Livin' la vida loca.

After Cause Conference, I was faced with a monumental transition. It was a time of saying "Okay, God, now what?". My major in school is performance. Everything I do is based on the fact that I was going to perform someday. Online, my savings account has a goal called "Europe Fund". This was a big deal to me! So now what? The most pressing issue for me was school. My major in school is Vocal Performance. Should I even go back to school and waste a semester studying something that my Father in Heaven doesn't want me to pursue?

Now, let's take a sidebar here: I'm not really sure where my father stands on religion. He goes to church with us, and I'm pretty sure he believes in the whole idea... I'm just not sure where he stands on the idea of having a relationship with God, or devoting your life to pursue God's heart for the world. Needless to say, it was an interesting conversation when I told him about Cause Conference and the fact that I'm giving up performing.

Okay, sidebar over. Back to the story.

So I'm thinking a lot and praying a lot about where God wants me to take my life, and my dad mentions Music Education in passing. And it just hit me! It's like God used my own daddy to uncover a little but of his plan for me.

The wheels in my head start turning, and I'm really considering possibly switching majors. Well, as soon as I told my voice teacher I'm thinking of switching, she got really excited and had me sign up for a bunch of Music Ed classes to see if I like it. And here's the thing. I love it. I didn't really ever think that I would love it. But I do. My classes are so interesting, and I don't mind doing homework for them at all. And in every class, I get a little glimpse of what will hopefully be the full picture of me as a teacher in the future.

God is just so good. The second you give Him your life, things start happening. It may be terrifying at first, but we have NO idea what wonderful, beautiful, life-changing things our wonderful Father has in store for us. We take one small step towards Him, and He'll come running towards us with plans we could never even imagine.

Prayer Request:

One of the choirs that I'm in is taking a tour at the end of the year to... drumroll.... Europe!! We get to sing in Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czech Republic; and possibly even somewhere in Germany. I am just so darn excited it's not even funny. However, the price tag makes my stomach lurch... $4,000. I don't know how I'm going to do it.

And also, the church I have been going to in Fort Collins has a group of young adults going to Nicaragua in January. And I would loveloveLOVE to go on that trip. Between working at an orphanage with children to helping around the communities that we visit, and even just going back to Central America (which I fell in LOVE with while I was in Costa Rica). But, there's a price tag on this one too-- $1,775. Which is completely possible... if I didn't already need $4,000 for this school trip.

So guys, I guess just pray that God would provide for whichever amazing opportunity aligns with His plan for me. Pray that I would have clarity and vision about which trip I should be on, and just pray that God would be extra close as I'm forced to decide this week.

Thank you so much, and I love each and every one of you! God Bless!!