tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59521062011-04-21T16:16:44.200-04:00Dreams and VisionsIn the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:17 (NIV)
Mickinoreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1109902510385545542005-03-03T05:14:00.000-05:002005-03-03T21:16:48.290-05:00It has been FAR too long, my friends. So much has happened since my last post... I'll give highlights:My best friend came and stayed with me for a month in Australia. We mostly hung out in Sydney but we did have a nice getaway to Cairns where we snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef and I almost seriously hurt myself on a vespa (a very cute little moped)... good times. (No, really, it was awesome!)Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1097031607774183452004-10-05T23:45:00.000-04:002004-10-05T23:00:07.773-04:00Hi, all! I'm continuing on this voyage deeper into the heart of God, as I pray you all are doing as well. The closer I get to God, the more things He shows me I need to change in myself, and I realize how short I fall of His glorious standard. It's a humbling, yet awesome experience because it makes me realize that God so desires to have a deeper relationship with me that He would show me the Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1096345326371489182004-09-27T23:27:00.000-04:002004-09-28T00:22:06.376-04:00So, what's new? Not too much. Just starting week 6 of college... which means I only have 4 more weeks of classes... that is simply insane. Time has flown, and I'll be home in a bit over 2 months! How exciting! I really miss my family, my friends, and my church... Can't wait to see you ALL!!!! You have been on my heart...
"I have never stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1093139323141044022004-08-21T20:55:00.000-04:002004-08-21T21:48:43.143-04:00Ok, ok, so I know I've been terrible at keeping up with the blog lately. My only excuse is that I've been doing things other than blogging... Sincere apologies, everyone.
Not that there is really anything exciting I've been needing to blog about... ANOTHER great friend got engaged (Congrats again, Kiwi--love you!). Am I getting left in the dust? Ok, SO not going there... I'm about to start my Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1089970152837979902004-07-16T05:27:00.000-04:002004-07-16T05:29:12.836-04:00This is very exciting!
Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1089802160047380042004-07-14T06:41:00.000-04:002004-07-14T06:49:20.046-04:00Hello you beauties! That's so Aussie... lol. Well, Conference is over and it was SOOO good! Joyce Meyer, Tim Hughes, and Jentzen Franklin were amazing! Next year Reinhard Bonkke and John Maxwell will be here and Joyce Meyer is coming back. Pretty cool! On the last night they had a service where all 22,000+ people were anointed with oil and prayed over. During the week there were over 2000 Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1088941099955284932004-07-04T07:24:00.000-04:002004-07-04T07:38:19.956-04:00Picked Jack up from the Airport this morning and we went to Hills for the second service... AND I DIDN'T get lost!!!! Amazing... I took her in the Green Room with the worship team before service so she could get a special behind-the-scenes-look at Hillsong worship team stuff... I think she liked it. LOL Ok, she was *gobsmacked*! Hillsong Conference starts tomorrow... I've been switched back to Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1088169897186836262004-06-25T09:07:00.000-04:002004-06-25T09:24:57.186-04:00OK, I'm not even sure if anybody is even reading this still... hmmm. It might be time to lay the blog to rest. But just for the sake of posterity, here goes:
Internship is OK. Judith is lovely, but the "work" is so b-o-r-i-n-g... Pretty much I write birthday cards, affix labels to envelopes and prepare them to be sent in the mail. Except today I actually got to PRINT the labels, so I'm already Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1087810281326672132004-06-21T05:16:00.000-04:002004-06-21T05:33:09.630-04:00Greetings from a Working Girl! I had my first day of training today and it went really well. There was a LOT of paperwork for me to fill out and for lunch I had THE WORST "lasagna" EVER... but other that that, I love it!
Tomorrow I start my internship with the Pastoral Care Dept... whatever that means. Apparently I'm interning with Brian Houston's sister, who everyone loves, so that sounds Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1087395170343737722004-06-16T10:08:00.000-04:002004-06-16T10:12:50.343-04:00Hey guys! I've started another site on Xanga...it's more for ramblings than updates, I guess... although I might end up moving this site to there as well...don't know. Anyway, the only thing about it is that in order to leave a comment you have to sign up...but then maybe all of you will start blogging too! Wouldn't that be fun??? Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1087023571633817072004-06-12T02:45:00.000-04:002004-06-12T06:27:37.800-04:00I GOT THE JOB (Bach's Hallelujah Chorus plays majestically in the background)!!!
