Well...hey there...

So I just realized its been like a gazillion days since I've blogged!! Crazy!!! But I'm gonna get back on track LOL..ill just keep telling myself that, and hopefully more blogs will result from it :) Anyways... it's about midnight at the moment, and as much as I would love to start writing now, I have to be at church tomorow at 6:30 in the morning for Easter Services. If you're looking for a great church in Palm Beach County, Christ Fellowship is it! You can check it out at www.gochristfellowship.com! Tonight we had our two first easter services for the weekend, and both of them went into overflow! They were Jam Packed!! it was awesome!! Anyways, I'm excited about what God is doing this weekend! Lots of lives are being changed and its awesome to just get to celebrate the ressurection of Jesus!! :) THank you Jesus for dying for us, and then living again to reign forever in our lives!! It's a great and special weekend, and I'm excited about round 2 of services tomorow! More blogging will begin really soon!!! Alright so now its bedtime...gotta get my beauty sleep :) Lovesss!!! Gi

Eyes tell many stories.. :)

I've been thinking about something all day. You can tell a lot from the way people look at you. Eyes tell a whole lot of stories. But sometimes its so hard to figure out what's behind that look. Something got me thinking about this, and my curiousity has just been intriguing me today. There's something about that look... its caring, its got stories, but its got unspoken meaning. I may sound kinda deep haha.. but have you ever just looked at someone in the eyes, and you guys know waht each other is thinking just by the look ur sharing?... k thats what im talking about. I love those looks.. you don't even have to say anything but you feel something special. But sometimes.. you get a look... and you can kind of read it, but its got more meaning that u just can't really figure out... its like a mistery or something.. And why can't people just tell you what they're thinking sometimes instead of making you wonder. I love how eyes can say so much..yet sometimes.. its crazy! AH! I've had some experiences with this... curiosity is in my mind today.. aaah ... ok thats all ive got :) NIGHT!

I'm back!

I'm back! :)

It's been a while since I've blogged but life's been a little crazy! It's been really good..just crazy! I continued my summer style living for a little while even after school started.. traveling on the weekends, and not wanting to concentrate on school... but... I think I'm finally settled in again. I got to do some good traveling, went on an amazing cruise (pics will come later) and had a lot of fun. Then i came back and had school work up to the sky to do :) and that took a little bit of concentration... So between school, work, singing at church on the weekends, traveling and FUN its been a crazy past month.!

God's been doing crazy awesome things in my life. I have no clue how to handle some of them, but def working in some crazy ways. God's been answering my prayers and allowing me to share his love with people whom I really care about and have been praying for, for a while. It's cool to see God touch their lives and to see how God's timing is so perfect. With job opportunities, my music, and some other recent occurrences, God's really been showing me how much he can do, and how small I really am in comparison to ALL the amazing things he wants to do in my life. As I write, I feel a little overwhelmed just thinking about what's been happening this month, the things I've experienced, the people i've met and the mystery of God's plan. It's crazy, I am in complete awe, and I absolutely love it. I might sound like im totally rambling but I don't even know how to express what I'm feeling right now.

On another topic I just recently went on an amazing super spontaneous, out of nowhere cruise. Along with my brother, some friends, and a total of 30 college students in our group, it was an amazing experience. The Pachanga of the SEas: Total chaos, so much fun, and awesome memories. It was my first cruise and I absolutely loved it. We met so many people, got no sleep, ate soooooo much, danced, swam, snorkeled, tanned, danced more, ate more, took a billion pics and just had an amazing amazing time!! I miss it so much! Now its almost November, and time is flying by so fast. In just 7 months I graduate from college and have to be a big person :) Its CRAZY!!! Now, I just have to concentrate in school, relax, work on some music, and make some money for my big European trip after graduation. However, its also that amazing time of the year.. aka: holiday season which I love soooo much!! so I guess the fun isn't really ready to stop just yet :)

