A fresh start....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1bxlDAjGCo&feature=BFa&list=PL339DD2676812C0A7&index=13&shuffle=765176

You know lately, I have been stuck in that valley I was telling you all about, and this morning as I was sitting listening to music waiting to skype with my sister, the song posted above came on, and I decided that it's my time to move on. It's finally my time to get out of this valley. I need to stop saying I will, and then don't; now I am for real!

I'm going to start my journey off with going to Haiti. For the past couple nights I have been having doubts about my trip, and whether or not I am going for the right reason. My best friend Beth is younger than me but she seems to have the right things to say. I mean somedays I feel like because I'm older than her that she really doesn't understand me, therefore she isn't able to give good advice, however that is not the case. This girl is amazing and always knows what to say when I need to hear it, even if I don't want to hear it! ha. Well we were talking about how I thought I needed to deal with myself before I can go help others, and she said to me that she thinks this is a special circumstance "that it may be the rare occasion where I can do both", and you know what, I am coming to believe that. I really do now believe that God is going to use Haiti as a way to help me get out of this valley for once and for all..ya I realize that I will be back in the valley at another point in my life, but it'll be for a different reason. I feel like going to see the people of Haiti and what they go through will help me realize that what I have here in Canada is enough, and that I need to stop thinking about myself, and starting serving the Lord.

So, I am moving on. I am so ready to start my life fresh, and get on with it. Good-bye valley, hello mountain :)

What am I going to do you ask?
Well, I am going to go to Haiti, Pray more, read the living word more, worship more, and most of all I am going to be a shinging light to this world. I am going to live a more positive life- no more of this "I can't do it" or "I don't like" I'm done with that! I'm moving onto "I can do this" and "I love life"!
I'm going to take up new hobbies. Continue with sports(soccer), but now I am going to take up photography. I used to be so artistic in the sense of music, but I gave that up, so now it's time I take back my artistic lifestyle. I am going to blog more often, and I am going to LOVE life to the fullest!

God is sooooo good, and I am just so ready to go into this world and let my light shine :)

Stephanie