I went to the interview yesterday and they grilled me for almost an hour. It was tough, but I made it, glory to God! Seriously, I felt God guiding me the whole time, giving me the right answers and the right words. I was completely confident because I knew that He was with me... It was awesome! So thanks for all of Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1086860237428658972004-06-10T05:30:00.000-04:002004-06-10T05:37:17.430-04:00Guess who made it to the next (and hopefully final) round of interviews at Ticketmaster??? That's right...yours truly. Yay! I didn't think I'd have to go through so many hoops just to get a customer service rep job, though... It reminds me of the 7 million interviews at the U.N. I went to...but that was the United Nations, so I didn't mind at all. And I don't really mind now either, I can't Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1086776294176790902004-06-09T06:09:00.000-04:002004-06-09T06:18:14.176-04:00Thanks for those of you who went with the whole "interactive blog" thing and others who sent emails. It's so great hearing from you! It's still not too late...
Ok, so I have yet another job interview (at Ticketmaster this time) tomorrow. I'm really praying this works out. When I spoke to the lady over the phone, we started to discuss salary and training, and stuff like that, so it sounds Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1086078580527807972004-06-01T04:19:00.000-04:002004-06-01T04:29:40.526-04:00Just popping in to say hi... I know people are still reading this (the HTML counter does NOT lie) even though most of you have been a bit quiet lately. Let's do something different. Instead of me going on and on about MY life, I want to ask you: How are YOU??? What's going on in YOUR world? Awesome things God is showing you, testimonies, problems at work, church, whatever... I want to know about Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1085558750223215462004-05-26T03:32:00.000-04:002004-05-26T04:05:50.223-04:00Hi everyone! I'm just so full of joy, so full of God... I'm feeling heaps better physically, so I feel more like "myself". And when I was feeling out of sorts, I recognized that a lot of it was because of this physical attack, but spiritually I was breaking new ground with God, so it was rather paradoxical... It's great being able now to accurately reflect externally what's going on internally. Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1085234309037351372004-05-22T09:36:00.000-04:002004-05-22T09:58:29.036-04:00I've come a long way from my college days when I absolutely hated to be by myself for any period of time. I've been spending quite a lot of time alone lately, and I'm rather enjoying it. I curl up with a cup of coffee and read or listen to music and let my thoughts go where they may... usually reflecting on the mysteries of this HUGE God who is so interested and involved in my life, and talking Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1084753206803316822004-05-16T20:07:00.000-04:002004-05-16T20:20:06.803-04:00This is different... Blogger has totally rearranged their site...hmm... Anyway, hello everyone! I trust you are all well and enjoying God's favor and blessings in your lives! I finished my first week of classes in the city last week, and it was great! There is a lot of material this term (with Hillsong Conference in the middle of it all!) but it's all really good. Still loving the people here... Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1083936884442020752004-05-07T09:34:00.000-04:002004-05-07T09:39:12.170-04:00Hey beautiful people! I'm writing you from my new (to me) apartment!! I'm sitting outside on the balcony, connected to the internet (thank God for wireless technology!), enjoying being in the city! I've met so many wonderful people already and my flat mates are great! I'm getting settled... I've been checking out the area, and there seem to be heaps of places where I can work, so just pray that Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1083315917703569792004-04-30T05:05:00.000-04:002004-04-30T05:09:35.966-04:00LOL...ok, so I know the suspense is killing you...I'll tell you how it went! Performance Day was OK. I didn't have much of a voice, but I did my best. That's all I can do, hey? It was really fun hearing everyone else...there were some really good performances, and some rather interesting ones. Anyway... First term is officially over!!! Can't believe I'm done with my first term at Hillsong...time Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1082866411190167562004-04-25T00:13:00.000-04:002004-04-25T00:17:42.200-04:00Hey people! So Praise God Performance Day is over with! You know what happened? The night before, I started to feel a little tickly in my throat...oh no...so I prayed, made myself some tea, and went to bed. The next day I woke up and my voice was completely gone. And I thought, "Why, Lord? Why does this always seem to happen to me?" I knew I had to go through with it, so I prayed some more, Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1082118248802915942004-04-16T08:24:00.000-04:002004-04-16T08:28:07.746-04:00Ok, I seem to be having a problem posting my latest entry...maybe posting this one will help the other one show up on the page...Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1082084945955725312004-04-15T23:09:00.000-04:002004-04-16T08:27:23.623-04:00Ahhhh...I just love being on break from school...today's the last day though, so I'm gonna enjoy it! I have Major Performance Day on Monday, which means that all the Worship & Creative Arts students have to perform in front of everyone else... I can't say I'm terribly excited about performing. There's just something about that word, performance...it goes against every fiber in my worship-leader Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1081564071893010702004-04-09T22:27:00.000-04:002004-04-09T22:32:58.013-04:00G'day, and Happy Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday to you all!! I truly believe that seeing "The Passion of the Christ" has given us a fresh perspective on these Holy Days (which is where we get our word "holiday" from...except these really are "HOLY" days!). I know I'M much more reflective and appreciative... the film left such vivid mental images of Jesus suffering... and I'm grateful for Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1080966651517638102004-04-02T23:30:00.000-05:002004-04-02T23:45:17.983-05:00Hmmm...I thought I'd be getting a little more feedback than that...where'd everybody go? Oh well, those of you who did post a comment...you ROCK! It seems as though the overall consensus is to pray for God's will to be done, which is always a safe option, I agree. But what about when you're praying for someone to be healed or something like that...I have actually heard people pray OVER the sick Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1080634677404056002004-03-30T03:17:00.000-05:002004-03-30T03:22:27.123-05:00OK, so you don't seem to be so into the notes, as noted (no pun intended...) from the big fat "0" in the comments box...OK, I won't be doing that again any time soon. Did you guys even look at them? Hmmm...it's much better in class...I guess you just have to be here! So I have an appointment with the Dean tomorrow to talk about moving to City Campus next term. Please pray that it goes well...
Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1080195899699404252004-03-25T01:24:00.000-05:002004-03-25T01:28:28.046-05:00OK...this is what you've all been waiting for! I'm posting some of my notes from my Leadership Development class...just some of the things that have impacted me the most. I really encourage you to look up the scriptures as you go and meditate on them. They shed so much light onto the path... :-) Enjoy!!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1080113012321453272004-03-24T02:23:00.000-05:002004-03-24T02:26:59.483-05:00I'm feeling much better now, thank you! Actually they have THE best cold medicine I've ever taken in Australia...and it's all-natural...some homeopathic stuff but it worked great! So I didn't have to miss school like I was worried I might have to. I am still a bit tired from all the excitement of Colour, and now I'm just enjoying normal school life...Leadership Development was amazing today...Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1079786595096620292004-03-20T07:43:00.000-05:002004-03-20T07:49:11.700-05:00Hey everybody! Guess what? Micky's home sick today. (sniff, sniff) I've been helping with the nursery all week for Colour and I think the babies got me sick. Waaaah. I loathe being sick. It's no fun, and I can't afford to get sick. There's too much to do! I stayed home from Colour cause I wasn't feeling great and I didn't want to get any of the healthy babies sick. So I stayed home and rested, Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1079262176949390552004-03-14T06:02:00.000-05:002004-03-14T06:06:10.826-05:00Hello, Hello!!! God is so Good! I am definitely feeling more at home...really. I got a car, which is a tremendous blessing! I'm more than halfway through my first term at college! Wow...time is flying. This week we've got Colour Your World and all the students serve at it. I'm doing Kids for the first part of the conference and ushering at the second part. I'm so excited! There is so much work Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1078475060412636572004-03-05T03:24:00.000-05:002004-03-05T03:27:21.576-05:00Wow...I just have to blog about this...it is so cool! Wednesday Night (after I blogged) we had Worship and Creative Arts Vision Nite at the city church. It was so awesome! The Holy Spirit was speaking to me as I worshipped about loving Him with everything we have and He was bringing conviction on me about being too busy or too tired to really spend quality time with Him. Then Darlene gets up in Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1078280521730029862004-03-02T21:22:00.000-05:002004-03-02T21:24:59.810-05:00Sorry it's been so long...we had an amazing album recording on Sunday! The Entertainment Centre was pretty much packed and the choir was gi-normous!!! The music, the set, the lighting, it was all so good...so excellent, and in Contemporary Church class today, I learned that that's one of the things that makes Hillsong what it is...they strive for excellence in everything they do here. And I Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1077762475029351212004-02-25T21:27:00.000-05:002004-02-25T21:31:29.263-05:00Hey all! There's a lot of super feedback to the last post, thank you all for participating, and the rest of you who didn't...boooo!! :-( I hope you'll join in next time! :-)
Anyway, Hillsong women this morning was just awesome! Bobbie is starting a new series about being a child of His ________. Today was being a child of his PRESENCE, and it was great. Especially when she started sharing Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1077514022586593082004-02-23T00:27:00.000-05:002004-02-23T04:51:07.373-05:00Ok, so I'm supposed to be car-shopping today, but it's kinda yucky out and I have stuff at home to do...so I'll have to look at cars another day, I suppose. I'm not living in Sydney proper and a car is a necessity out here, especially for getting back and forth from school and for getting a job, since there's not much around here. The public transport stinks...I mean it's really bad. You can onlyMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1077189661181906742004-02-19T06:21:00.000-05:002004-02-19T06:23:41.860-05:00Hi! Just a quick blog...wow, I can't believe it's Thursday already and the last time I blogged was on Monday! Time is flying! So every message I've been hearing has been speaking right to my heart, and God has been doing such a great work. My attitude has changed a lot since my entry from a week ago today. I'm getting to know some great people and I'm enjoying my classes and ministry involvement.Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1076923504482666692004-02-16T04:25:00.000-05:002004-02-16T04:27:40.890-05:00Yay, I got my work permit today!!! I went into a town called Paramatta and it actually reminded me somewhat of being in Queens. It was nice to be in civilization. Around here it's all v-e-r-y s--p--r--e--a--d o---u---t. Still trying to get used to that. Sunday morning was awesome!! The enemy was definitely trying to discourage me from being in church that morning (our ride was 45 minutes late),Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1076587087809673842004-02-12T06:58:00.000-05:002004-02-12T07:00:38.360-05:00She's baaaack...
Hello mighty people of God!!! I know I've been slacking on this blog a bit, life has been a whirlwind of activity since classes started. Now I'm not entirely sure what is going on with me...I'm gonna be transparent, here (like I was the night I spoke at YA, remember? lol). I don't know if I am just under a lot of stress (adjusting to this new environment, not getting much sleepMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1076123308725411262004-02-06T22:08:00.000-05:002004-02-06T22:10:52.530-05:00It is sooo hot today! Those of you with cold weather right now probably want to come over here and pinch me for saying that...be my guest, I'd love to see you! Anyway, orientation is done and over with and classes start on Tuesday for me, yay! I finally got my other suitcase today (long story of God testing my patience from the get-go) so now I feel completely settled in this house. I met lots ofMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075900441573235432004-02-04T08:14:00.000-05:002004-02-04T08:16:21.810-05:00Whooo! I just got back from an awesome Worship & Creative Arts Night. Worship was awesome (and they played "Undignified"!) and I was jumping around in the aisles...almost got trampled by some huge guys though. They were all there: Darlene, Reuben, Marty, Miriam...and Darlene gave a great message about learning how to stand for God no matter what. Very inspiring. Then we worked on more songs for Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075723148731845402004-02-02T06:59:00.000-05:002004-02-02T07:02:18.373-05:00OK, so the service last night was sooo good! I sang in Youth Choir and is was a blast!!! We were singing these really rockin' songs I had never heard before with the United band and everyone was going nuts! The whole choir was jumping up and down like a bunch of kangaroos! There was so much joy and such a freedom in worship...just a true expression of our excitement for all the awesome things GodMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075600197330418222004-01-31T20:49:00.000-05:002004-01-31T20:52:12.436-05:00Phew! Hey people! I've just spent a really long time changing some stuff around on this blog and adding COMMENTS (just for you, Jack!). I'm so not good at this HTML stuff...anyway, I've added a few new links, and now you can actually e-mail me using the link, so that should make things easier for you. I'm also going to put up some pictures when I download them into the computer...I'm not quite Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075436818458098132004-01-29T23:26:00.000-05:002004-01-29T23:29:11.090-05:00Hey, I'm home chilling today. It's great. It has been non-stop since I got here, so today I'm taking it easy. Now I can go into a bit more detail about my life (so far) here in Sydney and at Hillsong International Leadership College (HILC). I got here on Tuesday after 21 hours total flying time, it wasn't too bad, and I met a guy who's also starting at HILC at the airport. We had a scenic shuttleMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075331759759644852004-01-28T18:15:00.000-05:002004-01-28T18:18:10.950-05:00G'day!!! I'm finally in Sydney! God is sooo good! So much has happened. I enrolled for clasees for the year, I had my first Worship and Creative Arts (WACA) Night (read: rehearsal) yesterday, and I moved into my house! The Lord has just been so faithful! Classes don't start for another couple of weeks, so I'll have some time to get settled till then. AAAAHHHHHH...I'm soooo excited! So, that's theMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1075011863041375232004-01-25T01:24:00.000-05:002004-01-25T01:27:47.186-05:00This will most likely be my last post from NY. I'm taking a packing break right now (I've taken quite a few actually) so I just thought I'd blog real quick. Let me just say that God is SO FAITHFUL! All of this, my new, resurrected life in Christ, started with my decision to really live for Him. I just took Him at His word that if I seek Him with my WHOLE heart I will find Him (see Jeremiah 29:13)Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1074928761670705712004-01-24T02:19:00.000-05:002004-01-24T02:21:26.403-05:00I just got back from Cristina's (very large and tastefully decorated) house where we had our YA gathering tonite. It was such a blessing to be with (almost) everyone...and they came out with another surprise as if the scrapbook and songs at the Christmas party weren't enough! They made a DVD of encouraging messages to me by my YA friends...kinda like the good luck videos people make at weddings! Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1074731503889990622004-01-21T19:31:00.000-05:002004-01-21T19:33:45.233-05:00Well, I'm very pleased to say that I am writing this post from my brand-spankin' new laptop!! Yay, I received it yesterday! And, I'm connected to the internet through a wireless network, by accident! I have no idea how it works but it's really cool. My Dad got home from Colombia today, so that's another reason to celebrate. However Mom and my bro had some problems getting out of the country so Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1074583099856146802004-01-20T02:18:00.000-05:002004-01-20T02:24:20.983-05:00God is so good! This weekend has been amazing and so full of Him! YA was great, I had the honor of leading worship and giving the word, and God totally enabled me to do it. Praise Him! Saturday, I got together with some precious sisters in the Lord (you know who you are---I love you!!!) and we had a great time praying and enjoying the presence of the Lord. Sunday morning, my YA leader gave a Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1074235482812142772004-01-16T01:44:00.000-05:002004-01-16T01:46:36.293-05:00The Countdown Has Begun...9 days!!!! Oh my gosh, can you believe I'll be on a plane to Sydney in just 9 short days??? I have so much to do!! I'm speaking at YA tomorrow night, so please be praying! God's given me a word for the group, so I want to be a good steward and faithfully share what He has shown me. I'll let you know how it went. Right now I'm gonna go spend some time in prayer before bed.
