¹ The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
² He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
³ he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
⁴ Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

*Psalm 23*

My prayer, God's promise.

One Semester complet!!!

Looking back on this last semester, i would have to say all that crying and fear when my parents left was very unnecessary. i Have found my own home. My own christian friends and a body of believes who encourage me and watch me grow or fail in my walk with Christ. but regardless of what they do, there is always love where ever i go.

I see that Biola University has been a great place for me to be, this last semester i took all gen. ed. classes which are said to be easy, but i found them most difficult.
Through this hard time, that i was fearful of, God really showed me that he won't ever leave me. and provides for me. I had the desire to get good grades and bec. i wanted to please others and God, he blessed that and showed me how friends can help with school work. There a couple girls that really helped me and tutored me thought classes, because of them i was about to pass all my classes. It was really encouraging. Also by the end of the semester i began to love what i was studying.

God has also given me the time to really pursue him. Because of teachers, chapels, leaders, mentors, friends, i've been able to grow rapidly in my love story with my Father Christ Jesus.
It has been wonderful seeing what Christ is doing on campus and through me.

So what am i involved in??
this is the most exciting thing.
I'm currently involved in the missions conference that happens every year at Biola. All classes are canceled for three days and missionaries from all around the world speak and encourage the college students at Biola.
I'm am staff, that is getting ready for this massive conference. Its hard work but really fun, i can't wait for it to start. The Theme for this year is Flaming for Christ, seeking our own hearts before we reach out to others. I think its really important to know about and something that Biola needs to hear.
Another thing that i'm getting involved in and am in the interview process of, is SOS the freshman orientation. Pray about this, that i can get in. I would love to lead the next in coming Freshman.
Also there are lots of ministries on Campus that i want to get involved in. We'll see, Off to Mexico.

Thanks Guys and i worship the one who allowed me to experience a lot of things that i would never believe that i could do.
can't wait for what next sem. has for me!!!!

Grateful

Hey guys!!!

i'm not sure when the last time i added a post but it has been way to long...well i'm here in California which i have already told you, but i have lots of things i could talk about but there are just to many stories. so i'll tell you what i am doing right now

well this is the first year that i have not been able to go home for a holiday. so today is thanksgiving and i'm happy where i'm at. it is weird that i am not home but kind of fun at the same time.
i'm at a friends house, her name is letti and she is the best ever for letting me come to her house.
here family is all Hispanic and none of them know English or very little. so letti and her sister are my translators.
so try that one:
live with a family for 5 days not understanding anything.
i love it

her mom is great and working with me to know new words and i'm super excited for my spanish class i'm going to take next semester.
so today we made lots of food, which hasn't been the case all week but that's ok because i need to loose weight.
i've had mostly eggs and tortillas!!! yumm and today we had ribs, turkey, mash potatoes and veggies, and pie: pumpkin and apple.
me and letti made pumpkin for the first time in our lives. we put to much evaporated milk in it but it turned out great. better then what i thought.
so know i'm just chilling. listening but not understanding and smiling because i love these women of God who are in this house.
such a blessing that i'm here. i've done and see things that i'm grateful for God for. and thank him even though i'm not in my comfortable home.
i thank you God for all you have done and giving me a friends like letti and her mother and family.
i'm very grateful

I'm Here!!

ok
so i know i haven't blogged in like FOREVER.
but I'm here now. so lets talk...
I'm here at Biola...let me say it again...I'M HERE AT BIOLA.
ever morning i still wake up surprised that this is where i am. its so foreign to me but yet i have so much peace with where I'm at.
i'm laying on my bed right know at 12:00pm at night typing this.
now normally i would be in the library studying but because it's a special day and i just finished an exam today. i don't know what to do. this is not normal for me at all, as a result this free time is allowing me to blog.

College: man. there is so much to talk about.
Biola: its a wonderful school. its mission is: equipping men and women in mind and character to impact the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. and that is exactly what I'm getting here.
its great because wherever i go there is always someone to help, always something to do, some event to get involved in. I've never felt lead to get involved in anything like i feel here at Biola.
I'm recently involved in this ministry called Teen Challenge. but i might have to drop it (depending on what God whats for me) to go attended a church's college groups that meet on fri nights. the same night as teen challenge.
another thing that I'm involved in and that God has blessed me sooooo much with is BSA black student accociaction. i love it bec. i haven't really grown up in a diverse town and i'm learning so much about culture and people. I've learned a lot through these relationships.
there are a couple other things that have come up resently but i'm not going to say bec. i want to pray more about them and see if they are things God wants me to be involved in.
Chapels: o!!!! if i could major in chapels i totally would. love them!! there are so many great speakers and bands and all of the above.
Major: i've had so many people come to me and pray for me and help me through this process. it has been such a blessing. I'm still looking and seeking God on this issue. i'm not such what he wants me to go into but he is definitely showing me a path. and a path that is serving him!!
Whats New: Haley my roommate did something to her leg today so she can't walk at all. this is the girl who has so much passion for basketball and going going. so I'm not sure how this is going to work. but pray for her and what is going to happen.
i'm trying so hard in classes yet i still get bad grades. help!! so that has been a little stressful.
Friends are great, our dorm has so many events planned for this month, its going to be MOVE'N.
o ya...i'm struggling with the whole boy friend thing. i don't' really have that many guy friends but i really want to and i'm starting to look at guys solely for their dating potential. not good. pray

