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better!!
~Ephesians 1:17

There is one body and one Spirit-just as you were called to one hope when you were called-one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and all in all!
~Ephesians 4:4-6

Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devils schemes.
~Ephesians 6:11

those are some of the verses that really stuck out to me!! i have written down a lot more!! lol!! but yes..God does show you some amazing things through the Bible!

Unto You be glory, glory,
Unto You be honor,
Unto You be praises, Jesus,
Forever and ever.

Love through Christ!!
Rachel

NEW PICTURES OVER THERE--->

everyone pleae pray for the ppl in London!!!!

Love through Christ!
Rachel