i think its best that i start this blog out with a background of who i am and where i have been and where i am planning on going.
first of all, i am from covina,ca which is in LA county. i also lived and spent most of my time in orange county. i moved to chico, ca (northern california, 8 hrs from LA) because i was called by God.
this past august i went to chico for my cousin's wedding. after the wedding i stayed with my other cousin. who lives in chico, to help her watch her kids while her husband was away. in the one week that i was in chico i felt challenged by God. i wasn't sure at first what the feeling was. because i hadn't learned to listen for God's voice and direction in my life.
back in orange county my life was full of empty, temporary pleasures. pleasures of this world and not of God's world. I thought i was happy with my life. I had great friends, was just offered a promotion at work and was living "the life". little did i know God was going to turn me upside down and open my eyes to what my life really was.
When i returned home from chico i felt really strange. like i wasn't where i was supposed to be. i felt uncomfortable in places i used to love being in, and i felt like a stranger to myself in certain situations.
Less than a week after i returned i decided to move to chico. i didn't have a job and i was offered a place to stay with my cousin and her family. which consists of three children under the age of 4. i love kids but i have never lived with them. and boy was i in for a surprise. =]
the last week i was in covina/orange county i went out and lived my life the way i used to. drinking and partying and having a "great time" feeling like i was getting the last of it out of me. not realizing how much of a struggle i would have in the future.
i then packed my car and drove the 8 hrs to chico all by myself.
from here, I'm just going to say that God is GREAT and works in MYSTERIOUS ways.
i have been here for a little over a month now and God has washed away my sins and redeemed me from my past.
i look forward to sharing through this blog all the amazing things God has done in my life and hopefully sparking a light in you to try to LISTEN, LEARN, and LOVE from and through God.
-God Bless