PS: here are some cruise pics

Back to School

School....... it's a bittersweet feeling. I'm sitting here in the school library right now, waiting for my managerial finance class to start and wishing that I could be at the pool or the beach tanning right now :) I love school... seeing all my friends, the good times, hanging out with everyone etc, but then school work comes in and i really really wish school didn't have school work ha. but I guess that's what makes school school... u gotta be responsible. I had 4 really nice fun months of summer, from April 30th till August 25th.. CRAZY! It was soooo fun and it flew by. I was out of town a bit.. all my trips adding up to about 2 months of traveling..... (ps.. i greatly dislike packing lol.) I went to two summer camps, fort Myers, sanibel island, Naples, Three times to Orlando, Jacksonville etc.. Overall... I had a really awesome summer! i miss it already.. It is a beautiful day today here in West Palm and the beach is 2 min from my school!!! AHHH.. wants to go so bad! I think I am gonna try to squeeze in some pool time before work today. Seriously I LOVE living in South Florida. The weather is great! ... and Palm beach Atlantic University is right by the beach.... pretty amazing!

.... thanks for listening to my rambling... time to walk to class .... loves, Gi

Hurricanes and Me

So Fay is coming! The past couple days have been really entertaining.... With Tropical Storm Fay reaching Florida, its been a little crazy. Gas stations have been packed and schools are cancelled and today it rained ALL day. Personally, i think that when hurricanes are not tragic, they can be fun! It's like an adventure sort of. I'll tell you a cool hurricane story!

A couple years ago, here in Florida, we had a hurricane named Wilma. Now, Wilma was pretty strong... I think it was prob a category 2 or 3 but im not sure. My dad and I put shutters up in our house.. which just that in itself was an adventure with all our windows. If you know me, you know i do not have super strong arms haha...and it was quite a picture trying to help my dad with shutters. When we did our balconies i had to climb off the side of the balcony and my dad had to catch me....ya lol.. it was not a normal day to day activity.

Wilma came super early in the morning... The wind was super strong and we were all up at like 6 am cause we could not sleep through the noise. Our family got together downstairs and we made a home video out of it. We had some fun, and we even filmed the hurricane through the peephole of the door...its AWESOME. When you see the video u can see the light post hanging and swinging and the trees flinging everywhere... haha...we have it all on tape!

When the Eye of the storm came through, it was peaceful so we went outside to walk our dog. The whole neighborhood had the same idea cause everyone went outside too. It was like meant to be haha. We all met in the middle of the street and talked until the other part of the storm came in. That was the start of a new ERA (HAHA cheesy? yes) in our neighborhood.

When the storm was over we had no power. We ended up having no power, no school, no phone service, and nothing to do for 8 days. SOOOO we had to improvise. Cold showers were not fun but running around using a flashlight was really cool... Everyone on our street became really good friends and everyday we would rotate between houses, grill food, and play boardgames. At night we would do the same, but in the dark, we would just light candles and hang out. We had a blast that week. My flashlight became my best friend...I never knew it would be so fun that week. We have so many stories and moments from that week that we still talk about it today!

Today we are all still friends, its funny because when we talk about how we became friends, we think of Wilma...We all laugh at how funny that week was and how we all met during the EYE of the storm :) The lack of electricity really caused us to bond. I remember when the light when on that 8th night without power and we called each other... sooo much built in excitment.. We never appreciated electricity so much. When schools started again, PBA had a Wilma Party with bounce house obstacle courses, tshirts, food etc.. You know, Wilma ended up being really fun for us in our neighborhood. God kept us safe and we are really thankful that everything was ok. Although Fay is just a tropical storm, I pray that God keeps us all safe through Fay also as it passes by. Hurricanes can be scary, and really tragic, but when they're not, you might as well have fun with it while its passing!! Make an adventure out of it.. and if u loose power... dont worry, it is a great time to meet people and have some random fun!!!

Ps:Rainboots that Fay has deeply inspired me to buy!! :)

Change is....... good! :)

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." Isaiah 55: 8-9

My brother and I Singing at Flamingo Road Church

This verse is one that I've always carried with me. One that reminds me that I don't always have to understand why I have to do certain things. Instead it reminds me that I just need to trust God and be obedient because his plans are wayyyyy higher than my plans, and I'm much better off trusting what God has for me, even when i don't understand.