Love and blessings to Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1074153610388288002004-01-15T03:00:00.000-05:002004-01-15T03:11:00.153-05:00I'm home...yay! It's great to be back even though it is soooo cold and snowing. Brrr! Got to hang out with some of my friends after church tonight...man, I'm gonna miss them! I really need the Lord to strengthen me to be able to say all those "goodbye's"...NOT my favorite word. In the meantime, I'll just make the most of the time I have left with them. I know this is short, but it's almost 3am Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1072817377750649102003-12-30T15:49:00.000-05:002003-12-30T15:49:54.850-05:00Hey everyone! Just wanted to give an update of my adventures in South America. My life basically consists of sleeping in, spending time with the Lord, brunch, siesta, bullfight, dinner with family/friends, more time with God (usually personal worship time), reading very cool books (Arthur Burt, Art Katz, Joyce Meyer)...and that's pretty much my day. Although some days I'll go shopping or get my Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1072147969940292022003-12-22T21:52:00.000-05:002003-12-22T21:53:05.013-05:00Hello! It's been a while, I do apologize. Colombia is still great, although the mosquitoes have just about eaten me alive!! The little critters even manage to bite me through my clothing!!! Can you believe it??? Guess that just goes to show you how sweet I really am...LOL Anyway, the rest of my immediate family got in today, Mom and Bro from the island and Dad from New York...it's great to reallyMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1071115048185833192003-12-10T22:57:00.000-05:002003-12-10T22:57:40.860-05:00Hola, amigos! Quick blog to let you know the weather here in Cali is very nice... lol Sorry... I also got a new email address: mbarreto79@yahoo.com...so you can email me! yay! I'll try to set up a sidebox with it when I get a chance, bcuz the keyboard here is different so I don't know how to access certain keys I need for the HTML stuff, which is very new to me to begin with. Anyway, God is greatMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1070860785006983402003-12-08T00:19:00.000-05:002003-12-08T00:19:56.613-05:00Hi, everyone! Very quick blog before I continue packing...hopefully I'll finish soon so I can go to sleep. My flight leaves at noon today technically (Monday), so I don't have to be up super-early. Please pray for safe travels and whatever else God lays on your heart to pray for me... And don't forget to SIGN MY GUESTBOOK so I can have your email addresses. I'll try my hardest to blog and email Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1070746034303327562003-12-06T16:27:00.000-05:002003-12-06T16:27:25.460-05:00Well, I did end up going to the party last night, and I'm so glad I did! When I first got there I was feeling a little sad, especially with everyone asking when I was leaving and because I'm not gonna be around for a month, as well as some issues with somebody very close to me who's behavior has been...how do you say?...erratic? Yeah, that's probably the best way I can describe it. It looks like Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1070663074499360792003-12-05T17:24:00.000-05:002003-12-05T17:24:45.506-05:00OK, who prayed for the white Christmas???? This snow storm is brutal!! We've gotten so much snow today...around 4 or 5 inches I think. Our Young Adult Christmas party is supposed to be tonight, but the roads are pretty bad...it looks like I might not be making an appearance...which really stinks cause I'm leaving, etc. I really don't wanna talk about it, cause then I just get sad. It's been Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1070482269801495302003-12-03T15:11:00.000-05:002003-12-03T15:11:20.430-05:00Happy December to everyone!!! It got very cold in New York all of a sudden...we even had little snow flurries for about 20 minutes yesterday! But that didn't stop me from doing some Christmas shopping! I hung out with a friend I've known for about 8 years...she's one of the friends that I currently have who's known me the longest. Does that make sense? In other words, most of the people I'm Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1070141429370700122003-11-29T16:30:00.000-05:002003-11-29T16:30:38.696-05:00I'm at the point where I realize that I don't have much time left in New York because I'll be spending the next month in Colombia. So I actually only have about 3 weeks left with my friends here...:-( I spent some real quality time with Cara last night, uh... until early this morning (almost 2am!). She is definitely what I would call a "kindred spirit", for those of you who have ever read or Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1069985548039195482003-11-27T21:12:00.000-05:002003-11-27T21:12:37.193-05:00Disclaimer: I really HATE the ads across the top of this site about secular dream interpretation, "spirit guides" and the occult. I DO NOT ENDORSE ANY OF THAT NONSENSE!!! I'm sorry you have to see them...I only wish I could figure out how to put nice, Christian ads in their place, like Doreen. Anyway, I just wanted to get that out.
