Buffalo Wild Wings, Krumpe's Donuts, Cameras, and Finishing well!

Hello dear friends!

It is 12:27 AM, and I am 18 years old! :) This is an exciting thing! I can now sign my own permission slips, drive after 11pm, buy a lottery ticket, and vote! Out of all of those things, driving after 11 is definitely the best :D

My very dear friend, Michelle Phillipson, took me out this evening to Buffalo Wild Wings, where I experienced some delicious Honey BBQ wings and Raspberry Iced Tea. Afterwards, she took me to Krumpe's Donuts-the sketchiest donut place you'll ever see, with THE BEST donuts you'll ever eat. Two new experiences for me, which makes them great! I love collecting memories, and tonight certainly was a good one.

Mom and Dad bought for a camera for my birthday-a Canon SX120 IS Powershot. Very nice...I hope to be a pro at it by Honduras :)

Besides all these wonderful things happening, I also need to touch up on some prayer requests, and what God has been doing in my life recently! This past Saturday evening the enemy really got a hold of me, bringing me down, discouraging me, and giving me an overwhelming sense of loneliness. I couldn't sleep at all and was really worked up. I asked a couple of close friends to pray for me, turned on some Casting Crowns on my iPod, and opened up my Bible. Not knowing what to read, I flipped to the back, searching through the concordance, reading passages on keeping the faith, anxiety, and loneliness. God really brought one verse up. It just jumped from the page and really got me thinking when I read it:

2 Timothy 4:7 says "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

These are Timothy's closing words, reflecting on his actions and his journey. But God gave it a different spin for me. This verse has become a prayer for me, an encouragement. Even if I haven't had a fantastic week, if I haven't gotten a bunch of support or responses to my Honduras trip, if maybe a talk with a friend doesn't go the way I plan, if I can say to myself at the end of the day, or at the end of the week, that I have "fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith," then I have done what I can, the rest is in God's hands. And His hands are so much more capable than mine. So my goal is to fight the good fight, to finish the race, and to keep the faith.

Thanks for reading this, just the thoughts of a now EIGHTEEN year old :)

Amor siempre en Cristo!

-Evi

Out of the night that covers me-I'm Unafraid-I Believe

I need to be better at keeping this updated!

So, I'm working at Rosimar, which is a Mexican/Italian restaurant where Lindy's used to be in Waynesboro! It's great, and another place I get to use my Spanish skills! Still working at The Waynesburger, where I practice my Spanish the most. I thank God for my jobs everyday, because right now they are what is going to get me to Honduras.

Be praying, because the response for supporting me hasn't been great. I think I need to do some follow ups, but I want to do that without being obnoxious.

This past weekend was the Brethren In Christ General Conference, at Messiah College. I had the privilege of being there the whole time for Bible Quizzing! Fairview Ave came in 4th, just short of some hardware...:)

On Sunday evening RootSide Up did a little concert outside of Lottie(the cafeteria) during dinner, just for 45 minutes. I got about $160, which is all right for that amount of time. Every little penny counts :) I believe I got a Canadian penny too! Haha

It was really neat being around all the BICers...I'm so lucky to have such a cool "family." I really enjoyed the preaching of Woody Dalton, Senior Pastor of Harrisburg BIC. I got to go to Harrisburg BIC on Sunday morning and got to hear him share a message there, and then he spoke at General Conference that night as well.

Last week I got my Spanish bible, JUST in Spanish, so I can't cheat ;). It's beautiful, but really big. I want to find just a Spanish New Testament that I can carry around. I'm going to start familiarizing myself with it, learning my favorite verses in Spanish and so on. I also got a cool little devotional book all in Spanish from my Spanish Teacher, Señora Penny, that she got me for Graduation.

That's most of what's going on, please pray that I will start getting more responses about supporting me, in both prayer and finances.

I'm hoping to make up a prayer card this weekend.

Thanks for everyone who has been supporting me!

Amor siempre en Cristo,

Evi :)

(The quote at the top is from Invictus, my current favorite movie. If you haven't seen it, you really should!)