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Name: Tasha
Birthday: 4/14/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: having fun, being ridiculous with my ridiculous friends hehe, loving God, younglife, writing, reading, laughing at everything, adventure, traveling whereever god leads me....just living life to the full
Expertise: ive perfected the art of laughing at myself :)
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Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
2/26/2005
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| hey all-
i feel compelled to write some things as i sit here in the library on this fine friday afternoon...
i am now officially on staff with YoungLife here in great Chicagoland.
this is a very simple explanation of something that has not been so simple. who knew that ministry is so hard? and even in saying that i feel silly because it seems as though caring about people would be easy. but, more often than not i find myself battling pressures from myself, other people and just the world, which in turn cripples my ability to care.
we just got back from our camp trip with my YL group a week ago and it is interetsing how much it changed things for me.
i feel as though i was given the license to be myself again- to know that who i am is who God loves, not who i should be. i have tasted freedom for my soul more this week than i have in probably over a year and it is fabulous. i am not who i want to be, but i can now rest in the idea of the process and appreciate that someday i may be that person.
i hope everyone is doing well! i will be sending out "hard copy" newsletters probably quarterly and if you would like one shoot me your addy :)
-keep on rocking in the free world- | | |
| so, at the request of some i have decided to make xanga a pastime of sorts again.
here is the most relevant. current. major happenings of my life.
1. i am officially hired to be an intern with YL for the next couple of years in grand ol libertyville, IL.
2. i am finally graduating from Trinity in 2 weeks
3. i am being pulled towards a passion in urban ministry
4. i am now 23, which is perfect
5. i like to wear black and am sick of wearing brown all the time- who would have thought this day would come? not i
6. i have bangs and i love them
7. "the office" makes me happy
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| hey hey-
ok so since ive been at camp i have had this huge desire to throw my
cell out my car window and to not read my emails cuz i want to be all
here and not stuck in five million places. but i do want you guys
to know what is going on with me- so i will write some things from my
journal to give you a glimpse of my heart and the things i have been
learning... :)
"Life is so real sometimes. I am so grateful for the moments when
my eyes are opened and i see the same tree differently. This past
month has been dramaticaly long and i felt like it was so dry. And then
i woke up one day and i realized i had been serving a scarecrow not the
all powerful God of the universe. I long to engage again with the
symphony of reality and i feel like their are definetly moments of that
and their are moments of void numbness. The other week i was
listening to a sermon with Ben and Sarah by Rob Bell and this snake
came out of a crack and just stared at Ben. Instantly i was
overcome with this sense that the snake was satan and that Ben was
allowing this snake to abide in him and be present in his life.
It is so easy for me to look into other peoples lives and see their
snakes, but what are mine? Where do I let Satan abide in my
life?..."
"Please help me while I help others, Jesus. I dont want to do
anything on my own. Thank you for others' hearts and laughter."
"Want God like you want your sin!"
"Free my heart when i dont know how to unchain it... i long to experience Freedom in a real way"
" Dont let your Today just be and extension of yesterday!"
in paraphrased terms God is so good and faithful to me. i
have been learning hard lessons, but i am truly blessed beyond compare
every single day and i love the people he has put into my life. i
cannot help but be changed because i encounter Him in a real way every
moment.
Thanks for your prayers! I LOVE YOU GUYS!
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| southern culture is one crazy thing...
my adventures these past weeks have included me running around with about 15 guys after hay bails and tossing them onto a tractor- something i would have never seen myself doing- but soooooo funny!
while eating pizza we got to enjoy the beauty that is open mic night with mountain men and their fiddles (rhinestoned) and banjos... prolly the funniest thing i have seen in a long time
and we ran into some coon hunters- i thought this was something from like the 1800's or something, apparentely theyre still doing it and loving it too...
i love this place! | | |
| We just finished work week.... and it was glorious.
i am currently sitting in my room with disgustingly dirty jeans on and
my hands are caked in something and my hair is sticking to my face- and
i love it!
this week i wood chipped for a day and a half, cleaned many of rooms,
set up flags, cleaned out a creek, built a fence... and all sorts of
other stuff...
i am so glad God has brought me here, every day i look around myself at
the mountains and the horses and i feel completely blessed...
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