Now I know that God has been working in me ever since I gave my Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1069891462272442772003-11-26T19:04:00.000-05:002003-11-26T19:04:31.193-05:00Quick blog before I head off to church for Thanksgiving Eve service. Got most of the medical stuff done for the student visa to Australia...what a pain! Literally, they pricked me three times!! Everything should be mailed out to the Embassy by next Wednesday or so and that's that. Get my visa and off I go! By this time in 2 weeks I'll be in sunny Cali, Colombia enjoying home-cooking, lots of Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1069285968240759542003-11-19T18:52:00.000-05:002003-11-19T18:53:54.726-05:00Hey everyone! Last 40 Days of Purpose small group meeting tonight...(sigh) These past 6 weeks have gone by so quickly. God has really done a work in that short time though, I'm believing Him for it. Last Sunday I did the last drama for 40 Days, so no more drama for me at Bethlehem. I'm leaving some stuff for the Christmas service behind but I'm not really gonna get that involved since I'm not Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1068766405837222782003-11-13T18:33:00.000-05:002003-11-13T18:38:33.280-05:00I wanted to get a quick blog in before it's Monday all over again...time flies when you're having fun! It's true, I've been very productive (read: busy) for the past couple of months, but it's been great! I'm doing what I love to do in the church that I love...God really has been good to me. More and more I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss everyone at Bethlehem when I'm at Hillsong, but theMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-106850728302803752003-11-10T21:54:00.000-05:002003-11-10T21:54:55.460-05:00Wow...Monday AGAIN...I can't believe I didn't blog all week...it just flew by! My week was super-packed and I actually slept for 12 hours last night! Well, I express mailed my visa application to DC on Friday...yay. Now I need to get my health check and x-rays and I should be good to go. My friend Dave ("Dive" in Australian...hehe) came to spend the weekend with me in NYC. Dave and I spent 4 Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1067902172227713462003-11-03T18:29:00.000-05:002003-11-03T18:29:34.910-05:00Monday again...the weekends just never seem to last long enough! Friday night I led worship at YA...I definitely had a lot of curve balls thrown at me that night. Do you ever wonder if the tests that come are from God or the devil? That night, in a moment of despair I was wondering who was calling the shots on my life. (I had to ask forgiveness for taking my eyes off Jesus) Most of the time I Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1067471336308407752003-10-29T18:48:00.000-05:002003-10-29T18:48:56.813-05:00I have my 40 days group tonight...it's been awesome! I had a pretty chill day today, I didn't do a whole lot of work and I took a big nap after lunch, that's the good thing about having your office in your house. I wanted to just take the day off but I didn't cause I'm going to be going to Colombia for a whole month soon, so I should work as much as I can now. I still have to finish all my visa Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1067298348877357192003-10-27T18:45:00.000-05:002003-11-13T18:55:02.453-05:00Praise Jesus, the skit went great yesterday! Everyone was cracking up...it was a blast! The Lord just gave me a great idea for something special to do for the drama team when 40 days is over...I don't wanna spill the beans just yet in case one of them happens to read this...Anyway, I'm still making an effort to stay in constant communication with God all day long and it's been great! I know He's Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1067142489813842982003-10-26T00:28:00.000-04:002003-10-26T00:28:10.210-04:00It is late, I've had a long day, and I have to be at church at 8AM tomorrow, so this will be short. I had a bunch of friends over to watch the Yankees lose the World Series...it was very disappointing. I had a girls' day out today which was fun and such a blessing as these girls love the Lord so much! God has definitely blessed me with some awesome sisters. It makes it more difficult for me to Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1066844400331645342003-10-22T13:40:00.000-04:002003-10-22T14:58:40.086-04:00Got my small group tonight...I'm so excited, I really missed those girls this week! I don't have too much to tell today...I need to get moving on my visa application: doctors appointments, forms to fill out and such. It may take up to 3 months to process and that's just about all the time I have left...yikes! I don't even want to think about it... Today in the 40 Days book I read about talking toMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1066682405037676962003-10-20T16:40:00.000-04:002003-10-20T16:40:04.976-04:00Whew, what a packed weekend I had! It was fun though, because most of it was spent either at church or watching the Yankees play in the World Series with friends. Friday night at YA (Young Adults) was great, as usual, but challenging as well. When I got there for worship team rehearsal, I don't even know how it happened, but somehow I ended up playing keyboard that night! This was definitely God Mickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1066408820023645902003-10-17T12:40:00.000-04:002003-10-17T16:45:32.316-04:00So, there's exactly 100 days before I leave for Sydney...it sounds like a long time still, but I know it'll be here in the blink of an eye. God truly does bless us above and beyond what we can ever ask or imagine! The theme of this blog is dreams and visions, and I feel it only a propos to share about what the Lord has planted in my heart over the last couple of years that has led up to me movingMickinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952106.post-1066338408906703832003-10-16T17:06:00.000-04:002003-10-17T13:25:28.400-04:00This is my frist time trying this...I just want a place where I can express random thoughts and also keep everyone updated of what's going on in my life...especially now that I'm heading to Hillsong International Leadership College (Sydney, Australia) in January!!! January 25, to be exact (I bought my ticket last week...beaucoup bucks, lol) Hopefully I'll be able to keep this up with my crazy Mickinoreply@blogger.com