As I sat on the bathroom floor of my little hotel room in Lima, Peru listening to the constant beeping of traffic, I silently cried out to Jesus. It was the middle of the night when I gave up tossing and turning. My mind wouldn't stop reeling and my body was burning up between the sheets, so I took my journal and a pen and quietly snuck into the bathroom, so I wouldn't disturb Ellie and Lindsey.
I wrote a prayer that January night begging God to show up and prove himself and to make 2012 a better year than the last.
So, because today is the last day of 2012, I thought I would share with everyone how amazing my God is. Today, instead of focusing on what He hasn't done yet or what I need to improve in 2013, I will reflect on what he has done this past year. Sitting in Lima this time last year, writing out my prayer, I never could have imagined what this year had in store for me.
God answered my prayer within days. During that trip I somehow became extremely sick. Maybe I swallowed some of the water or got the flu, but maybe it was God preparing to show me His great love for me. I puked for two days straight until there was absolutely nothing left inside me. Stuck in another country without my momma while I felt more sick than I have ever been in my life was awful. God absolutely used it though.
At church one night, Scott asked everyone to pray for me. When I sat down on that stool and looked around me at the people, so willing to help, I knew God would answer their prayers. Both the peruvians and gringos prayed and honestly, within 15 minutes, I felt completely better. I had never before experienced prayer that heals, especially that quickly! It was amazing! I couldn’t help but want to worship and glorify Him for answering my silent prayers and giving me a miracle.
The rest of my year was just as beautiful. It went something like this:
Mission trip to Lima, Peru
Winter Jam with friends
Megan & I 🙂
The boys took us all out on Valentines Day!
I got my baby boy Ferdy
Big Break (the trip that inpired me to search for something like the Race)
Maryville events with my friends 🙂
Ami and Ray's prom (yep- 2010 grads went to the 2012 prom!)
Girl's trip to Venice, FL (definitely some of my favorite memories of the year)
Aja's dance recital
Legitimately the best night of the entire year 🙂 I'll never forget worship by the river front 🙂
Lo and June's house-warming party!
More fun times with my girls!
picnic in forest park
One of three weddings this year 🙂
Got accepted to the World Race and started skyping my new friends!
Joined a new lot family!!
Sister's bridal shower!
Lo and June got married!!!
Girls' weekend to the lake!
My first tattoo!!
My first big fundraiser!
Christmas party!
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Christmas <3 (next year, I'll be in Mozambique!)
New Years!!!
I couldn't put every single happy memory on this blog, because it is long enough already, but this is a glimpse of how God made this year amazing. 2012 was a quality year and I cannot wait to see what 2013 brings! This is the year I graduate college and leave the country with ou{R} squad to travel the world! AHH!! Happy New Year everyone!!