About three years ago, my family moved to West Palm. Previous to that we lived in Pembroke Pines and were super involved at our old church Flamingo Road Church. We went there for about 7 and a half years, and it became another home and another family to us! We were always at church, and I was able to spend a lot of my time growing up serving in ministry and learning how to use my gifts for Christ. I sang in the praise team, worked with students, and participated wherever I could. I learned a lot, made great memories, met amazing people, formed great relationships and was able to see God work in amazing ways! When I graduated HS my family and I moved to Wellington. Although we now lived one hour away, we did not want to leave FRC because that is where we felt called to be, and that is where our heart was. However, after about 2 years of driving down for church, events etc. we realized that the distance was taking a toll on how much we could be involved and that is something that really bothered me and my family. I wanted to serve, I wanted to be there all the time, but living an hour away, working, and going to school made it hard. We prayed about it a lot as a family and realized that God was nudging us...that it was time to look for a local church.

This was really hard to do. I remember talking to Holly(ministry assistant at FRC and a great leader to me) on the way back from camp last year, and I remember tears welling up in my eyes. I prayed a lot. I wanted to be at FRC, my heart was there. But another side of my heart knew that i needed to listen to God, that I needed to step out of my comfort zone, and that I just had to trust. We went to visit Christ Fellowship. A great church that reminded us a lot of FRC. We liked it a lot, prayed and decided to make that our new home church. It was a weird feeling walking in, starting all over again, but even though it was hard, I knew that God was in control and it was gonna be good!

We have been at Christ Fellowship for about 10 months now. We have become members and I've already been able to see God at work. My family and I are getting plugged in again and its really exciting. I am now currently part of the Praise team there and last weekend was my first weekend singing. It was great being back on stage, singing and worshipping God. It was a new stage and new team, but it was awesome, and 3 of the songs were songs I used to do at FRC. Then this past week I spend the whole week at camp with CF's student ministry. We took 415 students and It was amazing!!! The coolest part is that the church is two lights away from my house.

That verse keeps coming back!! God's thoughts are higher than my thoughts and his ways are higher than my ways!! I love FRC. It's still my family and it holds a big piece of my heart. But now I have added another church to the equation. CF is great and I'm excited to see what else God has in store for us there! This summer I got to go to camp as a counselor with both churches! It's cool to see prayers being answered and God working in mysterious ways. I LOVE GOD and I'm happy that his plans are higher and better and wayyyy cooler than my plans!! :)

Celebration Recap!!!

So my birthday is over! Sad....I dragged it out quite a bit and it was a lot of fun....currently im kinda working on a combined party with my neighbor to celebrate our birthdays...so who knows..maybe its not over LOL.. I did however, have an amazing birthday week!!! I got to celebrate with family and friends, and have a lot of fun!!! Here's the scoop on how it all happened:

Tuesday June 24th: The big day! - After eating pastels and coxinhas with guarana at the brazilian bakery, I got a new acoustic guitar for my bday present! I was stoked! I spent the day with the family and at night got to eat at an awesome Habaci style Japanese restaurant!!! My dad went to Brazil the next day so it was nice to spent time as a family (fe couldnt make it).. Check it out ..(the cook was amazingly hilarious :) haha

Wednesday: I just had a couple friends over for some pizza and movie!! FUN! :)

Thursday: Me, my brother, and some friends went down to Ft LAuderdale, and went out in the Las Olas, Riverfront area!! Its really nice to go and hang out there to celebrate!

Friday : spent some time at the pool, and came home to hang with mom for some mother daughter movie night! Love hanging with mom and watching movies!

Saturday: Went down to south beach with my brother and some friends for some dancing at a place called Dolce! I love to dance. We had so much fun and the place was so classy and pretty!!

Sunday: We had a bbq at the house to celebrate my birthday with the neighborhood friends!!! a lot of food!! it was a nice end to a fun week!

PLUS!! it didnt stop there: haha the following saturday, I went spanish dancing with some friends from school at a place called Ibiza! The photographer took this cool pic of some of us!

It was an amazing birthday!! I had a lot of fun, a lot of laughs, and got to spend time with the fam and friends!! my camera isnt working so these are some of the pics I was able to recuperate! wish I had more to share!!!! LOOOOVE my birthday! cant wait till the next one!! :)