Well as you can tell things are moving along and i'm loving it here. yes there are its UP and its DOWNS but God has been through all of it, he has a plan for me in the future.
thanks Guys for wanting to know my life. hopefully yours is just as blessed. love y'all

till next time
(while i go to the beach and...maybe after, go to In n Out...yummmmm)
Morgan

:) New Journey :(

Ok so this summer has been one of the hardest summers i've ever experienced. My normal day always consists of sleep, work, then cram in as much time with my family or friends as possible. this isn't a bad thing but i've been ignorant to what is coming up. this last week i've been thrown into the reality that i'm an incoming freshmen at Biola University. this sounds simple but its SOOOO complicated. i've been on the phone with multiple people figuring out all the paper work, housing, dorms, health and the list goes on... its really hard, i'm trying to stay positive but i'm scared half to death. this experience is suppose to be a great, new and adventurous but the more it goes on for me the more my worry flairs. Its hard to rely on God with this because its like i can do all of it. i can figure out all of this but i know the minute i step onto that campus its him i need the most. its him that will help me move and be my normal self and succeed.
I need that relationship with my Father now. i love him but sometimes i think i love my world and i love what i end up doing.
so this next journey of my life i want to be fully in God's arms, walking with him.
thats my prayer.

New futures, great memories

alright so i'm graduated and soooo excited. that was a very fun day. events flew by so fast, its seems just yesterday i was walking down those musty big sky hallways. glad i don't have to go back.


new changes are happening though.
new future
new friends
new environment.

and with all this i'm getting really emotional.
my best friend is leaving me to Minnesota in two week and i'm heart broken, more then words can describe. tonight during the good bye party for them at church i couldn't stop crying. i couldn't keep myself together no matter how hard i tried. Emily Suzanne Trosen has been the bestest of friends to me. i have no idea how i would ever deserve her :) God has blessed me so much with her and mine relationship.
also with this happening my other besties are leaving also for college.
nessie is going to something Wyoming haha. going to live with a bunch of hick cowboys that she refuses to marry. (but guess what she probably will fall in love with one of them:)). she is going to have fun, i promise, i see it in her eyes so much that this is where God wants her to be. I can see it.
now Janna..well wow well she had already started. she is going to become a nurse and travel. well pursue ministry. some of us thinks that she will become the next Mother Teresa but also she would make the best mother :). (she has the hips for it)
now meagan my best friend and sister. how i worry sometimes about her future but guess what?? she will do just fine. i love her plans just chilling here at home. and going to school part time. i'm excited to come home to her. :)
then there is amy and zoe and many more who haven't graduated yet. we love them all and can't wait until they join us. :)but you know what? God is going to do some radical things in those girl's lives. they will leave an impact on our youth group forever. i love them

now me...
well California here i come.
i honestly hate thinking about it. because it reminds me that i have to leave all these girls. i hate that. but i know its a good thing gosh danget.
and i know good or bad, this is going to change my life. biola here i come. with my arm hesitantly open, holding for dear life onto my past where the comfort place are going to fall behind. and going to be gracefully be placed in a city i know nothing about.
but here i come, scared and vulnerable, but thats how God wants me :)

for now lets enjoy the time i have left in my little town missoula.

My life

Well i'm sitting in my room, and just got the thought that i needed to start a blog.

know what am i going to write about, well i don't know...anything i guess. isn't that what other people my ago, well older ppl who don't know what to do, do with their lives....well i have decided to jion the group of bloggers. and that my parents will need to know what i'm up to in college when i'm gone so i might as well start now so i can figure this thing out.

so i have to go to bed but i'll make it quick.

i love to journal so this is this years new way to journal. so for me this will be my journal and the way i write things down. and its convenient bec. its on the comp. right at hands reach.

so i apologize right now about my spelling and speech. i hate to reread things so it will look all messed up but o well its my journal.
so enjoy
my life as an 18 year old working at McDonalds and going to cali for college. mu life who loves the Lord with all her heart but gets frustrated when the wings from the butterfly seem to get stuck. and can't move on or doesn't have to motivation to do so.
butterfly growth: the journey of my life with christ.